Chapter 92 Do you remember?
Chapter 92 Do you remember?
Song Chunniang thought about it.
He asked a seemingly direct question, but in fact it was not tactful at all, "Do we have a backer?"
Pei Yuan decided to give Song Chunniang confidence, "Of course."
Song Chunniang asked blankly, "Which one?"
Pei Yuan thought about it.
Although Han Qianhu controls enormous power and is regarded as a big devil in the eyes of underworld figures, his official connections are indeed narrow.
"Half Life of Wandering" and "Good Brother-in-law", if he wants to take over the position of Prime Minister, that will be several years later.
Now, the only one who is truly willing to protect Pei Yuan to the death is probably Gu Dayong, who owes him a large sum of money.
Pei Yuan then said in a high-profile yet restrained manner, "Our backer is Gu Dayong, the director of the West Factory!"
"A eunuch?" Song Chunniang was surprised. "Then you are a eunuch, aren't you?"
Although Pei Yuan knew from a young age that the factory and the guards were one, he still felt a little uncomfortable when it was pointed out so abruptly.
He had no choice but to explain to Song Chunniang, "We are all eunuchs."
"But but..." Song Chunniang's face, which was already red from the fever, became even redder. She looked at Pei Yuan with a strange look in her eyes, "You don't, you don't..."
Pei Yuan took Song Chunniang's hand expressionlessly.
Song Chunniang was surprised and didn't know what Pei Yuan was trying to do.
Pei Yuan fiddled with Song Chunniang's small hand and made a circle, "Did you remember?"
"oh oh."
Song Chunniang was stunned for a moment, then she started laughing.
At this moment, her eyes were particularly lively.
Pei Yuan said to her expressionlessly, "The eunuch party is not eunuchs. The Jinyiwei are controlled by the eunuchs in the court from top to bottom. Anyone who is a Jinyiwei cannot escape the connection."
Song Chunniang spoke for a while and became more energetic. "Is Eunuch Gu powerful?"
Pei Yuan sighed, "Not great at all."
Just as Song Chunniang was about to ask again, Cheng Leixiang came up and said, "Sir, we're here!"
Pei Yuan had been shaking in the carriage for a long time and could no longer bear it. Hearing this, he looked out and saw that the carriage had stopped at the door of an inn.
The guy inside, seeing the horses and carriages, came over to greet them politely.
Seeing that the rain was not heavy, Pei Yuan directly carried the sick and disabled Song Chunniang down from the car.
Chen Toutie jumped off his horse and hurried over to arrange accommodation for them.
Perhaps because of the rain, the inn was very deserted, and Chen Toutie asked for a side courtyard at a very cheap price.
Then the guy led everyone over.
Out of caution, Cheng Leixiang drove the carriage and horses over as well.
There were three guest rooms in the side courtyard. Song Chunniang lived in one, Cheng Leixiang and Chen Toutie shared one, and Pei Yuan wanted to deepen his relationship with his good brother Ouyang Bijin, so they also shared one.
Pei Yuan also instructed the waiter to boil some hot water for everyone and prepare some of his signature dishes.
The guy readily agreed, and not long after, someone came driving a large wooden barrel and carrying hot water to the yard.
Pei Yuan glanced at Song Chunniang's room and asked, "Can you do it yourself?"
Pure kindness.
Song Chunniang looked at Pei Yuan softly and said, "Help me."
Pei Yuan retracted his head and avoided the fishy smell.
Pei Yuan went back to the room and poured some hot water, then washed himself clean. When he came out of the tub, he saw Ouyang Bijin with a conflicted look on his face.
Pei Yuan grew up in the market, so naturally he didn't have many etiquettes to follow. He had a lot of capital, so he wasn't afraid of being seen.
While wiping his body, he advised Ouyang Bijin, "Wash yourself properly, it will help you feel better. Change the water yourself, I'm too lazy to move."
Ouyang Bijin was a gentlemanly scholar after all, and he felt uneasy for a while. He waited until Pei Yuan found a decent piece of clothing to change into, then he took great pains to carry the wooden barrel out to change the water.
Most of the clothes Pei Yuan brought with him had been wet by the rain and were hastily dried over the fire, becoming wrinkled and unrepresentable.
Even the official uniform of the Jinyiwei was too dirty to be taken out.
Pei Yuan then shouted from inside the house, "Cheng Lei Xiang!"
Cheng Leixiang had also washed himself, and hurried over when he heard the noise.
Pei Yuan took out a small piece of silver and said, "After the rain, it will probably be cold for a while. Go buy some ready-made clothes for everyone to change into."
Cheng Leixiang took a look at the silver.
Pei Yuan said, "Take it."
Cheng Leixiang nodded, "Okay, I'll be back soon."
He added, "Chen Toutie went to the kitchen just now to keep an eye on it. My Lord, be careful here by yourself."
Pei Yuan said angrily, "Fuck it, get out of here, I won the first place in the martial arts exam!"
By the time Cheng Leixiang left, Ouyang Bijin had already rinsed the wooden tub and started taking a bath with the hot water that had just been delivered by the store.
This guy has a strong ability to adapt. Except for the time when Pei Yuan just entered the room and he subconsciously hid underwater, he basically didn't worry about it anymore.
Seeing that it was almost dark, Pei Yuan was no longer in a hurry to rest. He just sat under the eaves in the yard, watching the rain out of boredom.
After a while, there was some noise at the gate, so Pei Yuan asked, "Chen Toutie?"
No one responded.
Pei Yuan's expression changed, and he asked calmly, "Cheng Leixiang?"
After saying this, without waiting for a reply, he knocked on the window of Song Chunniang next door, then quickly returned to his room to get a knife.
Ouyang Bijin also saw Pei Yuan's actions. He stood up in panic and wanted to hide inside.
Pei Yuan tied the cassock bag around his waist, picked up the Bazhou sword, and came under the eaves.
Then, he asked in a deep voice, "Who is that friend outside the door? Feel free to come out and meet me."
The man outside the courtyard heard this and laughed, "Captain Pei is a straightforward person, so I, Lu Dahua, am being presumptuous."
As he spoke, a big man with a beard pushed the door open and walked in.
Lu Dahua was a bold man with an unruly look on his face. He was tall and strong, holding a sharp axe in his left hand and a brocade box over a foot long in his right hand.
When Pei Yuan heard Lu Dahua reveal his identity, he knew that the visitor was not friendly.
Seeing the brocade box in Lu Dahua's hand, his heart tightened even more.
He suddenly remembered what Sun Keding had told him before.
One day, when the Suzhou prefect was returning to his yamen, someone stopped his sedan chair to file a complaint.
Then, the magistrate, who was stopped by the sedan chair to file a complaint, walked straight up to the sedan chair and handed over the complaint.
Magistrate Zhai tried to gather himself together and just as he took the complaint, the man grabbed his left hand, pressed it to the ground, and cut off his left little finger.
Later, Magistrate Zhai was extremely angry and resentful, and immediately reported the matter to the Nanjing Ministry of Justice.
Unexpectedly, that night, he received a brocade box more than a foot long, filled with little fingers. In addition, there was a letter saying that if Magistrate Zhai was not satisfied, he would let those people go to Magistrate Zhai's home in Shaanxi to commit suicide to apologize.
What's even more outrageous is that after Magistrate Zhai was frightened by those gangsters, he went to the Nanjing Ministry of Justice to withdraw the case. However, when the Nanjing Ministry of Justice returned the document, it used the same brocade box as the thief.
Now, this legendary brocade box appeared in front of Pei Yuan.
(End of this chapter)