"What a coincidence."

Yang Yuanqing stepped forward with a smile and arched his hand: "Dingxiang County has been separated for many years, and I heard that Pei Sima has been promoted to the palace supervisor of Jinyang Palace, congratulations!" ”

"Phew! , , Many Pei family disciples couldn't help laughing, Yang Yuanqing's words were too sharp.

Pei Lian's face turned gloomy, and he snorted: "If Chief Yang doesn't know, I can tell you that below is the history of the Tang Dynasty's mansion, and the left servant of the new emperor's court is ......."

"And Wenxi County Gong, right!" Yang Yuanqing followed his words and said coldly.

Only a very small number of people in the Pei family knew that Pei Lin was named the Duke of Wenxi County by Li Yuan, and most of the Pei family children did not know.

"Get out!" Several of Pei Ju's grandsons were extremely angry and scolded loudly.

"Quiet!" Pei Shiqing, the deputy head of the family, shouted angrily, and the children quieted down Pei Shiqing was also extremely dissatisfied with Pei Lian's forcible snatching of the title of the head of the family, but he was more reasonable, Pei Lin was Li Yuan's first minister after all, and his arrival was obviously Li Yuan's intention, with Li Yuan's current power, the Pei family could not afford to fight against it, and they could not act rashly.

He stepped forward and said with a smile: "Yuanqing, Pei Envoy Jun specially came from Chang'an, and he is also a distinguished guest of our Pei Mansion, and he just arrived this morning. ”

"Then Pei Yuanjun will last a few more days!"

Yang Yuanqing ignored him, turned around and went to greet the Pei family's disciples, Pei Lian's face changed several times, he thought that Yang Yuanqing would not move himself in the face of the Pei family, but at this moment, he suddenly remembered that Liu Wenjing was taken captive by Yang Yuanqing to Fengzhou, it seemed that Yang Yuanqing was not the kind of person who was very rule-oriented, and he began to feel worried in his heart.

Pei Wenyi took Yang Yuanqing into Pei's house, in the inner hall, everyone sat down, the seat of the head of the family next to Pei Ju was vacant, Yang Yuanqing sat next to the vacant seat, and several other elders sat on both sides of the left The first person is Pei Shiqing, Pei Shiqing is entrusted by Pei Ju, and is currently responsible for presiding over the affairs of the Wenxi Pei family.

There are a total of seven people in the clan association, and Pei Wenyi is also one of them, and he can become a member of the clan association entirely because he is Yang Yuanqing's father-in-law.

Yang Yuanqing first gave everyone a brief explanation of the fall of Liu Wuzhou, and then continued: "Li Yuan's rapid development momentum in Guanzhong, there is already a trend of ruling the world, if I don't speed up the development, it is likely that the Shandong Shi clan who originally supported me will turn to support Ji Yuan, Fengzhou is just a place for me to raise troops, not a place for development, Hedong is the first step for me to move eastward, so the battle for Hedong will be the key to my life and death." ”

Pei Shiqing was also an important minister in the court, and once led the Sui Dynasty mission to Japan, because the Sui Dynasty had gradually collapsed, Pei Ju ordered him to take sick leave at home to preside over family affairs.

Although Li Yuan sent Pei Lian to Wenxi to win over the Pei family, Pei Shiqing knew very well the position of the Pei family, and even the head of the family himself was in Fengzhou, how could the Pei family throw himself into Li Yuan again.

The meaning of Yang Yuanqing's words was already obvious, hoping that the Pei family could support him in occupying Hedong, Pei Shiqing glanced at the other clansmen, and the other six people all nodded to him, indicating that he could express his position on behalf of everyone.

Pei Shiqing leaned over and said with a smile: "Yuanqing, don't worry, the Pei family will fully support you, and we will do our best to help you take Hedong and stabilize it."

This is just a statement, of course not a specific plan, but what Yang Yuanqing needs is what the Pei family should do, he groaned and said: "My biggest and most urgent problem now is to take Taiyuan, I don't know if the Pei family can help me in capturing Taiyuan." ”

Pei Shiqing pondered for a moment and said: "In Taiyuan, we also have a little relationship, we can give it a try and tell you when we are finished." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, he knew that the Pei family was cautious, if they were not sure, they would not easily promise, but they would not show off until it was done, this was a rational and low-key family style.

Yang Yuanqing changed the topic slightly, "What about Pei Lian?" How did the Pei family reply to him? ”

Although this kind of thing is a little difficult to talk about, there are some things that must be made clear, he must not let the Pei family be like Jingzhao Wei, leaving a way back for himself, if that is the case, the Pei family will not do their best to help themselves.

At this moment, a killing intent flashed in Yang Yuanqing's eyes, if necessary, he would kill Pei Lin and cut off the back road of the Pei family.

"I'll answer that!"

It was Pei Shiqing's brother Pei Shixiao who spoke, he was about fifty years old, and he was also an important figure in the Pei family, Pei Xue was in charge of him, he spoke a little stuttering, and his speech speed was very slow.

