Pei Yuan shook off the dust on his coat, put it on his shoulders, and walked out. Ah Huang followed him, jumping and skipping. Ah Mian was sleepy and hid in a corner to sleep.

Outside the door, Wei Meng had been waiting for him for a long time.

The soldiers dispersed, and there were seven or eight rooms in the manor. They were all tidied up by servants and now they were all fast asleep. Wei Meng didn't dare to leave. He was afraid that Pei Yuan and Bao Ning had not discussed it well, and if Bao Ning wanted to leave in displeasure, Pei Yuan would kill him if he didn't stop him .

In addition, he suddenly remembered something and couldn't wait to share it with Pei Yuan.

The night wind was bleak outside, and Wei Meng's beard was blown into a mess. Seeing Pei Yuan coming out, he immediately stepped forward.

Pei Yuan walked by him with his dog. He was in a good mood, as if he had come back to life. He advised him, "You should shave your beard. Don't let it grow so long. It looks sloppy." "

..." Being interrupted by him, Wei Meng forgot what he was going to say. Seeing Pei Yuan about to step into the kitchen, he hurried to follow him, "Have you reconciled with the young lady?"

Pei Yuan glanced at him indifferently, and did not mention his embarrassing past. He raised his eyebrows and said, "How can she not listen to me if I take action?"

Wei Meng didn't know what to say. He just felt that he was really confident.

Pei Yuan found a bucket and carried it to the stove. He lifted the lid of the pot and scooped hot water into it: "Why don't you leave? If you are hungry, ask someone to cook for you. You don't have a share of the food here."

"..." Wei Meng endured the anger in his heart, "I won't eat your food."

"That would be great." Pei Yuan waved his hand, "Ah Huang, show me off."

Wei Meng glanced at the little yellow dog squatting by the fire at his feet, feeling extremely helpless. He grabbed Pei Yuan's busy wrist and said, "I want to tell you, do you still remember the topographic map I saw in Pei Xiao's study that day? The emperor will leave the palace to escape the summer heat in a few days. He will go to the palace in De'an and will pass through Lihu. The terrain in the area of ​​Yandang Mountain is steep and easy to attack but difficult to defend. We just came here, and you know it well. Can't you guess what Pei Xiao is thinking? What an opportunity this is!"

Pei Yuan's face was a little serious: "I remember."

Wei Meng breathed a sigh of relief: "What do you think in your mind? We should plan well to prepare for a rainy day."

"I'm busy tonight." Pei Yuan shook off his hand and continued to scoop water into the bucket. "Let's talk about it tomorrow."

"Young general, you still have to pay attention!" Wei Meng said anxiously, "You agreed to help General Qiu, wasn't it to find out the truth about the murder of Concubine Xian? But General Qiu doesn't think so. He wants to seize the throne. You have different political views and will become enemies sooner or later. He has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and controls the northern border. We only have a few hundred people around us now, and you are still a criminal! Seize this opportunity. If you can take the opportunity to get rid of Pei Xiao, that would be the best. If not, you can also win back the favor of the emperor and wash away the injustice of regicide." Pei

Yuan paused.

Wei Meng said, "Also, young general, I must remind you that we are too close to General Qiu. Given your status, this is not a good thing."

Pei Yuan said, "I know."

"Then you..."

"Let's talk about it tomorrow." Pei Yuan poured hot water and scooped cold water from the jar. "Don't worry, I know what I want. But you have to eat one bite at a time and do things one step at a time. You were too impatient before. Now that you have encountered something, you have to learn to be smarter."

Pei Yuan looked up at him and said, "Don't be impatient."

Wei Meng stopped talking. He felt that after this night, Pei Yuan seemed to have really changed a little, becoming more stable and no longer showing his sharp teeth like before. It was Baoning who had tempered him.

Pei Yuan said, "I will live here from now on. You go back tomorrow and bring back everything we need."

Wei Meng asked, "What about the brothers?"

"We can't put them in this manor. It's too conspicuous. Leave half of them in the town and give them some money to let them live wherever they want. The other half should stay in the general's mansion. We can't break up with Qiu Mingshan now and let him become suspicious of me." Pei Yuan pursed his lips, "We are still grasshoppers on the same rope."

Wei Meng suddenly thought of Qiu Mingshan's two daughters. He didn't know what Pei Yuan was planning, and opened his mouth to ask, "That sixth girl..."

Pei Yuan thought of the same thing as him. His eyes suddenly turned cold and he said hatefully, "Kill her!"

Wei Meng was a little embarrassed, "After all, she will be the second prince's consort in the future..."

"That's right." Pei Yuan gritted his teeth, "We can't let her die so easily. Doesn't she just like to do those dirty things? Then move all the things she planned one by one to herself. Bring the man she arranged to her concubine's room and invite everyone in the mansion to see it. Then you publicize this matter and let the whole capital know that the Qiu family raised such a shameless daughter!"

Wei Meng said: "That's pretty satisfying!"

Pei Yuan continued, "When she loses power and no one cares whether she lives or dies, you go cut off her nose. Find her seventh sister and let her watch the execution. Qiu Mingshan doesn't know how to teach his daughter, so I'll teach her for him! Tell that Qiu Lingyan that if the evil-hearted child doesn't correct himself, this will be his fate in the future."

Wei Meng smacked his lips, "Young general, you're too cruel."

"If I were too kind, I wouldn't be me." Pei Yuan glanced at him, shook off the water at the bottom of the bowl, and used chopsticks to pick up the sugar biscuits from the pot and put them in the bowl.

