"There is this jade pendant, it seems that my uncle bought it in the market some time ago, my uncle likes it very much, and he wears it himself when he buys it, I see this jade pendant almost every day, so I am very impressed."

Eldest Sun Wuji's answer made Chen Yingliang overjoyed, but Eldest Sun Wuji's next question made Chen Yingliang embarrassed, and Eldest Sun Wuji asked curiously: "Brother, did you come to visit your uncle's house just for that jade pendant?" That jade pendant is not a rare treasure, brother, why do you care so much? ”

Quietly glanced at Chai Qian, and found that his former fiancée was expressionless and silent, obviously unwilling to announce the truth of the matter, Chen Yingliang, who also did not want to announce the truth, settled down, and then said to the eldest grandson Wuji: "Don't hide it from Brother Xian, Brother Fool is indeed here for this jade pendant, as for the reason, please forgive Brother Xian, Brother Fool can't say." If Brother Xian doesn't mind, Brother Fool wants to wait here for your uncle's return, and discuss the matter of the jade pendant with him alone. ”

Such a simple request, of course the eldest grandson Wuji will not refuse, after a mouthful of promise, the eldest grandson Wuji very respectfully invited Chen Yingliang and Chai Qian to sit in the hall, Chen Yingliang agreed, who knew that Chai Qian was awkward again, Leng said that sitting in the hall was too boring, and asked to change places. For the sake of the relationship between his friend Li Shimin and the Chai family, the eldest grandson Wuji didn't mind, and instead invited Chen Yingliang and Chai Qian to the garden at home to rest and wait, Chai Qian nodded reluctantly and agreed, and followed the eldest grandson brother and sister and Chen Yingliang into the back garden, sat down in a small pavilion, and waited for the return of the eldest grandson Wuji's uncle.

After the tea fruit was served, the eldest grandson Wuji called his five-year-old cousin Gao Cheng to Chen Yingliang to see him, and the little guy had also heard of Chen Yingliang's famous name, pestering Chen Yingliang to inquire about a lot of anecdotes about the counterinsurgency war, and it was also during the conversation that Chen Yingliang knew that the eldest grandson Wuji's uncle was called Gao Shilian, and he was currently working in Honglu Temple, and he was a former Qi clan and a well-known Qingliu celebrity in the world - in fact, Chen Yingliang had already heard of Gao Shilian's name, and also knew that he was one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, It's just that his exploits are not prominent and famous, and Chen Yingliang doesn't have a deep impression of him.

When asked why the eldest grandson brother and sister lived at home, the eldest grandson Wuji told Chen Yingliang very calmly, saying that his brother and sister's father Changsun Sheng had passed away four years ago, because the eldest grandson Wuji and the eldest grandson Wuji's mother were only the stepfamily of the eldest grandson Sheng, and the eldest grandson Sheng had just died, and his ex-wife's son eldest grandson Wuxian mercilessly drove his stepmother Gao and the eldest grandson brothers and sisters out of the house, treat the eldest grandson brothers and sisters as if they were their own, and the eldest grandson brothers and sisters can grow up safely, and treat their uncle Gao Shilian like their own father.

is also a fallen person at the end of the world, and it is the first time to know that the eldest grandson brother and sister have such an unfortunate childhood, Chen Yingliang is inevitably embarrassed, and can't help but sigh: "Brother Xian, your brothers and sisters are really unfortunate and extremely lucky." The loss of my father at a young age is the first misfortune in my life, my uncle is loving, and it is a great luck for your brothers and sisters, if only I had such an uncle. ”

"Brother, don't be sad." The eldest grandson Wuji said sincerely: "Mencius: The heavens will descend on people, and they must first suffer their minds and strain their muscles and bones. Uncle often used this sentence to teach the younger brother, encouraging the younger brother not to be afraid of hardship, diligent and progressive, after hearing about your unfortunate past, the uncle asked the younger brother to take you as an example, face difficulties, perseverance, and work hard to achieve meritorious deeds. Now that you have achieved fame, brother, and you are glorifying your ancestors, why should you care about the setbacks and hardships of the past ......? ”

"Brother, Brother Chen."

