224 [The Past of Yongning] (Part 1)
For the villagers of Green Willow Village, the luckiest thing in their lives was that Taijun Pei transferred them to Pei Yue.
Nowadays, the most promising young people in Zhuangzi are Pei Yue's personal soldiers. They can receive generous monthly salaries, and they don't have to worry about daily food and clothing. And people like Deng Zai and Wang Yong, who are responsible for their own affairs, are treated extremely well. In addition to
Apart from them, the remaining men in the village were divided into two groups, taking turns to work at Shouyang Mountain, where they could also earn a lot of money.
Pei Yue received a very warm and sincere welcome when he returned to the village. He was very peaceful to the villagers. After chatting for a while, he asked Taohua to go door-to-door to inform them about the move. As the head of the family, he actually did not need to be so kind at all.
, these villagers must obey the order, just to give the little maid some face.
He and Ye Qi first came to the small courtyard next to the main house.
Nan Qin obviously cannot move into Zhongshanzi Mansion. Her situation is different from Ye Qi, and Pei Yue will not make such a mistake.
When she heard the news that she would be moving to the northern suburbs, Nan Qin did not show any reluctance. After thanking her sincerely, she invited the two of them to sit down for tea.
Pei Yue smiled and declined. For some reason, he always felt that this woman with outstanding piano skills looked much more cheerful, and her whole person was a little more energetic than the last time he saw her.
Returning to the main house, Ye Qi returned to his room to pack his belongings, while Pei Yue went to the left wing to look for Mr. Xi.
The village has been very lively this year. Pei Yue rarely left before September. He would learn various skills from Mr. Xi every day. As he went to Kyoto to do business, the soldiers also followed, and the place suddenly became deserted.
.For Mr. Xi, life is always as peaceful as it is in the past ten years, whether it is lively or quiet.
Pei Yue found Mr. Xi in the study. The middle-aged man was splashing ink at his desk.
In the past years, Pei Yue had seen his accomplishments in martial arts, strategy and military formation, but this was the first time he saw calligraphy.
He didn't make a sound to disturb, and stood quietly watching.
Don't act rashly, don't be demanding, don't act in vain.
These are the nine characters written by Mr. Xi on the snow-white paper.
From Pei Yue's point of view, these nine characters are divided into three lines. Different from the popular writing habits nowadays, they are arranged from left to right instead of top to bottom. The three lines of characters are concentrated on the left side, leaving a large area on the right side.
The place seems to be unfinished.
Mr. Xi walked aside, pointed to the blank space on the right and said, "Try to fill in the following words."
After Pei Yue pondered for a moment, he happily picked up the brush on the pen holder and added more than ten words without hesitation.
Mr. Xi read softly: "Don't act rashly, and you will act in the right way. Don't be demanding, and your pursuit will be righteous. Don't act in vain, and your actions will be righteous."
He nodded slightly, then smiled gently and said to Pei Yue, "Sit down and talk."
After Pei Yue sat down, he said, "Sir, the matter in Kyoto has been resolved."
Mr. Xi asked: "Is everything going well?"
Pei Yue replied: "It's generally going smoothly. However, Governor Mo found me after the court meeting and asked me to bring a message to my husband."
"What words?"
"After so many years, some things should be let go."
When Pei Yue said these words, he stared closely into the middle-aged man's eyes.
Mr. Xi did not hesitate, smiled and shook his head and said: "What can't I let go of? It's others who can't let go."
Noticing Pei Yue's complicated eyes and slightly tired face, he asked calmly: "Are you worried?"
Pei Yue took a long breath and said in a deep voice: "Sir, there are many, many things I can't figure out."
"What's the matter?"
"For example, Mr. Shen, you and he were the right-hand men of Duke Dingguo back then, so you should be very familiar with him. Could you please tell me, sir, what exactly is Mr. Shen thinking?"
"Tell me more details."
"Why did he let Shen Danmo befriend me? Why did he go to Dingguo Mansion to help Mr. escape on the night of the bandits' night attack? Why did he help us force Pei Rong to resign? Why did he use Li Zijun's case to break the law? Li Bingzhong? Why did he test me by protecting Pei Rong, and then didn't care that Pei Rong was imprisoned in Shanglin Prison? Why did he cover up the conspiracy in Qibao Pavilion and wait until I opened the lid to reveal it? Come on, does he want to use Qibao Pavilion to drag King Lu into trouble?"
Pei Yue's face was full of melancholy, and he asked in confusion: "Isn't Silent Cloud the emperor's most loyal minister? Why have I not seen his loyalty in the past year since I entered the court, but have seen so many inexplicable behaviors?"
After being silent for a moment, Mr. Xi said with emotion: "It turns out that you have so many questions hidden in your heart, but you can still bear not to ask them."
Pei Yue sighed: "Zheng Mo pointed out some doubts about my plan and asked me to understand some things. I realized afterward that Silent Cloud instructed Shen Danmo to send me a letter, maybe he just wanted to appease me and let me not go in such a hurry. Open the lid. It's just that the letter was a little late, and I had already arrived in Miyagi when I received it."
Mr. Xi pondered: "You have a lot of problems. You might as well think about it from another angle. Has he ever hindered you since you decided to do something?"
"No, on the contrary, most of the things he did were beneficial to me." Pei Yue replied calmly.
"When we analyze a person, we cannot simply distinguish between good and bad, let alone judge whether he is loyal or not based on his appearance. Take the incident at Qibao Pavilion you mentioned. From your point of view, you may think that he is trying to intensify This incident has affected King Lu. But from the emperor's perspective? Isn't this a cover-up, looking for an opportunity to quietly dig out this cancer to avoid implicating King Lu?"
Mr. Xi smiled slightly and continued: "He asked his only daughter to befriend you, tested you many times, and even helped you solve the problem of Li Bingzhong. In fact, it was just because of a guess."
For some reason, Pei Yue suddenly became nervous, and his voice trembled slightly: "What guess?"
Mr. Xi turned his head and looked out the window, his tone slightly bleak: "He suspects that you are the late emperor's posthumous son."
Pei Yue was stunned and said, "But I'm not."
Mr. Xi sighed softly: "But he doesn't know."
Pei Yue felt a little pain in his head. The question of who I am has been lingering in his mind for a long time. From the beginning when Gu Liang said that he was the son of Ling Ping, he later became suspicious, and then gave up his suspicion after meeting Ye Qi. But in Kyoto After searching for more than half a year, he could not find any information about Lingping and his wife, and he fell into confusion again.
He rubbed his swollen temples and said with great sincerity: "Sir, I want to know how many things happened in the first year of Yongning."
When Mr. Xi heard the words "Yongning first year", a look of ice and snow flashed in his eyes.
At this moment, Pei Yue became even more convinced that there was an unknown story hidden in Mo Haoli's words after the meeting.
Chapter completed!