The old bull cart driven by Chai Shao walked very slowly. Before he had time to enter the city, Chen Sangliang's team had already snatched him in front of him. Chai Shao recognized Chen Sangliang at a glance, and quickly lowered his head. Chen Sangliang But he never expected that the poor coachman beside him covered in snow was the rich man who brought a team of servants and beautiful maids to show off in front of him more than two years ago. Xia Chai Shao stood for a long time in the wind and snow, full of thoughts.
Of course, Chen Yingliang, who is eager to return home, can't know what Chai Shao is thinking at the moment. In order to go home as soon as possible and see his third uncle and eldest grandson Xiao Luoli, whom he hasn't seen for more than two years, Chen Sangliang even went to Mingde Gate, the main gate of Daxing City, to go home as soon as possible. I was too lazy to go, so I entered the city directly from the Chunming Gate in the east, and then divided into two groups in the city. Chen Yingliang led Yuchi Jingde and other personal soldiers to Yiyang Fang to meet the third uncle, and along the way, he settled down with his entourage—Gao Shilian's The family background is average, but it can't accommodate Chen Sangliang's three hundred entourage. The eldest grandson Wuji went all the way to Longzhengfang to report the good news to his uncle Gao Shilian, his mother and others, and also made them ready to welcome Chen Sangliang.
He didn't go back to his home in Yiyangfang for more than two years. When he returned to his front door, Chen Yingliang really felt very strange, and his own door was also very interesting. General? He also said that General Chen was only planning to come back in the next few days, but he hadn't returned home yet. If he wanted to see General Chen, he had to queue up to make an appointment, which made Chen Yingliang laugh out loud. The voice rushed forward, and then led Chen Yingliang into the gate. During this period, the two masters and servants who used to depend on each other naturally couldn't help but cry in each other's arms, saying goodbye to each other.
Hastily arranged most of the entourage, led Yuchi Jingde and a few capable entourages, of course Chen Sangliang went straight to Longzheng Square, and it was a coincidence that when passing Zhuque Street, Chen Yingliang happened to meet his former comrades in the fight against the rebellion Daxing ordered Han Shimo, and then Han Shimo hurriedly got off his horse and saluted Chen Yingliang, but Chen Yingliang didn't even get off his horse, and said directly: "Han Taizun, don't be so polite, I am coming back from leave for private affairs, so there is no need to be so polite I still have something to do, I will visit you tomorrow, and by the way, tell Grandpa Wei that I will kowtow to him tomorrow."
After finishing speaking, Chen Yingliang kicked his horse and left, Han Shimo asked Chen Yingliang why he was so anxious? Chen Yingliang yelled loudly on Zhuque Street, "See my daughter-in-law! Go see my daughter-in-law whom I haven't seen for more than two years! I'll have to delay my marriage again! Taizun Han, do you think I'm in a hurry?"
Laughter was everywhere on Suzaku Street where people were coming and going, Han Shimo also laughed loudly, and said with a smile: "Yes, I am in a hurry, go quickly, Wei stays there, and I will bring you a message." Then Han Shimo hurried into the imperial city to call Wei Xuan didn't mention it in the letter.
He rushed into Longzheng Fang non-stop, and then rushed all the way to the gate of Gao Shilian, where countless stories had happened. After receiving the news, the front gate of Gao Shilian's mansion had already been opened, and the whole family waited in front of the gate to welcome Chen Yingliang. Sang Liang was not as good as the doorman holding the horse, jumped off the horse, staggered and almost fell, then knelt down on one knee to Gao Shilian, Jishou said loudly: "Junior Chen Yingliang, pay a visit to Uncle Gao. Oh no, it should be Greetings, Uncle!"
"You're already an important minister of the court, why don't you pay attention to your image and identity?" Gao Shilian was angry and funny, and quickly helped Chen Yingliang, and then led Chen Yingliang to his mother and sister Gao, urging: "Hurry up, come here." Your grandmother meets your mother-in-law."
"Chen Yingliang has met his grandmother and his mother-in-law." Chen Yingliang hastily saluted again, and before he could get up, he looked around and asked quickly, "Where is Wugou? Why didn't you see her?"
Chen Sangliang's eagerness made Gao Mu and Gao Shi laugh out loud, and then Gao Mu asked Chen Yingliang to stand up as a grandmother, and explained: "Little girl heard that you came back to pick her up, so she was ashamed to hide." In the room, no one can yell out, let’s go in and talk later. Come on, stand up, let us see what you look like now."
