Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 1038 First Meeting

"I didn't know it before."

Faced with this sentence, Zhu was a little surprised, but not surprised. She was surprised that Pei Shuying would come to Dongshan Temple to find herself, but she was not surprised that Pei Shuying said that she didn't know that Li Dewu had married a wife and had children in Lingnan.

In fact, Mrs. Zhu doesn't hate Pei Shuying. There is nothing about this woman that she deserves to cast aside. Is it wrong to wait for her exiled husband?
Of course not, Pei Shuying's chastity is not the chastity archway in the Ming and Qing Dynasties of later generations, even in the eyes of Li Shan, it is worthy of respect, of course only Li Dewu is wrong.

There was no one around, except for the two women, only Cui Shiniang who accompanied her mother-in-law to Dongshan Temple to offer incense.

Mrs. Zhu looked at this lady from the Pei family. This was the first time they had met. Although her features were pretty, she looked sad, and her brows were unconsciously locked. So she said the first sentence simply and simply, "Are you afraid?" gone."

After a short silence, Pei Shuying nodded with a wry smile, "Yes, I'm afraid."

How not to be afraid?

Since his father took over the matter of Li Dewu's abandonment of his wife and son, he fought openly and secretly with that young man again and again, but he could only watch helplessly as the other party climbed higher and higher.

The father is already 80 years old this year, and he had to join the Eastern Palace for the sake of his heirs, and he has become more aging recently.

What frightened Pei Shuying the most was that after Li Yuan returned to Chang'an from the Palace of Renzhi after August last year, everyone could see that the King of Qin had regained his footing, and His Majesty had begun to dislike the Crown Prince, and the wind direction in the court was also quite unfavorable to the East Palace. Disadvantage... After all, it was not only Li Yuan and Li Shimin who were trapped in Tiantai Mountain that day, but also so many descendants of aristocratic families.

Under such circumstances, Pei Shuying found that her father had more and closer ties with the East Palace. How could this not scare Pei Shuying?
For his own sake, his father had to struggle desperately in his later years, so that in the current situation of endless death, once the East Palace was defeated, his father, himself, two nephews, a niece, and even the entire Wenxi Pei family's western family...

I have to admit that Li Shan has won against the trend time and time again, and Pei Shuying is most afraid of the experience of a desperate comeback... In fact, Li Shan herself is not sure, but Pei Shuying is full of confidence in him, and she is not optimistic about Pei Shiju.

Zhu said softly: "What do you want?"

Before Pei Shuying could answer, Cui Shiniang, who was beside Mrs. Zhu, suddenly said, "Li Lang once mentioned that the matter of Huating was not planned by him, do you believe it?"

Pei Shuying was a little surprised that Cui Shiniang actually knew the inside story, but she paused and said, "Believe me, because the victory or defeat is not yet decided, raising the knife at this time will not benefit the overall situation, and it will anger my father. Although King Wei was crowned last year, But if you are resourceful, you should not be unwise.”

Pei Shuying spoke the truth, although her elder brother's death must have something to do with Li Shan, but if you have to break it up, it has more to do with Li Dewu... In a word, no matter which side it is, it is Li Dewu who is at fault .

"You believe it, will Pei Xiang believe it?" Cui Shiniang held Zhu's arm firmly, "If he believed it, he would not still be attached to the East Palace."

Pei Shuying looked at Cui Shiniang, and she realized that she had underestimated the bride's status in the Li family, "If I persuade my father to return to his hometown, His Royal Highness King Wei might stop and kill them all?"

Zhu simply closed his mouth and reached out to pat Cui Shiniang's hand holding his arm, but his heart was a little complicated. He and his son had lived together for many years, and his son refused to tell him many secrets, but he did not hide it from his wife. .

Cui Shiniang smiled lightly, "I'm afraid Mrs. Pei is here, and Prime Minister Pei doesn't know."

Pei Shuying's silence proved Cui Shiniang's guess was correct.

"It involves a family, and it is even more related to the country and society. How can a woman decide it?" Cui Shiniang said bluntly: "I also ask Mrs. Pei to inform Prime Minister Pei before discussing it."

Pei Shuying left Dongshan Temple in disappointment. On the way back, the woman was in tears on the carriage, almost unable to control her emotions. One thing is certain, no matter who wins or loses in the future, she will be a loser after all.

Once the inside story is revealed to the world, he is more likely to be marked by the history book and become a loser who is pitied by future generations.

This emotion continued until she returned to the backyard and saw her father who seemed to have been waiting in the house for a long time. Pei Shuying couldn't help it anymore, and finally burst into tears.

I still remember that when Wude reunited with a broken mirror in the fourth year, although his father had silver threads on his head, he was full of energy and spirit, but now he is gray-haired and his face is full of dimples. taste.

After listening to his daughter choking on the conversation between Dongshan Temple and Zhu Shi and Cui Shiniang, Pei Shiju smiled wryly, "Why is this so, why is this so."

"Father, you also said, brother..." Pei Shuying raised her tear-stained face, "Li Huairen is a man of scheming and stratagem, and he will not do it."

Pei Shiju shook his head, "Isn't it because the father lost his son in his later years?"

"And he's an only child."

"Shouldn't it be enough for this account to be settled only on Li Dewu's head?"

"Will Li Huairen give up when he returns to his hometown?" Pei Shiju sneered, "If I met Li Huairen today, he would definitely swear..."

To judge others by oneself, Pei Shiju felt that if it was him, he would definitely agree, and there would be no loss anyway... As for whether he will go back on his word, let's talk about it at that time.

Pei Shiju has experienced too many wanderings in his life. This "drifting" refers to his compulsion, his helplessness, the loss of his father and mother, wife and son, from the Northern Qi Dynasty to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and then to the Sui Dynasty and Dou Dynasty. Xia returned to Tang in the end, and none of these were transferred based on Pei Shiju's personal wishes.

For a person like Pei Shiju who is wandering in troubled times, he tries hard to control his own destiny, and climbs up step by step. When his life is about to end, how can he put everything on Li Shan's benevolence? ?
Pei Shiju sighed, with a self-deprecating tone that only he knew, he was old after all, his daughter didn't think highly of him, and Li Dewu didn't think highly of him either... That guy actually secretly rented a house in Jinchengfang.

In addition to the Tiance Mansion, there is also the Cui Mansion in Jinchengfang... Apparently Li Dewu's plan is to flee into the Tiance Mansion or the Cui Mansion to save his life if the East Palace is defeated.

But the outcome is yet to be known, Pei Shiju thought in his heart, although the East Palace is in decline, and although the crown prince is relatively mediocre, it is not a bad thing for him.

At this time, there was a sudden noise from outside, and a steward walked quickly with a frightened face.

"What's the matter?"

The steward said respectfully and softly outside the door: "The kitchen is on fire... It seems that thieves have rushed in, and several servants were tied up and thrown in the latrine."

Pei Shiju waved his hands back expressionlessly and said to his daughter in a low voice, "Who do you think Li Huairen is?"

"Haven't you heard of Jingguan by the Cangtou River?"

Li Shan's Huairen has always been ruthless and cruel to his own people and to his enemies.
(End of this chapter)