Chapter 308： The wages of avarice is death

Pei Shi was stunned for a moment, his heart pounding for no reason.

He did it secretly, and outsiders would never think that he did it.

So what did the Wei family want to do by stopping their carriage? Blackmail?

Pei Shi first sneered coldly in his heart, but still said in a good voice: "Master Zhou's apprentice is lost, how can Pei know about it?"

Manager Feng touched his chin and said, "Master Zhou told me that if I meet Mr. Pei, please go over and have a chat."

Pei Shixian's expression changed, he thought for a moment, then took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and stuffed it into Steward Feng's hand, "Thank you, Steward Feng, for reminding me. Pei will go to Master Zhou to have a look."

Guanshi Feng was thinking about the silver ingot in his hand and smiled without moving.

Pei Shixian had no choice but to take out another banknote from his sleeve and give it to him, clasping his fists at him: "Please give way to Manager Feng."

Feng Guanshi then asked everyone to disperse and let the carriage pass.

Pei Shi first drove the carriage to a secluded place and said to Han's mother and daughter, "You guys find an inn to stay in first, and I'll go back and see what's going on."

Han said anxiously: "Husband, what should we do with our Yuanbao?"

She took her daughter out of the city without her youngest son Yuan Bao, and now she couldn't help but feel worried.

"Nothing will happen to Yuanbao." Pei Shixian explained a few more words, and handed all the banknotes and broken silver he brought to his wife: "If anything goes wrong, don't go home, take this money and go directly to the capital to join Xiao Taishi."

Han nodded and turned to look at her daughter. Seeing that she was still in a daze, she couldn't help but worry: "What's wrong with the second girl? Why are you so depressed all the time?"

"Perhaps there is sweat medicine in the baby's blood. It's okay. It will be fine after a while."

Pei Shi first sent the mother and daughter to an inn, registered a house with his identity card, left the carriage with them, and told them that as long as he did not come back the next day, they would leave the city quickly.

After that, Pei Shi walked slowly home.

Before reaching the door of the house, he met the Xiao family guards.

“Mr. Pei, Sir, I’d like to invite you.” The leader of the guards said coldly.

Pei Shixian pretended to be calm and asked, "What's the matter with Mr. Lang?"

"I don't know." The leader of the guards didn't want to say more. He motioned to help Pei from left to right and got into a carriage first.

The carriage ran wildly and finally stopped at the back door of Xiao's house.

Two guards carried Pei Shi out of the car first and took him directly to Xiao Weizhong's study.

Sitting in an armchair, Xiao Weizhong looked at Pei Shixian coldly and asked, "Where has Mr. Pei been today?"

Pei Shi first tidied up his robes, bowed respectfully to Xiao Weizhong, and replied, "I'm going out of the city. What's the matter with Mr. Lang?"

Xiao Weizhong: "Mr. Pei, there is no need to hide it in front of me. I just want to know what your intention is in taking away Zhou Wuchang's little apprentice?"

Pei Shixian looked pale and quickly bowed deeply to Xiao Weizhong: "Mr. Lang is aware of everything. I...I am just curious about why that child is favored by Zhou Wuchang, so..."

Xiao Weizhong fiddled with the teacup at his hand, stared at him lightly, and motioned for him to continue speaking.

Pei Shi first wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said: "The old man calculated that although the child was blessed, she was destined to die young. Seeing that she had a strange fate, I kindly cast a blessing on her so that she could live longer. …”

"Is that really so?" Xiao Weizhong picked up the tea cup and narrowed his eyes at Pei Shixian: "Where is that doll girl?"

"She mistakenly thought that the old man wanted to harm her, so she ran away. The old man didn't know where she went." Pei Shixian became smoother and smoother as he spoke, and his expression became more at ease.

Xiao Weizhong chuckled lightly and put down the tea cup: "In that case, you go with me to see Zhou Wuchang and tell the whole story clearly to avoid misunderstanding on his part."

He stood up and took Pei Shi out of the door first.

I met my second son Xiao Chengjun on the road. I saw that he was wearing armor and had a sword hanging on his waist. He asked, "Chengjun, why are you back?"

Xiao Chengjun cupped his fists at him and said, "Dad, I heard that there were Taoist priests making trouble in the city, so I brought someone back to take a look."

