47. Raising resources and planning in mind

Lou Yefeng was forced to the wall by his master, seeing his master looking up at him with burning eyes, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

So he quickly avoided his eyes, looked at the nearby ground, pretended to be very normal, lowered his voice, and said as calmly as possible:

"I... one of my subordinates made a mistake. I was in a hurry when I went out today, and I forgot to bring my money."

Pei Nianyu folded his arms and looked at him, feeling a little amused.

This lie is really bad.For so many years, Lou Yefeng has never forgotten to bring anything as a shadow guard with him.

Not to mention that he was not in a hurry this morning, even if something happened to him before and he was in a hurry to go out, he would not make such a mistake.So... There is only one possible situation, that is, his own savings are gone, so that it is too late to spend some.

In front of him, his Ye Feng's appearance when he has something to hide from him can always be recognized at a glance - no matter when he looks into his eyes with respect and admiration, he must be looking at someone else at this moment.place, dare not look at him.

Pei Nianyu raised his eyebrows, and suddenly felt teasing, pretending to be thinking deeply:

"Ye Feng...you forgot to hide your master's guilt. Let me think about it. Could it be...could it be...you spent so much money to befriend some foreign officials, orWhat do you want to bribe?"

"No, this subordinate dare not! This subordinate has never..."

Lou Yefeng was afraid that the master would guess in other more terrifying directions, so he hurriedly said:

"I... subordinate..."

His momentum suddenly weakened, and a slightly suspicious blush appeared on his cheeks:

"This subordinate is going to buy you a birthday gift next month with your monthly salary..."

Pei Nianyu was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Lou Yefeng to give such an answer, and he almost forgot about his birthday.

After all, Lou Yefeng never gave him any birthday present alone before, or in other words, he never gave him anything "extraordinary" that could "express his own heart".And those gifts from other mansions that he received every year on his birthday... the same, expensive but unintentional gifts, really made it impossible for him to remember this special day.

Lou Yefeng's words really surprised Pei Nianyu.He could quickly figure out that the reason why Lou Yefeng began to "make an exception" this year was obviously because their relationship had made a big leap forward, so the other side felt that such gift giving was not beyond the norm.

Pei Nianyu was full of joy, watching Lou Yefeng hesitating to speak, but finally couldn't help it, and hurriedly asked:

"Ye Feng, you...hehehe, can you tell me what the gift you prepared is first?"

Lou Yefeng shook his head:

"It hasn't been finished yet, the object is quite delicate, and my craftsmanship is average, so I'm not sure whether it will be what I want in the end. If it's finished, I'll show it to the master, and the master will know when the time comes. If it doesn't work...thenWouldn't the subordinates make the master look forward to it in vain?"

Pei Nianyu sighed slightly disappointed: "Okay, okay, it's up to you."

Seeing that the master seemed to have forgotten what he asked before, Lou Yefeng quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and calmly wanted to take the master out of this alley and continue shopping.

However, Pei Nianyu was obviously not fooled. When he came back to his senses and saw Lou Yefeng's movements, he immediately sensed his intentions and squinted his eyes:

"Wait! Don't rush away... You just used this month's salary to buy gifts, plus the ones you borrowed from Old He, and what about the ones you saved before? More than ten thousand taels of silver, I don't believe itYou spend everything every month..."

Lou Yefeng obviously didn't have the habit of spending money recklessly, not only did he not spend money recklessly, it could be said to be frugal.

When the other shadow guards are resting, some like to go out to listen to some music, some like to buy snacks, and there are always some hobbies.And Lou Yefeng is so frugal that he doesn't look like a normal person, he has no desires and desires.

If Lou Yefeng replied "I spent it all" at this time, it would be obvious that he was talking nonsense.

Lou Yefeng naturally knew this too. He saw his master's eyes getting deeper and deeper, and he wanted to ask the truth. He knew that he couldn't hide it, so he had no choice but to bow his head and say:

"I... actually didn't keep the money under my subordinates all the time, but gave it to... the shadow guards who left the mansion one after another in the past few years."

