"You're pretty good at learning and applying it now. Wasn't it the time when you kicked someone so hard yesterday?"
"How do you know this? Were you in the palace yesterday?"
"It doesn't matter whether I'm in the palace or not. What matters is Mr. Pei. Isn't it clear that you are going to hurt someone who shouldn't be hurt?"
"I have never hurt anyone I shouldn't have hurt. The emperor couldn't make a decision about what happened yesterday. How do you know that he is not really a traitor to the enemy?"
"I just know, and I also know, who are you? You keep saying that you are a border soldier, but in fact, you guess you are a collaborator!"
Chu Junyou's words obviously stunned Pei Jie.
"Why has General Pei forgotten that he has done such a thing? Do you want me to tell you and remind you? Don't you admit that during the battle at the border, you also leaked the drawings of the border, so that Are your brothers in dire straits?"
Naturally, Chu Junyou would come to trouble Pei Jie only when he was sure. Chu Junyou had already gained full confidence. For him, this Pei Jie was simply a small role. Putting aside Apart from anything else, he bullied Chu Tiankuo in front of him, and he would never let him get away with it so easily.
"It seems that General Pei still doesn't repent. Don't you know? The emperor has already said that Chu Tiankuo is not guilty
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"Sir, let me say it again, the emperor has the final say whether Chu Tiankuo is guilty or not, not you. Even if you have the emperor's token on you, it does not mean that you can represent the emperor's will. If there is nothing If that’s the case, I’ll take my leave first.”
Pei Jie didn't want to have too many conversations with the person in front of him. He always felt that the person in front of him seemed to know everything. Moreover, he had indeed touched the thing he was most afraid of in his heart just now. No one had ever spoken to him in so many years. I have mentioned this matter before, but when it was mentioned suddenly, I almost panicked.
"Why are you scared? It turns out that there are times when General Pei is scared. Why don't you feel scared when you kick someone?"
"Who are you? When I brought people into the capital yesterday, including when I arrested them, I was the only one around. Where did you come from?"
"This is an interesting question. Where do I come from? Does it have anything to do with you? Does it mean that I gave you the power to kick others at will?"
"I was ordered by the emperor to arrest criminals. I have never done anything wrong. Why is it your turn to accuse me?"
"Where is the emperor's order? Did the emperor write in the imperial edict that you can torture prisoners?"
"It's true that I haven't written it before, but can the lives of five thousand soldiers over there be treated as a child's play? Chu Tiankuo is suspected of being a traitor to the country, why can't I kill him?"
"Do you have evidence to prove that he was the person who had contacts with foreign countries back then? If there is no evidence, why do you beat him?"
"You have no evidence, but unfortunately, I have evidence. I can prove that you lost the defense map of the border area, which led to the death of your soldiers on the battlefield."
"You are not resentful towards Chu Tiankuo, you just hope that in this way you can repay the sins you have caused. In fact, Chu Tiankuo is different from you. Chu Tiankuo did not make any mistakes. All the soldiers pushed into the fire pit."
"How do you know these things?"
"Is it important how I know? What's important is that General Pei is really duplicitous. He says one thing and does another. He says he hates these collaborators and treasoners. In fact, he has done such a thing before, isn't it? What qualifications do you have to speak against others? You have no right to speak against others, and you have no right to beat them. I am here to teach you a lesson based on the emperor's decree, and let you know that there are some things you cannot do. Some people can’t move either.”
"Who are you? Why are you targeting me again and again?" Pei Jie was a little broken by Chu Junyou's chatter, and his mind began to become unclear.
"Why am I targeting you? Did Mr. Pei Jie misunderstand what I meant? I have never thought of targeting you. However, if the emperor knew what General Pei had done before, I am afraid he would not see it. Are you going down? If General Pei is dissatisfied, why don't you kick me now and see if the emperor will still stand on your side this time? "
Pei Jie was a little confused by the person in front of him early in the morning. To be honest, he really didn't know where this person came from, but he was holding the emperor's token in his hand and speaking with such confidence, his identity must be extraordinary. , he didn’t dare to offend easily. Many of the things he said were true, and he knew very well in his heart. For him, those were things that had been buried for many years. He had never mentioned them to anyone, but Chu But Jun You really knew that either he was a witness to what happened that year, or he had investigated many things privately. No matter what kind of thing it was, this person was really terrifying to him.
