Chapter 83: No Turning Back
Chen Yingliang finally made a mistake once, but this can't be blamed on Chen Yingliang's carelessness, Chen Yingliang didn't expect that the Chai family would start looking for his traces from Chen Laosan's injury, and forgot to make up for this small but critical loophole beforehand, and as a result, a new branch was born.
What's worse is that Wei Ziqi's kindness to Chen Yingliang also helped the old Chai family a lot, in order to complete his grandfather's letter entrustment, take care of and protect Chen Yingliang and others for Wei Xuan, Wei Ziqi was very righteous and used a lot of money to invite Chen Laosan to the most famous ulcer doctor in Daxing City, but Chen Laosan's injuries were carefully treated by Daxing famous doctors, and the clues of Chen Yingliang's whereabouts were naturally inevitably exposed.
This is not over, as we all know, our Chai Shen Cheshire Gong is the prince's right internal rate, and the commander is the imperial city guard, and he naturally has to deal with the equivalent of a surgeon in his daily training, and his connections in this regard are naturally very broad; Chai Shao Chai Gongzi is also famous for his righteousness and heroism, and he usually fights bravely with others, and naturally has a lot of dealings with famous ulcer doctors in Daxing City. Therefore, after Chai Dagongzi personally went out on the horse, he found the first famous doctor of Daxing bone injury, and confided and explained Chen Laosan's whereabouts to Chai Shao, which made Chai Shao feel a little unbelievable.
What made Chai Shao even more unbelievable was still behind, when he learned that the old man with a broken leg who was very imaginary of Chen Laosan's appearance was hiding in Wei Xuan's mansion, Chai Shao almost didn't stare at him, and exclaimed: "In the Wei Liushou Mansion? How could it be, how could that old man with a broken leg be in the guard's mansion? Ulcer doctor, are you mistaken? β
"Absolutely, yes." Daxing's most famous orthopedic doctor was confident, and replied: "The night before yesterday, Wei Ziqi Wei Gongzi sent someone to take the grass people to his mansion to treat a leg injury of an old man in his sixties. β
Chai Shao was even more dumbfounded, saying that he couldn't believe that Chen Yingliang's old slave Chen Laosan could have this ability, and he could hide in the stubborn home of Wei Xuan, who almost no one dared to mess with in Daxing City, to treat his injuries! And the doctor added, "By the way, there is something very strange, the old man's clothes are very tattered, and he is dressed like an ordinary person, I was very strange at that time, how could Wei Gongzi come forward for such a folk old man, but the identity of the villain and Wei Gongzi is too different, so I didn't dare to ask." β
Chai Shao continued to open his mouth, and after a long time, Chai Shao suddenly remembered a major event, and hurriedly asked: "Doctor ulcer, at that time, there was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy next to the old man with a broken leg, who was very thin, with a pointed face and a sharp chin, and facial features like a woman, how to look at it and make people uncomfortable?" β
"Yes." The doctor hurriedly nodded and replied: "Next to the old man with a broken leg, there is a handsome young man of sixteen or seventeen years old, who seems to be a relative of the old man with a broken leg, who has been serving the old man with a broken leg with his own hands, and calls the old man Sanbo, and Wei Gongzi calls him Chen Gongzi." However, the appearance of that Chen Gongzi is not annoying, his words are polite and polite, he is still a boy and a girl, which is a sign of great wealth and wealth. β
Chai Shao is basically sure that the old man and the young man in the Wei Mansion are Chen Laosan and Chen Yingliang, and he is completely unbelievable to the extreme, and he doesn't know what to do for a while - if it is replaced by someone else, Chai Shao will definitely bring his family to the door to ask for the crime, but the home of Wei Xuan, the emperor of the Great Rejuvenation Soil, does Chai Shao dare to go? Even if Wei Xuan is still on his way back to Daxing, Wei Ziqi is not an official official now, but if Chai Shao dares to go to Weifu to make trouble, Wei Xuan will go home to take revenge, even Yang Yu, the acting king who is currently staying in Daxing, can chop Chai Shao and feed it to the dogs! When Emperor Yang of Sui left Daxing, he personally explained that he wanted his grandson Yang Yu to pay tribute to Wei Xuan's disciples!
