Of course, Li Jiancheng got nothing in front of Chen Yingliang. No matter how bad Chen Yingliang's character is, he wouldn't be so lacking in city government that he would explode in person. After Ying Liang got home, Chen Ying Liang still received him in a friendly manner. At the same time, because Fang Xuanling also came to congratulate Chen Ying Liang, the three of them sat down and had a good drink, and parted happily.
What would Li Jiancheng think after being warmly received when he came home and knew the truth? Chen Yingliang didn't bother to pay attention to it, and he didn't bother to find out. The only thing Chen Yingliang knew was that it was basically impossible for him to reconcile with the old Li's family. Li Yuan's in-laws, Li Yuan still repays him in such a 'friendly' way, and now he and the old Li's family have torn their faces behind their backs. That is called naive, but stupid!
Therefore, the reason why Chen Yingliang received Li Jiancheng in a friendly manner and chatted with Li Jiancheng, in addition to showing his demeanor and being able to talk to Li Jiancheng, there is another more important reason, that is, Chen Yingliang knew the direction of history and Li Jiancheng's future In order to prepare for the future, Chen Yingliang deliberately maintained a friendly relationship with Li Jiancheng—at least the superficial friendly relationship!
On the same day, Changsun Wuji came to Chen Yingliang's home again. In addition to thanking Chen Yingliang for saving his relatives, he also conveyed Gao Shilian's request and asked Chen Yingliang to meet him as soon as possible. It is impossible to judge whether Changsun Wuji and his future brother-in-law Li Er have teamed up to set him up, and he has just been impeached by the officials for participating in the Gao Shilian case. In order to avoid suspicion, he politely rejected Changsun Wuji's request to visit the prison together He promised to visit Gao Shilian after Gao Shilian was released from prison. Changsun Wuji was also afraid that his uncle's case would be complicated again, so he didn't insist, thanked him again and again, and left.
In order to avoid suspicion, Chen Yingliang did not visit Gao Shilian immediately, and said that Yuanfang's uncle Pei Yun would wait for the turmoil to pass before releasing Gao Shilian from prison, but Chen Yingliang really underestimated the cruelty and deception of some Yuanfang uncles. It was only on the third day that he promised to show mercy to Gao Shilian's subordinates, Pei Yun found a new scapegoat in the Husi political case - he personally impeached Li Mi's brother-in-law, Jinyang ordered Liu Wenjing to have the closest collusion with Husizheng, suspected The Husi government conspired against the country, and presented the correspondence with Liu Wenjing found from the Husi politician's house as iron proof.
Seeing Pei Yun's impeachment memorial and the so-called ambiguous evidence specially selected from many letters, Emperor Sui Yang was of course furious, and immediately ordered Liu Wenjing to be arrested. Pei Yun happily accepted the order to thank him, but Li Yuan She complained even more—because Liu Wenjing was also a close friend of Li Yuan, and had many secret contacts with Li Yuan. As a result, although Li Yuan didn't know whether Pei Yun used Liu Wenjing as a dead ghost on purpose or not, but in order not to be pulled out of the carrot and brought out of the mud, Li Yuan could only bite the bullet and send a reliable confidant to Taiyuan to make Liu Wenjing ready, and he should run as soon as possible. If you run, the evidence that should be destroyed will be destroyed as soon as possible.
The new scapegoat was picked out to vent his anger on Emperor Sui Yang. In fact, it would be easy for Gao Shilian, who was already extremely wronged, to get rid of the crime. Pei Yun randomly picked a moment when Emperor Sui Yang was in a good mood, and the memorial said that it had been verified. Gao Shilian and Hu Sizheng were just ordinary friends. During the investigation, Gao Shilian was not found to be suspected of participating in the Husi Zheng case. On the contrary, he also found evidence that Gao Shilian warned Hu Sizheng to be loyal to the country. Emperor Yang of Sui was in a good mood. As a result, Gao Shilian, who was imprisoned in a daze, was released from prison in an even more muddleheaded way, and he was reinstated as an official and given a leave of absence.
