Chapter 038 Jin丨Exclusive release by Jiang Wenxue

The next few days were still the same as usual, nothing happened.

Lu Xiaofeng was a little impatient, and paid special attention to it. She found that the people around the young marquis had been replaced by a group of new faces. Judging from their appearance and momentum, they seemed to be transferred from the army. Fang Yingkan

directly reported sick, stayed at home, and refused to see anyone.

Lu Xiaofeng knew what was going on and never mentioned this matter again.

Compared with Lu Xiaofeng, Pei Rui didn't care about Fang Yingkan's situation at all. The assassination that night didn't leave any trace in his heart.

The young man took up the position of the Taiping King's personal guard, received a scarlet official robe and a new sword, and went to the Taiping King's place every morning to take duty, and would return in the evening.

Lu Xiaofeng occasionally saw the Taiping King's carriage heading to the army, and the young man followed the carriage with a cold face, trotting along with the other guards. Perhaps it was because of his overwhelming aura that the others tacitly kept a distance from him, and he was obviously out of tune. Pei Rui didn't notice anything and was as quiet and taciturn as usual. Lu

Xiaofeng suddenly felt a little sad, and wanted him to quit this job and become a free and easy swordsman in the world.

After nightfall, Pei Rui finished his shift and returned to his residence. He took off his clothes and threw them aside. He was about to fetch water to wash up when Lu Xiaofeng came in from outside.

Lu Xiaofeng: "Xiao Pei, why are you back so late?"

Pei Rui: "The King of Taiping provides meals."

Lu Xiaofeng didn't expect this answer. Thinking of the meals she prepared for Pei Rui in advance, she felt a little competitive: "Is his food better or mine?"

Pei Rui: "Yours!"

Xue Chen: [My father really didn't eat alone. The food he cooked is too simple.]

System: [So he still has you in his heart.]

Xue Chen: [Let's see. Maybe he usually eats simply and has extra meals every few days.]

System: [...]

You are too obsessed.

Lu Xiaofeng was proud of his victory over the King of Taiping, but soon he felt sad for the kid: "Since the food given by the King of Taiping is not tasty, why don't you come back to eat it later?"

Pei Rui shook his head.

Lu Xiaofeng: "Do you like doing this?"

He actually wanted to ask Pei Rui, as a top master who has already made a name for himself in the martial arts world, don't you feel humiliated by being a bodyguard and being ordered around at any time?

If he said this directly, it would be too impolite. Even if Pei Rui's reaction was slower than that of ordinary people, he should still feel sad.

Pei Rui: "I like it."

Lu Xiaofeng: "Don't you feel bored?"

Pei Rui shook his head.

The vest is equivalent to being idle, so he can devote more energy to the other two identities. Xie Heng's antidote research has made progress, and I believe it will be developed in a short time.

Lu Xiaofeng hesitated, as if he had something to say, but he couldn't say it directly.

The system made a random guess: [Does he also want to be the bodyguard of King Taiping and want your recommendation?]

Xue Chen: [This idea is very good, it fits Pei Rui's setting, I copied it.]

System: [???]

It fits the setting of idiot? It was scolded again!

Pei Rui tilted his head: "If you also want to be the prince's personal guard, I can recommend you."

Lu Xiaofeng didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I really don't want to be bound by these things."

Pei Rui pointed to the official uniform that he had just taken off next to him: "Did you see its color?"

Lu Xiaofeng: "It's a very bright red."

Pei Rui: "The prince said that it is the style of a fourth-rank official. Although it has no real power, it is the same rank as the prefect. It's the same. Do you really not want to do it?"

Lu Xiaofeng was relieved: "It seems that King Taiping treats you well... But I really don't want to enter the court. No matter how high the official position is, I don't want to do it. Thank you for your kindness. If you have anything that is not going well, you can talk to me, maybe I can help you. At the very least, I have a few friends who are officials and can always help you."

Pei Rui shook his head silently.

Lu Xiaofeng assumed that he understood and cared about his friend for a few words. He didn't disturb him to rest and said goodbye and left.

System: [Why do I feel that Lu Xiaofeng cares about you a lot, what does he mean?]

Pei Rui chatted with the system while washing his face: [He made me wary of workplace bullying. 】

System: 【It's good that you don't bully others. Lu Xiaofeng doesn't even think about your martial arts value. She is really obsessed. She said so much, but none of them are useful. 】

Xue Chen: 【You praised me well this time. Very good. 】

System: 【Who praised you? I didn't! 】

Xue Chen: 【Yes, yes. 】

Pei Rui has a good physique and doesn't feel tired after working all day. He lies on the bed, covers himself with the quilt, and falls asleep peacefully with the other two vests.

-Although

King Taiping controlled Fang Yingkan, he couldn't control the Kingdom of Jin. When

the Jin people saw that Fang Yingkan had lost contact, they sent someone to come and try to re-establish contact with him, but they were caught on the spot by the people arranged in advance by King Taiping.

This man was actually a policeman in the Pingyang Prefecture County Office. He was born and raised there and had worked there for more than ten years. No one could have imagined that he had long been bribed by the Jin people.

