On the morning of the second day after Gao Shilian was arrested and imprisoned, the great Sui Yang Emperor finally finalized his plan on how to deal with Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong, and accepted the suggestion of his favorite minister Yu Wenshu—deciding to push the two biggest stepping stones of Chen Yingliang out of the city three days later. , summon civil and military officials above the ninth grade in Beijing, worship the world and enumerate the sins of the two, and then let the officials take turns to play according to their ranks, each of them will cut Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong, and work together to scrape the two big rebels. , Ling Chi execution! Then the corpses of Yang Xuangan and Li Zixiong were torn apart, and their bones were turned into ashes, leaving their souls dead with nowhere to go!
Hearing the benevolent decision made by Emperor Yang of Sui himself, the important civil and military officials of the Sui Dynasty in the Jinluan Palace are of course Long Live Shanhu. The thief, who was merciful and merciful, saved countless rioters who didn't know the truth. It couldn't be more appropriate.
As the cousin of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, even though he had been appointed as the left-behind of Honghua, Li Yuan still had to attend the daily court meeting before he formally left Beijing to take office. On the pretext of having something to do to walk alone, he deliberately followed behind the two brothers Shang Shupushe Pei Ju and Yushi doctor Pei Yun, looking for an opportunity to speak alone with Chen Yingliang's distant uncle Pei Yun.
It was also Li Yuan's luck. When he was about to reach Zhaoyang Gate, a servant suddenly caught up with the brothers of the Pei family who were walking side by side, and said something to Pei Ju in a low voice, and Pei Ju immediately said goodbye to his brother Pei Yun, turned around and went back to the palace. When rubbing shoulders with Li Yuan, he politely saluted Li Yuan and said hello. Li Yuan was secretly happy, and respectfully returned the gift, and then quickly caught up with Pei Yun. Pei Yun said with a smile : "Doctor Pei, we haven't seen each other for a long time, how about going out of the palace together?"
Tang Guogong, the cousin of Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty, has a prominent status here. Of course Pei Yun, who smiled like a Maitreya Buddha all day long, would not refuse. While walking side by side with Pei Yun, he replied with a smile: "Thanks to the doctor, I've been doing well recently. By the way, I forgot to thank the doctor for something."
"Thank you? What does Duke Guo mean by that?" Pei Yun asked in confusion.
"You don't have to be humble, doctor. It's really cruel to say it." Li Yuan said with a guilty expression: "My son-in-law Chai Shao, who is incompetent, has acted outrageously. He is shameful and publicized his personal revenge first. He has offended Dr. Pei so close and boldly. Above, not only did I not argue with him, but I also interceded for him in front of His Royal Highness, and spared the lives of his father and son. Today, I take this opportunity to apologize to the doctor, and thank the doctor for his forgiveness."
"Hehe, Tang Guogong, you thanked the wrong person." Pei Yun said with a smile: "What happened that day was that Wei Liushou, Fan Liushou and Chen Yingliang pleaded for Tang Guogong's beloved son-in-law in front of His Royal Highness. Your Highness is merciful to forgive their capital crimes, how dare you work for the country and thank you for your lack of merit?"
"Thank you." Li Yuan said with a smile: "Doctors don't have to be humble. I'm not an ignorant person. Chen Yingliang is your distant nephew. If you and Li Guogong hadn't secretly ordered that day, the relationship between that boy Chen Yingliang and my unworthy son-in-law How can you intercede for him when there is hatred during the holidays?"
Li Yuan must give this credit to Pei Yun. Although Pei Yun is not greedy for these empty words of thanks, he is not easy to refuse—Pei Yun can never tell Li Yuan that he hates Chai Shao for proposing to pursue the traitor. The family members of the army deliberately did not have any scruples about Li Yuanyan facing Chai Shao, right? So Pei Yun could only smile and said: "Hehe, Mr. Tang Guo is very polite. You don't need to thank him for your little effort."