Helpless, Chai Shao had no choice but to hurry back to his house and report the incident to his father and wife, and then replaced Chai Shen and Li Xiuning together to wonder if he was in a dream, and asked in unison: "In the guard staying at home?" How is that possible, is there a mistake? What kind of person is Wei Liushou, how can he take in someone like Chen Yingliang?! β
"I hope it's a mistake, but judging from what the ulcer doctor said, it should be right."
Chai Shao's expression was a little helpless, so he had to carefully introduce the information he had mastered through the ulcer doctor, Chai Shen and Li Xiuning opened their mouths wider and wider the more they listened, and the more they listened, the more confused they became, they couldn't believe that there would be such a thing in the world, the poor boy Chen Yingliang would run into the house of the emperor Wei Xuan, and be treated by Wei Xuan's only grandson, Wei Ziqi? Chai Shen and Li Xiuning just broke their heads, and they couldn't think of why Wei Ziqi did this, Chen Yingliang, who was so poor that he picked vegetable leaves to boil porridge and drank in the vegetable field, what qualifications did he have to be treated by Wei Ziqi?
"Is it ......?" After thinking about it for a long time, Li Xiuning suddenly thought of a possibility, and suddenly his face changed color, and he hurriedly said: "Xianggong, quickly send someone to my house, call Erlang, and ask him to help us with this matter." β
"Erlang? Can he? Chai Shao hesitated.
"Don't underestimate Erlang, he is a genius in the sky, although he is only fifteen years old, his wisdom and scheming are far above us, he will definitely be able to help in this matter." Li Xiuning replied.
Considering that Dr. TongguΓ²'s investigation of Chen Yingliang's whereabouts was Li Er's idea, and the facts had proved that Li Er's construction was effective, Chai Shao nodded and hurriedly asked, "Do you want to call Da Lang here and let Da Lang also help the staff officer?" Da Lang is also a smart person, and he has more experience than Erlang, so maybe he can help even more. β
Marrying a chicken with a chicken, marrying a dog with a dog, Li Xiuning, who is already a member of the Chai family, must consider her husband, so she shook her head and said: "I can't let Da Lang know about this, Da Lang is smart, but he is too calm and sophisticated, and he has always been disgusted that you are killing Chen Yingliang completely, and calling him here will only backfire." Chai Shao has always been obedient to his wife, so he didn't insist, and immediately sent someone to contact Li Er, and asked his brother-in-law to come to the house to discuss matters in the name of his brother-in-law.
Li Er and Chai Shao have a very deep relationship as husband and wife, and after being summoned by Chai Shao, they naturally rushed to Taipingfang to meet his sister's family, and at the same time, Li Er guessed the reason why his brother-in-law was in a hurry to summon him on the way, so after meeting, before Chai Shao spoke, Li Er had already asked with a smile: "Brother-in-law, call my little brother here in such a hurry, is there a clue about Chen Yingliang's whereabouts?" β
Li Er soon couldn't laugh, after learning what had happened from Chai Shao's mouth, Li Er was a genius of Tianzhong, and he couldn't help but exclaim, and he couldn't believe that Chen Yingliang was hiding in Wei Xuan's mansion. And after quickly calming down, Li Er carefully calculated again, and soon his face changed slightly like his sister, and he hurriedly asked Li Xiuning: "Sister, what do you think about this matter?" β
"My sister thought of a possibility, but I wasn't sure, so I could only ask your brother-in-law to discuss with you."
