Chapter 635: Acting on behalf of the state
Pei Qilang Pei Yuanshan committed suicide due to corruption and was in danger of being accused of being a relative of the Pei family's Hedong Sect.
When such a news suddenly spread in Daizhou, people who only felt incredible accounted for the vast majority. Among them, Pei Haiyun, the army of Hucao, was the one who was most surprised. Pei Yuanshan was in charge of all the affairs in Daizhou. There were many people who had contact with him. If it weren't for his crimes and committed suicide due to his crime, he would have died now, and there would have been countless people going to pay his respects. But now such news is about to come out, except for a few who are extremely close to him, most of whom have already been utilitarian would not come forward. Letting the servants come to the door to give a gift is considered to be a complete deed, but Pei Haiyun could not avoid it.
Because he was of the same clan, he had a lot of contact with Pei Yuanshan after taking office. He was often invited to visit during festivals and holidays. He always thought that Pei Yuanshan was very good at being a human being. Of course, he did not think that Pei Yuanshan, who looked like a gentleman, would not embezzle the tribe's property, but felt that he was not so stupid. More importantly, even if he did such a thing in a moment, why did he commit suicide for fear of guilt? Is it okay to leave his wife and children alone? With this suspicion and the heavy feeling of a young and strong boss on his head, he came to the Pei house that he often visited again.
When entering from the door, it was already snow-white everywhere. The servants who were passing by were covered with snow-white filial piety belts, but their expressions were more panic than sad. Among these panicked faces, some servants who seemed to be wearing the same clothes and tied with the same filial piety belts, but showed a strong aura on their faces made Pei Haiyun feel a little slack. He had heard that Pei Yuanshan visited Du Shiyi, and then left, even felt a little distracted. Now, after seven or eight days, Pei Yuanshan suddenly committed suicide due to the corruption of the family property of the Pei family Hedong Sect Hall. Now the Pei family even has these suspicious faces. Is it really related?
Thinking of this, Pei Haiyun had the urge to leave. Although Guanzhi told him that Du Shiyi would not be so reckless, and Pei Yuanshan would not be so stupid to be plotted against, this idea really made him shudder. When he stepped into the funeral hall, he quickly lit a stick of incense, and said a few words to Pei Yuanshan's widow who was already like a wooden man. When he almost ran away in panic, he could only hear a voice from outside: "Pei Shiliulang of Hedong Sect Hall is here."
As a middle-aged man, Pei Haiyun may not be able to remember the ranking of generations of people in the clan, but he would never ignore some things that must be remembered. Especially when he saw the middle-aged man with a tall figure but a waxy face, and only a sharp-eyed look, his sword eyebrows and eyes showed a bit of strength, he only felt like he was taking a deep breath with a few followers.
What came was Pei Shiliulang, known as one of the thirteen deacons of the Hedong Sect, and Pei Xiuzhen, who was once appointed as the General of the Yi Mansion?
As soon as Pei Xiuzhen entered the door, Pei Haiyun noticed that Pei Yuanshan's wife and children who were crying in the funeral hall seemed to be silent, and they did not dare to exude a trace of voice. It was not until Pei Xiuzhen gave up a tribute casually that they hurriedly answered the ceremony. The next moment, Pei Xiuzhen gave way to the side, and the person who followed the door was not someone else, but his immediate boss. The acting governor Du Shiyi saw that Du Shiyi did not burn incense when he entered the door, and then looked at him. After a moment of loss of consciousness, Pei Haiyun quickly stepped forward to pay homage. However, to his surprise, Pei Xiuzhen spoke first.
"So Han Ruo is here too. If you take any battle in Daizhou, Brother Seven should have taken care of you. Although what he did is despicable, you have fulfilled your affection."
Pei Xiuzhen was so merciless to show her face to the deceased. Pei Haiyun couldn't help but change her face. Seeing that the Pei wife and children bowed their heads and bowed each other, none of them dared to question him. He immediately understood that he had guessed at least one thing right, that is, Pei Yuanshan's death was probably not just about occupying the property of the clan. Sure enough, after Pei Xiuzhen said this, he said straight to the point: "Han Ruo, it just happened that Du Jun is willing to send his seventh brother to the last journey. I also borrowed the place where the seventh brother is. I have to explain it to you if I have something to do. What do you think?"
“Okay.”
With Du Shiyi's approval, Pei Xiuzhen led the way forward like a master, and took them straight to Pei Yuanshan's study. After instructing his followers to guard outside, he pushed open the door and asked Du Shiyi to enter the door first, followed closely, and Pei Haiyun fell to the last. After closing the door, Pei Xiuzhen glanced at the pile of books full of various types. The study, which was filled with ink and ink, chuckled contemptuously: "If you don't have a good personality, no matter how much you read, you will fall into the vain of the grain and fishing profits you have used to settle your warehouse. Such a villain is really a shame for me to be favored by Pei."
Pei Haiyun's expression suddenly changed. Seeing Du Shiyi's expression as usual, he suddenly realized that Pei Xiuzhen would appear in Daizhou at this time, not for the so-called tribe property, but because of this scandal, he understood the real reason why Pei Yuanshan committed suicide fearlessly. He tried hard to calm down and then said in a stern voice: "Uncle Sixteen, I have been an official in Daizhou for more than a year, but I have never heard of this news. I would like to ask Uncle Sixteen to forgive my nephew's crime of being in prison."
