five days,
Yang Jian and Pei Shuying were missing for five days.
In the past five days, tens of thousands of people have been expended, and there has been a lot of discussion in both the government and the public.
After all, the one who got into trouble was the legitimate son of the most powerful prince, and the other was the legitimate daughter of Pei Ju, the boss of the Ministry of Internal History.
But this turmoil was like a farce.
Because after Yang Ming came back, he didn't say anything. No matter how Yang Ming asked, the latter just kept silent with a sullen face. Even when the eldest princess Yang Lihua summoned him, Yang Jian refused with excuses and refused to see anyone.
Only Yang Chan stayed with him in the camp.
The people from the Ministry of Punishment originally wanted to ask about Yang Jian's experience in the mountains, but His Royal Highness ignored you at all, leaving the people in the Ministry of Punishment helpless.
After all, they couldn't interrogate Yang Jian like they interrogated others.
Because the qualifications are not enough.
Yang Ming had no choice but to wait until Yang Xian calmed down.
"Your Highness, I went to ask the Pei family, but Miss Pei didn't say anything. She just asked the people from the Criminal Department to find out who seduced them and threw them into the wild forest."
Pang Ben followed Yang Ming's instructions and went to the Pei family's camp, but found nothing.
It seemed that something happened in the mountains, causing Yang Jian and Pei Shuying to remain silent at the same time.
Yang Ming said: "I understand. When Lao Liu comes back, we will ask about the situation."
In addition to Yang Jian and Pei Shuying being found, six others were discovered one after another, including Ma Laoliu.
At present, Xunshan's team, except for the pro-army and criminal officials sent by Yang Lihua, other members of the major families have returned to their respective stations.
After all, in people's eyes, as long as the two rightful masters are found, the other servants don't matter.
A day outing in the spring is worth a fortune, and everyone's focus quickly returned to the right track. Finding a partner was the top priority.
In the afternoon, Yang Lihua sent someone to tell them that all the attendants, including Ma Laoliu, were detained at Yang Lihua's place for questioning by the Criminal Department.
If we can't find out who did it, they won't let him go.
As for Yang Jian's security, it has also been greatly strengthened. The camp has three floors inside and three floors outside, and is surrounded by the imperial guards.
Yang Ming must find out about this matter because it involves his own safety.
After all, Yang Jian was Yang Guang's son just like him. If something happened to the other party, something might happen to him.
This time he learned the lesson and took the initiative to take Aunt Lou with him to the Pei family camp.
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The Pei family of Hedong began to flourish in the Han Dynasty and continues to this day, still being the top noble family in the north.
There are nearly a hundred people in the clan who serve as officials, and many of them occupy key positions in the court.
The current head of the family, Pei Ju, is an official of the Provincial Order of Internal History. In history, he would also serve as Li Yuan's prime minister. He was a key figure in the Hedong Pei family's shining prosperity in the Tang Dynasty, and played an important role in connecting the past and the future.
The Pei family produced seventeen prime ministers in the Tang Dynasty.
Today's Pei family camp is heavily guarded. Many of them look like the Pei family's private army. Their armor and weapons are very sophisticated, not much worse than the Imperial Guard.
In the Sui Dynasty, it was normal for a big family like this to have a private army.
Yang Jian can't control it. After all, this is a tradition that has been continued from the Jin Dynasty hundreds of years ago. He is not yet capable of breaking this tradition.
According to etiquette, Yang Ming first sent someone to pass the message, and the guards of Pei Mansion would not let you in until he got Pei Shuying's consent.
Otherwise, even if you are the heir apparent, I will still ignore you.
Fortunately, Pei Shuying still has to give this face.
After all, the ancestral tablets of the old Pei family were enshrined in their hometown in Hedong County.
Since it was a woman's private boudoir, servants were not allowed in. Out of courtesy, only Yang Ming entered the tent alone.
There were only two people in the tent.
Among them, Pei Shuying was wrapped in a blanket with a haggard face and was sitting on a soft couch beside the campfire. Another young man wearing a fur hat was holding a bowl of hot soup and feeding it to Pei Shuying spoon by spoon.
When Yang Ming came in, both of them had expressionless faces.