Li Xiuning and his younger brother said dumb riddles, and listened to Chai Shen and Chai Shao father and son next to him inexplicably, but Li Er's next words made Chai Shen and his son jump together in surprise - Li Er said so, "The younger brother thinks that this is the only possibility, and Wei stayed in the mansion to use Chen Yingliang's matter to attack his brother-in-law's family." β
"Attack us?" Chai Shen was frightened and exclaimed, "How is this possible? I have no grudge against Wei Liu, why did he attack me? β
"Uncle Chai, there is only this explanation." Li Er said in a deep voice: "With Chen Yingliang's family background and identity, it is impossible for the high-ranking and powerful Wei Liushou ancestor to take him in and protect him for no reason, since Wei Liushou Mansion is doing this now, this is enough to prove that someone in Wei Liushou Mansion wants to use Chen Yingliang's handle to completely bring down Uncle You!" Otherwise, why did the guards stay in the mansion take in Chen Yingliang? After you asked Daxing County to post a notice to arrest Chen Yingliang, why didn't Wei stay in the house and make no reaction? β
"Why?" Chai Shao hurriedly asked.
"There are people in the guard mansion who want this to make as much trouble as possible." Li Er replied with a wry smile: "The bigger this matter is, the more active Wei will take when he stays over there, at least he can add a communiquΓ© for Uncle Chai and his brother-in-law, framing innocent charges, regretting the marriage and retiring from the marriage is just a moral issue, not a violation of national law, but this crime is a real violation of national law." β
Hearing Li Er's words, Chai Shen's body began to tremble, and Chai Shao's face was a little pale, but Li Xiuning was more calm and asked, "Who is the most likely to target his father-in-law, Wei Liushou himself, or his grandson Wei Ziqi?" β
"The younger brother thinks that the Weizi period is the most likely." Li Er analyzed: "First, Wei Liushou is still on the way back to Daxing at the moment, and he has not returned to Daxing City, so it is unlikely that he will personally make arrangements to deal with Uncle Chai. β
"Second, Wei Liushou would never have expected that Uncle Chai would charge Chen Yingliang with an anti-thief party."
"Uncle Chai, you let the Daxing government arrest Chen Yingliang, this is just a sudden accident, if there is no accident, the contradiction between you and Chen Yingliang is just to withdraw from the marriage, although the divorce and destruction of the marriage are not good for the name, but it does not violate the law of the country, with the character of guarding the left, it is almost impossible to care about such a trivial matter, let alone make a big fuss about this trivial matter."
"The third is simpler, Wei Liushou has no reason to deal with Uncle Chai." Li Er added: "With all due respect, although Uncle Chai is the right leader of the crown prince of the fourth grade, the real power in his hands is actually pitiful, that is, he is in charge of the palace ban and the enshrinement of soldiers, and he has neither independent military power, nor much oil and water to fish, so it does not matter at all in the Great Sui court." It is unlikely that among Wei Liushou's henchmen, it is impossible to target such a semi-empty position, so as to prompt Wei Liushou to personally take down your Uncle Chai and make room for his henchmen. In this case, why did Wei Liushou force his head out for Chen Yingliang's kid and deliberately arrange Uncle Chai? β
At another time, if Li Er pointed out to his face that the Cheshire Duke of Chai Shen was irrelevant in the Great Sui Imperial Court, then even if Li Er was the younger brother of his daughter-in-law, the Cheshire Duke would definitely be a big ear slap to draw it, but this time it was different, after Li Er pointed out that his position was irrelevant, the Cheshire Duke also quietly breathed a sigh of relief, glad that he was humble and powerful, and it was not worth Wei Lao's stubbornness to clean himself up.
