The flames of war are everywhere, and there are many civil uprisings. While Chen Yingliang conquered Yanmen in the north and achieved happiness in Daxing, the civil uprisings that made the court of the Sui Dynasty scratch their heads have also continued. , killing officials, looting food and attacking cities and lands everywhere, not only the number is increasing, but also taking advantage of the opportunity of the main force of the Sui army going northward to serve the king and empty the Central Plains, they wantonly expanded their strength and strengthened the team, and the noise became more and more lively , making the already turbulent Sui world even more turbulent and difficult to deal with.
Even in Guanzhong, there was a large-scale civil uprising. During the fierce battle in Yanmen, Feng Yiren Sun Hua led the uprising in this county, which directly threatened the safety of Yongfeng warehouse, the largest granary in Guanzhong, and the throat of Tongguan. The Sui army failed to attack several times. If he succeeds, he can only watch Sun Huayi's army flee in Feng Yi's territory, and there is nothing he can do about it. Encouraged by the success of Sun Hua's uprising, several small groups of insurgents also appeared in several counties around the city, causing the local government to suffer and complaining. Civil uprising.
The situation in the Central Plains is even worse. Dou Jiande, Zhang Jincheng, Wang Bo, Sun Xuanya, Hao Xiaode and other big thieves are getting more and more happy. Needless to say, Lu Mingyue, Meng Haigong and Wei who were beaten to the end by Zhang Xutuo and Chen Yingliang before Qilin and other big thieves also revived, and at the same time Chen Yingliang was gone. In less than three months, the southern part of the Twelve Counties, where Chen Yinghao was not easy to stabilize, was smashed into pieces, and the situation in the Twelve Counties became even more difficult to deal with. It also became more and more fruitless.
Having been tortured twice by Chen Sangliang, Du Fuwei certainly did not miss such a great opportunity, especially when Wang Shichong and Chen Yingliang, the two main counter-insurgency forces, went north successively, Du Fuwei's comeback speed this time is even more jaw-dropping In less than three months, a team of no less than 30,000 people was recruited, mainly active in the Liyang area of Huainan, stirring up the affluent land of Huainan to be full of smoke and restlessness. There is also Li Zitong, who is only slightly inferior to Du Fuwei in talent, and he also took this opportunity to make a name for himself in Huainan. Wang Shichong, who was on his way back to Jiangdu, was already worried about it before he returned to his hometown.
But the most eye-catching one is still the Wagang Army. Relying on Chen Yingliang's secret help, Li Mi gained the trust of Zhai Rang and established the prestige within the Wagang Army. The speed of development and growth is even faster. Countless small groups of rebels were persuaded by Li Mi and took the initiative to change their flags to accept the command of the Wagang Army. In the territory of Jiyin and Liangjun, it is difficult for Liangjun to guard Yang Wang even if he protects himself. He can only ask Zhang Xutuo for help. Unfortunately, Zhang Xutuo is completely restrained by Shandong bandits, and he has no way to suppress Wagang. It was watching the Wagang Army gradually grow under their noses, and gradually became the leader of the Central Plains Uprising Army.
Fortunately, all of this has nothing to do with Chen Yingliang who is on leave for the time being. With the three-month holiday bestowed by Emperor Sui Yang himself, Chen Sangliang, who is devastated, can not only keep out of sight and out of mind, but also take the opportunity to end his marriage It's a big deal, to live a happy life with his wife and children on the hot kang. In the first ten days of the twelfth lunar month, he took his fiancée back to Dongdu. Chen Yingliang immediately started to arrange for his wedding with his eldest grandson, Xiaoluoli. Smelly, the road has a privileged life of freezing to death.
As the new celebrity in front of Emperor Sui Yang and the upstart in the court, Chen Yingliang's wedding certainly attracted the attention of civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty. Pei Ju, the most expensive civil official, and Yu Wenshu, the number one military official, both asked about Chen Yingliang face to face more than once. Sangliang’s wedding situation, let alone other civil and military officials, Chen Sangliang parked all the officials’ cars and horses in front of the new house in Lushunfang every day, and guests came like a cloud every day. When they got married, congratulatory gifts from civil and military officials had already piled up in Chen Sangliang's house. While Chen Sangliang did not refuse, he also took the opportunity to get closer to many local officials in Dongdu with the help of Fang Xuanling. Facilitate the next action plan.
