Strange Records of Xijing

"Prince Jin invites you?" Pei Jingxing was rather surprised when he heard this, "Huaiyu is not close to him, how could he think of asking Huaiyu to invite you over?"

"I don't know." Speaking of this, Su Yan couldn't figure it out, "The people who have been looking for me these past few months are ordinary people. How did King Jin think of looking for me?"

"Prince Jin has a bad temper. It's right for you not to mess with him." Pei Jingxing comforted Su Yan, "He still has a bad habit, that is, he will never give up until he achieves his goal. You rejected him this time. He will definitely come to you again in a while, maybe he will play tricks, so be careful these days."

Su Yan nodded, and asked again: "Pei Huaiyu is still in Prince Jin's residence, Prince Jin shouldn't be angry with him because of me, right?"

"No, don't worry." Pei Jingxing was not worried, "Huaiyu's fate is special, and the emperor values ​​it very much. No matter how bad-tempered King Jin is, he would not dare to attack Huaiyu."

Hearing the word "fate", Su Yan's ears twitched.However, he is not the kind of person who likes to take the initiative to ask for trouble, and it is related to the royal family, so he is even more reluctant to ask.

Seeing Su Yan's appearance, Pei Jingxing thought about it, and said with a smile: "Huaiyu once gave King Jin a nickname, guess what it is?"

Su Yan thought for a while, then shook his head and asked, "What is it?"

"The biggest crab in Xijing!"

Su Yan didn't react for a while: "Huh?"

Pei Jingxing suppressed a smile and explained: "A crab walks sideways, so King Jin's domineering behavior is just a crab?"

Only then did Su Yan come to his senses, first raised the corners of his mouth, and then savored it carefully, as if a gigantic crab appeared in front of his eyes, with the face of King Jin growing on its shell, running rampant on Zhuque Street in Xijing.Su Yan finally couldn't bear it anymore, and burst out laughing.

Pei Jingxing saw Su Yan swept away his earlier worries, and also raised the corners of his mouth.

The two chatted for a while, Su Yan is not a person who can speak well, and Pei Jingxing is a cold-faced god in the eyes of others, but when the two get along, they don't feel that they will be cold.

Pei Jingxing was defeated by Taoist Wan, and after witnessing Su Yan almost died on the spot, he finally figured it out - blindly avoiding and refusing before is not a good way, it is like blinding one's eyes, not seeing Mount Tai, and thinking that he closed his eyes There will be no more involvement, but the danger is always around.

In the "half-faced ghost" case, Gao Zekai finally rushed to the Shangguan Mansion with Shen Congjian and others to prevent him and Su Yan from continuing to investigate the case, and then the national teacher who was supposed to be wandering suddenly appeared, Pei Jingxing didn't think it was a coincidence.It's not that he doubts Gao Zekai, it's just that Pei Jingxing is more willing to trust Su Yan than the unpredictable disciple of the National Normal University, at least he has no interest relationship with Xijing and others.And those who have experienced death together will always have a different trust in each other than others.

Because of these reasons, Pei Jingxing actually liked to spend more time with Su Yan. He listened to Su Yan's anecdotes and occasionally asked some questions.

Perhaps it was because Pei Jingxing came to save himself desperately when facing such a formidable opponent as Daoist Wan, Su Yan also had a good impression of this seemingly indifferent Jinwu Guard Street Envoy.Moreover, before Su Yan went down the mountain, his master had warned him that the people down the mountain had many eyes. Although he was good at catching monsters and exorcising ghosts, he was too inexperienced to be easily deceived.Su Yan had no relatives in Xijing. Compared to Pei Huaiyu, who was free-thinking and broad-minded, Pei Jingxing, who was older and more experienced, was undoubtedly Su Yan's No. 1 choice that he could trust.

When Uncle Fu came in, what he saw was the scene where Pei and Su talked to each other.