"There, I must thank you." Li Yuan shook his head quickly, and said with a smile: "Doctor Pei, I wonder if you are free today? I want to prepare a little tea and light food at home, and please don't be too humble. The officer may as well thank the doctor for his kindness in person."
"Hehe, Tang Guogong forgives the crime. It's not that I don't want to have a good time with you. It's because I don't have time." Pei Yun cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Tang Guogong doesn't know, because Yang Xuangan has to deal with the rebellion. Yushitai, Dali The temple and the Criminal Department have been busy these days, and the officials still have a lot of official business to do, so I really can't accept the kindness of the Duke, and if it is rude, please invite Tang Guogong Haihan."
Li Yuan was greatly disappointed, and reluctantly withdrew the invitation, and walked out of Zhaoyangmen side by side with Pei Yun. It is true that when Pei Yun, who was busy with official duties, just bid farewell and went to work in the Yamen, Li Yuan suddenly said: "Doctor Pei, regarding the governor Gao Shilian I wonder if Nephew Ling told you about that matter?"
"Shi Lian has been with the lower officials for many years, and the relationship is not bad. The lower officials also pleaded for him, and asked Dr. Pei to forgive him and give Shi Lian a lighter sentence. Of course, if the doctor finds out that Gao Shilian is really involved The government of Husi conspired against the case, so the officials did not say this, and the officials would never dare to interfere with the doctor's handling of the case."
The friendly smile on Pei Yun's face all day long froze once in a while, and then he asked in surprise, "Tang Guogong, what do you mean by that? Why can't you understand, my subordinate?"
Li Yuan was also stunned for a moment, then carefully looked around, then lowered his voice and said, "Doctor Pei, your virtuous nephew, Chen Yingliang, has promised Gao Shilian's family to run around for Gao Shilian What? Why, haven’t I asked you before?”
The smile on Pei Yunpang's face disappeared even more rarely, and then quickly recovered, and asked, "Hehe, how did Tang Guogong know about this?"
"To tell you the truth, it was Gao Shilian's nephew who told the officials." Li Yuan replied truthfully, "Xiaoer Shimin and Gao Shilian's nephew have been friends since childhood. Gao Shilian had an accident yesterday. His nephew asked his nephew On the head, of course I also asked the lower official here. The lower official also heard that even the reason for Gao Shilian's imprisonment was inquired by Ying Liangxian's nephew with the help of Gao's family."
"Hey, this little guy really likes to meddle in other people's business. If you change the world official, you must teach him a few words." Pei Yun smiled, cupped his hands to Li Yuan and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Tang, since you have opened your mouth, the next official will give you a good lesson." We must investigate Gao Shilian's case carefully, and if we can give him a leniency, we must give him some leniency, and never let Tang Guogong embarrass him in front of the younger generation."
"Thank you, thank you very much." Li Yuan cupped his hands happily to express his thanks, and then took the initiative to say: "The doctor is busy with official duties, so I won't waste the doctor's time when I come down as an official. I will thank the doctor another day, and I will take my leave first."
Pei Yun smiled and said goodbye to Li Yuan. Looking at Li Yuan's leaving back, the friendly smile on Pei Yun's face gradually disappeared, and he gritted his teeth in his heart, "My boy, you dare to show off everywhere after only a few days in your official career. How dare you meddle in this old man's business! Mud can't support a wall!"
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The poor little lady Chen Yingliang certainly didn't know that she had somehow been on the blacklist of her distant uncle. When Li Yuan teased Pei Yun face to face, the innocent little lady Chen Yingliang was still honestly working as a errand in the East Palace, and at the same time was constantly worrying about her unintentional... Gao Shilian was implicated in the incident, so let's help out and offend relatives and backers. If you don't help, you can't bear it, you are in a dilemma, and you keep cursing why your conscience hasn't been eaten by dogs? Otherwise, as long as I imitate my colleagues and colleagues in the previous and previous generations, I can pretend that I have never entered Gao Shilian's house with peace of mind.