On the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, an auspicious day, Chen Yingliang and his eldest grandson Xiao Luoli held a wedding ceremony at their home. De Yi and others were also present, and there were too many civil and military officials below the fifth rank to count. The congratulatory gifts were piled up in more than ten rooms. Emperor Yang of Sui also kept his promise once, and led Empress Xiao to congratulate in person. They also rewarded Chen Yingliang with quite a lot of wedding presents. Empress Xiao, who was not bad in character, also took off her jewelry and put it on her eldest grandson Xiao Luoli with her own hands. This gave Chen Yingliang enough face and made countless courts The officials were very envious and jealous.
The identities of Emperor Sui Yang and his wife were different. Of course, it was impossible to sit at Chen Yingliang's house and have a meal. In Chen Yingliang's house, they just turned around and left again. After Emperor Sui Yang left, the already lively wedding scene became It was even more lively. Numerous officials surrounded Chen Yingliang to congratulate him. Many senior officials even said on the spot that if my son could have such a scene, he would close his eyes even if he died. Chen Yingliang had to flatter these old seniors again. He even said that the children and grandchildren of these seniors would have a better life than himself in the future—even though Chen Sangliang himself didn't believe such nonsense.
The wedding celebration had already reached its climax, and it was time to toast to Wenxi Pei's elders that Chen Yingliang discovered that Pei Renji, who had appeared before, had disappeared. The third member of the Pei family in the court had a higher status than Pei Hongce, so Chen Yingliang had to ask casually, "Uncles and uncles, why is Uncle Renji not here? My nephew seemed to see him coming just now." ?”
"Come and go again." Pei Hongce smiled reluctantly, and said, "Your Uncle Renji is not feeling well, so he left after giving the congratulatory gift, and nephew Xingyan Xian also waited on him to leave, let me I have a message for you, I wish you and Miss Changsun a happy marriage for a hundred years, and raise your eyebrows together."
Chen Yingliang was a little silent, and he couldn't say much in this kind of situation. He could only thank Pei Hongce for his congratulations with a smile, and asked Pei Hongce to convey his thanks to Pei Renji. Just as Chen Yingliang was about to leave, Sangouzi, who was welcoming guests in front of the door, suddenly ran up to him and said to Chen Yingliang, "General, your friend Li Jiancheng, Mr. Li, is here. I know that you have a deep friendship with Mr. Jiancheng, so Come in and report."
"Brother Jiancheng is here too? When did he come back?" Chen Yingliang was overjoyed when he heard that, and immediately asked San Gouzi to take him to meet the kind-hearted Li Jiancheng in person. He never thought that San Gouzi added in a low voice, " Mr. Jiancheng didn't come alone, his second brother also came."
Hearing this, Chen Yingliang, who was robbing other people's wives, inevitably frowned slightly, and then came to greet him in front of his own door. When he got to the door, he saw that Li Jiancheng and Li Er brothers appeared in front of them holding congratulatory gifts. Even though the brothers of the Li family are now clothed in plain clothes and dressed very differently from those of the rich and powerful, and they have already formed a sworn feud with Chen Yingliang, the generous and kind Li Jiancheng and the young and mature Li Er are still talking and laughing as usual. When they met, they bowed to Chen Yingliang, and then Li Jiancheng smiled and said, "General, congratulations on your wedding today."
"Brother, brother, brother Jiancheng, when did you and I have the same identity?" Chen Yingliang smiled and corrected Li Jiancheng's address to himself, and asked impatiently: "Brother Jiancheng, don't you work in Taiyuan? How did you come back?" Already? When did you come back?"
"I came back two days ago. I knew you were busy, so I didn't bother you." Li Jiancheng explained with a smile, and then said: "Brother Yu resigned after helping Fan Liushou to stabilize the situation. He has already moved to a remote place in Chengji. As a son of man, Brother Yu had to serve and perform filial piety in front of his father, so he declined Fan Liushou's kindness, resigned and returned to Dongdu. He originally planned to bring his younger brothers back to Chengji directly. You are going to get married today, younger brother, so you deliberately waited for two more days in order to come and congratulate you face to face."
Chen Yingliang was a little emotional. Of course, Chen Yingliang could guess the real reason for Li Jiancheng's resignation, and Chen Yingliang also knew that his old Bole Fan Zigai also received Li Jiancheng's selfless and full assistance during the purge of the Taiyuan army. Even old stubborn Fan praised Li Jiancheng in his letters, saying that the fruit of a tree can be so sour and sweet? How could Li Yuan, who had done countless tricks behind his back, give birth to such a kind and generous son? Now seeing such a kind person forced to resign because of his family, Chen Yingliang couldn't even say a word of comfort, he could only cup his hands and say, "Brother Lao Jiancheng, thank you for your trouble."