Quickly stood in a chic posture for the appreciation of his wife's relatives, and looked at Chen Yingliang, who was obviously much stronger and taller. The idle nephew and son-in-law, in just over two years, have become one of the few powerful ministers in the Sui court, famous all over the world, so powerful that even foreign vassals tremble when they hear his name Three shakes, and being able to find such a son-in-law can hardly be said to be just luck, it should be said to be a blessing.
Proud of his extraordinary eyesight, Gao Shilian hastily introduced Chen Yingliang into his home, and a banquet was already set up in the lobby to welcome Chen Yingliang, and the eldest grandson Wuji, who hadn't eaten lunch, was already eating according to the case. After Gao Shilian complained, Changsun Wuji unceremoniously pushed the crime to Chen Yingliang, saying: "I am used to following my elder brother. During the war, whenever I have time, I have to eat quickly. No one knows what will happen in the next battle." If you have time, you have to eat quickly. Besides, we were in such a hurry that we didn’t even eat lunch.”
Shaking his head and lamenting that his nephew has been spoiled by his nephew and son-in-law, Gao Shilian hurriedly ordered someone to urge his eldest grandson, Xiao Luoli, to come out and meet Chen Yingliang, but Chen Yingliang couldn't wait to propose that he invite his fiancée, Gao Shilian's family agreed with a smile, and the maid took Following Chen Yingliang into the back hall, she led Chen Yingliang directly to the door of the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli's boudoir, and then the maid smiled coquettishly and walked away quickly without Chen Yingliang hinting or ordering.
Standing in front of the door of his future wife, Chen Yingliang first took a deep breath, trying to calm his pounding heart, and then reached out to push the door, but the door opened in response to the sound, and Chen Yingliang walked in, but saw a A girl with a graceful figure was sitting in front of the dressing table, staring in a daze at the bronze mirror. Chen Yingliang smiled slightly, and then said softly, "Wugou, I'm back."
Hearing Chen Yingliang's voice, the girl's body trembled, then slowly got up, and slowly turned her head, revealing a shy face with a closed moon and flowers, dignified and beautiful, looking at Chen Yingliang silently, and Chen Yingliang also silently watching Looking at her, the husband and wife faced each other without speaking for a long time. After a long time, Chen Yingliang said softly again: "Wugou, I'm back."
"Husband..., Brother Yingliang." The girl spoke, two clusters of red clouds covered her white and tender cheeks, and said softly, "Brother Yingliang, the journey has been hard, are you okay?"
Chen Yingliang didn't answer, but walked slowly in front of the girl, took off the sachet hanging around his neck, handed it to the girl, and said with a smile: "With the amulet you asked for me, how can I be good?"
After taking the worn and faded sachet, rubbing it lightly with small white and tender hands, the girl's face became even more shy, Chen Yingliang embraced the girl with his arms outstretched, lowered his head to her already hot cheek, and kissed her shamelessly. The girl breathed out her red and tender cherry lips, the red cloud on the girl's face quickly spread to the base of her neck, and her pair of tender pink arms couldn't help but hugged Chen Yingliang tightly for a long time.
Longing is like old wine, the longer it is, the more mellow and intoxicating it becomes. After more than two years of waiting, more than two years of fermentation and brewing, at this moment, Chen Yingliang and his eldest grandson Wugou are both intoxicated.
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Originally planned to visit Wei Xuan and others the next day, who would have thought that Wei Xuan, Pang Yu, Husi Wanshan, Wei Fusi and other officials from the Eastern Capital had already come to the Laotian before their buttocks were warmed up at Gao Shilian's house. Master Gao Jiaxing accused Chen Yingliang of disrespecting his elders by sternly condemning Chen Yingliang's shameful behavior of only caring about his wife and disrespecting his elders. After crossing the wall, they teamed up to severely punish Chen Yingliang with fine wine from the old Gao’s family. Chen Yingliang, who was not able to drink well, was so drunk that he became drunk on the spot, until the servants of the old Gao’s family carried Chen Yingliang out of the lobby to rest, smiling Wei Xuan and the others, who were full of faces, felt a little relieved just now.
I slept drunk all night at Gao Shilian's house, and when I woke up the next day, the sun was three in the morning. At the same time, Chen Yingliang was very pleasantly surprised to find that his fiancée, the eldest Sun Xiaoluoli, who was known as a virtuous and virtuous fiancée, had already been by his side The soup was already prepared, and while enjoying the hangover soup spoonful by spoonful from his lovely fiancee, Chen Yingliang realized that this was actually the moment of real happiness.
While washing and changing clothes, Chen Yingliang remembered to inquire about the weather of Wei Xuan and the others. Knowing that Wei Xuan and the others had left yesterday evening and should still be working in the imperial city, Chen Yingliang was not in a hurry to visit them again, but Said to the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli: "Wugou, I'm going to go to the Datongfang where I used to live, to meet a friend, will you come with me?"