He did this with ease, like an ordinary man, as if the person who just gave the order was not him at all.

Wei Meng thought for a moment and said, "Young General, you treated that little girl like this, aren't you afraid that the young lady will find out and get upset with you?"

"Then shut up." Pei Yuan threatened him with narrowed eyes, "If she knows something she shouldn't know, I'll cut off your tongue."

Wei Meng left in a huff.

...

Pei Yuan quickly cleaned up the kitchen, first taking the water back, then the rice back. Ah Huang's little tail was still running back and forth behind him.

Bao Ning was cutting cloth in the house. Pei Yuan asked her curiously, "What are you busy with?"

Bao Ning said, "I was angry at that time. You didn't bring any clothes back. Now you have nothing to wear. I will make you a simple dress."

She put the scissors aside and saw what Pei Yuan did. She was speechless for a moment: "Why are you so stupid?"

Pei Yuan sat on a small stool and took off his shoes and pants. He was scolded for no reason. He felt a little wronged: "What's wrong with me?"

Bao Ning said, "I asked you to watch the fire, not to start the pot. You brought the bath water and the meal. So which one should I take a bath first or eat first?"

Pei Yuan knocked his shoes on the ground: "It's the same."

"If you take a shower first, you'll have cold food. If you eat first, you'll have a cold shower." Bao Ning covered his nose, "Oh, stop it. The room is full of smoke and dust. Throw it away and I'll make you a new one."

Pei Yuan listened to her and threw his boots towards the door. The soles of his boots hit the door with a clang.

The lamb was startled awake, and it cried and ran to Baoning.

Baoning touched the lamb's head with heartache, and said to Pei Yuan angrily: "I shouldn't have opened the door for you. You caused trouble as soon as you entered the room. It's the middle of the night, not only do you not let people sleep, but you even make the lambs suffer."

Pei Yuan looked at her innocently: "I didn't mean it."

He stood up, walked around the house in a pair of shorts, and looked at Baoning's new residence: "Besides, your sheep is not a lamb anymore. It's old and can be eaten in a few months."

Amian was frightened by his tone and bleated.

Bao Ning coaxed it: "It's okay, it's okay, no one wants to eat you."

Pei Yuan grinned. He was a person who only remembered to eat and not to be beaten. At this moment, he had forgotten how pitifully he begged for forgiveness just now. He looked at Ah Mian provocatively: "That's not necessarily true."

"Are you going to eat, take a bath, or sleep?" Bao Ning pointed at the door, his face gloomy, "If you say anything else, you'll get out."

"I won't say anything." Pei Yuan retracted the smile at the corner of his mouth and touched his nose.

"The soup will be fishy when it gets cold, drink it quickly." Bao Ning stood up helplessly. She thought of a good idea. She put a board on the bathtub and put the food on it so that Pei Yuan could eat while bathing. Seeing that it would be dawn if he didn't sleep, she simply took the soap to wash Pei Yuan's hair herself.

Pei Yuan soaked himself in the hot water, sighing with comfort, resting his left hand on the edge of the tub, chewing a biscuit in his right hand, feeling that this was a blessing in disguise, a life like heaven.

Bao Ning asked, "Does your leg hurt?"

"Not yet." Pei Yuan broke off a biscuit and turned back to feed it to Bao Ning, "Take a bite, it's sweet."

"Oh, don't move, your head is covered with dirt, it's rubbing against my clothes." Bao Ning dodged and wiped his chest with a cloth in disgust.

Pei Yuan pushed forward: "Put it there, I'll wash it for you tomorrow. Come and have a taste. I can't bear to eat the fillings, so I'll give it all to you."

Bao Ning said: "Obviously it's because you don't like candy."

"Eat it quickly, the sugar water is going to flow out." Pei Yuan pulled Bao Ning's arm and pulled her back, stuffed a big mouthful into her mouth, and asked proudly: "Is it delicious?"

Bao Ning's mouth was stuffed, and she bit his fingertips hard: "I made it, of course it's delicious, what are you showing off."

"My wife made it, isn't it me?" Pei Yuan put his arm on the wall of the bucket, turned his head and smiled at Bao Ning. He looks good and tough, but he doesn't look serious when he smiles, and there is a sense of ruffian in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.

Baoning couldn't argue with him, so she groaned and pulled his hair: "Stop making trouble, I'm sleepy, hurry up and take a shower and go to bed!"

When everything was over, it was already dawn, and the candles had just gone out. The two of them lay on the bed, each sleeping on a quilt.

Baoning refused his closeness and put two pillows in the middle to block it.

Pei Yuan threw the pillow to the ground while she fell asleep, rubbed behind Baoning, and put his arms around her. Baoning was covered tightly with the quilt, and there was heat on her body, warm like a small charcoal stove. It might be drizzling outside, and Pei Yuan's bones began to ache. After all, he walked too much yesterday and injured his leg, which was not fully healed. Fortunately, the pain was bearable.

The heat from Baoning's body was transmitted to him. Pei Yuan sighed with comfort and hugged her tighter.

He didn't know how long he slept. When he woke up, it was still gloomy outside. It might be afternoon. There was a commotion in the yard.

Ji Yan waved the silver gun in his hand and said angrily: "Blue-eyed thief, this is the master's territory. How dare you block the yard! How is my sister? I want to go see her. Let me in! Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!"

Wei Meng didn't dare to fight back with him. He just blocked it. His sight was attracted by the mastiff running around under his feet.

Wei Meng shouted: "What kind of little beast is this black thing? Why is it so ugly! Take it away, take it away!"