He...he took advantage of my feelings?!
Pei Jiming was furious: "You're selling me money without asking where it comes from. I've given you all the buyers' information. How am I supposed to survive in the future? Who else would dare to come and do business with me?"
Ren Xuan tutted in disgust, "Why are you so stubborn? Who asked you about the buyer?"
"Then what do you want?" Pei Jiming rolled his eyes. "Don't think I don't know what you're up to. It's just that Lu Shian was demoted to the Inspectorate. What? Are you heartbroken?"
Ren Xuan had been nonchalant at first, but upon hearing this, he paused: "He was demoted? In the Imperial City?"
Ren Xuan frowned, his tone cold: "Where's Lu Jieren? Is he dead?!"
Pei Jiming sighed, his tone half helpless and half teasing: "Lu Jie personally arranged it. He offended someone, and Lu Jie was afraid that he would really offend the person to death, so he simply let it go for now."
Ren Xuan raised his eyebrows. When did Lu Jie become so capable?
He said "Oh" and said casually: "It doesn't matter. I will be transferred back sooner or later. Give me your things first."
Ren Xuan then took a step closer to Pei Jiming: "Is there anyone on the secret list that you dislike? Give me his criminal record and I'll pass it to Shi An. The court will deal with him for you. It's a win-win situation, why are you so entangled?"
Pei Jiming stared at him silently for a few seconds. After a long while, he slowly spoke, "Old Ren, I've discovered that your service as a secret soldier was indeed a waste of talent."
Pei Jiming has so many enemies that they can be listed on a separate list.
He handed the court a knife and cleaned up his own house. The court took action and he reaped the benefits.
You're not to mention it, you're not to mention it, it's quite good.
Pei Jiming raised his eyebrows: "Okay, I'll give you the things. Remember to help me lift them up later."
Ren Xuan hooked his arm around Pei Jiming's shoulder and said, "Old Pei, I told Shi An that you are a spy secretly sent by the court into the secret service. You better be careful and don't reveal your identity."
Pei Jiming: "..."
He was silent for a long moment, then said, "There's something I need to tell you... Now I'm not only in charge of the north, but also the hidden troops in all directions."
Ren Xuan narrowed his eyes and said, "I heard you bragging. The four secret soldiers each serve their own masters. Will Gu Lao Er listen to your orders?"
Pei Jiming: ...
Pei Jiming said impatiently: "No, even if I am only the boss in name. Have you ever seen a boss who is an insider?"
Ren Xuan didn't waste any time talking to him: "Just tell me, have you surrendered to Qin Shu?"
Pei Jiming had his own reasons: "I was just borrowing his protection. Qin Shu doesn't interfere in my internal affairs. I am just relying on him at best."
Ren Xuan was too lazy to argue with him: "Okay, okay, I'll just do it for my lifelong happiness, okay?"
Pei Jiming raised his eyebrows, with a rather arrogant attitude of "I've been so kind to you," and said, "Eight, seven."
Ren Xuan would not allow Pei Jiming to blackmail him, so he quickly changed the subject: "Let's not talk about this, I have something serious to discuss with you."
Pei Jiming's face darkened, and he was convinced: "You remembered that you have important matters now?! Personal matters first, then important matters, right?"
Ren Xuan ignored him and said to himself, "Have you heard of Yan Du?"
Pei Jiming paused, then straightened up a bit. "Yan Du? I know this lineage, a very devious and treacherous branch of the Poison Sect. Logically, it should have been lost long ago."
Ren Xuan looked at him and asked, "Will this poison corrode my sea of consciousness and cause me to possess someone else's body?"
Pei Jiming pondered: "I dare not say that. You should find the person who poisoned you. I poisoned you, so I have the antidote. This is the most basic rule."
Typical dark soldier thinking: instead of solving the problem, solve the person who created the problem.
Pei Jiming said this and flipped through the case file at hand. "It's a coincidence that you ask about Yandu. The northern Yanshi has been making a lot of trouble recently."
Ren Xuan raised his eyebrows: "Chaos? How chaotic?"
