Sending Pei Ju away, Dou Ting hurried to the back hall, in the middle of the back hall sat an old man in his sixties, he was Dou Qing's brother Dou Wei, one of the few remaining elders of the Dou family, just arrived from Chang'an, and Dou Qing's eldest son Dou Kang sat on the left.

At present, Dou Wei is the actual head of the Dou family, and he has a high prestige in the Dou family, and the Dou family unanimously elected him to replace the head of the Dou family.

Dou Qing is critically ill, which not only has a great impact on the Dou family, but also has a great impact on the rise and fall of the power of the entire Guanlong nobles, so for the Dou family, this is not only a matter of the head of the family being critically ill, but also related to the future and fate of the family.

Dou Ting walked into the back hall and saluted: "Third uncle, he's gone!" ”

Dou Wei didn't have a good impression of Pei Ju, he always thought that Pei Ju was a grass on the wall, when the Dou family was powerful, he even came to his brother to buy a manor in Guanzhong, wanting to climb the Guanlong nobles, but in the past two years, with the dissolution of the Wuchuan Society, the Guanlong nobles were silent, Pei Ju ignored the Dou family again, his manor in Guanzhong was just hanging under the name of a Pei family's partial branch, and he himself had never even stepped into a step.

Dou Wei snorted, not wanting to mention Pei Ju again, he said to Dou Kang: "The Son of Heaven will travel next month to inspect and merge the state, and Shude's side will be very busy, so let him not come over, let him do his best to do a good job of reception." ”

"Third uncle, it's a bit inappropriate not to let Shude come over!"

"Of course I know that he should come over, but his duty to stay in Taiyuan is very important, there can be no mistakes, this time the Son of Heaven is also an investigation for him, the stakes are very high, let him prepare with all his might!"

"My nephew understands, and this is sending a letter to him."

Although Dou Kang has always wanted to take over his father's position as the head of the family, he also knows that his prestige is not enough, and his seniority is not enough, so many houses in the Dou family do not buy his account, so let the third uncle take over the head of the family. At least the Dou family will not split, and Dou Kang will have to face reality.

At this time, Dou Ting next to him asked in a low voice: "There is also the matter over there in Jiangdu, what does the third uncle think should I do?" ”

Dou Wei took out a letter from his arms, which was written by Zhang Xuan to Dou Qing, implicitly warning them not to play with fire in Jiangdu. Dou Qing was critically ill, so this letter would naturally not be given to him, and Dou Wei got it.

Although the letter did not explicitly say what it was, the three uncles and nephews all knew that it must be for the weapons.

Dou Wei pondered for a moment and said, "Let Dou Yang come to see me!" ”

Not long after, Dou Yang hurriedly walked into the inner hall, he was a grandchild, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted, "Grandson to meet the third grandfather!"

"Get up!"

Dou Yang stood up and lowered his hands. Dou Wei glanced at him and asked, "Is there any news from Jiangdu?" ”

"Back to the third grandfather, my grandson just received a message from the shopkeeper Wang this morning, and the jewelry store has been monitored, and I am afraid that those weapons will not be able to be transported."

Dou Kang next to him suddenly said angrily: "Such an important matter, why didn't you report it in the morning?" ”

Dou Yang trembled with fright, "Grandson sees that everyone is very busy, so"

"Therefore you will not speak, if you are not asked. You don't say it, do you? ”

Dou Yang's legs trembled in shock. Almost kneeling down again, Dou Wei waved his hand, "Now is not the time to get angry, the virtuous nephew will teach him a lesson when he goes back, let's deal with things first." ”

Dou Kang glared at Dou Yang fiercely and stopped talking.

Dou Wei asked again, "I want to know." How did Zhang Xuan find out that there were weapons hidden in the jewelry store, could it be that you accidentally leaked it? ”

Dou Yang hurriedly shook his head, "How could my grandson leak it, my grandson recalled that Zhang Chuchen accompanied Mrs. Zhang Xuan to our store to buy jewelry. Mrs. Zhang didn't have any suspicions, and her grandson felt that Zhang Chuchen was suspicious of the store, and she should have told Zhang Xuan. ”

Dou Wei frowned, "What does that girl have to do with Zhang Xuan?" ”

He looked back at his nephew Dou Kang, Dou Kang has always hated Zhang Chuchen, and it was because Zhang Chuchen was there, so his father did not hand over many things to them, resulting in their brother being marginalized and losing the opportunity to take over Wuchuan Mansion, it can be said that Zhang Chuchen was driven out of Dou Mansion by Dou Kang.

Dou Kang shook his head, "My nephew doesn't know much about Wuchuan Mansion, but my nephew thinks that it may not be the secret that she discovered those weapons, maybe it was leaked by the Jiangnan Society." ”

A sentence reminded Dou Yang next to him, and he hurriedly said: "Third Grandfather, Shen Jian has been in Jiangdu for the past few days. ”

"Forget it!"

Dou Wei waved his hand, "How does Zhang Xuan know that this incident is no longer important, the key is that he is already warning us, I don't want to make extraneous branches in Jiangdu, we admit this matter." ”

"Confession?" The three people next to them were stunned.

