Leading the eldest grandson Xiaoluoli, Fang Xuanling and others hurriedly back to the Yiyangfang house where he hadn't lived for a few days, Chen Yingliang was relieved that there was no crowd watching in front of his house, and it was obvious that Chai Qian had already He was ushered into the gate, and did not allow the situation to continue to escalate—Chen Sangliang didn't want to just return to Daxing City, and immediately make troubles all over the city because of some pornographic news.
Asking in front of his house, he learned that Chai Qian had indeed been invited into the lobby by Chen Laosan for a temporary stay. Chen Yingliang hurriedly helped his eldest grandson, Xiao Luoli, out of the carriage, took his current fiancée to meet his former fiancée, and entered Looking at the hall, there was indeed a girl in common clothes Jingchai talking to Chen Laosan. Hearing the footsteps of Chen Yingliang and others, the commoner girl turned her head immediately. It was the first official meeting after two years.
I haven't seen her for more than two years, and Chai Qian has obviously lost a lot of weight. Although her beauty has not diminished, the cheekbones on her face have become thin and protruding. The traces of tears made him look haggard and pitiful. Chen Yingliang, whose conscience had not been devoured by dogs, felt some pity. I can't say anything to my former fiancée.
When Chen Yingliang was staring at Chai Qian, Chai Qian was also staring at Chen Yingliang. I hadn't seen him for two years. Of course, the high-spirited former fiancé was much handsomer and taller, and his demeanor was far better than before. When her eldest grandson, Xiao Luoli, Chai Qian's eyes darkened again, her nose felt sour, and she almost shed tears on the spot.
In the end, it was Chen Laosan who broke the dull scene and saluted Chen Yingliang. Chen Laosan said anxiously to Chen Yingliang: "My lord, something serious happened. I don't know who offended Mr. Chai, but he was suddenly taken from his house." I don’t know where it was taken, Miss Chai looked everywhere, but I can’t find it, so I have to come here to beg you, please help her find Mr. Chai.”
"Brother Sichang was arrested?" Chen Yingliang came back to his senses, and hurriedly asked Chai Qian: "When did it happen? Who arrested it? Why?"
"This morning." Chai Qian finally shed tears, choked up and said: "Today, my brother went to Liren City to buy rice for the family. He just returned to the front door. He was dragged into a carriage and taken away. None of us were there at the time, and a few neighbors told us, so we don't know who or why he was arrested."
"Beat people unconscious and arrested in broad daylight? Are you still in Daxing City?" Chen Yingliang felt a little unbelievable, and hurriedly asked: "Did you report to the official? Didn't I hear that you live in Chang'anfang? There are officials and workshops there." Soldiers guarding the gate, brother Sichang was captured by them, and they don't care?"
Chai Qian burst into tears and said: "I have reported to the officials. My sister-in-law and I also went to ask the Fang Guan. The Fang Guan said that when my brother was taken away, he happened to be not there. I don't know what happened. The Fang soldiers guarding the gate also I happened to go to the toilet, and I didn't see that my brother was taken away by someone."
Neither the Fang officials nor the Fang soldiers saw who took Chai Shao away. Chen Yingliang just felt unbelievable, but Chai Qian knelt down to Chen Yingliang with a plop, and cried loudly: "General, I beg you!" You, save my brother, save my brother, I know that brother is sorry for you, but please see for the sake of the old family friendship of the Chen Chai family, save my brother, my brother is the only pillar left in my family, If anything happens to him, my father and mother can't survive. General, I beg you!"
Begging, Chai Qian kowtowed to Chen Yingliang, and Chen Yingliang also hurriedly stepped forward to help Chai Qian, saying: "Miss Chai, calm down, you don't know who I am? How can I stand by and watch something happen to your family? Get up quickly." , I have something to say, I will definitely find a way to save your brother, but this is so stupid, how can I save your brother?"
"General, you must have a way, you must have a way." Chai Qian couldn't help but cried and begged, "My sister-in-law said that with the current situation of our Chai family, even if you report to the official, the official post will definitely not spend money. Use your strength to search, only if you speak, the officials in Daxing will try their best to find you, General, I beg you."
