Invincible son

Chapter 785 [784] [Pei] ([-])

"Dare to ask, is the Marquis Zhongshan of Beiliang in front of you?"

"Who are you?"

"The last general, Liu Zifeng, is now the commander of the west gate of the Jian'an City Defense Battalion, and is temporarily in charge of the security of the Donglin Wenhui."

Pei Yue walked towards the south with a blank expression, and sat down on a stone dozens of steps away. Qian Bing led the elite of the Taige followed closely behind him, standing in a row behind him.

Liu Zifeng looked quite embarrassed. He found this place all the way from the courtyard where Pei Yue was staying. He couldn't identify the road carefully at all, so he could only walk desperately in the muddy rainstorm.The same was true for the two hundred subordinates behind him. All of them seemed to have rolled through muddy water a few times, and they no longer had the usual mighty domineering.

Before Pei Yue could respond, Liu Zifeng didn't dare to urge him, and turned his head to look at the miserable situation by the lake, feeling a chill in his heart.

The strong wind finally subsided, and there was still drizzle in the night sky. Through the vast and misty night, Liu Zifeng could barely see hundreds of corpses lying in front of him. become more authentic.

Liu Zifeng felt chills in his heart, and he cupped his hands towards the silent crowd over there and said, "Marquis Zhongshan, may I ask these—"

Pei Yue interrupted him coldly: "Commander Liu."

Liu Zifeng quickly responded, "The end is here."

Pei Yue said in a deep voice, "Where is Shangguan Shangshu?"

Liu Zifeng replied cautiously: "Master Shangshu heard that the Marquis of Zhongshan was assassinated, and he was very anxious and worried, so he hurriedly ordered the general to lead his soldiers to protect him. Those thieves who surrounded the place where the Marquis was staying ran away immediately after seeing the general, and the general was worried. Lord Hou is in danger, so he temporarily ignored those people and searched all the way here."

Pei Yue sneered and said, "You can't decide what happened tonight, please invite Shangguan Shangshu here immediately."

Liu Zifeng showed hesitation, and asked tentatively: "Marquis Zhongshan, should the general escort you back to your residence first, so as not to—"

There was a whistling sound of piercing through the air, Liu Zifeng jumped, and when he fixed his eyes, he saw that a steel knife was thrown and stuck in the mud three feet in front of him, the handle of the knife was still shaking violently.

Two masters from Taishi Taige set up Fang Yunhu's body, followed Qian Bing who was holding a spear to Liu Zifeng, and then only heard Qian Bing ask indifferently: "Commander Liu, you should know this assassin, right?"

Liu Zifeng looked up, and was instantly frightened out of his wits. Of course he knew who this dead man was!

Qian Bing's eyes were as sharp as a knife, and he said in a deep voice: "Commander Liu, the son of the Duke of Guizhou intends to murder the Marquis of Zhongshan, are you sure you can afford it? Or are you an accomplice to this person, and it is not right to hesitate now?" Do you want to do something to my Lord Hou?"

Liu Zifeng waved his hands in panic and said: "I don't dare, I will inform Lord Shangshu right now!"

From a distance, Pei Yue's cold voice came: "You'd better find someone to recite Shangguan Shangshu, otherwise, I won't guarantee that any trouble will happen."

Liu Zifeng's face was mixed with rain and sweat, and he replied loudly: "The general understands, please wait a moment, Marquis of Zhongshan, and the general will invite Master Shangshu to come over immediately."

Time passed bit by bit, Pei Yue looked at the vast Danxia Lake and fell into deep thought.

The reason why he wanted to participate in the Donglin Literary Association, on the one hand, was to use the influence of those literati to further expand the differences and internal struggles in the Southern Zhou Dynasty. This was an overt conspiracy on the surface.On the other hand, he uses Xian Xiaoshi's unpredictable "internal response" to get rid of Fang Yunhu, relying on the full assistance of Taishi Taige, the other party's actions have long been in his expectation, so he can calmly lead him step by step into the dead end .

Pei Yue would not fully trust Xian Xiaoshi and his father, Qian Bing and the other three top experts in the Dui Department have not shown their level, the purpose is to prevent Xian Xiaoshi from changing his mind temporarily.

In his opinion, this risk is worth trying, because when he was still in Kyoto, he couldn't figure out a problem.

Why did Xian Chunqiu help himself?
Not only the Southern Zhou people didn't believe it, even Pei Yue didn't believe that Xian Chunqiu was a pawn buried by Emperor Zhongzong back then.

You must know that hundreds of people in the Chu State Mansion were completely killed, including Xian Chunqiu's first wife and eldest son, even if it was a bitter plan, it would not be able to achieve this level.If Xian Chunqiu was really willing to feign surrender to Southern Zhou at the cost of his whole family's death, and had remained committed to it for more than 30 years, then Pei Yue would definitely suspect that something was wrong with his head.

Is it...

Pei Yue remembered the words Xian Xiaoshi left before he left, and suddenly had an extremely bold guess in his mind.

He suddenly looked forward to meeting Xian Chunqiu very much.

"Master Hou, someone is peeping in the dark." Qian Bing, who was standing behind him, said in a low voice.

Pei Yue said calmly, "It's either Fang Yunhu's subordinates left outside the courtyard, or the people from the north."

