As soon as this thought came to his mind, Yu Tang simply couldn't suppress his excitement.

But she knew that Pei Yan was a very smart person. If she showed the slightest bit of excitement, not only would all her efforts be wasted, but Pei Yan might also think that she was imagining things and talking nonsense, and he might even doubt everything she did.

Lost Pei Yan's trust.

This was something she could not tolerate no matter what.

Yu Tang couldn't help but reveal a look of anxiety and fear.

Pei Yan thought that Yu Tang was afraid that he would find what she said unbelievable and therefore did not dare to continue.

He thought about it, and like his father comforted him when he was a child, he gently patted Yu Tang's white and delicate hands on the dark blue coarse cloth quilt, and said softly: "It's okay! Sometimes I also have some messy dreams, and I feel very absurd when I wake up, but those are what I really dreamed. I think it's good that you can tell me about your dreams. You don't have to worry about anything, I won't tell others." After that, he made a joke to Yu Tang for the first time: "I will donate your incense money for you, you don't have to pay it back, and I guarantee that the masters in the temple will like it very much."

It was a pity that he rarely told jokes, and the joke was inappropriate. In addition, Yu Tang had his own little thoughts. His mind was working fast, thinking about how to tell him about his past life. He didn't think much about it when he heard it. He smiled at him and said absent-mindedly, "My father gave me a lot of money when I came here," and then lowered his head to think about his own thoughts.

Pei Yan frowned, feeling uncomfortable.

In the past, when the little girl talked to him, she would open her eyes wide and look at him intently. She would react immediately to the slightest movement of his. But now... maybe she was frightened because she had encountered such a terrible thing.

Pei Yan was very satisfied with his guess.

No matter what, a little girl is a little girl. No matter how brave she is, she is not as tough as a boy. It is normal for her to be scared. I always thought that this little girl was fearless, but I thought too simply.

He decided to end the conversation so as not to scare the little girl by continuing it.

Pei Yan asked: "What happened next? Was he awakened by the shock?"

Yu Tang felt that no matter how much she investigated the events of her past life, they had already happened. She could not go back to the past, nor could she find out the truth. This was why she tried hard to forget the events of her past life after her rebirth.

People in this life cannot be held responsible for things they have not done in this life.

There were some things she still wanted to tell Pei Yan. She couldn't let Pei Yan think that she was so timid that she fainted because she dreamed of people quarreling, right?

Yu Tang shook his head and said, “Then I don’t know why I bumped into the tree, making a rustling sound. They found me, and I felt that if I lost this opportunity, I might never have another chance. I didn’t run away, but quietly prepared to hide somewhere else. Who knew that Peng Shiyi seemed to be able to see me, and he chased after me and grabbed my neck. During the struggle, I stabbed him in the abdomen with the scissors…”

She heard Li Duan's cry.

The last memory was Li Duan anxiously saying to Peng Shiyi: "What should we do? Ku'an Temple is too small. Otherwise, bury her in the Pei family's other courtyard..."

I don't know if they really buried me in the Pei family's courtyard? If her body was found, would it implicate the Pei family?

Pei Yan took a breath when he heard this.

No wonder the little girl was frightened.

Anyone who had such a weird dream would feel uncomfortable, let alone meeting the person in the dream in the blink of an eye. If someone else was more cautious, she might think that Peng Shiyi had run out of the dream and was coming to kill her!

He thought for a moment, replaced the cup of hot tea for Yu Tang, and said, "Don't think too much. Maybe you didn't sleep well because you moved to a new place these days. However, Peng Shiyi's appearance is indeed a bit scary. I didn't think it through. I thought he was okay, but I didn't expect that you rarely see people like him. I heard that you only brought two people with you. So, I'll let Qingyuan serve you for the time being, and send a few more servants to guard your place. After today's lecture is over, I will let Peng Shiyi leave Lin'an City."

Would you feel safer?

Pei Yan looked at Yu Tang.

Yu Tang's eyes widened.

Do you really have to drive Peng Shiyi out of Lin'an for her?

The Peng family...

The little girl's eyes were so clear and her expression was so direct that Pei Yan couldn't help but chuckle.

He said, "What else? Should we keep him here for the New Year? If he had good sense, he would have left after something like this happened. I've already given him face by letting him finish today's lecture. Don't worry about it, leave it to me. I'll send someone to send him back to Fujian. Don't even think about setting foot in Lin'an in the future. Will the Peng family turn against me because of Peng Shiyi?"

Yu Tang was deeply moved after hearing this.

The Peng family is a wealthy and powerful family. It is not easy for them to drive away a son who passed the imperial examination and not allow him to show up in Lin'an City again!

But Pei Yan was ready to do it for her.

Regardless of whether this matter succeeds or not, she is grateful for Pei Yan's kindness.

She thought she should persuade Pei Yan to tell Peng Shiyi not to get close to her, but when she was about to say it, she suddenly thought of something.

In the past life, the imperial court wanted to convert farmland in Jiangsu and Zhejiang into mulberry trees.

There is originally little land in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, so the price of rice will definitely rise sharply.