"So, behind this matter is Wei Ziqi's possibility?" Li Xiuning remained silent and said: "The position of father-in-law is naturally not worth mentioning in the eyes of Wei Liushou, but in the eyes of Wei Ziqi, who has no real job, it is a fragrant bait, whether it is for himself or for his friends, it is worth his action to bring down his father-in-law." β
"There's another possibility." Li Er said calmly: "Wei Ziqi is quite upright, although he is not jealous and hateful, but he is barely eager for justice and righteousness, and he is quite famous in Daxing City, such a person cannot be ruled out that he wants to suppress the strong and help the weak, and uphold justice for Chen Yingliang, which not only gives Chen Yingliang a bad breath, but also makes him more famous in Daxing City." β
Chai Shao gritted his teeth, and hated the dog in the Weizi period for taking a mouse and meddling in his affairs! Chai Shen was sad, and said with a sad face: "Regardless of the purpose of Wei Ziqi, what should I do now?" Behind Wei Ziqi is Wei Liu, and I can't afford to mess with it either. β
"Uncle Chai, forgive the little nephew for being blunt, this is your own guilt." Li Er smiled bitterly and said unceremoniously: "If you don't let the government come forward to arrest Chen Yingliang, even if Wei Ziqi does it, he can only use your divorce to make a fuss, and your reputation will be damaged." But now, you have forcibly planted Chen Yingliang with the crime of a traitor to the remnants of the party, framing an innocent, didn't you send the knife to Wei Ziqi's hands? When Wei Liushou returned to Daxing, Wei Ziqi sent Chen Yingliang to Wei Liushou, and then told what happened, how would Wei Liushou react, do you dare to imagine? β
Thinking of the strength of Emperor Wei Xuan of Daxingtu, the faces of Chai Shen and Chai Shao's father and son suddenly turned a little pale, and after a while, Chai Shencai said with a depressed expression: "In fact, it is not entirely to frame the innocent, we let Daxing County want Chen Yingliang's thief, and there is also a ......, alas, don't talk about this, the wood is already in the boat, Erlang, how do you think we should deal with it?" β
Li Er opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed back and closed his mouth again, Li Xiuning kept paying attention to his younger brother's expression, so he said: "Erlang, if you have anything to say, just say it directly, the Duke of Cheshire is my father-in-law, for the sake of my sister's face, you can't see death without help." β
Li Er hesitated for a moment before he said, "Uncle Chai, brother-in-law, now you only have two choices. The first choice is to go to the Wei Mansion to apologize, directly make it clear to Wei Ziqi, and then make amends to Chen Yingliang's master and servant in person, give them some compensation, and in exchange for them to settle things. In this way, with the person of Wei Ziqi, he should also stop the matter. β
"Impossible!" Chai Shao was furious and said viciously: "The little thief surnamed Chen has made our Chai family like this, causing our Chai family to lose its reputation and ruining Qianmei's life. I want our Chai family to make amends to him and dream! β
"Brother-in-law, don't talk angry, okay?" Li Er sighed and said: "The guard behind Wei Ziqi is too strong, if you fall out with him, there will be no good fruit to eat, and it will also affect your future career. β
"No! I'd rather not have a career than bow to that thief! Chai Shao replied categorically, and his attitude was extremely firm.
Li Er was helpless, so he had to turn his gaze to Chai Shen, the head of the Chai family, Chai Shen was hesitant, and after a long time, he gritted his teeth and said: "The thief insulted my beloved daughter's name and ruined my beloved daughter's life, if you don't kill this thief, it is the old man's grace, and I want the old man to bow to him, unless the sky collapses and the iron tree blooms!" β
Li Er completely shut up, knowing that it was useless to persuade him, Chai Shao asked: "Erlang, you just said that there are two choices, what is the second choice?" β
Li Er was even more silent, and suddenly bowed his hand to Chai Shaoyi, and said, "Brother-in-law, the younger brother still has some things, so I will leave first." β
After that, Li Er turned around and left, Chai Shen and Chai Shao's father and son opened their mouths and hurriedly opened their mouths to keep Li Er, but Li Ertou didn't listen at all, Li Xiuning hesitated again and again, and finally gritted his teeth and got up and chased after him, first pulled Li Er and dragged him back to the room, and then drove away all the people present, and closed the door with his own hands, and then asked Li Er in a low voice: "Erlang, in your opinion, after killing people and destroying their mouths, what will be the reaction of Wei Xuan's ancestors?" β
"Kill people?!"