He couldn't help wiping the wet corners of his eyes. You must know that since Pei Jingxing came back from the Western Regions, he has been silent a lot, and he behaved differently from ordinary people.

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that after Pei Jingxing became the Jinwu Guard, he offered to take charge of the night patrol to Si Jie who was in charge of arranging the patrol order of the Jinwu Guard.Of course Si Jie was happy. You must know that patrolling at night is a hard job. Although Xijing is lively during the day, it is actually lively at night, but it’s not just because of the people. Either nothing happens, or if something happens, it will be a big deal.

Pei Jingxing took the initiative to invite Ying, and Si Jie was of course happy to be a favor.In this way, Pei Jingxing has been patrolling at night for more than three years, going home to sleep in the morning, and going to the internal office to handle many affairs in the afternoon, even after becoming a street envoy.

Perhaps it was Pei Jingxing's evil spirit, and the dragon head and tiger tooth spear stained with Yasha's blood for self-defense. All the ghosts couldn't avoid it. For more than three years, the ones who fell into his hands were either sneaky bastards or robbers who robbed at night. The other three times were barbarians with bad intentions.

Fu Bo saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart.He was an old man of the Pei family. After Pei Jingxing's father Pei Jin passed away, he was the one who accompanied the young Pei Jingxing through the dark time. In fact, he had long regarded Pei Jingxing as his grandson in his heart.

He wanted to persuade him, but Pei Jingxing kept his mouth shut about the Western Regions party four years ago and always avoided talking about it.After returning from the Western Regions, Prince Wei survived in name only, and Pei Jingxing even lost contact with those colleagues of Prince Wei who also escaped from the Western Regions.

Uncle Fu spoke earnestly, but Pei Jingxing always went in one ear and out the other, and as time went on, those original friends of Pei Jingxing faded away.

Now, finally, a Taoist leader took the initiative to pay a visit. Uncle Fu was very happy. He kept saying good things about Pei Jingxing in front of Su Yan, asked people to clean the flower hall for dinner again, and even shook his big belly. , ran to the kitchen and asked the cook to add two more dishes, he was as busy as a fat spinning top.

Pei Jin and Pei Jingxing, the two heads of the household, are not particular about food and clothing. Fu Bo's so-called extra dishes are ordinary home-cooked dishes.

After finishing the meal, Uncle Fu personally served tea to the two of them, and asked Su Yan with a smile: "I wonder if this meal suits Daoist Su's taste."

Su Yan nodded immediately: "It's delicious."

He has always been open to food.You must know that Su Yan's master didn't like to cook when he was in the mountains. When Su Yan was young, he might even bake a few sweet potatoes so that Su Yan wouldn't starve to death; Kick Su Yan into the river, let Su Yan catch fish for himself to eat.Not to mention the experience of being hungry and full after going down the mountain.

There was a lot of meat on the Pei family's dining table. This meal alone included stewed crucian carp, mutton dipped in salt, and braised pig's trotters. This made Su Yan, who had never eaten meat other than fish and hare meat, very satisfied.

Fu Bo took advantage of the situation and said: "Since this is the case, Daoist Su will come here often in the future. My young master is cold-faced and warm-hearted. Daoist Su must not be intimidated by the young master's appearance."

"Uncle Fu..." Pei Jingxing was a little helpless. He knew that Uncle Fu was doing it for his own good, and after his father Pei Jin passed away, Uncle Fu was the one who supported him at home. How much confidence.

Hearing this, Uncle Fu raised his right hand and pretended to cover his mouth: "Okay, okay, I won't say anything, I won't say anything."

After a while, the dishes on the table were removed, and it was time for Pei Jingxing to go to the inner yamen to order something.

Before leaving, Pei Jingxing was worried about Pei Huaiyu from the Prince Jin's Mansion, so he specially told Uncle Fu: "Uncle Fu, send someone to Minglang County Master's Mansion to greet you later, and then ask if Huaiyu is at home."

