"Hey, buddy, have you heard? Chen Liushou, who is in charge of our Daxing East Capital now, had a strange thing when he was a child."
"What strange thing? Let's hear it."
"I heard that when Chen Liushou was born in Changxingfang, Daxing City, it was in one night. The house was full of red lights when he was born, and he could even see it from the Small Wild Goose Pagoda in Anrenfang next door. At that time, the neighbors thought his house was on fire, so they rushed to put out the fire with water. Later, an expert heard about it and went to show Chen Liushou a face, and then the expert immediately knelt down three times Knock, get up and leave, Chen Liushou's parents asked the master why he did this, the master said that the secret should not be revealed, and Chen Liushou's parents should also keep it a secret, absolutely not to spread it outside, otherwise it will lead to disaster!"
"Is there such a thing? Are you talking nonsense? Isn't Chen Liushou's home in Datongfang? Why did he go to Changxingfang?"
"Are you stupid? When Chen Liushou was born, his family was still alive. At that time, he lived in Changxingfang. Later, when his family was ruined, he moved to Datong, a poor place. You don't even know that?"
"I really don't know, I'm ignorant. Wait, isn't the red light all over the ground when Chen Liushou was born? Isn't this auspicious? Could it be that Chen Liushou... ?"
"Shh, keep your voice down, don't yell, you don't want to die? You just need to know, we two brothers have a good relationship, so I'm telling you quietly, don't spread rumors when you go out."
"Yes, yes. But brother, it would be great if this matter is true. You see, after Chen Liushou took charge of Daxing, he treated us so well. Those exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes were exempted countless times, and labor was exempted as much as possible. What kind of ostentation, with him in charge of Daxing, at least we don’t have to worry about being caught by the officials at any time to do hard work on the construction site, it’s much better than when the emperor was here before, if Chen Liushou…”
Similar rumors are widely spread in Daxing City, but Chen Sangliang can swear with his little conscience that such rumors are definitely not deliberately fabricated or spread by him, and in order to stop the spread of such dangerous speech, Chen Sangliang A special person was also arranged to dispel rumors and prohibit the spread of these rumors, but what made Chen Sangliang very annoyed and helpless was that similar rumors spread faster the more they were banned, and the more rumors were dispelled, the more evil they spread. There are rumors about a dragon appearing in the well of the house.
This is not over yet, on February 15th, someone actually stopped Chen Sangliang's driver Xian Xiangrui on Suzaku Avenue with colorful bird feathers from who knows where, and said that it was a feather that fell from the body of a phoenix. , The phoenix fell on the Longshouyuan and was seen by the treasure presenter, and the treasure presenter picked up the fallen feathers, and sent it to Chen Sangliang to ask for credit.
Chen Sangliang asked his soldiers to beat up the treasure presenter in the street. The reasons were firstly to curb the momentum, and secondly, the unlucky treasure presenter's flattery was slapped on the horse's leg. Alright, send it to Chen Sangliang as a punching bag, otherwise, Chen Sangliang would at least not beat him up—Chen Sangliang knew very well who was behind these things, and he was secretly grateful before it was too late, so naturally he would not Really hit hard with a ruthless hand.
There are many reasons why Chen Sangliang was in a bad mood. First of all, Yang Yuer's pregnancy problem was the same as what Chen Sangliang was worried about. Chen Sangliang himself was willing to take medicine to kill the child in Yang Yuer's stomach, but Yang Yuer refused She would rather take the risk of giving birth secretly in the harem than give up the seeds of evil that Chen Sangliang planted on her body, but the fire cannot be contained in the paper, even if Miyagi is now controlled by Chen Sangliang's confidant Chen Ergou, even if Jiang Cairen secretly protected his daughter and grandson, and sooner or later the news would leak out.