Dou Wei nodded, "He didn't do it immediately for the sake of the old master, tell me first, this is called salute before the soldiers, if we don't know the fun, then our Dou family's forces will probably be uprooted from Jiangdu." ”

He said to Dou Yang: "You will rush back to Jiangdu tomorrow, hand over those weapons to Zhang Xuan, and promise him that there will be no next time, and in addition, you can say to Shen Jian, no!" I will write two letters, and you will hand them over to Zhang Xuan and Shen Jian respectively, so you don't need to explain them to them. ”

Dou Yang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, "Grandson obeys!" ”

At this moment, there was a sudden cry from the front yard, and several people stood up with panic on their faces

Pei Ju came to the imperial study, he waited in front of the imperial study for a while, and a eunuch came out to laugh with him, "The saint invites Pei Gong in." ”

Pei Ju smiled and nodded, and walked into the imperial study, in the study, Yang Guangzheng, the son of heaven, discussed something with Wei Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Xiao Yu, the new servant, after Su Wei was imprisoned, hundreds of officials interceded for him, Su Wei was finally dismissed as prime minister, demoted to a commoner, and Xiao Yu, the servant of the inner history, took over as the servant of the door.

Pei Ju stepped forward and bowed, "Weichen see Your Majesty!" ”

Yang Guang has been anxious by Zhang Jin's unfortunate death in the past few days, and he is really in a bad mood, and he is furious at every turn, but at this time, it seems that he is in a good mood, which makes Pei Ju secretly a little strange, has the Son of Heaven received any good news?

Yang Guang said with a smile on his face: "Pei Gong came just in time, I just received Zhang Xuan's express report, he has stationed troops in Huai River, and contained Meng Thief, he specially asked me if I agree to his use of soldiers against Meng Haigong, I am discussing with Wei Shangshu and Xiao Xiangguo, and ask Pei Gong to also give his opinion." ”

Pei Ju suddenly realized in his heart, it turned out that Zhang Xuan sent troops to the north, no wonder Meng Haigong did not continue to expand, it turned out that he was restrained by Zhang Xuan, he secretly praised in his heart, Zhang Xuan has made progress, and he actually knows that he will play first and then move, no wonder the saint is in a good mood.

Pei Ju smiled slightly: "This matter came suddenly, Rong Chen thought about it first, I don't know what Wei Shangshu thinks?" ”

"Wei Shangshu might as well tell Pei Gong about it."

Wei Xuan said with a smile: "General Zhang is just right to contain the Meng thief this time, garrison Shanyang County, block the Huai River with warships, enter the north to attack Xuzhou, and retreat to defend the Huai River, so that although the Meng thief has the heart of the west, but he dares to act rashly, giving us time to deploy the army, Weichen said that this time Zhang Xuan has contributed to Sheji. ”

At this time, Pei Ju was already clear about the situation, he knew Zhang Xuan very well, Zhang Xuan urgently went north not necessarily because he was worried about Meng Haigong's invasion of the Central Plains, he was actually worried about Meng Haigong's invasion of Qingzhou, of course, Pei Ju didn't want to say Zhang Xuan's true intentions, he smiled slightly: "Zhang Xuan cares about the society and solves problems for His Majesty in a timely manner, this is His Majesty's blessing, Weichen thinks that although Zhang Xuan has restrained Meng Thief on the Huai River line, his strength is insufficient after all, and he can't really defeat Meng Thief, Your Majesty can consider sending troops to Liang County as soon as possible to deal with Zhang Xuan from the Western Front." ”

"Pei Gong is right, Xiao Xiangguo also means this, we must send a powerful general to lead heavy troops from the western front to suppress Meng Haigong as soon as possible."

Pei Ju nodded, and asked Xiao Yu with a smile: "I don't know who Xiao Xiangguo thinks is more suitable?" ”

"I recommend Yang Yichen to lead the army to the battle!"

"What about the bandits in Qinghe County?" Pei Ju was puzzled.

"I can let Bae In-ki take over."

Pei Ju was a little unhappy in his heart, he originally wanted to recommend Pei Renji to lead the army to the battle, but Xiao Yu actually blocked his back road.

At this time, Yang Guang said happily: "I also think that Yang Yichen is the most suitable to lead the army, the situation is urgent, I have ordered Yang Yichen to lead the army of 30,000 troops into Liang County, and Pei Renji will take over as the general guard of Qinghe County." ”

Pei Ju sighed secretly, since he had already made an order, what was the point of asking himself.

Wei Xuan and Xiao Yu retreated, and only Pei Ju and Yang Guang were left in the imperial study, at this time, Yang Guang asked coldly, "Isn't he dead yet?" ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister saw his situation with his own eyes, as the imperial doctor said, it has only been these two days, and the minister heard that it was Dou Wei who took over as the head of the Dou family."

Another reason why Yang Guang is in a good mood is that Dou Qing is going to die, Dou Qing's death will be a major blow to the Guanlong nobles, no matter who takes over as the head of the family, they can't be compared with Dou Qing, without Dou Qing's connection, the Guanlong nobles will become a plate of scattered sand.

"Very well, I'm just waiting to hear about his death!"

At this moment, there was a report from a eunuch outside the door: "Your Majesty, an obituary has come from the Dou Mansion, and their master has gone." ”

On the tenth day of September in the eleventh year of the Great Cause, Dou Qing, one of the two cores of the Guanlong aristocracy, unfortunately died of illness. (To be continued.) )