"I actually had an enmity with Chai Shao? This guy is one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion. He has been hugging Li Shimin's thigh to his death, and he is a close relative of the old Li family. I have an enmity with him, how dare he die again?" Are you going to join Lao Li's family?"
"By the way, Chai Shao's wife, Li Xiuning, is even more powerful. She is both civil and military. She is also a military genius. Niangziguan was changed because of her guarding the customs! Today I beat her husband and divorced her sister-in-law. What else can she do to me? Good impression? If I go to join Lao Li’s family again, do I still want to have a chance to make a name for myself? No matter how loyal and capable I am to Lao Li’s family, is it worth a word from this woman in front of her father?”
Lying on the small and narrow bed, Chen Yingliang sighed for a while, but regretted that it was too late, he had already yelled out the words to get rid of Chai Shao's sister, and he couldn't swallow it anymore. It was such a useless and embarrassing thing to go to Chai's house to make amends. However, Chen Yingliang would never be able to do it. When it was already difficult for him to go to Li Yuan, Chen Yingliang had such an idea, "Why should I hug Li Yuan's thigh? He can win the world because of the exhaustion of such great people as Wang Shichong, Li Mi and Dou Jiande." Empty the strength of the Sui Dynasty, and kill each other to deplete his own strength, which made him who was hiding in Taiyuan pick a big deal!"
"In this case, why didn't I think about changing to another thigh? Whether it is Wang Shichong, Li Mi or Dou Jiande, they may not have the strength and opportunity to win the world. Even Emperor Sui Yang may not be unable to keep his country. If I help, they may not be able to win against Li Yuan! If I have the chance and luck, I can even pull a team by myself, become the boss and compete with Li Yuan!"
"Li Yuan, you don't have to intervene in the matter between me and the Chai family. If you dare to intervene, I will make you regret finding a son-in-law like Chai Shao!"
Having figured this out, Chen Yingliang, who had been extremely depressed for a while, regained his spirits. At this moment, Chen Laosan came in and called Chen Yingliang to the main room for dinner. Chen Yingliang immediately jumped up from the bed and walked out the door with brisk strides.
The food was still very simple, and it was vegetable porridge, just a small plate of pickles, and a bowl of mutton soup to nourish Chen Yingliang's body. After being touched by Chen Yingliang's understanding, Chen Laosan suddenly remembered an important matter, stopped his chopsticks and said, "My lord, I was too busy worrying about you today. This old servant forgot about an important matter. Our family and the Chai family The engagement token has not been exchanged."
"An engagement token? What engagement token?" Chen Yingliang didn't notice this memory.
"Back then, our old man and Mrs. Chai gave you the certificate of engagement with the third sister of the Chai family." Chen Laosan explained: "I heard from my wife that the old man gave the Chai family a golden hairpin inlaid with emeralds. The old man asked a master craftsman to make it back then. Our family spent tens of pennies on the jadeite. The old man of the Chai family gave it to you. It was a jade pendant untied from him. I heard that it was still the old man of the Chai family. Heirloom."
"Where is the jade pendant? How much is it worth?" Chen Yingliang hurriedly asked.
"My lord, why do you ask me?" Chen Laosan replied with a wry smile: "When Madam passed away, I handed over the jade pendant to you, and asked you to keep it carefully. When I was eighteen, I took the jade pendant to Chai's house to propose marriage. If you hide it, how can the old slave know where you put it?"
"Really?" Chen Yingliang carefully searched the memory of the former owner of the body, and found that it seemed to be a very precious and exquisite jade pendant, but he couldn't remember where to hide it for a while, so he said: "There is this jade pendant, and there must be no jade pendant." Lost, it’s just that I can’t remember where I hid it for a while, but it’s okay, it’s here anyway, I slowly thought, and by the way, I’ll wait for news from the Chai family, if the Chai family wants to take back the ancestral things, Just take our family's gold hairpin in exchange, if they don't want it anymore, then we don't have to change it, even if we suffer a bit in terms of price, it's okay, I'm too lazy to argue with the Chai family."
Chen Laosan also knew that Chen Yingliang's memory was a bit confused after he hanged himself, so he just urged Chen Yingliang to find the jade pendant as soon as possible, so as not to be at a loss when the Chai family came again. A good price, in exchange for your own success in exchange for the first start-up capital.
"The courtyard gate was not locked, so my evil neighbor just broke in. Brother Yingliang, don't mind." Mr. Qiao Song's laughter came from outside the door, and Mr. Qiao Song, who had helped Chen Yingliang a lot during the day, strode forward. Come, hold a wine jar in your right hand, and a small wine bottle in your left hand.
