In one of the subordinate rooms of the Pei House.
As soon as Pei Ku left, several of his cronies quickly rushed into Pei Hu’s room and gathered around him.
“My lord, how is it? That old thing didn’t say anything, did he?”
“Yes, Duke, is that old thing planning to scrap you? Don’t worry, we’ll always support you.”
“D*mn, it’s really f*cking unlucky to say that this time, we all made up our minds to sell out our teammates, only to have that f*cking b*****d Han Qianqian suddenly come back and kill us.”
“Yes, he has directly alleviated the crisis in the main house and made us look bad.”
“D*mn, this son of a b*tch is really lucky too, he picked up this kind of advantage. But don’t worry, they won’t be able to do anything, and when they fail, we’ll have to come out and finish the job.”
“That’s not true. Now that old man Pei Ku has the help of this b*****d Han Qianqian, he is all of a sudden very enthusiastic and takes the initiative again, but what happens? In the end, he will still bring more people to their deaths?”
“Once that time comes, the gang will also know how right our choice was, at least we still have a hundred people left alive.”
The gang kept on cheering Pei Hu on, and at the same time, cheering themselves on.
After all, for them, that was true too.
They were not all defeated.
“Father did not punish me, instead, he even made me an officer.” Pei Hu frowned and shook his head.
This, in fact, was something he had not expected.
He did know that Pei Gu wouldn’t kill him, he just didn’t expect to even be punished, but even given a reward straight away.
“No, right? That old thing gave you a promotion?”
“sh*t, that’s unlikely, how could that old thing Pei Ku be so kind?”
The crowd of cronies had some difficulty believing it.
“It’s a fact, this is the appointment letter.” Pei Hu held out the appointment letter he had obtained.
“Grand General of the Cabinet!”
The highest-ranking officer within the Pei family residence, which could also be interpreted as the presidential chief of the close guards.
“Most of the close guards are soldiers from the main city, the head of the family has released all the military power to you, could it be, that he really realises his problems too and is ready to step aside?”
“Yes, the old thing probably still knows that the future head of the family is sooner or later the Duke’s, and has chosen to settle down within in order to fend off the outside.”
“You’re all wrong.” At this moment, the third elder in several elders stood out.
“Third Elder, what do you mean by this.”
“This old thing Pei Ku is yin, do you all really think that this guy is bowing down to the Duke? Not necessarily.” The Third Elder shook his head and, seeing the crowd’s confusion, continued, “No matter how big the promotion is, let me ask you, who is the head of the family? It may be you, it may be me, but it definitely can’t be the Duke, can it?”
When the gang heard this, they instantly understood in seconds, and it became clear that the family head was still his, Pei Gu’s.
“f*ck, what a good move to rise and fall in the dark!”
“This old thing is really f*cking sinister.”
“So, Elder, Gongzi, what’s our next step? We’ve come this far anyway, might as well just turn against the motherf*cker.”
“That’s right, there’s a big list of a hundred men given to us outside anyway, let’s take our brothers and just end the Pei family, we can carry Pei Gu’s head to the enemy’s side to collect the reward, we might be given more people on the list then.”
“No!” The Third Elder shook his head, “This is the worst possible move, it is like pushing us to a dead end. I want to ask, what if the Pei family survives this calamity? Where will we go then?”
“Then in Third Elder’s opinion?” Pei Hu frowned and said.
“In my opinion, we should stay put and even do our work, so that Pei Gu won’t say anything about us, and in private, we can tell the opposite side about every move in the residence and ask for a reward, what do you all think?”
Hearing the elders’ words, everyone nodded their heads. This was indeed the lowest risk and highest reward.
Whichever side won, they could use it as a wallflower.
“Third Elder is worthy of being Third Elder, this is a great move.”
“Ginger is worthy of being old and spicy.”
Listening to the compliments of the crowd, the Third Elder smiled smugly and waved his hand, acting extremely calm and modest, but the relief he felt inside was clear only to him.
In the main hall, as Han Qianqian put away the map and prepared to leave, Pei Gu also returned.