Chen Yingliang had no choice but to say: "Okay, I'll go to see Han Shimo right away, and ask him to send an officer to look for your brother. Get up, and I'll take you to see Han County Magistrate."
Hearing Chen Yingliang's words, Chai Qian stood up sobbing. Just as Chen Yingliang was about to turn around, Fang Xuanling next to him said, "My dear brother, wait a minute, don't you find something strange? In broad daylight in the workshop Arresting people, how serious is the situation? The officials responsible for the security of Chang’an Square not only helped to investigate and search, but also found various reasons to evade, which seems to be suspected of intentional concealment.”
"I also have this suspicion." Chen Yingliang nodded, and then said suspiciously: "Those officials and soldiers, why would they rather take the responsibility and deliberately conceal it?"
"Two explanations." Fang Xuanling pointed out: "First, the square official was bought by someone, and second, the person who arrested Mr. Chai was very powerful, and the square official could not afford to offend him, so he would rather bear some responsibility than dare to Tell the truth."
"Let's go to Chang'anfang immediately." Without hesitation, Chen Yingliang went out again immediately, and rode horses with Fang Xuanling and others straight to Chang'anfang. Her eldest grandson, Luoli, was traveling in the same car—it's just that the situation is urgent now, and Chai Qian can't take care of so much for the time being.
I hurried to Chang'anfang, one of the most impoverished places in Daxing City, and found the official, who revealed his identity. The official was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt down. At the same time, Chen Yingliang hurriedly asked about Chai Shao's situation. He made the excuse that he didn’t see that he wanted to get away with it, but he immediately annoyed Chen Yingliang, and shouted, “Are you going to tell me? If you don’t, I’ll go see Han County Magistrate and Wei to stay behind, and ask them to come out and ask you. I’ll see you when the time comes.” What's the end!"
Forced by Chen Yingliang, the official had no choice but to reply hesitantly: "Forgive me, General. It's not that the villain doesn't want to report the truth. It's that the villain really doesn't have the guts. If the villain said it, he might die even worse." damn."
"While whispering in my ear, I won't tell others." Chen Yingliang shouted impatiently.
The Fang official had no choice but to whisper to Chen Yingliang's ear, and said in a low voice: "General, the person who captured Mr. Chai is a member of Yuwenzhu's country. They also asked the villain to shut up, so the villain dare not talk nonsense. Eight ways."
"Yu Wenshu's servant? Why did they arrest Chai Shao?"
Chen Yingliang was a little confused for a moment, why couldn't he remember that Chai Shao offended the Yuwen family again? When I asked Chai Qian, Chai Qian also had a confused face, not knowing when her brother, who was causing trouble everywhere, offended this evil spirit again. But the matter was at this point, Chen Yingliang had no other choice but to quickly find out the location of Yuwenshu's mansion, and then led Fang Xuanling, Chai Qian and others to run all the way to Shanhefang where Yuwen's mansion was located.
As the most favored minister in front of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, Yu Wenshu's Zhuguo Mansion is of course open to the street, and the vermilion lacquer gate is also very difficult to enter, not to mention ordinary people, even ordinary officials have to queue up and don't want to go in directly, but Fortunately, Chen Yingliang's current status is sufficient. When he arrived at the gate, the Yuwen mansion's family Ding, who was usually above the top, didn't even dare to ask for the respect of the gate. He rushed in to report to Yu Wenhua and his brothers, and then naturally , the Yuwen brothers who wanted to make friends with Chen Yingliang immediately went out of the gate.
Chen Yingliang was a little surprised. He blushed from drinking and went out to greet him, not only Yu Wenhua and Yu Wenzhi and his two brothers, but also Dugu Huai, Li Yangcheng and Yuan Qi, whom he met at the Baqiao yesterday. None of the children are missing, and they all smell of alcohol and their faces are flushed. After seeing him, Brother Yuwen and other dandies hurriedly saluted, Yu Wenhuaji also grabbed him and said happily: "Brother Yingliang, you came just in time, please come inside, Brother Yu, I have something good for you Look."
