Chapter 546

And he had to subtly let the Great Qin side know about this news.

This...

It was just too damn appropriate!

Master Bianji happened to be courting death by harboring such thoughts.

If he followed him to open up the smuggling channel, as long as he leaked a little bit, the matter would be accomplished.

However, what puzzled Pei Ji was why the Emperor suddenly wanted to take action against Master Bianji?

Was Master Bianji not working for Great Tang?

Very quickly, he understood that Master Bianji must be more inclined toward the aristocratic families.

The Emperor doing this meant he intended to go to war with the aristocratic families!

Fortunately, although their Pei family was also a large clan, they had not gotten too close to those aristocratic families.

In this internal struggle of Great Tang, the Pei family had the power to choose which side to stand on.

Pei Ji, of course, had to choose the Great Tang imperial court.

At present, the Great Tang imperial court possessed a greater advantage.

The most critical point was that the imperial court's relationship with Great Qin was one of opposition yet cooperation.

But the aristocratic families had formed a deadly enmity with Great Qin.

Pei Ji, of course, had to consider the attitude of the Great Qin side.

To be an enemy of Great Qin?

What a joke!

Pei Ji had already suffered twice at the hands of Great Qin and was deeply terrified!

Therefore, without even needing to think, he would absolutely not stand on the side of the aristocratic families.

Then the answer was very simple.

Follow Master Bianji and the others to Yizhou, and then find an opportunity along the way to sell out these two foolish teammates.

It would both complete the task assigned by the Emperor and not offend Great Qin.

The best of both worlds!

Carrying such thoughts, Pei Ji set off together with Master Bianji and Wang Jing.

Before leaving, he even selected a leader from among the Tianzhu people.

He handed over the heavy responsibility of leading the Tianzhu people in rebellion to the Tianzhu people themselves to complete.

Then, he happily abandoned these Tianzhu people and went to Yizhou himself.

Along the way, the three people each had their own concerns.

The imperial court and the aristocratic families had begun to show signs of a split, and both sides were powerful.

Under such immense tension, it was very easy for Great Tang to be torn in two.

Being in the middle of it, one could be smashed to pieces at any moment.

Pei Ji was different from the two of them.

In his heart, he was already considering whether he should arrange a backup plan for himself in Great Qin as well?

The present moment was just such an opportunity.

Selling out Master Bianji and Wang Jing would serve as his "letter of intent."

If he could enjoy the protection of Great Qin, the future would certainly be the safest.

However, Great Qin could not tolerate the aristocratic families, and it was hard to guarantee that the Pei family would not be liquidated Wu Li Ke the Wang family.

Or perhaps keep a distance, and please both sides?

Pei Ji's mind was already entirely focused on how to arrange a backup plan for his own family.

He knew that his choice at this moment would determine the future fate of Great Tang!

Changancheng.

Ever since the public execution of the Wang clan, the moods of Li Ke and Lu Yu had not been very good.

Although they understood why the Emperor had to execute the entire Wang clan.

They still felt somewhat uncomfortable in their hearts.

They were different from others; from birth, they were destined to stand on the side of the aristocratic families and the imperial clan.

Although both of them had already rebelled against their original positions.

The bloodline in their bodies could not be changed.

Although their moods were not good, the things that needed to be done still had to be done.

Today they entered the palace to bid farewell to the Emperor.

Qin Mu was reading memorials in the Imperial Study.

Li Ke and Lu Yu entered silently and stood before the dragon desk.

Qin Mu looked up and saw that both of them were in a dejected state.

He casually threw a memorial to Li Ke.

"Read it!"

Li Ke thought nothing of it, unfolded the memorial, and began to read.

"The Governor of Jiuyuan reports that recently, a wolf pack appeared in Jiuyuan, biting to death six sheep raised by herdsmen.

The Governor led the 'Bad People' and herdsmen to surround and hunt the wolf pack, killing all ninety-three wolves, with not a single one escaping." For the Emperor, this was just a trivial matter.

After Li Ke finished reading, he was completely confused.

He did not understand what deep meaning the Emperor had in making him read this memorial.

"Your Majesty, wolf packs attacking sheep flocks is the most normal thing on the great grasslands.

This Governor Guo handled it very promptly; he is a qualified governor!"

Qin Mu looked at Li Ke, revealing a smile full of deep meaning.

"Is that all?

For such a small matter, why did the Governor specifically write a memorial and send it to the capital by fast horse?"

Li Ke was stumped by the question.

That's right, was this governor so idle?

But it seemed he had many things to be busy with.

"This subject does not know!"

It was Lu Yu, who had lived in Liaodong for a period of time, who understood the situation there slightly better.

"Your Majesty, Governor Guo might be reporting a disaster.

But he was not very certain, so he dared not say it clearly."

Qin Mu nodded approvingly.

"Lu Yu, that you could guess this proves your ability!

The north may have entered winter early, with heavy snow, causing the wolf pack to migrate south and reach the territory of Jiuyuan.

This winter, the grasslands might suffer from a 'white disaster.'

The nomadic tribes will lack food, and war will likely break out!

But, what I want to say is not this matter."

Seeing the small to know the large!

Li Ke was still ashamed; even Lu Yu had seen the clues, yet he had seen nothing.

Hearing Qin Mu's last sentence, it took him a long time to recover.

"Your Majesty, does this small matter contain a second matter?

Forgive this subject for being dull; I truly cannot see it!"

Lu Yu also shook her head this time, indicating she could not guess it.

Being able to guess that the north would suffer a white disaster was thanks to Qi Qi Jiguang explaining it to her in detail when she was in Liaodong.

If the Emperor had not specifically picked this matter out, she would not have thought of it either.

And to think of a second matter?

This was just too difficult!

"This subject is dull and cannot think of it either!"