After listening to the kind persuasion of his neighbor Mr. Qiao Song, Chen Yingliang still chose to act generously, and went out of the courtyard to meet him according to the etiquette. He also took the opportunity to witness with his own eyes the huge ostentation of the rich and powerful traveling in this era.
Old Chai’s house had a grand occasion. Twelve well-dressed servants lined up in two columns and walked forward to open the way. All of them carried horizontal knives at their waists and walked neatly, with their heads held high and their chests held high. The tall white horse walked among the servants, surrounded by four servant girls in colorful clothes, and followed on foot, followed by a dozen tall servants who also followed in a line. Overwhelming.
Chen Yingliang knelt down a long time ago, Chen Yingliang didn't move at all, and even pulled Chen Laosan by force. Although Chen Yingliang didn't understand the ancient etiquette very well, he also knew that there was no need to kneel down to greet his peers in ancient times. Chen Yingliang is naturally unwilling to kneel down to his future brother-in-law.
The white-clothed nobleman reined in the horse's head in front of Chen's house, and took a fixed look at Chen Yingliang. Chen Yingliang also raised his head to look at him without fear, and found that this white-clothed nobleman was in his early twenties. His fair eyebrows are picturesque, with two sword-shaped eyebrows, and he is handsome and heroic. Judging from his posture, he is definitely the Mr. Chai in the mouth of the arrogant servant.
While Chen Yingliang was sizing up Mr. Chai, Mr. Chai was of course also looking at Chen Yingliang, and found that Chen Yingliang's appearance was better than he imagined, and he still had a cute little face. Even if he was dressed poorly, he was barely a handsome young man. , but Chen Yingliang's calm eyes made Mr. Chai extremely uncomfortable. In Chen Yingliang's eyes, there was no trace of the awe and flattery that ordinary people saw when they saw Mr. Chai. They were as calm as seeing ordinary people of equal status—— This point is naturally difficult for Mr. Chai, who is at an age of high spirits and extremely contemptuous of his future brother-in-law in his heart.
This was the first meeting between Chen Yingliang and Mr. Chai. As a result of this meeting, both parties found each other a bit displeased and failed to leave a good impression in each other's eyes—this is the legendary feud.
Mr. Chai dismounted silently in front of Chen Yingliang. After the servant pulled away the tall white horse, he bowed his hands to Chen Yingliang, forced a smile, and asked, "Are you Yingliang's virtuous brother? It's the first time we meet, juju Lu Chaijun is my father, and the Chai and Chen families were family friends, so you can call me Brother Sichang."
"Brother Sichang, younger brother Chen Yingliang, pay homage to elder brother." Chen Yingliang clasped his fists and bowed to Mr. Chai in imitation of the ancients, and then whispered in his heart, "Chai Sichang? I haven't heard of it, little character."
"You don't kneel and kowtow, how courageous you are." Mr. Chai felt increasingly uncomfortable with Chen Yingliang, and forced himself to suppress his displeasure, and said, "Brother Yingliang, Brother Yu is here to visit you today, and there are still things I would like to discuss with you. You discuss, this is not a place to talk, can we talk in your house?"
"Of course." Chen Yingliang smiled politely, stepped aside and made an inviting gesture, and said with a smile, "Brother Sichang, please."
Mr. Chai nodded, and walked into the dilapidated courtyard of Chen Yingliang's house with his head held high. He took a look at the surrounding environment, and then looked at the adobe houses of Chen Yingliang's house that were rickety. He frowned, and simply stood still in the small courtyard. He stepped back, turned to Chen Yingliang and said, "Brother Yingliang, brother Yu will go to the palace for business in a while, so let's talk about it here."
"Brother Sichang, please enlighten me." Chen Yingliang, who had guessed Mr. Chai's intention long ago, nodded.
"Brother Yu is not welcome." Mr. Chai slightly raised his jaw and said directly: "Brother Yingliang, Brother Yu came to visit today for two purposes. One is to visit you. I can't think of hanging myself, and I'm worried about your situation, so I came here to visit you today, and I also came to visit you on behalf of my father, to express my condolences."
