The dignitaries and high-ranking officials in Kyoto all live in Dongcheng, but they are relatively scattered. For example, the Nine Founding Fathers lived in different houses.

Yongrenfang is not famous among them, but it has become more and more eye-catching in recent years.

At that time, the residences of Luo Ting, the ruler of the Right Dynasty, and Ming Yun, the Zuo Lingchen of Taishitai Pavilion, were all located here. Now, a popular Zhongshan Marquis Mansion has been added, which has already overshadowed the others.

The distance from the Zhongshan Hou Mansion on Qingfeng Street to the Shen Mansion on Taiping Street was very close. Pei Yue rode his horse slowly and arrived at the door of Shen Mansion in only ten minutes with a cup of tea.

The chief steward of the Shen Mansion and several servants stood at the foot of the steps to welcome Pei Yue. When Pei Yue arrived, he respectfully performed a salute and shouted: "I pay my respects to the Marquis, little man."

Pei Yue smiled and said: "No need to be polite, just get up."

The housekeeper said with awe, "I would like to inform you, Lord Marquis, that the head of the family has been waiting in the main hall of the mansion for a long time."

Pei Yue knew about the situation in Shen's house. Shen Danmo was the only daughter under Shen Yun's knees. His brother was a very honest man and was not suitable for these welcome and send-off etiquettes, and it was impossible for him to come out to greet him in person. That's not a good thing for Pei Yue.

"It's time to work."

Pei Yue said gently, and then followed the housekeeper towards the mansion, while his soldiers were taken to the side hall for tea by other stewards of the Shen mansion.

Arriving at the main hall, Silent Cloud stood up with a smile on his face.

Pei Yue was slightly startled, quickly stepped forward and saluted with his hands raised: "I've met Mr. Shen."

Silent Cloud joked: "According to the laws of the country, you are now a super-ranked Marquis. I am only a third-rank Zuo Lingchen. I should be the one saluting you."

Pei Yue laughed and said, "Master Shen is so funny. Even the Duke of Wei would not dare to accept this gift from you."

Silence said calmly: "It's not that he doesn't dare, he just doesn't want to cause trouble. Please sit down."

After the two sat down, the maid served them tea, and then left with the butler. The butler was an old man from the Shen family. He had seen many dignitaries, but this was the first time he had seen a scene like today. Silent Cloud's approachability and easy-goingness made him so moved. Surprised, Pei Yue showed signs of being equal despite his young age, which shocked him even more.

Silent Cloud looked at Pei Yue's calm face and said with some emotion: "Three years ago you came to the house with resentment. The scene at that time seemed to be right in front of you. It can be seen that there is no eternal truth in the world."

That was after Pei Yue came back from the Hengduan Mountains and came to visit with evidence of Pei Rong's crime. During this period, Silent Cloud seemed to want to keep Pei Rong, which made Pei Yue almost unable to suppress the anger in his heart. Now that he thinks about it, he naturally finds it a bit funny. I met Pei Zhen when I was in Lingzhou, and Pei Yue had already figured out the whole story.

He didn't want to guess how loyal Silent Cloud was to the emperor, but as one of Pei Zhen's arms, the other party would obviously not target him. What happened later also confirmed Silent Cloud's attitude towards him.

Thinking of this, Pei Yue couldn't help but said with some embarrassment: "This junior is not thoughtful and makes Master Shen laugh."

Silent Cloud waved his hands and said: "It's not a bad thing for young people to be sharper. At least His Majesty appreciates your courage."

Pei Yue Zhuangruo glanced left and right unintentionally, and said with a slightly strange expression: "It turns out that His Majesty is paying attention to me so early."

Silent Cloud certainly understood what he was wary of, and said in a gentle tone: "You can say whatever you want here, Your Majesty, he won't hear it."

Pei Yue breathed a sigh of relief, "The other party's words were obviously expressing his attitude. The reason why he was so cautious was not because he was afraid of Silent Cloud's identity, but because he was not sure whether Silent Cloud still cared about the friendship back then after more than ten years.

He trusts Mr. Xi because after Pei Zhen faked his death, he stayed away from the court and the emperor, and was unmoved by the high-ranking officials and generous salaries given by Mo Haoli. Such a temperamental person is certainly worthy of trust. Silent Cloud is a little different, At first, he took the initiative to persuade Pei Zhen to support Emperor Kaiping, and even sent the strongest dead men around him to assist Wang Pingzhang. Later, he took the power to control Taishitai Pavilion alone.

As Silent Cloud said before, people and things in this world may change. How can he be sure whether he himself has changed?

After temporarily putting aside his doubts, Pei Yue muttered: "Master Shen, the concessions made by Wei Guogong this time are too big."

Silent Cloud shook his head slightly and said: "This only shows that Li Pingzhong is not that important in his eyes, but Fengcheng Hou himself obviously cannot see through this. It is imperative to streamline the Western Army, even if it does not take more than ten years for Xiwu to restore its armaments , there will be no more use of weapons for at least three to five years. Under such circumstances, it is not correct to maintain a standing army of more than 300,000 troops. From a strategic point of view, the restructuring of Lingzhou and the streamlining of the Western Army actually cooperate with each other. A set of plans that allowed the Lingzhou Governor's Office to take control of the military and create a certain buffer space, instead of throwing all the pressure of defense on the Western Army. You should clearly remember that the eight hundred cavalry of Western Wu plundered Lingzhou. If you hadn't led the Tibetan Front Guards to deal with this enemy, it would have probably caused turmoil within Lingzhou."

After he sorted it out like this, Pei Yue became much clearer. He just frowned and said, "It seems that Duke Wei doesn't want to see Marquis Jining return to the capital."

Silent Cloud said approvingly: "Perhaps this is the only flaw he has exposed. I checked the files in Taige and found that Wang Pingzhang and Tang Youzhi had little interaction, let alone any grudges. I don't know why he insisted on letting Tang Youzhi stay. Lingzhou. However, this matter should have nothing to do with the overall situation. There is essentially no difference between Tang Youzhi or Luo Huanzhang taking over the South Camp of the Beijing Army."

"Junior thinks so too."

Pei Yue smiled slightly, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and he said slowly: "Master Shen, I have a heartfelt request from this junior."

Silent Cloud nodded and said, "You say."

Pei Yue said: "Juniors like to read very much, especially history, but some books cannot be found outside. I think there should be archives in Taige."

Silent Cloud asked curiously: "What history book?"

Pei Yue solemnly said: "All the files from the first year of Yongning."

Silent Cloud's eyes narrowed.

Pei Yue looked calm and faced his scrutinizing eyes calmly.

"There are some things you can't touch."

After a moment of silence, Silent Cloud reminded kindly.

Pei Yue nodded, but did not give up. He seemed to be a little stubborn and said: "I must at least know who I am."

Silent Cloud tapped the back of the chair with his right fingers. After a long period of consideration, he said in a deep voice: "In three days, I will order someone to send the transcript to the head office of Xiangyun Company, and you will send someone to receive it there. Note "Remember, there are some things you can check, but don't act rashly until you are absolutely sure."

"Thank you for your advice, sir."
Chapter completed!