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Chapter 144 The Crisis of the Pei Family

Li Yan hardly ever got out of the back cabin. Now, compared to Pei Qing, she has more important things to do.

Pei Qing didn't get off the ship to do anything else. Li Yan sat upright in the back cabin, huddled together with his head lowered. He looked at her in the front cabin, becoming more and more cautious.

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On the west side of Lu'an, in the middle of a large stretch of residences, there is an exceptionally majestic and deep house. In the east corner of the house, in a quiet courtyard, the former patriarch of the Pei family who has just stepped down and the third generation owner of Duoyun Villa, Pei Zhenchuan, Standing in the porch with a gloomy face, looking at the gloomy sky and the fine rain, my mood is the same as this sky.

"Where did he go? Did you find out?" Pei Zhenchuan's voice was filled with anger and impatience.

"Not yet." Lao Zhang, who has been with him almost all his life, bowed his hands, with guilt in his tone.

"Little Seventeen is deeply scheming, cunning and cunning, and the manpower on the mountain is stronger than ours. We can't find out, and we can't blame them for not working hard." The nephew Pei An, who was standing on the other side with his hands down, leaned forward and explained for Lao Zhang.

"A letter has been sent from the capital...you tell me." Pei Zhenchuan ordered Lao Zhang with a sense of irritability and impatience after half a sentence.

"Yes." Lao Zhang agreed calmly, "Just now a message came from the capital, saying that Zhou Rui took something and went to our palace in the capital and handed it to Master Chen Yanfeng. Chen Yanfeng and Master Chen took the thing and left. Close the door and return at night."

"The fire in the back lake of Li's house?" Pei An reacted very quickly, and Pei Zhenchuan sighed, "Since the stone house collapsed, things have happened one after another, and now..." Pei Zhenchuan stopped talking, looked up at the sky Yusi said, "The thing that the ancestors said is here."

"Little Seventeen..." Although Pei An had already thought of it, but now that he heard it from Uncle Liu's mouth, he was really sure, and his hands and feet were still cold in shock. "I didn't deliver the letter... did I hand it to the patriarch? My nephew said, did I hand it to the uncle?"

"Him?" Pei Zhenchuan snorted coldly and sneered. He didn't look down on him. Among the generations of mountain masters, he relied on a little luck. Without his words, how could there be today's situation!
"I don't like him, and Xiao Shiqi looks down on him even less, Xiao Shiqi... Sigh!" Pei Zhenchuan sighed, Xiao Shiqi was too scheming, and standing behind him was the old man who took over the villa from his ancestors , Xiao Shiqi didn't put him in his eyes, let alone be afraid of him, he was to Xiao Shiqi...he couldn't grasp him, he couldn't even guess what he was thinking, what he was going to do...

"Is there any letter from Yangzhou City?" Pei Zhenchuan looked at Pei An.

"The fire at White Horse Temple was originally an opportunity, but," Pei An paused, "if Shao Cong is deposed as the crown prince, then the capital will have to replace him..."

"Idiot!" Pei Zhenchuan snorted angrily, "Shao Cong is now in the capital, what's the difference between whether he is a son or not? What's the use of him entangled in the title of son or son? I didn't ask you to tell him, now the most The most important thing is to hold the entire Huainan Road in your hands? To hold the end of Heduoyun Villa in your hands?"

"Huainan Road is obviously in his hands, but as long as Shao Cong doesn't die, as long as he is still in the position of the heir apparent, the hearts of the people on Huainan Road will..." Pei An is half uneasy and half helpless. This is the second master Shao Cong. Qi's words are correct. Shao Cong has the Yuan family behind him. So far in the capital, everything seems to be going well. If he will return to Huainan Road one day... who can say for sure.

Pei Zhenchuan looked contemptuously at Pei An, as if Pei An was Shao Qi.Looking directly at the words behind Pei An, he couldn't continue.

"Just one word, stupid!" Pei Zhenchuan squeezed out a stupid word from between his teeth, and Pei An smiled awkwardly. "Don't check Xiao Shiqi's whereabouts anymore. Don't waste manpower on this. You pack up and set off for the capital. First, carefully investigate Xiao Shiqi and that fool in the capital. Every word and deed They all need to be investigated, the more carefully the better, and secondly, that Yunmengze...Forget it, you can ignore that one, and keep an eye on the situation in the capital, this is the most important thing. This time, we can't stand still .”

"Uncle Six, don't worry, I understand." Pei An's eyes were burning.

Pei Zhenchuan watched Pei An's back coming out of the hanging flower gate, and coldly ordered Lao Zhang who was standing behind him with his hands down, "Order the mountain, first, keep an eye on You Qing, and second, as soon as there is news about Xiao Shiqi, report it immediately."

Old Zhang agreed in a deep voice, and Pei Zhenchuan stood for a while, with his hands behind his back, and walked out of the courtyard unhurriedly, along the chashou corridor, and went straight into the courtyard where the patriarch Pei Ming was in charge.

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The boat moored day and night, and went south very quickly. The trees and fields on both sides of the river changed from black and white to withered, and gradually became a little dark green. , It was still the same as the day when he first boarded the ship, Li Yan felt a little bit more cold.

Li Yan never had a meal or talked with Pei Qing, the former cabin captain. Pei Qing visited the back cabin every other day and went to the back cabin every day, no matter whether he stood at the door or came in and stood there. Sitting, Li Yan just greeted politely and distantly. He used to have nothing to say, and there is no more.

Pei Qing's mood became more and more gloomy day by day. He could see that she was very busy. She sat in the back cabin for a whole day, but he could clearly see that she was very busy. This confused him and made him even more worried and anxious. Here comes the crisis.

There are more and more dense greens on the banks of the river, the river is getting wider and wider, and there are more and more boats in the river. On a sunny morning, the boats entered the wharf of Yangzhou Mansion.

"It's Yangzhou." Pei Qing stood at the door, looking very relaxed, "Take a rest for a day, I'll accompany you to the city for a stroll, just in time, you should also add some clothes and jewelry."

"Do you have to stop for a day?" Li Yan curled up in a chair, looking up at Pei Qing.

"I've been on the road for a month or two, and it's time for everyone to relax. Here... don't worry." Pei Qing didn't answer Li Yan directly. Li Yan lowered his eyelids, stood up from the chair after a while, He took a white fox cloak and put it on Li Yan. This was one of the first clothes that Pei Qing asked to buy after entering Huainan Road.

Wrapped tightly in his cloak, Li Yan got off the boat and climbed up the steps. In front of him was a very bustling street.Here, the piers along the river are the most lively places.

Pei Qing stood next to Li Yan, slightly sideways to protect her, Yushu walked on the other side, and around the three of them were Jin Dou and other young servants and long followers.

Li Yan walked very slowly, turning his head and looking around very carefully while walking.Her feeling here is very different from the feeling on the boat.

At the first crossroads, a large tung oil truck came to meet him. Pei Qing motioned to Li Yan, "Your illness is still not cured, so you shouldn't work too hard. The tailor shop is two streets away from here. Let's go by car."

(End of this chapter)