A traitor

In the evening, in the backyard of Mei Mansion, a figure walks through the garden.After a while, he arrived outside Mei Liusheng's study.

At this time, Chengying was guarding the door, seeing the person who had put down his cloak, revealing the face of Pei Yan, Prime Minister of the Left, changed his usual indifference, and bowed his head to him.

Pei Yan also nodded in response, and without hesitation, walked around Chengying and walked in.

In the study, Mei Liusheng was standing in front of the table and practicing calligraphy, Pei Yan stood still in front of him, and saluted: "Your Highness..."

Hearing this, Mei Liusheng raised his head, put down his pen, and said to him, "Pei Qing came here at midnight, what's the matter?"

Pei Yan stood up straight and replied: "I heard from Xun'er that Your Highness wants to go to Qinzhou with Su Qinglang?"

Mei Liusheng hummed, and heard him hurriedly say: "Your Highness, it is absolutely impossible..."

"The frontline battlefield is dangerous. Your Highness is a man of gold. How can he go there to take risks? What's more, His Highness has not accomplished his great career. At this time, he should stay in the imperial city to stabilize his strength. If you leave and go to Qinzhou, then the previous regulations here Shouldn't all the plans be shelved?"

"After this king leaves, the affairs of the imperial city will be left to you for the time being."

Mei Liusheng paused, and then said: "The rebel army is rampant today, and the people in the places they pass through are suffering unspeakably. In the face of the people's well-being, nothing can be called a big deal. Seeing the flames of war everywhere and the loss of life, as a Southern Tang Royal family, if this king doesn't stand up at this time, what face will he have to meet Li's ancestors in the future?"

"Can……"

Pei Yan hesitated for a moment: "I will think of a solution for Qinzhou's matter. If His Highness is really worried, let's send more people out. Why bother to go there in person?"

Thinking of what Pei Ying said in the past, Pei Yan felt faintly worried.

Indeed, for Su Qinglang, Mei Liusheng's recent behavior is really abnormal.

Not only did it prevent Qin Jian and Su Qinglang's plan at that time, but it was possible to severely damage Qin Jian and Su Qinglang's plan. He actually wished to recruit Su Qinglang.

In the end, they failed to recruit people, but instead caused them to have a deadly handle in Su Qinglang's hands.

Thinking of this, Pei Yan tentatively said: "I heard from Xun'er that His Highness's decision to go to Qinzhou on this trip has something to do with Su Qinglang. I know that His Highness has always loved talents, so I must feel unbearable towards Su Qinglang. Your Highness has already seen it before, he is unwilling to submit to us, and he is wholeheartedly against us, if this person is not eliminated, he will definitely be our great enemy in the future, I hope His Highness will think it over."

Hearing this, Mei Liusheng squinted his eyes: "What Pei Qing means is that this king cares about personal affairs and doesn't even know right from wrong?"

Pei Yan was startled, and hurriedly bowed his head and said, "I don't dare."

Then Mei Liusheng said slowly: "My lord, let me ask you, what is the difference between us and Qin Jian now?"

Pei Yan thought for a while, and said: "Qin Jian has great influence in the court, and in the harem, he has the support of Concubine Wan Gui and others."

Mei Liusheng snorted coldly with disdain: "A group of mobs are nothing but scumbags gathered under the power. They come for profit and go for profit. Today they can stand in Qin Jian's camp for the sake of power. You can also stand with us for the sake of power.

As for the harem, a few women, no matter how powerful they are, are just vines attached to the imperial power. If the imperial power collapses in the future, where will they have a place to live? "

"Compared with Qin Jian, our biggest weakness lies in military power..."

"In recent years, Qin Jian has become more and more powerful. Do you think the emperor doesn't know his ambitions? Why do you keep letting him go? It's not that he doesn't care, but he doesn't dare to do it."

"At the frontier, He Yunqi has an army of 30. Once the imperial city moves, Qin Jian is arrested, and He Yunqi leads the troops to counterattack, who can stop it?"

Hearing this, Pei Yan thought for a moment, indeed, until now, the reason why they did not dare to act rashly was because they were afraid of He Yunqi's military power.

When the emperor ordered He Lanxiang's family to die, it was Qin Jian who risked his life to save He Yunqi regardless of danger.

How could He Yunqi dare to forget such kindness?

If in the future, Qin Jian betrayed Nantang, I'm afraid He Yunqi will follow him, right?

Thinking of this, Pei Yan asked suspiciously: "Your Highness, what does your Highness mean by going to Qinzhou this time to seek Cheng Qi's help?"

Mei Liusheng hummed: "Old General Cheng Qi has one hundred thousand soldiers in his hands, including ours, it is enough to deal with He Yunqi. As for the imperial city, in the future, you and I can convince the emperor that there are emperors and Li Ji around." , no matter how Qin Jian turns upside down, there is no need to worry."

"The journey to Qinzhou this time is far away, and with the rebellion, it may take half a year. But if you can really convince Cheng Qi, it will be worth it."

Pei Yan thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement, and said: "Your Highness is right, it's just that Cheng Qi is stubborn, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to submit."

