Turbulent Times Chapter 1199: The loud noise in Pei’s mansion
Soldiers under Li Shentong’s command were still searching Pei’s residence, but Pei Ji never showed up.
Li Jiancheng felt Li Shentong’s strong killing intent towards Pei Ji, and knew that he could not dissuade him. He considered Pei’s power in Hedong and his status among the world’s scholars, and Pei had always been his supporter, so he approached him. He didn’t follow for a reason, but stayed in the living room in the front yard, and secretly instructed the servants of the Pei family to let Pei Ji come to see him first.
Li Shentong was unaware of Li Jiancheng’s little actions. He walked through the front yard and stood in front of the fourth courtyard gate of Pei Mansion. The palpitations just now still lingered in his body.
He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn’t tell what was wrong. Obviously, there was no ambush in Pei’s mansion, and it was impossible to have an ambush, because the entire Pei mansion had been controlled or even taken over by his personal soldiers. The 80,000 soldiers and horses directly under his command can be killed at any time with a single order, and he himself is also a top expert in the period of defeating meritorious deeds. If you really want to use force, you will be sent to death, it is impossible to do anything to him.
Confirmed that there is absolutely nothing wrong, and after everything is safe, reason overcame intuition, Li Shentong shook his head, and attributed the inexplicable palpitations just now to the fact that he was defeated today, and he was injured again, resulting in mental exhaustion , quickly put this bad feeling behind.
More than 2,000 personal soldiers searched Pei’s mansion very quickly, and the generals reported that there was nothing abnormal in Pei’s mansion, and all the Pei family members, guards and servants in the mansion had all gathered on the right Side martial arts field.
Why is it time to practice martial arts? Because although there are not as many people in Pei’s residence in Taiyuan as Wenxi Pei’s old house, there are quite a few. There are more than a thousand people in the Pei family plus guards and servants. So many people only have the martial arts field able to concentrate.
But Pei Ji was not among those people, as if mysteriously disappeared.
“Hmph, this old man has a guilty conscience and doesn’t dare to see me, so he hid himself.” Li Shentong snorted coldly, and led people to the martial arts training ground in Pei’s residence.
It’s quite normal to have secret rooms, secret passages and other things in the mansion of aristocratic families, so Li Shentong was not surprised that Pei Ji was hiding, and he gradually calmed down at this time, knowing that he might really not be able to kill Pei Ji, Because the Pei family is not an ordinary aristocratic family, not to mention the existence of a giant in Hedong, with deep roots, Wen Xi Pei’s family is one of the few scholarly families among the aristocratic families. Pei’s Wenxi Library has been a sacred place in the hearts of scholars all over the world for hundreds of years, which shows the status of Pei’s in the hearts of scholars all over the world.
But what Pei Ji did today really made Li Shentong’s hatred hard to get rid of for a while. He had to see Pei Ji and force him to kneel down and admit his mistakes to him, and then forced Pei to take responsibility for the defeat. .
On the one hand, he wanted Pei Ji to write a letter of confession and send it to Chang’an.
On the other hand, he wants Pei to provide enough manpower to supplement the strength of his troops, enough food and grass to supplement the needs of the army, and send enough money so that he can use it to reward the soldiers under his command , especially to reward the soldiers who fought bravely when they defended Taiyuan City.
In any case, it is the normal operation of a qualified commander to suppress the hatred in his heart with reason and maximize the chances of winning the next war.
Of course, if there is a chance to kill a villain like Pei Ji, Li Shentong will never show mercy.
After Li Shentong and his group came to the martial arts training field of Pei Mansion, they took a look at the noisy, angry and frightened more than a thousand Pei family members, and then they were directly invited by an old man of the Pei family. Arrived in a waiting room next to the martial arts field.
“Go and send a message to Pei Ji, this commander will not kill him, let him come to see me.” Li Shentong said lightly.
The old man of the Pei family seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and said again and again: “Don’t worry, Commander, this old man will call Pei Ji.”
After the old man of the Pei family left, Li Shentong waited in the hall for a while, and gradually felt that something was wrong, because Pei Ji had not arrived so late, he couldn’t help feeling suspicious and vigilant.
“Go and send someone to ask Pei’s family why Pei Ji hasn’t come to see me after so long? You can tell them, is it because you want to force me to kill someone?” Li Shentong ordered coldly.
Not long after, a soldier came to report, saying that Pei Ji was frightened by the search of Pei’s mansion by the general’s soldiers just now, and he hid in the secret room and dared not come out, please Li
Shentong wait a little longer, let him take a little courage, and see you right away after changing clothes.
