On the second day after Yang Yu'er's incident, Chen Yingliang also prepared the dry food for the road, and Chen Yingliang decided to set off for Liaodong the next day.
Chen Laosan still stopped Chen Yingliang from taking risks on the Liaodong battlefield. Whatever Chen Yingliang said, Chen Laosan was crying to stop him, until Chen Yingliang said that the Chai family was going to settle accounts with him after autumn. Sancai agreed with Chen Yingliang to leave with tears, and also expressed his willingness to go to Liaodong with Chen Yingliang.
Chen Yingliang declined Chen Laosan's kindness. Chen Laosan was too old, and it was thousands of miles away to go to Liaodong. Going with Chen Yingliang would not only be of no help, but would also become a burden for Chen Yingliang, so Chen Yingliang just left Chen Laosan He paid ten pennies to live, and said that once he settled down, he would immediately find a way to take Chen Laosan to his side, and even if it was not good, he would also bring Chen Laosan living expenses. Stay in Daxing.
Out of caution, Chen Yingliang, who had already decided to take revenge on the Chai family, had to tell Chen Laosan that if someone from the Chai family came to inquire about his whereabouts, Chen Laosan should tell the Chai family that he had gone to central Sichuan to join his grandfather's old ministry to seek development. He also fabricated a place name, a person's name and a relationship and taught it to Chen Laosan. Chen Laosan remembered it with tears, and agreed to another request from Chen Yingliang. His small house was sold or rented out, and he lived to wait for Chen Yingliang to return.
When it was completely dark, Fang Xuanling came to Chen Yingliang's dilapidated small courtyard with wine again, saw Chen Yingliang off, and also brought Chen Yingliang a promised letter of recommendation, the careful Fang Xuanling deliberately did not seal the letter so that Chen Yingliang could read it As for the content of the letter, in the letter, Fang Xuanling, the future virtuous minister of the ages, gave Chen Yingliang many compliments, and urged his father, Fang Yanqian, who is now a popular Liaodong military supervisor, to give Chen Yingliang a lot of praise.
Chen Yingliang really doesn't know whether Fang Xuanling has been so respectful to other people in history, but Chen Yingliang still feels unspeakable gratitude for being able to receive such selfless help from the great celebrity Fang Xuanling when there is no benefit for the other party Biao could only pick up the wine that Fang Xuanling himself had brought, and said: "Brother Qiao Song, I don't want to thank you for your kindness. If I have a bright future, I will definitely repay this kindness a hundredfold! Borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, Please!"
"My dear brother, it's just a matter of raising your hands, why bother to thank you?" Fang Xuanling smiled modestly, then raised the tattered wine bowl provided by the old Chen's family, and said: "Come on, dear brother, I wish you this trip Liaodong is going smoothly, and it has a great future, do it!"
"Thank you, brother, it's done!" Chen Yingliang agreed with a smile, and together with Fang Xuanling drank the bouillon in one gulp, full of pride.
After three bowls with Fang Xuanling, they said something about taking care of each other, and asked Fang Xuanling to take care of Chen Laosan on his behalf. Chen Yingliang suddenly asked, "Brother, uncle is going to recommend you to be an official in Liaodong this time." , you can’t go because your sister-in-law is pregnant, so what is your brother going to do in the future? With your elder brother’s talents, wouldn’t it be a pity to live so idle for a long time?”
"Take one step at a time." Fang Xuanling is a person who goes with the situation, and replied with a smile: "Brother Wei also has some ambitions in his heart, but he doesn't have the opportunity to display his ambitions, and he doesn't have the courage to go out and venture out like a good brother. Looking for opportunities to stand out on the battlefield of gold and iron horses, so brother Wei is planning to make a decision before making a move, first wait and see the situation in the world in the Daxing capital, and make a decision when the opportunity arises."
"I remember that you were Li Er who took refuge here in Chang'an after Li Yuan raised his troops. You have a good eye for people and the ability to seize opportunities." Chen Yingliang murmured in his heart, secretly said: "Unfortunately, you will only sit at home and wait for opportunities. , I dare not go out to look for opportunities, so I will be Li Er's second-in-command."
After muttering, Chen Yingliang took the opportunity to talk to Fang Xuanling about something he had been planning for a long time, and said, "Brother, then I have something to ask you boldly, if one day my brother can become famous, open a mansion and build a government office, I don't know if my brother will be able to do so." Are you interested in flexing your muscles in the younger brother's shogunate and displaying your ambitions?"
