Thousand households.

The prince's personal eunuch came to convey the prince's order.

"Master Pei, this is the order of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Are you sure you won't kneel down to receive it?"

Eunuch Li spoke in a shrill voice. Although the prince's order was not as good as an imperial decree, he was the crown prince and would become the emperor in the future.

You, Pei Yun, a deputy commander, actually didn't kneel down to receive the order. You are really brave.

Pei Yun said calmly, "I am the ambassador appointed by the emperor. I didn't kneel last time when I received the imperial edict. If I kneel this time, doesn't it mean that the prince's majesty is greater than that of the emperor? Eunuch Li, do you think this makes sense?"

Eunuch Li showed disbelief in his eyes, "You didn't kneel when you received the imperial edict?"

Pei Yun said: "If you don't believe it, you can go ask Eunuch Cao."

Eunuch Li swallowed his saliva. He didn't have the courage to ask Eunuch Cao. There was nothing he could do if Pei Yun didn't kneel to receive the order. Moreover, if what Pei Yun said was true, kneeling would indeed be a trouble. So he didn't force Pei Yun to kneel to receive the order.

Lu Jingxuan was holding back his laughter, thinking that Pei Yun's move was absolutely amazing!

Eunuch Li's face was uncertain, and he could only suppress his anger and shouted in a sharp voice: "The Crown Prince ordered you to hand over the clay bombs, Molotov cocktails, and various equipment and instruments made by Qianhu to the Ministry of War, and the court will coordinate their deployment to defend against Northern Yan!"

Pei Yun frowned slightly. How come the prince knew so much about his equipment? Thinking that Mu Xiong went to Yuzhou, it was most likely Mu Xiong who said it.

Pei Yun was speechless. Brother Mu Xiong was too honest. He sold out all his secrets.

He said, "Eunuch Li, to be honest, we have used up all the Molotov cocktails and pottery bombs during the battle against Northern Liang. As for equipment, I do have some knives. If you want them, I'll have them delivered to you right away."

Eunuch Li's face darkened. "Master Pei, are you playing tricks?"

"How can you say that? If it's gone, it's gone. I'm not trying to play tricks on you. If you don't believe me, you can have someone search for it."

"you……"

There was anger on Eunuch Li's face. He was the prince's close attendant, and when the prince ascended the throne, he would be the chief eunuch of the palace. Other officials were polite when they saw him.

He didn't expect Pei Yun to be so disrespectful to him.

"Pei Yun, how dare you disobey the prince's order."

Pei Yun shrugged and said, "I heard that, but it is indeed used up. I was not asked to transfer it to the Ministry of War."

Eunuch Li gritted his teeth but was helpless. Although he brought some guards from the Eastern Palace with him, this was a thousand-household unit and the other side had more people, so he did not dare to act recklessly.

All I can say is: "We will tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince the truth about what you said."

"Please, show me around!"

Pei Yun was too lazy to pay attention and directly ordered them to leave.

After Eunuch Li left, Lu Jingxuan said with some concern: "My Lord, I'm afraid you will offend the Crown Prince by doing this."

"If I have offended you, then I will offend you the most. I will never hand over the clay bombs and Molotov cocktails."

"Okay, don't worry about it, just go and do your thing."

Pei Yun patted Lu Jingxuan on the shoulder.

He didn't care about the prince's attitude towards him. He already knew that Xiao Zhiruo was his biological daughter, but the prince had never expressed anything.

Even if you have never raised Xiao Zhiruo, can you blame Xiao Zhiruo?

He has your prince's blood in his body, but he didn't say a word. This made Pei Yun feel that the prince was a heartless person.

How could he hand over his weapon?

…

Yuzhou.

Eunuch Li has returned to the military camp where the prince is temporarily stationed.

"He really said that?"

Xiao Yu's face was gloomy, and Eunuch Li added fuel to the fire, "Prince, Pei Yun doesn't take you seriously at all."

"He had weapons when he fought against Beiliang, but he lost them when he fought against Beiyan. I think he clearly didn't want to take them out."

"When the imperial court is unable to resist, he will come to support and defeat Northern Yan with weapons. Then the credit will be his."

The prince's face was gloomy and uncertain.

He really didn't expect Pei Yun to dare to refuse him. I am the prince.

Although you are indeed my son-in-law, I have not acknowledged it yet, and he has not told anyone that Xiao Zhiruo is his daughter.

If I ask you to hand over your equipment, shouldn't you, Pei Yun, hand it over eagerly?

You are actually making excuses here. Do you really think I can't do anything to you?

"Go and tell Pei Yun that if he doesn't hand it over, he will be charged with treason. Ask him if he can bear the consequences."

Eunuch Li smiled, knowing that the prince was really angry this time.

Set off again for Qianhu Suo.

…

The training ground of Qianhu Suo.

Pei Yun was directing the musket team in training when he suddenly heard the sound of hurried horse hooves in the distance.

Looking up, I saw Eunuch Li leading a team of Eastern Palace guards rushing into the parade ground aggressively. Behind them were several officers dressed in the uniforms of the Ministry of Justice, with shackles and chains hanging around their waists. It was obvious that they came prepared.

"Pei Yun!" Eunuch Li shouted sharply, not even using "Sir" this time, and simply addressed him by his name, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will ask you one last question - do you want to hand it over, or not?"

He waved his hand, and the guards behind him immediately formed a battle line, with their swords drawn and shining with cold light.

The officers from the Ministry of Justice directly shook the chains, causing a harsh metal collision sound, and the threat was self-evident.

Pei Yun said calmly: "Why? Are you trying to take me?"

Eunuch Li sneered: "If you disobey the emperor's order, you will be punished for treason according to the law! Pei Yun, do you really think that you can look down on the prince just because you are favored by the emperor?"

After saying that, he looked at the muskets in the hands of Wang Xuan and others, "You said you have no weapons, so what are they holding?"

Pei Yun said: "What do they have in their hands? Is it your business?"

Eunuch Li was furious. "Catch him!"

Immediately, the Eastern Palace guards rushed towards Pei Yun, but before they touched Pei Yun, they flew backwards and fell to the ground, groaning in pain.

Leng Qingqiu said coldly: "I'll see who dares to touch my master."

Eunuch Li's pupils shrank. "Pei Yun, you even dare to hit the prince's people. Are you really planning a rebellion?"

Pei Yun said: "I will go to the capital to meet the emperor tomorrow. I want to see whether the emperor will convict me of treason."

When Eunuch Li heard this, he had no choice but to return home. Staying here would only bring humiliation upon himself.

…

Another half a year had passed since the prince asked Pei Yun to hand over his equipment.

Northern Yan's offensive remained fierce, and even with Mu Xiong's personal command, they were unable to win for a while, and the battle between the two sides was tense.

Emperor Xiao Yugan personally led the army to boost morale, but his illness relapsed on the way and he died.

The prince ascended the throne urgently.

The situation in Northern Liang stabilized, and they stopped attacking Yongzhou. Instead, they took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on Northern Yan's territory and occupied several cities.

Northern Yan had no choice but to give up attacking Yuzhou and turn to deal with Northern Liang.

The fighting between the two sides came to a temporary end, and Xiao Yu finally had time to deal with Pei Yun.

Half a year ago, Eunuch Li returned empty-handed again, which made Xiao Yu furious. He was busy dealing with Bei Yan and had no time to pay attention to Pei Yun, but now he finally has time.