Pei Nianyu was stunned for a moment:

"Those who left the house?"

"Yes, it's...the batch that went out a long time ago."

Pei Nianyu frowned and thought for a while, and finally remembered.

There are about 20 or 30 shadow guards who left their posts before.They didn't retire because they reached the age, because the shadow guard retired normally at the age of thirty-five.

Among his shadow guards, Lou Yefeng was already the oldest as the commander, and the other shadow guards were younger than him, all less than 30 years old, and they were still several years away from retirement.

Those shadow guards who left early...are physically disabled in battle, or have some stubborn old wounds that will affect their actions, or have been poisoned and caused martial arts to go wrong, so they can no longer continue to work.Therefore had to resign.

Before Pei Niancheng succeeded to the throne, the situation in the palace had been tense. Although the so-called palace fights were political, but all the princes had such a powerful armed force in their hands, who didn't have any intention of violence?

So in those years, Pei Nianyu's shadow guards were not infrequently killed or injured.More than forty people have already died, and there are naturally many remaining casualties.And after he left the palace to build a mansion, no shadow guard resigned for such a reason. Thinking about it, three or four years have passed.

only……

"However, before those shadow guards left their jobs, didn't the government already pay a large amount of resettlement expenses? Even those who were injured or sick, they also arranged for medical expenses. Why do you need to subsidize them?"

Pei Nianyu has always treated the shadow guards who fought for him very well, and he has never treated those shadow guards who are "useless" in the eyes of others. Not only did he not treat them badly, but he felt very sorry for them.Will put them in place.

Lou Yefeng sighed softly, shook his head and said:

"That's true, but after all, they came out of swords and swords. They are used to dealing with murderers on weekdays, and they are not good at dealing with the world. Naturally, after leaving office, they will not accept any murder business. They have to do other business, so......"

Pei Nianyu's expression was indescribable:

"Don't tell me they lost money because they didn't do business well?"

"...Almost. In addition, there are some people who have no intention of running the rivers and lakes, but are injured again because of their inconvenient skills. In addition, if they want to start a family and start a business, but they don't know the twists and turns, then..."

Speaking of this, Lou Yefeng suddenly stepped forward and said softly:

"One of them wanted to marry a girl he liked, but after marrying, the other's family was dissatisfied that he was blind, so he found a way to file a lawsuit and leave, and even cheated with his property..."

Pei Nianyu couldn't believe it: "This, this is too wicked... But, are those shadow guards so... so simple? I think you are very smart, why are all your soldiers..."

...It's all like a lack of heart.

Pei Nianyu couldn't complain.

"In fact, there are not many such cases, just seven or eight. After they got into trouble, they were embarrassed to go back to the mansion for help, so when I went to visit them, I left some money."

"That's it, there is no other purpose, the master can go to their home to check one by one."

Pei Nianyu touched his head with a gentle expression:

"Thank you for your hard work. I didn't think about it carefully. I didn't go to see how they were doing on a regular basis. Fortunately, you helped me think about it."

Pei Nianyu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He kept asking Lou Yefeng where his money was, not because he wanted to meddle in other people's affairs or to control others, but because he had the same worry as He Qi, fearing that something might happen to him that could not be solved.trouble.

"...It's okay. This is what I should do."

Pei Nianyu thought for a while: "This is the official business of the mansion, how can I let you spend your own money. You are the same, why don't you tell me that it is enough to pay the official account?"

When Lou Yefeng saw the master asking, his eyes flickered slightly, and he explained:

"Actually...the reason why my subordinates do this is also for a reason. If I pay my own money, this matter is nothing more than my old friendship with them. If they have any difficulties to find the mansion, then they will be with them again.The palace is involved."

