After returning to Prince Jin's Mansion, Yang Zhaoxian went back to rest. He was really exhausted in Yong'an Palace during this period.
He is the eldest grandson, and he serves his grandmother Dugu Jialuo almost every step of the way.
Yang Ming, on the other hand, just took a nap and then went to Pei Mansion.
He had to ask Pei Ju personally how the investigation of Gao Lande's matter went.
After receiving the news, Pei Ju greeted Yang Ming at the door and personally welcomed Yang Ming into the study. At his instruction, his daughter Pei Shuying was always with him.
The two sat opposite each other, Pei Shuying knelt down and made tea.
After taking a look at the study, Yang Ming smiled and said:
"Pei Gong's collection of books is so huge that it is really rare."
Other people's study rooms only have two or three rooms, and the larger ones like Yang Su's house only have five or six rooms. Pei Ju's study room is like a special library, with a strong atmosphere of books.
Pei Ju smiled and said: "In the old Zhou Dynasty, I was highly respected by the Supreme Being and was the secretary of the Prime Minister's Palace. I didn't dare to neglect the daily affairs. In ancient times and today, whenever the Supreme Being asked me about it, I didn't dare to know. Over the years, I have collected books.
It will become more gradual.”
Yang Mingdao: "Pei Gongxue is really a great scholar when it comes to classics and history."
"Okay, okay, you two should talk about business." Pei Shuying served fragrant tea to the two of them and said with a smile: "After I came back, I asked my father, but he refused to tell me and had to wait until His Highness asked him in person.
That’s all.”
Pei Ju shook his head: "It's not my turn to take action at all, and Pei will not use such inferior means to deal with a weak girl."
The two people's answers were inconsistent, but Pei Shuying was shocked. After a moment, Pei Shuying lowered her head shyly, feeling at a loss.
Pei Ju nodded: "Absolutely not. I have personally checked all the files about the old Qi court in the Secretary's Department, including our study room, and found nothing. There is no Gao Lande at all."
"Where to start?" Yang Ming asked blankly.
"Then do you know who it is?" Yang Ming asked.
I'm not a good girl at college. She's not even married yet, and her elbows are already bent outwards. Yang Ming is such a bad guy. Did he deliberately create a conflict between my father and my daughter?
Pei Shuying looked at her father with a frosty face and said coldly:
Yang Ming sneered: "But your father gave me conditions."
No matter what, she is also Pei Ju's daughter, that's all.
"What's wrong with you two?"
Pei Ju sat down with a helpless look on his face: "You silly boy, Yang Ming will definitely decide on his position as the concubine when he returns to Beijing. If my father doesn't plan for you early, he will be snatched away by others."
Pei Ju stopped playing tricks and said bluntly: "There are indeed conditions, but..."
Pei Shuying felt very grateful to be praised by Yang Ming. She sat aside and the smile on her face never stopped.
I, Pei Ju, was stunned. This little bastard is done, isn't he? He won't be willing to see my father and daughter turn against each other?
"Don't worry, Your Highness, he fooled me today, and I will fool him in the future," Pei Shuying said righteously.
"Stop talking!" Pei Shuying saw Yang Ming secretly winking at her, and immediately understood and said:
"Your Highness, please go back first."
Pei Ju sighed and said, "It's a pity that I have passed the age of leaving the court, but I still refuse to leave home. Every time I think about this, I can't sleep at night."
"Alas" Yang Ming sighed, if even Pei Ju couldn't be found, then no one in the Sui Dynasty could find him.
Pei Ju smiled and said: "Pei still has a girl waiting to be married. If she gets married, Pei can investigate with peace of mind and the matter will naturally come to light."
"You know, but you don't know," Pei Ju said with a meaningful smile.
Pei Ju clearly wanted to send his daughter away and had a private conversation with Yang Ming, but Pei Shuying just couldn't tell.
This phenomenon was very common before the Sui and Tang Dynasties. After the fall of the Tang Dynasty, there was a slight improvement, but not much.
Yang Ming chuckled: "Does Mr. Pei really not know about Gao Lande?"
Pei Ju hummed: "Aren't you still worried about working for your father?"
Seeing this, Pei Ju smiled and said to his daughter: "When Xuanji opened his government, he took away several carts of books from home. As for whether there are any documents about Jiu Qi in them, I don't know. You can go over and take a look. There are some.
Get the words immediately."
"Princess?" Pei Shuying said blankly: "Dugu Feng'er is in trouble?"
Pei Ju smiled and said: "Women do not discuss important matters. I have reminded you many times, but it is a pity that you always fail to remember. I must have caused trouble to His Highness when I was in Jingzhou."
Pei Ju also stood up and said: "Gao Lande's matter is of great importance. If you are not careful, Pei may be killed. How can you be careless?"
"Did you do what happened to Dugu Feng'er?" Yang Ming asked sharply.
"Have you checked everything and made sure you didn't miss anything?" Pei Shuying said expectantly.
You have raised your daughter well enough. Although Pei Shuying is outspoken, she is still sensible and polite. Yang Ming waved his hand and said:
"I have benefited greatly from getting along with Miss Pei. Mr. Pei has a good daughter."
"Your father wants you to marry me,"
Pei Ju nodded, poured tea for Yang Ming, and said: "Pei entered the officialdom as a young man and met his first wife, Mrs. Cui. He had a daughter at the age of thirty-seven, and two years later he had a son. Two years after that, his first wife died and her relationship has been broken ever since."
Pei Shuying was greatly disappointed. Yang Ming finally asked her for help, but his father didn't help?
It's really tiring to talk to such an old fox. There are all kinds of hints, but I won't tell you clearly.
Yang Ming said helplessly:
"Did Mr. Pei hear about Dugu Feng'er?"
