Chapter 290: Making a feint to the east and attacking the west

This is a matter of life and death for the emperor, so it is better to act sooner rather than later. That night, Jiang Yankun set out with his men, and Emperor Xuanwu secretly arranged for guards to escort him.

Pei Zhongshu is not a fool. He knows that among these people there must be the emperor's confidants. If he acts rashly, it will only put the entire Pei family in danger.

Moreover, there is no one in the Pei family who is a concubine in the palace, and they have no intention of rebelling. The emperor is dead, and Jiang Xinyue is the empress dowager.

The first thing she will do when she takes the throne may be to bring down the Pei family.

So Pei Zhongshu did not order his officials to stop him, but just pretended not to see them.

Anyway, the Miaojiang tribe is mysterious and unpredictable, and their whereabouts are even more erratic. Jiang Yankun may not be able to find them!

"Bang!"

The sound of a wine jar breaking came from outside the house: "Get out of my way! I am the legitimate grandson of the Minister of the Central Secretariat. If you dare to stop me from going out, I will kill you."

"My lord, it's... it's the young master."

Ever since Pei Zhishuo was diagnosed by the imperial physician that he would not be able to have a family, he drank every day to vent his anger. When he was drunk, he even cursed the emperor and the imperial concubine. So Minister Pei ordered him to be locked up and not go anywhere.

The eldest grandson of the Pei family became a eunuch, and the Pei family could not afford to lose this person.

They could only lock him up first, and after returning to Beijing, they would quickly arrange a marriage for him. They would marry the family with the most unlucky noble daughter. They would quickly get the marriage done, and then adopt a child from the family, and the matter would be over.

"Pei Zhishuo, what are you doing?"

Pei Zhongshu strode out, grabbed the young man's shoulders and threw him to the ground: "Why don't you send the young master back to his room quickly? If you let him run away again, you will know the consequences."

Several servants who had not dared to take ruthless action just now no longer cared about hurting Pei Zhishuo, and they held him down and lifted him up from the ground.

"Grandfather! Grandfather, was it that bitch Jiang Xinyue who harmed me? Please help me get revenge, please help me get revenge. I am your biological grandson, I beg you to get revenge for me, okay?"

He cried so weakly, and Pei Zhongshu's stern eyes softened. He walked over, patted the dust off Pei Zhishuo's face, and instantly revealed ruthlessness: "How can grandfather not feel sorry for you? Just watch, grandfather will definitely avenge you. As long as you behave and don't cause trouble before returning to Beijing, grandfather will use the heads of the Jiang family to vent your anger. You believe in grandfather, just listen to grandfather."

Hope ignited in Pei Zhishuo's misty eyes, and he was mostly sober: "Grandfather, I will listen to you. As long as you avenge your grandson, your grandson will listen to you."

As a man, he lost his functions as a man, which he couldn't accept.

The Jiang family who caused all this deserved to die.

"My Lord..."

"What should we do?"

Pei Zhongshu stroked his beard: "Jiang Yankun is a meticulous and suspicious person. They divided into four teams and went to the border of southeastern Guizhou, southwestern mountainous areas and Jingzhou respectively, in order to confuse people and prevent those who have ulterior motives from stopping them." The follower

asked: "Then our people..."

"We can't let the emperor know."

Pei Zhongshu, who was over 60 years old, was still very smart: "Jiang Yankun even asked the emperor for a personal eunuch. The two of them took the Jingzhou road with their people, intending to lead us to follow. Such an obvious move is also used in front of me, I will not be fooled."

"My Lord means that we don't chase Jiang Shangshu?"

"Let's go to Qiandongnan."

It was not because he was sure that the Miao people who knew the art of witchcraft lived here, but Jiang Yankun took the trouble to cover it up in order to distract the attention of others. The other two teams, including himself, were all to cover up this team and prevent people from discovering their true intentions.

Only the leader of the Qiandongnan team was Ma Zhushi, who was famous in the Ministry of Justice for his high martial arts and extraordinary courage.

Jiang Yankun was able to secure his position as the Minister of Justice because of this man's contribution and he was his trusted adviser.

He did not believe that Jiang Yankun would risk his life to ask for medicine for the emperor. The territory of the Miao people was not so easy to enter.

Then there was only one possibility, they were trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain and attack the east while making a feint to the west.

Pei Zhongshu was not the only one to think so. When Duke Cheng Guo, who was far away in the capital, received the news that the emperor had been infested with poisonous insects, he immediately went to the palace to see Concubine De: "If you want to drag the Jiang family into trouble, this is a good time. We have to take a step ahead of Ma Yang and rush to the Miao people in the southeast to kill them all."

If all the Miao people are killed, Ma Yiyang will not be able to get the antidote. If the emperor cannot be treated, he will definitely blame the Jiang family.

At that time, the Duke of Chengguo will be able to kill the demon concubine and promote the third prince to the throne on the charge of regicide and rebellion.

The hand in front of Concubine De clenched into a fist nervously: "Father, are you absolutely sure? Jiang Xinyue is a very evil person. My daughter's careful plans have failed several times due to various problems. I don't know whether she is so cunning or she is just a favored child of heaven, and she can always turn danger into safety. If we are not sure, we can't act rashly."

"Don't worry about it."

Duke Cheng smiled and said, "The old guy in the Pei family, his grandson was killed by the royal concubine. He is now eager for revenge and has lost his mind. I will plant a few people among his people, and when the truth is revealed, the charges will all be against the Pei family, and it has nothing to do with our Duke's Mansion."

Concubine De was relieved: "The miracle doctor father mentioned before..."

"She has been placed in the Duke's Mansion. When Xuan'er comes back, we will try to get her back.

It is inconvenient for the miracle doctor to enter the palace." It is too difficult to bring a stranger into the palace.

Last year, Pei Zhongshu's daughter brought a snake girl into the palace, but she was soon discovered and lost her life.

The Pei family is full of idiots, so the Pei family is getting worse year by year.

"My queen, it's bad! Cang..."

Lu Yin ran over in a hurry, but when she saw Duke Cheng, she was so scared that her legs went soft and she knelt on the ground, unable to say a word for a long time.

Duke Cheng looked at Concubine De, then at the shocked Lu Yin: "What's wrong?"

Lu Yin shook her head suddenly: "The warehouse where the queen stored fertilizers had a leak because of the rain two days ago. The guards failed to find it in time. When I went to check just now, many expensive flower seeds and fertilizers were all moldy." Concubine

De loved to grow flowers, so this was really a bolt from the blue for her.

Duke Cheng was not interested in his little daughter's hobbies. He looked at Lu Yin and left: "I will make arrangements. You just wait for good news in the palace."

Concubine De quickly asked the palace maid to send Duke Cheng out, and then slapped Lu Yin in the face: "Idiot, I was almost discovered by my father."

"I dare not!"

Lu Yin tried hard to hold back her tears: "My queen, what should I do? Xiao Ronghua ran away."