"This...isn't it convenient?" Little Luoli, the eldest grandson, brushed Chen Yingliang's hair and said shyly, "I haven't officially married you yet, so how can I show my face together with you?"
"He is a very important friend. I take you with me to show my respect for him." Chen Yingliang explained, and told his fiancée about the matter between himself and Fang Xuanling, explaining that Fang Xuanling For her own help, the reasonable eldest grandson Xiaoluoli nodded shyly, and agreed to visit Fang Xuanling and his wife together with Chen Yingliang.
Let me also explain Fang Xuanling's situation by the way. After Chen Yingliang and Emperor Sui Yang left Daxing in the ninth year of Daye, Emperor Yang of Sui never returned to Daye City. , thinking it was meaningless, Fang Xuanling simply resigned from this eighth-rank official position again, returned home to concentrate on studying and recharging, and lived in Datongfang all the time. Due to these circumstances, Chen Yingliang couldn't wait to meet Fang Xuanling on the second day after returning to Daxing, and asked Fang Xuanling to fulfill the agreement with him, and also tried to abduct Du Ruhui by the way.
After explaining the situation to Gao Shilian's family, and putting on a carriage and his fiancée, Chen Sangliang rode the horse and went straight to Datongfang. Only then did I realize that the house of the old Fang’s family was still as simple and clean as usual, and Fang Xuanling, who was famously fearful of internal affairs, was still caring for his wife as always— squatting beside the snow-covered well to wash clothes. Seeing these familiar scenes, Chen Yingliang's nose felt a little sour, and it took him a long time to call out, "Brother Qiao Song, do you still remember me?"
Hands flushed from the cold were washing the diaper and turned his head. When he saw Chen Yingliang's familiar face, Fang Xuanling was stunned for half a minute. Chen Yingliang was not in a hurry to speak, but just looked at Fang Xuanling with a smile. After regaining consciousness, Fang Xuanling even forgot to throw down the diaper, and rushed directly in front of Chen Yingliang with the diaper in hand, hugged Chen Yingliang fiercely with open arms, and the dripping diaper immediately sprinkled Chen Yingliang's face, Chen Yingliang Of course, I don't mind such a trivial matter, but I just hugged Xuanling in turn and laughed together.
Hearing the laziness of her husband, the wife Lu rushed out of the room with a broom to oversee the work, but after seeing Chen Yingliang, Lu immediately threw away the broom and happily asked when Chen Yingliang would come back. While explaining, Chen Yingliang introduced his fiancée, the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli, to Fang Xuanling and his wife, and then Lu Shi couldn't wait to invite the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli into the room, and pulled the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli aside to greet her and praise her. By the way, he also instilled some feudal toxins into the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli that men should not be allowed to take concubines and marry concubines, indirectly harming the ruthless little Chen Shimei and Chen Yingliang, but at least it gave Fang Xuanling and Chen Yingliang time and space to talk alone.
The friends who hit it off once and sat down across the brazier, Fang Xuanling and Chen Yingliang were relatively speechless for a while, and after a long time, Fang Xuanling sighed and said: "Brother Yu, Brother Yu really admires you so much Well, you came back to Daxing for the first time two years ago, and you already surprised me enough. Who would have thought that you would come back to Daxing for the second time, but it would make me even more hungry and unbelievable. Really Responding to the poem my virtuous brother recited at the beginning, isn’t the golden scales a thing in the pool, it will turn into a dragon in a storm.”
"Brother Qiao Song, you already know about the little brother?" Chen Yinghao asked curiously.
"My virtuous brother has done such a great deed, how can anyone in the world not know?" Fang Xuanling smiled wryly, and said: "Brother Yu lives at home, and has been paying attention to the palace gate copy (dibao) when he has nothing to do. Baisheng has never been defeated. He was awarded the deputy envoy of the twelve counties to arrest him. He also knew that his younger brother led the army to be the king of Qin. He was appointed as the commander of the king of Qin. Was conferred by His Majesty as the Great General of Youwuwei, opened a government and built a government office, and holds great power. Compared with my virtuous brother now, brother Yu is really ashamed."
"Brother, you are being humble. If you didn't have the letter of recommendation from your brother, how can you have a younger brother now?" Chen Yingliang smiled, and said: "Brother, my younger brother came to visit you today. Come to fulfill the agreement. Brother, do you still remember? On the first night before I went to Liaodong to join the army, you brought wine to my house and saw me off. What kind of agreement did I make with you at that time?"
"Brother, do you still remember the agreement made during the banquet two years ago?" Fang Xuanling asked in surprise.
