After everyone sat down according to the host and guest, Pei Yue looked around and asked Gu Fan with a slight doubt: "Why isn't Taohua here?"

Gu Fan said angrily: "Your girl, you ask me? She went to the back just now, maybe something happened."

Pei Yue did not mention it, and first said to Qin Xian and Qin Xian: "Brother, Brother Xue Shi, this is the fourth son of the Guangping Marquis Mansion. His name is Gu Fan, and his surname is Zi Heng. I met Brother Gu Shi a month ago.

, he is open-minded and cheerful, informal, and has no shortcomings except his bad temper."

Qin Xian smiled and said: "Brother Yue, how come we haven't heard of the fourth young master of the Gu family? Among the younger generation of founding princes, no one can compare to him in terms of reputation in the capital.

Not even your eldest brother."

Gu Fan's face remained as usual and he said unconcernedly: "Although Pei Cheng is not very smart, he is still better than him. He may be able to make a name for himself in the army in the future."

Qin Xian couldn't help but be speechless. He had only heard of Gu Fan's name and knew that this young man had an unscrupulous temperament, but he didn't expect him to be so arrogant. He didn't know how to answer the question.

Pei Yue smiled helplessly. Fortunately, the three people in this room had nothing to do with the Duzhong Dingguo Palace, and he did not have to defend Pei Rong against his will because of the constraints of secular etiquette. He changed the subject and introduced Gu Fan: "

This is Brother Qin Xian of the Marquis of Pingyang, and this is Brother Xue Meng of the Marquis of Xingyang."

Gu Fan nodded and said, "I've heard of it before, but today is the first time I've seen it in person."

Xue Meng was tall and tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. At this time, his face suddenly turned red, and there was a hint of anger.

Although they are both descendants of the founding princes, they have different fates. Xue Meng, whose family is so poor that he can only serve as a sentry, cannot be compared with Gu Fan, whose father is in charge of the capital camp and has excellent martial arts talent. In the past,

He didn't want to get along with this kind of person

Even if he bumped into him on the road, he just pretended not to have seen him, because he couldn't listen to those harsh words. Today Qin Xian came to Green Willow Village, and he followed him habitually, but his other brother Xie Bi didn't want to come. At that time, Xue Meng

I was still a little angry, but now I felt like I was the fool.

Being ridiculed for no reason, what else is it but a fool?

Xue Meng has a very strong physique and does not hide his emotions, so his emotions are very obvious.

Gu Fan looked at him doubtfully and said, "Manniu, why are you staring at me?"

Before Xue Meng's blood could surge up and he said something harsh, Qin Xian stopped in front and said with a smile: "Brother Gu Xian, Xue Meng is honest and clumsy. I misunderstood what you meant. Don't worry about it."

Gu Fan really didn't know what he said wrong, but when he saw Pei Yue winking at him, he didn't pursue it and just said lightly: "It's inexplicable."

Pei Yue looked at the scars on Qin Xian's face and asked with concern: "Brother, how did you get this wound on your face?"

Qin Xian sighed quietly when he heard this, shook his head and said: "Those people are not bandits at all. They are well-equipped and well-trained, and are stronger than ordinary soldiers!"

Pei Yue was puzzled: "But I remember that the bandits my brother chased last time were of average strength?"

Speaking of which, Qin Xian's generous message and the sincerity in his words moved Pei Yue and made him willing to call him brother. You must know that neither of the two people in the capital received this treatment. He called Pei Yun just the second brother.

Pei Cheng is even rarely called "big brother". Although it is difficult to say how close these two titles are, in Pei Yue's heart, Qin Xian's generous and awe-inspiring righteous style is very valuable.

When they first met at the birthday banquet of the Duke's Mansion, they only exchanged a few words, and there was no friendship at all. Moreover, he was just a concubine. To put it mildly, he wanted to live a different life outside the palace. To put it more bluntly, he was just kicked out.

But because of that one-sided relationship, Qin Xian came to remind him of the danger, and his attitude was extremely calm and sincere, without any concealment.

This is what is called the word "righteousness".

Qin Xian said solemnly: "The bandits that time were probably real bandits, or they were baits set out by those people. For more than a month, Wei Guogong personally took action and directed the Beijing camp to press forward step by step.

The bandits were trapped in the Hengduan Mountains. However, no one expected that the bandits would come out from nowhere and robbed eleven villages in a row. Everywhere they went, they would kill all the villagers.

Burn it all down with a fire."

"Bang!"

Gu Fan slammed his palm on the table and said angrily: "This is unreasonable! These thieves deserve to be killed!"

Qin Xian nodded and said: "Who says it's not the case? I heard that the Holy Emperor was extremely angry and issued an edict to rebuke the Xifu and ordered them to clear out the bandits within half a month. There were seven or eight teams of these bandits who emerged, each

There are about a hundred people in the team, one person and three horses

, extremely fast, and familiar with the terrain near Kyoto, making them extremely difficult to deal with. Wei Guogong organized the Beijing camp to pursue and intercept them, and had already destroyed four of them. The injury on my face was caused by a bandit chief when I encountered one of the bandits.