Then Lou Yefeng seemed a little uncertain about Pei Nianyu's mood, looked at his expression, and said cautiously:

"They... After leaving the government, many of them entered the arena. Although they left their jobs, their martial arts style is there. As soon as they make a move, they know that they are shadow guards. There are also other shadow guards in the arena who have left their jobs.I went to the Escort Bureau and the like, as to who came from which... I guess we can't hide it from each other."

"So... since they have entered the arena, they are different from when they were shadow guards. I, I... Maybe I am selfish. They have left, and I don't want them to be with them again.There is something involved in the mansion. That's why I kept their recent situation from you, and I just went to help them solve their troubles."

Pei Nianyu couldn't tell what it was like, what Lou Yefeng did, he went to take care of his old family was out of nostalgia, but he didn't want them to contact the manor anymore, and cutting off all their communication seemed so ruthless... This ruthlessnessBut it's all for him.

In order to ensure the quietness of this mansion, for his absolute safety.

With such painstaking efforts, Pei Nianyu was too embarrassed to say that the mansion would take care of them in the future, so he sighed softly:

"After I go back, I will ask the mansion to supply you. In the future...if you still have contact with them, remember to reimburse them."

"……yes."

That's what he said, but seeing him, Pei Nianyu knew that he might not be reimbursed, so he began to think about how to subsidize Ye Feng in other ways.This is so poor that have to borrow money from colleagues to buy a gift... This is not a problem!

I don't know how much can earn if let him be the housekeeper...

Pei Nianyu was pondering over any way to make him earn money in an open and aboveboard manner, staring at the bottom rather absent-mindedly.Seeing that Lou Yefeng had finally gotten over the trouble, he breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Pei Nianyu heard this sound all at once, and was puzzled in his heart, he didn't intend to blame this matter at all, why did Lou Yefeng seem to have escaped?

Pei Nianyu looked at Lou Yefeng calmly from the corner of his eye, but he saw that he was looking into the distance, as if he was in a daze and didn't know what he was thinking about.

...Sure enough, there is something else to hide from myself.

What will it be?

Pei Nianyu quickly went through the abnormalities of Lou Yefeng's behavior in the past few years, but finally reminded him of one thing.

Three years ago, not long after he became a prince, Lou Yefeng asked for leave and went out for a period of time without saying what to do.At that time, Pei Nianyu only said that he had worked so hard for so many years and wanted to relax or deal with his own affairs, so he didn't ask much.

In addition, during that period of time, he was forced to indulge in calligraphy and painting with a pure mind, not to mind his own business, and he always respected Lou Yefeng, so he waved his hand and let him go out.

That time, after Lou Yefeng left, it took two months before he came back.

After returning, Lou Yefeng did not report what he did.At that time, Pei Nianyu and Lou Yefeng were still "respecting each other as guests", so naturally they would not ask about this matter.

Thinking about it now... Lou Yefeng started to spend all his money, it seemed to be around that time.Pei Nianyu knew that before that, Lou Yefeng actually had a lot of money in his hands. When he was in the palace, Lou Yefeng went to buy some information, and many of the big money that was inconvenient to account for was from Lou Yefeng.sharp.

Could it be related to the incident when he went out?

Pei Nianyu turned his head to look at him, Lou Yefeng was still in a trance.There was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, and he asked abruptly:

"Lou Yefeng! Tell me honestly, where did you go when you left the mansion for two months three years ago?"

Lou Yefeng's expression changed when he heard the master's question.When Pei Nianyu saw it, he knew he was right.

So he stepped forward and asked:

"Why, don't want to say?"

Lou Yefeng faltered.

Pei Nianyu saw that he hesitated for a long time without saying anything, suddenly his expression turned pale, he sighed heavily, left in front of him, turned around and went:

"Forget it, if you don't like to talk, then don't talk about it. I really never thought that I, the master, would one day be unable to ask a few words of my subordinates..."

Seeing that his master was not happy, Lou Yefeng's heart trembled, and he immediately reached out and grabbed his sleeve.

