Invincible son

Chapter 1289 1290 [Bitter hands]

In the side hall of the front house, two young men with very different identities sat opposite each other.

"In the door of the front, you wrapped the boss in three words, and I knew that you must not be the things in the pool. The more openly manifested you, the hidden hatred in your heart became more and more difficult to eliminate it. Sooner or later, you will find this national government. After you return from Hengduan Mountain, everyone who can see the emperor will use you, so I will encourage your father to tell you the imperialism. San, no matter how much credit you set, your father's sue is enough to destroy your future. "

Pei Yun looked a little tired, but his eyes were extraordinarily bright.

Pei Yue ate the snack that Pei Ning specially asked Liang Yan to prepare, and calmly listened to his long speech.

Pei Yun didn't care when he saw this, and continued: "However, I never expected that you could persuade the old lady in advance and write you a personal letter that could turn the situation around. Later, you rose to the top and your status became higher and higher. I can only find another way, hoping to find a way out for the Pei family, but in the end you interfered."

These words refer to his plan for Pei Ning to marry into Lu Wangfu, Pei Yue risked offending Emperor Kaiping and broke the engagement.

Pei Yue remained unmoved.

Pei Yun laughed at himself, and said slowly: "You used Xining Bo Cui Hu's pawn in the court to knock me into the dust with your backhand, but I still refused to accept it. I admit that I am far behind you in military affairs, but I never thought of taking this path since I was a child. Without you, I would definitely have a chance to realize my ambition."

Pei Yue finished his last bite of snacks, drank half a cup of tea, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and asked curiously, "What ambition?"

Pei Yun didn't answer.

Pei Yue didn't ask, and said calmly: "Actually, you still haven't figured it out. The reason why you haven't been able to achieve what you want all these years is because your own strength is too weak, and you can only take advantage of it from the beginning to the end. You always pin your hopes on conspiracy and tricks, and imagine that the world will be used by you. This is a very ridiculous thing in itself."

Pei Yun frowned and said, "Scheming is the right way."

Pei Yue shook his head, and said bluntly: "I believe that you have the ability to design a perfect game. You can score two stars without any difference, and everyone is included in your calculations. However, the art of war has a combination of clouds and odds, and pure conspiracy will definitely not make things happen, because even when faced with the same thing, different people will make different choices, and a small deviation will lead to all mistakes."

Pei Yun said in a deep voice: "That only shows that this game is not perfect."

"What is a conspiracy?"

Pei Yue smiled and said unhurriedly: "Conspiracy is a trick, and the key lies in secrecy. If your enemy walks into the trap without knowing it, it is likely to fail once the other party notices it. The bigger the plot, the more people will be involved, and the probability of news leaking will double, because you can't control everyone's heart and turn them into marionettes. There are too many smart people in this world. You haven't even learned the fur of Silence Yunshen, so how dare you treat all beings as ants?"

Pei Yun was silent.

After a long time, he said meaningfully: "You see it more thoroughly than I do, and to my surprise, I thought King Jin would slap me a few more times, but I didn't expect you to be willing to reason with me."

Pei Yue stroked the white porcelain teacup, and said lightly: "I'm also a little curious. This time, you didn't choose to vote for the queen mother, but tried to set up a trap for her. Although most of your experiences over the years are your own fault, they are ultimately related to me. It is said that you should wholeheartedly help the queen mother deal with me, and maybe you can achieve your long-cherished wish."

Pei Yundao: "I'm not crazy, why did I kill my father?"

Pei Yue looked at him with a half-smile.

Pei Yun understood the meaning of this look, and he said frankly: "Back then, I didn't know that the old lady gave you a talisman. I thought that even if my father failed to sue, it would be no big deal. At most, I would be warned by the late emperor. As for my sister's marriage, I admit that I have selfish intentions, but Lu Wang's mansion is not a dragon's pool, she will only enjoy the glory and wealth for a lifetime."

He thought about it for a while, and then said with emphasis: "Perhaps these thoughts prove that I am selfish, but I will never be so insane as to kill my father."

"Too."

Pei Yue was quite emotional, and murmured: "But I can't thank you for it. Frankly speaking, if you didn't make up your own mind, the dead men of Luan Yiwei would not have been able to enter the mansion quietly. There is no need to lie between you and me. I don't care about your father's life or death, but I almost hurt my eldest sister last night. This is an accident that I absolutely cannot accept."

Pei Yun shook his head and said: "I didn't come to you to claim credit in front of you, do I expect you to make me an official of the royal palace?"

Pei Yue nodded slightly, and then asked calmly, "Please speak up."

Pei Yun looked straight into his eyes and asked solemnly: "I don't understand why you don't support yourself?"

Pei Yue said leisurely: "There are no two suns in the sky, and there are no two monarchs in the country."

Pei Yun frowned slightly, and the other party's answer was unexpected and beyond reason.

How can those who have achieved great things in the past and present be discouraged by such words? In his opinion, Pei Yue already has the foundation to take that step. As long as he can go on firmly, at least the probability of success is higher than that of Wang Pingzhang.

Rebellion is of course extremely risky, and if you are not careful, you will end up copying your family and exterminating your family, but high risk means high returns, and the pinnacle of life is to rule the world.

Pei Yun said in a deep voice, "This reason is not real enough."