The more you worry, the more you will see the hell, finally finished the extremely boring errand, Chen Yingliang rode back to Yiyang Fang, originally wanted to change his clothes and go to Fang Xuanling for a drink party, but just arrived in front of his house, the door greeted him. After coming up to take the reins, he immediately played to Chen Yingliang: "Master, a pair of young brothers and sisters came to visit you and said they were your friends. Uncle San let them in. They have been waiting for you for more than half an hour."
"Oops! It must be Changsun Wuji and Guanyin's maidservant!" Chen Yingliang groaned in his heart, but he couldn't turn around and leave, so he had to bite the bullet and enter his home. Turning around in circles, the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli sat beside her in a gentle manner, but her eyes were red, obviously she had just cried not long ago. Seeing this scene, Chen Yingliang smiled wryly, and quickly clasped his fists together and said, "Brother Wuji, little sister of Avalokitesvara, I kept you waiting for a long time."
"Brother! Big brother Chen?" Changsun Wuji and little Luoli turned their heads at the same time, seeing that it was Chen Yingliang who had returned, the two brothers and sisters were overjoyed immediately, and hurriedly came to Chen Yingliang to make their first salute. Li said: "Guanyin maidservant, get up quickly, you don't need to be so polite, you are a girl, it is not convenient for me to help you, get up by yourself."
"Brother Chen." The eldest grandson Xiao Luoli opened her mouth and called out, and then tears immediately poured out of her big beautiful eyes, choked up and begged: "Brother Chen, please, please save my uncle, our brothers and sisters Can’t do without him, grandma and aunt can’t do without uncle, Wugou please.”
"Guanyin maidservant, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's that I really can't do anything." Chen Yingliang said with a sad face, "My official position is too small, and I don't have any authority. Regarding your uncle's matter, I am powerless and helpless."
"Brother, you have a way, you can help us." Changsun Wuji held Chen Yingliang's hand tightly and begged: "My little brother has already found out clearly, and he said in front of the emperor that uncle and Hu Si had a good relationship, and it was your uncle." Mr. Pei, the censor doctor, is also your uncle Mr. Pei who is in charge of investigating my uncle. The life and death of his uncle is actually a sentence from Dr. Pei, brother, you are related to Wenxi Pei, as long as you come forward to intercede with Dr. Pei , you will be able to save uncle.”
"How do you know?" Chen Yingliang was a little shocked.
"It's Tang Guogong, Uncle Li." Changsun Wuji choked up and said, "My younger brother and Tang Guogong's second son, Li Shimin, are good friends. When I went to ask Tang Guogong to come forward to rescue my uncle last night, my uncle told me the situation and said he could come forward." Help around, but he is not sure about Dr. Pei, let us beg you, as long as you can ask Dr. Pei to hold you up, uncle will be safe and sound. Otherwise, if Dr. Pei insists on investigating, it will be Uncle Li. I can't save my uncle either."
"Damn it, why is Li Yuan pushing this on me? If only I dared to say that!" Chen Yingliang wanted to cry without tears, but he didn't dare to tell the truth to his eldest grandson brothers and sisters—the words to smear Pei Yun, a big backer. If you accidentally spread it, then you will be looking for death.
Difficult to advance or retreat, Chen Yingliang could only continue to perfunctory, said: "My dear brother, Guanyin servant girl, don't worry, let me think of a way, I promise you, I will do my best, but my uncle's connections are not so good. It's easy to get through, I have to think about how to do it first, otherwise, it might be self-defeating and counterproductive."
"Brother, you don't have to worry, Uncle Li has already figured out a way for you."