Fang Xuanling almost didn't laugh out loud, thinking that my virtuous younger brother is really interesting, and now he is still relying on me to recommend him to become an official, and he has already begun to consider the issue of staff after the government is established, and he still wants me to join him To work in the shogunate, this far-sightedness is too far away, right? Secretly hilarious, Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "My dear brother, you are thinking too far, haven't you? Brother Yu recommended you the position of master secretary and secretary, and it is not only seventeen or eight years away from the opening of the government and the construction of the government office. class."
"People have no long-term considerations, but they must have near-term worries. A great talent like elder brother can be met but not sought." Chen Yingliang replied with a smile: "I just want to ask my elder brother for a word. If my younger brother is really enlightened in the future." On the day when the government built the Yamen and established the shogunate, the elder brother's official position is still under the younger brother's, so if you dare to ask the elder brother to agree, then you must work in the younger brother's official office."
"Well, brother Yu will accept you today." Fang Xuanling agreed with a smile, and said: "If there is a day for my virtuous brother to open a mansion and build an office, and then my virtuous brother will not dislike my brother's lack of knowledge, I will definitely come to my younger brother's account. effective."
"Hi-fiving is an oath." Chen Yingliang took an inch and simply raised his palm, Fang Xuanling smiled, stretched out his hand and slapped Chen Yingliang's palm hard.
"A very ambitious boy, I really don't know if it's right or wrong to recommend you as an official." Fang Xuanling muttered in his heart.
"This is the only way I can go." Chen Yingliang also sighed secretly in his heart, "With my current situation, if Fang Xuanling is asked to come with me and recognize me as the boss, maybe he will come over with a big slap. We can only bury an introduction first, and talk about it later.”
That night, Chen Yingliang and Fang Xuanling broke up happily. The next morning, which was also the morning of the fifth day of June in the ninth year of Daxing Daye, as soon as the gate of Daxing City opened, Chen Yingliang bid farewell to Chen Laosan, who had been with him for many years, and set off on the road. I didn't go out of the city through the nearest Anhua Gate, and led the horse around a long way alone. I left the city through the Yanping Gate of Daxing West City, and I did some things outside the city. I officially started my journey away from home.
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The mansion of Gong Chaishen of Julu County is located in Taipingfang, which is very close to the Western Capital Imperial City in Daxing City. On the morning of the fifth day of June, Chen Yingliang's once honorable father-in-law kept twitching in his right eyelid. He felt that something was wrong there, but he didn't know where it was. For this reason, Chai Shen used the maid as a punching bag, and slapped the maid who was holding the washing water unstable twice.
After noon, this feeling of uneasiness became even stronger, because after entering the palace as duty, when Chai Shen led a large group of servants home to enjoy Xinna's thirteenth concubine, many people suddenly complained to Chai Shen on the road. Pointing, whispering, most of them had expressions of wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh, Chai Shen was confused about this, almost thinking that he was wearing the wrong clothes, or that some stains were accidentally stained on his face.
What made Mr. Cheshire even more puzzled was still behind. Entering the Taipingfang neighborhood where the rich and powerful lived, Chai Shen bumped into Pei Xin, the deputy leader of the prince Zuo Nei, who was his political rival. Although Shen was not afraid, he didn't want to offend the Guanlong family behind him too much, Wenxi Pei's family, so he bowed his hands on the horse as usual and was about to pass by, but what Chai Shen didn't expect was that, Pei Xin, who usually relied on his family power to be arrogant, didn't know what medicine he had taken wrongly, but he took the initiative to stop Chai Shen's horse and chatted politely with Chai Shen.
The chat between Pei Xin and Chai Shen was all nonsense. The only business they talked about was something that had been agreed in the palace two days ago. Pei Xin's eyes were full of smiles, he even squinted his eyes when he didn't pay attention, his smile was weird and mysterious, as if he had just encountered some unspeakable happy event, and it was already in his stomach The laughter bloomed, but I couldn't laugh out my voice, I was uncomfortable, and I went away with pain and happiness.
They chatted with each other for a long time, until Chai Shen couldn't take it anymore and offered to leave. Pei Xin led his entourage to leave. However, after the two teams went away in opposite directions, Chai Shen seemed to hear Pei Xin Xin burst out laughing inexplicably, and Chai Shen couldn't help but turn around to look at the situation. Seeing Pei Xin's team fleeing like flying, Chai Shen couldn't help but cursed in his stomach, "I'm sick! I ate something wrong. Drugs?"
After being delayed by Pei Xin, when Chai Shen returned home, his son Chai Shao, who was also on duty in the palace today, had already found a step, and even came to the gate to meet Chai Shen, and personally helped Chai Shen off the horse. After entering the door, Chai Shao whispered directly to Chai Shen: "Father, something seems wrong. When the child came out of the palace, there were people pointing and laughing at the child on the way home all the time."