Pei Nianyu smiled secretly, turned around and asked:

"You don't have to force it. Let's go and continue shopping."

"Master! I... I actually went to the Southern Border back then."

Pei Nianyu stopped in his tracks with a stunned expression: "What are you doing there? No wonder you've been there for so long!"

"Subordinate... When I went to Southern Border, I was... trying to find your solution to that...."

"Peach Blossom Gu?"

Seeing Lou Yefeng's gradually silent expression, Pei Nianyu suddenly understood.At the beginning...he didn't say the purpose of this trip before he left, because he was afraid that he would give himself hope, but in the end it would make him happy in vain.

And he still didn't say anything after he came back... Pei Nianyu's heart sank.Perhaps it was Lou Yefeng who found out that the possible solutions to Gu poison after searching for a long time in the southern border were extremely difficult, and it was estimated that all of them would have to be paid for by some kind of blood sacrifice, which was extremely vicious.

He was afraid that he would be displeased, so he didn't dare to mention it, so he just kept the matter secret.

Lou Yefeng must have had a vague idea of how to solve it at that time.And after that, Lou Yefeng didn't keep his savings, but gave it to his former subordinates, it must be because...

"...So, after you came back from Southern Border, you made up your mind to use your own life to cure me of the Gu. Naturally, there is no need to keep those extraneous things?"

Pei Nianyu looked at Lou Yefeng who was silent in front of him, and said very softly.

"……yes."

Lou Yefeng looked at the ground, not him.

"...So, from three years ago, you knew that you would not live long?"

"……yes."

Pei Nianyu suddenly couldn't continue.

He had unlocked the Peach Blossom Gu, and it happened suddenly to him, only not long before that, there was a time when Lou Yefeng tentatively asked him what he meant.Later, he was "forced" by Lou Yefeng to figure it out, and he also said that Lou Yefeng was lucky and accidentally found the solution.

He didn't know until today that Lou Yefeng had been preparing for this matter so long ago.

...preparing for his death.Day and night, he was thinking about how to save his master, even if it was to end his own life, but he was never afraid.

"Ye Feng, you..."

Pei Nianyu suddenly hugged his body tightly, buried his head in front of his chest, and rubbed left and right, as if he was in love with something.

He listened to Lou Yefeng's steady and powerful heartbeat in his chest, which undoubtedly showed a vigorous life, finally seemed to confirm something, and sighed:

"...Ye Feng, you..."

Lou Yefeng saw that his master seemed to be in a tendency to cry, so he knew that this would be the result of his confession, so he hurriedly said:

"Master, it is our honor for the Shadow Guard to save the Lord and die. You don't have to worry about it."

Pei Nianyu looked at him:

"But you are different from them in my heart."

"..."

"You can say that I'm unfair, but people are indeed partial, and this cannot be faked. Of course I feel very sad for the other shadow guards who sacrificed for me, but if you die for me, I'm afraid it will be..."

He didn't say any more.

Lou Yefeng gently encircled his master with his backhand:

"I... It is a long time blessing for my subordinates to be favored by the master so much."

Pei Nianyu no longer wanted to discuss with him the question of whose blessing it was. He looked at the deep and gentle eyes of the person in front of him, and at this moment he just wanted to kiss him.

…………

...Pei Nianyu gently pasted it.

...Pei Nianyu put Lou Yefeng's lips in his mouth.

...Pei Nianyu...

"Ok?!"

Before he could immerse himself for a moment, an exclamation suddenly sounded in his ear, and the voice was quite immature.

Pei Nianyu turned pale with shock, and turned his head to look over, only to see an eight or nine-year-old girl sitting on the wall of the alley, looking innocently at them.

Pei Nianyu: "..."

It's normal for residents to live inside the walls of this small alley. Generally speaking, the ones facing the street outside are storefronts, and the ones between the streets are residential houses.

The girl was holding a pear in her hand, and half of the branches of the alley stretched out of the wall. Presumably, the girl climbed up from her own yard to pick the fruit, but it was a coincidence that she saw the two of them...cough.