The second is the issue of stance. After accidentally saying a wrong sentence on the night of the Lantern Festival and sending out a wrong signal, Yuan Ji angrily went back to Dongdu the next day and did not tell the truth. The big clans in Guanlong, who were on the wrong side when Li Yuan's rebels entered Daxing before, used various channels to persuade and encourage Chen Sangliang to follow Li Yuan's abolition of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty and establish a new emperor. He also directly understood that he should tell Chen Sangliang that as long as Chen Sangliang does this, they will fully support him! And some rebels who committed serious crimes when they stood in the wrong team surrendered to civil and military forces, and directly persuaded Chen Sangliang to proclaim himself king and build an altar to change the Yuan Dynasty! Chen Sangliang couldn't beat him, he couldn't kill him, and he had no other choice but to put on a stern refusal, and he was extremely annoyed.
The third worry is the war situation in the Eastern Capital. Chen Sangliang has already received the news that Duan Da suffered another disastrous defeat. The more beautiful the line, the more beautiful the line has already killed Li Hongzhi's cousin Li Jing also tricked his nephew, making it increasingly difficult for Chen Sangliang to find excuses to continue refusing to return to the East Capital. At the same time, Chen Sangliang has to worry that Li Mi really won the East Capital Luoyang poses a greater threat to himself, so Chen Sangliang's position on the war in the Eastern Capital is becoming more and more awkward. If he does not return to his teacher, he will be in danger and he will not be able to explain to the court and the people of the world. There is hope, a little bit worse, Yang Yu came to Qianzhi Guanzhong, and threw the mess of the Eastern Capital to Chen Sangliang, then Chen Sangliang's hard work and patient waiting all these years were in vain.
Under such circumstances, Chen Sangliang's mood was of course as bad as it could be. He was looking forward to it day and night, that is, he was looking forward to the news from Jiangdu as soon as possible, that he could receive the news that Emperor Sui Yang was dead. Of course it would be best, or Emperor Sui Yang changed the title of Chen Sangliang to Daxing to stay behind. At the very least, Chen Sangliang can officially stay in Guanzhong and wait for better opportunities. However, Qian Xiangmin and others went to Jiangdu for more than two days. It's been a month, don't say that there is no news, Chen Sangliang doesn't even know whether they have successfully arrived in Dongdu or whether they died on the way. Under the dilemma, Chen Sangliang's anger naturally became stronger and fiercer.
Annoyances followed one after another. As soon as they returned to the imperial city after leaving the city to inspect the spring plowing situation, someone immediately reported that General Youwuwei Huangfu Wuyi, the envoy of the Eastern Capital, had arrived in Daxing and was waiting for Chen at the mansion of General Youwuwei. When Sangliang received him, Chen Sangliang, who already knew Huangfu Wuyi was coming yesterday, was inevitably a little annoyed, and shouted angrily: "Tell him to wait, I will call him after I change my clothes."
When Chen Sangliang first debuted, he had received a lot of help and support from Huangfu Wuyi. The ace's direct descendants of serving the national army were Fan Zigai and Huangfu Wuyi who fully supported and helped Chen Sangliang to establish. The relationship between Chen Sangliang and him was once very tense. Intimacy, but then Chen Sangliang suddenly broke out to be the general of Youwuwei, but became Huangfu Wuyi's boss. Both of them felt a little embarrassed, and kept a distance from each other deliberately, and the relationship was unknowingly alienated. a lot. Now Huangfu Wuyi has made it clear that he is here to force Yang Tong's life, urging Chen Sangliang to return to the East Capital, and perhaps has the purpose of continuing to spy on whether Chen Sangliang really has any objections. Chen Sangliang's arrival of Huangfu Wuyi is of course I can't be happy even if I want to be happy.