Changsun Wuji quickly let go of Chen Yingliang, ran to the side of the hall, picked up an exquisite gift box from the table, and opened it in front of Chen Yingliang, revealing ten pearls the size of pigeon eggs, and a pair of exquisite suet jade buckets , quickly said: "Brother, Uncle Li gave it to me, let me give it to you, please dedicate it to Dr. Pei, Uncle Li knows that you just entered the official career and spend money everywhere, so you must not have a lot of money. Come on, I prepared a gift for Dr. Pei for us."
"There are more." Changsun Wuji pointed to another gift box on the table, choked up and said: "Brother, that is what our brothers and sisters thank you for, if there are less, don't be disgusted..."
"Brother Wuji, it's not a matter of money or not." Chen Yingliang was sweating profusely, and declined: "You guys take the gift back, I'll find another way, in short, I'll do my best."
Seeing that Chen Yingliang refused to nod at this point, the eldest grandson Wuji knelt down to Chen Yingliang in a hurry, holding the gift box and weeping, "Brother, I know, you and I have just met, so it is best not to talk lightly, but I really do I have no other way out, so I can only ask you to help me with this. If you agree, my younger brother will be your cow and horse, and will definitely repay your kindness. Uncle, he is my reborn father!"
"Brother Chen, please." Little Luoli, the eldest grandson, simply hugged Chen Yingliang's leg, crying like rain, "Brother Chen, you are a good person. The Duke of Chejun's family has already treated you like that. Repay them with virtue and save them, my uncle has never had any enmity with you, you have to save him! You saved him, I will serve you as a slave for the rest of my life, to repay your kindness."
It's good that the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli didn't mention the Chai family's affairs, but Chen Yingliang was even more speechless when he mentioned the old Chai's family matter—Chen Yingliang couldn't tell the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli the truth, saying that he saved the Chai family for the sake of gaining A magnanimous reputation, and at the same time avoid enmity with Lao Li's family right after entering the official career? Also, she couldn't tell Xiao Luoli that she refused to save Gao Shilian because she didn't dare to offend the backer behind the scenes, and wanted to watch Pei Yun kill Gao Shilian, right
"Brother! I beg you!" Changsun Wuji directly pressed his forehead to the ground.
"Big Brother!" The eldest grandson, Xiao Luoli, also shouted in her tender childish voice, raised her delicate and tearful face, and looked at Chen Yingliang with tears in her eyes. Her soft and lovely appearance was a hundred times better than that of Chen Yingliang's former fiancée. more than.
The damn remnant of conscience was tormenting the poor little wife Chen Yingliang again. On the one hand was the extremely pitiful elder brother and sister, and on the other was the patron uncle whom he dared not offend. After hesitating for a long time, the conscience that had not been eaten by the dog finally prevailed, forcing Chen Yingliang to say slowly: "I..., promise you, I promise to intercede for you in front of Uncle Pei Yun, and beg him to treat your uncle Raise your hands high."
"Really?!" Changsun Wuji asked happily.
Chen Yingliang nodded, cleared his throat, and said solemnly: "Really, I promise you, no matter what I think of, I will help you rescue Uncle Gao. Don't worry, since I promised, I will definitely help you to the end!"
The eldest grandson brothers and sisters burst into tears together, desperately bowing their heads to thank Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang didn't bother to care about whether men and women could not kiss each other, first helped the eldest grandson Wuji, and then helped the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli, holding the little Luoli's tender and smooth hands Seriously said: "Guanyin maidservant, brother Wuji, I will keep the gift for my uncle, and use it for Mr. Gao's activities. The gift you gave me, you take it back to me... don't say anything, you must take it back, you guys If such a big event happened to the family, money must be used everywhere, and I can’t make things worse for you. I really want to thank me, and I’ll thank you after I rescue your uncle.”
"Big..., big brother." Hearing Chen Yingliang's words of concern, the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli, who had been worried all day long, couldn't help herself, so she threw herself into Chen Yingliang's arms with a gust of fragrance, and hugged Chen Yingliang sobbing. , "Big brother, thank you, thank you...."