Seeing Pei Nianyu looking at him with a strange expression, the little girl continued to be confused, then suddenly giggled and asked:

"Big brother, what were you eating just now? Is it delicious?"

"..."

Pei Nianyu took Lou Yefeng's hand and fled in despair.

………………

The two ran out of the alley all the way, and walked along the long street they visited just now for a while, until Pei Nianyu was sure that he had blended into the crowd and would no longer attract attention, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Lou Yefeng next to him pursed his lips and smiled.

Pei Nianyu said angrily, "You're still laughing!"

Lou Yefeng was very innocent: "It's not that the subordinates have to ask you to kiss outside."

Pei Nianyu turned his head away and ignored him.This time, he saw a rather novel thing.

He looked up at the very delicate and quaint small shop on the right side of the street, and read the plaque on it:

"Samadhi tea...'The Taoist came out of Nanping Mountain at dawn, and came to try the tea samadhi hand', the name is a bit interesting."

He stood at the door, lowered his head and muttered.

A shopkeeper dressed as a middle-aged scribe in the store heard this and hurried out to greet him.

"My lord is very knowledgeable, why don't you go into the shop and try a taste?"

"……it is good."

Pei Nianyu readily agreed and walked into the shop leisurely.Lou Yefeng naturally followed in.

"It's expensive but it's for tea?"

Pei Nianyu looked at the wooden sign hanging on the wall, quite surprised.Although the tea industry is flourishing in this world, everyone from princes and literati to peddlers and pawns can drink tea in their daily lives. The so-called seven things to open the door are firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea.

However, due to the lack of food culture, there are very few people who try to combine tea and snacks.The upper-class people regard tea as an elegant thing, and seldom eat it with snacks, so there is no such thing as afternoon tea or refreshments.

——The desertedness of this store also proves this point.

Pei Nianyu sat down, ordered a few refreshments, and then chatted with the shopkeeper here, pointing out some ingredients and distribution skills for making dim sum from time to time.

Lou Yefeng saw that the master was in high spirits and didn't intend to finish the conversation for a while, so he suddenly said:

"Master, there is a blacksmith's shop on the next street, you can eat here, and my subordinate will go over there to help you see how your fan is doing."

In fact, Pei Nianyu's fan weapon was handed over to Pei Niancheng, who was in charge of the Manufacturing Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. How could it be handed over to the blacksmith shop by the roadside?

Lou Yefeng just wanted to stop by to check on his order... How is the progress of the birthday gift he made for the owner.

However, Pei Nianyu didn't know this at all, and waved his hand:

"Go, go, just do your thing."

Before going out, Lou Yefeng turned his head to look at the master, and ordered:

"Master, if you have something to do, call me directly, or call those few...cough, follow behind."

...the Shadow Guard following behind.

Pei Nianyu nodded, indicating that he understood.

Lou Yefeng then went out.He had just checked these refreshments one by one, and there was nothing wrong with them. The shopkeeper was also an inexperienced man, and there was no one else in the place, and he had checked the rest of the room in a vague manner.

There is no trick in this world that can hide Lou Yefeng from him, he thought, if he goes out for a while, he will come back soon, so he should be fine, right?

…………

After Lou Yefeng went out, Pei Nianyu continued to chat with the shopkeeper.Not long after, Pei Nianyu had deep internal energy, and suddenly heard what seemed to be a scream from behind the shop.

...and a girl's voice!

Pei Nianyu was surprised, and immediately slapped the table:

"I have something to do first, and I will pay you when I come back later!"

"Eh"

Then Pei Nianyu ran towards the back street like a gust of wind, and sure enough, he saw a girl being pulled and pulled by several big men!The girl panicked and struggled.

Pei Nianyu was so angry that he mobilized his internal strength and stretched out his hands with one move:

"Go away!"

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Lou Yefeng: I knew it was impossible for the master not to cause trouble for me......