Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Pei Mansion.

Today's Pei Mansion actually no longer belongs to the Pei family. After Yang Guang moved the capital to Luoyang in the former Sui Dynasty, Chang'an City fell into disuse a few years after its reconstruction. Coupled with the subsequent wars, most of the mansions in the north were confiscated and only given to important ministers. , clan descendants.

After Pei Shiju entered the Pass in the fourth year of Wude, Li Yuan gave this house. If there was no treason, it would naturally be passed on to his descendants, but now it will definitely be taken back.

Most of the servants were scattered, only a few old servants were still there. On the couch in the side room, the old Pei Shiju was leaning on it, and Pei Shuying, dressed as a nun, was kneeling on the ground, tears rolling down her face.

Pei Shiju was rebellious and one of the masterminds. Logically speaking, he should be imprisoned or imprisoned in the province of Menxia, ​​and be executed at the right time... Li Yuan and Li Shimin hated him to the core. If Tujue and Xue Yantuo hadn't chosen the right time when they went south, they would have been killed. Maybe Chang'an will be captured.

But Pei Shiju was like this. After the doctor checked his pulse, he was sure that he could not survive for half a month. Li Yuan was helpless and simply drove Pei Shiju back... There was also Li Shan's suggestion. After all, he had a deal with Pei Shiju.

"Idiot, what's the use of crying now?" Pei Shiju seemed to have regained some energy, with an unnatural blush on his cheeks.

Pei Shuying couldn't stop crying, knowing that her father was on his deathbed, but he was just looking back.

Of all the people involved in this incident, the one who regretted it the most was Pei Shuying... She felt that the origin of everything was her refusal to remarry.

"Exiled to Lingnan... let them go. The sixth brother should be leaving today." Pei Shiju's face showed no expression, neither regret nor frustration. "Don't leave that child to Li Dewu, let the sixth brother take it with you."

The so-called sixth brother refers to Pei Ji. Although this person is also rebellious, he was forced to have no choice at first. He also knew that Li Shimin would not let him go. Because of Liu Wenjing's death, the conflict between Pei Ji and Li Yuan also broke out. Personal relationships run deep.

Therefore, Pei Ji's final fate was that he was exiled to Lingnan without questioning his family.

"Li Huairen is not a person who can be exterminated. If you choose a place in the east of Hedong to become a monk, that will be the case for the rest of your life."

Pei Shiju was still certain that Li Shan would not kill them all. The reason was very simple. Pei Xuanji's three sons and two daughters were all exiled in Lingnan, and his eldest grandson was only seventeen years old and mediocre.

There is no need to be afraid of Li Shan, and there is no need to eradicate the roots. If the descendants of the Pei family are not talented and beautiful, it will be difficult for them to return to the north, let alone take revenge.

However, few people with such amazing talent and beauty as Li Huairen could be found in hundreds of years.

Pei Shiju sighed softly and asked, "How is the war in Jingzhao going?"

Pei Shuying was silent and refused to speak, but Pei Shiju already knew the answer, "Such a hero, such a hero, your Majesty is right, he is truly the best in the world."

"I lost my father when I was young, my mother when I was young, I lost my wife in middle age, and I lost my son in old age." Pei Shiju said softly: "After going through the Qi, Zhou, Sui and Tang dynasties, it is interesting to fight life and death with weak young people in his later years."

"Victory or defeat only happens in a moment, life is not mine."

For Pei Shiju to lure foreign enemies into Beijing, it may even cause the semi-destruction of the country and the collapse of the Tang Dynasty. This is a serious crime for future generations.

For members of the Tang royal family such as Li Yuan and Li Shimin, it was a serious crime. However, within the aristocratic family, this view cannot be said to be untenable, but it is not a big crime.

As Li Shan once commented, a child of a well-established family like Pei Shiju always regards family inheritance and lintel as the first priority. As for the country... he may not be ranked second or third.

The clan system originated in the Han Dynasty and took shape in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, but it was in the Northern and Southern Dynasties that the real monopoly was formed...the most critical of which was the ranking of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The so-called Five Surnames and Seven Hopes come from this. If a foreigner is an emperor, a wealthy family may benefit even more.

Just when Li Shan walked out of the Suzaku Gate, Pei Shiju died of illness in a remote hut in the Pei Mansion. This outstanding man who had created countless legends with his talent and scheming in the past few decades passed away quietly.

Except for luring the barbarians to spy on Chang'an at the last moment, Li Shan didn't have much disgust or hatred for the old man. After hearing the news, he was just stunned for a moment and ignored him.

On the other hand, in the Ganlu Palace, although he hated him deeply, Li Yuan was very emotional after receiving his revenge. During the years when he was in hiding, although his rank was not lower than that of Pei Shiju, he was far inferior in authority. At that time, he raised his head. Looking at Pei Shiju.

"Pei Hongda is really unwise." Li Yuan sighed softly: "If he was willing to accept it back then, why would he be like this?"

"Such a hero, and not one with the surname Pei, would never have a dove occupy a magpie's nest. With such help, the Pei family will have no worries for a hundred years."

Li Shimin coughed twice, "Father, actually... Huairen and Pei Hongda actually have some sympathy for each other. After all, there is no enmity between them."

"It's just that when Pei Hongda knew the inside story, Li Dewu had already taken action several times... This man was as vicious as a tiger. Although Huairen was already a county prince at that time and was quite talented, after all..."

Li Yuan nodded. Li Shan had little weight at that time, and the county prince... There were many princes in Chang'an City, and the county princes were everywhere. The county princes were only slightly on the stage, and naturally they were not in Pei Shiju's eyes.

But who could have predicted what would happen now?

Li Yuan was very emotional, and Li Shimin was even more emotional.

Thinking about it now, it feels like a lifetime ago. Li Shimin clearly remembers that after learning the inside story, he looked at the Hongyi Palace under construction in the Forbidden Garden and felt that he and Li Shan were in the same boat.

Now, he has finally reconciled with his father, but Li Shan no longer has this possibility.

At this time, someone from the palace came to report. Li Yuan didn't care at first. After hearing this, he couldn't help but move the corner of his mouth and glanced sideways. Li Shimin was also a little speechless.

A few miles outside the Tonghua Gate in Chang'an, the prisoners who were about to set off south to Lingnan were saying goodbye to their relatives and friends... After all, most of them were children of aristocratic families, from almost every family.

The Taiyuan Wang family, Jingzhao Wei family, Zhaojun Li family, Hongnong Yang family, Tianshui Zhao family... many of them are related to the royal family. No one dares to ask for mercy, but they dare to say goodbye.

As a result, Pei Shuying, dressed as a nun, came to say goodbye to Pei Ji and several other children of the Pei family, and suddenly took out a dagger and stabbed Li Dewu.

Hey, actually the moment he saw Pei Shuying, Li Dewu was ecstatic!

Since Pei Xuanji died and Pei Shuying said the sentence "A son cannot kill his father, but a wife can kill her husband", Li Dewu has been thinking about how to escape almost every moment.

Escape overnight and escape into Princess Pingyang's mansion was only the first step, but now is the second step.

Li Dewu only turned his body slightly, and fell down as if his legs were weak, and his shoulder was stabbed by a dagger.

Li Dewu knew very well that he had not participated in the rebellion from the beginning to the end. He only had a prince and a thousand bulls to protect him... There were many similar people, but he was the only one who was exiled. Maybe it was because of his father-in-law Pei Shiju, but he was so big The child factor is the key.

Now that I have been stabbed... If I force myself to set off at this time, I am forcing myself to die!

Can Li Shan not come forward to intercede?