"Pei Lin advocates the merger of the two Peis, and the Pei family strongly opposes it, but I advocate that it can be considered, after all...... Sangquan Pei and Wenxi Pei used to be a family, my idea is to leave a way back for the Pei family, if you can't do it, we can also have a chance in Li Yuan's court, Yuanqing, please forgive me for my frankness. ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded silently, these families will leave a way back for themselves, which is also their purpose for hundreds of years, the interests of the family are supreme, he smiled bitterly and said: "I can understand the sincerity of the Pei family to me." ”

Pei Shixiao showed a smile on his face, and he spoke a lot smoother, "But the Pei family is not a politician, they can't be a wallhead, the Pei family has its own ethics, the reason why I support the merger of the two Pei is because I can't see your hope, but your arrival made me change my mind, I will not support the merger of the two Pei anymore, Sangquan is Sangquan, Wenxi is Wenxi, Pei Lin has nothing to do with our Pei family, he is just a distinguished guest of the Pei family." ”

"But if I fail, and Li Yuan succeeds in the end, what will the Pei family do?" Yang Yuanqing spread this sensitive issue on the table, and since the words had already been spoken, he simply confessed to the end.

Pei Shixiao smiled slightly, he was famous for his frank speech in Pei's house and Pei Xue, although he and Yang Yuanqing met for the first time today, Yang Yuanqing's frankness was very much to his liking, and he immediately liked this son-in-law of the Pei family.

"Yuanqing, you have to understand one thing, if you fail, it doesn't mean that the Pei family will also fail with you."

Pei Shixiao's words were too straightforward, so that the other Pei family members couldn't stand it, Pei Wenyi's face was gloomy on the spot, he was extremely dissatisfied with Pei Shixiao in his heart, Pei Shiqing's face couldn't hold it, and he shouted in a low voice: "Big brother! ”

Pei Shixiao never cared about other attitudes, he smiled and said: "It's okay, Yuanqing is a person who has the world in mind, he will understand what I mean." ”

Yang Yuanqing really understands what Pei Shixiao means, in fact, this is also where Pei Ju and Pei Yun disagree with him, Pei Ju hopes that he will become a member of the Pei family and completely bind the interests of the Pei family with his own interests, while Pei Yun thinks that he Yang Yuanqing is Yang Yuanqing, the Pei family is the Pei family, and the Pei family will support him, but will not be tied to him.

Today, Pei Shixiao also means this, the Pei family will fully support him, but they will also keep a certain distance from him, so that even if he Yang Yuanqing is finished, the Pei family can find another backer, and will not die with him, this is the right choice for a famous family for hundreds of years, in contrast, Pei Ju is a bit emotional.

"I totally understand that, and that's what I expected." Yang Yuanqing smiled with a relaxed expression, but at the same time showed his attitude.

Yang Yuanqing's statement made everyone in the Pei family breathe a sigh of relief, except for Pei Wenyi, he felt a trace of loss in his heart, he, like his father, hoped that Yang Yuanqing could become a member of the Pei family, Pei Wenyi sighed lowly.

Pei Lin sat in the outer guest room of the Pei family, since Yang Yuanqing entered the mansion, the Pei family had left him out in the cold, everyone went to accompany Yang Yuanqing, and even Pei Shixiao, who was friendly to him, no longer paid attention to him, which made Pei Lian's heart full of loss and frustration.

Obviously, Yang Yuanqing's arrival completely changed the attitude of the Pei family, the Pei family no longer supported him, Pei Lin stood up and paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, he was already very clear in his heart that the task given to him by Li Yuan had failed, and the Pei family would support Yang Yuanqing, not Guanzhong.

Unless they can drive Yang Yuanqing out of Hedong and completely defeat Yang Yuanqing, so that the Pei family no longer has expectations, then the Pei family may change their minds and turn to serve Li Yuan.

But Yang Yuanqing appeared in Wenxi County, what does this mean? It means that his main army is also in Wenxi County, and his 20,000 troops are also on their way from Longmen County to Wenxi County, will they break out into an encounter.

Pei Lin was anxious, it was no longer important to recruit the Pei family at this time, the important thing was to let Li Shuliang know about the situation quickly, but Pei Lin was afraid of his safety, afraid that Yang Yuanqing would kill him, anxiety and worry tormented his heart, making him restless.

At this time, there was a heavy cough from outside the door, Pei Lin turned around, only to see Pei Shiqing leave the room.

"I'm sorry to keep Changshi waiting."

Pei Shiqing arched his hand and smiled: "Changshi, please take a seat!" ”

The two sat down, a maid brought two cups of tea, and Pei Lin asked tentatively: "Regarding the matter of the officer, I don't know how the envoy thinks about it?" ”

In order to pull the Pei family to Chang'an, Li Yuan specially made a promise that if Pei Shiqing was willing to go to Chang'an to serve, he would be named the head of the household department.

Pei Shiqing pondered for a moment and said, "I'm sorry, this matter needs to be decided by the head of the family, and the head of the family is not here, so I can't agree." ”

Pei Ju is now in Fengzhou, how could he agree, Pei Lian was unwilling, and said: "But this is your own business, it should have nothing to do with the head of the family!" ”

Pei Shiqing smiled apologetically and said that he refused, Pei Lin was helpless, so he had to get up and say, "Since this is the case, then I will leave." ”

"Changshi, there is something I want to tell you."

Pei Shiqing looked at him and said slowly: "We are very worried about your safety, and we hope that Manager Yang can give the Pei family a face and let you leave safely." ”

"And what did he say?" Pei Lin asked nervously, which was also what he was most concerned about and worried about.

Pei Shiqing sighed and said: "He said that in Wenxi County, he would give the Pei family a face and would not hurt you, but if he leaves Wenxi County, he can't guarantee it." ”