"Has been driven out?"

I was stunned and looked at him in surprise: "How could they be driven out by them? What did you do?"

Pei Yuanfeng glanced at me, as if he didn't want to continue talking about this matter, and just said lightly: "I think you should know what I did."

“…”

By the way, I remembered it.

After the Yaowu Tower incident, I judged that he had entered the Changming Sect and might have taken over Huang Tianba's position to do things. Now that he said this, he obviously agreed that he had participated in the Changming Sect's incident.

And he obviously didn't want to mention that matter more.

So I didn't say much, just said, "Why did they drive you out?"

Pei Yuanfeng said: "Run out... I said this myself. To be precise, I did not really enter Changming Sect. Some people, or someone, are unwilling to let me enter Changming Sect, so I failed to enter."

"Who is it?"

As I asked, I tried my best to think about the person I might know in Changming Sect - Yan Qingchen? Or Yao Lao? Or who?

"Is it Yao Lao? Or, Qingchen?"

Pei Yuanfeng shook his head: "Old Yao didn't care much about me, and later, he left Xichuan and completely separated from Changmingzong."

I nodded: "I understand."

At that time, Yao Lao should have devoted himself to Jiangnan, which is Pei Yuanxiu's affairs. He probably wouldn't care too much about Pei Yuanfeng's joining Changmingzong.

"That Qingchen-"

"Not yes, on the contrary, he hopes that I will join Changmingzong." Pei Yuanfeng looked up at me: "It seems that he needs some help."

“…help? What is he going to do?”

"I don't know what he's going to do, nor did he say that, but I feel that way."

“…”

I frowned slightly.

What Yan Qingchen wants to do? Actually, he has already told me, but the word "business keeper" cannot fully understand what he is going to do. But now is not the time to talk about his business. I asked, "That's some people, or someone in Changming Sect - do you know who it is?"

Pei Yuanfeng shook his head.

"I don't know, because I was unable to enter Changmingzong that time, so I stopped participating in their affairs after that, but instead went to lead the troops."

“That’s it…”

Obviously, Yan Qingchen hoped that he could join Changmingzong. Even if he could not join, Yan Qingchen handed over the Yan family's soldiers to him, which showed that he trusted him quite a lot, but some people in Changmingzong, or someone, turned him away after knowing Pei Yuanfeng.

Why do this?

Just talking about Pei Yuanfeng's ability, he had already won battles at Xidatong at such a young age. Even Luo Shi called him the "heart of generals". Especially in the unstable situation in the world, no matter which force he was, it was a considerable help. But, Emperor Changmingzong kept him out?

This is already an unexpected thing, but there is another unexpected thing for me too.

He was rejected by Changmingzong, which means that there is a part of the power, or one person, in Changmingzong, who is superior to Yan Qingchen!

They, or his will, even Yan Qingchen, who is the head of the Yan family, cannot compete with him.

This shocked me, and this was the first time I realized this.

Once I realized this, I immediately came to my senses. This time, the bidding for minerals had nothing to do with Yan Qingchen. He came to bid as the head of the Yan family, so the possibility of arbitration behind the scenes is-

Hearing me say this, Pei Yuanfeng nodded quietly.

I held my breath slightly.

This time, if I can really force out the most secret part and the most secret person behind Changming Sect, then I may really be able to touch on some past events that have been covered for a long time, about my mother, about Xichuan decades ago, about those years that have passed...

I thought for a while, then looked up again at Pei Yuanfeng, and said, "Then you come to me today. Apart from telling me this, do you have any other purpose?"

He looked at me: "Actually, my purpose is the same as you, and I also want to meet the person behind Changmingzong."

"That--"

"But if you and Liu Qinghan do this, you may not be able to force him out."

"Why?"

"As an arbitrator, if the bidding process goes smoothly, he will not have to come forward. We both bid, the higher the price will be. After following some procedures, nothing will happen." He said: "I have had several such bidding transactions in Xichuan before, and I have handled them, but I have never seen them once."

"oh……"

"So," I looked into his eyes: "This time Liu Qinghan and I are involved. Do you want to work with us like a way to force him to show up?"

He nodded: "Not bad."

“…”

I took a long breath.

If Pei Yuanfeng acted with us, it would of course be twice the result with half the effort. After all, there are actually only two of us who are buying. I asked, "Then have you thought of any solution?"

He shook his head: "That's why I came to discuss with you."

I thought for a while, and then said, "Then this time I came here to bid for minerals, will Yan Qingchen have other requirements or explanations for you?"

"No," he said, lowering his voice a little further, saying, "In fact, he is not interested in this mineral, but because Mrs. Yan is going to participate in the bidding, he asked me to come temporarily after getting the news. He said that no matter what method is used, Mrs. Yan must not buy this mineral."

"oh……"

I raised my eyebrows - it seems that Yan Qingchen has not changed. What he knows best since childhood is to make his mother unhappy.

When Pei Yuanfeng heard me say this, he couldn't help laughing. I laughed myself, but I knew in my heart that of course it was not that simple. Yan Qingchen was not a disobedient and unfilial son who was unhappy with his mother. Minerals, especially iron ore, were very sensitive in the current situation. It was normal for him to be not interested, and it was even more normal for Mrs. Yan to buy it.

I nodded and said, "If this happens, I have a way."

When Pei Yuanfeng heard this, he hurriedly asked, "What's the solution?"

I said, "According to Qinghan's requirements, there should be bidding in advance in three days. Then—" When I said this, I hesitated for a moment. Although the yard was so quiet that there was no sound of wind, it was someone else's territory after all, and there were even some new green figures hanging on the corners of my eyes, walking by from time to time. So I leaned over to his ear, lowered my voice and said something.
Chapter completed!