In the study room of Xingya Houzhai, the candlelight is bright and swaying gently with the night wind blowing in from the window.

Pei Yue listened to the noise coming from outside, frowned slightly and said, "This is not from Xiwu."

Xiwu had planted spies in Lingzhou for more than ten years, and it was impossible for them to have only a dozen or so people. If they thought that with just a few people they could sneak attack on the heavily guarded imperial envoy's office, Pei Yue would only regard it as a joke.

There were two people in the study. Wei Rui sat opposite Pei Yue. He nodded and said, "Sir, could this be Chen Xizhi's subordinate? This woman is as cunning as a fox, and she will probably not put all her strength into it easily at once.

, it’s not impossible to have someone explore the route in advance.”

Pei Yue saw Deng Zai frowning slightly next to him and asked, "What did you find?"

Deng Zai glanced at Wei Rui next to him. He actually envied this general dressed as a Confucian scholar, not because he was promoted from sentry officer to commander, but because he could fight beside Pei Yue. The Battle of Jimingzhai and Qishan

In the Battle of Chong, Pei Yue did not bring any personal soldiers with him and asked them to stay in Xingyang. Although the purpose was to protect Xingya, it also shows that Pei Yue trusted these personal soldiers. But how can there be any personal soldiers in the world who do not follow the general on the battlefield?

?

If Pei Yue had a problem on the battlefield, how would these soldiers survive in the world?

Deng Zai felt very excited to be able to stay by Pei Yue's side tonight, so after discovering that something was not right about the intruding enemy, he had been thinking hard. Upon hearing Pei Yue's inquiry, Deng Zai replied seriously: "Master, we were

When we were in Yongzhou and Yunzhou, we accidentally discovered that someone was following us, do you still remember?"

"A person from Kyoto?"

"Yes, I suspect that the thieves outside are those people."

Pei Yue pondered for a moment, then turned to Wei Rui and said, "Leave two alive and let them in."

Wei Rui immediately stood up and responded: "Yes."

Then he turned around and left the study to make arrangements himself.

Pei Yue knew the people around him very well, especially Deng Zai, the soldiers who had followed him since the night battle at Luliu Village. There were only two people in the study at the moment. He slowed down and said, "After I go to Linqing, I will

I will recruit another group of people to make up the number of hundreds, and you will be the captain of the soldiers. In the future, you will also follow me on the battlefield, and you will be released as a general after you have achieved merit."

Deng Zai first looked happy, then shook his head firmly and said, "Master, I just want to be by your side."

Pei Yue asked curiously: "Be a soldier by my side for the rest of your life?"

Deng Zai smiled and said, "Yes."

He thought for a while and said frankly: "If it weren't for the young master, I would still be just a domestic servant in Dingguo Mansion, stuck in Green Willow Manor doing farm work all my life. My grandfather often taught me that I should know how to be grateful as a person. Now I have surpassed many

If you are lucky, no matter where you go, you will not be looked down upon by others. This is the kindness the young master has shown me, so it is enough for me to be able to do something beside the young master."

Pei Yue sighed: "I know your temperament. In fact, I feel very at ease when you are by my side. Now there are only you and me, so we don't have to hide our words. Do you think I will stop here in my life? Forever.

Is it the commander and the viscount?"

Deng Zai quickly shook his head and said: "Of course not. As early as two years ago, my grandfather said that the young master will definitely rise to great heights in the future."

Pei Yue couldn't help but smile and said: "Your grandfather is optimistic about me. Deng Zai, since you also believe that I am more than that, then when I climb to a high position in the future, you will still be just a captain of the soldiers. What does this make other people think? Follow me.

How can you make people willing to surrender if there is no benefit? You are the person I trust the most, so your future is not just about you, do you understand?"

Deng Zai looked dull on the surface, but in fact he was very insightful. When he finally came to his senses, he nodded and said: "You are right, the young master. It all depends on the young master's arrangement."

Pei Yue said more gently: "This is best, but there is something I still want to remind you. Duan Yuzhu is a subordinate of Marquis Guangping. If you two come together in the future, then she must give up all her responsibilities. You should understand this truth.

Bar?"

Deng Zai was not ashamed, he said seriously: "I understand, young master."

Gu Pu

"good."

Pei Yue heard the shouts of killing getting closer and closer outside, stood up and said, "Let's go, let's see who the beholder is."

In the courtyard outside the study, Nian Xu's steps were hurried and his expression was angry.

A total of fifteen people sneaked into the office, and now there were only two living people around him.

The casualties were not the reason why he was so angry, but that he had never experienced such a humiliating failure in his life.

They set fire to the back house and ran wildly. They looked mighty and domineering, but in fact they were forced to move here by the ambushes everywhere. Facing these officers and soldiers armed with multiple crossbows, Nian Xu and his men, even though they were reckless people, could not do anything.

There is no power to resist, and counterattack is just a dream. There has never been a hero in this world who can kill people with a row of quenched crossbows.

The fire behind them presented a strange scene. The house they set on fire was burning, but as time passed, it did not cause a fire that spread throughout the back house.

Nian Xu and two of his men rushed into the courtyard, looked at the two people walking out of the house, and then looked back, looking extremely confused for a moment.

Now, even if they wanted to take advantage of the chaos, it would be impossible for them to escape, because the fire did not spread, and there was no chaos at all in the imperial envoy's office.

Pei Yue stood in the corridor, and Deng Zai stood aside holding his sword in both hands.

He looked at the two panting people in the courtyard and said sarcastically: "Don't you understand? You people have old methods and nothing new. You just talk about murder and arson."

Nian Xu stood still and said coldly: "Are you Pei Yue?"

Pei Yue ignored his question and said indifferently: "Are you curious why the fire can't burn? In fact, since I moved into this office, my people have been constantly renovating and adjusting it. What does it mean to know

Isolation zone? You don’t know, scum and trash like you only know how to sneak attack at night.”

Nian Xu's face turned red with anger, and he said angrily: "You dare to insult me, a little kid with a yellow mouth? Do you know who I am?"

Pei Yue slowly raised his right hand, and a large number of soldiers with hidden front guards appeared on the four walls of the courtyard and on both sides of the corridor. Everyone raised their bows and arrows, surrounding Nian Xu and the other three people.

Only then did he calmly ask: "Who are you?"

Nian Xu looked around and said in a deep voice: "I am from Prince Lu's Mansion, do you dare to kill me?"

"Oh, King Lu."

Pei Yue said noncommittally, and then said coldly: "King Lu ordered you to assassinate me?"

Nian Xu would not be that stupid. He shook his head and said in denial: "It's ridiculous, how could the prince give such an order? You plotted against the Xu family, and the princess was pissed to death by you. I just came to you to seek justice out of righteous indignation!"

"

"The princess is dead?"

Pei Yue was slightly startled, then looked at Nian Xu, with a smile on his face and said: "Since you are so loyal, then you should be buried as a martyr to the princess."
Chapter completed!