Xiao Luoli's eldest grandson Wuji suddenly spoke, softly interrupting Chen Yingliang and Changsun Wuji's conversation, and squeezed his eyes at Changsun Wuji. After being reminded by his sister, the eldest grandson Wuji remembered that Chai Qian, one of the culprits who caused Chen Yingliang's frustration and suffering, was at the scene, and quickly closed his mouth, his face extremely embarrassed. Chen Yingliang's expression was also embarrassed, and he was a little embarrassed to look at Chai Qian's face. However, Chai Qian's expression was as usual, and she seemed to be very calm and said, "You guys continue to talk, when I don't save zài." ”

said that she didn't care, but Chai Qian's hands on her knees were already clenched into fists, her nails were sunk deep into the flesh, and she desperately used the pain of her body to make herself forget the colic in her heart.

"If only you didn't care." Chen Yingliang muttered quietly, then quickly changed the topic, deliberately turned his head to admire the Gao family garden, and praised it fakely: "Brother Xian, although your garden is not big, it is really elegant enough, there are lotus ponds and rockeries, elegant and quiet, it is really a good place to study and study." ”

"Brother Xie's compliment." The eldest grandson Wuji comprehended, and hurriedly said: "If my brother likes it, you can enjoy the tour, my mother and aunt live in the east and west courtyards, and this is the back garden, and there is no obstacle." ”

"Then you're welcome, I also have a small garden in my new home that has not yet been arranged, just to learn about the garden scenery."

Contemporary Chen Shimei Chen Yingliang couldn't wait to get rid of the trouble fiancée, took the opportunity to stand up, walked to the side to enjoy the garden, although Chen Yingliang did this just to get rid of the embarrassing situation, but something in the garden aroused Chen Yingliang's great interest - Chen Yingliang suddenly saw that in the flower garden of Lao Gao's house, there was a plant that was very familiar and strange, Chen Yingliang couldn't help but be surprised, hurriedly walked over, and went to a close place to carefully examine this strange plant.

What attracted Chen Yingliang's attention was a milky white flower, the bud was very large, the number of petals varied, or four petals, or five or six petals, the petals were white filamentous, without the fragrance of flowers, and were planted in the flower garden as an ornamental flower tree, but Chen Yingliang, who was very familiar with this thing, was sure that this plant was definitely not an ornamental flower tree! Surprised, Chen Yingliang couldn't help but turn around and ask the eldest grandson Wuji, "Brother Xian, why did your family grow cotton here?" ”

"Cotton? What is Cotton? Eldest Sun Wuji asked inexplicably.

"Isn't this cotton?" Chen Yingliang pointed to the cotton that had already cracked the cotton bolls and asked again in surprise -- On one of the two previous undercover drug nests, Chen Yingliang disguised himself as a cotton playmaker and went undercover next door to the drug lord, secretly monitoring and listening to drug dealers for nearly three months, and he came into contact with cotton every day, so he was naturally too familiar with cotton.

The eldest grandson Wuji brother and sister and Chai Qian were interested at the same time, and walked to the flower garden together, and when they took a closer look at the cotton, Chai Qian couldn't help but sneer, and sneered: "Hou Ye Chen, what kind of eyes are you?" This flower is called white stacks, and there are many of them in my house, when was it called cotton? Cotton, have you ever heard of this title? ”

"What? Haven't you heard of cotton? Chen Yingliang was shocked, and then Chen Yingliang was shocked again, and then he suddenly remembered a big thing - since he crossed over, he had never seen a cotton product in this era, neither cotton clothes, nor cotton yarn and cotton cloth, nor cotton quilts, nor even the word 'cotton'!

"I haven't heard of it." The eldest grandson, Wujian Xiao Luoli, nodded lightly, and said softly: "Brother Chen, this flower has two names, one is called Bai Diezi, and the other is called Jibei, which is an ornamental flower from the Western Regions, and it is planted by many people in Daxing. ”

After Sven's gentle words, Xiao Luoli said softly again: "Brother Chen, you shouldn't have confused white stacks with kapok, right?" Kapok is red, and the flowers are relatively small, which is very different from the white stack. ”

Chen Yingliang didn't answer, just beckoned everyone to return to the pavilion with him, and then Chen Yingliang dipped his fingers in the tea, quickly wrote a 'cotton' word on the table, and then asked: "Brother Xian, little sister Guanyin, have you ever seen this word?" ”

Eldest Sun Wuji and Xiao Lili shook their heads together, and then Eldest Sun Wuji asked rhetorically: "Brother, how do you pronounce this word?" ”

"Cotton! It is the cotton of kapok. Chen Yingliang replied casually, but he was nervously calculating in his mind.