Mei Liusheng smiled contemptuously: "Because of the matter of Xie's family, he already has dissatisfaction with the imperial court, no matter how loyal he is, he will not let others slaughter him, and he has no complaints at all."

"He is the same as the emperor's uncle. It's not that he has no desire to resist, but the resentment in his heart is not enough to make him betray the emperor and the court. This king will find the last straw that crushes him when he goes to Qinzhou this time. "

Mei Liusheng spoke nicely, but Pei Yan still remained suspicious. Thinking of Cheng Ying's greeting when he entered the door, he felt that maybe he could start from it.

After coming out of the study, Cheng Ying was still standing outside the door. When Pei Yan saw him, he nodded deliberately to say hello.

Cheng Ying looked at him, was silent for a moment, and responded hesitantly.

Seeing this, Pei Yan was overjoyed, knowing that Chengying's side had been loosened. This guard had been following Mei Liusheng all the time. To Mei Liusheng, he was both a servant and a younger brother. From Mei Liusheng, he can obtain information that cannot be obtained directly from Mei Liusheng.

Pei Yan walked in the mansion, thinking that in two days' time, he would get in touch with this Chengying, but he heard a soft call from behind.

"Pei Xiangye stay behind..."

Turning around to see, it was actually Chengying, Pei Yan pretended not to know, and said: "It turns out to be Guard Lin, I don't know what to call the truth, what's the matter?"

He forgot where he heard from that person that Cheng Ying's original surname was Lin, but all along, this young man was too difficult to get close to, and Mei Liusheng only called him by his first name.As time passed, no one remembered her original surname.

Cheng Ying walked over and saw no one around, so he saluted him and said, "Master Xiang is here to discuss Qinzhou matters with the young master?"

Pei Yan nodded, and heard him say again: "The villain found Xiangye today for this purpose, and there is one thing I want to ask Xiangye."

Pei Yan nodded, and spoke softly: "Guard Lin has something to say, but please say it straight, as long as the truth can do it, we will do our best."

But I heard Chengying say without the slightest emotion: "The villain knows that this time I can't stop the young master from going to Qinzhou. However, on the way to Qinzhou, I also ask the Prime Minister to kill Su Qinglang."

In this case, even Pei Yan was startled when he heard it suddenly, but this young man, who was only fifteen years old, was still expressionless and very calm.

Pei Yan coughed lightly, and restrained his expression: "Lin...Guard Lin, don't talk nonsense, Mr. Su is an important minister in the court, and he is on good terms with His Highness. You know, His Highness tried to attract Yu Yu a few days ago. Him, the truth..."

He paused, and then said: "Guard Lin is very skilled in martial arts, if he really has any dissatisfaction with Mr. Su, he can do it himself, the truth is that there is nothing he can do."

"Su Qinglang, he has the ability to deceive people..."

Chengying said this sentence slowly, then looked at Pei Yan and said: "Pei Xiangye has been in the court for many years, and he has known this person for a long time, so he should know how powerful he is."

"The young master has been bewitched, but I don't know it yet. I will take this opportunity to cut the grass and root out the roots. I must not let him affect the young master's judgment and our important affairs."

Hearing this, Pei Yan smiled wryly. He has been watching that kid grow up, so how could he not know how powerful he is?

However, young people, who doesn't like young and beautiful people?

With Su Qinglang's face, thinking back then, that son of the Xie family was so shrewd, yet he was defeated by his hands, and ended up in a miserable end of beheading everyone.

He originally thought that Mei Liusheng's treatment of Su Qinglang was just a novelty for a while. After all, with Mei Liusheng's mind, no matter what, he would not miss a big deal because of male sex.

But now it seemed that even the guards around Mei Liusheng became afraid, Su Qinglang really couldn't get rid of him.

He also heard Chengying say: "The villain can't leave the young master, he can only stay by his side, otherwise with the young master's intelligence, he will definitely become suspicious."

"If Mr. Xiang agrees, he will let people lie in ambush on the road in advance. When the time comes, the villain will definitely find a way to let you know that it is just a show that should be done, and we should do it all. In order not to let the young master suspect you and me, In the face of assassins, the villain can only do his best, and then please forgive me."

Pei Yan casually hummed, but was secretly thinking about Chengying's plan, and then heard Chengying say: "The villain knows that Xiangye intends to marry the young master. However, if there is such a person, I am afraid that Xiangye will marry you." The plan will fail, kill him, let the young master return to normal, Xiangye is still worried that the young master will not agree to the marriage in the future?"

He didn't like the Pei family in the first place, so he naturally didn't support this marriage with Pei Ying, so he directly said about Mei Liusheng's obsession with Su Qinglang.

It's just that, to get someone to do things for you, you must have a certain bargaining chip. He knew that Pei Yan would not give up, so he threw out this branch and used Pei Yan's hand to get rid of Su Qinglang.

Pei Yan thought for a moment, although he had already made a decision in his heart, he pretended to hesitate and said: "This matter, the truth needs to be thought about carefully."

Chengying knew what he wanted, and didn't ask the question to the end, but just replied lightly: "So, the villain will wait for the news from the prime minister."

He paused, and then said: "It's just that if the emperor's imperial decree comes down, the young master will leave in a short time. Please make a decision early after thinking about it."