Saying that, Yu Wenhuaji pulled Chen Yingliang towards the door without any explanation, and all the dudes followed with smiles, Chen Yingliang struggled but had to ask Fang Xuanling, eldest grandson Xiaoluoli and others to follow, and then was directly pulled in by Yu Wenhuaji The large-scale Yuwen Mansion spans the courtyard in the east, and when he took a closer look into the courtyard, Chen Yingliang couldn't help being surprised again—there was a wooden stake in the courtyard, and a naked man was tied to the stake, and he had been beaten so badly that he couldn't bear the sight of bruises all over his body. , bowed his head and didn't know how to live or die. Then Yu Wenhuaji yelled again: "Pour some water to wake up, brother Yingliang please take a look."
As soon as the words fell, an evil slave in the mansion stepped forward, picked up a bucket of water and poured it on the man's head. After being poured with cold water in the icy and snowy place, the man immediately woke up with a groan, and when he raised his head with difficulty, Chen Yingliang was dumbfounded. , blurted out: "Brother Sichang! Why are you?"
"Brother!" Chai Qian's miserable cry sounded behind her. Immediately afterwards, Chai Qian did not know where the strength came from. In front of him, he hugged Chai Shao and cried bitterly, asking repeatedly: "Brother, what's wrong with you? What's wrong with you? Are you okay?"
"Brother Yingliang, how are you?" Yu Wenhuaji slapped Chen Yingliang on the shoulder again, and said with a big laugh, "Have you given enough energy? If not, you can do it yourself, or I can do it for you. Beat him out of his body first, then pull him out of the city and throw him into a random grave to feed the wild dogs!"
Chen Yingliang looked at Yu Wenhuaji stupidly, and looked at Yu Wenhuaji a little nervously, while Li Yangcheng next to him couldn't wait to say: "General, this is the idea that my younger brother came up with. It's not convenient for you to do it now because you have different identities, so we I'll do it for you."
Chen Yingliang looked at Li Yangcheng foolishly again, and after a while he smiled wryly and said: "Guys, I appreciate your kindness, but what you do is not to vent my anger, but to put me to death. Give me face, Release Chai Shao quickly and find a doctor to heal his injuries."
"Brother Yingliang, of course we will give you your face." Yu Wenhua said puzzledly, "But brother Yingliang, how do you say we are going to kill you?"
Chen Yingliang really couldn't communicate with this group of dandies who ate, drank, prostituted and gambled, so he could only quickly urge him to release him. Brother Yuwen and others didn't dare to refuse Chen Yingliang's request, so they could only quickly order his servants to release him. Qian helped, first took Chai Shao to the side and sat down, then took off her white cloak and wrapped it around Chai Shao. Chai Shao, who was already dying, just groaned in a low voice and did not speak. It was also at this time that Chai Qian screamed at Brother Yuwen and the others with red eyes, "Why did you beat my brother like this? What did he do wrong? Do you still have the law?"
"Bitch, what are you talking about?" Yu Wenhuaji immediately rolled up his sleeves.
"Brother Huaji." Chen Yingliang stopped her with a drawn out voice, and pointed to Chai Qian and explained: "She is Mr. Chai's younger sister, and also my fiancée who I used to marry with my fingertips. Don't be as knowledgeable as her."
Hearing Chen Yingliang's words, Yu Wenhuaji lowered his fist again, and looked carefully at Chai Qian, who looked haggard. Yu Wenhuaji said disdainfully: "General, no wonder Brother Yingliang doesn't like it. Brother Yingliang, you If you like women, just tell me, don’t dare to say too much, ten or eight beauties, just tell me.”
Chai Qian was even more furious, and when she asked Brother Yuwen again why Chai Shao was arrested and beaten, Chai Shao grabbed his sister with difficulty and said weakly: "Little sister, don't talk about it, it's my own fault, I asked for it." of."
