Chapter 96 Letters
Chapter 96 Letters
Pei Yuan and his men rested for a while in Liyang.
After eating and drinking enough every day, I bask in the sun in the yard.
During this period, Chen Toutie also found the county government office and returned the carriage to the Dianshi of Liyang County.
After all, Chen Zongqi is now a county-level official. There is no need for him to act like a robber and rob whatever he likes.
On the first day, everyone was quite happy with this short and comfortable life.
Moreover, Zhenxie Qianhu is not short of money, and most of their expenses can be paid by Han Qianhu.
By the next day, Song Chunniang could no longer sit still and was eager to go out for a walk.
Pei Yuan didn't take it seriously at first, but when Song Chunniang was about to go out excitedly, he suddenly remembered something.
——This guy is a criminal worth five hundred and fifty taels!
If I go out and flirt with people again, wouldn't it ruin my reputation?
What happened before is fine.
When she was the daughter of the censor, Song Chunniang accepted a bounty mission from Zhang Heling, the Marquis of Shouning. Even if she didn't go, there would definitely be other desperate criminals who would be brave enough to do it.
Song Chunniang was content to ride on women of good family backgrounds, but it was hard to say about other desperate criminals.
In a sense, being assigned a mission by Song Chunniang was the best outcome that the daughter of the censor could have endured.
As for the two times he slept with the singing girl in Qinhuai River, Pei Yuan didn't care much about it.
After all, now that they have been noticed by the lecherous Shili Xiang, it has become a gimmick for the Qinhuai singing girls to raise their own status.
Pei Yuan is a rather selfish person.
He doesn't have a very high moral bottom line, nor does he have very high standards for doing things.
Just as he had said to Mei Qinniang before, he only stood on the side of interests.
Song Chunniang was sent by Han Qianhu to warn Pei Yuan, so Pei Yuan naturally wanted to keep her by his side.
Moreover, although Song Chunniang was a woman, she never backed down at critical moments, and was quite effective.
Thinking of this, Pei Yuan couldn't help but examine his team.
Then he discovered something very homogeneous.
That is, whether it is Cheng Leixiang, Chen Toutie or Song Chunniang, it seems that the bottom line of being a human being is relatively low.
Cheng Leixiang has seen the bloody world of martial arts, Chen Toutie has ruthlessly tortured losers, and Song Chunniang is a woman who stubbornly lives at the bottom of society and is at the end of the food chain.
So this also means that Pei Yuan can command them without any moral pressure and with ease.
For example, in order to avoid getting into trouble, they could obey Pei Yuan's orders without hesitation, attack the imperial post station, and kill innocent people inside.
They don't care who is guilty or not, or who deserves mercy or not.
They knew clearly what Captain Pei was doing, so they drew their swords without mercy!
Even Song Chunniang, who was almost delirious due to the fever, resolutely went out in the rain in the middle of the night and strangled the hidden dangers one by one.
Pei Yuan even felt that his subordinates were not three seventh-rank military officers of the imperial court, but a pack of wolves that followed him and bit him mercilessly.
Pei Yuan himself has no idea of upholding justice. He does not mind doing evil, but he also does not want to do evil on his own initiative.
He brought Song Chunniang to Liyang, and he didn't want to let such a decent girl be humiliated because of his actions.
A few days passed like this, and one morning, someone knocked on the gate.
Pei Yuan motioned Cheng Leixiang to go up and take a look.
The courtyard gate opened, Cheng Leixiang said a few words to the man outside the door, and then hurriedly reported.
"Sir, the people from the Evil Suppression Thousand Households Unit are here."
"Oh?" Pei Yuan was overjoyed. "Who is coming?"
Before Cheng Leixiang could reply, he heard a loud voice coming from outside the courtyard gate, "Sikong Sui, the captain of the Zhenxie Thousand Households Office, requests to see Captain Pei." Pei Yuan remembered that Captain Han had promised that once his rank was downgraded, he would be willing to accept him into the Thousand Households Office and take Yuan Lang's place.
Speaking of which, he will be a centurion by then, and will be on the same level as Sikong Sui.
In addition, the other party was a veteran in the Qianhu Suo, so Pei Yuan did not dare to put on airs and quickly stood up to greet him.
Before the person arrived, laughter was heard, "It turns out to be Captain Sikong. Pei has been waiting for a long time."
When he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he personally went to greet him.
Pei Yuan was stunned when he saw the scene outside.
There was not only Sikong Sui outside, but also a large number of soldiers gathered around him. Judging from the clothes they were wearing, they were all low-level strongmen and captains of the Jinyiwei.
Besides those Jinyiwei soldiers, there was more than just Sikong Sui, an old man with white hair and beard standing next to him, looking at Pei Yuan with an unswerving expression.
The reason why Pei Yuan noticed these two people at once.
That’s because these two showy guys were wearing shiny flying fish suits!
You know, not everyone can wear a flying fish suit.
Generally speaking, only when there were important occasions in the imperial court would a small number of military officers with ceremonial nature wear flying fish uniforms to act as guards.
This thing is very famous, and later generations think of the Feiyu suit when they mention the Jinyiwei.
But this is a complete misunderstanding.
It’s just because the people who recorded those things were relatively high-end, so the ones they saw were all high-end Jinyiwei, which gave later generations the impression that the standard uniform of Jinyiwei was the Feiyu suit.
Moreover, Feiyu suits are very delicate. They are easy to change color when exposed to the sun or rain. Most people are reluctant to wear them.
These two guys came to see Pei Yuan wearing flying fish costumes, which shows how urgent their need to show off is.
Pei Yuan glanced at the indifferent old man and said politely, "This must be Captain Tantai."
Tan Tai Fang Tu raised her eyelids and said "hmm".
Pei Yuan's heart sank.
This Captain Han is really good at doing things.
It was obvious that these two guys didn't want to obey Pei Yuan's discipline, so they brought their soldiers and horses, wearing flying fish uniforms, and quietly ran to Pei Yuan's door to demonstrate.
What's the use of having more subordinates like this?
Sikong Sui didn't seem to notice the cooling atmosphere between the two sides.
He took out a letter from his sleeve and said with a smile, "Before coming here, Captain Han asked me to bring this letter to you."
Pei Yuan frowned and took the letter.
He didn't open it in front of her, but just said "please" lightly and walked back to the yard.
Tan Tai Fang Tu, who was taking advantage of his age and seniority, immediately showed anger on his face.
Sikong Sui stopped him with a smile and took the initiative to enter the yard.
Tan Tai Fang Tu then turned around with an unpleasant expression and told the soldiers, "We have something important to discuss with Captain Pei. You all wait outside."
As Pei Yuan walked, he gestured to Cheng Leixiang to receive the two people.
He turned his back and slowly tore open the letter written to him by Han Qianhu.
There was a folded white paper inside.
Pei Yuan confirmed that there was nothing else in the envelope, then opened the letter, revealing two lines of words written like silver hooks and iron paintings.
——"If you are not talented, you can take it yourself."
(End of this chapter)