On the day Gao Shilian was released, Li Yuan, who had been delayed in Daxing for some time, had already gone to Honghua to take up his post. Fan Zigai, Pei Hongce and others had also returned to the eastern capital Luoyang before that. The eldest grandson brothers and sisters and all members of the Gao family came to the gate of the prison to welcome Gao Shilian out of prison. When the uncle and nephew reunited at the prison gate, it was inevitable to cry again. Then Gao Shilian looked at the people who came with his eldest grandson with tears in his eyes, and asked his eldest grandson Wuji: "Wuji, Chen Yingliang and Chen Yingliang Does the vice rate know that I am released from prison today?"
"I probably don't know." Changsun Wuji replied with tears in his eyes: "Vice Chen has to go to the East Palace every day to be on duty, and he can only go to Shen Shizheng before he can go on duty."
"Then you wait outside the Yanxi Gate, and when Deputy Chen leads a mission, ask him to come to our house immediately, and I will thank him face to face." Gao Shilian ordered.
After finally looking forward to his uncle's release from prison, Changsun Wuji was of course reluctant to leave Gao Shilian's side immediately, but Gao Shilian insisted on such an arrangement, Changsun Wuji had no choice but to temporarily entrust Gao Shilian to his family's servants, let the servants first Driving Gao Shilian back home, he hurried to the gate of Yanxi, the imperial city where Chen Yingliang must pass on business trips, waiting for Chen Yingliang to go home from get off work.
It was also a coincidence that on the same day, Chen Yingliang met his goddess Yang Yuer for the first time in the imperial city. At that time, Yang Yuer followed her mother to the East Palace to visit Yang Tan and Yang You, the two grandsons of Emperor Sui Yang, and happened to pass by Chen Yingliang. Apart from leading the team to salute, Chen Yingliang never left Yang Yuer's eyes once. Unfortunately, Yang Yuer passed by Chen Yingliang's side twice when he entered and exited the East Palace, but he never stopped his eyes on Chen Yingliang once. Chen Yingliang swaggered past, completely turning a blind eye to Chen Yingliang's fiery eyes.
By the way, Yang Yuer's unfavorable mother and concubine were quite interested in Chen Yingliang's appearance. When she passed by Chen Yingliang twice, she took a good look at Chen Yingliang. It's a pity that Chen Yingliang has never loved his wife. He didn't pay much attention to what he looked like, let alone these tiny details.
"There's no fate. There are so few chances to meet her. Is it just a daydream to chase her? Should I not hang myself on a tree and just find another beautiful wife? The Wenxi-Pei family is getting married, and I beg Uncle Pei to choose a suitable matchmaker for me in his family, and he will be the son-in-law of the Wenxi-Pei family directly."
With this thought in mind, Chen Yingliang got off work in a depressed mood, and left the imperial city from Yanximen in a sullen mood. As a result, he had just left the imperial gate, and the servant who served Chen Yingliang on duty had not had time to bring his mount to him. Ji stopped Chen Yingliang in front of him, thanking him with gratitude, and invited Chen Yingliang to his house as a guest for his uncle. Chen Yingliang was just about to consider whether to accept the invitation, when a vaguely familiar voice suddenly came from beside him, "Deputy Chen, Li Xiuning, the daughter of the people, I've seen Deputy Chen." Chen Yingliang and Changsun Wuji turned their heads in surprise, but they saw Li Xiuning leading two maidservants who had arrived beside them at some point, and were still saluting Chen Yingliang.
"Why is Li Xiuning here?" Chen Yingliang was puzzled, and while returning the salute, he asked, "Madam Chai, why are you here?"
"Minnv came here on behalf of her father-in-law and lord, and she has been waiting for Deputy Chen here for a long time." Li Xiuning showed a hypocritical smile, and said softly: "Vice Chen, the Minnv's family has prepared some simple meals at Taipingfang's home. , I would like to invite Deputy Commander Chen to visit the humble house, to thank and make amends to the Deputy Commander in person, and I hope the Deputy Commander will reward me."
"There's no need to thank you, it's just a matter of raising your hands." Chen Yingliang said casually, "As for making amends, there's no need for it, it's all over."
"The sub-leader's generosity has made the Minnv's family even more ashamed." Li Xiuning's tone seemed to be very sincere, and she insisted: "But the Minnv still begs the deputy to come here, because the Minnv's family accepts your favor..."
