Zhen Xueqing went to Zhangye, and Yang Chong only waited until Shi Shiliang, who was accompanied by the old remnant and Xue Daoheng's nephew Xue Deyin. Xue Daoheng was a great Confucian, famous in Kyushu, and once served as a servant in the official residence, which was deeply appreciated by Emperor Wen of Sui, but he did not agree with Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, and returned to Chang'an from Lingnan, and was still not reused; Xue Deyin and Xue Daoheng's son Xue Shu, his nephew Xue Yuanjing are equally famous, known as Hedong Sanfeng, Xue Shui is the eldest chick, Xue Deyin is the crane, and Xue Yuanjing is the chick.

As soon as Yang Chong saw Shi Shiliang's posture, he understood that Shi Shiliang was not going to talk about substantive things with him, so he directly ordered the kitchen to have a banquet. Shi Shiliang and the three of them didn't expect that the dishes on a table were mainly pork, and they hesitated and didn't dare to put down the chopsticks, and the top people didn't eat pork. Yang Chong should not be able to see, introduce the dishes one by one, and say an allusion or practice from time to time, and Meng Kunpeng and Yuan Hongzhao, who accompanied the guests, took the lead in demonstrating.

Shi Shiliang rolled his eyes, thought about it, and said: "The weather in Lord Yang's mansion is really different, and the servants can all serve on the table." ”

Meng Kunpeng and Yuan Hongzhao looked at each other and smiled, but as if they hadn't heard it, Yang Chong replied nonchalantly: "Brother Meng and Brother Yuan are both my friends, but seeing that I am concentrating on being an official and can't take care of the affairs of the family, I offered to help, just like Mr. Shi helps people look at their faces and persuade people to love themselves, out of kindness." ”

Shi Shiliang was taken aback, self-love was the word he used to persuade Li Yuan, Yang Chong simply said it like this, Shi Shiliang couldn't help but suspect that Yuwen had a spy next to Li Yuan; But after a turn of thought, Shi Shiliang vetoed this idea again, there was no one else on the scene when he was talking to Li Yuan, Li Yuan was such a cautious person, it was impossible for him to publicize it by himself, I am afraid that even his son would not tell him, could it be that the person who leaked the secret was someone from Quentian Pavilion? But there are only a few people in the Quentian Pavilion who know about this, and all of them are the backbone of the pavilion, and Shi Shiliang can't find a reason to suspect it at all.

More than one person sensed Shi Shiliang's abnormality, Xue Deyin picked up a boxy piece of braised pork and said: "There are many people in the world who eat bran vegetables, and it is not bad to eat pork." ”

Yang Chong's evaluation of Xue Deyin suddenly went up to a new level, the Xue family in Hedong is also a first-class high-ranking person, Xue Deyin's fame is moving, but he can look down on his fame so much, and the action of saving the scene is even more natural and just right, which is really a rare character. Xue Deyin said while eating: "Yang Chong, your pork seems to be different from the ones sold outside, the meat is more tender, and there is no astringency, plus the special cooking method, the taste is good." ”

Yang Chong smiled humbly: "Deyin is really extraordinary, and when he talks about the point, one day you have time, go to our farm to have a look." ”

Xue Deyin moved the chopsticks, Shi Shiliang and Lao Remnant had to follow and eat pork, fortunately, it was delicious, but it was not unpalatable; In the following time, Yang Chong was chatting with Shi Shiliang and the three of them, blowing nonsense all over the world, until the end of the banquet, sending the three of them to the carriage outside the door, Yang Chong never said anything about Quentian Pavilion. On the way back, the old man asked Shi Shiliang: "Yang Chong invited us over today, is it just to have a meal together and deepen the relationship?" ”

Shi Shiliang was speechless, he naturally understood that Yang Chong had seen through his intentions; Xue Deyin still sat in the carriage in a proper manner, and ordered the old remnant: "Maybe it's the two of us who are here, Yang Chong has something inconvenient to say." ”

In the evening, Yang Chong received a reply from Shuai Guozhen, and learned that Qi Hui, the head of Louguan Dao, agreed to meet in Wuzhuguan five days later, so he hid in the study alone, sat on a chair alone, and went through the whole incident in his mind again. There are some things, Yang Chong can't discuss with Jiang Fei now, the people of the Sui Dynasty are re-inherited, one day is a teacher and a lifetime is a father, even if Jiang Fei is nominally expelled from Lou Guandao, he still regards Guini Yuanhui as a master, and no disrespectful language is allowed.