“Hmph!” Li Shentong snorted coldly, his face softened a little, and a bit of contempt appeared in his eyes.
To tell the truth, Li Shentong has always looked down on the members of the Pei clan, whether it is Pei Shiju or this Pei Ji, they just use their mouths to please the king, but they are not loyal enough to the king.
Although the behavior of the Pei family betting around is also done by other aristocratic families, the Pei family appears to be more utilitarian and disgusting. In Li Shentong’s view, this is the behavior of a villain.
For such a cowardly and cowardly old man Pei, if he had the guts to attack me, it would be too much to justify.
With such a conclusion in mind, most of the suspicion and vigilance that Li Shentong had aroused just now dissipated unknowingly.
As if for the sake of An Li’s supernatural powers, a group of maids quickly came in from outside the palace gate, carrying food plates and utensils, placed them on the table, and then bowed and exited.
Then a group of kabuki and musicians entered the hall and began to sing and dance in front of Li Shentong. , The melodious singing voice like silver bells completely dispelled the last trace of suspicion and vigilance in Li Shentong’s heart.
“This old man really doesn’t have the guts.” It was obvious that he was thinking too much, and Li Shentong reflected on himself secretly.
Looking at the kabuki in the hall, Li Shentong was very cautious not to drink or eat, but he was thinking in his heart, how to force the Pei family to send money and food when he meets and talks with Pei Ji later.
Although he has always looked down on such a villain as Pei Ji, Li Shentong has to admit that when it comes to tongue, he is indeed no match for such a despicable villain as Pei Ji.
However, after taking advantage of this matter to cause the Pei family to bleed heavily, and even squeeze out all the people and money of the Pei family in Taiyuan City, the people of the Pei family still have to be on guard, so as not to communicate with internal and external enemies, and the Far East Army in the city. The spies teamed up to open the city gate from the inside.
Of course, if Pei Ji is stubborn and unwilling to pay people, money and food, Li Shentong doesn’t mind killing some members of the Pei family.
Having made up his mind, Li Shentong continued to enjoy singing and dancing. The kabuki in front of him were all as beautiful as a flower. Given his status, it was natural to give and take, but his eyes were clear and calm, and he could not see any hint of **** at all. .
A servant of the Pei family stooped, carrying a jug of fine wine, quietly walked into the hall, carefully placed the wine jug on Li Shentong’s table, smiled respectfully at him, and saluted Back off silently.
It was a very common scene, but Li Shentong only glanced at the servant lightly, but it was this simple glance that allowed him to catch the flash of fear and panic in the servant’s eyes .
The servants of the Pei family have already exited the palace, but Li Shentong was stunned. The fear in the eyes of the servant just now was definitely not because he led troops to surround the Pei residence today and ordered his personal soldiers to search the entire residence. And it’s as simple as gathering thousands of people from Pei’s residence to the training ground.
“I’m afraid… something is wrong with this matter.” Li Shentong faintly felt that the scene just now was a real abnormal phenomenon.
Before Li Yuan Group entered Guanzhong, Li Shentong also participated in the Pei family’s banquet several times in Taiyuan City, and even stayed overnight at Pei’s house. The servants of the Pei family were familiar with him. Because of the status of the powerful family of the Pei family, the servants of the family may be in awe and fear because of the things he led the troops to do in the Pei family today, but they will never show such fear and panic.
In short, the reaction of the servant of the Pei family just now is too abnormal…
Li Shentong pondered for a moment, and the familiar feeling of imminent disaster emerged from his heart again after entering Pei’s mansion.
Turning his head and looking inside and outside the hall, his personal soldiers surrounded him inside and out, and more than a thousand people from Pei’s family were quietly staying there on the martial arts training field outside, which seemed a bit too honest.
Everything inside and outside the hall is as usual, and there is no sign of danger…
However, why is the ominous premonition in my heart getting stronger and stronger?
Gritting his teeth, Li Shentong decided to trust his intuition. Today, there are evils everywhere in Pei’s mansion. It’s better to leave early, and let the soldiers **** Pei Ji to see him.
Thinking in this way, Li Shentong immediately stood up, and strode firmly towards the door of the living room.
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In the living room of the front yard of Pei Mansion, Pei Ji hurried in, knelt down to Li Jiancheng, the prince of the Tang Dynasty, who was anxious and worried, and said sadly: “My son, Marshal Li is going to kill me, please save me.”
