Zhurou

Chapter 128 Sending Letters
The two led their horses, and because they were in the alley, they were not in a hurry to get on the horses, but walked first.

Pei Yongdao: "There must always be people who do things, and it's not for a certain family or surname. Besides, this time is not the past. If you only care about your own gains and losses, you are so smart, how can you not know the consequences."

Wei Chengyan snorted coldly, and said: "Whoever made this situation will do the work, what does it have to do with us?"

"Xuzhou Dibing can't hold back, and will definitely go to the capital. Once the capital is lost, the Central Plains will be lost, and Caizhou will be difficult to hold on. At that time, even the northwest will not be safe."

"Then there is no need for the second brother to go by himself. There are a lot of people who can use it. It is really impossible. Liao Mian is also idle, so why not take a trip? What is the status of the second brother? How can he go to the capital in person? Changing the forbidden army? Once something goes wrong..."

He took a breath, but still refused to accept it. The more he thought about it, the more unhappy he became, and he said again: "Second brother, I just want to ask you, if Qian Weiwu wants to cheat again, those soft-boned people in Caizhou will also stand with him One place, calculating every step of the way, throwing you away when you use it, and really wanting to end up like a dead dog..."

"Dogs have teeth too." Pei Yong said indifferently, "If there really is a day, will all the soldiers and horses you lead be vegetarians? Could it be that Chen's soldiers in Dengzhou are just for show?"

He also said: "If someone does the first day of junior high school, don't blame me for doing the fifteenth day. I'm forced to do it—although I don't want to do that, it's not that I can't do it."

In the middle of the night, when the sky was dark and the sky was dark, although there were guards holding torches in front, the fire flickered, flickering and dimming. Apart from the sound of footsteps and horseshoes, there were no passers-by on the road, only the whistling wind.

Pei Yong's tone was the same as usual, and his voice was even a little deeper, but when it reached Wei Chengyan's ears, he was momentarily in shock, not sure whether what he heard was right or wrong, so he hurriedly turned his head to look .

He wanted to ask a question, but seeing the distance of the guards in front of him, he was afraid of being too close, and he didn't dare to follow the previous topic, so he said vaguely: "According to the second brother's plan, the soldiers in my hands are not going to be mixed with the imperial guards. There is also the Caizhou Supervising Army..."

"Qian Weiwu's subordinates can only use three or four. If I want to divide the troops, I can do whatever I want. He will never agree. Not only that, he will not dare to let half of your troops join the imperial army. He will agree to mix it up." One or two thousand soldiers will be the top—there will be a day when you can't hold one or two thousand soldiers?"

Wei Chengyan slapped his chest immediately, and said, "Don't say one or two thousand soldiers, so what if they doubled? If they are in my hands, they can still fly into the sky? They must be cleaned up properly!"

Pei Yong paused for a while, and said again: "According to my opinion, Qian Weiwu got Caizhou's order, and most of them would pretend to be stupid. If you press him hard, he will only send out a thousand or eight hundred weak soldiers, and send out those who are useless. In the future, either You Zhang or Shi Honghao will lead the army. Judging from the actions of these two in the past, they have some sense of loyalty, and they may not be able to use words to persuade them..."

Wei Chengyan immediately said: "Second brother, don't worry, I never beat and killed indiscriminately! I really have a sense of loyalty, with my ability, can I surrender in a few days?"

He boasted here, but Pei Yong seemed to have never heard of it, and only raised his eyes to the horizon.

At this time, it was the fifteenth day, a full moon had not been born for a long time, and it hung in the sky, neither big nor bright, and there were not many stars around it, only it was hanging alone in the sky, lonely, looking a little pitiful.

***
Here Zhao Mingzhi was sleeping, Pei and Wei went back to the mansion, two streets away, Chen Yan's study was brightly lit.

Holding a copy of the reply letter in his hand, he leaned against the candle and read it twice in the borrowed light. His face was illuminated by the light, and the light and dark alternated, unexpectedly looking a little gloomy.