"Then let's talk about something practical." Pei Yue said calmly while pouring tea for himself: "Since the third year of Kaiping, I have traveled all over Daliang. I killed the people of Western Wu near Hucheng, fought with the Zhou army on the Tiancang River, defeated the barbarians in the depths of the wasteland, and wiped out the rebels in the capital. Know what I see?"

Pei Yun shook his head.

Pei Yue stared at the ripples in the cup, and said slowly: "What I saw were the soldiers guarding the frontier in the desolate army stronghold, the people in the border villages and towns who were tortured and killed by barbarians, Erlang who lived alone in Jiangling on the south bank of the Cangjiang River for ten years, and... many, many more. You often live in the capital, and you usually make friends with rich and powerful children. You can see the bustling and noisy people in Jianzhang Mansion of Qinzhou. How miserable are the people who starved to death in Jianzhang Mansion in Qinzhou? Can you know Qishuishang How deep are the strangle marks on the back of the peasant who pulls the boat for a living?"

Pei Yun's expression gradually became serious.

Pei Yue sighed softly, and continued: "The literati of your generation passed on the words of the saints, each one determined to leave a name in history, but they don't know the sufferings of the world, so how can they talk about helping the people? Of course, my thinking is not that pure, or I don't have the qualifications to be a saint at all, because I still have to ensure that I live a comfortable life first."

Pei Yun bowed his head and lowered his eyebrows, and said softly: "But you are already stronger than most people."

Pei Yue breathed out a turbid breath, and said concisely: "I have been working hard for that goal all these years, but now you let me destroy the hard-won situation with my own hands, what's the point of that?"

Pei Yun pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said, "But you are too powerful now, and you are no longer tolerated by the Queen Mother and the court officials. During this period of time, I have analyzed the situation in the court. Even if Your Majesty still has trust in you, under this general trend, it is difficult to determine how long this trust can last. Besides, the country governs the world with loyalty and filial piety. Your Majesty is the king, and the Queen Mother is also the king. The two are indistinguishable. If the Queen Mother wins the support of most of the courtiers, His Majesty may not be able to change her decision."

Pei Yue smiled lightly, took a sip of the tea cup.

Pei Yun stared at his calm expression, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and suddenly said hastily: "So that's your plan."

Pei Yue asked with interest: "What plan?"

Pei Yun didn't answer directly, but changed the subject: "I'm looking for you today. I have something very important to do, but I couldn't make up my mind before that. But now I think I can tell you directly."

"What's the matter?"

"When you were in command of the war in the southern border, Fan Yu, the queen mother's confidant, came to me and implicitly hinted that he wanted you to keep Ding You's filial piety after you returned to the capital to become the king. In order to lure me into the game, he offered the queen mother the bait that I would be reinstated as an official, but I also understood the ridiculousness of this verbal promise, so I never let go. Until the secret meeting before you returned to Beijing, Fan Yu said that he would ask the queen mother for a decree that I, Ding You, would be able to enter the court as an official after I was done."

"Fan Yu is the loyal dog left by the late Emperor to the Empress Dowager Wu. He has a lot of dead men under his command. This man is insidious and cunning. Even if he promises to give you a decree, it is only temporarily placed with you. Last night those assassins entered Dongyuan in your name and knocked you unconscious in the study. How could they miss such a crucial piece of evidence? They will definitely be dismissed before they do it—"

Pei Yue stopped talking suddenly, and squinted at the young man with pale complexion.

Pei Yun raised his eyebrows and said, "Fan Yu treats me like a pawn, how can I trust him completely? Ever since he mentioned Yizhi, I started to make preparations very early. On the way back from the bamboo building yesterday, those dead soldiers accompanied them pretending to be servants, but they didn't know that there was a secret compartment in my carriage, which contained a forged blank Yizhi and paper, ink, brush and inkstone."

He took out an imperial edict from his pocket and said with a smile: "Fan Yu obviously didn't consider that the dead men under his command are not court officials, and he has never seen an imperial edict in his life. How can he distinguish the authenticity in a hurry?"

Pei Yue suddenly remembered that before Pei Yun was knocked into the dust by himself, he was the second place in the palace examination, and he was waiting for an edict in the Imperial Academy, so it was easy to forge an edict when he had enough time.

But he was not overjoyed at the moment, instead he asked a little dignifiedly: "If you take out this decree to accuse the Queen Mother, His Majesty will definitely not tolerate you."

Pei Yun looked relaxed, and said with a smile: "I know you must have a way to break the situation, but there is no easier way than me coming forward, and the success rate is higher. Today in Ding'an Hall, the old lady bowed her head and admitted her mistake to you, and you also let go of your personal grievances. No matter what happens to me in the end, I think you can at least keep the people in this duke's mansion."

Pei Yue was silent for a moment, and asked slowly, "Why did you do this?"

Pei Yun smiled and said with a complicated expression: "Of course I'm not doing it for the sake of the overall situation of the world, and I can't even say that I have no shame in my heart. For someone like me who is full of calculations, the reason for doing this is very simple."

He looked into Pei Yue's eyes and said calmly: "Since you can't make a name in history, you can't accomplish nothing. Even if you die because of it, it's better than lingering for decades."

There was silence in the hall.

After a long time, Pei Yue finally nodded and said softly, "As you wish."

(End of this chapter)