"General, this is a small gift from our Li family. Please accept it with a smile." Li Er opened his mouth, held the small gift box in front of Chen Yingliang, and said respectfully with a smile: "Before my father left, he also knew that the general will be there." Regarding the recent marriage, I specially asked my younger brother to send a message to the general, wishing the general and the eldest grandson all the best and happiness."
"Thank you, Lao Erlang and Tang Guogong have taken care of it." Chen Yingliang accepted the gift with a smile, without mentioning that the old Li's family still had a lot of financial resources to spare, and never mentioned it to anyone. After passing the gift to the servant, Chen Yingliang hurriedly invited again: "Brother Jiancheng, Erlang, please come inside, today is my big day, you must not go home drunk."
"No." Li Jiancheng quickly declined, and said directly: "Brother Yu, your kindness is appreciated, but Brother Yu's current status is really..."
"Brother." Li Er interrupted Li Jiancheng's refusal, and said with a smile: "Brother, you and the general have been brothers and sisters since the day we met. Today, the general is newly married, how can you leave early? Let's go in." , you can toast the general later."
Glancing at his second brother who didn't know what he meant, Li Jiancheng hesitated for a while, but in the end he couldn't resist Chen Yingliang's sincere invitation and his second brother's persuasion, and followed Chen Yingliang into the lobby. And when the poorly dressed Li family brothers entered the lobby where high-ranking officials gathered, they naturally attracted many people's amazed eyes. During the loud explanations and mutual introductions, the officials were inevitably even more surprised. They couldn't understand why the Longxi clan who had just been ruined by Chen Yingliang just now came to congratulate Chen Yingliang, a deadly enemy
Facing everyone's surprised and doubtful gazes, Li Er quickly found the location of Uncle Xiao Guo, and he quickly touched Uncle Xiao Guo after he made a confession. "Erlang, why are you here? The enmity between your Li family and Chen Yingliang is well known throughout the court. You just suffered such a big loss, and you came to congratulate him. Isn't it scary to let everyone talk about your Li family?" This kid?"
"Show weakness when it's time to show weakness. It's okay for a man to be able to bend and stretch." Li Er said casually: "Before he left, my father also told us to come to Chen Yingliang's wedding. , you can speak slowly."
Xiao Yu snorted coldly, then turned to the hall full of senior officials, and whispered: "Erlang, have you seen it? What is success and defeat? This is called success and defeat! Remember today, remember this For a moment, also remember the humiliation and hatred that the master here has brought to your Li family, and in the future, you must strive to avenge today's revenge."
Li Er was silent, and did not blame Xiao Yu. At this time, Huangfu Wuyi, who volunteered to be the master of ceremonies, announced that the auspicious time would come. He invited the representatives of the elders of both parties to sit in the hall and accept the kneeling worship of Chen Yingliang and the eldest grandson Xiaoluoli. Li's elder is undoubtedly Gao Shilian, while Chen Yingliang can only ask Pei Hongce to be the representative because Li Jingyuan is in Mayi. The head of the patriarch's face is also a backer for his distant nephew. Fortunately, Pei Ju didn't refuse, and sat down in the main hall after a few words of refusal, accepting the kneeling of the newlyweds on behalf of Chen Yingliang's elders. As a result, countless flatterers naturally became more determined to please Chen Sangliang—just kidding, now, Pei Ju's official position is equivalent to the prime minister of a certain country.
The etiquette of marrying and worshiping heaven and earth has been finalized as early as the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Chen Yingliang will get married in the Sui Dynasty, so naturally he must abide by this etiquette. Amidst the sound of ritual music, the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli in red, with a red cloth on her head, led by the maid Step down into the lobby, stand with Chen Yingliang in red, and then follow Huangfu Wuyi's loud salute, first worship the heaven and earth, then the elders, then the husband and wife worship each other, and finally send them to the bridal chamber. And when the ceremony was over, congratulatory sounds like landslides and tsunami were unavoidable in the whole hall. Even Xiao Guoshu, Feng Deyi and others who hated Chen Yingliang so much hated Chen Yingliang so much, they also said a few words of congratulations with a fake smile. .
In the huge auditorium, only Li Er didn't say a word of congratulations, nor did he show a smile. Ever since his eldest grandson, Xiao Luoli, entered the hall, Li Er's eyes had never left her. Finally, I know what it is like to say "the lover is married, but the groom is not me". And when the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli walked into the bridal chamber led by Chen Yingliang, Li Er almost wanted to rush forward and pull his sweetheart back...
Fortunately, Li Er is a very man of the city, no matter how emotional he is, he always knows what to do and what not to do, so Li Er finally forced himself to calm down, but Li Er still couldn't help but clap his hands He clenched his fist tightly, his nails dug into his palm, and his skin broke and bled.
