Vol 2 Chapter 951: Not afraid of death, just afraid of death in the hands of the villain

Pei Meng rushed to the tavern near the express station.
Mr. Dou and Gu Ling were sitting at the window.
Mr. Dou held out his head, "Why is your uncle here?"
"You drink, how can you lose uncle Ben."
Pei Mengfei dismounted, handed the reins to the soldiers, strode into the tavern, and sat down in the empty seat.
"Come on, first two people and three cups!"
Three glasses of wine will moisturize the lips.
Gu Ling ate deep-fried peanuts, "Uncle, aren't you busy?"
Pei Meng slapped Gu Ling on the shoulder, but Gu Ling didn't even shake it.
Twenty years of military life has given him a good body.
"Uncle Ben heard that your Gu family brothers are all in the northwest, and everyone else is under the command of the metropolis. You are the only one in the Northwest Army."
Gu Yu nodded and admitted, "They came to the Northwest late, so they could only go under the supervision of the capital. Our Northwest Army doesn't need everyone."
"Hahaha...This is true. The Northwest Army does not want anyone, but sometimes it may not be possible to get someone if you want it." Pei Meng said with deep meaning.
Gu Ling heard the words and asked curiously, "Which person does the uncle want, but can't he get it?"
"Not only is Uncle Ben not asking for it, even if Lord Hou comes forward, the court will reject the face."
Gu Yan was stunned on the spot.
He remembered what Pei Man said to him.
The court feared the Northwest Army and feared Luhou and his son.
No one dared to take it lightly where the Northwest Army would go.
Gu Ling continued to eat peanuts, but was a little absent-minded.
Pei Meng patted him on the shoulder again, "It's time to go back to the capital and take a look."
Gu Yan was surprised, "Uncle, do you want to return to the capital to report on work?"
Pei Meng laughed, "Not only is my uncle going back to the capital, you also want to go back to the capital."
"I?"
Gu Ling pointed to herself, "Why should I go back to the capital."
Pei Meng said with a smile: "You have been away from Beijing for more than ten years, and your children are getting older every day. Don't you want to go back to the capital? Your sister is an empress, and you don't need to take Mingbo's future. Everyone knows your merits, regardless of No one will dispute how the court rewards you."
Gu Ling shook his head, "But I haven't decided yet whether to return to the capital. I think Northwest is fine!"
Pei Meng finished his cup of wine and solemnly said: "The return to Beijing is an order for military affairs. You have to return to Beijing if you want to."
Gu Ling slowly put down his chopsticks, "When was the military order issued, why did I not receive it? Also, what did I do when I returned to Beijing?"
"The court will arrange your errands."
"Uncle mean, does the court have a document asking me to return to Beijing?"
"Yes!" Pei Meng said loudly, "When you finish your vacation, you will officially receive an order from the Imperial Ministry of War."
Gu Ling picked up the wine glass and poured it into his mouth suddenly.
The imperial court's transfer order saved him the difficulty of making a decision.
It's just why I don't have the slightest joy in my heart, but a little bit sorrow.
With red eyes, he asked Pei Meng, "Uncle will stay in Beijing this time when he returns to Beijing?"
Pei Meng shook his head, "I will set off to come back after the report is over."
"Back to the Northwest?"
Pei Meng nodded.
Gu Ling lowered his head and smiled bitterly, unwillingly, "Uncle didn't consider staying in the capital?"
Pei Meng laughed loudly, "General Gu is drunk!"
"General Gu drank two less cups." Mr. Dou also persuaded.
Gu Yan clenched his fists and wanted to punch Pei Meng's face, but restrained his temper.
He pushed away the cups and plates in front of him, wiped his mouth, "I'm drunk! I want to go back to the city to sleep. I will see you for a drink another day."
"General Gu, go slowly!"
"Come and two people will send General Gu back to the city."
Gu Ling lifted his waist knife and strode out of the tavern.
The scorching sunlight in the northwest could not dispel the haze in his heart.
He galloped, his soldiers chased after him, for fear of an accident.
...
In the tavern, without Gu Ling, the two talked more directly.
Mr. Dou bluntly asked: "Uncle has seen that letter?"
Pei Meng nodded heavily, picked up the flask to pour the wine, frowning, "What kind of opportunity is the opportunity of the Pei family? Why not explain it in the letter? Coax my uncle into Beijing and then catch it all at once?"
Mr. Dou lowered his voice and whispered: "The old man combed through Queen Gu's nearly ten or twenty years of experience. I can't guarantee anything else. The only guarantee is that Queen Gu is not a sinister villain. She will not deliberately lure you in. Jing, then take the opportunity to imprison you."
Pei Meng sneered, "This is not what it used to be. She used to be a grandson's wife and a prince's wife, but now she is a queen's wife. People's minds will change."
"People's thoughts will change, but their nature will not change. Queen Gu likes to play big plans, big patterns, and observe that everything she does is win-win, or balances the interests of multiple parties. From the time she chose the Northwest Army to cooperate with Xiliang The trade shock shows that she has a trace of goodwill towards the Northwest Army!"
Pei Meng's brows did not stretch at all, "What's the use of just a trace of goodwill? There is no solution to the contradiction between the Northwest Army and the court!"
"We can't find a solution, it doesn't mean that Queen Gu can't find a solution. The old man dared to speculate that Queen Gu asked her uncle to return to Beijing, probably to discuss the future of the Northwest Army."
