Chapter 76

Gaffer's first reaction was to refuse.

She wants to be with him wherever he goes.

But Pei You'an's tone, although he was always gentle, seemed to be a tone of negotiation with her, but Jiafu listened clearly. In his words, there was an order as if he had made a decision, and she only needed to do as he arranged. meaning.

On weekdays, Jiafu habitually likes to act like a spoiled child in front of him, knowingly or unintentionally, because she knows that this will work for him, and he will give in because of her acting like a spoiled child.

But she also knows that acting like a spoiled child doesn't work every time.

Like this time. Her gut told her that he would not change his mind.

Jiafu stared at him blankly, without saying a word.

"Long live recalled me this time, it should be for me to run an errand. I will take you back to Beijing. If you have to leave Beijing again in two days, and leave you alone in Beijing, how can you be at your mother's house?"

He put her in his arms: "Fu'er, be obedient. After a while, I will pick you up."

The emperor's edict was urgent, and Pei Youan was about to leave the next day.

That night, he took Jiafu with him and went to explain the reason to the Meng family. Zhen Yaoting was also there. It was an accident and a surprise to learn that he was going to leave for Beijing tomorrow and leave Jiafu at home for the time being.

Meng Shi originally thought that his son-in-law would be able to stay here for at least half a year, but he didn't expect that he would leave in a hurry before a month passed. The emperor's life was hard to violate, so he could only let him go, hurried out, and personally led the old woman to pack up the luggage that he would take on the road tomorrow.

Pei You'an asked Jiafu to go back to the house first, and then she called Zhen Yaoting out, screened the people left and right, and asked him what his plans were in the future.

Zhen Yaoting was always restrained in front of him. Hearing his questions, he hesitantly said: "Now the court has banned the sea, all ships have been docked, and a lot has been lost a few days ago, and now I have no other ideas. I can't study, either. Nothing else, we can only wait for the imperial court to reopen the sea ban..."

In the past six months, his grandmother Hu's body has been broken, and he also felt that he had a burden on his shoulders, and he was very careful. Working with Zhang University, he felt that he had touched the door, but when he encountered such a thing, after speaking, he I also felt useless, and my face was a little hot.

Pei You'an said: "If my expectations are correct, this time the sea ban will not be lifted so quickly. After I return to Beijing, after a while, I will ask someone to send some money over. Zhang Da is stable, you ask him to accompany you, Go buy some suitable farmland, if you really can't do business, you can become a farmer in the future, and you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life. After I leave, Afu will entrust your elder brother to take care of you. I will be here first. Thank you."

Zhen Yaoting was surprised and excited: "Don't worry, Mr. Pei! Afu is my sister, if you have something to do, she can stay at home as long as she wants, not to mention a year and a half, it is a lifetime, and I will too. Take care of her! As for Zhuangzi, how dare you send money to buy it? My family has suffered a loss this time, but the foundation is still there, but there is only one more mouth from my sister. The court has banned the sea for ten years. As for Mr. Pei, you can send money to buy land for my family!"

Pei You'an smiled: "It's okay, mine is Afu's, what's the difference between them. It's my wish that you take care of her for me when I'm away."

Zhen Yaoting repeatedly agreed.

The officials of the state government were also well-informed. They learned that Pei Youan was urgently summoned by the emperor and would be leaving Quanzhou tomorrow. They rushed to Zhen's house to say goodbye that night. Zhen family. Meng Shi firmly remembered Jia Fu's advice, how could he accept gifts without authorization? Called his son and Zhang Da to receive them, they were polite, and all the gifts they brought were returned in their original condition.

When Pei Youan was entertained and finally returned to the room, the second watch had already beaten, and the silver candles were shining brightly in the room. After taking a bath, Jiafu was sitting alone in front of the dressing table, with her clothes like water and blue silk hanging down her shoulders. A comb was slowly combing her hair, and when she heard his footsteps coming in, she put down the comb and got up to meet her. Pei Youan had walked behind her, picked up the comb, and helped her to continue combing the long hair that had just been dried. , The movements are gentle and very careful, and it did not hurt her scalp at all.

Jiafu held back her sadness of parting, looked at the tall man standing behind her in the mirror, and said with a smile, "Lord Pei also has a good comb. I'm surprised, there are things in the world that Pei can't do. ?"

The weather was getting warmer, Pei Youan combed her hair, tied a long strand of her icy silky hair on top of her head, took a hairpin to fasten it, leaned slightly behind her shoulders, and looked at the one reflected in the mirror. The delicate face like a hibiscus in clear water: "Of course there will be. For example, if a woman gives birth, I want to learn it, but I can't learn it."

He spoke in a serious tone, with a hint of regret in his tone. Jiafu was stunned for a moment, she couldn't help it, she laughed out loud, at first laughing, she couldn't sit still, lying on the dressing table, her mouth kept ooh ooh.