"It's nothing, just some misunderstandings. Let's wait for my father to explain it clearly." Xiao Weizhong waved his hand to his son: "Hurry back to the military camp and don't act impulsively."

Xiao Chengjun frowned: "Dad, my child should stay with you. If someone makes trouble, we can't tolerate it." Seeing his son's insistence, Xiao Weizhong said nothing and walked out the door.

At this moment, Zhou Wuchang was sitting cross-legged at the door of Pei Shixian's house. He didn't get up when Xiao Weizhong and others came, and closed his eyes and fell asleep.

The eldest disciple Zhou Hao and the second disciple Zhang Min stood behind him, watching the visitor silently.

“Master Zhou, Xiao has brought Mr. Pei here. If you have anything to say, just ask him.” Xiao Weizhong walked closer and said.

Zhou Wuchang opened his eyes, looked at the person who came in coldly, and said: "Pindao has nothing to ask. If he doesn't send my disciple back intact today, Pindao will have to treat him in the same way as he did. ”

I'm afraid these people have forgotten what he used to do, so they dare to attack their apprentices.

Pei Shixian's face changed, and he immediately clasped his fists and saluted: "I...I...don't know anything." In the end, he did not dare to admit that the matter had anything to do with him.

Zhou Wuchang sneered, took out an hourglass from his sleeve and placed it on the ground in front of him. "When the sand leaks out, Pindao will do it himself."

Pei Shi was sweating coldly, then turned to look at his master. , the voice begged: "Mr. Lang, look..."

Xiao Weizhong didn't tell the truth when he saw Pei. He understood something instantly and frowned: "Mr. Pei, just tell the truth."

Zhou Wuchang has a special status. Even the emperor can't do anything to him. He is just a supervisory censor and is unreasonable. What can he do to him?

Pei Shixian's hands and feet began to tremble, but he still calmed down and said, "I'll tell you the truth... I just came back from outside the city, and I really don't know what Master Zhou said."

He cleaned up the manor last night, and sent away the apprentices who participated in the kidnapping, leaving only two mute servants. Even if Zhou Wuchang found it, he would not be able to find any evidence.

As for the child, he and Yueniang were both masked at that time, and later they gave her a masking pill, so she didn’t know what happened.

Then he gave the child a bowl of mute medicine, which left her unable to speak for a long time.

Even if we find the child, she is just a few years old and ignorant. What can she understand?

Zhou Wuchang closed his eyes and meditated, ignoring Pei Shixian.

Xiao Chengjun, who was standing next to Xiao Weizhong, was angry when he saw how rude he was. He was about to step forward to say something when his father stopped him: "Chengjun, it's not for you and I to get involved in this matter. Let's leave it to the government to resolve it."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Pei Shi saw Xiao Weizhong leaving first, hesitated, and walked into the house.

His children were all huddled in the house, and even concubine Ji was afraid to come out.

Seeing the owner of the house come back, he immediately gathered around and started chattering and asking questions.

Pei Shi interrupted them first and asked, "Where is Yuan Lang?"

The wet nurse came over and curtsied and said, "The young man has been crying all night and has just fallen asleep."

Pei Shi took the first step to see his youngest son, and he sighed slightly when he saw that he was indeed asleep.

Turning to the nanny, he said, "Take good care of Yuan Lang. If anything goes wrong, you are the only one who will ask."

The wet nurse knelt down and responded.

Pei Shixian left his youngest son's room and went to his wife's house to sort things.

Jewelry, silver banknotes, gold and silver utensils and jewelry were all packed up, put into his sleeves, turned around and left the house, heading to the inn.

He wanted to send Han Yueniang and her daughter away to avoid any trouble.

 Chen Tiantian is the person designated by Grand Master Xiao to look after her, and she is also the only star of good fortune who will succeed the king. As long as he plays her role, why worry about the family not being able to prosper?

At that time, he will be the father-in-law of the future emperor, and the younger son will be the brother-in-law of the future emperor.

From now on, I no longer have to be someone else’s retainer, let alone act based on the Xiao family’s face.

It’s exciting just thinking about it.

So he takes a chance now to pave the way for the future.

The ancients said that people die for money and birds die for food. I sincerely do not deceive me.