At dusk, Yu Wenbi, the Minister of Rites Minister, drove into Chongrenfang and stopped in front of Pei Mansion. Pei Ju had already received a report and was waiting at the door. Yu Wenbi got off the carriage and bowed to Pei Ju and smiled: "I have not made an appointment in advance, I have disturbed Pei Jun!"

Pei Ju is currently the Huangmen Shiìlang and is also one of the important officials of the court. He has a medium figure and a thin appearance, with three long beards. Although he is nearly 60 years old, he looks very young and has a bit of a fairy-like appearance.

Pei Ju had also heard about the arrest of He Ruobi, Dugu Luo, Yuanshou and others. At this time, Yuwen Bi, who had not been in contact with him, came to visit him, and he vaguely guessed that the tenth ** was related to the affairs of Dugu Luo and others.

But in terms of face, Pei Ju was very enthusiastic and polite. He laughed and said, "What are you saying about Gongfu Brother? How can you disturb me? I can't invite you to me normally. I finally come to my house today. If I don't get Gongfu Brother drunk today, I won't let you go."

Both of them burst into laughter. After laughing, Pei Ju waved her hand, "Brother Gongfu, please!"

"Please, Brother Pei!"

The two walked into Pei's mansion intimately and sat in Pei Ju's study outside. The family served them a few side dishes and a pot of wine. Pei Ju poured a glass of wine for Yu Wen Bi and smiled and said, "It's just a joke to get drunk, but Brother Gongfu really wants to have two glasses with me."

He poured his cups into his cups again, raised his glass and said with a smile: "Brother Gongfu, I'll give you a cup first."

"You are polite, I'll respect you first."

Yuwen Bi drank it all, but he carried the wine pot and filled it with Pei Ju. The two of them drank a few glasses of wine. After a few more greetings, they gradually brought the topic to what happened today.

"Brother Gongfu, I heard that He Ruobi actually assassinated the King of Jin. This is a bit strange. What is the reason? Do you know about it?"

Yu Wenbi smiled bitterly and said, "Just yesterday at noon, a competition occurred on the school ground next to Pei's mansion. Does Brother Pei know about this?"

Pei Ju nodded. "I heard something after I returned to my house. I heard that it was the grudge between He Ruobi and the grandson of Yang Taipu. However, He Ruobi was disrespectful to the old and fought against the younger generation, which was a bit unconventional."

"Hmph! He was killed by the grandson of Yang Taipu. He was determined to take revenge. In fact, the assassination that happened in the suburbs today was a continuation of last night's incident."

Pei Ju frowned, "Brother Gongfu means that He Ruobi actually wants to kill the grandson of Yang Taipu. Since that's the case, why did he pull the King of Jin in? I heard that King of Jin was the scene at that time. Did He Ruobi not know that King of Jin was in the scene and used force when he was present, and that would become an assassination? He didn't understand such a simple truth?"

"It was He Ruobi who was careless. He didn't expect that King Jin would send Yang Yuanqing. He also had some investigation in advance, but he didn't find out that the person sitting in the carriage was King Jin. This is also what He Ruobi's order should be like."

Yuwen Bi dared not tell Pei Ju that this was a trap. If he said that, Pei Ju would probably not help him. Yuwen Bi said again: "Actually, He Ruobi is reckless, and he is responsible for his own fault. We don't care. The key is that he actually involved General Dugu and Yuanshou and others. Now the Dugu brothers are arrested and the Yuan brothers are arrested, which makes people panic. They are actually innocent. As colleagues, we should say a few fair words for them, what do you think Pei Xiandi thinks?"

Speaking of this, Pei Ju fully understood Yuwen Bi's intention, just to let him talk to Dugu Luo and the others, but Pei Ju didn't know whether Yuwen Bi came to find him specifically, or whether he was one of the people's entouragers, and made a joint letter. He asked with a smile: "What do I need to do?"

In fact, Zhang Jin's intention is that it is best to ask Yuwen Shu to plead with love when moving the capital. Moreover, Yuwen Bi and Yuwen Shu are of the same clan, so the effect of pleading will be better. However, Yuwen Bi knows Yuwen Shu very well and asks Yuwen Shu to plead with love. The final result is likely to be extraordinary and cannot save Dugu Luo. Yuwen Shu will instead take the blame. He is such a person and cannot be trusted.

Yuwen Bi and Pei Ju have a good relationship, and the Pei brothers have been deeply loved by the saints recently. They speak in front of the saints with great weight. Letting him be an intermediary is a good choice.

Yu Wenbi smiled and said, "Actually, when talking about the movement of the capital in the court that day, it was not that everyone opposed the movement of the capital. It was just that the emperor wanted to move the capital as soon as he ascended the throne. Everyone was worried that the emperor would be on a whim and did not realize the importance of moving the capital. If the emperor could think carefully, I think everyone would sit down and discuss calmly and ask Brother Pei to convey this meaning to the emperor for me."

Pei Ju's heart was like a mirror. The emperor did have the means and used a little trick to make the Guanlong nobles surrender. Pei Ju was a Hedong gentry and he had a neutral attitude towards moving the capital. However, one thing is that after moving the capital, the power of the Guanlong nobles will definitely decline, and then the other will decrease, and the influence of the northern gentry will increase, and moving the capital will be beneficial to the Pei family.

Since the Guanlong nobles surrendered, he was willing to be this middleman.

"Okay! I can go to the emperor to talk about it. I wonder when Brother Gongfu wants me to go?"

"The situation is urgent, I hope Brother Pei will go now."

In the imperial study room, Yang Guang had just finished dinner. As usual, he returned to the imperial study room to review memorials. He had a lot of government affairs to deal with every day, which made him, the emperor, work very hard.