Chen Yingliang and Chen Laosan hurriedly gave up their seats, and invited Mr. Qiao Song to have dinner together. Mr. Qiao Song was not polite, and sat directly opposite Chen Yingliang, first put the wine jar on the table, and then took out a lotus leaf bag from his arms to put On the table, he said with a smile: "I've already eaten the rice, have a few drinks with Brother Yingliang, bring your own food and wine, sauce meat and thin wine, just prepare a pair of chopsticks and a bowl for me."
Then, Mr. Qiao Song handed the small wine bottle to Chen Yingliang again, and said with a smile: "Sun Simiao, a good doctor in Qinling Mountains, used the traumatized wine. The kick that Chai Shao kicked on your chest during the day is not light. Apply it on the bruise so that it will not fall off. root cause."
Chai Shao's kick was indeed not light, leaving a large bruise on Chen Yingliang's chest, which still hurts badly, but Chen Yingliang was afraid that Chen Laosan was worried and didn't say it. Mr. Song would pay attention to such details, and with sincere gratitude, Chen Yingliang hurriedly got up and cupped his hands to thank him, "Brother Qiao Song, I won't talk too much, if I have the opportunity, I will definitely repay my brother for today's love."
"You're welcome, who told us that we are destined to be neighbors?" Mr. Qiao Song waved his hands generously, and in turn beckoned Chen Yingliang to sit down, "A little neighborly friendship, what do you want in return?"
While talking, Chen Laosan had already brought the bowls and chopsticks, Mr. Qiao Song unceremoniously poured the wine himself, poured another bowl of wine for Chen Yingliang, picked up the bowl and said: "Brother Yingliang, this bowl of wine is Brother Yu respects you, respects your unshakable iron bones, you cannot be subdued in power, you cannot be promiscuous in wealth, and you also respect your talents and eloquence. It is a great fortune in Brother Yu's life to meet a young hero like you, Brother Yingliang, a talented young man. .”
"Brother is too much of a prize, younger brother is ashamed." Chen Yingliang hastily raised the wine bowl, and said a sincere sentence on the wine table for the first time, "Brother, this bowl of wine should be respected by younger brother. Brother, you help the poor and help the poor, and give it to the younger brother." The family sent charcoal in the face of hardship, not afraid of violence, and still dared to fight with reason in the face of the powerful, no thanks for the great kindness, the little brother has nothing to repay, I borrow the wine you brought today, and I respect you."
"It's a little effort, why bother to thank you?" Mr. Qiao Song also said modestly, then touched Chen Yingliang's wine bowl, and said with a smile: "Let's stop talking about the routine, let's do it!"
Chen Yingliang nodded vigorously, and together with Mr. Qiao Song drank the bouillon in the bowl, then put down the bowl and looked at each other and laughed, both felt that the other was pleasing to the eye, hit it off at first sight.
After drinking three bowls of wine, the sky was getting dark, and Chen Laosan fumbled to light a lamp, but old Chen's family was so poor that he had to rely on others for food, so where could he find lamp oil to light the lamp? Mr. Qiao Song laughed loudly after hearing Chen Laosan's trembling explanation, and said, "Third Uncle, the moonlight is very bright today, what kind of lamp do you need? Just open the door and go do your work. I have a few words." I want to talk to brother Yingliang alone."
Chen Laosan wiped his tears and agreed, opened the door and went to the kitchen to do the housework. It was at this time that Mr. Qiao Song asked curiously: "My dear brother, there is something very strange, my dear brother, why did you suddenly Will you think of asking me about Duke Tang and Li Yuan's situation? Could it be that the elders of my virtuous brother have any friendship with Duke Tang? Do you want to invite Duke Tang to come forward and teach Chai Shao the barbaric act of forcibly retiring the engagement?"
"Of course not." Even though he had already given up his plan to join Li Yuan, Chen Yingliang couldn't help but smiled wryly, and then said truthfully: "I'll tell you the truth, brother, I want to join the army, to find a way to get promoted, to find someone who is famous Opportunity, I just didn't expect it, alas..."
"Join the army?" Mr. Qiao Song was quite surprised by Chen Yingliang's answer, and asked suspiciously: "Why would you want to join the army? Brother Yu also heard about my brother's family background. Why do you suddenly think of serving as a soldier and eating imperial rations?"
"Joining the army is bitter and dangerous, but it also has the most opportunities." Chen Yingliang replied calmly: "Heroes come out of troubled times, and now there are bandits everywhere in the world, showing signs of chaos. It is the time for heroes to use force, so my younger brother thought of joining the army for meritorious service. , find a place to live, and strive to re-establish the family business that has declined."
"The world is in chaos?" Mr. Qiao Song looked at Chen Yingliang, took another sip of wine, and then said: "My dear brother, are you exaggerating when you say that the world is in chaos? Yes, short In just two months, bad news spread in the Qilu area. More than a dozen rebels, including Meng Haigong, Meng Rang, Guo Fangyu, and Hao Xiaode, gathered together to rebel. In addition, Bai Yusuo, a slave who rebelled in Lingwu at the beginning of the year, has never been wiped out. The Qinghe Gaoshida and Dongjun Wagang bandits can be regarded as raging fires. To the world of the Sui Dynasty, these small ants and thieves are just a disease of scabies, which can be wiped out with a single hand. Why does my brother say that the world is in chaos? elephant?"
