"These are my nephews, both literary and martial, and they are all young talents in the Pei family~" Pei Ju smiled and introduced to Yang Yuanqing one by one, "This Pei Shiqing, currently the head of the Honglu Temple, is your father's subordinate."
Pei Shiqing was a young official in his twenties who was gentle and gentle. He stepped forward and bowed, "Welcome General Yang to visit the Pei family."
Yang Yuanqing quickly replied, "I'm so sorry, Yuanqing is here to disturb everyone."
Pei Ju pulled the tallest young general over and said with a smile: "This is a rare young warrior in my Pei family. His name is Pei Xingyan. He is fourteen years old this year, one year younger than his nephew. His father was your grandfather.
Yang Taipu’s subordinate.”
It turns out that this is Pei Yuanqing in the Romance of the Romance, named Pei Xingyan. Yang Yuanqing smiled and nodded at him. Pei Xingyan bowed and said, "Brother Yang is unparalleled in the world. I don't know what weapons are. My younger brother Xingyan is brave and wants to ask Brother Yang for advice if he has time.
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Yang Yuanqing smiled, "Yuan Qing's skills are so rare that he dares to say that he is unparalleled in the world? In the frontier army, there are ten times stronger Yuanqing, and the Sui Dynasty is even more hidden and lying on the tiger. I just happened to be the right time.
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"I'm so modest. I saw it with my own eyes. Thirty arrows, fifty incense, probably not many people in the world can do it."
Pei Ju smiled, and he saw Cheng Yaojin behind Yang Yuanqing again. Seeing that he didn't look like a follower, he asked, "This one is..."
"This is one of my younger brothers, named Cheng Yaojin."
Cheng Yaojin already knew who Pei Ju was. He immediately hid his rudeness, pretended to be gentle and polite, and went forward to give a deep bow, "My younger generation Cheng Yaojin, from Dong'a Maredori, Jeju, this year's 16th
At the age of 19, see Uncle Pei!”
He specifically emphasized that he was sixteen years old in response to Yang Yuanqing calling him younger brother just now. After listening to Pei Xingyan's introduction, he realized that Yang Yuanqing was one year younger than him. Generally, people with rude appearances were gentle and pleasing. Pei Ju
I fell in love with this stupid little little song all of a sudden and called him uncle.
He stroked his beard and laughed: "Okay! You are welcome to visit the Pei family, nephew, please!"
"Uncle Shi!"
Everyone surrounded Yang Yuanqing and entered the Pei Mansion, but Cheng Yaojin followed behind tactfully. He was very self-aware and had a friendship with him. Yang Yuanqing was willing to bring him to the Pei Mansion as a guest. How could he be the master?
While walking... he looked around, when he passed by the atrium... he suddenly found a young woman hiding behind a big tree, about fourteen or fifteen years old, and was secretly looking at Yang Yuanqing. The woman looked pretty pretty.
His eyebrows were a little thicker, but he liked them very much, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
Cheng Yaojin walked up to him and coughed, pretending to bow... "This girl, Xiaoniu is polite."
The girl was Pei You. She heard that Yang Yuanqing was coming... and secretly peeked behind the tree. Yang Yuanqing walked forward, and she moved backward, but unexpectedly there was someone behind her, which immediately scared her. She saw
Behind was a... a black-faced man who suddenly became disgusted, stomped his feet, turned around and ran away.
Cheng Yaojin was disappointed when he touched his nose, but he was not annoyed. Instead, he smiled, "This little lady is interesting.
The family banquet is held in the Songhe Hall of Pei Mansion, which is the place where Pei Mansion entertains distinguished guests. Today Pei Ju treats Yang Yuan... Qing has taken great pains to do because Yang Yuanqing's status is not high. If the important members of the Pei family are allowed to accompany him, he will feel
He was uncomfortable because Pei Ju chose all the young men from the Pei family to accompany him, and he personally took charge and gave Yang Yuanqing a gift.