"Mrs. Chai, it's not that I don't give you face." Chen Yingliang interrupted Li Xiuning's invitation with a wry smile, pointing to the eldest grandson Wuji and said, "You came a little late. Just now I have accepted the invitation of Brother Wuji and agreed. Going to his house for a banquet, I have no skills, so I really can't do it."
Li Xiuning turned to look at Changsun Wuji in surprise, and Changsun Wuji hurriedly said: "Mrs. Chai, it's true. My uncle just got out of prison today, and he sent me here to wait for Vice Leader Chen, just to invite Vice Leader Chen to my home for a banquet." , thank Chen Fushao for his rescue in person. Mrs. Chai, you know about my uncle, without Chen Fushao, he would have been doomed this time, so I'm sorry, but I can't let you go today."
"It's such a coincidence?" Li Xiuning showed an extremely hypocritical and disappointed expression, and said reluctantly: "Since the deputy leader has another appointment, the Minnv dare not force it, but I just hope that the next time the Minnen invites the deputy leader , Deputy Chen is able to honor the promise."
"Let's see what happens." Chen Yingliang said casually, and he didn't want to tangle with Li Xiuning at all. After a few words of politeness, he quickly got on his horse and followed Changsun Wuji to Longzhengfang to be a guest at Gao Shilian's house, leaving Li Xiuning on the same spot with a disappointed expression. It seems that I am too deep into the play, and I can't return to my own role for a while.
It went smoothly to Longzhengfang, and then came all the way to Gao Shilian's home. Gao Shilian opened the door to save face, and came to greet Chen Yingliang in person, and Gao Shilian's mother, who was over 60 years old, also came together Going out to greet Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang, who still had some virtues of respecting the old and loving the young, was very nervous. He hurriedly got off his horse and bowed his head, not even daring to say anything. Thank you for your kindness, Gao Mou was able to turn the danger into a bargain this time, thanks to your kindness!"
"Uncle Gao is very polite. How dare you say thank you for the effort?" Chen Yingliang pretended to be modest.
"Vice rate Chen, you don't have to be humble, the old man knows everything." Gao Shilian's tone was far more sincere than Li Xiuning's, and he patted the eldest grandson Wuji next to him, and said more sincerely: "Vice rate Chen, my nephew Being young and ignorant, being used by others will almost put you in a dangerous situation where you will never recover, and if you offend, I hope that Deputy Chen will lead Haihan."
Chen Yingliang smiled wryly, knowing that Pei Yun must have told Gao Shilian everything, but Changsun Wuji, who did not know the truth until now, was speechless and blurted out in surprise: "Uncle, what did I do wrong? How did I get used?"
Li Er's face on the other side suddenly turned ashen, and Gao Shilian ignored his nephew, but said to Chen Yingliang: "Deputy Chen, there is one more thing I must tell you. When Wuji visited me these few days, I I have asked him carefully about the details of the process, and I can confirm that he was used by others without knowing it because he was eager to save me, and please forgive him, don't be as knowledgeable as him."
Chen Yingliang smiled bitterly, cupped his hands and said: "Uncle Gao, what you said, if I blame Brother Wuji, I won't be here today."
Gao Shilian laughed loudly, and knew that Chen Yingliang meant it from his heart - because if Chen Yingliang blamed his elder Sun Wuji, he would not be able to get out of prison safely and return to his post, and today Chen Yingliang would not accept his family's invitation. Then Gao Shilian hurriedly invited Chen Yingliang in, Chen Yingliang thanked him, and entered the mansion side by side with Gao Shilian, Changsun Wuji continued to be at a loss, wanted to follow up, but suddenly saw his friend Li Er standing there blankly, His expression was distraught, as if he had lost his mind, Changsun Wuji couldn't help being even more confused, and hurriedly said: "Erlang, please come inside, my uncle and the others have already entered."
It wasn't until Changsun Wuji urged him for the second time that Li Er, who was in a daze, came back to his senses, and reluctantly said to Changsun Wuji: "Wuji, I have something to go first, so I won't go in. You go in and accompany Uncle Gao and Deputy Chen will lead the charge."
It was almost time for dinner, but his friend suddenly insisted on leaving. Changsun Wuji was naturally puzzled by this. When asked the reason, Li Er, who was crooked and afraid of the shadow, naturally did not dare to answer truthfully. Asked to leave, Changsun Wuji had no choice but to let Li Er go. As a result, when Changsun Wuji raised his leg to enter the door, Li Er suddenly shouted: "Wuji, wait a little longer."
