"Little Prince!" Zheng Pei's face was red with anger at Pang Xiao's words, and he stomped his feet: "You can't be so emotional, you have to put the overall situation first! It's time to rehabilitate with the Holy One!
"You don't want to listen to the will of the sage. Do you know what the sage will think in his heart? What will his colleagues in the court think? When the sage surrendered to our Dazhou ministers when he attacked Beiji, he will hate you in his heart! If you take advantage of this If you have the opportunity to slander, you are afraid that your position in the heart of the Holy Spirit will not be guaranteed! How will you handle yourself then!?”
When Emperor Zhou destroyed Beiji, Pang Xiao was the vanguard, and Pang Xiao did all the killings. In addition, when he took revenge for his father, he was ruthless. In the hearts of many old officials of Bei Ji, Pang Xiao was the culprit in breaking their mountains and rivers in Bei Ji.
Although these people have now returned to Emperor Zhou, and some of them continue to be officials in the court, they are both hated and afraid of Pang Xiao in their hearts. Infamy, part of it is the handwriting of these people.
"This king understands." Pang Xiao has calmed down at this time, his voice is firm, and he said slowly: "There is something you can do, something you can't do. Besides, this king is now a fairly sharp knife that can be used sooner or later. There will be a day when we don’t get along, even if this king is disbanded and returned to the field now, will those so-called status, relationship with colleagues, and provocation by subordinate ministers disappear?”
"This..." Zheng Pei was at a loss for words.
He has always known that Pang Xiao is not stupid, he sees many things clearly, but the way he handles it is completely different from what he thinks.
"Sir, don't you think there will be any change? Since the situation is useless, why does this king need to be afraid? 'One will succeed and ten thousand bones will die', this is true. But this king does not need the bones of women, children and children to build The glory and wealth of this king."
"Little Prince, you are too stubborn!"
Zheng Pei beat his chest and stomped his feet, turned around, his face flushed with anxiety, and his mouth was dripping: "You are now walking the old road of the prince! I know that you are kind and don't want to hurt innocent people, but sometimes you can What you do doesn't depend on your wishes, but is forced by the situation! If you resist the decree this time, it is tantamount to sabotaging the sage's plan, and the sage will definitely remember you again!"
"Let him go. This king can't do things that he will regret for the rest of his life for the sake of being timid for a while. This life is very short, especially for someone like me who has his head on his belt. If you can't live your life according to your own will, what's the difference between you and a beast in captivity?"
Pang Xiao picked up the wolf pen and motioned Hu Zi to grind the ink.
Hu Zi listened to what Pang Xiao had just said, and agreed with his idea very much, so he ignored Zheng Pei's objection and went to serve Pang Xiao's pen and ink.
Pang Xiao thought about it for a while, and he finished writing a secret letter in a short time.
Zheng Pei looked at the content of the letter and scratched his ears anxiously, "Do you want to have a career in the future!? Disrespect for the decree is a serious crime of beheading!"
"Don't worry, I have my senses. Shen Qi will definitely have it, and it will not be a day's work to hold grudges and guesses. Losing your life is not a problem. You go outside and ask who Da Zhou's soldiers and horses and Hu Ben's army recognize. ?"
"Little lord, you simply rely on military merit and military power to be fearless!"
"Exactly. Anyway, I have military power, even if I don't have any ideas, I will be suspicious. Why don't I use it if I have the ability?" Pang Xiao casually threw the pen away and instructed Hu Zi, "Go and send the letter to the Holy Master. middle."
Hu Zi nodded yes and walked out quickly.
Zheng Pei slapped his thigh angrily: "Little Prince, you don't care about your career at all!"
"Indeed, I don't care." This time, Pang Xiao did not claim to be the king, but said sincerely: "I will not do anything to harm innocent people, otherwise I will come to the underworld to meet my father, and I will definitely carry it. Can't get up. My mother, grandfather, and grandmother dislike my bloody hands all day long. Even for them this time, I won't agree to massacre the city."
The corners of Zheng Pei's lips twitched, and after a long time he sighed: "Little lord, aren't you walking the same path as the lord back then? You must remember how the lord was hated back then, never forgetting past events, and being a teacher of future events. !"
"As a human being, you should do human affairs. I don't do things that don't deserve to be human, even if the knife is on the neck."
Zheng Pei looked at Pang Xiao's gleaming phoenix eyes, and finally just nodded and sighed again.
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At this time, Qin Yining and the Sun family were preparing to go to Dingguo Gongfu.
The emperor urgently summoned the eldest uncle, the second uncle, the two cousins and their families to Beijing. Sun thought that he would be able to see the two brothers anyway, so he thought of bringing Qin Yining over to show them.
Qin Yining had already dressed properly and put on a fox fur warm hat while serving Sun with Mama Jin. Seeing that Sun's eyes were full of joy, she couldn't help reminding in advance:
"Mother, the situation in Duke Dingguo's mansion is tense now. We will go to see the uncle and uncle later. We must use our brains, observe the situation more, and speak more strategically. Uncle is still sad."
Mrs. Sun didn't listen to Qin Yining's words, and didn't understand the meaning, so she just said: "I see. I haven't seen your uncle and second uncle for a long time. I miss them very much, and I don't know they know Brother Ming. My son is gone, what would it be like to be sad?"
Qin Yining saw that the Sun shi didn't grasp the point at all, so he couldn't say more.
She always felt that the eldest uncle and the second uncle were urgently recalled to Kyoto, and things were not good. She reminded Sun to make her pay attention to the abnormality, and if there is a situation, she can immediately think of something.
When the carriage was ready, Qin Yining and Mrs Sun brought Mama Jin and Bingtang out together, and went to Cixiaoyuan to explain the situation to the old lady.
Qin Yining explained with a smile that they would come back when they went. The old lady nodded when she saw Qin Yining's plea.
The carriage drove all the way to Dingguo Gongfu.
Unexpectedly, I just turned to the long street where the Dingguo Mansion is located. Through the car window, I saw the mansion door wide open. Soldiers in armor and eunuchs in gray clothes surrounded a man dressed in sable velvet. An old man with a medium stature in his 50s with a cloak came out from the front door.
Seeing that the situation was wrong, Qin Yining hurriedly ordered to stop: "Don't approach, hurry, go back to the alley!"
The driver hurriedly obeyed.
Sun shi said anxiously, "What's the matter! Who dares to trespass the imperial palace!?"
"Mother, let's watch from a distance first, don't make a sound!"
Sun also knew that the matter was serious, so he nodded.
Not long after, soldiers in full armor and armor escorted many people out.
The first person at the head was Duke Ding who was wearing a dark blue brocade robe. Qin Yining did not recognize the two men behind him, but it was certain that those two were the eldest uncle Sun Hailin and the second uncle Sun Haijing, and then there were four young people. Among them are the fifth and eighth cousins whom Qin Yining knows, and two older cousins, who are supposed to be the second and fourth cousins, and further back, there are several boys, the older ones are seven or eight. Years old, he was still held by servants when he was young, and he only looked like four or five years old.
All the males were tied up with five flowers, and the zongzi were usually tied into a string.
Behind the male are the female dependents and servants who are also tied into a string.
"This, what's the matter!" Sun shi trembled in horror.
"The Duke's mansion has been seized! Mother, let's go back quickly and ask my father about the situation!" Qin Yining hurriedly ordered the driver to stop Sun's family from letting her get up.