Although Songhe Hall is a living room, it is arranged very simply. The walls are snow-white. A picture of flying cranes that are two meters long and five feet wide is hung on the front. The pines are vigorous and the flying cranes are like immortals. There are calligraphy and paintings on both sides.
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There are two rows of eighteen single beds with a small door on the side, covered by a screen, and arranged very simple and elegantly.
Pei Ju is the master, sitting in the horizontal seat, the first one on the left is Yang Yuanqing, and Cheng Yaojin is also a guest, becoming the second one, but he himself refused and must sit in the last one, saying that he is admiring the Pei family, he
Not only did Pei Ju like him very much, but even other children of the Pei family also liked him very much.
The first person in the right is Pei Shiqing. Although he is young and light, he has a high seniority. He is the same generation as Pei Ju. Pei Xingyan sat next to Yang Yuanqing. He is actually just a branch of the Pei family, but because he is a rare young warrior in the Pei family,
Pei Ju attached great importance to him, so he asked him to accompany Yang Yuanqing.
Yang Yuanqing counted the seats. The Pei family should have thirteen, but now there are only ten seats, and there are three seats in the middle. I wonder which elder of the Pei family is coming, is Pei Yun?
Pei Ju seemed to know Yang Yuanqing's thoughts, so she smiled and said, "There are no elders today, there are three seats. I have another thing to thank you."
As soon as he finished speaking, three women walked out from behind the screen. Yang Yuanqing saw Pei Minqiu in the middle at a glance. She also wore a double ring of looking at the fairy bun, and her two strands of hair floated down and fell in front of her, but she still refused to do anything.
Pink, skin is like crystal jade, thrush is like distant daisy, eyes are like autumn water, steps are light, and there is a beauty of no human fireworks. Yang Yuanqing couldn't help but compare Niu Niu with her. Both of them looked just as beautiful, but Niu Niu was cheerful and lively
, so well-behaved that it makes people feel distressed, but Pei Minqiu is quiet and gentle, as quiet as autumn water.
However, Pei Minqiu is still young, only twelve years old, and her every move is a little immature.
The three girls sat in the first place, Pei Xier sat in the second place, Pei Minqiu sat in the second place, and Pei You's third place was Pei You. Their seats were not ranked by age. If they were age, Pei You should sit in the first place.
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This was also the arrangement that Pei Ju took great painstakingly. Of course, he wanted to recruit Yang Yuanqing as the son-in-law of the Pei family. However, before talking to Yang Su, he did not dare to rashly, so he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of this banquet to let Yang Yuanqing and the daughter of the Pei family have more contact.
Every family has extremely strict tutoring, which is already the limit that Pei Ju can achieve. Because it is related to the jade pot, all three girls were invited.
According to Pei Ju's idea, Pei Minqiu is gentle, quiet, generous, and can better show the style of the daughter of the Pei family. Unfortunately, she is young and is far from the age to talk about marriage.
The Pei family is a famous Han family, which is different from the Xianbei noble women who got married at the age of 12 or 13. The Xianbei women marry early is a nomadic tradition in the grassland, while the Han women are a little later. This can prevent women from getting pregnant early. The Pei family's rule is that women get married at the age of 2 or 8.
, that is, she was sixteen years old, Pei You was already sixteen years old, but she had already betrothed to the Wang family in Taiyuan and would get married at the end of the year.
So Pei Ju turned her eyes on Pei Xier. Pei Xier is fifteen years old and has not yet been granted anybody. She is also the daughter of the Pei family and looks very good. Pei Ju considers using her to win over Yang Yuan... Qing, Pei Minqiu is
The candidate is sitting in the middle, and as for Pei You, you don’t have to consider it.
"General Yang, last time I benefited the people and the city, you helped my daughter of the Pei family and maintained my reputation. I officially thank you today."