"Thank you, brother, for your concern. Thank you, Uncle Chai, for your concern. My little brother is fine now." Chen Yingliang bowed his hand to return the gift, and then snorted coldly in his heart, "Worried about me? Are you worried about the reputation of your Chai family?"
"Since my virtuous brother has recovered, this is naturally the best." Mr. Chai said hypocritically, and then said: "The second thing is about Sanmei and you."
Speaking of this, Mr. Chai raised his hand and clapped it twice. Immediately, a servant came in from outside the courtyard holding a brocade box, knelt down on one knee in front of Mr. Chai, and lifted the brocade box above the top with both hands. Mr. Chai opened the brocade box smoothly. , revealed a box full of silver, and then smiled and said to Chen Yingliang: "Brother Yingliang, have you seen it? One hundred taels of silver."
"I see." Chen Yingliang nodded.
"It's good if you see it." Mr. Chai nodded in satisfaction, and said with a smile: "As long as my brother is willing, the silver is yours."
Chen Yingliang sneered, he understood Mr. Chai's meaning but he was too lazy to speak, so he just laughed and said nothing.
"You bastard, you won't cry until you see the coffin!" Mr. Chai was a little annoyed, and said, "Brother Yingliang, Brother Yu, I think you know the reason for coming here, one hundred taels of silver is enough for you to eat and drink for half your life and marry a wife In addition, I will give you another compensation."
"Brother, please tell me." Chen Yingliang smiled.
"My father-in-law is currently in Huaiyuan to supervise the transportation of grain and grass for the emperor's second conquest of Goguryeo." Mr. Chai said, "I can write you a letter of recommendation. You go to visit my father-in-law, and he will give you a position, although the position is not It will be very high, but it can also guarantee that you will have no worries about food and clothing in this life."
"But I have one more condition. You are never allowed to return to Daxing City." Mr. Chai added, "You must do this, otherwise, I will make you regret it forever."
"Do you want me to leave Daxing? Never come back?" Chen Yingliang was a little surprised, and asked suspiciously: "Why? Why can't my younger brother return to Daxing City?"
"For the reputation of our Chai family." Mr. Chai replied frankly: "Although I asked you to voluntarily divorce, your continued stay in Daxing City will still hinder the reputation of my Chai family, so you must leave Daxing. Don't come back either."
Chen Yingliang became angry, thinking that there is such a domineering family in this world? It's okay to hate the poor and love the rich and regret the marriage, but even force the divorcee to leave the city where they live and never come back? Isn't this fucking bullying too much, or doesn't treat me as a human being at all
"Master Chai, please be kind." Chen Laosan suddenly cried out, knelt down to Mr. Chai with a plop, and cried loudly: "You can't do this, my son and the third sister of the Chai family are married. It was ordered by the Grand Master and the Grand Master Chai himself, and they also exchanged tokens, you can't just keep your promises, and you can't force my son to death again!"
Weeping loudly, Chen Laosan kowtowed to Mr. Chai again and again, but Mr. Chai refused to even blink his eyelids.
Seeing Mr. Chai's indifferent expression, Chen Yingliang became even more angry. Although Chen Yingliang, who used public funds to buy a kidney machine as office supplies, did not have a good habit of respecting the old and caring for the young, as a modern person, Chen Yingliang still could not accept a white man. The old man Fa kowtowed to himself and begged, and he was able to turn a blind eye. In anger, Chen Yingliang gave up his plan to agree to divorce, and while going to help the crying old third child, he said with a sneer, "Brother Sichang, have you ever heard a word?"
"What?" Young Master Chai asked in confusion.
"It's a very simple sentence." Chen Yingliang suddenly raised his voice and said loudly, "Don't bully young people into poverty!"