After returning to Daxing for the third time, Chen Sangliang's luck in Daxing seems to have improved somewhat. Just when Chen Sangliang was worried about how to refuse to return to his teacher with confidence, good news suddenly came from Beidi County in the northwest of Daxing—at least for Chen Sangliang. Sang Liang said it was good news. There was a bandit named Jia Bo who gathered about a thousand people and was running around in the Luochuan area. The garrison of Beidi County was cooperating with Li Jing to beat Bai Yupo violently. A small group of rebels asked Chen Sangliang to mobilize Jingzhao County's soldiers and horses to go north to suppress the rebellion, so as to prevent Jia Bo's rebel army from taking advantage of the momentum.
In this day and age, a bandit with a thousand men is not worthy of being called a bandit army. Sending a regular army of 500 men to suppress them is just killing chickens with a sledgehammer, which is basically irrelevant. But Chen Sangliang felt as if he had found a treasure for this, and immediately threw the pond newspaper of the prefect of Beidi County to the soldiers, whispered something in his ear, and then changed his clothes and went out to meet Huangfu Wuyi. To Chen Sangliang's surprise, Huangfu Wuyi also appeared with his honorary deputy Liu Changgong.
Huangfu Wuyi's health was still not very good, and he still coughed from time to time. After meeting, he saluted Chen Sangliang, and after sitting down, before Chen Sangliang and Huangfu Wuyi could speak, Chen Sangliang's soldiers First, he entered the room with the Beidi County Pond newspaper, and played loudly to Chen Sangliang: "Report to Chen to stay behind, Beidi County Pond News, Luochuan traitor Jia Bo, and the Beidi County officer army and Bai Yupo thief When the army is fighting, more than 20,000 people are gathered to attack Luochuan, Sanshui and other places. The bandits are huge and the military situation is urgent. The head of the house, Shi Ling, will report to you immediately, please make a decision."
"Why is the rebellion in Beidi County happening again?" Chen Sangliang wailed in pain, then waved his hand and said, "Send the pond report to my signing room, and I'll deal with it later."
Chen Sangliang sighed again, and said to Huangfu Wuyi: "General Huangfu, you really pressed the gourd to float the ladle. The news was sent from Lantian yesterday that the Shangluo rebellious thief Zhou Tao crossed Xiong'er Mountain has invaded the southern part of Daxing, and today Beidi County in the north of Daxing is in trouble again, and this pass is like a group of demons dancing wildly, and the atmosphere is smoky."
Chen Sangliang's trick still had some effect. Huangfu Wuyi, who was going to ask Chen Sangliang for help as soon as they met, could only change his original intention, and comforted him instead: "They are all jumping clowns. With Chen staying by your side, These clowns can't reach for a few days. Li Yuan's bandits are so powerful, they were quickly put out by Chen Liushou, what are these little bandits?"
"These thieves are not difficult to fight, but they escape too hard, and it is difficult to find a decisive battle." Chen Sangliang shook his head wearily, and said: "Especially Zhou Tao's bandit army. I sent troops to suppress it several times, but let him escape. Shangluo, our army can't cross the border at will without a will, the soldiers have worked hard for nothing, but they are still invincible."
After all, Chen Sangliang also coughed a few times, and then asked Huangfu Wuyi: "General Huangfu, how is the war situation in Dongdu? I heard that Li Mi's rebel army captured Jinyong City, and His Highness appointed my father-in-law, General Wang Shichong, as the Commander of the city defenders, did Li Mi's bandit army attack the city?"
"When the official left the Eastern Capital, Li Mi's bandit army hadn't launched an attack yet." Huangfu Wuyi replied, "However, our army's scouts have spied..."
"It's fine if you don't launch an attack." Chen Sangliang interrupted Huangfu Wuyi's words, and comforted him: "General Huangfu, don't worry, my father-in-law, General Wang, is also a talented general who is good at fighting. Just give him a little time to get familiar with him." The army and the reinforcement of the city defense, even if Li Mi's bandit army has millions of mobs, they can't do anything to the city of Dongdu."
