As Emperor Yang of Sui returned to the palace from Chen Yingliang's house, and then returned to his own home from the palace, Tang Guogong Li Yuan's head has always been dizzy, so confused that he has forgotten all such important things as when he will take office in Honghua and the new Honghua Taishou candidate, and he can't figure out how things will evolve like this? The puzzle trap that he skillfully laid not only failed to clean up his son-in-law's enemies as he wished, but also allowed himself to lose a general who had been hidden for many years? What is the reason for the current result, Li Yuan can't figure it out even if he breaks his head.

It wasn't until he returned to his house that Li Yuan roughly sorted out the ins and outs of the matter, and he passed the eldest grandson brother and sister to let Chen Yingliang go to Pei Yun to move the jewelry, which was given to Yun Dingxing by Chen Yingliang, and Yun Dingxing handed it to Yu Wenshu, during which the three parties probably did not mention a word about Gao Shilian, Chen Yingliang used the gift just to exchange a few craftsmen with Yun Dingxing, and then let these craftsmen make overseas exotic treasures to protect against the cold cotton clothes, and then gave the cotton clothes to Pei Yun- As for whether Gao Shilian was mentioned between Chen Yingliang and Pei Yun, and whether the fake news brought by the eldest grandson Wuji was deliberately arranged by Chen Yingliang, Li Yuan couldn't guess it at all.

"In this matter, either Chen Yingliang's son and the eldest grandson Wuji joined forces to yin me, or Chen Yingliang guessed my plan and used the eldest grandson Wuji to set up a trap on the old man!" This is Li Yuan's conclusion on this matter, but Li Yuan is still very confused, "The old man's plan, where is there a loophole?" Why didn't there be any clues? ”

Entering the door of his house in a daze, the baby son Li Er hurried to the front to inquire about the news, Li Yuan, who was still confused, spent a lot of effort, and then introduced the general situation to the baby son, Li Er opened his mouth and stammered, and inevitably began to lose his soul, muttering: "How is it possible?" What Wuji said to me, are they all lying to me? But it's impossible, even if Wuji lied to me, Guanyin couldn't lie to me? ”

When the father and son looked at each other puzzled, Li Yuan's eldest son Li Jiancheng suddenly entered the room and asked Li Yuan with a somewhat excited expression: "Father, I heard that today the emperor of His Majesty came to Yiyangfang in person, and led the hundred officials of the Manchu Dynasty to the house of Chen Yingliang and Chen brothers, which caused a sensation in half of Daxing City, is this really the case?" The emperor has never even been to our house, what did Brother Ying Liang do to win such an honor? ”

Li Yuan and Li Er had no intention of answering, they were all thinking hard about the causes and consequences of today's incident, and they were completely deaf to Li Jiancheng's question. Seeing his father and brother like this, Li Jiancheng couldn't help but be confused, and hurriedly asked, "Father, Erlang, what's wrong?" Why are you all so sad? ”

Looking up at his eldest son, who was also talented, Li Yuan hesitated for a moment, and then instructed Li Er: "Erlang, tell your brother everything that happened, he didn't know about it beforehand, and the bystanders were clear, maybe he could see something?" ”

Li Er, who had done something wrong, was a little embarrassed, but his father didn't dare not listen, so he had to whisper the cause and effect of this incident, that is, he and his father designed to frame Chen Yingliang but suffered the disaster. Brother Ying Liang repaid his brother-in-law's family with virtue, and he was benevolent and righteous, but you were so ruthless that you framed him? How can you bear it? ”

"Shut up! It is not up to you to do what the Father does! Li Yuan, who was angry, was furious and scolded: "It's twenty-five people, and they still judge people based on their impressions, naïve!" Immature! What is a good thing about a kid with the surname Chen? When he first returned to Daxing, if he revealed his identity directly, your brother-in-law's family would be so miserable? He begged Wei Xuan and Fan Zigai to forgive your brother-in-law's family, do you think he was acting out of kindness? He is for himself, using your brother-in-law's family's never turning over, in exchange for his reputation of repaying grievances with virtue! ”

"Chai Shao, he did it himself!" Li Jiancheng was not afraid, and said loudly: "He forgave Chai Shao's family, and it was entirely because of his kind nature, and he was pitiful for the tragic fate of Chai Shao's family. For this, he himself almost fell into the black cauldron! ”

"Fart!" Li Yuan scolded angrily, and said angrily: "If this kid is a good person, this time he will use the eldest grandson Wuji to set a trap for the old man, causing the old man to lose a general?" Do you know how much effort the old man spent on Su Shichang, this time because of this kid, it was all in vain! ”