Pei Jiming flipped through the files, his tone contemptuous: "Civil strife. Their previous leader was hunted down, and the fate of the people is in my hands."
Ren Xuanwei concentrated: "Fang Cun?"
Pei Jiming nodded: "It's him. This man provoked Yin Shu to seek revenge and was seriously injured. The Yanshi below saw that he was almost finished and started to get restless."
Pei Jiming's tone was calm, as if he was not surprised. "In Yanshi, the people always take advantage of your weakness to kill you. Who didn't step on the corpse of their predecessor to rise to power? I have never seen many commanders step down alive."
Ren Xuan was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Is there a place for him?"
Pei Jiming flipped a page. "Yes, there are, but their locations keep changing. They were all released by Yanshi himself. This one is very troublesome. I've already lost three waves of people."
Ren Xuan said nothing. He took out the hidden soldier jade token from his arms and placed it directly on the table. "I'll be included in this order. If you have any new information, give me a copy."
Pei Jiming glanced at him and said, "You're trying to take advantage of my loophole and get my information for free, right?"
Ren Xuan said with a playful smile: "We are brothers in this life, who will follow whom?"
Pei Jiming sneered: "Are we brothers again now?"
Although he cursed, Pei Jiming still included Ren Xuan in this list.
Without even looking up, he said, "Old Ren, seriously, if you take this order, I'll pay you double."
Ren Xuan snorted, his face filled with disdain. "Are you a brother? You want me to do this job of collecting money and buying my life in front of Shi An?"
Pei Jiming rolled his eyes: "No? What kind of saintly image are you trying to create for yourself in front of others?"
Ren Xuan's face was full of disgust: "Anyway, it's not like you."
Pei Jiming laughed in anger: "You bastard, you curse your mother as soon as you put down your job, right?!"
Pei Jiming suddenly paused, as if remembering something, and muttered, "By the way, Lao Ren, are you familiar with Lu Xiyun?"
Ren Xuan raised an eyebrow: "What?"
Pei Jiming hesitated for a while, then uttered, "Tell me, do I have a chance?"
Ren Xuan almost choked, his eyes wide with shock: "...What the hell are you talking about?"
Pei Jiming's tone was extremely serious: "I have been with him for a long time."
Ren Xuan was even more shocked: "?!!"
Pei Jiming tutted his words, his face full of disdain, saying, "It's not what you think! I'm on a mission, and Qin Shu always wants me to follow him secretly."
He paused, his tone filled with helplessness and a hint of emotion. "You know, with the Young Master's agility, none of my men could possibly keep up. In the end, I had to do it myself. The first time is new, the second time is familiar, and after a while... you'll get used to it."
Pei Jiming lowered his eyes slightly at this point. “But there was one time when I took an order from outside, and the people below me lost track of me so much that it was outrageous. Qin Shu was really furious that time, and he cleared out a group of people on the spot. But since then——”
Pei Jiming lowered his voice: "Lu Xiyun has never dumped me again."
A hint of gentleness appeared on his face. "That time in Yinshu City, he and the young city governor acted out a double act, leaving the brothers in the city in the dark. The brothers in Shu City had no idea he had already gone south, so they should have lost him. But Qin Shu didn't get angry anymore. It was said that Lu Xiyun took it upon himself."
Pei Jiming's eyes lit up slightly, and he said thoughtfully: "This guy is quite good."
Ren Xuan's gaze had become indescribable: "Old Pei, have you ever thought about why Qin Shu always asks you to follow him?"
Pei Jiming said without hesitation, "Why else? I'm worried something might happen to him. I've pretty much figured out their story. Lu Xiyun has saved him many times, just like us."
Ren Xuan: “…”
You're almost there... You're so fucking bad.
He took a deep breath and spoke slowly: "Let me tell you this. You and I are brothers. They are not."
Ren Xuan stared at him again, his eyes meaningful: "Old Pei, it's seven or eight years old now, you owe me a life."
His voice was low and deep: "If you don't ask me today, the grass on your grave will be two feet high tomorrow. Do you really dare to set your sights on Lu Xiyun? That bastard Qin Shu will kill you."
