Chapter 43: Pei Rongxuan (Part 2)

Pei Rongxuan was not angry at Pei Rongbai's merciless exposure, his expression was still smiling, he glanced at Qiao Songyu at the side, and then said to Pei Rongbai: "Brother, it's a long story..."

"That's a long story short."

"Well, the thing is like this." Pei Rongxuan said with a guilty smile while fanning the fan, "You must know the Fuyun Tower in the capital. A few days ago, I went to drink with some friends.We made a bet while drinking and having fun, I won’t say what the bet was, but I lost the bet, so I was fined to steal something from the owner of Fuyun Building..."

Hearing this, Pei Rongbai's brows were already frowned—the Fuyun Tower in the capital city is very famous, and it is a gathering place for dignitaries and dignitaries. It is said that a plate of food in it costs an ordinary family a year's expenses, and it is not possible to go in with money.of.Pei Rongbai has been there several times, and the inside is indeed extravagant.That's all for nothing, after all, if there are not a few famous restaurants in the city of Kyoto and at the foot of the emperor, it's unreasonable. The most important thing is that there is a very mysterious landlord in Fuyun Tower. The landlord's name is Yin Qianzhan. He doesn't show up easily, butHe is very capable, anyway, no one dares to offend him, and everyone mentions him with a secretive expression.

Even though Pei Rongbai controlled the government and poured power into the government, he still hadn't figured out the details of Yin Qianzhan.Therefore, when he heard that Pei Rongxuan was going to provoke Yin Qianzhan, he couldn't help frowning—presumably Pei Rongxuan would not have any good fruit to eat.

Sure enough, I only heard Pei Rongxuan say: "Who would have thought that as soon as I entered the room of the host, the host came back, and I was caught by him, and his martial arts are ruthless, I have never had a fight with him."Three tricks, and I was... ahem, I was subdued." Pei Rongxuan probably felt ashamed when he said this, and couldn't help touching his nose, "He is going to chop off my hand, so I have no choice but to let him goHe slaughtered, he said that he fed me a poison, told me to tell you, let you do one thing, otherwise, in seven days, I will be poisoned, my intestines will be pierced, and I will die..."

When Qiao Songyu heard this, she couldn't help but widen her eyes in surprise—is there such a terrible thing in this world?

Pei Rongbai frowned displeasedly, and asked: "What's the matter?"

Pei Rongxuan seemed to feel that this matter was very difficult, or that it would make Pei Rongbai very difficult, so he turned his eyes away, did not even smile, and said in a hesitant tone: "That...is... to reveal the topic of this year's palace examination..."

"Nonsense!" Pei Rongbai reprimanded him without even thinking about it. He frowned and spoke sharply, but the matter was of great importance, so he lowered his voice, "His Majesty drafts the questions for the imperial examination every year. How could I know?Or, even if I knew, it would be impossible to tell anyone that cheating in the imperial examination would implicate the entire family!"

"Brother, you can't just watch me die!" Pei Rongxuan hurriedly begged, the smiling expression before was no longer there, "I heard that the so-called 'His Majesty's personal drafting' topics these years are actually all done afterYour hand, you have no reason not to know! What's more, if you tell him, who will know?"

"It's you who caused the trouble yourself, so what have I to do with you!" Pei Rongbai said indifferently, as if he was indifferent, "It's better for you to die alone than our Pei family to kill everyone. Even if I know, I won't tell him!"

Qiao Songyu looked at him, and also felt that this matter was embarrassing - if he didn't help, Pei Rongxuan would die; but if he helped, Pei Rongbai knew the law and broke the law, not to mention, he didn't know what the master of Fuyun Building was doing with these palace examination questions,If he did something heinous, wouldn't Pei Rongbai become an accomplice?

"Brother really doesn't want to help?" Pei Rongxuan said, without any pleading look on his face, just smiled wryly, "Then I will have to reap the consequences."