Pei Shuying nodded at Yang Ming as a greeting, but Pei Xuanji didn't even look at Yang Ming.
Because he is a princeling.
"Is Miss Pei feeling better? I came in a hurry. Please forgive me for disturbing you."
Yang Ming behaved politely and without any airs of a county king.
"Much better. Your Highness, please take a seat..."
Pei Shuying stretched out her hand weakly and pointed to the soft couch aside, "If Your Highness is just here to sit, I welcome you. If you want to ask about anything else, there is no need."
have to! It seems that my trip was in vain.
Since everyone was talking about this, Yang Ming was embarrassed to say that he was just here to ask questions, so he had no choice but to sit down and said with a smile:
"What exactly happened? Since the eldest princess and people from the Ministry of Punishment came to investigate, I didn't go into more details. I just saw that Miss Pei was as haggard as my second brother, so I was a little confused."
"snort!"
At this time, Pei Xuanji suddenly threw the soup bowl in his hand heavily on the ground, and then shouted outside the tent:
"You blind servant, the medicinal soup is so hot, how can my sister drink it? You deserve to die outside."
As soon as he finished speaking, two slaves hurried in to clean up the broken bowls on the floor.
Yang Ming sat upright with an expressionless face.
Is the medicinal soup hot? Get a perm? In the short time since I came in, I should be able to drink the 90-degree water.
Is this kid venting his anger on himself?
Yang Ming knew that only four of Pei Shuying's personal maids had died in this disappearance. The others had some martial arts background and were not afraid of cold, cold and hunger in the mountains.
That's not right...I didn't kidnap your sister, why are you venting your anger on me?
Yang Ming felt something was wrong.
Because Pei Shuying did not apologize at all for Nai Di's rude behavior, but instead had a look on her face like "Why don't you leave yet?"
Did the second child offend someone? So that the two siblings became hostile to him?
So Yang Ming had an idea and said with a smile: "I am here to apologize to Miss Pei on behalf of my second brother."
This sentence is more rounded. If Yang Jian did not do anything to offend others, he can say that it was because Yang Jian expressed his apology for not taking good care of Pei Shuying in the mountains.
Sure enough, as soon as Yang Ming said these words, the expressions on the faces of the Pei siblings changed instantly.
Pei Shuying closed her eyes, lowered her head and said nothing, with a painful expression.
Pei Xuanji, on the other hand, looked at Yang Ming for the first time and said fiercely:
"No need! Our Pei family will not be in conflict with Prince Jin's Mansion from now on. We will each go our own way. That is to say, my sister is kind-hearted and won't let me take this matter..."
"Stop talking..." Pei Shuying stopped her brother to stop him from continuing.
Pei Xuanji looked angrily and punched the tea table hard.
"Please tell His Highness King Yuzhang that he has nothing to apologize for. My only wish is to never see him again in this life."
"Please, Your Highness."
After saying this, Pei Shuying stopped talking.
Of course, Yang Ming would not hang around, after all, he had already extracted a very useful piece of information.
The second eldest child, Yang Jian, must have done something to make the Pei family siblings so angry.
And Pei Shuying seems to be still covering up for Yang Jian.
What a pity...This is a good girl...
In fact, Yang Ming had an impression of Pei Shuying from the beginning.
Because Pei Shuying is a famous chaste woman in history.
Pei Shuying in history would marry a collateral descendant of the Li family in Longxi, named Li Dewu.
Later, during the period of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Li Dewu was implicated by the elders of the clan and was sent to the frontier. Pei Ju was afraid that his daughter would suffer the same consequences, so he petitioned Yang Guang to ask his daughter to divorce Li Dewu.
Yang Guang is right.
But Pei Shuying refused to admit it. She refused a marriage that her father had found for her in the Liu family in Hedong on the grounds that "it is common sense for women not to practice the second court". She waited until the founding of the Tang Dynasty more than ten years later and Li Dewu was pardoned and returned. Township, the couple finally reunited.
Originally, Yang Ming felt that the Sui Dynasty in this life was somewhat different from that in history. Maybe Yang Jian, the second child, could really get together with Pei Shuying.
But for now, it seems that there is no chance...