Huangfu Wuyi's face changed slightly, and he suspected that Chen Sangliang's words were deliberately blocking his mouth. After a little calculation, Huangfu Wuyi cupped his hands and said: "Chen Liushou is right, Wang Yulin (left and right guards) It is true that he is good at fighting and he is a general, but right now Li Mi's banditry is too huge. On the Eastern Capital battlefield alone, the bandit army has more than 300,000 troops, and Wang Yulin can't resist it at all. I also ask Chen Liushou to think about his home country and the world, and return to the Eastern Capital as soon as possible to relieve the danger of the Eastern Capital."
After speaking, Huangfu Wuyi took out an official document, held it up with both hands and said: "Chen Liushou, this is a letter written by His Highness King Yue, please read it."
Very helpless and respectful, he accepted Yang Tong's letter. After opening it carefully, Chen Sangliang, who was already in a bad mood, inevitably became even more depressed. Difficulties and crises, and also mentioned Chen Sangliang and his righteous marriage to Jinlan in front of little Liu Liangdi, and asked Chen Sangliang to consider it for the sake of the country's major affairs, and also for the sake of the brotherhood of sworn brothers—in short, it can be summed up in one sentence, see For the sake of the party and the country, give brothers a hand.
After pondering for a long time calmly, Chen Sangliang said: "General Huangfu, please report to His Royal Highness the King of Yue. I have already known about the matter of the Eastern Capital. I will send reinforcements back to the Eastern Capital as soon as possible. They all sent a batch of grain and grass to help Luoyang, the eastern capital, alleviate the urgent need of grain shortage."
"Chen Liushou, you don't intend to lead the army back in person?" Huangfu Wuyi asked quickly.
"General Huangfu, in this situation, can I go away?" Chen Sangliang asked helplessly, and said even more helplessly: "It has been four months since Daxing was restored, but His Majesty has not yet issued an order on how to deal with the aftermath. It is still rampant, and the remnants of Li Yuan's bandit army are still in the south of Shanxi, without His Majesty's holy will, how dare I leave Daxing Pass lightly?"
Huangfu Wuyi was silent, and asked after a while: "Chen Liushou, how many reinforcements do you plan to send to rescue Dongdu? When will you send troops? Please tell me clearly so that I can report to His Highness the King of Yue as soon as possible."
"This..." Chen Sangliang hesitated a little. It wasn't that Chen Sangliang planned to perfunctory Yang Tong, but that Chen Sangliang really wanted to pull Yang Tong and Wang Shichong to give them the strength to continue fighting with Li Mi. With the help of the Eastern Capital City Defense, Li Mijun's strength was consumed to the maximum extent. So after hesitating for a while, Chen Sangliang replied: "I have to think about it carefully, and I have to discuss it carefully with the generals under my command, but don't worry, General Huangfu, I will give you an answer as soon as possible, and I won't keep you waiting for long."
When Chen Sangliang got to this point, Huangfu Wuyi didn't want to say much, and he talked about some things about the battlefield in the Eastern Capital. Huangfu Wuyi bid farewell, but Chen Sangliang didn't keep him because of his busy schedule. He just invited him tonight Going to the Anxingfang where he lived for a banquet, Huangfu Wuyi excused that he was not in good health and was tired from a long journey, politely thanked Chen Sangliang for his kindness, and then bid farewell and left the residence of General Youwuwei.
It was also after Huangfu Wuyi left that Liu Changgong, who had been a boring gourd before, opened his mouth, and said angrily: "This old-fashioned old man is the most annoying, he is so fucking wordy, I have said countless times that you can't go back now, He just doesn't believe it, and he will ask you several times in front of you."
"What? He asked you that I can't go back. Is it true?" Chen Sangliang asked vigilantly.
Liu Changgong nodded, and said sullenly: "When I came to the city, I heard that you went to inspect Chungeng, so I went straight to find me, and asked me several times why you didn't send troops to save Dongdu. I said before that you couldn’t get out of the family, and then you heard that the thieves were retreating, so you didn’t rush back, he just didn’t believe it. You even put on the airs of your boss and forced me to come to see you with you.”