"Father, forgive the child for saying a disrespectful word, you have the heart of a villain and the belly of a gentleman." Li Jiancheng forcibly suppressed the impulse in his chest, and Yan said: "Father, think about it calmly and carefully, if this incident, if it is really a trap laid for you by Brother Ying Liangxian, how can Su Shichang be the only one who suffers from it?" Why weren't you implicated? Based on this alone, the child can be sure that Brother Ying Liang had no ill will towards our Li family before, otherwise, how could he miss such a good opportunity? ”

The authorities were confused, and the bystanders were clear, and they were woken up by the words of the eldest son who had just learned, Li Yuan was stunned at first, and then slapped his forehead hard, and screamed: "Understood!" It's just a coincidence, a coincidence that couldn't be more coincidental! Otherwise, with the virtues of Pei Ju and Pei Yun, the two traitors, how could they not take the opportunity to set up a trap and take the opportunity to bring down the old man in one fell swoop?! ”

"Ahh Li Er, who also woke up, also covered his head with his hands and groaned: "How can there be such a strange thing in the world? Chen Yingliang, this guy, his luck is simply too good! ”

"Second brother, Brother Ying Liang is not lucky, he is a good retribution according to Buddhism." Li Jiancheng is called Bishamen in small characters, and he believes in Buddhist theory the most, and he is naturally very dissatisfied when he hears the nonsense of his second brother, and scolds: "In the affairs of our Li family and the Chai family, Ying Liangxian brother has never had evil thoughts, and he treats people with kindness, so the Buddha let him turn evil into good fortune every time he encounters trouble." Say that he is lucky, why don't you call the evil Chai Shao to be lucky last time? ”

Li Er smiled bitterly, he didn't dare or wanted to entangle with his pedantic brother on this issue, Li Jiancheng snorted at the second brother again, then turned to Li Yuan, and said: "Father, the matter has come to this point, regret is useless, the child thinks that we should do our best to remedy it." Especially on Su Shichang's side, if he sells his father, then our Li family will be even more disgraced in the Great Sui Imperial Court! ”

Li Yuan was absolutely confident that Su Shichang would not betray himself - because once Su Shichang sold Li Yuan, there would be no one who could save Su Shichang from prison. Li Yuan is only more worried, or will Wen Xi Pei realize that he is behind the scenes? After a little calculation, Li Yuan nodded reluctantly, and said, "Da Lang is reasonable, now it is useless to regret it, and he can only make amends." In this way, Da Lang, you have the best relationship with Chen Yingliang, and you will come forward to contact Chen Yingliang and try to find out if he is aware of our Li family's interference, if not, you will compensate him a little, and count our Li family as compensation for his love. ”

"No." Li Jiancheng nodded, and asked again: "Father, what if Chen Yingliang has already noticed?" ”

"That can't help it." Li Yuan smiled bitterly: "It's come to this point, it's too late for us to say anything, if he really notices it, you can decide for yourself what to do." ”

Li Jiancheng nodded silently, while Li Yuan turned to Li Er again and ordered: "Erlang, tomorrow you go to see the eldest grandson Wuji, inquire about the news from him, and tell him that he has been in contact with his uncle for many years, and he will definitely not sit idly by, and I will do everything I can to save his uncle from prison." But remember one thing, we must not talk about Chen Yingliang when we used his uncle to design Chen Yingliang. ”

Li Er agreed, and asked cautiously: "Father, what if Gao Shilian's family knows about this?" ”

Li Yuan was silent, and only after a while did he reply helplessly: "Then you can decide for yourself, fortunately, we have not left any evidence in this matter, as long as Su Shichang does not let go, Wen Xi Pei's family will not be able to take us." ”

This time it was Li Er's turn to be silent, and after a long time, Li Er said in his heart: "God bless, I hope Gao Shilian's family doesn't know about this matter, otherwise, Guanyin ......, I really don't have the face to see her." ”

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After a lot of trouble, the next morning, Li Er went to the Longzheng Fang next door early to find his friend Changsun Wuji to inquire about the news, but it was a pity, because Chen Yingliang went directly to Pei Yun's house on a business trip the first day, and the eldest grandson brothers and sisters did not meet Chen Yingliang at all, and Li Er naturally couldn't find any useful information. In desperation, Li Er could only relay Li Yuan's promise to rescue Gao Shilian to the eldest grandson brothers and sisters, in exchange for the gratitude of the eldest grandson brothers and sisters, and then the eldest grandson Wuji also sent an invitation to Li Er, "Erlang, Guanyin and I plan to visit my uncle today, if you are free, how about going with us?" ”

Li Er, who does not have any official position and is still single, of course has time, considering that he can get the news as soon as possible, and at the same time can get along with the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli for a long time, Li Er immediately accepted the invitation of the eldest grandson Wuji. Then it was time to visit the prison, Li Er followed the eldest grandson brothers and sisters with clothes and food, all the way to the prison of the Criminal Department to visit Gao Shilian, but unfortunately, when Li Er and the eldest grandson brothers and sisters came all the way to the prison of the Criminal Department, Gao Shilian happened to be taken out of the prison to the Yushitai for interrogation, Li Er and the eldest grandson brothers and sisters had no choice but to patiently guard in front of the prison gate to see if they could wait until Gao Shilian returned before the end of the prison visit.