"It's good to know that you asked for it." Li Yangcheng also yelled: "Chai Sichang, tell yourself, how many times have you done such a thing before? When General Chen was bullied by you before, didn't you also say that when you catch him? When you arrive at General Chen, you want to use a hammer to smash the bones of General Chen's body one by one? Today we just whipped you with a whip soaked in salt water, which is enough to give you face!"
Chai Shao was silent, and struggled to get up after a while, saying: "Little sister, let's go back..." But before he finished speaking, Chai Shao, who had just stood halfway, fainted again, and fainted directly on his sister's body. arms.
The next thing is simple, in view of Chai Shao's serious injury, Chen Yingliang could only hastily bid farewell to a group of flirtatious dudes, accepted their kindness, and then took Chai Shao away, then Chen Yingliang wanted to take Chai Shao directly Brought him back to his home, but after hearing Chai Qian crying that Chai Shen and others were still waiting at home, Chen Yingliang had no choice but to change his mind. Shao asked the doctor to go to Chang'anfang for treatment, and he was very busy.
Chai Shao's new home is really as dilapidated as Chen Yingliang's old house in Datongfang. We could only burn some firewood to keep warm, the room was full of medicinal and strange smells, and it was so dark that we could barely see the appearance of people, and when Chai Shao was carried into the room with bruises all over his body, the white-haired Chai Mu even cried faintly On the ground, Li Xiuning, who is also clothed in Jingchai, is also in tears, without the demeanor of a noble young woman back then.
After tossing and tossing for a long time, it was not until the doctor applied golden sore medicine to Chai Shao's wounds to wake up Chai's mother that Chen Yingliang made time to speak in front of Chai Shen. After sighing and sighing for a while, Chen Yingliang saluted Chai Shen again, and when he respectfully called Shishu, Chai Shen only uttered some vague voices, and he didn't know what to say. Li Xiuning beside him also wiped his tears and said: "After my father-in-law had a stroke, it has been like this all the time. We can't hear what he said clearly."
Chen Yingliang was silent, and then raised his eyes to look around Chai Shaoxin's house. Chen Yingliang felt even more bitter, and didn't know what to say, but the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli suddenly came up, took Chen Yingliang's sleeve and said, "Brother Yingliang, take Uncle Chai Take it to your house and live in it. Didn’t His Majesty give you a new house? Your house in Yiyangfang should be given to Uncle Chai and the others.”
Chen Yingliang nodded quickly, but Chai's mother and Li Xiuning were so moved that they burst into tears and shook their heads together. Chai's mother, who hadn't seen Chen Yingliang many times, choked up and said, "General, Miss Changsun, we appreciate your kindness, but we can't accept it." , I don’t have the face to ask for it, these are all caused by our Chai family, it is the retribution of our Chai family, what face do we have to accept your kindness?"
"Auntie, you must not say that." Chen Yingliang bowed his head and said, "I am also responsible for your Chai family today. If I don't do something for you, my conscience will not be at ease."
"General, you are already fine." Li Xiuning wiped her tears and said: "Our Chai family once treated you so badly, even tried to kill you, and you repeatedly repaid grievances with virtue. You have the heart of a living Bodhisattva. Our Chai family My family owes you too much, and I have no face to accept your kindness."
Chen Yingliang and eldest grandson Xiaoluoli tried to persuade her again, but Chai's mother and Li Xiuning kept shaking their heads, refusing to accept the kindness. Chen Yingliang had no choice but to look up Chai Qian again, but saw Chai Qian sitting alone in a corner of the room, looking down. Looking at the dirty ground in a daze, Chen Yingliang wanted to speak but couldn't find anything to say. The considerate grandson Xiao Luoli noticed her fiancé's embarrassment, so she took the initiative to walk forward, knelt down and said to Chai Qian: "Sister Qian'er , go and persuade your mother and sister-in-law, you all move to Yiyangfang, don’t live here, it’s bad for Uncle Chai’s health.”
Chai Qian didn't move, and after a while, she said in a low voice: "I won't go, I won't persuade you."