"As for the words, I'll stop here, but if you hurt someone, you always have to pay a price."
As soon as Chu Junyou finished speaking, he quickly took out the dagger in his arms and stabbed Pei Jie hard on the shoulder.
"This knife pokes at the acupuncture point, it should be very painful, but General Pei is a soldier, so it shouldn't be a problem for him to be stabbed like this. Just like you said yesterday, Chu Tiankuo is a soldier, and he should be kicked by you. It’s not in the way either.”
"How's it going? Any news recently?"
Zhuifeng and Zhuiyun have been running around these days. Gu Qiang feels a little strange and doesn't know why. Why are they so diligent recently? After all, if they were asked to go out to buy something before, they would have to do ink for a long time.
"No, the master asked us to investigate some things in the past few days, and now there are almost some signs. And today we got new news. General Pei under Yushou seemed to have been stabbed yesterday."
"Pei Jie? Is he the one who arrested me?"
"Yes, that's right, it's him. How could he be assassinated? Pei Jie is a border general and a member of the Imperial Guard. Who dared to take advantage of a bear's heart and dare to touch him?"
"I don't know this, I just know that even the guardian can't get any information. I don't know who hurt him. This is the only information I can get."
"So powerful. It seems that this person usually offends a lot of people." Chu Tiankuo was a little emotional, but he still held a grudge against the kick Heping gave him that day.
Only Shen Qianshan, who was beside him, shook his head, "Something's wrong. Heping is also very cautious in doing things on weekdays. If there are no special circumstances, he will never offend others. If someone stabs him, it is very likely that he will Yes, I have a deep grudge against him.”
"It's not like there are enemies. I remember Pei Jie was always on the battlefield. Where did the enemies come from?"
"If he didn't have any enemies, how could he be stabbed? Things in your capital are indeed difficult to understand."
Chu Tiankuo didn't understand. Moreover, it was difficult for him to receive news from Tianji Pavilion recently. After all, he was not in the house now and no one could contact him. He just wanted to see if Gu Suran could know. Wherever you are, they can send the message.
"It's not complicated at all. I think Chu Junyou should have done this."
Shen Qianshan's words were like thunder, which made Chu Tiankuo on the side not expect, "Why do you think so? Chu Junyou wishes I had beaten Pei Jie to death sooner? Otherwise, how could he tell Shen Zhongbai that he should Will Shen Zhongbai use what I did on the battlefield to accuse me of collaborating with the enemy and treason?"
In fact, Shen Qianshan only learned about what happened to Chu Junyou and Chu Tiankuo relatively late yesterday. However, after hearing these things, he looked very confused and looked at Chu Tiankuo next to him. Kuo looked at it for a long time, as if thinking about something, but did not react for a long time.
But at this time today, Chu Tiankuo's statement was suddenly interrupted.
"Is there any other possibility?" Chu Tiankuo felt a little scared when he saw that Shen Qianshan didn't speak for a long time.
"I think he came to the door because Pei Jie kicked you yesterday."
"How is this possible? He lied to me for so long and killed my brother. Before he left Tianji Pavilion, I wounded him. Although I didn't kill him all, he should hate me very much. Otherwise, How could he come here to catch me like Shen Zhongbai said?"
"He didn't necessarily call you here to harm you. He probably noticed that your Tianji Pavilion had some interactions with King Cheng and Lou Ziqi. Chu Junyou was afraid that you would get involved in these disputes, so That’s why you want to borrow Shen Zhongbai’s hand to ban your Tianji Pavilion.”
Although this is a bit ridiculous, it is indeed the most reasonable explanation after Shen Qianshan thought about it all night yesterday.
"Perhaps Chu Junyou was not prepared to take Chu Tiankuo's life from the beginning, but because he did not want him to put himself in danger and take risks with us, so he wanted to get him out of Tianji Pavilion completely." Shen Qianshan was stunned, looked at Chu Tiankuo next to him, and continued, "Otherwise, if you want to eliminate Tianji Pavilion, the best way is to kill Chu Tiankuo directly. Chu Junyou doesn't agree with this. Maybe he didn't know, but he didn't. Instead, he chose to borrow Shen Zhongbai's hand to help him complete this matter. In this way, Shen Zhongbai could disband Tianji Pavilion according to his own wishes, and Chu Tiankuo could live his life safely. Don’t bother with us anymore.”