At dawn.

More than ten miles north of Gulinyi, a group of men wearing ordinary clothes lurked in the dark.

One of them said: "Sir, tonight is the best opportunity. Do we really not want to take action? They will continue eastward after dawn. They will approach Kyoto in the afternoon at most. By then, even if we want to take action, we will have no chance."

Another person said: "Didn't you understand what I meant just now? You can't take action tonight, and no one can disobey military orders."

The first person to speak had a rather upright Chinese character face. He shook his head, looked at the sword-browed and star-eyed commander beside him, and sighed: "We followed thousands of miles and finally waited for this opportunity, why should we give up? Really?

I don’t understand what the higher-ups are thinking.”

The commander said slightly angrily: "You and I are not the ones above who can criticize you? Watch your mouth and don't say even a single word of what you shouldn't say."

The man with the Chinese character said in a deep voice: "The general is not arrogant, but when the Pei family son enters the capital, it will be difficult to kill him. If we don't take action now, are we going to watch him return to the capital intact?"

The commander was silent for a moment and said slowly: "Follow the orders and act."

The man with the Chinese character's face said with regret: "Yes!"

As time goes by, the sky gradually becomes brighter, and a ray of early spring sunshine rises from the sky and shines on the world.

There are no longer those secretly peeping figures around Gulinyi, and there is no trace of the existence of these people at all. It is as if they have never appeared, but Pei Yue and Ye Qi have left a mark in their hearts.

The horses galloped on the official road. The passers-by looked at the group of knights curiously. They didn't know which powerful family the leading young man was from, and they couldn't help but feel a little envious. Fortunately, this group of knights was not domineering, even though they were in a hurry.

, and did not harm pedestrians.

The distance of more than seventy miles was not short, but Pei Yue and his soldiers were riding sacred horses produced on the Gaoyang Plain of Western Wu. Even if they deliberately restrained themselves, they arrived at the gates of Kyoto two hours later.

Seeing this world-famous city again after a year, Pei Yue had mixed feelings in his heart.

"Uu——"

When he was still two miles away from the west gate of Kyoto, Pei Yue reined in the reins and then rode his horse slowly.

There was still a lot of bustle outside the city gate, with countless passers-by going in and out of the city. In the open space next to the end of the official road, a large group of people were waiting eagerly.

"Come, come! The young master is back!"

Qi Min shouted at the top of his lungs, his face full of excitement and excitement, just like his expression under the big tree outside Green Willow Villa.

He spread his legs and rushed forward, galloping in front of Pei Yue's horse. He subconsciously wanted to hug Pei Yue's thigh and cry bitterly.

"Stop pretending!" Pei Yue scolded with a smile, and forced him away with a light kick.

"Master, I miss you so much!" Qi Min burst into tears and looked very miserable.

"I'm not dead, why are you mourning?" Pei Yue jumped off his horse and said angrily.

Even so, he was still a little touched in his heart, after all, these people were his earliest and most loyal team members.

Qi Min stood by pitifully. In fact, he had made great progress in the past year. With the money allocated by Xiangyun Company, he built an intelligence network for Pei Yue that was rooted in the market. In the first seven years of his loyalty to Pei Yue, he

Among the famous soldiers, Deng

Zai has been following around, Wang Yong is in charge of the Shouyang Mountain Coal Field, and the other people also have their own duties and have long been able to play their own roles. Only Qi Min hides in the darkness because of the special nature of the stall.

It doesn't seem pretty at all.

But he didn't think so. On the contrary, he liked what he was doing now. At this time, he finally saw Pei Yue come back intact, and the excitement he felt was not fake.

Pei Yue was too lazy to appease this tough guy and looked ahead, where a large group of people were walking quickly.

He stepped forward and gave the handsome and charming young man in the front a bear hug.

"Be gentle, gentle, you want to strangle me." Pei Yue said with a smile.

Gu Fan opened his arms, looked up and down, and then said with satisfaction: "Fortunately, there are no missing arms or legs, otherwise the little girl would have fainted when she saw it."

Upon hearing this, Pei Yue quickly looked around and found no trace of the carriage.

Gu Fan said contemptuously: "Stop pretending, how could my little sister appear here? How can she behave if word spreads about it?"

Pei Yue chuckled and flattered him: "Fourth brother, I haven't seen you for a year and you have become even more handsome."

Gu Fan said with disgust: "You haven't flattered me before? Your words are too blunt and not sincere at all. But having said that, I thought you would be a different person when you come back this time, and you won't treat me as the fourth brother.

Take it seriously."

Pei Yue punched him on the shoulder and cursed with a smile: "You're just panting when you say you're fat. How come there are so many weird words."

Gu Fan said hello to Ye Qi who was behind him, and then he saw the woman wearing a curtain next to Ye Qi, and immediately looked at Pei Yue with suspicious eyes.

Pei Yue held his shoulders and asked as he walked forward: "When will Uncle Gu return to Beijing?"

Gu Fan originally wanted to ask about the identity of the woman, but upon hearing this he had to reply: "My father is leaving in the second half of the first lunar month and should be arriving soon. Yesterday I saw the people you sent to attack the front station. I heard that there was something wrong at the inn?"

Pei Yue whispered: "It's okay, they're just a bunch of bed bugs who dare not see the light."

"Please greet me, Master!"

Wang Yong led all the soldiers who stayed in Kyoto forward and knelt down on one knee to salute Pei Yue.

"Everyone, get up. You have worked hard this year." Pei Yue smiled and nodded.

"Thank you for the compliment, Master!" everyone responded in unison.

Pei Yue looked at Wang Yong, who was becoming more mature and steady, and saw that his face was no longer as immature and uneasy as before. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "You did a good job, better than that guy Qi Min."

Wang Yong smiled honestly, while Qi Min next to him looked sad.

Gu Fan looked around and asked curiously: "Mr. Xi didn't return to Beijing with you?"

Pei Yue replied: "Sir, I have some personal matters to deal with and will be back after a while."

Gu Fan did not ask any more questions and lowered his voice: "There are a lot of discussions in Beijing these days. Some people think that you have made outstanding contributions and should be made a prince to show your appreciation. Some people think that you killed Ning Zhong without discipline and beg your Majesty to severely punish you."

.No one in the court has spoken out for the time being, and His Majesty’s attitude is also unclear. You should be more careful.”

Pei Yue suddenly looked into the distance, with a sarcastic smile on his lips, and said slowly: "Don't worry, I have my own sense of discretion. You first take my soldiers and Ye Qi back to Zhongshanzi Mansion, I will do it later

Come back again."

Just as Gu Fan was about to ask, he saw an eunuch from the palace riding up to him with a few small Huangmen. He hurriedly got off his horse and said, "Is the person here Pei Yue, the son of Zhongshan?"

Pei Yue nodded and said, "Exactly."

The eunuch stood up straight and said loudly: "By His Majesty's command, Pei Yue, the son of Zhongshan, is to enter the palace immediately without delay."

Pei Yue did not kneel down, but bowed and cupped his hands and said: "I accept the order."

In the sixth year of Kaiping, on the fourth day of February, Pei Yue entered the imperial city alone on a sunny afternoon.
Chapter completed!