Li Er and the eldest grandson brothers and sisters were not badly lucky, after less than half of the time, Gao Shilian was escorted back to the prison for re-imprisonment, the eldest grandson brothers and sisters were overjoyed, and hurriedly asked the warden for money to visit, but when the eldest grandson brothers and sisters were still hurriedly rummaging through Wei Xuan's official document that allowed him to visit the prison, the warden had already ordered: "You don't need to take the official document, there is an order on it, your uncle came back this time, and he was locked up in an ordinary prison instead, not a death row, you can visit directly." ”

"Uncle is no longer on death row?" The eldest grandson brother and sister were overjoyed together, but Li Er was overjoyed, and even more ominous premonitions immediately came to his mind - Li Er knew very well that although his father was a relative of the emperor and a high-ranking power, because of his position, he would never have such a great influence in the judicial yamen, and he could get Gao Shilian out of the death row with the strictest detention and the worst conditions so quickly, and instead be imprisoned in an ordinary cell with better conditions. Only Pei Yun, Wei Xuan, Zheng Shanguo and a few judicial yamen bosses can do it!

When they entered the prison, they found that Gao Shilian had not only gotten rid of the death row cell full of sewage and foul smell, but was also detained alone in a relatively clean cell, and at the same time, the prison officer also opened the door generously and let the eldest grandson brother and sister enter the room to meet Gao Shilian directly.

Finally re-met with Gao Shilian, who was like his own father, of course, the eldest grandson brothers and sisters had to cry bitterly, and Gao Shilian, who had newly changed into a clean prison clothes, seemed to be in good spirits, and after hugging his nephew and niece and shedding a few tears, he also comforted the eldest grandson brother and sister in turn, and said: "Don't worry about my uncle, just now Dr. Pei has personally interrogated me, asked me about my relationship with Hu Sizheng, and determined that I and Hu Sizheng are just ordinary friends, and also told me personally, saying that as long as some details are clarified, I can be released from prison and reunited with you. ”

"Really?" The eldest grandson brother and sister were even more overjoyed.

"Of course it's true, how could my uncle lie to you?" Gao Shilian nodded tearfully, and stroked the head of the eldest grandson Wuji and said with a smile: "Wuji, Wuji, my uncle really entrusted you with your blessing this time, you have met a good friend of Yi Bo Yuntian, and he saved me." If it weren't for him, your uncle, he might have been doomed this time. ”

Glancing at the door of the cell, seeing that no one was eavesdropping, the eldest grandson Wuji asked in a low voice: "Uncle, do you mean Chen Yingliang and Chen Vice-Lead?" ”

Gao Shilian smiled and nodded, admitting that his nephew had guessed the right person, the eldest grandson Wuji was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Uncle, and Tang Guogong, he also made a lot of efforts this time, and the gift that Brother Ying Liang gave to you to speak for you in front of Doctor Pei was also borne by Uncle Li of Tang Guogong for us." And Erlang, he's been worrying about your business these days. ”

A mysterious light flashed in Gao Shilian's eyes, and the light flashed, and then Gao Shilian raised his head, nodded to Li Er, who was standing next to him, and said, "Erlang, you and Tang Guogong's intentions, the old man has received it." Please return to Tang Guogong, thank you for your great kindness, Gao Shilian thinks of the source of drinking water, and will be rewarded in the future! ”

What Gao Shilian said in his mouth was a polite thank you words, but when he heard these words of thanks, Li Er, who had a ghost in his heart, had an eerie feeling, and felt a chill on his back, as if someone was blowing cold air on the back of his neck. Secretly frightened, Li Er could only hurriedly bow his hand and said politely: "Uncle is polite, these are what the little nephew and father should do." ”

Gao Shilian smiled, then turned to the eldest grandson brother and sister again, and whispered a common word to let them take care of their grandmother and aunt, and suddenly said: "Wuji, Wuji, if you see Chen Yingliang Chen again, please tell him, if it is convenient for him, I want to meet him as much as possible and thank him in person." ”