"You're welcome, this is what I should do." Patting Xiao Luoli's soft hair and gently wiping away her tears, Chen Yingliang murmured in his heart, "Who told me to run into this? ? Why is my conscience still being eaten by dogs? Damn it, it’s still easy to be a villain.”
After finally persuading the eldest grandson brothers and sisters who were crying to death, Chen Yingliang hurriedly asked about Gao's visit to Tianlao, wanting to know the latest progress of the case, but the eldest grandson Wuji told Chen Yingliang that he went to Tianlao with his aunt Xianyu to visit the prison At that time, he was sternly rejected by the warden. The reason given was that Gao Shilian’s case was serious. In order to prevent accidents such as collusion and destruction of evidence, family members were not allowed to visit before the trial was concluded. The official only agreed to hand over the food and clothing they sent to Gao Shilian—as for whether it was delivered to Gao Shilian, only God knows. It is precisely because of this that the anxious eldest grandson brothers and sisters hurried to find Chen Yingliang's new home and begged Chen Yingliang face to face.
"Don't worry, as long as people are fine, there is still hope in life." Chen Yingliang comforted the eldest grandson brothers and sisters, and then said: "Go back and tell your grandma and aunt, just say that I will find a way to visit Mr. Gao, and I will do it as soon as possible." I will get you an official document to let you go to the prison to visit Mr. Gao. As for the matter of rescuing Mr. Gao, don’t worry. Uncle Pei Yun is busy with work. I don’t think it’s that easy to see him. You have to give me some time to move around. Zhou Xuan, don't worry, I will do what I promised you."
Finally got Chen Yingliang's affirmative reply, the eldest grandson brothers and sisters at least relaxed a little bit, listened to Chen Yingliang's persuasion and went home to report to reassure the elderly grandmother, aunt and others. Before leaving, the eldest grandson brothers and sisters were forced by Chen Yingliang to take away My family pieced together a gift to thank Chen Yingliang, but just left the gift from the Li family for Chen Yingliang to act in front of Pei Yun. As a result, they returned home and told the family the news, and after reassuring Gao Mu, Xian Yushi and others for a while, the young but assertive eldest grandson brothers and sisters hurried to the nearby Xuanzhengfang and told Chen Yingliang's reply to his friend Li. Second, I beg Li Yuan and his son to rest assured to deal with Gao Shilian's activities and rescue Gao Shilian from prison as soon as possible.
Hearing the report from the eldest grandson brother and sister, Li Er certainly understood that Chen Yingliang had fallen into his own trap, secretly delighted, Li Er urged: "Wuji, you should contact Deputy Chen more frequently these few days, and ask him to help your uncle. As soon as there is any news about the event, please come and tell me, so that I can ask my father to come forward to rescue Mr. Gao as soon as possible. Otherwise, if Deputy Chen has not persuaded Dr. Pei Gao to let you go, my father will come forward to replace you. Dr. Pei might misunderstand uncle's words, and things will be even more difficult."
The eldest grandson Wuji readily agreed, and the eldest grandson Xiaoluoli also took the initiative to say: "Brother Erlang, don't worry, from today on, my elder brother and I will go to Brother Chen's house every day to inquire about the news, and we will tell you immediately if there is any situation."
"You don't have to go." Li Er said with a smile: "You are a girl, it's better not to show your face in public, you stay at home to take care of your grandmother and aunt, and let your brother go to find Deputy Chen."
"It's okay, Big Brother Chen is very nice and treats me like my own sister." The eldest grandson Xiao Luoli said with a little blush, "Today he still..., and even wiped my tears with his own hands, loving me like a real brother."
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Hearing the elder grandson Xiaoluoli's words, and seeing the blushing on the eldest grandson Xiaoluoli's delicate face, a trace of sourness inevitably surfaced in Li Er's heart immediately, making Li Er reluctantly smiled and said : "That's up to you, but you are a girl after all, so don't be too casual in front of Deputy Chen."