Pei You'an was beside him, looking at her smile, with a smile on his lips.

Jiafu gradually laughed and burst into tears, then stopped laughing, but the tears didn't stop, a teardrop rolled down from her eye socket, hit him hatefully, turned her head and raised her hand to wipe it randomly, complaining in her mouth: "You are good or bad, you deliberately want to make me laugh to tears..."

Pei Youan bent over, lifted her whole body from the stool, carried her to the bed, and put her down, Jiafu reached out and grabbed his sleeve, forcibly dragging him to lie down with her, Pei Youan lay down beside her, She rolled over, rolled into his arms, and wrapped her arms around him.

She hugged him tightly, buried her face in his chest, tried her best to hold back, and didn't want him to see her tears anymore, but the tears were not obedient, and quietly rolled from her eyes one by one.

"Don't cry. I'll come pick you up after a while."

He said in her ear.

Jiafu still wanted to cry. At first, the tears were just falling one by one, but later, they burst out violently, soaking his clothes.

Pei Youan didn't stop comforting at first, but then he lowered his face to her, kissed her mouth, and cried with tears.

Jiafu closed her eyes, her tears were still overflowing, but because she forcibly endured it, everyone was angry, and her body twitched in his arms.

Pei Youan kissed her. The delicate tip of the chin, the slender jade neck, the water coming out of the new bath, the white body like a condensed jade bottle, and then gradually downward, he did not stop.

Jiafu felt that his legs were gently opened by him, gentle, but tightly restrained her, not allowing her to retreat and avoid.

If there is a faint fragrance that seems to be absent, it gradually fills the bed tent, and the bead curtain is gently swept by the night wind from the south window, swaying in a circle like water ripples.

The girl in the lotus tent with sad tears on her face seems to have been drained of all her strength, but her toes are tense, like falling into a misty abyss, like a floating cloud, leaning on the pillow, but she does not know where she is, her eyes are closed and faint. Shen Shen, chaotic, one body to the end, only the shiver is left, like a water lotus without support in the wind of the lotus pond, swaying red and fragrant, dew wet flowers and moon.

The girl in his arms stopped crying and was very tired, curled up by his arms, closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep, with a beautiful face of Hibiscus, with a residual blush.

Pei You'an hugged her, motionless, and slept awake until dawn.

...

That's what Pei You'an did, he left Quanzhou early the next morning and set foot on the journey back to Beijing.

Unlike a few months ago when he took Jiafu on the same boat to the south, this trip north, he took a faster post road, wearing the stars and wearing the moon, and hurrying all the way. In less than half a month, he arrived in the capital on this day. The palace handed in a submission, and then waited outside the palace gate. After waiting for a long time, he was called in.

Xiao Lie saw him in the imperial study.

The second drum shift has passed. When Pei Youan entered, he saw that the lights in the hall were bright, Xiao Lie was sitting behind the table in plain clothes, and there was a pile of memorials in front of him. Li Yuangui and a few eunuchs stood beside him. Hearing Pei Youan's footsteps entering, Xiao Lie put down his cinnabar pen and raised his hand. face.

The candlelight illuminated, there were a few strands of red silk in his eyes, and a faint tired look on his face. When Pei Youan finished his kowtow, he smiled and told him to be flat.

Pei Youan got up, Xiao Lie asked him about the situation on the road, said that he was working hard, and asked about Quanzhou Pinghai Japanese pirates, Pei Youan played it again, Xiao Lie showed anger, and pointed to several memorials on the case: "Gao Huaiyuan For the governor of a province, the corpse is eaten with vegetarian food, so that the people along the coast of my country are poisoned by the landing of Japanese pirates, what is the face of the court!"

"Long live your anger, the Japanese pirates have a long history, but if the imperial court expands coastal defenses and dispatches capable people to all over the country, the Japanese pirates are clowns who are jumping off the beam, and there is nothing to be afraid of."

"That's what I mean. The Li Zhong you recommended in a compromise, I read his succinct, and he is well organized. this matter."

"Long live the holy light, if the Japanese plague is eliminated, the sea ban can be reopened, which is really a blessing to the people on the southeast coast."

Xiao Lie looked at Pei You'an, his expression softened a little: "I know that the Zhen family's fleet travels on the sea all the year round, this time the imperial court bans the sea, and their livelihood will be affected, but this is a national policy. When you were there, did you hear people complaining to me? ?"

Pei You'an's tone was respectful: "Long live, the imperial court's move is also for the purpose of prevention. The public has hated Japanese pirates for a long time. As long as the imperial court has the will to clean up the Japanese, when the Haiyan River is cleared, the sea ban will be reopened naturally. How can the public be dissatisfied?"