Pei Ju gave his three granddaughters a look, and the three girls stood up at the same time, Yingying bowed to Yang Yuanqing, "Thank you for General Yang Yoshi-suicide!"
Yang Yuanqing waved his hand embarrassedly and said to Pei Ju: "Uncle Shi, the matter has been so long, what do you always mention it for?"
Pei Ju smiled slightly, "But I haven't paid you back the money yet, and they haven't thanked you yet, and things haven't passed.
Pei Shiqing also smiled and said, "This is a ritual from the Pei family, General Yang will accept it with peace of mind!"
At this time, a group of women carried the dishes in one by one and placed them in front of everyone. The banquet began. The dishes of the Pei family were so delicate and light, not much, but they were all full of fragrance, and everyone was in front of them.
Five or six plates of side dishes, the wine is the best Gaochang Pujiao wine. It was rewarded by Yang Jian last year to the Pei family's living room and became slightly lively. The children of the Pei family ate and whispered. Of course, this is not the tradition of the Pei family, the Pei family
The rule is that you are not allowed to speak when eating, but today the situation is special. In order not to be in a bad mood, Pei Ju specially asked everyone to speak.
"General Yang, I heard that the emperor has decided to make King Jin the crown prince, do you know?" Pei Ju asked Yang Yuanqing in a low voice.
Pei Ju's tone obviously had a tentative meaning, not testing the truth or falsehood of this news, but testing the role Yang Yuanqing played in this matter. Yang Yuanqing had already heard Pei Ju's tentative meaning, and he shook his head and smiled:
"I am just a border army. How could I know about this and the central government of the court? But I think this is the right choice for the emperor to make the eldest son."
Pei Ju smiled, "I think so too, that's how I stand at the top and lose my elders, and that I have been the way to cause disaster since ancient times!"
After a change of topic, Pei Ju talked about another thing that interested Yang Yuanqing, "Nephew, today the emperor announced a news about your grandfather. Do you know?"
Yang Yuanqing was excited and asked quickly: "What news, please tell me."
"It was Guan Yu's grandfather's reward. The emperor appointed your grandfather as the Minister of the Shangshu and promoted the title of Duke of Chu."
Yang Yuanqing frowned. He didn't know much about the power structure of the court, but from Pei Ju's tone, he felt that this title of official was not exciting. "Uncle Shi, is there anything wrong with it?"
Pei Ju shook his head slightly, "Only promoted and secretly surrendered, the Shangshu Ling was the most important minister, and his status was the first court official, but he did not have real power, and he was far inferior to Shangshu Zuo Pushe. Nephew, I wish you bluntly, your grandfather had some great achievements
It shocked the Lord.”
In fact, this is what Pei Ju wants to tell Yang Yuanqing. He is hinting that Yang Yuanqing has begun to attack Yang Su. Pei Ju is very clear about Yang Yuanqing's situation in the Yang family. He also sent someone to investigate in advance and found that the Yang family is very concerned about Yang Yuanqing.
Indifference surprised Pei Ju. He didn't know what the Yang family thought. He had Baoyu in his family, but he actually abandoned it. Could it be because he was born in a illegitimate family?
Yang Yuanqing was silent for a while and said lightly: "I think this is a good thing."
"Why?" Pei Ju was a little surprised.
"My grandfather is old and his health has collapsed. I hope he can live a peaceful and quiet life and not care about that anymore. The road to the Yang family should be carried by children and grandchildren. I hope my grandfather will not be a horse and cow for the Yang family anymore."
Pei Ju nodded, and he heard Yang Yuanqing's disgust towards the Yang family.
At this moment, the sound of "Puff!" came, and Cheng Yaojin sprayed the wine all over the table and was covered in his body. A family member of the Pei family was scrambling to wipe him. Pei Ju frowned and asked, "What's going on
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The Pei family members stood up and said a little nervously: "I don't know. Brother Cheng asked me what kind of wine this is. I told him it was Pu Tao wine, so he squirted it!"