As soon as he returned home, Cui Er handed a secret letter to Zheng Peng: "Young master, it's Huang San's letter." ”

Huang San secretly probed news for Zheng Peng and performed various tasks, Zheng Peng is Li Longji's key protection object, there are many secret agents around him, everyone who is close to Zheng Peng may be investigated, the two are not suitable for frequent meetings, most of the time it is in the form of secret letters to deliver news, Cui Er is a housekeeper, and he is also a trustworthy old man, and the matter of receiving secret letters is handed over to him.

Zheng Peng took the letter, opened it, and soon, a sneer appeared on his face.

"Husband, are you alright?" Lu Shu looked in her eyes and hurriedly asked with concern.

Zheng Peng raised the secret letter in his hand and said: "There are always some people who are uncomfortable if they don't do something, and they won't feel comfortable if they don't stab them in the back." ”

Lu Shu snatched the secret letter and looked at it, and suddenly lost her face, the secret letter said that there were rumors outside recently that Zheng Peng had always disagreed with the Wu family, saying that the Wu family was the remnants of the Tang Dynasty, and boasted about Haikou before Concubine Wu Hui's birthday banquet, saying that she wanted Concubine Wu Hui to laugh and laugh, and she wanted to make Concubine Wu Hui angry, and she had to thank him in every way afterwards, and said that Pei Wu's wanted a glass mirror, and he was not easy to refuse, so he knocked a lot of money, saying that this was to give the remnants of the Wu family a dismount.

"Husband, what can I do, Concubine Hui and Mrs. Pei are not simple characters, offending them, I'm afraid..."

Concubine Wu Hui is the most favored in the palace, in charge of the harem, and is the most powerful woman in the palace; Pei Wu's family said that she was a widow, but she married into Wenxi Pei's family, and she was still the main room of her late Pei Guangting, with high status and prestige, Zheng Peng offended two women with such status all of a sudden, can life be better?

Zheng Peng waved his hand and said: "Don't be afraid, obviously, this is someone deliberately slandering, we are not afraid of shadows, Pei Wu's family, it's hard to say, as for Concubine Hui, she won't believe these rumors." ”

The relationship between Pei Wu's and Li Linfu, Zheng Peng has long known that these two wear the same pair of pants, so it is not strange to deal with themselves at all, as for Concubine Wu Hui, after giving birth to a few children, she can still keep Li Longji, who is still Fengliu, by her side, her scheming and means should not be underestimated, and she will not easily fall out with herself.

Even if she really said this, before she gained power, Concubine Wu Hui would not easily deal with a "neutral faction" like herself, for her, she just can't become an ally now, and it's best not to become an enemy.

"Husband, didn't you say that Mrs. Pei and Li Linfu are in the same group, Mrs. Pei and Concubine Hui are a family, I am afraid that Concubine Hui will listen to her, if Concubine Hui blows the pillow wind to the emperor, then Mrs. Hui's career is worrying." Lu Shu said with some worry: "Why don't you ask the eldest father to go and do some activities?" ”

As soon as she thought that Zheng Peng had something to do, Lu Shu couldn't sit still, and immediately thought of Cui Yuan, who was well-connected.

If Cui Yuan knew that his most beloved granddaughter only thought of him when her husband was in trouble, I don't know how sad it was.

Zheng Peng waved his hand and said: "No, the officialdom is deceitful, I don't know how many rumors there are all year round, if every rumor is believed, it will be a lot of toss, and this matter obviously has nothing to do with us, if we let the eldest father run, others will still think that we are weak-hearted, and nothing will become something." ”

"But these rumors are not good for the husband, can they be allowed to spread?"

"Whether others believe it or not, it doesn't matter much, the most important thing is whether Concubine Hui believes it or not" Zheng Peng said confidently: "If you guess well, Concubine Hui's people will come to verify it soon." ”

As soon as the words fell, a subordinate ran over to report: "Young master, Sun Zhongchang in the palace is asking to see him outside the door." ”

Zheng Peng winked at Lu Shu, meaning that he hadn't guessed, and said to his subordinates: "Okay, I'll go to meet you right away." ”

"Husband, do you want the slave family to come with you to greet Grandpa Sun?"