Pei Meng sneered one after another, "For the court, the best way to deal with the Northwest Army is to dismantle the influence of our father and son in the army. It is best to kill our father and son, and drive out our hearts and stomachs, and completely eliminate Pei’s family in the northwest. Influence in the army. If I were the court, I would do it. The Northwestern Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has already had a battle strength, and the court only needs to cut off the Northwest Army's food and grass."
Mr. Dou shook his head, "Others don’t know the financial resources of the Northwest Army, and Queen Gu knows it all. She knows that the tail of the Northwest Army will not fall, and it is a serious concern to the court. Why did she still cooperate with the Northwest Army to provide financial resources to the Northwest Army. Didn’t she and your majesty have the heart to seize the concubine when cooperating with the Northwest Army? The fact is that she and her majesty have the heart to win the concubine, and they are bound to win, but they still choose to cooperate with the Northwest Army to strengthen the Northwest Army’s financial resources , Why is this? Uncle has ever thought about it?"
Pei Meng drank wine, "I used to think she was interested in the strength of the Northwest Army. If you want to run the Xiliang trade, you must go through the Northwest Army."
"But she can run the Xiliang trade independently. The big deal is to give the Northwest Army one million taels every year. Lord Hou will not refuse the money, and will definitely send troops to her."
Pei Meng smiled, "Now that Uncle Ben knows that things were too simple to think about back then. While our Northwest Army is making money, Sihai Northwest Commercial Bank has also conducted a comprehensive inspection and even infiltration of the Northwest Army."
Snapped!
Mr. Dou slapped his slap, "That's right! Queen Gu sent Deng Cunli to the northwest for many years, naturally not for mere commerce. Deng Cunli has a mission, and he wants to inquire about the Northwest Army. Nothing is more convenient than cooperation."
Pei Meng took a sip of wine, "She wants to know the inside story of the Northwest Army, but it doesn't have to be so troublesome. She can directly ask Gu Ling."
"Obviously Queen Gu doesn't want to embarrass General Gu. And General Gu has limited knowledge."
"She spent so much money, material and manpower, and did not hesitate to cooperate with the Northwest Army in trade and give us money. Why did she never take action against the Northwest Army? The people who monitored the Northwest Metropolitan Government reported that there was no movement in the Metropolitan Government! This time she wrote to ask our father and son to return to Beijing to discuss. I believe there must be fraud in this matter."
Mr. Dou Yaoyao said, "If your majesty writes to ask your uncle to return to Beijing, the old man must strongly oppose it. Your majesty is not credible! Then Queen Gu wrote and invited his uncle to return to Beijing to discuss the future of the Northwest Army, and the old man thought he could give it a try."
"The emperor and queen are one!"
"The queen and her majesty do things very differently!"
"The emperor and queen are one!" Pei Meng insisted.
"The old man will return to Beijing with his uncle."
"Beware of the difference between body and head!"
"The old man has lived for most of his life, and he can get a glimpse of Queen Gu's intentions, even if his head is different, there is no regret."
"absurd!"
"Uncle is afraid?"
Pei Meng shook his head, "Uncle Ben is not afraid of death, he is afraid of death! Thinking of my dignified general, was imprisoned, and humiliated by a group of villains, I will regret why I didn't die on the battlefield by then. Died in the hands of the enemy but in the hands of a group of villains."
"Uncle is too pessimistic! Although the capital is Longtan and Tiger's Lair, it is not a 100% death place. Even if there is a conspiracy in this matter, the court will not turn around at this time. This year is the first year of Jingming, and your majesty is on the same level as the courtiers, and It seems that your Majesty will never compromise. The court is restless, and the ruler is at odds. Your Majesty does not dare to attack the Northwest Army at this time. He has to prevent someone from dragging his feet."
Pei Meng frowned, "Is Liu Zhao's brain flooded? What good is it for him to fight with courtiers all day? It's better to learn from the emperor's methods and wait patiently for two or three years. It is not too late to wait until the imperial power is consolidated. ."
"Maybe your majesty is impatient!"
"I think he deliberately wanted to kill the throne."
"It's really to the point where you can tell who is loyal and who is evil!"
"Why does he believe that he must be able to turn the court and sit firmly on the throne? Civil and military teamed up against him. Where does he come from?"
"His chance of winning is the Empress Empress! The court seems chaotic, but the Empress Empress has been keeping the overall situation stable. Moreover, your majesty is not wrong, and there is no royal family to take the lead, and Empress Dowager Pei did not speak. The first emperor did not establish a minister, even though No one in the world can be the master and the emperor. Unless..."
"Unless Empress Dowager Pei can stand up and preside over Emperor Fei." Pei Meng knew the key to this.
Mr. Dou smiled, "Queen Dowager Pei will not have this opportunity. Your Majesty and Queen Gu will never give Queen Dowager Pei a chance to say similar things in front of others."
Pei Meng nodded, "Your Majesty can restrain the Queen Dowager Pei too much. However, the Queen Mother Pei has no restraints on her Majesty. She has no political wisdom, just an ordinary harem woman."
In Luhou's words, Queen Mother Pei is a stupid woman!
The dignified queen mother always worries about fighting between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and her vision is only at the level of an inner house woman, without the demeanor and pattern that a queen mother should have.
As the queen mother, I don’t know how to win over the ministers, or try to persuade Emperor Wende to set up an auxiliary minister before the death of Emperor Chengzong and other means to restrain the new emperor, and let things be controlled by Liu Zhao and Gu Jiu. Who loses?
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First! After this weekend, we must start to adjust the status, and strive to restore the old time update within two days.