"What else is there?" Changsun Wuji turned around and asked.
Li Er opened his mouth, hesitated to speak, hesitated for a while, and then said: "Wuji, our Li family couldn't do anything about this matter, I'm very sorry, but you have to believe me, I'm serious I treat you as my best friend, but there are some things that I cannot decide. No matter what happens in the future, I will continue to treat you as my best friend. "
After saying these nonsensical words, Li Er turned his head and left the gate of Gao's mansion, leaving the gate of Gao's mansion forever in a desolate figure. Seeing the lost back of his childhood friend, hearing Li Er's shameless words, and thinking of his uncle's words just now, a kind of ominous premonition flooded into Changsun Wuji's heart, which made him always be treated in this matter. The eldest grandson Wuji who was being used by people suddenly understood something, and secretly said: "No way? Erlang, you won't treat me like that?"
Contrary to Li Er who left sadly, the frank and selfless Chen Yingliang was overwhelmed by the great enthusiasm of Gao Shilian's family. After being invited in, Gao Shilian called all the juniors in front of Chen Yingliang to thank him. , and then the old Gao's family set up a grand banquet to entertain Chen Yingliang for his rescue. Chen Yingliang was always modest and refused to be rewarded for nothing, but Gao Shilian's family didn't listen at all, and kept toasting Chen Yingliang while saying thank you words , and quickly filled Chen Yingliang, who is currently not able to drink, until his face was red, his neck was thick, and his head was dizzy.
When the wine was in full swing, Gao Shilian suddenly made a show to his wife Xian Yushi. Xian Yushi understood, and immediately took out the wooden tray with a satin backing and handed it to Gao Shilian. Gao Shilian passed the wooden tray to Chen Yingliang, and said with a smile: "Chen Yingliang Vice-leader, I heard that this jade pendant used to belong to you, and now it has returned to its original owner, please accept it, deputy-leader."
Already drunk, Chen Yingliang looked down, and saw that on the wooden plate with the satin bottom, there was indeed a double tiger head pendant lying safely on it, and it was the same double tiger head that he had sold for travel expenses back then. Huangpei smiled bitterly, Chen Yingliang took the wooden plate with both hands, thanked Gao Shilian: "Master Gao, then junior will not be polite, and this junior also knows to pay back the money you paid for the pendant, are you I definitely won’t accept it, so I won’t pay it back, just say thank you.”
"That's right, there's no need to be so polite." Gao Shilian laughed loudly, and said, "Vice Chen, you are about the same age as my nephew Wuji, and the old man is presumptuous. How about we just call him uncle and nephew from now on?"
"My uncle, please be respected by my nephew."
Without further ado, Chen Yingliang immediately bowed down and called him his uncle. Gao Shilian was overjoyed, and hurriedly said that his nephew asked Chen Yingliang to help him, and his impression of Chen Yingliang became more and more favorable. Chen Yingliang brought them together, and the eldest grandson Wuji asked curiously: "Brother, my younger brother has always wanted to ask you a question. I don't know if you can answer it now. Why did you come to my house the day my uncle died?" Looking for this jade pendant?"
"Yes, nephew, why did you suddenly come to my house to visit this jade pendant?" Gao Shilian also asked curiously, and then said: "Doctor Pei told me everything, but he forgot to tell me. Why did you come to look for this jade pendant. Nephew, can I let the old man know the answer to the mystery now?"
Chen Yingliang smiled even more bitterly. With the strength of wine, Chen Yingliang simply said truthfully: "Actually, the answer to the mystery is very simple. This jade pendant is the engagement token of my marriage with the princess of Cheshire. You all know about me and the Chai family. , I don’t want to be wordy anymore, anyway, it was because Duke Cheshire’s daughter came to me that day and asked to get back the engagement token, so I followed the clues and found you all the way.”
As he said that, Chen Yingliang roughly talked about the fact that he had sold off his betrothal tokens as travel expenses for his military service. Gao Shilian and Changsun Wuji's uncle and nephew became more and more amazed when they heard it. They couldn't believe such a coincidence existed in the world. However, Gao Shilian's wife Xianyu thought about another problem and asked Chen Yingliang: "Eldest nephew, you and the girl from the Chai family have never thought about getting back together? Anyway, you Chen family and the Chai family are also We used to be family friends, if we get back together, it will be a happy marriage, right?"