The erudite and talented eldest grandson brothers and sisters opened their mouths together, and Chai Qian also laughed out loud directly, and sneered: "It's really worthy of being the Marquis Chen who is both civil and military, even if he writes other words, he also created new words, and he is really outstanding in literature." ”

Sneering, Chai Qian also dipped the tea and wrote the word 'cotton' on the table, and pointed: "No, this is the cotton word for kapok." ”

Glancing at the cotton word, Chen Yingliang didn't bother to pay attention to Chai Qian's sarcasm, and quickly calculated, Chen Yingliang also showed a mysterious smile on his face, and muttered in his heart: "I understand, I finally understand, why the Sui and Tang dynasties are so strong, but they have never been able to develop Mobei and Northeast China, why it is so difficult to fight Goguryeo and Tubo, why there is the song "Death of the Waves of Liaodong", it turns out that it is because of this ......." Well, Lao Tzu's opportunity to develop is here again! ”

Quickly made up his mind, Chen Yingliang quickly said to the eldest grandson Wuji: "Brother Xian, can you give me all the white stacks that have bloomed in your house, I will be of great use, and I will be grateful in the future!" ”

"It's just a few flowers, if my brother likes it, just take it, what do you want to thank?" The eldest grandson Wuji agreed, and asked curiously: "But brother, what is the use of this flower?" ”

"You'll understand later." Chen Yingliang naturally didn't reveal the mystery, but just rushed to the flower garden like a fly, and hurriedly picked up the cotton, while the eldest grandson brothers and sisters and Chai Qian looked at each other, not understanding what tricks Chen Yingliang wanted to play.

Since it is an ornamental plant, the amount of cotton planted by the Gao family is naturally not much, Chen Yingliang picked all the cotton in less than a moment, and the confused eldest grandson Wuji also asked someone to bring a bamboo basket to help Chen Yingliang put all the cotton into the basket. While he was busy, a Gaofu family member rushed in from outside the garden gate, sweating profusely and shouting at the eldest grandson Wuji: "Young nephew! Oh no! What's wrong, master! Something has happened to you! ”

"What happened to my uncle?" The eldest grandson Wuji stood up straight.

"Master, master, he was arrested by the court!" The family who came to report the news shouted with a crying voice: "I was directly taken to the prison of the Criminal Department, we didn't even have time to say a word to the master, so we could only come back quickly to report the news!" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was like being struck by lightning, the cotton in his hand fell to the ground, and he didn't know how to react for a while, Chen Yingliang was very calm, and quickly asked, "Why?" Do you know why you want to arrest tall adults? ”

"I don't know, we were waiting for the master outside the gate of Honglu Temple, only to see that the master was escorted out of Honglu Temple by the official of the Criminal Department, and he couldn't talk to the master, and asked the official of the Criminal Department the reason, but they didn't say." The messenger replied with a sad face.

"Uncle!"

The eldest grandson Wuji suddenly cried and shouted, and rushed out with his legs, and the eldest grandson Wuji also ran away, Chen Yingliang was shocked, and hurriedly caught up with the eldest grandson brothers and sisters, and shouted: "Where are you going?" ”

"Let go of me, I'm going to see my uncle, I'm going to see him in the prison of the Criminal Department!" The eldest grandson Wuji struggled and shouted.

"What time has it been? The prison visit time of the Criminal Department has long passed, how can you go in to visit? Chen Yingliang gestured to the west, and the sun in the west was already slowly setting in the west.

The eldest grandson Wuji was stunned and asked blankly, "Then ......, what should I do?" ”

"Don't worry." Chen Yingliang comforted: "Shang Shuwei of the Criminal Department stayed behind and I am very familiar with it, I will go to inquire about the situation for you, your brothers and sisters will now go to comfort your mother and aunt, let them be ready to visit the prison tomorrow, let them not worry, I will definitely be able to bring you accurate news in a while." ”

The eldest grandson brother and sister were overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Chen Yingliang again and again, Chen Yingliang was not polite, even Chai Qian couldn't take care of it, borrowed a horse from the Gao family, went out to fight the horse and ran to Shangshu Province, and went straight to the yamen of the criminal department to find Wei Xuan to inquire about the news, fortunately, Chen Yingliang carried an identity token, and easily entered the imperial city, and relied on his current prominent reputation, and entered the gate of the criminal department very smoothly, and the news that Chen Yingliang asked to see was immediately sent to Wei Xuan, who was still working in the yamen of the criminal department.

