The first favorite of rebirth

Even if Pei Jiqing found the clues, they would have no way to prove that Fu Congjin intended to harm others immediately.Seven days passed quickly, and the Zi Palace of the Supreme Emperor finally came out of the city. Huge white snowflakes mixed with the flying white flags and fell like white butterflies. The official knelt down on the ground, and there were real and fake cries on the long street.

Fu Congjin walked beside Jueyun. He didn't wear a cloak and a cloak, but only a thin white mourning dress. I don't know if it was hypocrisy, but his face had lost the old smile, and instead was a little gloomy.

Jueyun sent the coffin to the Taimiao outside the city, accompanied by his relatives and important officials, Pei Jiqing did not accompany him, but returned to the mansion alone.

When Jue Yun came back from the Taimiao, Fu Yunhui fell ill again. He had to wait for Jue Yun every day when he went to court, just like relying on Fu Congjin. Give it to the virtuous king who holds the sword of the emperor.

At this time, Jue Yun had not dispersed yet, and the gate of Prince Xian's mansion was already full of cars and horses, Xiaoqin pushed open the door and asked, "Master Pei, many people came outside, saying they were giving the prince some New Year's gifts, and they also said... "

"The national funeral just now, who wants to celebrate the festival?" Pei Jiqing just wrote a few words, without raising her head, she pulled out the hair growing on the tip of the pen, "Don't take their things, tell them the prince is not here, I dare not take them indiscriminately , no more guests.”

"What about me? You don't see me either?"

Pei Jiqing raised her head suddenly and saw Xiao Wansheng standing at the door, he didn't knock the door, just walked over and sat at the table, very consciously took an orange and peeled it open, "Is your health better?"

Pei Jiqing nodded and said with a smile, "Thank you, Lord Hou, for your concern."

"You are writing, why don't you write me a Spring Festival couplet." Xiao Wansheng walked around him, "Don't think I don't know much, your character is called 'thin gold body', I seem to have seen it somewhere , or did the Regent tell me...?"

Hearing Xiao Wansheng's words, Pei Jiqing suddenly put down the brush, and then folded the paper calmly, "Song Huizong's calligraphy is indeed very famous, and it's nothing if the regent mentioned it. Now that there is a national funeral, how can there be a Spring Festival?" The truth. Is there something wrong, Master Hou?"

"Don't drive me away first." Xiao Wansheng didn't know why Pei Jiqing was displeased, and immediately said: "I came here for business, today the emperor ordered the young prince to start taking over the imperial army, what does this mean?"

Pei Jiqing frowned slightly, "Fu Congjin originally arranged for Jueyun to manage the Forbidden Army, which means that the Forbidden Army used to belong to him, and now that the young prince takes over the Forbidden Army, the Emperor is going to do it."

"Pull it down, he's still going to attack." Xiao Wansheng picked up another orange, "I heard that the little emperor's health is very poor, and the imperial doctor keeps telling him about it every day, and now he even struggles to get off the kang..."

Xiao Wansheng sneered suddenly, and stuffed the orange in his hand into his mouth, "To be honest, the throne is not his in the first place, and when the affairs of the Supreme Emperor are settled, we should also start. It's all pushed to Jue Yun, I think it's self-defeating and ready to blow the candle."

"The more they show weakness, the more careful we have to be." Pei Jiqing lowered his head, and when Xiao Wansheng turned his back, he silently threw the piece of paper into the brazier, "Fu Congjin doesn't trust you now, we don't know what he is going to do, don't act rashly .”

"He doesn't believe me, but I feel very comfortable, at least I don't have to guard Lin Yan all the time..." Xiao Wansheng patted Pei Jiqing on the shoulder, but suddenly felt a little embarrassed, he withdrew his hand, took two steps back and said angrily: "You Take a good rest, I just came to see, originally I wanted to ask the prince, when will he give me an official position."

Pei Jiqing felt very honest, although he had used Xiao Wansheng, what Xiao Wansheng did was also for himself.Although Xiao Wansheng said that, but in terms of emotion, he said it very clearly from the beginning to the end, and he really had a clear conscience, and never used this point to deceive.

"Master Hou is here, let's leave after dinner." Jue Yun's voice came from outside the door. He was wearing a golden mink velvet cloak, and there were still snowflakes on his head when he entered the door. "I just went to see Tang Wei. , he was very happy to see me, and asked me to invite Lin He back when I was free, and the three of us would get together again. I said that Lin He is busy with everything, so how could he be blessed to be a rich man like him, but so is Lin He, after such a long time Don't even send me a letter, after you leave, I can send someone to deliver a letter to him immediately."

While Jueyun was talking, Pei Jiqing stood up, took off the big woolen clothes on Jueyun, took a hand stove and stuffed it into his hand.