After hearing this, Su Yan volunteered, "I'll go."

Pei Jingxing turned his head and explained to Su Yan with a smile: "The King Jin may not let you go, try not to get involved with the royal family now."

Su Yan didn't expect this level, after hearing Pei Jingxing's reminder, he didn't say anything else.

What Su Yan and Pei Jingxing didn't expect was that when the people sent by Uncle Fu came back, they said that Pei Huaiyu had sent people back to the Princess's Mansion, that there were many famous writers in the Prince Jin's family, and that he would stay at the Prince Jin's Mansion tonight. Taste paintings with the King of Jin.

"Are you kidding, just him and the King of Jin?" Pei Jingxing frowned when he heard the servant's report, and mercilessly exposed his cousin's background, "They are all people with half a bucket of water, so why pretend to be elegant. Princess Do you know about this?"

"I know." The servant replied, "Princess Minglang also ordered me to instruct the young master to pay attention to rest, don't take your body seriously when you are young."

Pei Jingxing was worried: "You go back first, I'll go to Prince Jin's Mansion."

Although Pei Jingxing knew that King Jin would not hurt Pei Huaiyu at will, but after listening to Su Yan's words during the day, he always felt that King Jin was uneasy and kind.

Before the closed door drum sounded and the curfew had not started, he had to get Pei Huaiyu out of the Prince Jin's mansion quickly.

Pei Huaiyu was quite surprised when he saw Pei Jingxing in the Prince Jin's mansion: "Cousin, why are you here?"

Pei Jingxing paid his respects to King Jin first, and then turned his head and said to Pei Huaiyu, "I heard Princess Minglang say that you haven't come home yet, and I'm worried that you won't be able to go back after the curfew starts, so I came to pick you up."

"Today I'm just staying at the Prince Jin's house." Pei Huaiyu rarely saw Pei Jingxing caring about her, and was quite happy after being surprised, "The King Jin said today that he would bring out some treasures from his family's collection and appreciate them with me. .Cousin, do you want a piece too?"

"No, I'm just an ordinary person." Pei Jingxing refused coldly, "You can appreciate the baby at any time, so what's the point of you spending the night at Prince Jin's house?"

Just as Pei Huaiyu was about to answer, King Jin suddenly said, "Pei Street envoy is worried that Prince Jin's mansion is not safe, so you can't worry about Huaiyu?"

"King Jin is serious. It's just that I will take a rest tomorrow. Huaiyu invited me to go to Xishi to watch Hu Xuanwu together tomorrow. If he can't get up tomorrow after tossing around all night, it will be ten days later when I take a rest. Yes. By that time, maybe that juggling troupe has already left. And the treasures of Prince Jin have always been in Prince Jin’s mansion, so it’s not too late.”

Pei Huaiyu looked at Pei Jingxing who was talking nonsense, and murmured, "I... When did I say that?"

"Oh? You didn't say that?" Pei Jingxing unceremoniously used Su Yan as a shield, lowered his voice, and deliberately looked unhappy, "So Su Yan lied to me today?"

Hearing the dissatisfaction towards Su Yan in Pei Jing's words, Pei Huaiyu hurriedly waved his hands and said, "I remember wrongly, I did mention this matter today."

Pei Jingxing nodded, obviously very satisfied with Pei Huaiyu's way, and said with a smile: "In that case, before the drum rings behind closed doors, I will send you back first."

Pei Huaiyu had no choice but to say to King Jin with an apologetic face: "Prince Jin, please wait for me to come to the door another day to appreciate these treasures together."

King Jin stared at Pei Jingxing for a long time, then said with a half-smile: "Okay, that's very good."

Pei Huaiyu noticed Pei Jingxing's displeasure along the way, thought he was still angry with Su Yan, and said, "Cousin, then I will go to you first tomorrow, and then we will go to Taixuan Temple to find Daoist Su together."