Chen Yingliang and his eldest grandson Xiao Luoli, who were all dressed in auspicious clothes, had disappeared for a long time, Li Er sat back beside Xiao Yu, first took Xiao Yu's wine glass very bluntly, poured himself a full glass of wine, After drinking it all, and putting the wine glass back on the table again, Li Er whispered to Xiao Yu again: "Uncle Cousin, brother and I will return to Chengji tomorrow."
"I know, you already said it the day before yesterday." Xiao Yu replied casually.
"Before I leave, my nephew has something to say." Li Er said in a low voice, "If possible, uncle, please pay attention to Dong Du staying in this position."
"What do you mean by that?" Xiao Yu was a little confused, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty is in Dongdu now, why do you want me to pay attention to Dongdu to stay in this position?"
"With His Majesty's personality, you won't be able to stay in Dongdu for long, and you will go on a parade again, and no one can stop you." Li Er said in a low voice: "At that time, today's groom officer will only have two choices. The second is to stay in Dongdu and accept the order to stay behind in Dongdu—Uncle, do you understand what my nephew means?"
A cold light flashed in Xiao Yu's eyes, he calculated again, and said in a low voice: "Nephew, you want me to fight for the position of staying in Dongdu? I'm afraid it will be very difficult. First, I don't have enough qualifications and prestige. , Second, because of your nephew, Your Majesty has been very dissatisfied with me recently, and even told my sister to let her take care of my affairs."
"Then push a person from the Guanlongmen faction to be the guard in the eastern capital." Li Er replied calmly, then pouted to Yuan Wendu in the distance, and said in a low voice: "Yuan Taifu is a very suitable person." The candidate, he is not only a member of our Guanlong Eight Families, but also deeply trusted by His Majesty, and his qualifications and prestige are sufficient for this position, if you can push him to this position, Uncle, it will be of great help."
Looking up at Yuan Wendu who was sitting under Pei Ju and Pei Yun, Xiao Yu and Uncle Xiao Guo showed a satisfied smile, nodded, and said in a low voice: "My nephew is really talented, a great plan! If you stay behind, today's groom is not far from death. Fortunately, that old man Fan Zigai has stayed in Taiyuan, and there is no competitor in Yuantai Mansion here in Dongdu."
Li Er smiled, filled another glass of wine for himself, and drank it down in one gulp. With the bitter wine in his mouth, Li Er felt even more bitter in his heart, and secretly said: "No matter how talented you are, what's the use? Say, can I still let Wugou return to my side?"
After drinking, he was even more worried. On that day, Li Er passed out drunk at Chen Yingliang's wedding ceremony. His personnel did not know, but he was finally carried out of the hall by the servants of Chen's family, and carried into Uncle Xiao's carriage. However, the master Chen Yingliang was not much better, he was also driven into a tizzy by Liu Changgong and Xie Zichong's bad friends, and the specially invited generals of the Nationalist Army showed no mercy, they all shouted the slogan of not letting Chen Sangliang enter the bridal chamber, stunned. He joined hands with Liu Changgong and others to get Chen Yingliang drunk and knocked him to the ground, and let Chen Yingliang lie on the ground shouting that I can still drink, and then carried the devastated Chen Sangliang into the bridal chamber.
In this way, it is natural that the poor eldest grandson, Xiao Luoli, has to face the indiscriminate teasing from Liu Changgong and Guo Feng, and also has to take care of her husband who is reeking of alcohol. Only then was Xiao Luoli able to sit and rest next to her husband, who had long been unknown, but just after she breathed a sigh of relief, a pair of claws poked out from behind, and suddenly hugged her eldest grandson, Xiao Luoli, and directly hugged her eldest grandson, Xiao Luoli. The breasts that had gradually formed made the eldest grandson Xiaoluoli's face turn pale with fright, and she screamed out in shock...
"Ah! You... why aren't you drunk?"
"What if I'm drunk? Who will enter the bridal chamber with my lovely little lady today? Come on, my lady, don't be too polite."
There was a loud bang, and the door of the bridal chamber was kicked open, Chen Yingliang and Changsun Xiao Luoli were shocked together, Liu Changgong, Guo Feng and other bad friends rushed in again, and laughed loudly together: "Sure enough, you are pretending to be drunk! Brother Yingliang, your drinking capacity can deceive others, and you can also deceive us? Go, go out and continue drinking!"
"Let go of me! Let me go! If you don't let go, if there is any war next time, I will send you to be death squads!"
That night, Chen Sangliang, who had done a lot of evil, was rewarded for his evil deeds, and finally he failed to consummate his marriage with his eldest grandson Xiao Luoli.