Chapter 48 Sun Keding

Chapter 48 Sun Keding

Chapter 48 Sun Keding

Pei Yuan comforted Qin Lingbo with a few words and felt that the leg he was playing with in his hands had become as hot as melted water.

He glanced at Bai Yujing with some surprise, only to see that her face was hidden in the shadows and her ears were already red.

Pei Yuan's heart beat rapidly and an idea suddenly came to his mind.

If I could get these two beauties, my life in this world would be worthwhile.

When Pei Yuan returned to the cabin, he was still feeling melancholy.

The cabin had been hastily tidied up, and the maids had re-laid the mats and laid out the wine and food.

Manager Sun asked people to light up all the lanterns, illuminating the whole place.

No one asked Pei Yuan why he had been gone for so long, but he took the initiative to explain to Manager Sun.

"They have both woken up. But I noticed some black energy on their foreheads. I'm afraid that the female ghost will not let them go. This matter..."

Steward Sun said quickly, "This matter cannot be made public. Lord Pei must take care of us."

Pei Yuan nodded.

Manager Sun quickly ordered people to play music to pretend that nothing had happened on the ship.

However, the incident of Bai Yujing chasing and hacking with a knife was too horrifying, and too many people saw it, so it would definitely spread along the Qinhuai River tomorrow.

Pei Yuan drank for a while and gradually became drunk.

No one dared to disperse. Manager Sun asked someone to bring a brocade quilt, and everyone took a mat and fell asleep in the cabin.

Not long after dawn the next day, people from Yingtian Prefecture were indeed searching for the Sun family's ship along the river.

Pei Yuan asked Chen Toutie to deal with the matter.

When the officials from Yingtian Prefecture heard that the matter involved evil spirits and that the Jinyiwei had taken over the case, they immediately dared not say anything more.

Even if they dare to take this case, how should the prefect of Yingtian make the judgment?
How could the prefect of Yingtian, a civil servant of the fourth rank, write a verdict based on these bizarre things and hand it in? Wouldn't he become a laughing stock among scholars all over the world?

The official who came over said, "Since this matter involves the Jinyiwei, we will transfer the relevant matters of this case to the Nanjing Jinyiwei. Goodbye."

After Chen Toutie came back and told the story, Pei Yuan asked someone to bring pen and ink and wrote down the general course of events directly on the table.

Naturally, he didn't dare to say much about the compromise he reached with Mei Qinniang. He only said that it was a coincidence and the evil spirit had been eliminated.

Afterwards, Pei Yuan, who was exhausted, went to wash up lazily. When the flower boat docked, he personally took the two of them to the Nanjing Jinyiwei yamen.

This time when he came to the Jinyiwei Yamen in Nanjing, Pei Yuan did not encounter so many difficulties, but he still did not get a good response.

After he explained how he encountered an evil spirit while swimming in the river and handed over the written account, the flag bearer guarding the gate went to report without delay.

Unfortunately, Tan Tai Fang Tu was still too lazy to meet him. He just replied that he knew it, and then ordered someone to close the case and archive the documents sent by Yingtian Prefecture.

Pei Yuan spent a little money and felt relieved when he learned that the case had been closed.

After returning to the flower boat, Pei Yuan also met the owner behind the flower boat, the former Jingjiang County magistrate Sun Keding.

Sun Keding was a genuine Jinshi, and he got a real position in the wealthy place of Nanzhili by relying on his relationship with Liu Jin.

After arriving in Jingjiang County, he was determined to make some money and continue to climb up along Liu Jin's path.

Unexpectedly, after seeing more of the shady dealings, Sun Keding was sensitive enough to realize that Liu Jin was about to have problems. So when the news of Liu Jin being questioned by the emperor came, Sun Keding immediately destroyed Liu Jin's ancestral temple in the county and asked the county's scholars to scold Liu Jin's misconduct in the county school.