Pei Jiming swallowed his saliva, and his whole body felt bad: "No... I finally found someone I liked."
Ren Xuan said bluntly: "Don't fancy it."
Pei Jiming's mouth twitched: "He also called me 'Brother Pei'."
Ren Xuan sneered: "After shouting, will I still drag you along to fool Qin Shu together?"
Pei Jiming's eyes were shocked: "He...he took advantage of my feelings?!"
Ren Xuan rolled his eyes. "Lu Xiyun always has this attitude when asking people to do things for him. He's being polite, why do you take him seriously?!"
Pei Jiming instantly wilted as if struck by lightning, looking like he had been infatuated with someone.
Ren Xuan felt really uncomfortable looking at him, and couldn't help asking, "No? What do you want from him?"
Pei Jiming said softly, "I'm not looking for anything... I just want to find someone who's cleaner."
He said in a muffled voice, "We're secret soldiers. If my enemies want to kill me, we'll have to wait in line. Who knows, I might end up dead on the street one day, without even a straw mat? Who's going to care? I've already made up my mind to be a bachelor for the rest of my life, but you, a piece of shit, betrayed me and ran away. I figured I had to find someone to drink with, otherwise, when I die, there won't even be anyone to collect my body."
Ren Xuan probably understood something, and his tone became meaningful: "Then don't even think about Lu Xiyun."
Pei Jiming raised his eyebrows: "Why?"
Ren Xuan glanced at him calmly: "He is too smart for you."
Pei Jiming frowned: "You mean, I can't fool him?"
Ren Xuan's face was expressionless, like a bucket of ice water being poured down on his head. "I mean, people like you are bound to be exposed. Within three months, he will reveal all your secrets."
Pei Jiming: "..."
Ren Xuan gritted his teeth, as if he had made some great sacrifice: "Alright, we are brothers after all. I will be a good person to the end and show you a clear path."
Pei Jiming was skeptical: "Who is it?"
Ren Xuan said seriously: "Shi'an is his cousin."
He leaned closer and lowered his voice, "Old Pei, to be honest, this guy is extremely evil. I feel like he's trying to trick me every day. If you can handle him, I'll owe you a big favor."
Pei Jiming exploded: "No, are you worried about my lifelong event or your own? Are you using me as a shield?!"
Ren Xuan said confidently, "This isn't a conflict. If I wanted to trick you, would I have told you so much? I'm telling you everything because I see you as my brother. Just tell me, are you looking for someone who has a legitimate path and good intentions, who can't be bribed or stabbed in the back, and who can get away with everything?"
Pei Jiming was so moved that he said, "Old Ren, you are really a worm in my stomach."
Ren Xuan raised his eyebrows, his smug expression evident in his words: "Nonsense, what I picked for you, how could it be bad? The Lu family, four generations of three officials, who would dare to buy from them? Besides, that young master Lu has been so intoxicated by Lu Jie's gentlemanly ways that his brain has become dull. He is so bright that if you stab him, he may not even understand why you are doing it."
Pei Jiming nodded thoughtfully, but his expression gradually became suspicious: "...But can such a person be interested in someone like me?"
Ren Xuan was so frustrated that he cursed in his heart: "It's fine that I'm Qin Shu's love security guard, but now I have to be your love security guard too?!"
He couldn't stand it any longer: "That Fang Cun has already deceived you once! Do you know how outrageous that Lu Wenzhong is? He's only known him for a few days, but he's already calling him brother and saying we shouldn't have met earlier. He even took out all the family heirlooms and showed them to everyone. Fang Cun, he's already prepared the pattern for you, and you can't even copy it? You're not as good as Fang Cun?!"
Pei Jiming was convinced: "I'll treat you to a drink some other day."
Ren Xuan immediately raised his hand to stop him. "No, no, no, let's make it clear first. Whether you succeed or not has nothing to do with me. After today, just treat what I said today as nothing. I'm helping you out of kindness, but please don't drag me down with you."
Pei Jiming agreed seriously: "Okay, then I'll sort out the secret files and hand them directly to Lu Shian, and take care of the relationship first?"
Ren Xuan was silent for a while, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "You change a little too fast."
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