On the south bank of Qishui, after entering Yongzhou is Pingyuan Town.

There is a small dilapidated temple next to the official road in the south of the town.

Several young people walked slowly into the temple.

"That was a few years ago. I asked Brother Gu Fan to go south to track down the girl Taohua. Unexpectedly, he suddenly ran into the Hengduan Mountains. Of course, if he hadn't helped me, I would have definitely fallen into Chen Xizhi's hands that time. Afterwards, I

When asked how he appeared so promptly, he said that a mysterious and beautiful girl reported the news and met him in this small temple."

Pei Yue said with a smile, and the girls next to him smiled knowingly, and then focused their eyes on Ye Qi.

Thinking of the past a few years ago, when she kicked Gu Fan down in this small temple, Ye Qi couldn't help but smile, and then took Gu Zhen's hand and hid aside to whisper about her daughter's family.

Taohua blinked her eyes and said movedly: "Young Master..."

Pei Yue quickly raised his hands and said: "You came here, I don't know who you learned it from, and now you shed tears easily. Don't you know that the way you pretend to cry is very similar to Hesha... Anyway, I won't be fooled by you.

.”

Taohua stared at him blankly, while Ye Qi and Gu Zhen also stopped and whispered.

For some reason, Pei Yue suddenly felt that the atmosphere was a little tense.

"Who is He Sha?" Ye Qi asked with a half-smile.

Pei Yue coughed twice and replied calmly: "This Hesha seems to be a character recorded in an ancient book I once read. Generally speaking, his fate is not bad, but his experience is relatively good.

I’ve been through a lot of ups and downs.”

Seeing that Taohua looked like she was really about to cry, he quickly comforted him: "You have endured a lot of hardships with the young master before, so you feel there are some similarities, but you will definitely not have to endure hardships again in the future."

Taohua said pitifully: "Master, please don't lie to me."

Pei Yue made a show of wiping his sweat, causing several girls to cover their mouths and chuckle. He secretly told him to be more careful when speaking in the future. They were already used to his nonsense style and were not so easy to fool in front of others.

In fact, the small temple has no viewing value at all. After this small episode, everyone looked at it for a while and then returned.

Several carriages and more than 300 horsemen were parked on the official road, and the remaining soldiers from the Beiwei Camp escorted the delegation's troops on their way forward.

Back on the carriage, Pei Yue stretched out comfortably, then took the pillow from Taohua and lay down without caring about his appearance.

Ye Qi snorted lightly, turned to Gu Zhen and said: "Sister Zhen'er, you are too spoiled to him. Look, now there is no trace of a first-class prince."

Gu Zhen smiled but didn't answer. She respected Ye Qi very much, but she would not deliberately lie down or be petty, especially when it came to Pei Yue. The daughter of the Marquis was obviously very opinionated. Perhaps beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Because of that, ever since Ye Yue expressed her heartfelt feelings, she felt that Pei Yue was fine no matter what. Even at this moment, he had a calm, calm and free spirit.

Ye Qi looked to the other side and saw Taohua looking at Pei Yue with shining eyes, and could only sigh helplessly.

These two people would definitely not go against Pei Yue. Thinking about the fact that there was Lin Shuyue in the capital who was completely obedient to Pei Yue, Ye Qi suddenly found that she had become a minority. In fact, she did not deliberately agree with Pei Yue.

He just likes the atmosphere of bickering and is not used to the respectful way of getting along with each other. But Pei Yue stayed in the West for more than a year, and he got along with these two for more than a year, but in the end he still couldn't change their views...

There was probably only one person in the world who would be like him and would not look up to Pei Yue like a star in the sky. However, when he thought of that girl's noble face, Ye Qi couldn't help but curl her lips slightly.

At this moment, Pei Yue yawned and said, "It's not that I want to be rude in front of you. It's just that I have been exhausted mentally and physically during this period. The man in the palace wishes he could split me in half and use me, and throw away the envoy Nan."

Not to mention the serious matters of Zhou Dynasty, I was asked to assist Dongfu Han to deal with the crisis of drought in Qinzhou, and I was asked to conduct an on-the-spot inspection of the armaments of the southern border army. In addition, there are a lot of things to be arranged in the capital."