The eldest grandson brother and sister agreed, but Gao Shilian added with a smile: "By the way, by the way, I will tell him, and I will return the jade pendant to him." ”

"Jade pendant?" Li Er also knew about the jade pendant, but he didn't know the origin of the jade pendant, so he was naturally a little confused in his heart, "At this time, what are you doing with that jade pendant?" Also, what was Chen Yingliang and Chai Qian looking for the jade pendant for? ”

With a stomach full of questions, Li Er and the eldest grandson brothers and sisters said goodbye to Gao Shilian, the situation has improved a lot, after getting out of prison, the happy eldest grandson brothers and sisters were of course in a hurry to go home to report the good news, and invited Li Er to go to Gao Shilian's house to celebrate, but Li Er, who was very worried, insisted on refusing, and returned to his house alone to report the latest situation of Gao Shilian to his father and brother.

When Li Er returned home, Li Jiancheng went to Chen Yingliang to find out the news and hadn't come back, but Li Yuan had already returned home from the imperial city, and was still sitting next to the stove in the greenhouse in a daze, Li Er stepped forward to salute and greet him, Li Yuan only snorted with his nose to say yes, and asked weakly: "How is the situation?" ”

"Father, Chen Yingliang has already begged Pei Yun." Li Er replied dejectedly: "Today, the child and the eldest grandson brother and sister went to visit Gao Shilian, and Gao Shilian personally told us, saying that Pei Yun had already found him innocent, and said that in a few days, he would be released from prison safely." ”

"Expected." Li Yuan sighed and said: "This morning, the emperor commended Pei Yun in public again, saying that he pillowed the pillow made of white stacked flowers last night, and found that it was far warmer, softer and more comfortable than the silk pillow. Pei Yun has made so much limelight, is it not a matter of words to agree to Chen Yingliang's small request? ”

"No wonder Gao Shilian is in such a good situation now." Li Er was stunned, and then said carefully: "Father, Pei Yun seems to have told Gao Shilian everything, Gao Shilian asked the eldest grandson brother and sister to thank Chen Yingliang in front of the child today, and it should be Chen Yingliang who knows that the biggest contribution to this matter." ”

Li Yuan was silent and didn't answer, and Li Er said cautiously: "Also, when Gao Shilian thanked the child, except for the ordinary words of thanks, he didn't have any special expression, and the tone seemed to be a little strange, just ......, as if he was deliberately saying the opposite." The child suspects that he may have known. ”

"Don't doubt it." Li Yuanyou shook his head and interrupted his son's words, and said weakly: "I didn't dare to be completely sure just now, but now I can be sure, Pei Yun must have told him all the circumstances, he already knows that our father and son not only did not save him this time, but also took advantage of his imprisonment to make a big fuss." ”

"How did my father know?" Li Er was taken aback.

Li Yuan was silent, suddenly kicked over the brazier in front of him, and shouted: "Because today's morning, Pei Ju, the old slippery head, recommended Fang Yanqian to serve as the Honghua Taishou!" Yuwenshu also helped him, and joined hands to put Fang Yanqian in the position of Honghua Taishou! Lao Tzu understood at that time that they already knew that I was the mastermind behind Su Shichang, and they took revenge on me! ”

"Ahh Li Er opened his mouth and stammered, and said in a lost voice: "Fang Yanqian is appointed as the Honghua Taishou? Father, then it's not good for you to stay in Honghua, that old thing has an excellent reputation, and his personality is notoriously stubborn, it's just that oil and salt don't enter, father, if you make a little move in Honghua, he must be stabbed in front of the emperor immediately! ”

"I don't need your guidance on this, I understand!" Li Yuan roared, jumped up and kicked the overturned brazier into the air, and roared: "Stealing chickens doesn't cost rice!" Go for wool and come home shorn! This time, the old man Honghua stayed behind, and his life was not easy! ”

"Boy Chen Yingliang, you are really the old man's disaster-!"

After looking up to the sky and sighing, Li Yuan lowered his head and said weakly: "You go and arrange, immediately send someone to Honghua, and tell the eldest grandson Shunde and Liu Hongji to stop contact with the local gate valve immediately, and let them take everyone to leave quickly, and go back to my fiefdom Tang County to hide, they all have a case record, and if they are discovered by Fang Yanqian's old immortal, they will die, and they will immediately affect me." ”

Li Er hurriedly agreed, and then was startled, and hurriedly asked: "Father, Gao Shilian knows about this matter, so what should I do if the matter between me and Guanyin is ......?" ”

Li Yuan smiled bitterly, and asked helplessly: "You ask me, who do I ask?" ”