Perhaps because he realized that Sun Keding was a smart man who could be won over, he luckily escaped when Liu Jin's followers were cleared out in the middle of this year.

But he cannot serve as the magistrate of Jingjiang County for the time being.

The newly appointed magistrate of Jingjiang County, Yin Yunxiao, was a Jinshi in the 18th year of Hongzhi's reign. However, he resigned from his post in the second year due to illness and refused to associate with the eunuch party.

As soon as Liu Jin fell this year, upright people in the court remembered Yin Yunxiao, so they recruited him to the capital as a candidate. In the end, he replaced Sun Keding and was appointed as the magistrate of Jingjiang County, Nanzhili.

Sun Keding's family ran some businesses in his early years. After arriving in Nanzhili, he entrusted his trusted people to manage his property.

Among them is the flower boat business with abundant cash flow.

Late last night, Manager Sun sent someone ashore to inform Sun Keding of the situation here, so Sun Keding rushed over early in the morning to take charge.

Pei Yuan was somewhat moved after hearing about Sun Keding's background, and said to him with a smile, "After all, we are not outsiders."

Seeing Sun Keding speechless, Pei Yuan explained, "You rose to prominence with Liu Jin, and I was promoted by Eunuch Gu Dayong. You may think that Eunuch Liu and Eunuch Gu are not of the same kind, but in the eyes of outsiders, I'm afraid they are just the same eunuch party."

Pei Yuan spoke bluntly, but Sun Keding looked a little embarrassed.

Pei Yuan was a member of the Imperial Guard. It was fine for him to have no moral integrity and call himself a eunuch party, as he was a scholar after all, and he could seek personal gain based on his ability. However, he felt embarrassed when someone pointed out to him that he was a eunuch party member in person.

Pei Yuan said to Sun Keding indifferently, "Master Sun, there is no need to be like this. Even the senior officials in the court and the eunuchs in the palace greeted us with smiles, not to mention people like us. Besides, if there is an opportunity, who says people like us can't have a chance to gain power?"

Sun Keding didn't know why the Jinyiwei said this to him, and just remained silent.

Pei Yuan tried it out briefly, but seeing that Sun Keding was so slippery, he was too lazy to continue making friends with him.

Sun Keding is a genuine Jinshi. As long as he is willing to bend down and find another way to seek help, someone will naturally recruit him.

The power that Pei Yuan can rely on now is all based on the dispatches given to him by the Qianhu Suo. Once the tasks here are completed, he will be reduced to his original state in a very short time.

So Pei Yuan is now eager to seek help to resist future risks.

Sun Keding was unwilling to have a close relationship with him, and Pei Yuan no longer had the heart to meddle in other people's business.

Otherwise, he could help Sun Keding to build up a relationship with Gu Dayong.

Gu Dayong and Zhang Yong had previously teamed up to defeat Liu Jin, and were almost the second beneficiaries of Liu Jin's downfall.

The fact that Gu Dayong was able to get the opportunity to lead troops in the Bazhou Rebellion was an overall evaluation of him by Emperor Zhengde.

Unfortunately, Gu Dayong did not have an ally like Yang Yiqing, and the civil officials in the court also preferred Zhang Yong who was under their control. This time, Gu Dayong behaved in an extremely embarrassing way.

Now is the time when Gu Dayong needs people. If Pei Yuan leads Sun Keding to surrender, he will definitely be valued by Gu Dayong.

But Sun Keding was so rude, and Pei Yuan didn't want to make things difficult for him.

The two of them exchanged a few simple greetings when two female nuns came to the boat to pick them up.

Pei Yuan asked someone to inquire, and was told that he was a visitor from Baiyu Temple outside the city, and was asked to pick up two female guests.

Pei Yuan knew in his heart that it was probably arranged by the person behind Mei Qinnan.

Sun Keding saw this and did not hesitate. He had someone bring the two women's indentures and generously allowed them to take all their belongings with them.

(End of this chapter)