For some reason, the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli, who had been silent all the time, suddenly became nervous, and hurriedly watched Chen Yingliang's reaction secretly. Fortunately, Chen Yingliang immediately said with a wry smile: "Auntie, there is absolutely no such possibility. As for the reason, it is not convenient for me to say it in front of Brother Wuji and Guanyin's maid. You can ask Uncle Gao when you have time, he knows the reason. "
Of course Gao Shilian knew the reason, and he also knew that the old Li family used their own affairs to hurt Chen Yingliang this time. Looking at Chen Yingliang again, a thought suddenly occurred to him, and he hurriedly asked: "Nephew, what do you think about your marriage?"
"Not yet." Chen Yingliang replied truthfully.
Gao Shilian smiled, and suddenly said: "Nephew, how about uncle arrange a marriage for you now?"
"Uncle, are you going to arrange a marriage for your nephew now?"
Chen Yingliang, who was already a little dizzy, was startled for a while, and then subconsciously turned his gaze to the only girl present, Changsun Wugou. As a result, the eldest grandson Xiaoluoli also happened to peek at Chen Yingliang, and her four eyes met. The eldest grandson Xiaoluoli's delicate face suddenly Turned into a piece of red cloth, she quickly lowered her head, her heart pounding wildly, Chen Yingliang was a little dumbfounded, and thought to herself: "It can't be her, right? She is the future empress of the ages?"
The unimaginable possibility became a reality, Gao Shilian really smiled and said: "If my nephew doesn't dislike me, I want to betroth my niece Wugou to you, what do you think?"
Hearing Gao Shilian's words, Chen Yingliang, who had never thought anything like this about her eldest grandson Xiao Luoli, was naturally even more dumbfounded. The eldest grandson Xiao Luoli was so ashamed that she wanted to find a crack in the ground, and Gao Shilian's mother, wife and younger sister were shocked together. Changsun Wuji exclaimed, "Uncle, didn't you...?"
"Wuji, don't talk about it. Uncle will tell you the truth in a while." Gao Shilian waved his hand to interrupt his nephew's screams, then turned to his sister and the biological mother of the eldest grandson, Gao Shi, and said solemnly: "Little sister, for Brother, this decision was made on a temporary basis, but I did it for Wugou's good. Nephew Yingliang is not only outstanding in talent and promising, but also kind-hearted, filial piety and righteousness. If he can get married with Wugou, he will definitely be able to take good care of Wugou Dirty life."
Of course Gao knows that Chen Yingliang is currently in the limelight in the officialdom, and also knows that Chen Yingliang and his daughter have similar backgrounds, and his daughter will definitely be loved and cared by Chen Yingliang when she marries. In addition, she has long discovered that Chen Yingliang is handsome and polite, he is the ideal son-in-law candidate in his mind , without much hesitation, quickly nodded and said: "Then I will ask my brother to make the decision."
Gao Shilian nodded in satisfaction, then turned to Chen Yingliang with a smile, and asked, "Nephew, it depends on what you want now."
The critical moment that determines the fate of life came suddenly, and Chen Yingliang was completely caught off guard. His little face, which was already flushed from drinking, couldn't help but flushed even more. He hesitated, "What should I do? Do you agree or not?"
While hesitating, Chen Yingliang naturally thought of Yang Yuer, the goddess in his heart, and then remembered the unreachable distance between himself and Yang Yuer, and Yang Yuer's indifferent expression in front of him today, Chen Yingliang couldn't help but dim his thoughts on her. Then, taking advantage of the strength of wine, Chen Yingliang simply left the table and bowed to Gao Shilian, saying in a clear voice, "Thank you uncle for fulfilling your wish, my nephew is willing to spend this life with Guanyin's maidservant!"
Gao Shilian laughed loudly, Gao Shi smiled satisfied, the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli got up so ashamed and ran into the back hall, Chen Yingliang said in his heart again: "Yu'er, it's not that I've moved on, it's that there is no love between you and me. Maybe, if you decide on my marriage earlier, you won't have to worry about me pestering you again in the future."