"Mom, you look like a little daughter-in-law." Xiao Wansheng rolled his eyes, "I can't stand it anymore, I'm leaving, and I'm going to drink flower wine."

"Now that there is no flower wine to drink in the national funeral, you should not violate the commandments of the Great Zhou Dynasty." Pei Jiqing walked to the charcoal basin with the cloak in his arms, and sneered as he slapped off the snow flakes one by one. Clothes, just to pat off the snow, otherwise it would be bad for the fur to soak in water."

"But Lord Hou is cool now, anyway, Fu Congjin knows everything, whoever you fancy, you can naturally go to her." Jue Yun sat down in front of the brazier with a low eyebrow and smiled, "Fu Congjin doesn't trust anyone, now that we each have something to hide He must be very happy that the hidden arrows turned into bright spears."

"He didn't trust me from the beginning, but he didn't expect that I would hide such a big thing from him." The topic finally changed, and Xiao Wansheng also sat down, "The only people he trusts are Zhe Yu Zhe Yue and Zhe Yu Zhe Yue."

"Zheyu Zheyue, he was the one who carried them out of the battlefield. He gave the lives of both of them. That's why he can trust so much. People like him have always only trusted people who are poorer than him..." Pei Jiqing silently Looking up, he suddenly found that Jue Yun and Xiao Wansheng were staring at him strangely, so he quickly said: "You don't even know this? Actually, many people do."

Before Jue Yun could speak in the future, Xiaoqin suddenly pushed the door open and came in. Behind her was a middle-aged man who was full of travel and dust. Mr. Mu?"

"Mr. Pei." Mu Zi had a vicissitudes on his face, but his clothes were much better than usual, and he even wore a jade finger on his thumb. He looked at Jue Yun, not knowing what to call him, and his expression was inexplicably flustered. , Jueyun smiled and pulled Muzi to sit down, "Mr. Mu, you don't have to be afraid."

Muzi has been doing business in the Central Plains for a long time, and has already learned to look at others. Today's Jueyun is no longer the stubborn and cute little lieutenant of the past, but the famous Zhou Xianwang. Standing up on the stool, he glanced at Xiao Wansheng again, and then continued: "Mr. Pei, our carriages and horses were detained at the gate of the city, and we were not allowed to come in. I said it was the goods that General Lang wanted. They said that there is nothing in the capital." General Lang, told me to leave quickly, and said that there was a decree from above that all merchants from Mobei would not be allowed to go. I waited for a long time, found someone to make a fake name certificate, and sneaked in just waiting for the guard to change. That thing They were all shipped to the north of the city medicinal herb shop, if you don’t send them in, I’m afraid I’ll be charged for the goods!”

Pei Jiqing was taken aback for a moment, then said abruptly, "I'll let you take a look."

"These days are too chaotic, and it's the New Year's Eve. Shops are not allowed to do business by soliciting big offers. Just wait." Jue Yun drank a cup of tea. He didn't want Pei Jiqing to do this business at first. It's freezing cold, and I don't want to see him smile with others at the gate of the city, "Just pay him some of the goods, don't always care about these small money."

"After the death of the Supreme Emperor, all celebrations and happy events cannot be held, but there is no reason for all the shops to close down, let alone blockade the capital." Pei Jiqing thought for a moment, and suddenly said: "You said earlier, when I leave, I will give it to Lin He Sent a letter, but he hasn't replied yet?"

"Yes." Jue Yun nodded, his expression changed accordingly, and he suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Could it be that the reason to blockade the capital, check names, and prevent merchants from the north of the Great Wall is to detain Lin He's news!"

Pei Jiqing was silent for a moment, nodded and said, "Exactly."

Jue Yun frowned, and suddenly felt that something was wrong. He had finally returned to the capital, but he was still living in other people's arrangements. The emperor did not want to open the capital, and he piled up important affairs of state affairs on him day by day. Beijing...why are they guarding against Lin He? What kind of news does Lin He want to send?

Muzi suddenly raised his head, and carefully glanced at Xiao Wansheng, Xiao Wansheng lifted his collar, "Little old man, I have seen that you are wrong from just now, and you have been staring at me, what are you going to do?"

Pei Jiqing looked at Mu Zi with some surprise, he signaled Xiao Wansheng to put him down, and then said: "Mr. Mu, Lord Hou is not an outsider, what else do you need?"

"That 'Lin He' you mentioned, asked me to send something." Muzi took out a mace from his pocket, and said softly: "He said that after three days, he would like to meet His Highness outside the city. In fact, he had been to the capital before, but he was stopped by someone, and the matter was so important that he didn't want to talk about it in the capital."

Pei Jiqing whispered: "Does anyone know Lin He?"

Jueyun took the wolf tooth and held it in his hand, keeping silent all the time.