He did have concubines and concubines, but in a strict sense, concubines and concubines were not considered descendants, and some of them could not even be buried in ancestral graves.
Pei Ju lowered his head and looked directly at Yang Ming: "The decline of the Dugu family has appeared. With the full support of the Holy Queen, it is still difficult to enter the palace. Among the next generation of children, there are even less useful people. Such a family cannot bear too much blessing. The Holy Queen
I'm sorry, this girl is suffering from a strange illness. It can be seen that the numerology is such that it cannot be changed by human beings."
"Sit down and let's have a good talk. How can you force me into marriage like this?"
Either that or Pei Shuying is easy to fool. After hearing this, she stood up quickly and opened the door furiously.
What you said is quite mysterious. What kind of numerology is there? Isn't it because someone is causing trouble behind my back?
Yang Ming felt relieved now and left calmly.
He finally figured out that no matter how cunning and cunning Pei Ju was, he still had weaknesses, and his weakness was his daughter.
"His Highness asked knowingly," Pei Ju said with a smile, "Pei has been in the Imperial Palace all year round and has only left the palace and returned home a few times. How could he not have known?"
"No?" Yang Ming and Pei Shuying said in unison.
Yang Ming asked again: "What does Mr. Pei think of this matter?"
Pei Ju continued: "Now that Xuanji is lucky enough to marry the princess of Runan, Pei is half relieved, and the other half is with his legitimate daughter Ayun. If she doesn't marry, Pei will not be at ease one day."
Yang Ming was stunned: "You really found out?"
Yang Ming nodded. He knew this. Pei Ju's first wife was from the Boling Cui family, and she was from the same family as Cui Hongsheng, the eldest son Yang Zhao's father-in-law. He heard that he died early, and a pair of children were also raised by Pei Ju.
, although there was a concubine in the family, she did not renew her relationship.
Pei Ju was stunned and said: "Why did Your Highness say this? Pei is just worried about his daughter's marriage, what does it have to do with Your Highness?"
Is it a forced marriage? Is it you who did it to Dugu Feng'er?
Yang Ming sneered: "If she can't get married, you can't find out?"
Yang Ming said in a deep voice, "Don't forget, I was the one who brought about the incident between Pei Xuanji and the eldest sister. You already owe me a favor."
Pei Ju raised his head and pondered for a moment: "Dugunu does not have the appearance of dying young, but she is destined to die young."
Pei Ju sighed helplessly, this Yang Ming was too straightforward, that's all, things always have to be made clear.
Yang Ming nodded, okay, now it's Pei Ju's turn to have a headache. Let's see how he faces his daughter's torture.
"If you have anything to do with Mr. Pei, just tell me."
"Your dowry is too worthless," Yang Ming said coldly. This old bastard actually knows about Gao Yue?
Pei Ju shook his head and said: "If Ayun hadn't already been interested in Your Highness, Pei would never have forced anyone to do anything. I only have this one daughter. If I don't plan for her, I will be a father in vain."
Yang Ming stood up and said angrily: "Don't play tricks. I asked you to investigate Gao Lande, and you are just lying to me. You can't be trusted."
Yang Ming suddenly felt that there was a reason why Pei Shuying was so straightforward. It was not easy to be fooled by such a scheming father.
So before Yang Ming left, he specifically told Pei Shuying:
"Be careful your father fools you."
"Are you blackmailing me?" Yang Ming asked.
She pushed open the door of the house furiously, and saw her father and Yang Ming standing opposite each other, as if they were halfway in a confrontation, and she suddenly said in shock:
"I don't know!" Pei Ju was about to speak when footsteps were heard in the courtyard and Pei Shuying was back.
After saying that, Pei Ju looked at Yang Ming with a smile.
"No!" Pei Ju shook his head flatly.
Because when Pei Ju was young, he became an official in the Northern Qi Dynasty and served as the royal literature director of King Gao Renying of Qi Gaoping. He knew the old Gao family very well, and he worked for Yang Jian later. It is no exaggeration to say that Gao Jiu and Yang Su were not
He knows everything he knows.
Now it's better, besides Yang Liang and Yang Su, there is another person who knows.
You Pei Xishu, you just found out clearly. Yang Ming asked: "How can you know the method?"
A person like Pei Ju must know exactly what books are in the study. How could he not know what books his son took away?
After Pei Shuying walked away, Yang Ming smiled and said:
Pei Ju shook his head and said: "I haven't found out clearly, and I don't dare to find out anymore. But if His Highness is willing to marry A Yun as his concubine, then Pei will risk his own life to find out the secrets about Gao Yue for His Highness, and treat it as A Yun's.
Yun’s dowry.”
Pei Shuying suddenly frowned and glared at her father, with an expression that seemed to be interrogating.
Old boy, don’t talk to me about this. Yang Ming changed the subject and said:
"How is the investigation into Gao Lande's case? Do you have any files on this person?"
"Your Highness has not yet become a father, so he certainly doesn't understand Pei's anxious mood," Pei Ju said calmly: "Ayun has not been married for a day, and Pei is really not in the mood to explore these things."
"Pei will never forget this," Pei Ju said solemnly, "If your Highness has an assignment, Pei Ju will do his best."
"nothing."
Pei Ju nodded and said: "Half crazy and half stupid, the position of the princess has nothing to do with her, now it depends on who gets it first."
Pei Shuying was stunned. After being stunned for a long time, she suddenly came to sit down next to her father and said eagerly:
"What should we do?"
That's right. Pei Ju Laohuai comforted him: "As long as you are willing to listen to me, you will not be able to escape the position of princess."
Pei Shuying nodded repeatedly.
Yang Ming miscalculated. After all, Pei Shuying was no match for her father, and she was fooled anyway.