."

His tone was calm, but both Pei Yue and Gu Fan could feel the sinister and tragic tone.

Xue Meng said loudly from the side: "Brother, if you hadn't risked your life to keep the thieves chief, you might have let them run away again!"

Pei Yue's face became solemn when he heard this, and he said seriously: "Brother, I am proud of you."

Even Gu Fan put away his cynicism and nodded solemnly to Qin Xian to show respect.

Qin Xian first glared at Xue Meng, then waved his hand and said: "Since we have joined the army, we should naturally fight with all our strength. What's more, I am still a sentry officer. If I can't lead by example, how can my brothers dare to step forward? Yue

Brother, I came here this time because I have something to ask you for help."

Pei Yue smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, is this the order from Duke Wei again?"

Qin Xian smiled awkwardly. He could naturally see that his brother really didn't want to leave here, and he was not pretending to refuse to raise his own status. However, he admired the Zuo Junji very much, and this was considered a military order, so he had no choice but to

He said in embarrassment: "Wei Guogong really wants to meet you. He is very interested in the two things you said. He also said that it might be able to help him get rid of these bandits, so he would like to ask you to talk to him in person."

Gu Fan's eyes widened and he stared at Pei Yue with a threatening look in his eyes, as if you dare to agree and I will fight you to the death.

Pei Yue ignored him, shook his head firmly and said, "Brother, I can't go. If I want to come to Wei Guogong, a hero in the world, he won't care about a thirteen-year-old kid like me."

Qin Xian wanted to persuade him, but Pei Yue changed the subject and said, "Brother, has Duke Wei ordered you to go back today?"

Qin Xian replied: "That's not true. Although my injury is not serious, the Governor's Mansion still asked me to come back to recuperate and report back to the camp in a few days."

Pei Yue smiled and said: "That's great. Last time I wanted to invite my brother to stay for a few drinks. Now I finally have time. Let's have a good drink tonight."

Hearing that he was going to stay for a drink, Xue Meng had a smile on his face. He immediately felt that the young man Pei Yue was very pleasing to the eye and was much more approachable than the guy next to him. No wonder his eldest brother admired him so much.

Qin Xian nodded and said: "It's okay, Brother Yu hasn't had a good drink in a few days."

Gu Fan next to him said with a smile: "You can come and drink this guy's birthday wine in a few days."

Qin Xian looked at Pei Yue in surprise and said, "Brother Yue's birthday? When?"

Gu Fan finally found an opportunity. To be honest, he was a little dissatisfied with Pei Yue's attitude towards Qin Xian. Didn't he just help Wei Guogong deliver letters twice? You are not very kind. I have helped you so much, and now I am still talking about it. A brother-in-law shouted, "You don't recognize me as your elder brother, so why can't I protect you?"

So he said with a hint of sarcasm: "You are his brother, but you don't even know his birthday? It's the tenth day of September!"

Qin Xian was ashamed and apologized to Pei Yue: "It's all Brother Yu's fault. Don't worry, Brother Yue. Although Brother Yu is of low status, he will definitely prepare a decent birthday gift and come to drink your birthday wine on the tenth day of September."

Pei Yue smiled helplessly and said: "Brother, don't listen to Brother Gu Shi's harsh words. This is not an integer birthday of mine, so there is no need to be so solemn. When the time comes, you, Brother Xue Shi and Brother Xie Shi can come and have a drink together. There is no need to mention the birthday gift."

Qin Xian agreed, but decided to prepare a big gift.

In addition to brotherly love, if Pei Yue hadn't reminded him at that time, he would never have had the chance to show his face in front of Zuo Junji. Although he did not take the credit for himself, Pei Yue's proposal finally gave him the conditions to create a man. Kindness must be repaid, and he has always adhered to this principle.

Xue Meng looked at Pei Yue curiously. This young man is not very old. Why is his brain so good?

He couldn't help but ask: "Brother Yue, what are you going to do in the future?"

Pei Yue smiled and said: "To be honest with you, I have a profitable business here, and I plan to get it in the capital within the next two years."

Qin Xian and Gu Fan both looked stunned, as if they couldn't keep up with Pei Yue's thoughts.

Even if you are a concubine, you are also a descendant of a martial arts general. Even if you don't join the army as a general, you won't go to run a businessman's business, right?

Pei Yue took in all the expressions of everyone, looked calm, and spoke slowly.

When he began to tell about the plan he had been thinking about for a long time, a carriage came towards Green Willow Manor, escorted by several servants.

The sun is approaching dusk, and the setting sun is like blood.

The curtain of the carriage was rolled up, revealing the face of a middle-aged man.
Chapter completed!