After Prince Taiping caught the spy, he did not even go to the government office, but dragged him directly to the back yard and beat him up, prying his mouth open.

The spy confessed, and Prince Taiping came to interrogate him personally.

The attendant brought a chair over and placed it on the blue brick path three meters away from the prisoner. The Prince of Taiping was majestic. After taking his seat, he stared at the prisoner and asked, "What's your name?"

The prisoner was beaten to pieces, his hair was disheveled, covering half of his face. He knelt on the ground and said with a weak breath, "My name is Qi Run. I work in the county government of Xiangling County. It has been nearly ten years now."

The Prince of Taiping asked, "When did you start working for the Jin Kingdom?"

Qi Run said excitedly, "Your Majesty! I am innocent. I really didn't know they were from the Jin Kingdom! If I had known this earlier, I would have refused them the first time they came to me! I had no choice..."

The man next to the Prince of Taiping said coldly, "Answer whatever your Majesty asks, and stop talking nonsense."

Pei Rui stood quietly aside, lowering his eyes, as if in deep thought.

Qi Run said: "It was the fifth day of May three years ago. I remember it very clearly. It was the Dragon Boat Festival. I had a day off that day, so I took my children to the temple fair. I met a vendor selling rice dumplings. The rice dumplings were fragrant, so I bought a few from him.

"I didn't expect that he accidentally missed three taels of silver and it fell into the cloth bag that wrapped the rice dumplings. I saw it very clearly, but I was greedy for the small amount of money and didn't remind him. Who knew that after the market closed, he actually took the initiative to find me and ask me for money. Naturally, I couldn't admit it, but he changed the subject and tried to get close to me, telling me that there was a big business that made money quickly, and I could get fifty taels of silver for every deal. "

The Prince of Taiping was unmoved. He picked up the teacup and took a sip of hot tea.

Qi Run said, "He asked me to pay attention to all the major and minor events that happened in the government office and asked me to write down my daily experiences and hand them to him. After I did as he said, I really got fifty taels of silver. He also told me that not only the cases of Xiangling County Office, but also the cases of other state offices, the daily training hours of the army, and the exchanges of personnel, can be told to him. The reward for each incident is as little as two taels and as much as more than ten taels..."

The Prince of Taiping threw the teacup out and smashed it in front of Qi Run.

Qi Run trembled, closed his mouth, and dared not say anything more.

The Prince of Taiping stared at him coldly and said in a deep voice, "How much do you know about the military?"

Qi Run: "I am a Xiangling messenger and I don't understand the imperial guards..."

Pei Rui: "He is lying. "

The King of Taiping looked at the red-clothed guard beside him: "Xiao Pei, please continue."

Pei Rui relied on his intuition and Xue Chen's own brain. It was impossible for Pei Rui to talk eloquently and analyze with reason and evidence.

Pei Rui repeated: "He is lying."

Seeing that he could not say anything, the King of Taiping winked and asked his confidant to come forward with a stick, and said lightly: "Are you going to confess now, or will you confess after being tortured?"

Qi Run shuddered in his heart when he saw the stick as thick as his arm. He had just been hit several times and his back was about to be broken. He hurriedly said: "I confess, I confess! "

The stick was put away for the time being.

Qi Run said, "I coveted the money, so I found some idle guys and asked them to help keep an eye on him..."

These government officials work for the government every day, and at the same time deal with the people below them. They are the successors of the lower-class people and the upper class.

The ones they come into contact with the most are the ruffians, hooligans and idle guys. Just like Song Jiang before he went to Liangshan, he has his own name in the world and can mobilize others to do things for him. When

King Taiping heard his words, his face became even gloomier.

This Qi Run really can do anything for money!

He revealed Although only some minor details were revealed, three years later, after comparing layer by layer, I'm afraid that the details of the entire Pingyang Prefecture have been discovered!

Qi Run confessed everything he had done in these years, and wrote it down in a book. King Taiping occasionally glanced at Pei Rui, and seeing that the young man did not have any particularly obvious reaction, he knew that Qi Run should not be lying, and he felt a little relieved.

Recruiting Pei Rui to his side was the best thing he did after arriving in Pingyang!

Although this child is blind, he has a keen hearing and an extraordinary intuition. Not only is he a martial arts expert and moves like an ordinary person, he can also identify the criminals. Whether someone is lying or not, even if there is no evidence, directly pointing it out on the spot is enough to break the other party's mentality and get the truth.

If he had met Pei Rui earlier, how much trouble would he have saved?

Qi Run finished talking about what he had done before, and began to explain the whole story with Fang Yingkan.

In fact, he didn't know Fang Yingkan at all. It was the person who had been messaging him all along, and assigned him a task, asking him to pass on some things on his behalf. Qi Run only had to put the things in the designated location, and someone would come to pick them up.

He had never met the person who came to pick up the things, until Fang Yingkan was locked out and didn't show up for several transactions, and Jin The King of Taiping realized something was wrong and asked him to come and see what was going on.

Qi Run then realized that the person he was dealing with was actually the famous Marquis of Shentong.