"Brother, the root of the great chaos in the world is not these thieves, but the emperor."
What the ignorant and meaningless Chen Yingliang said made Mr. Qiao Song almost jump up, but Mr. Qiao Song's nervous and frightened expression could not be seen clearly in the room without oil lamps, so Chen Yingliang continued: "The current emperor is indeed the hero. , Digging a canal to connect the north and the south, strengthening the connection between the north and the south, fighting against the Turks in Pingbian, protecting our Chinese people, and conquering Goguryeo, trying to subjugate the barbarians of Goryeo at any cost, and eliminate the hidden dangers in the northeast forever. These things are enough. A great cause that will forever be recorded in the annals of history and benefit the world."
"However, the emperor was too impatient. He only wanted to make his name last forever, but he forgot the burden of the people." Chen Yingliang said again: "The emperor had to finish the things that would have taken fifty years to finish in five years. Great feats need to be collected from the people, and the taxes for fifty years must be collected from the people within five years. How can the people afford this?"
"That's why I think that if the emperor continues to be so impatient and overjoyed, these traitors who look like ants will never be wiped out. They will just press the gourd and float up. Suppressing the world became more and more chaotic, and eventually the disease of scabies became a serious problem in the heart, and even became the gravedigger of our country's subjugation in the Sui Dynasty... "
The words Chen Yingliang said are of course the evaluation of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty by later generations. It is absolutely not surprising in later generations, but in Daxing City, the capital of the Sui Dynasty in the ninth year of Daye, there must be Chen Yingliang who had just returned from modern society. It's only been two days since I came to this era. As a result, Chen Yingliang dared to say it, and Mr. Qiao Song didn't dare to listen any more, so he quickly gestured to Chen Yingliang and said in a low voice: "My dear brother, that's enough, that's enough, don't say any more, such words can't be said casually." , Brother, once you are outside, you must not speak so bluntly again, or you may risk your life."
After being reminded by Mr. Qiao Song, and thinking of the ancient speech control, Chen Yingliang realized that his words were a bit risky, so he quickly shut up and said with an embarrassed smile: "Don't blame me, brother, I dare to say these words in front of you. Outside, my younger brother absolutely dare not talk nonsense."
"Brother dare to say it, brother Yu dare not listen." Mr. Qiao Song smiled wryly, and then urged: "Brother, if such a word came out of your mouth today and entered my ear, no third person will know it. It's nothing, but when you're outside, Brother Xian, please don't speak so bluntly, and be careful that misfortune comes out of your mouth."
Chen Yingliang also knew that Mr. Qiao Song was doing it for his own benefit, so he agreed without hesitation. Mr. Qiao Song relaxed a little bit, and thought about what Chen Yingliang said just now, but Mr. Qiao Song immediately realized that what Chen Yingliang said was indeed very meaningful. The truth is, the emperor is doing a few big things now, in fact, they all have very good intentions, but they are too happy and eager to accomplish things, which is why the current situation of frequent civil upheavals is caused.
Surprised that Chen Yingliang, a seventeen-year-old boy, could have such insight, Mr. Qiao Song couldn't help but feel the desire to continue exploring, and then said: "My dear brother, there is a topic that we can continue to talk about. You just said that the emperor's conquest of Goguryeo is a hero. The great achievements have eliminated the hidden dangers in the Northeast of China forever, but Goguryeo has already surrendered to our Great Sui Dynasty. The king of Goryeo even declared himself as a minister of Liaodong dung in the first emperor, and bowed his head to my Great Sui Dynasty. ?”
It's fine if Mr. Qiao Song doesn't improve Li Bangzi, but Chen Yingliang is full of anger when he mentions Gaoli Bangzi, because in the late Qing Dynasty, Nan Bangzi once lost his wallet and reported to the bureau, but he didn't provide enough clues to solve the case and even couldn't remember where. When and where he lost his wallet, Chen Yingliang's subordinates felt very embarrassed, and it was difficult to solve the case for a while. As a result, Nan Bangzi was not happy. The case was solved on the same day as the case was solved, and while finding Chen Yingliang's boss to make a fuss, Chen Yingliang, who was trying to get the position of deputy bureau, wasted all his previous efforts.
In anger, Chen Yingliang simply recited a famous sentence that has been circulated on the Internet through the ages, and said loudly: "The Koreans are barbarians and lowly people, and they are not treated with benevolence and righteousness. They should not be blamed with common courtesy. Wan Fu, you are not ashamed!"