"No, you go get some snacks and drinks."

Lu Shu answered, quickly turned around to prepare, and after seeing Lu Shu leave, Zheng Peng personally went to the door to welcome Sun Zhongchang in.

Sitting down in the side hall, the maidservant served snacks and wine, and Zheng Pengxin poured wine for Sun Zhongchang: "What kind of wind is blowing Grandpa Sun here today, it's rare, it's rare." ”

"Don't dare, our family is also acting on orders, and we are afraid of disturbing General Zheng."

"My father-in-law laughed, don't bother, don't bother."

Sun Zhongchang took a sip of wine, as if he remembered something, patted his head and said: "As soon as our family saw General Zheng, they felt very cordial, and looking at our family's memory, I almost forgot what we were doing." ”

As he spoke, Sun Zhong often clapped his hands, and soon a guard came in with a brocade box in both hands, gently placed it on the table, and then bowed down.

"Grandpa Sun, they are all old people, why do you still come here, does this seem to be a raw part?" Zheng Peng pretended to be unhappy and said.

"General Zheng, don't get me wrong, this is not a gift from our family, it was Concubine Hui Niangniang who asked our family to send it to the general, it should have been sent early, but the scabbard was not very good, Concubine Hui asked her to rematch a new scabbard, so it was delayed for some time, please." After Sun Zhongchang finished speaking, he made a gesture of please.

At the birthday banquet, Concubine Hui was very satisfied with the gift given by Zheng Peng, and promised to give Zheng Peng a seven-star goose feather knife on the spot, the knife is a treasure knife that sharpens iron like clay, but the scabbard is engraved with the words given to Concubine Wu Hui, Concubine Wu Hui doesn't want the gift she gave to Zheng Peng to be just an ornament, and hopes that Zheng Peng can carry it with him, so that he can always think of himself, so he made an important scabbard engraved with the champion.

Zheng Peng gently opened the brocade box, and saw a sheath made of rhinoceros skin, inlaid with silver horns and precious stones, and the handle of the knife was also inlaid with seven precious stones, which looked delicate and luxurious.

Gently pulled out the blade, the cold light flashed in front of him, Zheng Peng saw that the edge of the blade faintly emitted a blue cold glow, when the whole knife was pulled out, it seemed that the temperature in the air had dropped a few degrees, no need to try, at a glance, it was a sharp peerless treasure knife, and it was waved a few times with his hand, it was lighter than expected, and it was very easy to use.

"Good knife, thank you for your kindness." Zheng Peng said with satisfaction as he inserted the Seven Star Yanling knife back into the scabbard.

There is no shortage of gold and silver jewelry, and high-ranking officials do not plan for themselves, what makes Zheng Peng most excited is the rare treasures.

Sun Zhongchang smiled, and then said pointedly: "It's good that General Zheng is happy, but..."

Zheng Peng's heart moved, he had already guessed that Sun Zhongchang had come this time by some coincidence, but his face didn't show it, he first withdrew all the subordinates, and then pretended not to know and asked: "But what, Grandpa Sun, you see that we are all old acquaintances, there are no outsiders here, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Reward things, just send a small eunuch casually, there is no need to let Sun Zhongchang, the "second-in-command" among the eunuchs, go out in person, everyone knows that Gao Lishi is a close confidant of the emperor, and Sun Zhongchang is the most important person around Concubine Wu Hui, this time Sun Zhongchang personally sent the reward, it is definitely not simple.

Nine times out of ten, they came to Xingshi to ask for sin.

Sure enough, after getting Zheng Peng's answer, Sun Zhongchang said: "General Zheng, some of our words are also hearsay, if you don't say it well or don't like it, you have to bear with it." ”

Zheng Peng has a special identity, has a close relationship with Gao Lishi, and also won the trust of the emperor, Sun Zhongchang did not dare to be rude to him, and before he came, Concubine Hui repeatedly told him to persuade him with good words and not to fall out with Zheng Peng, so that Sun Zhongchang also had to be more careful.

"Grandpa Sun, look at what you said, what is this, don't worry, it's not right about people, what's the matter, but it's okay to say it." Zheng Peng said with a relaxed face.