Qian Bing replied: "Master Hou is wise."

Pei Yue changed the subject: "Even I can't perceive it, but your five senses are so sharp."

Qian Bing was slightly taken aback, and said after a while: "The lower officials have some experience in these matters."

Pei Yue said lightly: "If I'm not wrong, you should be the best assassin in the cabinet."

Qian Bing did not deny it, and said respectfully: "Thank you, Lord Marquis, for your compliment."

Pei Yue smiled, still looking at Danxia Lake which gradually calmed down.

About half an hour later, the rain finally stopped in the middle of the night, and the night was filled with a faint coolness.

Sure enough, Liu Zifeng did not delay, and led a group of soldiers with big arms, round waists and strong bodies, found a soft sedan chair, and took turns to carry Shangguan Ding, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, over.When he came to the shore of Danxia Lake, he immediately understood the meaning of Pei Yue's words earlier, and saw a group of people gathered here, as well as Feng Yi and Pei Yue's personal soldiers whom he had seen outside the courtyard.

The light by the lake is not too dim, because there are dozens of lanterns here.

Feng Yi came a bit slowly with his soldiers, only a moment faster than Shangguan Ding, because they kept finding the Southern Zhou literati who lived temporarily in Donglin along the road, and brought them here almost intimidatingly, and took them here without fear of fine details. Rain Lantern.

Seeing this scene, Shangguan Ding's heart sank suddenly, because those literati were surrounding Pei Yue, sternly accusing more than a hundred corpses lying on the ground.

Pei Yue cupped his hands at the literati and said, "It's not intentional to invite you here to be abrupt, but I just want to invite you to be a witness, so that Shangguan Shangshu will not admit it afterwards, and publicize that tonight is my falsehood and slander."

Everyone quickly said: "These thieves are really hateful, Zhongshan Hou can rest assured, the imperial court will definitely give you an explanation."

Shangguan Ding was still planning to make a speech, but was immediately forced into a corner by Pei Yue's words, so he stepped forward and said sadly: "Peihou, Commander Liu has informed me of the whole story. Please rest assured that Peihou, I will definitely I will report the truth to His Majesty."

Pei Yue sneered twice, looked at him and said: "Shangguan Shangshu, the person who assassinated this Marquis was named Fang Yunhu, and those were all descendants of the Fang family in Pingjiang. I have been assassinated many times in less than ten days since I came to Jian'an. Err Since you hate me for not dying, why bother?"

Shangguan Ding realized that things would become extremely troublesome, so he could only apologize with a smile: "Pei Hou, please calm down, calm down."

Pei Yue shook his head and said: "Master Shang Shu, there are only two things to do, one is to confirm the identities of these assassins in person, and the other is to ask the Lord to forward it to Your Majesty, Pei Yue is now waiting at the residence, trying to kill me It's very simple, all you need is an imperial decree."

Shangguan Ding's headache was about to split, he cupped his hands and said: "Pei Hou, the matter has come to this point, I dare not argue, but this matter has absolutely nothing to do with my Majesty, I dare to guarantee it with my life."

Pei Yue's eyes were stern, and he said slowly: "Forget it, Ben Hou wants to go back to rest now, I wonder if Lord Shang Shu will allow it?"

Shangguan Ding quickly turned sideways and said, "I sent someone to escort Peihou."

"No need!"

Pei Yue waved his left hand, which was temporarily wrapped with cloth strips, and strode away.

Qian Bing led the masters of the pavilion, Feng Yi led the soldiers, and followed at the same time, with a look of fear on their faces.

Liu Zifeng looked around and saw that Shangguan Ding didn't speak, he could only stand there silently.

Shangguan Ding turned his head and looked at the densely packed corpses by the lake, feeling extremely irritable. In fact, after receiving the secret decree from Jian'an City, he understood that this matter would be difficult, especially when Pei Yue invited so many literati to the scene , How can I cover up the news?It is impossible to kill all the dozens of people in front of you.

Those noble and aloof literati were not afraid of the Minister of Rites and surrounded him one after another.

"Master Shangshu, what exactly does Duke Zhen want to do?"

"Since His Majesty wants to marry Beiliang, why are there repeated assassinations against the Marquis of Zhongshan?"

"Those martial arts in the army are too presumptuous, do they really think that these dirty deeds can be covered up?"

"As the saying goes, envoys are not to be beheaded when fighting between two countries, not to mention that Marquis of Zhongshan is the official envoy to welcome his relatives, and he wants to take His Royal Highness the Princess of our court to Beiliang. Those people are so reckless, do they still have His Majesty in their eyes?"

……

Shangguan Ding finally calmed down these people, and then ordered Liu Zifeng to lead the soldiers to clean up the mess. These corpses by the lake must be handled carefully, at least Fang Yunhu's corpse must be transported back intact.

Looking at the corpse with a blood hole in its chest, Shangguan Ding started to have a headache again.

"Your Majesty, what should I do? Perhaps even you would never have imagined that the one who wanted to murder that Liang man was the legitimate son of Lord Zhen Guo."

He was thinking silently in his heart, with an extremely complicated expression on his face.

Right now is just the beginning, God knows what kind of huge waves will be caused by Fang Yunhu's death and Pei Yue's assassination again.

(End of this chapter)