Gu Zhen's eyes clearly showed distress. Seeing this, Ye Qi quickly asked: "The drought in Qinzhou is so serious. You have drained all the money from Qinyuan and Xiangyun. Why don't you rush to Chengjing as soon as possible?"

In fact, not only her, but also Gu Zhen felt something was wrong.

After the mission left Beijing, it was definitely not fast. Pei Yue even took them to the small temple for a while, unlike his previous fast pace in the capital. Of course, Gu Zhen

Knowing that Pei Yue was not the kind of person who indulged himself wantonly, she couldn't help but look at Pei Yue curiously when she heard Ye Qi ask this question.

"The situation in Chengjing is very complicated. Judging from the urgent reports I received before, the government's Changpingcang may not be able to hold on for long." Pei Yue said with a heavy face.

After all, Ye Qi was not familiar with the operation of the imperial court. Hearing this, he became more and more confused and said: "In this case, do you still have the leisure to accompany us to enjoy the scenery along the way?"

She is actually the person around Pei Yue who knows the inside story best. When Qi Min returned to Beijing and brought news that there might be chaos in Qinzhou, Pei Yue ordered Wang Yong to raise food, even investing all the money from the Xiangyun ship.

, Ye Qi knew this very well. Because of her understanding, she was confused at this moment and could not understand why Pei Yue acted like this.

Gu Zhen said softly: "Sister Ye, Brother Pei may be saying that Chengjing and even Qinzhou are like a quagmire. He cannot fall into it too early. The food prepared by our family must be able to make the final decision."

Hearing her say the word "our family" very naturally, Pei Yue grinned, and Ye Qi also moved slightly.

Gu Zhen reacted, and Xiafei's cheeks were filled with embarrassment for a moment.

Pei Yue did not take advantage of the situation to ridicule, but suppressed his smile and sighed: "Sister Zhen'er is right, I did not deliberately delay time and then become the savior, I just have to wait for Han Shenzheng to plow through the Qinzhou officialdom with human heads and blood

Let those aristocratic families wake up a little bit."

He looked up at Ye Qi and said in a complicated tone: "This is the intention of the man in the palace. In fact, I don't want to go to such trouble, but he is afraid that I am too murderous and will make Qinzhou a river of blood and then affect

The stability of the five states in the southern border will affect the great cause of conquering the Zhou Dynasty in the next few years. In the royal study room that day, I argued with him for a long time, because I am not a natural murderer, but I am worried that the people of Qinzhou will not be able to persist. However,

……hehe."

Ye Qi said coldly: "In the emperor's opinion, the overall situation of calming the world must be more important."

Pei Yue said: "Well, as an emperor, he is not bad to the core. I have sent someone to send a letter to Han Shenzheng, hoping that he can completely suppress the local aristocratic families in Qinzhou within ten days..."...

Ye Qi wanted to ask again, but found that Pei Yue closed his eyes and his breathing gradually became steady and long.

Gu Zhen looked at her in surprise and asked with her eyes: "Are you asleep?"

Ye Qi nodded.

In the hot summer, Taohua moved over carefully and gently helped Pei Yue shake the cattail leaf fan.

Gu Zhen and Ye Qi were speechless, and both fell into deep thought, with distressed expressions in their eyes.

Nine days later, the welcoming delegation and a thousand soldiers from the Wei camp crossed the southern boundary of Yongzhou and entered the boundary of Qinzhou.

This place is located in the heart of the mainland. It was not affected by the tragic war a hundred years ago. In addition, it is now a thoroughfare between the north and the south. It has always been a quite prosperous place among the thirteen states of Daliang.

However, since entering Qinzhou, the atmosphere of the mission has become much gloomier, and even the innocent and simple Taohua is not as excited as he was a few days ago.

The scorching sunshine shines on the endless plains, and the air wraps everyone's bodies like fire.

The earth was as dry and cracked as lips, and the sight was filled with endless earthy color.

It was supposed to be the summer harvest season, but it was hard to see people working on both sides of the official road because the crops in the fields had dried up and died.

Pei Yue left the gentle carriage and rode on the official road. Looking at what he saw along the road, his face became more and more serious.

The tragic scenes that shocked him were briefly recorded in later history books, saying: In the sixth year of Liang Kaiping, in the sixty-two counties of Qin, Chongqing, and Dengzhou, there was no rain from spring to autumn, and wells and springs dried up.

hungry.
Chapter completed!