Li Jiancheng has learned about the details of today’s battle by the Fen River through Li Shentong’s subordinates, and he is also very annoyed with Pei Ji, but the Pei family has always been his supporter, and Pei Ji is his confidant team. Annoyance is annoyance , but he didn’t want Pei Ji to be killed by Li Shentong.
Sighing, Li Jiancheng bent down to help Pei Ji up, and said in a deep voice, “Pei Gong, you did this wrong, and today’s battle may still be lost in the end, but now it seems that it is Because you fled early and disturbed the morale of the army.”
Pei Ji wept and said: “My lord, this old man is just a civil servant. He has no power to restrain a chicken. The situation on the battlefield is unfavorable. I thought it would be useless to stay here. And if Marshal Li is defeated by the Fen River, Taiyuan City will still have to fight.” I made preparations for the response and defense of the city in advance, so I evacuated early. I dare to swear, I just evacuated at that time, and did not run for my life in a panic. Who knew that Wang Junlin was treacherous, and people shouted that I and Marshal Li had escaped in advance, and the battlefield was chaotic. , and occupied an area of ten miles, the news spread indiscriminately, and the soldiers in the distance were naturally affected.”
Speaking of which, Pei Ji already had a look of remorse, and continued to say with grief: “In any case, the old man is responsible. The old man has persuaded the elders of the clan to give all the people and money in Taiyuan City to Li Da. The purpose of guarding the city is to atone for the crime of the old man, and afterwards the old man will personally resign to Duke Tang.”
Hearing Pei Ji’s sincere confession, Li Jiancheng’s face softened a little, and he helped Pei Ji who was crying and crumbling to sit down on a soft couch, and said sincerely: “Don’t worry, Mr. Pei, I will not let my uncle kill you.” Pei Gong, but uncle is angry now, Pei Gong wait here for a while, I will go to uncle to persuade.”
Pei Ji bowed deeply to Li Jiancheng with a face full of gratitude, and said, “Thank you, my son, for saving my life. From now on, I, Pei Shi, will be my son’s leader.”
Li Jiancheng was overjoyed when he heard the words, and thought that today he took this opportunity to completely bring Mrs. Pei under his command, which is a great harvest!
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Li Shentong decided to leave here, but just as he stepped out of the hall door, the servant of Pei’s mansion who delivered the wine just now suddenly appeared in front of him, and asked respectfully: “Does the commander want to go back to the mansion? News, my second master will be here soon, please wait a little longer…”
While talking, the figure of the servant of the Pei family happened to stand in front of Li Shentong whether intentionally or not.
Li Shentong saw the behavior of the servant of Pei’s mansion in his eyes, and he was more sure of his intuition and guess just now, and smiled calmly: “Okay, then go and report to Pei Ji, and I will continue here again.” Wait for him to burn a stick of incense.”
“Thank you, Marshal.” The servant of the Pei family saluted him respectfully, then turned and left.
At this moment, the long knife at Li Shentong’s waist suddenly came out of its sheath, a white silver light flashed, and the knife had already slashed at the neck of the servant of the Pei family.
It’s just that Li Shentong didn’t expect that his knife cut nothing.
The Pei Mansion suddenly lowered his head, dodged Li Shentong’s saber, and ran towards Li Shentong with his whole body.
“Looking for death.” Li Shentong was furious, and he slashed down with his long knife. The light of the knife flashed, and the head of the servant of Pei’s mansion was chopped off, but he himself was forced back into the hall by the servant of Pei’s mansion. middle.
At this moment, the floor of the hall suddenly exploded, the sky collapsed, and the sun and the moon were darkened.
The soldiers of Li Shentong outside the hall were all overturned by the air waves, and they flew out involuntarily, and then countless sandy yellow dust filled the surroundings, and the house almost became a ghost that could not be seen. Countless people covered their ears and eyes, rolling and crying in pain on the ground.
The soldiers of Li Shentong, who were looking at the people of the Pei family outside the living room, and the more than a thousand people of the Pei family looked this way in horror, but saw a small mushroom cloud in the living room next to the martial arts field. It rises slowly, and the living room that was singing and dancing just now has disappeared completely, together with the kabuki and musicians who were singing, dancing and playing music in the hall, as well as the servants of Pei’s mansion!
Of course, the commander-in-chief of the North Army of the Li Family Army and nearly a hundred soldiers around him all disappeared, leaving only a pile of scorched earth filled with yellow dust and debris.