Glancing at Mr. Chai with an arrogant expression, Chen Yingliang said with a sneer: "You are rich and powerful now, you can look down on me as a poor boy, you can think that I am not good enough for your sister, but do you dare to ask yourself, are these riches and honors worthy of you?" Didn’t you work hard on your own?! A crow can turn into a phoenix, and an ugly duckling will turn into a white swan one day! I’m still young, and I still have time and opportunities to make a difference! You divorced today, don’t regret it in the future!!”
Young Master Chai's expression turned extremely ugly, Chen Yingliang smiled again, and was about to speak up and propose to divorce, but someone beside him applauded loudly and said: "Good! A famous sentence through the ages! You don't bully the young and poor! This sentence should be recorded in the annals of history , to warn future generations!"
"What did you say?!" Mr. Chai, who was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, turned his head to look for the person who applauded. Chen Yingliang, Chen Laosan and the others also turned their heads to follow the sound, but unexpectedly found that the applause It turned out that the good neighbor who was wearing patched trousers and bringing charcoal to the Chen family in the snow, Mr. Qiao Song who had been standing in the corner of the courtyard.
Compared with Mr. Chai in brocade clothes and fine clothes, Mr. Qiao Song in coarse cloth and long gown is of course incomparable in terms of clothes, but he is slightly inferior to Mr. Chai in terms of momentum. Mr. Chai glared at Mr. Qiao Song with a livid face, his fierce eyes almost You can kill people, but Mr. Qiao Song is more fearless than Chen Yingliang. He smiled at Mr. Chai, cupped his hands and said, "Don't blame Mr. Chai. I'm taking the liberty. I can't help applauding when I hear Mr. Chen's witty words. If you disturb me, please forgive me." Forgive me."
"Who are you?" Mr. Chai asked with a very ugly face.
"Mr. Chen's neighbor." Mr. Qiao Song pointed in one direction, "The third one in the past, the one with a sycamore tree in the yard, is the shabby house below."
"Sure enough, you are also a poor man." Mr. Chai snorted coldly in his heart, and shouted with an even more ugly face: "Since you are not from the Chen family, why do you get in the way? Get out immediately, don't ask for trouble!"
"Mr. Chai, don't be so angry." Mr. Qiao Song showed no fear, and said with a smile: "Mr. Chen is indeed a young man in trouble, but what he said just now is not right. Don't bully the young and poor, Mr. Chai is always in trouble. Using power to suppress people and spread the word will not only be detrimental to the reputation of the young master, but also bad for the face of the Duke of Cheshire, right?"
Mr. Chai's face turned pale, he clenched his fists with both hands, and glared at Mr. Qiao Song. The servants brought by Mr. Chai did not hesitate, and immediately came up to surround Mr. Qiao Song. Hushi Dandan might attack at any time, Chen Yingliang was furious, and went up Standing side by side with his good neighbor Mr. Qiao Song in the previous step, he asked loudly, "Brother Sichang, what do you mean? Could it be that you still want to hit my younger brother's guest?"
"I want to beat you up!" Mr. Chai murmured in his heart, first waved his servant to retreat, and then said to Chen Yingliang expressionlessly: "I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with you, I just want to ask you now, are you going to retire or not?" ?”
"What if I insist on not agreeing to divorce?" Chen Yingliang asked with a sneer.
"Then you are dead!" Mr. Chai was furious.
"Mr. Chai, you can't rely on the strong to bully the weak. Don't you still want to kill people?" Mr. Qiao Song also couldn't understand Mr. Chai's attitude, so he interrupted with a sneer and said, "Mr. Mr. Chai, you can cover the sky with one hand, have a brilliant history, have a long history, and make your own judgment, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely know about this, and when that time comes, let’s see how you will explain to His Majesty the laws of the country and the public opinion of the world!"
"You...!" Mr. Chai glared at Mr. Qiao Song again, and Mr. Qiao Song looked back at Mr. Chai with a sneer without any fear.