"Besides this, what else did he ask you?" Chen Sangliang asked worriedly.
"Basically, I just asked about the military situation here in Guanzhong, and I didn't ask much else." Liu Changgong yawned and replied casually, "By the way, Wei Yijie, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, is also here, but he is here to greet the Crown Princess. In mourning, their cousin Wei Anshi died in battle at Luokoucang, and when Wei Yi Festival came, Daxing went directly to the East Palace to see his sister, the princess."
A wise man thinks a lot, and there is bound to be a mistake. Chen Sangliang, who is as cunning as a fox, didn't pay attention to this small matter. He was only thinking about another big matter, and secretly said: "It's not right, Huangfu Wuyi is not deaf. If he is spying for Yang Tong I was so quiet, how could I not hear the rumors that are spreading wildly in the Eastern Capital? Why didn't I ask Brother Liu about these rumors?"
At this time, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Yuan Tiangang and others all came to trouble Chen Sangliang with official documents. Liu Changgong felt a headache when he saw these official affairs, so he also bid farewell. Before leaving, Liu Changgong also said to Chen Sangliang: "Brother Yingliang, let's send some reinforcements to Luoyang as soon as possible. No matter what, that is the Eastern Capital of our Great Sui Dynasty. You are still staying in the Eastern Capital. If Li Mi's dog thieves occupy the Eastern Capital, you will be very angry." It is difficult to explain to His Majesty the Emperor."
"Don't worry, brother, I will." Chen Sangliang agreed with a smile, and said with a smile in his heart: "It's rare to hear you say a serious word."
Chen Sangliang also quickly paid a heavy price for his negligence. Wei Yijie, the late prince Yang Yong's wife and elder brother who was neglected by him, after seeing the widowed princess Wei Shi, who lived in the East Palace, besides telling his sister about the funeral In addition, he also asked some important questions to Concubine Wei. After getting the answers he needed, Wei Yijie left the imperial city before evening, and when he returned to the Daxing government to arrange a posthouse for him and Huangfu Wuyi, Huangfu Wuyi, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately came forward and asked in a low voice. Said: "How is it? What did the princess say?"
"Same as outside the palace, inside the palace have heard rumors that Chen Yingliang was born with visions." Wei Yijie replied in a low voice: "Princess Yang Yu's situation, the Crown Princess doesn't know, so she can only try to help her." Let's inquire. But my sister has heard about another matter, another matter related to Princess Yang Yu and Chen Liushou."
"What's the matter?" Huangfu Wuyi asked quickly.
"I heard that when Chai Shao and Dugu Huai'en offered the Xuanwu Gate to Chen Liushou, they first sent people to send Princess Yang Yu out of the palace city to meet Chen Liushou." Wei Yijie replied in a low voice.
"Why? Why did they do this?" Huangfu Wuyi was taken aback.
"My younger sister doesn't know the reason." Wei Yijie shook his head, and then said in a low voice: "I suspect that about Princess Yang Yu and Chen Liushou, it is very likely that Chai Shao and Dugu Huai'en knew some inside information, so they surrendered when they surrendered." Princess Rain is so important.”
Huangfu Wuyi's face was so gloomy that he seemed to be dripping water, and after a while he said slowly: "We must make up our minds, if we don't do anything, the matter may be irreversible."
After speaking slowly, Huangfu Wuyi slammed the table again, and said sharply: "Go, let's go see Liu Changgong together!"
By the way, both Yang Tong and Yuan Wen are quite accurate in judging people. Although our General Liu Changgong Liu is a big guy and his fighting skills are a bit ordinary, he is quite loyal to the Sui court. In history, he was defeated several times by Li Mi, but he never surrendered shamelessly to Li Mi like many of his colleagues. In the end, he died in battle, shrouded in horse leather.