Chai Shen and Chai Shao's faces changed together, Li Er was expressionless, slightly hanging his head and refusing to speak, Li Xiuning sighed softly, took Li Er's hand and said sincerely: "Erlang, my sister also knows that this is too vicious and hurts the heavens and the peace, but this matter is getting bigger and bigger, it is already related to the future and fate of your brother-in-law's family, and there is no turning back, marry a chicken with a chicken, marry a dog with a dog, my sister is now a member of the Chai family, and I must consider them." So Erlang, my sister begs you once, help us end this matter, your brother-in-law is not an ungrateful person, and he will definitely repay you well in the future. β
Li Er is young after all, and he and Li Xiuning are brothers and sisters, listening to Li Xiuning's sincere words, it is inevitable that he will be a little shaken, but he still can't make up his mind for a while. Li Xiuning saw what was on the second brother's mind, so he said again: "Erlang, that Chen Yingliang thief is not an innocent and kind person, his father-in-law sent someone to withdraw from the marriage and almost forced Chen Yingliang to death, which is not right." But Chen Yingliang implicated the innocent, and also harmed your sister Qian'er for life, if you let him make trouble again, your sister Qian'er's life will be completely over. For the sake of your sister Qian'er, even if this thing is unjust, we must do it. β
"And our Li family." Li Xiuning said in a low voice: "Chai and Li are married, the Chai family is destroyed, even if the Li family is not implicated, it will be greatly damaged in terms of reputation." Jiro, for your own sake and for our father's sake, you have to help my sister this time. β
After hesitating for a long time, Li Er was finally moved, lowered his head and said in a low voice: "As long as it is confidential and does not leave evidence, even if the ancestors and grandchildren of Wei Liushou have suspicions, and even secretly conclude that it was you who did it, they can only choose to suffer a dumb loss, because Daxing County is now looking for Chen Yingliang, and it is also used to arrest the reputation of the traitor's party. β
Chai Shen and Chai Shao's eyes lit up together, and they applauded in a low voice, and Chai Shao also said happily: "Wonderful plan!" Chen Yingliang's violent death of a thief without explanation, and there is no proof of his death, which is equivalent to confirming his charge of traitor to the rest of the party, and the government found out that he had borrowed the Wei Mansion, and the old man Wei and Wei Zi couldn't say it clearly with a hundred mouths, so they could only obediently eat dumb losses! Otherwise, no matter how big the matter is, the unlucky ones will be Old Man Wei and his grandson!. β
"But in this case, you will have a great enmity with the guards." Li Er reminded softly.
"The grandson of the old thing wants our Chai family to die, isn't this a big hatred?!" Chai Shao roared in a low voice, and then asked thoughtfully: "Erlang, if Chen Yingliang's little thief has been hiding in the Wei Mansion and can't come out, and we can't directly find someone in the Wei Mansion, how can we keep him shut up forever?" β
Li Er twisted his face away, and only after a long time did he whisper: "Send someone to secretly keep an eye on the Wei Mansion, of course it is best to have the opportunity to do it outside." If there is no chance, on the day when Wei stays behind and returns to Daxing, Wei Ziqi will definitely go out of the city to greet him, and then send someone to pretend to be a restaurant guy, pretending to be the wine and food ordered by Wei Ziqi to reward Chen Yingliang's master and servant, and send some good wine and good food to Chen Yingliang's master and servant. β
Chai Shen and Chai Shao's father and son were ecstatic together, and after thinking for a while, Chai Shen immediately made up his mind and whispered to Chai Shao: "Just do it, make some fine arrangements, calculate the distance, and the team left behind will probably be able to return to Daxing the day after tomorrow, and the action should be fast." β
Chai Shao nodded hurriedly, his handsome face was still full of hideousness, Li Er sighed softly, feeling guilty in his heart, Li Xiuning saw the second brother's thoughts, so he took Li Er's hand and patted it gently, and said softly: "Second brother, I'm embarrassing you." My sister promised you that if there is a chance in the future, my sister and your brother-in-law's family will definitely repay you for this kindness. β
Li Er was silent, but comforted himself in his heart: "Chen Yingliang, who has never met, don't blame me, the current situation is either you die, or Uncle Chai and his family die." Chai Shao is my brother-in-law after all, I have to help him if I am reasonable, if you and I exchange situations, I believe you will choose this way. Besides, you are too sorry for Sister Qian'er, I treat you like this, and you deserve it. β