The candlelight in the study flickered, Yang Chong wrote down the names of people he knew who were related to Li Yuan's rebellion, when Li Hun was written, Yang Chong stopped the pen in his hand, if Li Hun and Li Min did not die, would the prosperous Li clan in Longxi accept Li Yuan? Yang Chong suddenly woke up, what is said in history, "When there is a Li family, he should be the son of heaven." Perhaps it was to get rid of Li Hun and others. As for Emperor Wen of Sui's dream of flooding, thus flooding the entire capital, he was accused by the Tang people of Li Yuan, but he was just a group of good deeds, in order to curry favor with Li Yuan's father and son, and prove that the Tang Dynasty was ordered by heaven.

Yang Chong couldn't remember who explained the diagram, but in his heart he already regarded that person as Shi Shiliang's comrade. Yang Chong continued to deliberate whether the meeting with Qi Hui could be carried out according to his own ideas, which was difficult from Shi Shiliang's response today; Yang Chong is just a person, compared with the big factions like Louguandao and Quentian Pavilion, Li Yuan's matter is just speculation, there is not the slightest evidence in hand, and no one believes it when he says it, the reason why Shi Shiliang has no fear is this.

Yang Chong estimated that Qi Hui was willing to come to Wuzhuguan, there must be a special reason, so he simply didn't care, the soldiers came to block the water and cover the earth, when to sing what song, Yang Chong tore the pieces of paper on the table to shreds, and the names of Li Hun and others were seen by others, which would only cause trouble. When Yang Chong opened the door of the study and walked out, he unexpectedly saw Sikong Xing standing outside with a happy face, chatting with Yuan Hongzhao.

Sikong Xing saw Yang Chong, walked over with a smile and said, "Hongzhao said that you were thinking about the problem, so I didn't dare to disturb." ”

Yang Chong let the two of them in the door and said, "That's my sin, you have traveled for so many days, and you need to rest when you come back, so it's okay to talk about it tomorrow." ”

Sikong Xing suddenly knelt down and said, "Sikong Xing is willing to join the Yang Mansion and be loyal to the head of the family. ”

Yang Chong was startled, his crossing was bland, there was no soul possessed to any emperor's house, the powerful and wealthy, he had never thought of this kind of thing of worshipping, and hurriedly stepped forward, wanting to help Sikong Xing; Sikong Xing is a battlefield general, with superb martial arts, Yang Chong can't help him at all. Sikong Xing stubbornly kowtowed three times before standing up and saying, "The head of the family is right, in the area marked by you and Miss Jiang, when we arrived, Jiang Duo had already found a cave, dug up about four thousand taels of gold, and brought all of them back. ”

Yang Chong nodded and said: "That was found by Jiang Fei when she was collecting medicine, but she didn't know much about the method of mining, so she went three times and only mined more than five hundred taels of gold, so we gave Zhang Guolao a copy of the drawings and asked him to arrange for someone to go first." In addition to you, who else in the Yang Mansion knows about the gold mine this time? ”

"Only Hao Wen, Yang San, Yang Qi, Yang Shi." Sikong Xing said cautiously: "However, Hao Wen and Yang Qi did not go up the mountain. On the way back, Jiang Gongzi and the others have been secretly protecting at the back of the caravan, and now they live in Fengyi Fang; Jiang Gongzi said that Zhang Guolao agreed that he and Kou Jiuhui were out of school, but that Kou Jiuhui looked too young to say. ”

"We have to trust Zhang Guolao's judgment." Yang Chong thought for a while and ordered: "Jiang Fei hasn't seen his brother for several years, you arrange it first, and send the two of you to the other courtyard tomorrow, where Jiang Fei and I will meet him." ”

Yuan Hongzhao nodded secretly in his heart, even he, the housekeeper, didn't know about the matter of the gold mine, but Yang Chong gave it to Sikong Xing without reservation, this kind of trust is not something ordinary people can do. Although Yang Chong is young, the pattern and bearing in his chest are no less than those of the heads of big families, and Sikong Xing's willingness to be loyal may have seen this, as well as Yang Chong's incredible vision.