"Pei Yuanshan has been in Daizhou for more than 20 years, but you are just a new arrival, so it's natural to not know. But..." Pei Xiuzhen seemed to have excused Pei Haiyun, but after a sudden turn, his expression immediately turned stern. "You are a disciple of the Pei family. When you go to a place like Daizhou where there are many children of the Pei family, you should be more careful, listen more, read more, remember less, say, Du Envoy takes only one month to take advantage of his new life. Why can he understand this? No matter how many people you have met, it is better to have a close friend who can be trusted and entrusted with you."
Pei Haiyun was sweating profusely by Pei Xiuzhen's words, but the difference in seniority and identity was placed there, so he could only say that he was unresolved. Pei Xiuzhen also pointed in front of Du Shiyi, shook his head and bowed to Du Shiyi, "Envoy Du, I am not convenient to stay in Daizhou for more time, and I will go back to Jiangzhou today to hear the joy. I have taken time to see the counselors of the Pei family in this Daizhou. If there is any illegality, I will let you deal with it. If Du Shiyi has his orders, they will never dare not to obey Han Ruo..." He looked at Pei Haiyun again.
With that deep look, Pei Haiyun hurriedly bowed deeply and said, "As the governor of Daizhou, I should obey the order of Du Envoy Du."
"That's good." Pei Xiuzhen then showed a smile and said sincerely to Du Shiyi, "Envoy Du, the Pei family of Daizhou has re-selected Pei Mingya to take charge of the affairs of Hedong Sect in Daizhou. This matter is decided. In the future, if Pei Yuanshan is involved in Daizhou, the other people in Hedong Sect will not have any objections to such trivial matters. As for the matter in Chang'an, I, Pei Shiliu, will definitely give you an explanation.
"Brother Pei is wise and decisive, and it is admirable. It is also a great pleasure to meet Brother Pei in Daizhou." Du Shiyi and Pei Xiuzhen had a few deals with each other. They knew that this person didn't like to be dragged on, so they wouldn't say anything like "On the day when you return to Beijing the next day, I'll have a drink and have fun with Brother Pei."
"Okay" Pei Xiuzhen nodded readily, turned around and left. When she came to Pei Haiyun's side, he reached out and patted the nephew's shoulder, whispered to "do it yourself", and then quickly walked out and left. After he walked for a while, Pei Haiyun, who was dizzy by these facts, came to his senses, but found that Du Shiyi was still looking through the books in Pei Yuanshan's study with thoughts.
"Envoy..."
"Since you have a good character, Hanruo, I will call you a good character in the future." Du Shiyi put down the book in his hand, smiled, and quickly changed into a calm face. "I will write to the court for Fan Ruocheng's mistakes soon, and he will no longer take on the position of warehouse manager. You should take on it for him first. In addition, Brother Pei has made some arrangements before leaving, and the stock will be closed quietly within a day. This matter will be supervised and reviewed by you, the son of the Pei family, who is the middle-aged Pei family."
Knowing that he had no choice but to refuse, Pei Haiyun hurriedly replied: "Yes."
When the two of them left Pei's house one after another, Pei Haiyun couldn't help but turn around and look at the once-a-Captain Daizhou mansion, and couldn't help but feel a little sigh in his heart.
Pei Yuanshan was smart for a lifetime and was confused for a while. Just because of his greed of profit, he was the tragic ending that was abandoned by the clan.
As the only outsider who knew that someone had assassinated Du Shiyi that day, Fan Ruocheng knew that he was finished after he woke up from a coma. Therefore, when Du Shiyi, who was in front of the bed, told him coldly that he would sue the court on the grounds that he was dereliction of duty, he was so grateful that he was so grateful that he had heard that Pei Yuanshan had committed suicide fearlessly, he even wanted to be dismissed from office to arrive in Daizhou as soon as possible, so as not to suffer this.
Although the other officials of the Governor's Office did not understand what connection did Pei Yuanshan commit suicide fearing crimes and Du Shiyi, Pei Xiuzhen, who was a member of the Pei family's Hedong Sect, suddenly came to Daizhou and had a long talk with Du Shiyi in Pei Yuanshan's study, but many people knew about this news. For a moment, everyone was nervous because Du Shiyi had just taken office and had a shortage of food, fodder and weapons at Xixing Pass, and now they are even more silent.
Qian Tong, who was particularly worried about all the faults of insufficient military equipment on the Beidu military weapon surveillance, was even more anxious. He was originally a little lucky, but who would have thought that two days later, Du Shiyi summoned his subordinates to gather in the Tang Dynasty and threw a letter on the desk.
"This is the letter from Li Gong, the Yin of Taiyuan, the Jiedushi of Hedong, and the Supervisor of the Northern Military Equipment. Who will recite it to me?"
With countless eyes looking at each other, Du Shiyi happily handed the letter to Sima Situ Xiao of Daizhou, who was in the lower end, and said lightly: "Since no one wants to think about it, let's pass it on."
Chapter completed!