At this time, Yang Guang was listening to the report of Zhang Heng, the Minister of Justice. Zhang Heng was responsible for the trial of He Ruobi's assassination of King Jin. He was very capable and everything was handled properly according to Yang Guang's wishes.

"Your Highness, Yuan Zhou also admitted that he was involved in the murder of King Jin."

"Where is Dugu family? There is also Yuanshou, have they admitted it?" Yang Guang asked again.

"Dugu Luo and Dugu Zheng refused to admit it. Yuanshou said that if His Majesty wants him to admit it, he will admit it."

"Is that so? This person is very tǐng t-ang."

Yang Guang smiled, took their confession and looked at it. Dugu Luo's confession was written in blood, with the words "No sin!", and the bright red blood was particularly dazzling.

Dugu Zheng wrote a lot of confessions, with the causes and consequences clearly written. Finally, he wrote: "I agree that He Ruobi killed Yang Yuanqing, and this behavior is inappropriate! But he has no intention of assassinating the King of Jin. I hope Your Majesty will observe clearly."

Zhang Heng carefully observed his words and saw that although Yang Guang's tone was casual, he could not hide his dissatisfaction. Zhang Heng hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I can guarantee that I can take out their confessions again before dawn tomorrow, which will definitely satisfy Your Majesty."

Yang Guang pondered for a moment, and at this moment, the eunuch reported at the door, "Your Majesty, Huangmen Pei Shilang said that there is something important to ask for your Majesty."

"Announce him to meet him!"

Yang Guang also needed to think about Dugu Luo and others again, so he said to Zhang Heng: "You can wait for a while outside, and I will think about it again, and I will announce you later."

"As for order!" Zhang Heng slowly retreated.

After a moment, Pei Ju was led into the imperial study by the eunuch. He stepped forward and gave a deep salute, "I am Pei Ju, please see Your Majesty."

"Pei Aiqing, is there anything urgent to come to see me so late?"

"Your Majesty, I have a memorial regarding the tomorrow's dynasty meeting. I want to submit it to the dynasty meeting for discussion. Please read it first."

After saying that, Pei Ju handed a memorial to Yang Guang respectfully. Yang Guang took the memorial and read it. He was slightly stunned. It was actually a memorial to propose the capital to move the capital to Luoyang. He looked at Pei Ju and seemed to understand something in his heart. Pei Ju is very sensible! He actually seized the opportunity at this critical moment.

"Pei Aiqing, how could you think of proposing to move to the Eastern Capital?"

Pei Ju bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the last time Your Majesty proposed to move the capital to Luoyang in the court, I was not mentally prepared for the time being. Afterwards, I repeatedly considered it. I highly agree with Your Majesty's careful consideration of moving the capital to Luoyang. I think that moving the capital to Luoyang is the key to the revival of the Great Sui Dynasty and must not be obstructed by a few profit-making people. I will firmly support Your Majesty to move the capital to Luoyang tomorrow."

"I understand Pei Aiqing's loyalty, but there are many opponents! It is probably a bit difficult for Pei Aiqing to be the only one."

Yang Guang was hinting at Pei Ju. Pei Ju knew in his heart. He smiled and said, "I can convince the Minister of Personnel Niu Hong, Censor Pei Yun, Inner Shi Lang Yu Shiji and others to support me together, and it is not my own strength."

"Okay!" Yang Guang slapped the table, "I am looking forward to your performance tomorrow."

Pei Ju discussed the specific details of tomorrow's dynasty meeting with Yang Guang again, and then stepped down. Yang Guang already had a plan to deal with Dugu Luo and others in his mind. He immediately ordered: "So quickly and Zhang Heng will meet!"

Pei Ju walked out of Daxing Palace and boarded the carriage. Inside the carriage was his clan brother Pei Yun. Pei Yun was the censor at the time and was also an important official of the Pei family in the court. As soon as Pei Ju got on the carriage, he asked anxiously: "What's the situation?"

Pei Ju didn't speak for a long time. When the carriage started, he closed his eyes and shook his body with the wall of the car. After a while, he said lightly: "The emperor's intention is very obvious. He wants to support the gentry against the Guanlong nobles, but he doesn't want the gentry to become a big shot, so I guess he will not suppress the Guanlong nobles too ruthlessly. The status of our Pei family will be decided tomorrow morning."

That night, Yang Guang issued an order to announce the handling of He Ruobi, Dugu Luo and others. The Duke of Song, He Ruobi, planned to assassinate the King of Jin. The evidence was conclusive and the crime was not to be forgiven. He Ruobi was executed, deprived of all official positions and titles, and exiled to Lingnan.

Yuan Zhou, the general of the former Right Guard, was an accomplice and sent his family to participate in the assassination of the King of Jin. The evidence was conclusive. He was executed and his title was seized, and his family could be pardoned.

Dugu Zheng, the governor of Youzhou, was also an accomplice. He sent his family generals to participate in the assassination of the King of Jin. The evidence was conclusive, but he was sentenced to death and pardoned by his family. His eldest son was allowed to inherit the title.

Although Duke of Shu, Dugu Luo, the General of the Left Wu Gu Gu and Yuanshou of Taifu Temple, did not participate in the assassination case, they did not report the case. They were also guilty and could be slightly reduced. General Dugu Luo was exempted from his post and demoted to common people, General Yuanshou and Minister of Taifu Temple, and demoted to Hanyang County Magistrate.

Yang Guang's decree took effect that night. He Ruobi and the other three were executed at Dali Temple that night. Dugu Luo and Yuanshou were released back to their residence the next night. Yuanshou was ordered to leave Beijing within three days to take office.
Chapter completed!