"I've never forgotten it." Chen Yingliang said solemnly: "The younger brother was young and ridiculous at the time, and he uttered wild words, saying that on the day when the younger brother opened the mansion and built the government, he must invite you to my shogunate to show your strength and ambition. I also made a high-five oath with my brother, now that my little brother has achieved this goal by chance, it's time for you to fulfill your promise, brother."
"My dear brother, you already have under your command a rain of civil servants and a cloud of fierce generals. Do you still need someone with little talent like Brother Yu?" Fang Xuanling asked with a wry smile.
"Brother, you are the real potential dragon in the abyss." Chen Yingliang held Fang Xuanling's hand, and said in a deep voice: "The elder brother is ten times better than the younger brother in learning, but it's just bad luck, and he always lacks the opportunity to fly to the sky. In the past, the younger brother The official position is humble, and the small shogunate can't tolerate your big Buddha, brother, so I haven't opened my mouth. Now, the younger brother is lucky enough to be appointed as a third-rank minister to unite the army, which just happens to give the elder brother a chance to show off your strengths. I take the liberty to ask you The elder brother kept his promise, went to the younger brother's account to make suggestions, and always pointed out the wrong way for the younger brother."
Fang Xuanling stared at Chen Yingliang solemnly, Chen Yingliang responded seriously, and after a while, Fang Xuanling nodded and said: "Well, since you don't think Brother Yu is shallow and knowledgeable, Brother Yu can't be dishonest, Brother Yu I am willing to do the work of a dog and a horse for my younger brother."
Although this is only a well-understood answer, Chen Yingliang was overjoyed when he heard that Fang Xuanling, the virtuous Prime Minister of the ages, was willing to be a cow and a horse for him. With the help of elder brother, it is like a tiger with two wings, swimming like a fish in water, and you will have no worries in this life."
"My dear brother, it's too much honor and too much respect." Fang Xuanling hastily bowed his head and bowed his hand to Chen Yingliang and said, "My dear brother, from now on, you are brother Yu's proprietor. I would like to do my best to serve my virtuous brother."
Chen Yingliang nodded and didn't speak, but just hugged Fang Xuanling's hands and shook them again and again, with a lot of thoughts, as if he had returned to that summer night more than two years ago, how he carefully signed a contract with Fang Xuanling, high-fived as an oath, That scene, that words, seemed to be just last night.
Finally, Fang Xuanling was received under the tent. After sighing, Chen Yingliang was about to ask about Du Ruhui's current situation, but suddenly a follower rushed to the door, and said to Chen Yingliang: "General, there is a The woman, who claimed to be surnamed Chai and named Qian, came to you and begged on her knees in front of Yiyangfang, crying and begging to see you immediately, saying that she had something urgent to present to you. Your housekeeper, Chen Sanbo, said that the woman you once Unmarried wife, let us report to you immediately, please decide."
"Chai Qian? What is she doing in front of my house?" Chen Yingliang was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously turned to look at his current fiancée, the eldest grandson Xiaoluoli, who just happened to turn her head to look at Chen Yingliang. Luo Li's face was flushed, she quickly turned her pretty face away, pretending she didn't hear it.
"Could it be that something happened to Lord Cheshire's family?" Fang Xuanling's heart trembled, and he hurriedly said to Chen Yingliang: "My dear brother, you should go back and have a look immediately, something may have happened. My dear brother, you probably don't know yet, Mr. Chai Shao's family , now it has been sold, so the industrial house has been sold, and I have moved into Changpingfang, which is poorer than Datongfang. I am just as destitute as you were two years ago. Miss Chai is also a proud person, if it is not a matter of great urgency It’s hard to do that, it’s never going to happen.”
Chen Yingliang nodded, and immediately got up and said to the eldest grandson, Xiao Luoli: "Wugou, something serious may have happened. Duke Chejun and my family used to be family friends, so I can't just ignore death."
"I'll go with you." The eldest grandson Xiao Luoli said gently, "I'll go with you to meet Sister Chai. We're both girls, so it's easier to talk."
At the same time as Chen Yingliang nodded, Lu Shi immediately grabbed the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli, and continued to pour poison into Xiao Luoli's ear, reminding Xiao Luoli to keep an eye on Chen Sangliang, and not to give him and Chai Qian a chance to recover from the ashes. Men don't have a good thing. Fang Xuanling over there also took the opportunity to be lazy, and said: "My dear brother, I will go with you. My lady, what happened to my dear brother, I was also involved in the conflict between my virtuous brother and the Chai family, so I can't leave it alone—so, the remaining diapers are Thank you for your hard work, lady."