Xiao Lie nodded, praised a few more words about his supervision of arresting the robbers in eastern Guangdong, and finally looked at Li Yuangui, who led the eunuch to retreat and took him to the palace gate.

There were only Xiao Lie and Pei You'an left in the hall, and the candlelight projected their figures on the wall, creating dark shadows everywhere.

Xiao Lie walked slowly on the ground with his hands behind his back. He seemed to be thinking, but he didn't say a word. The huge study was silent, except for the monotonous sound of his feet falling on the ground. .

He paced back, stopped in front of Pei You'an, turned around suddenly, and said, "You'an, I ask you, you are going to Quanzhou this time, in addition to the memorial you reported to me, but there are other things to report to I?"

After he finished speaking, he stared at Pei You'an, the candle shadow flickered in his eyes, and the light in his eyes also flickered slightly.

Pei You'an and him looked at each other for a moment, and said, "I have something to say, because it is inconvenient to state it in the memorial, the old minister thought, and come back and report to Yu Wanzai in person."

"Speak."

"Long live, the matter of resisting the Japanese, the minister expects that the local officials have not mentioned anything. Long live what I don't know, the reason why the Japanese pirates can be repelled in time is to protect the people of Quanzhou and Pinghai, and remove the officials. Outside the military, the Golden-faced Dragon King also contributed a lot."

Xiao Lie was speechless.

Pei You'an continued: "This golden-faced dragon king has been mentioned in the memorials of local officials along the coast over the years, and long live you should know it. In the official memorials, this person is a pirate, but the truth is not the case. It is quite respectful, because he walks on the sea and has more protection from this person. But this is not what the minister wants to report today. What the minister wants to report is the true identity of this person, he is General Dong Chengpiao of the Tianxi Dynasty."

Xiao Lie's expression was as usual, but he didn't seem to be surprised at all. He only said to himself: "The general of the Tianxi court was murdered by King Shun'an, so he was left in the river and sea and became a thief. It's a pity!"

Pei Youan knelt down and kowtowed to Xiao Lie with his hands behind his back: "This minister is guilty."

Xiao Lie turned his head slowly and looked at Pei You'an who was kneeling on the ground: "What's your fault?"

"Long live back, General Dong used to be my father's old army. You'an knew the identity of the golden-faced dragon king a few years ago, but he didn't report it because he didn't have a strong relationship before. Long live, I'm going to Quanzhou this time. , the incident happened, and the minister also had a meeting with General Dong."

Xiao Lie stared at him for a moment, nodded and smiled: "It's okay, you get up. That Dong Chengsubaru, I also know some old things about him. I must be frustrated with the court, so I went incognito and walked on the sea. As a man, I don't blame you."

He paused for a while, and his tone was a little casual, as if he had said casually: "You'an, besides that, did you gain something else from your trip south?"

Pei You'an knelt on his knees, his body straightened, looked at the emperor for a moment, and then kowtowed again: "Long live the report, besides this, the minister does have one more thing, and I want to report to the long live."

"What's the matter?"

"I have the news of the young emperor Yu back then."

Pei You'an said this with a calm voice. The air in the study room seemed to freeze in an instant with these words.

Pei You'an slowly straightened his body, met the two glances from the middle-aged man opposite, and said calmly: "Long live, you know, this minister and Yu'er had a teacher-student relationship back then, and the minister has been searching for his father all these years. The whereabouts can be considered to be worthwhile. This time, the minister finally got his wish. Long live once announced to the world that if Emperor Yan was still alive, he would welcome him back to the capital. It is even more frightening. The young emperor was dead in those days, and now there is only one ordinary folk boy left. His heart is longing for freedom, and he travels to the North Sea and twilight.

After Pei Youan finished speaking, the study fell silent again.

Xiao Lie stared at Pei You'an, his facial muscles twitched slightly, his figure was dignified, and after a while, his expression gradually calmed down, and he sighed: "You'an, what you said really embarrassed me. Since he is still here, if you really don't want to return Palace, retreat, you can also be a king of peace and happiness. It is better to be rich and noble in this life than to live in the grass and have no security. You have a teacher-student relationship with him, and if he is inconvenient to see me, you can transfer the message on my behalf.”

Pei You'an said: "Long live, although Yu is only a young man, his heart is quite firm. Once he has made up his mind, no matter how much the minister talks about, it is useless. Besides, when Long live the throne, it is destiny, and Yu is willing to offer a seal to support it, but Just follow the destiny. I urge you to live long, fulfilling the young man’s heart, and also fulfilling the relationship between the minister and his teachers and students!”

Pei You'an's words were extremely sincere, and after speaking, he kowtowed to the ground again, unable to kneel.

Xiao Lie hurried forward, lifted him up from the ground with his own hands, stared at his face, his eyes gradually revealed a soft color, and nodded: "You An, I know what you mean, I am very moved. You have come back all the way, it must be It's hard work, go back and rest."