Invincible son

Chapter 858 857 [The fate of loyal ministers]

"Sir, please take a seat."

In the study, Pei Yue couldn't hide his excitement and poured tea himself, and there was a bit of surprise in his words, which was slightly different from his usual calm and restrained demeanor.At this moment, he seemed to be no longer the first-class prince who could decide the lives of thousands of people with just a few words, and finally showed a bit of hesitation that he should have at his age.

Of course it's not because he became childish and fragile overnight, it's just that Mr. Xi occupies a very special place in his heart.

No matter how many people supported and supported him later, Pei Yue always remembered that it was Mr. Xi who gave him the foundation to rise to the top. If there were no years of earnest teaching in the Green Willow Manor, he would never be able to become the big man he is today.Apart from those beauties around him, he believed that only Mr. Xi and Gu Liang helped him without any purpose.

After taking the teacup from Pei Yue, Mr. Xi motioned him to sit down first, and he couldn't help but feel very relieved on his face.

Although both master and apprentice had countless words hidden in their hearts, the topic started from the far west.

"When Grandpa Guo passed away, I could feel a bit of depression hidden in his heart." Mr. Xi sighed softly, and slowly opened the conversation box.

Pei Yue remembered what he had seen and heard on the island in the middle of the lake, and couldn't help asking in a complicated tone: "Did Duke Ding leave any last words about me?"

Mr. Xi looked at him with relief, nodded and said: "He hopes that you can occasionally take care of Peicheng and leave a seed for the Dingguofu. As for the others, the Duke didn't say much. After all, he is ashamed of your past. will make unreasonable demands on you."

Pei Yue said slowly: "Even if he doesn't say it, I will do it."

Mr. Xi said solemnly: "The Duke of the country has been loyal to Liang Liang throughout his life, but in the end he couldn't even return to the root of the fallen leaves. Even though he never regretted it from the beginning to the end, if life could be restarted, I think he might have done it back then." Make different choices."

Pei Yue sighed softly.

The Dingguo Mansion 16 years ago was by no means empty-handed as it is today. At that time, it was only two years since Pei Yuan passed away, and Pei Zhen was still the pillar of the country in Daliang, and the army was full of awe and respect for the Pei family.It's just that after the change of imperial power, facing the turbulent situation in Kyoto and the danger of the army from the west, Pei Zhen led the western expedition without hesitation, and chose to abolish her martial arts after establishing immortal achievements.

Mr. Xi said that Pei Zhen never regretted it, presumably because he had considered the situation over and over again, and thought that he did not have the capital to compete with the Tian family's royal family, unless he insisted on raising an army and rebelling as the last bargaining chip.For Pei Zhen, he definitely couldn't make such a choice, because he had accepted the idea of ​​being loyal to the emperor and serving the country since he was a child, and he couldn't bear the people of Li to fall into precarious killing and turmoil.

At that moment, at this moment.

Thinking of this, Pei Yue suddenly understood the reason why Mr. Xi came tonight.

Mr. Xi watched the change in his expression, and said softly: "I have never told you about my past."

Pei Yue raised his head and said sincerely, "Sir, please tell me."

Mr. Xi smiled, but the smile was full of sadness, and then said solemnly: "Actually, it's just a very ordinary story, and it doesn't even have the qualifications to leave a few figures in the history books. The Xi family can barely be regarded as an official. In the aristocratic family, several of the ancestors became officials in the court, and the highest one became the Minister of the Ministry of War. I remember that when I was young, there were many military books in my family, and the days of immersing myself in the library were the happiest and happiest time in my life. "

Pei Yue vaguely guessed the progress of the following story.

Mr. Xi continued: "Grandfather was a man of integrity and integrity. He offended many important officials in the court, and was involved in a sinister court dispute. In the end, he ransacked his home. Without the appreciation and persuasion of the Duke, I would have lost my life." You can only be a reckless martial artist, and you will never be able to realize your ambitions."

Pei Yue sighed lightly: "So Mr. feels worthless for Duke Ding."

Mr. Xi stared at him fixedly, nodded after a long silence and said, "That's right."

He paused for a moment, and his tone gradually became stern: "If the Duke of the State had returned to Beijing with a great victory, what would the emperor do? It was nothing more than trying to weaken the authority and even force him to On the road to desperation. But compared to the Wang family that rose later, the Pei family naturally has an extremely deep foundation, and the prestige of the Duke is not comparable to that of Wang Pingzhang. When we are really in a desperate situation, there may not be a little chance of winning if we ascend to the top."

Those days of turbulent wind and thunder came to Pei Yue's mind. Hearing the resentment that Mr. Xi seldom showed, he couldn't help but feel sorry for Pei Zhen, and he also had sincere respect in his heart.

He said in a deep voice: "Duke Ding just doesn't want Daliang to fall into civil strife."

Mr. Xi nodded and said: "That's natural. After all, this territory was laid down by their ancestors with bloody battles. No one wants to see the dynasty collapse from within, but those high-ranking emperors don't think so. They wholeheartedly think that Daliang is No matter what they do about the Liu family's private property, no one else has the right to comment on it."

Pei Yue shook his head and said: "Is it the king's land in the whole world, and the king's minister on the shore of the land."

Although the superficial meaning of this sentence was to stand on the side of the emperor, the mocking look on his face at this moment was undoubtedly revealed.

For a well-educated modern person, he can be hypocritical in order to survive, but when faced with a situation that concerns his own safety, he will never be able to uphold the awe of imperial power like Pei Zhen in his heart.

Mr. Xi said slowly: "It's a pity that the Duke of the country is too obsessed. He doesn't want Daliang to fall apart, he doesn't want to see good men in the army fighting in the same room, and he doesn't want the ancestors of the Pei family to bear the infamy of a traitor. So he chose to be in Weiming. In his heyday, he faked his death and escaped, which indeed avoided the occurrence of civil strife in Daliang, but he had to spend more than ten years alone on that island in the middle of the lake, and he couldn't even see his relatives when he passed away."

He looked at Pei Yue with painful eyes, and said word by word: "He is an exemplary loyal minister, but a loyal minister should not end up like this."

Pei Yue's heart suddenly tightened.

He thought of his experiences over the years, and it seemed that he had been arbitrarily arranged by a big hand from the beginning to the present. For example, the reason why he was able to actually lead the Zang Fengwei was only because Emperor Kaiping wanted to use him to catch big fish related to the Chen family back then.

The battle in the western border, the turmoil in Kyoto, and the battle in the southern border, the journey seems to be full of flowers, but in fact he has always been a knife in the hands of others.

Even if it is to make a knife for others, as long as you can get enough benefits from it, you can barely accept it, it is nothing more than mutual use.

But now the man felt that the knife was too sharp, and wanted to break the blade for fear of cutting himself.

Pei Yue sneered a few times, and said to Mr. Xi: "I don't want to be such a loyal minister."

(End of this chapter)