The eldest grandson, Xiaoluoli, kept her mouth shut, knowing that Chai Qian must be feeling extremely uncomfortable right now, and she couldn't listen to what she said, so she stood up again and said to Chen Yingliang, "Brother Yingliang, since my aunt and the others are not willing Let's not force them to move, can you give them some money to help them through this difficulty?"
Chen Yingliang nodded, and hurriedly asked his attendants to bring some gold, silver and copper coins, and handed them to Chai Mu and Li Xiuning, but the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law just shook their heads, refusing to stretch out their hands without the face, Chen Yingliang had no choice but to put the money on Chai Shen's bedside , and then said: "Uncle, aunt, sister-in-law, it's getting late, I have to go back, I will visit you again another day, if you have any difficulties, just ask me, I will try my best."
Still no one said a word, Chen Yingliang was even more helpless, so he bowed his hands and saluted, and led his eldest grandson Xiao Luoli out, but when he passed by Chai Qian, Chen Yingliang couldn't help but stop, hesitated, and then said: "Miss Chai ,Take care of yourself."
Chai Qian didn't answer, she hung her head in a daze for a while, but two tears unknowingly oozed out of her eyes and landed on the rough cloth.
In a very bad mood, he walked out of the room side by side with his eldest grandson, Xiao Luoli. Chen Yingliang was about to tell his followers who were waiting in the yard to leave, but suddenly the corners of his eyes moved, and his mouth opened wide. Suddenly, a white-haired old man and a beautiful girl in fluttering colorful clothes appeared. When he took a closer look at the girl's appearance, Chen Yingliang was delighted to find that she happened to be the goddess Yang Yu'er, whom he had been thinking about day and night. The old man beside him is also the old eunuch Xie Mudong whom he has seen many times. In ecstasy, Chen Yingliang opened his mouth and was about to shout, "Yu'er!"
Chen Yingliang couldn't yell with joy, but he forced himself to swallow the words, because not only were there too many outsiders present, but also his fiancée, the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli, was standing beside him. Similarly, seeing Chen Yingliang appearing in front of Chai's house by accident, Yang Yuer's eyes lit up and she opened her mouth to speak, but when she saw the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli next to Chen Yingliang, Yang Yuer's eyes suddenly dimmed. A skin-to-skin couple reunites after two years of separation, and they can't even say the minimum words of missing.
It wasn't until the eldest grandson, Xiaoluoli, gently pulled his sleeves to remind Chen Yingliang that he came back to his senses, stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Miss Yu'er, Uncle Xie, it's been a long time."
"Master Chen, it's been a long time." Yang Yu'er bowed to Chen Yingliang and explained: "Sister Qian'er asked someone to bring a message today, saying that something happened to her family, I finally found a chance to go out, come and have a look."
Chen Yingliang nodded, he didn't know what to say, but Xie Mudong laughed and said: "Young Master Chen, you are amazing, you have been promoted again, today is inconvenient, next time I have a chance, this old slave wants to ask you for money."
Chen Yingliang nodded with a smile, next to her elder grandson, Xiao Luoli, urged Chen Yingliang to make way, but Chen Yingliang had no choice but to step aside, Yang Yuer bowed down to thank her, and took a few steps forward, but Yang Yuer suddenly stopped, turned her back to Chen Yingliang and said in a low voice : "Mr. Chen, do you still remember the agreement made two years ago?"
"I remember, of course I remember." Contemporary Chen Shimei said in front of his fiancée: "Please don't worry, girl, I will not forget."
Yang Yu'er stopped talking, and went straight into the dilapidated door of Chai's house, but the elder grandson Xiao Luoli on the other side pulled Chen Yingliang's sleeve again, raised her head and asked, "Brother Yingliang, what was the agreement two years ago? "
"This..." The contemporary Chen Shimei hesitated, but she replied to her fiancée in her heart: "Two years ago, I made an agreement with her that in two years, I will marry her."
When he was worried about how to explain to his fiancée, the sound of Chai Qian's aggrieved crying and Yang Yu'er's comforting voice came from the room. Hearing the heart-piercing crying, Chen Yingliang, who was worrying, couldn't help but feel even more devastated. I thought to myself: "I want to be a good man, it's really tiring."