Seeing Mr. Chai's insolent appearance, Chen Yingliang, who was full of anger, said simply: "Brother Sichang wants to divorce, okay, if I agree to divorce, I only have one condition, a very simple condition, as long as Brother Sichang agrees and does it." If it arrives, I will immediately annul the engagement! And leave Daxing immediately forever and never come back!"
As soon as Chen Yingliang said this, Mr. Chai, whose face was once ashen, slowed down, nodded and said: "What conditions do you want, let's talk about it. From the eighth-rank official position, one thousand taels of silver, is it enough?"
"I don't want brother Sichang's official position, nor brother Sichang's money." Chen Yingliang shook his head and said with a smile: "It's a very simple condition. I remember that the most luxurious restaurant in Daxing City is Tianxing Building, and the guests in the restaurant are almost all dignitaries. , I am a famous person in the world, my younger brother dares to invite brother Sichang to come forward and hold a banquet in Tianxing Building, entertaining dozens or even hundreds of dignitaries, the more nobles the better, but the number must not be less than a hundred."
"What do you want to do?" Mr. Chai's face changed slightly.
"Announce the divorce in public." Chen Yingliang smiled and said, "Brother Sichang, please make this matter public in public, explain your reasons for retiring, and ask the younger brother to leave Daxing, and then someone will report what happened to Brother Sichang today. It will be divided into nine episodes, and they will be told in turn every day. The audience should not be small, and then the younger brother will publicly agree to divorce and leave Daxing City forever. How about it? Brother Sichang, this younger brother has a very simple condition, right?"
"Fuck! You're looking for death!" Mr. Chai was furious, he jumped up, and kicked Chen Yingliang hard in the chest. Chen Yingliang, who knew some fighting skills, instinctively wanted to dodge, but unfortunately, his body was far inferior to it. Mr. Chai kicked the body of the captain of the criminal police on the chest, and immediately fell to the ground.
"Young master!" Chen Laosan shouted, and rushed over to protect Chen Yingliang with his old body.
"Chai Sichang!" Mr. Qiao Song was also furious, stopped Mr. Chai, pointed at Mr. Chai's nose and shouted: "Do you still have the national law of the Sui Dynasty in your eyes? Breaking the contract and breaking the marriage first, almost forcing people's lives, and beating him up People are behind you, lawlessness to the extreme! Don’t think that you can act recklessly because you are the son of Duke Cheshire, there is still national law in the Sui Dynasty! There is still justice in the world!”
"You man! I've been displeased with you for a long time!" Mr. Chai caught another punching bag, clenched his fist and yelled at Mr. Qiao Song, "What are you? How dare you be so presumptuous in front of my Chai family?!"
"Brother Sichang, our business is not over yet." Chen Yingliang was afraid that his good neighbor Mr. Qiao Song would suffer, so he hurriedly struggled to stand up, resisting the sharp pain in his chest, and asked loudly with a smile: "Brother Sichang, what did the younger brother propose? You already know the conditions, the choice is to accept the younger brother's conditions, or let the younger brother marry Miss Chai?"
Mr. Chai's face was green and black, and he almost wanted to pounce on Chen Yingliang and tear him up on the spot. Mr. Qiao Song stood in front of Mr. Chai with his chest up, preventing Mr. Chai from violently hurting others again.
"Brother Sichang, you have no choice, right?" Chen Yingliang sneered, and said loudly, "Your time is precious, and mine is even more precious. Don't talk nonsense, you can go! You don't need money and money." The official position bought me out of the engagement, and I will divorce your sister now! Marry another one, and I will never regret it!"
"What did you say?" Mr. Chai's white face turned into a black face, and he shouted at Chen Yingliang: "You have the guts to say it again!"
"I divorced your sister!" Chen Yingliang said loudly: "You Chai family despise me, and I still despise your Chai family girl, so I want to divorce your sister! The engagement between our two families is hereby voided! "
"Boy, dare to say this to me." Mr. Chai said with a ferocious expression on his face, "Don't regret it in your future!"