Pei Rongbai looked straight at him with deep eyes, but did not speak.

Pei Rongxuan was disappointed, and turned around to leave. Qiao Songyu felt that he was covered with a sense of loneliness and indescribability. She couldn't bear to let him go like this. She was about to call him to stop when she saw him suddenlyTurning around, glanced at Qiao Songyu, said:

"By the way, brother, when I entered the room of the owner of Fuyun Building, I saw a painting hanging on his wall. I thought it was his handwriting and wanted to steal it, but when I saw the signature, it turned out to be sister-in-law's......"

As soon as these words came out, Pei Rongbai's originally indifferent expression suddenly changed. He suddenly looked at Qiao Songyu, who was also very surprised, and asked:

"What kind of painting is it?"

"It looks like a person is playing the piano, isn't it Ji Kang? But that's all I saw, before I could take a closer look, the landlord came back..." Pei Rongxuan said.

Qiao Songyu was even more astonished: "It's my painting "Bamboo Li Pavilion", which is a poem by Wang Wei... This painting was lost when our Qiao family moved to the capital.Go to Fuyun Building?"

At best, his paintings can be regarded as eye-catching, and scholars with slightly better Danqing can paint better than him. No one will deliberately collect his paintings, and it is even more impossible to give them away. He doesn't know Fuyun Building at all.The landlord!

Pei Rongbai's eyes suddenly darkened, he pondered for a while, then raised his eyes and said to Pei Rongxuan: "I see, you won't die for a while."

Pei Rongxuan's eyes lit up all of a sudden, he smiled again, and said sternly: "Hey, big brother, I knew you were the best!"

Pei Rongbai gave him a white look: "Get lost."

"Hey, I'm going to get out now, I'll leave everything to the elder brother!" Pei Rongxuan said flatteringly, and went out waving the painting fan coquettishly.

Qiao Songyu looked at the back of him going out, and couldn't help asking Pei Rongbai suspiciously: "Have you decided to save him?"

Pei Rongbai's expression was no longer disgusted and impatient as before, but with some sympathy and emotion, his eyes were far-reaching, and he said: "He is also a poor person..."

"Poor man?" Qiao Songyu became more and more confused.

"Yeah." Pei Rongbai looked at him and explained, "Three years ago, he had a lover who was a commoner boy, because his aunt at home poisoned the boy to death, since then he has become like this, every dayDrunk, dreaming and lingering in Ruanrou Township, he became a real playboy."

Hearing this, Qiao Songyu couldn't help but look towards the direction where Pei Rongxuan left, feeling pity in his heart - it turned out that Pei Rongxuan still had such a past, maybe it was because of infatuation that he couldn't accept the death of his sweetheart, so he chose to sink to escape?

Thinking of this, he turned his head and looked at Pei Rongbai pleadingly: "Why don't you think of a way to save him?"

Pei Rongbai originally planned to find a way to save him, but only pretended to stand idly by because he wanted him to learn a lesson. Later, when he heard that Yin Qianzhan somehow had Qiao Songyu's painting, he became more determined, but now his little wife said,He should make good use of it.He raised his lips slightly, and looked at Qiao Songyu with a smile:

"Song'er, you want me to save him, why not...beg me?"

Qiao Songyu didn't ask him, but felt that Pei Rongxuan was pitiful, so he could only say in embarrassment: "Okay, please, please! I'm satisfied now!"

"Song'er, that's not how you ask for help..." The smile on Pei Rongbai's lips became more meaningful.

"Then what else do you want?!" Qiao Songyu glared at him angrily.

Pei Rongbai pointed to his own cheek, with anticipation in his eyes: "Kiss me?"

When Qiao Songyu heard this, her face was so red that it almost burned, she jumped up and cursed: "Kiss you big-headed ghost! You can't save me!" Saying this, she ran away.

Seeing him running out, Pei Rongbai couldn't help laughing fondly.