"What? You also encountered this situation?" Chai Shen was stunned, and then he was just taken aback, and asked in a low voice: "Is it because the matter between us and the Chen family has been publicized? Haven't I already made strict orders, Are the servants and servants in the mansion not allowed to mention this matter?"
"Probably not." Chai Shao replied: "Xiu Ning has already analyzed it just now. If a servant in our mansion accidentally slipped his mouth, this matter will only spread slowly, and it is impossible to tell the matter all at once. Publicity is well known to everyone, and it is impossible for it to spread so quickly."
"Could it be that the poor boy surnamed Chen spread the rumors?" Chai Shen asked vigilantly—this is what Duke Cheshire is most worried about.
"It shouldn't be possible, right?" Chai Shao was also a little uncertain, and replied: "If that poor boy wanted to publicize the matter, he would have publicized it long ago. Why did he have to wait so long? Besides, we and the Chen family have another Without a marriage letter in black and white, but with a jade pendant, how many people would believe that poor boy even if he made the news public?"
"That's true." Chai Shen thought about it carefully and found that it was true. With Chen Yingliang's current family situation and personal status, it is indeed not an easy task to quickly spread the news of the divorce and make people believe it. If he did, it would be impossible to hide the truth from the Chai family's eyes and ears in the capital during the dissemination of the news, so Chai Shen quickly vetoed this idea.
After a little calculation, Chai Shen ordered: "Send someone out to inquire and see if there are any rumors that are not good for our Chai family in the market. Also, after a while, find a way to get rid of that poor boy, so as to eliminate future troubles forever." , but remember, keep it a secret."
"Understood." Chai Shao nodded, and said with a ferocious expression: "Father, don't worry, the boy will take action this time to deal with that poor and hard-working bastard, and never give him a bright future!"
"Brother-in-law! Brother-in-law!"
While talking, a fast horse suddenly rushed over from the end of the street, yelled at the Chai family father and son from a distance, and ran directly to the side of the Chai family father and son before reining in the horse. Shao turned his head to look, but unexpectedly discovered that the knight on the horse turned out to be Chai Shao's brother-in-law, Tang Guogong Li Yuan's second son, and Li Erlang, who was only fifteen years old just now—named Li Shimin.
"Erlang, why are you so anxious?" Chai Shao asked in surprise.
Li Shimin didn't answer, but quickly dismounted with his whip, rushed to Chai Shao, and asked in a low voice: "Brother-in-law, does sister Qian'er have a marriage with her fingertips?"
"What?" Chai Shao was shocked at first, then quickly came to his senses, shook his head and said, "Then there is such a thing? Erlang, don't listen to the nonsense of outsiders, your sister Qian'er is still in her boudoir, so what's the point of marriage?" marriage?"
"No?" Li Shimin was also taken aback, and asked in confusion, "Then why did someone post a solemn statement with unique words on the bulletin board outside Yanping Gate, announcing the dissolution of the engagement with Sister Qian'er? It must have a nose and eyes, as if it was real, and it caused a sensation in half of Daxing City."
"What?!" Chai Shao and Chai Shen screamed like they were killing pigs at the same time, "That poor boy, put up a notice to tell the whole city?"
"Yes!" Li Shimin nodded, and said quickly: "I heard from the servants in my family that there was a sensation at Yanpingmen, and the people who watched the excitement were so crowded that my family was exhausted. Go in and see from afar.”
"Let's go! Go to Yanping Gate right away!" Chai Shen, Duke of Chaijun, rushed to the horse he had just returned without hesitation. He slipped on the stirrup while getting on the horse and almost fell. His family came up to help, but was kicked by Chai Shen. open. Over there, Chai Shao also got on his horse with a livid face, and rode with Li Shimin and Chai Shen to Yanpingmen, where the most concentrated business in Daxing was.
Almost like flying, they rushed to the gate of Daxing Yanping, where the commerce is developed and the flow of people is huge. The area around the bulletin board is already crowded with people, men, women and children, and quite a few of them are rich and powerful servants dressed in servant uniforms. , Some people even read the content of the notice aloud to let the illiterate people know the situation.
Seeing this scene, the face-conscious Chai Shen and his son turned pale. They quickly got off their horses and rushed to the notice board to check the situation. In their anxiety, Chai Shen and his son simply used the horsewhip to open the way. As a result, the people who were whipped by the horsewhip were not happy, and asked one after another: "Who are you? Why are you beating us?"
"Bold, why don't you give way quickly?!" Suddenly, the powerful family members in the crowd yelled, and shouted: "This is the Duke of Chejun, and the eldest son of Chai Shao. If you dare to block their way, you want to seek death?"
"So it's Lord Chejun?" The people who were beaten turned into joy, and quickly stepped back to make way with a smile on their faces. Give way to a road leading directly to the notice board.