"Don't regret it in the future!" Chen Yingliang sneered, endured the sharp pain in his chest and said loudly: "Leave the words here, within three years, I will definitely make your Chai family regret today's choice!"
Mr. Chai gritted his teeth and glared at Chen Yingliang for a long time, then suddenly turned around and left, shouting: "Your surname is Chen, just wait and see!"
"I will accompany you to the end!" Chen Yingliang replied loudly.
Hearing Chen Yingliang's words, Mr. Chai stopped subconsciously and wanted to turn around, but felt that it would be degrading his identity and his family's reputation to continue arguing with Chen Yingliang, so he gritted his teeth and left with his head held high. The armed guard hurriedly followed, and everyone was angry at Chen Yingliang when they were discharged from the hospital. Chen Yingliang had no fear and treated him coldly.
"Brother Yingliang, Brother Yu really convinced you." It was only after the Chai family had disappeared that Mr. Qiao Song turned to Chen Yingliang, put up a thumbs up and smiled, "You can't be subdued if you are powerful, you can't be lewd if you are rich. There are only a handful of people in the world who can do this.”
"Brother Qiao has won the prize, and I'm ashamed to take it." Chen Yingliang forced a smile and said, "I didn't want to make things like this, but he was bullying too much."
Mr. Qiao Song nodded, and said with a smile: "However, Mr. Chai does not seem to be a broad-minded person. If you contradict him today, you will have to prevent him from retaliating later."
Chen Yingliang also nodded, and he could see that Mr. Chai was not the one to suffer. He would definitely not let it go if he had such a fight with him. He had to quickly find a way to deal with the possible revenge that would follow. After glancing at the handsome Mr. Qiao Song, Chen Yingliang suddenly remembered the important matter of him hugging Li Yuan's thigh, and hurriedly took the opportunity to ask Mr. Qiao Song: "Brother, you are older and more knowledgeable than my younger brother. May I ask you, brother?" Li Yuan?"
"Li Yuan?!" Mr. Qiao Song was taken aback, and just about to say that there are many people with this name, but for some reason, he suddenly remembered a person, and asked back: "Your brother asked, but it was Tang Guogong from the previous week. Li Yuan? Li Yuan, the official residence of Wei Shaoqing?"
Of course, Chen Yingliang didn't know what official position Li Shimin's father was now, but hearing the word 'Tang' was enough, so Chen Yingliang nodded quickly and said, "Yes, yes, it is him, Tang Guogong Li Yuan."
"My virtuous brother asked Tang Guogong what to do?" Mr. Qiao Song had a strange expression on his face.
"I want to know where he lives and where he is now." Chen Yingliang replied.
Mr. Qiao Song's expression became even weirder, and it took him a long time to answer: "Mr. Tang is currently in Huaiyuan, supervising the distribution of food and grass for His Majesty's second expedition to Goguryeo."
"In Huaiyuan, are you supervising the provision of food and grass for Emperor Sui Yang's second campaign?" Chen Yingliang, who had successfully found out Li Yuan's whereabouts, was overjoyed at first, then shocked, and said in surprise, "Why do I seem to have heard this once? "
"Mr. Chai also said that just now." Mr. Qiao Song said expressionlessly: "He said that his father-in-law was preparing food and grass for His Majesty's personal conquest of Goguryeo in Huaiyuan, and wanted to recommend you to seek a position under Duke Tang's command, but in the end, my good brother You flatly refused."
"What?" Chen Yingliang's shock was no small matter, pointing to the direction where Young Master Chai left and screaming, "That Chai Sichang just now is Tang Gong Li Yuan's son-in-law?"
"Sichang is the cousin of Mr. Chai." Mr. Qiao Song's answer completely shattered Chen Yingliang's last hope, "His name is Chai Shao, and he married Tang Guogong's third daughter last year. It can be regarded as a family friend, why don't you even know this?"
In an instant, Chen Yingliang even had the thought of rushing out to chase Mr. Chai.