In order to curry favor with the powerful, he did not let his minions come on his behalf, but visited in person. Unexpectedly, he was caught red-handed and brought in to be punished.

King Taiping winked at his men, and the man bowed and left, leading a team of people.

Pei Rui guessed that the man went to search the place where Fang Ying lived.

King Taiping said: "This man colluded with the enemy and committed treason, causing our army to lose many battles. His crime is extremely heinous. The magistrate of Xiangling County was so confused and incompetent that he had been unaware of the situation for three years. He tolerated the traitors and temporarily deprived him of his position. The management of Xiangling County was handed over to Pingyang Prefecture. Qi Run was guilty of a heinous crime and was thrown into prison to await punishment.

"Yes."

After saying this, the King of Taiping stood up and left, and Pei Rui followed him closely.

The King of Taiping slowed down his pace and waited for Pei Rui to catch up. He walked side by side with him and said kindly, "Little Pei, I am sorry for you this time. I will give you one more merit when I return to Beijing. Do you want anything?"

Pei Rui touched the handle of the knife hanging on his waist: "I want a better knife."

The King of Taiping: "How difficult is that? After returning, I will immediately order the craftsmen to make it for you, and I will make the best blade. "

Pei Rui crooked his eyes.

King Taiping: "Qi Run was arrested in public, and the news will be announced soon, and the Jin Kingdom will not be able to hide it. The Jurchen cavalry army is pressing forward, and they know most of our information. They will definitely not miss this great opportunity and will send a small team to provoke us or even start a war directly. Then you will have to go to the battlefield with me to kill the enemy. Are you afraid?"

Pei Rui: "This is the mission of the sword."

King Taiping: "You are right, a sword that can kill people is a good sword. You look very much like my youngest son, and his aura is so sharp. This child has been gifted since he was a child, and he has learned martial arts faster than anyone else. It's a pity that he doesn't want to see the war and refuses to join the army, wasting his good martial arts. "

Xue Chen: [It seems that my brother has fooled our silly father a lot.]

System: [I have never understood. If your brother wants to avenge your mother, why can't he just stab your father in the back? Why does he have to spend so much energy on rebellion?]

Xue Chen doesn't understand either: [Maybe it's a personal hobby.]

System: [……]

-

Prince Taiping's prediction was very accurate.

The next day, the nearby town was attacked by the Jin cavalry.

The north is bitterly cold, and food production is scarce. It was also a time when the weather was turning cooler. The Jin people attacked the town, not only killing the people, but also robbing their food and gold and silver property. Even some women were abducted.

Upon hearing this, the King of Taiping flew into a rage and immediately sent troops to the border to guard it. At the same time, he led the troops himself and prepared for the battle with the Jin people.

Pei Rui followed the King of Taiping, took off his guard robes, and put on tailor-made armor.

The armor of the Song Dynasty was modified on the basis of the armor of the Tang Dynasty. In Xue Chen's memory, the Song Dynasty was the least capable of fighting, but their armor was the most beautiful.

Unfortunately, Pei Rui couldn't see what the armor looked like. He held it and touched it several times. This suit weighed at least 40 kilograms, and its defense was still very good. Basically, there was no fatal weakness exposed.

Pei Rui couldn't tell how to wear each part, so he came to his father with the clothes and asked him to help him put them on.

The King of Taiping was a little surprised that the child was so brave, and at the same time he was also benefited by his closeness.

"Do you have any good friends in the army?" Prince Taiping put on his left and right armbands.

"No."

Prince Taiping was not surprised at all. He saw how cold this child's temper was. It was even colder than that of Lian'er.

Even if others were willing to take the initiative to talk to him, they would back off after hearing such a cold reply from him.

Prince Taiping said, "This won't work. You have to get familiar with your comrades as soon as possible. Fighting against the enemy is not a one-man job. Only by helping each other and advancing and retreating together can you survive. Although you are good at martial arts, your eyesight is still a problem. It is easy to dodge an open spear but difficult to guard against an arrow from the dark. There will always be times when you are not prepared. You still have to take the initiative to make some friends."

Pei Rui nodded.

The King of Taiping put the arm guards on him and squatted down to put on the greaves for him: "With your personality, it's hard to get familiar with people, but there is a good way to quickly establish friendships."

Pei Rui: "What method?"

The King of Taiping said: "When your comrades are in trouble, you should help them as much as possible while saving your own life. The grace of saving a life is worth a thousand words, and the friendship of life is more reliable than anything else."

Pei Rui nodded: "I will."

The King of Taiping took the boots: "Put on the shoes yourself, and you can ask other people for help when you put on the armor in the future. This is also a good way to build friendships."

The system was worried for him: [He is stupid! He fell into the trap! You came here specifically to build his friendship!]

Xue Chen: [Hehehe.]

System: [...]

Sure enough, you are the real green tea.

It's fine that he cheated Lu Xiaofeng, but he even cheated his own father!

What qualifications do you have to criticize your brother!

The King of Taiping is really miserable. He was full of his two sons, but in the end, both of his sons fooled him.