"Oops, why are you from Yuwen's family?" Chai Shen and Chai Shao both recognized that the servant who shouted was the servant of Yuwenshu, an important minister of the Sui Dynasty, and they were even more distressed, knowing that this matter must have been reported to Yuwenshu home. But now, the Chai family father and son didn't care so much, they just rushed to the bulletin board to check the situation, it turned out that it was okay if they didn't look at it, but after looking at it, the Chai family father and son's lungs almost exploded.
There is a large brand new notice on the notice board, neat regular script, with punctuation marks that have never been seen in this era, and the text format is completely different from ordinary notices in this era. The title is something that the Chai family and his son have never seen in their life "Solemnly declare" four characters, the content is:
"I, Chen Yingliang, the grandson of Chen Wandi, Duke of Xuchang County in the former Dynasty, was born in Daxing during the Sui Dynasty, and lives in Qingshi Street, Datongfang, South City, Daxing. Chai Qian, the daughter of the Duke, broke the engagement, not because the Duke of Cheshire dislikes the poor and loves the rich, and is willing to admit the marriage contract between the old Mrs. Chai and his grandfather, and refuses to marry his beloved daughter Chai Qian. Voluntarily dissolve the engagement, divorce Duke Cheshire's daughter, let her marry another, and never regret it!
Second, Chai Shao, the son of Lord Cheshire, retired from the marriage, forced me to hang myself, attempted suicide first, and beat me later. This is really a love of sisters, not relying on the strong to bully the weak, oppressing the poor, I understand this very well, so I will never Don't care about this matter, please rest assured Mr. Chai Shao.
Third, for the sake of face, Cheshire father and son planned to kill me after the limelight, but it was just a folk rumor. I believe that Cheshire father and son were never so cruel and ruthless.
I am willing to take legal responsibility for the authenticity of the above information. For details, please consult my neighbors and neighbors. There will be a satisfactory answer. Artists are welcome to include my stories in books and adapt them into operas, storytelling, dramas, operas or dances. I will never charge any copyright fees, nor will I pursue copyright responsibilities. I hereby declare that the declarant is Chen Yingliang, the former and future son-in-law of Duke Chaijun of Julu. "
"Bastard! Idiot! I want your dog's life!"
Roaring, Chai Shen's lips and whole body trembled with red eyes, and he stretched out his hand to pull the notice, but Chen Yingliang purposely pasted the paper notice so tightly with glue that it stuck to the notice board after more than half a day. How can Chai Shen pull it off? After trying several times to no avail, Chai Shen simply drew his knife in his hand and slashed at the bulletin board. Chai Shao, who also had blood-red eyes, also slashed at it without hesitation, but the surrounding Daxing army and civilians laughed loudly .
"This Chen Yingliang is really heartless in doing things! Even if Mr. Chejun is wrong, you don't need to make things like this, right?" Chen Yingliang's first impression on Li Shimin was like this.
"Brother Yingliang, you are really ruthless." Fang Xuanling in the crowd smiled wryly, and recalled: "However, it is quite ingenious that you added those dots and circles in the text, and it is very convenient to read."
"Smash this bulletin board into pieces for me, burn it to ashes, and let nothing remain!" This was Chai Shen's growl before fainting, "Catch that bastard again, and the old man will chop him up with his own hands!"
By the way, although the family members of the Chai family burned this bulletin board until there was no ashes left, what made the Chai family's father and son so angry that their hands and feet were cold. Chen Yingliang, who posted a copy, solemnly declares! As for who ordered the copying of the original text, and ordered it to be posted on the notice board of the seven gates of Daxing Outer City, the Chai family and his son could not find it. At the same time, Pei Xin, the deputy leader of the crown prince Zuo Nei, can swear to God that although he really wants to remove the damned word "deputy", he is unwilling to use such a low-handed method.
It doesn't matter who made the trouble, the important thing is that Duke Chejun and his son's already great reputation has become a complete sensation, to the point where Duke Chejun and Prince Chai Shao had to take leave for several days in a row—don't dare Enter the imperial city to see the strange eyes of colleagues. At the same time, after Chen Yingliang went to central Sichuan from Chen Laosan's mouth, Duke Chaijun sent a large number of family members and private soldiers, led by Chai Shao himself, to chase and kill along all the roads entering Sichuan. The notorious son-in-law Chen Yingliang was caught and chopped into meat sauce with his own hands!
Also, correspondingly, Chen Yingliang, one of the parties involved, also became famous because of this incident, to the point where Chen Yingliang's fiancée Chai Qian, who had never met, gritted her teeth, "You dog thief! When I catch you, you must I will cut you to death one by one!!"