"Who will go to see Hu Xuanwu with you?" Pei Jingxing rolled his eyes at Pei Huaiyu, "Also, don't cause trouble for Su Yan."

"Why did I cause trouble for Daoist Su again?" Pei Huaiyu was very wronged, and yelled, "Daozhang Su hasn't disliked me yet, but you have come to dislike me. Is he your brother, or am I you?" brother?"

Pei Jingxing didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I don't think you are a brother, will I go to Prince Jin's mansion to bring you out today?"

Pei Huaiyu became more and more confused: "Where is this going?"

Seeing his cousin who hadn't realized anything yet, Pei Jingxing pressed his temple and said, "Let me ask you, King Jin is very well behaved, what do you want to do with Su Yan?"

"Of course I asked Daoist Su to solve a troublesome matter for him." Pei Huaiyu thought about it carefully for a while, and said, "The king of Jin found me and said that he heard that a Taoist priest came to Xijing. Great. He is very interested in Daoist Su and wants me to introduce him."

Hearing that the King of Jin did not tell the truth to Pei Huaiyu, Pei Jingxing concluded that the King of Jin had ulterior motives: "The national teacher is a display, and Gao Zekai is a display? With these two around, is there any Taoist priest in the world who is worthy of the King of Jin's interest? Gao Zekai may be more interested than Not Su Yan, but the state teacher has been in Xijing for decades, and it's not like the King of Jin has never met him before, so how could he be interested in such an unknown little Taoist priest like Su Yan?"

When Pei Huaiyu heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, and his face was a little ugly.

Just when Pei Jingxing thought that Pei Huaiyu was finally enlightened, Pei Huaiyu's eyes flicked back and forth between his body and the horse's back several times, he hesitated to speak, and after a while he hesitated to say: "Cousin, Daoist Su saved you, How can you say he is a little Taoist?"

"..." Pei Jingxing only felt that his temples hurt even more, "Okay, you don't go to the Jin Palace these days. Aren't you very interested in spells? If you don't like to go to the National Teacher now, go more Find Su Yan."

"But Daoist Su is too reticent," probably because this lonely cousin cared about her especially today. After being moved, Pei Huaiyu lost a little of the awe she usually had for Pei Jingxing, and boldly complained, "I Usually when I go to Taixuan Temple, Daoist Su is either writing talismans or practicing kung fu, I want to follow him to get rid of demons, but he refuses."

"Are you asking those boring questions again? As for eliminating demons, you can't carry them on your shoulders. I heard that you have several mahogany swords on the table to eat dust. If it were me, I wouldn't know how to do it." I'll take you to get rid of the demon." Pei Jingxing felt that the Su Yan he saw was not what Pei Huaiyu said, and based on the image of these two people in his heart, he naturally thought that it was Pei Huaiyu's problem.

Pei Huaiyu felt that she was extremely wronged, thanks to the fact that when she was a child, she followed this cousin who turned his elbows outward with bare buttocks, climbing trees, swimming, and secretly took Minglang princess's rouge to make up her pug dog .Fortunately, Daoist Su is right in everything he does, and he is the one who is wrong.

He also said that Taoist monks are the most hated by Pei Jie. Pei Huaiyu believed it at first, but when his cousin saw Daoist Su, he was not impatient at all. It can be seen that the eyes of the world are blind, blind!

Pei Huaiyu held back her anger and ignored Pei Jingxing.He didn't snort lazily until he reached the door of the house, presumably to say goodbye to Pei Jingxing.

Pei Jingxing was helpless when he met such a cousin: "Think about it yourself, as the King of Jin, if you have any important matters, you can ask the national teacher or Gao Zekai to clarify your doubts. No matter how bad it is, there are Taoist priests in the Taixuan Temple alone in Xijing There are dozens of people, why did he choose Su Yan, who has just come to Xijing not long ago and is not well-known?"

Pei Huaiyu was taken aback, and when he turned his head, Pei Jingxing had already left.

Could it be that he was tricked by King Jin?