The Pei family first bought a large farm in Huguang, and later bought another large farm in Jiangxi. Therefore, no matter what the harvest was, the Pei family's grain and oil shop always had a supply of rice. One year, due to a disaster, the price of rice was stabilized. Because of this, the Pei family was rewarded by the court and given a plaque.

Because of this incident, the Li family also wanted to buy land and estates in Jiangxi.

At that time, the Li family followed the path of the Peng family.

Because someone from the Peng family was serving as a patrol officer in Jiangxi.

Moreover, Li Yi specially wrote a letter back at that time asking Li Duan to get the matter done as soon as possible, saying that someone from the Peng family had served as the governor of Jiangxi for two terms and had outstanding political achievements. The Peng family was arranging a way for him to return to Beijing and serve as a vice minister in one of the six ministries, hoping to enter the cabinet.

Li Duan was preparing to leave at that time and had no time to take care of this matter, so he asked Lin Jue for help.

Lin Jue took the opportunity to buy a farm for the Lin family.

If Pei Yan offended the Peng family because of her, wouldn't all the farms in Jiangxi and the awards from the court be affected? !

She can't be so selfish.

"No, no!" Yu Tang said hurriedly, "It's just a dream. We don't need to offend the Peng family because of this. The lecture will only last for nine days. After the lecture, Peng Shiyi will probably leave Lin'an. I'll just avoid him these few days. After all, the Pei family is the host, and it would be bad if the Peng family left in anger."

Pei Yan didn't like to hear this.

He squinted his eyes at Yu Tang and asked, "Do you think I can't take care of the Peng family?"

It's over! It's over!

When Yu Tang heard this, he groaned in his heart.

How could she forget Pei Yan's arrogant character.

He must be very angry because she didn't praise him properly and still doubted his ability!

"No, no!" Yu Tang said hastily, as if to save the situation, "I just don't think it's necessary."

This is an understatement and should not be enough to dissuade Pei Yan!

Yu Tang felt that based on her understanding of Pei Yan, she had to come up with a more compelling reason without hurting Pei Yan's self-esteem.

Her mind raced, and she said, "Doesn't the Peng family have someone serving as a patrol officer in Jiangxi? I ​​think that instead of just driving Peng Shiyi away, it would be better to use this incident to make the Peng family feel guilty and open a convenient door for the Pei family to do business. However, this is just my opinion. Whether we should do this or not, and whether we can do this or not, it's up to you to decide."

Pei Yan didn't say anything, but looked at her with a strange look.

Yu Tang's heart skipped a beat, and she knew she might have said something wrong. What was even more frightening was that she didn't know where she had said it wrong. She had no choice but to act timidly and whispered, "Did I say something wrong?"

Pei Yan's expression became even weirder.

He asked, "Who told you that someone from the Peng family was working as a patrol officer in Jiangxi?"

Isn't it?

Clearly the Li family took this path in their previous life?

Yu Tang didn't dare to think too much, knowing that there was a big mistake in what he said.

She thought quickly and said in a daze, "I, I dreamed that the Pei family bought a farm in Jiangxi."

Pei Yan looked at Yu Tang in shock.

Just three days ago, he decided to buy a large piece of land in Jiangxi.

Because the imperial court was about to force the implementation of the policy of converting farmland into mulberry trees in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Unlike Huguang, where few people could become third-rank officials, he only needed money to buy land in Huguang. Jiangxi was a major harvester of northern crops, and it had always liked to form cliques, vaguely forming a confrontation with Jiangnan. Buying land there required not only money, but also connections.

The current governor of Jiangxi is Zhang Shao, the eldest son of his mentor Zhang Ying. Zhang Shao's career as an official in Jiangxi has not been going smoothly, and Zhang Shao wants to give Jiangxi officials a warning, so he has repeatedly asked Zhang Shao to buy land in Jiangxi.

Moreover, Jiangxi does not produce as much grain as Huguang.

Jiangxi is not a good choice.

He could not resist Zhang Shao's favor and was prepared to give Zhang Shao several tens of thousands of taels of silver to carry his sedan chair.

In the Pei family, only he, Old Master Yi, and the person in charge, Shu Qing, knew about it.

There was no way the little girl could know that.

Pei Yan is a scholar and does not believe in those supernatural things.

But at this moment, he looked at Yu Tang, whose eyes were still clear and whose expression was still dependent on him, and then thought of himself sitting in the meditation room of the temple, and his mood suddenly became unsettled and many strange thoughts arose in his mind.

The Pei family has been worshipping Sakyamuni for generations, and the silver donated is enough to make a Buddha statue enshrined in the main hall of Zhaoming Temple. Could it be that the Bodhisattva accepted the Pei family's filial piety, and in order to let the Pei family continue to honor him in the future, he borrowed the girl's dream to warn him?

However, he had to investigate the matter of how the Jiangxi governor was a member of the Peng family.

Maybe Zhang Shao really did something in Jiangxi, and it is possible that he capsized in the dark.

Pei Yan asked Yu Tang: "What else did you dream about?"

Yu Tang breathed a sigh of relief.

She had been thinking about how to bring the conversation here, but she didn't expect to end up here unintentionally.

Of course Yu Tang must seize the opportunity.