The person standing under Chen Yan was a steward of the Chen family, and his words were clear, but his voice became softer and weaker.

"... I just said that I tried too hard, but I didn't expect to be able to help, so I returned all the gifts, and asked the younger one to come back and complain to the master. I only said that this time I didn't want to help, but I really didn't have enough patience. I'm very sorry, I just hope the master doesn't misunderstand..."

Chen Yan couldn't help sneering.

I had promised well before, but after only a few hours of work, I came back and refused all of them. If I really feel sorry, I won't just be perfunctory with the Chen family's stewards. At least I have to ask the servants to pay back some gifts, or even come to the door to apologize personally. is.

It is clear that he does not take himself seriously.

But he can't come forward to clean up!
"Isn't Village Master Tian believed yet?" Chen Yan asked.

The person in charge hurriedly said: "Someone in the mansion has been watching at the post station, as long as they see the village owner, they will report back immediately, but there is no movement yet."

Chen Yan nodded.

Although Tian Ying had planned to surrender, many conditions had not yet been negotiated. When he arrived in the camp, there were still several other cave owners around, and it was not so quick to get it done after bargaining.

But right now, he hoped that the delay would take as long as possible, so as to buy him time to work.

Chen Yan glanced at the letter in his hand again, and then put the letter on the candle to ignite it, then lifted the incense burner aside, and threw the whole thing into it.

He stared at the paper burnt to ashes, stirred the ashes twice with the silver tweezers at the side, and then put the lid back on again, then turned to the manager and said, "Go and call Yuan Niang over."

The person in charge was stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Master, when this meeting is already ugly, I'm afraid that the eldest girl has already..."

In the middle of his speech, seeing the ugly expression on Chen Yan's face, he quickly shut his mouth and backed out in a hurry.

In the early hours of the morning, when people were sleeping most deeply, Chen Yuanniang was woken up from the bed, and knowing that it was Chen Yan, she didn't dare to ask any more questions. Urging, had no choice but to hastily rushed over.

As soon as she entered, just as she sat down, there was a letter in front of her, as well as a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Chen Yan pointed to the letter, then tapped the white paper that had been spread out on the table, and said, "Copy it again."

Chen Yuanniang hurriedly lowered her head to look at it, she was at a loss at first, but when she finished reading the text, she was shocked again, and asked: "Father, is there something wrong? The woman surnamed Zhao is really Pei Yong's concubine? It's not that I look down on you." She, really, that face——shouldn't be!"

She thought about it seriously, and finally shook her head and said: "It's definitely not, Mrs. Chen and Miss Chen met her halfway, and they indeed escaped from the capital. If there is something wrong between her and the head of the Li's Bodyguard Forget it, it's still possible, as for Pei Yong, it really doesn't make sense!"

Chen Yan said: "Liao Mian specially told the left and right military patrols to send two patrol teams to guard the alley day and night, and someone saw Pei Yong coming out of the yard in the middle of the night. Look for it, what else can it be except the outer room?"

He said again: "Don't worry too much, it's too hasty right now, we'll check things later, you just copied this letter now."

Although Chen Yuanniang was unwilling and did not dare to disobey her father, but after copying, she felt more and more unreasonable.

She saw that the thick stack at the back was actually full of gift lists, among which there were many antique calligraphy and paintings besides gold, silver and jewellery. The post, the person may not know the goods, in my opinion, it is not so much, the gold and silver of a single page is enough."

"Where has she seen so many good things? If you give too much, it won't be good to raise your appetite!"

He said again: "Will it be useful to send her a letter or a gift? Can you really release my brother?"

"As long as the person surnamed Pei really cares a little bit, she won't be thrown into the alley. I think the house is small, and I didn't send a few maids to take care of it, even the carriage for going in and out. They are all narrow and small, and the material she wears doesn’t fit the table at all, and it doesn’t look like it came from a rich family.”

"If it can't be done, wouldn't it be a waste of time to give her away! Why don't you think of other ways!"

(End of this chapter)