It was getting late, and it was snowing again. Muzi was thinking about the goods outside the city, so he hurriedly put on his coat and went out of the city. Only Xiao Wansheng stayed in the palace. Pei Jiqing made vegetarian cold dishes for them. Although it was exquisite, it was not meaty. , Xiao Wansheng put down his chopsticks after taking a few mouthfuls, "Your family is too strict, I'm not used to this meal, I'd better go back."

Xiao Wansheng had just opened the door, and someone came in to announce that in the snow, an eunuch wearing a white robe walked through the heavy snow. He just wanted to shout "the imperial edict has arrived", but he didn't dare to ask Jue Yun to kneel down, so he restrained himself resentfully. He raised his voice, "Prince Xian, this is the emperor's will. It was snowing late at night, and the emperor didn't want to work for the prince, so he personally asked the servants to bring it over."

Jueyun didn't bother to kneel, and directly reached out to take the imperial decree, which was indeed written in the little emperor's handwriting, Jueyun's expression became more and more serious, the little eunuch didn't dare to stay for long, and hurried back because he couldn't wait to receive the reward.

"The side hall of the Taimiao was crushed by the snow, and I was asked to supervise the repairs." Jue Yun frowned, put the imperial decree on the table, and kept holding the mace in his hand, "I have been staying in the capital for a few days, but now But it’s getting more and more strange to want me to go out on purpose.”

"The lord of the Liao Kingdom sent you a letter in person?" Xiao Wansheng lowered his voice to analyze, "Is it possible that Yelu Helin had already agreed with Fu Congjin to lure you to the Taimiao on purpose, and then..."

As he spoke, he made a comparison on his neck and stuck out his tongue.

Xiao Wansheng spoke easily, but Jueyun and Pei Jiqing fell silent.

Pei Jiqing whispered: "When I was in Liao Kingdom, Lin He once said that many people in Liao Kingdom condemned him for losing the city. Will he..."

Jue Yun didn't speak, but bit his lower lip tightly, a trace of sadness flashed in his sharp eyes, as if a flame was burning.

"When I was young, Lin He swore on the dagger that he would never betray me in his life..." Jue Yun looked at Langya in the flickering lights, and said firmly, "I want to go out of the city to meet him."

Xiao Wansheng frowned, and glanced at Pei Jiqing.

"Besides Fu Congjin, there is another unknown opponent." Pei Jiqing held up the teacup with a slight smile, "King Huai's death is unknown, and the Tianzi Sword was almost taken away... Some people want us to leave the city, while others don't." I hope we don't meet Lin He, who is plotting, of course we must choose the one who is on the surface, no matter what, we will definitely meet our first opponent after we leave the city."

Xiao Wansheng immediately understood, he looked at Pei Jiqing, and said in a low voice: "You stay in the capital, at least the imperial army is in Fu Congsi's hands, I will follow Jueyun."

"No need." Jue Yun raised his sword, "I'll take him with me, so I can feel at ease."

In the wind and snow, Fu Congjin silently stacked the glazed chess pieces one by one. Zheyu suddenly pushed the door in. The cold wind blew through the crack of the door, and the chess pieces fell on the chessboard, reflecting a little bit of brilliance.

He liked to play chess when he was young, but he had to lose to those so-called brothers, pretending to be a fool, but the world is like a new chess game, even if Jue Yun returns to the capital, he is still the unshakable regent.

Fu Congjin didn't turn around, Zheyu took half a step back resentfully, and said in a low voice: "Master, Ling Jueyun has returned the imperial decree, he is going out of the city."

"All arranged?" Fu Congjin grabbed a chess piece and threw it at Zheyu. Zheyu caught it casually, nodded and said, "Everything is ready, it's just master, how do you know that he will definitely leave the city?"

"Because he was looking for the tiger's skin without knowing it, so he had to go." Fu Congjin smiled, raised his eyebrows and looked at the cloak on the chair, but Zhe Yu didn't cover him as usual, but knelt on the ground instead.

Fu Congjin wondered, "What's wrong?"

"Master stays in the capital, and Zheyue and I take people there, and we can also get rid of Ling Jueyun." Zheyu put down the sword in his hand, bowed his body and bowed his head, "Master has treated me with such kindness as a mountain, and rescued me from the pile of dead people." He was rescued and taught me martial arts himself, Zhe Yu is not an ungrateful person."

Fu Congjin was taken aback for a moment, silently grabbed a handful of chess pieces and put them down again. He asked after a long time, "You mean, I can't kill Ling Jueyun?"

"This subordinate doesn't mean that." Zheyu hurriedly said: "This subordinate just..."

Fu Congjin helped Zheyu up from the ground, but murderous intent appeared in his eyes—he still remembered that Zheyu learned swords from him when he was young, and regarded him as a god every day.

He likes to be surrounded by poor people.

Zheyu looked up silently: "Master..."

"Okay, you go." Fu Congjin suddenly withdrew his killing intent, "Kill Ling Jueyun and bring Rong Luan back."