Needless to say, Wei Lao's stubborn attitude towards Chen Yingliang was heard that Chen Yingliang was in a hurry to see, and several officials who were still waiting for Wei Lao's stubborn reception were asked to wait for a while, and then Chen Yingliang was immediately led into Wei Lao's stubborn signing room. After meeting, Wei Lao stubbornly opened his mouth and scolded: "Little thing, why did you come here to find me?" What else do you say about 100,000 urgent things, you are now a right internal rate, what can you do with 100,000 urgent things? ”

"Wei stays behind, it's not a matter of urgency, the kid dares to come here to find you?" Chen Yingliang smiled bitterly, then looked left and right, and stopped talking.

Wei Lao stubbornly understood what Chen Yingliang meant, so he waved his hand away and drove away the bystanders in the signing room, and scolded: "Little thing, why do you have to keep it so secret? ”

"Grandpa Wei forgives his sins, the younger generation is here to go through the back door today, so it's inconvenient for outsiders to know." Chen Yingliang's mouth was like smearing honey, and he first narrowed the relationship with Wei Xuan, and then asked in a low voice: "Grandpa Wei, I heard that Lord Zhililang Gao Shilian was arrested, or was it your people who arrested him, why?" ”

"What are you asking for?" Wei Lao's stubborn face turned stern, and he said in a low voice: "First of all, I warn you, you don't have to mix up this matter!" ”

"The younger generation didn't dare to mix, they just wanted to inquire about the reason." Chen Yingliang said truthfully: "The junior and Gao Shilian's nephew Sun Wuji are friends, and when they got the news that Gao was arrested, the younger generation also happened to be at Gao Daren's house, because they didn't know why Gao was arrested, so the junior came to inquire about the news for them, and asked Grandpa Wei to be kind and tell the younger generation the reason." ”

"You little thing, you will really make trouble for the old man!" Wei Xuan scolded again, and then said: "Only this time, there is no next time!" Gao Shilian was involved in Yang Xuangan's rebellion, and the emperor ordered him to be arrested, so the old man sent someone to arrest him. ”

"Gao Shilian was involved in Yang Xuangan's rebellion?" Chen Yingliang was a little speechless, and exclaimed in a low voice: "Grandpa Wei, this is unlikely, right?" Lord Gao is just an official in charge of etiquette, and he has been in great prospering at the time of the incident, how can he be involved in Yang Xuangan's rebellion? ”

"It's indirect." Wei Lao stubbornly whispered: "Do you remember what happened when we broke Yang Xuangan in Hongnong? At that time, we broke through Yang Xuangan's camp, seized a large number of traitors' documents, and found that Hu Sizheng, the squire of the military department, was Yang Xuangan's accomplice, and Yang Xuanzong and Yang Wanshuo, the two thieves, fled back to the Central Plains from Liaodong with the secret help of Hu Sizheng. The old man rushed this matter to the emperor, and the emperor ordered Hu Sizheng to be arrested, but he didn't know that the link had leaked the news, and Hu Sizheng, the dog thief, ran away in advance. ”

"What does that have to do with Gao Shilian?" Chen Yingliang was stunned.

"What's the hurry? Listen to the old man. Wei Lao stubbornly scolded, and said in a low voice: "I received the news today, Hu Sizheng, the dog thief, actually fled to Goguryeo, surrendered to the Goguryeo barbarians, and wrote a letter of allegiance to the Goguryeo barbarian king Gao Yuan, in which he scolded the emperor Xià!" The emperor was furious and ordered the arrest of Hu Sizheng's family and his henchmen, during which someone made a statement to the emperor, saying that Hu Sizheng and Gao Shilian had the most intimate relationship and had the most contacts in ordinary times. ”

"So strict? Got involved with a traitor? Chen Yingliang's face changed a little, but he still refused to give up, and asked in a low voice: "Grandpa Wei, who is the emperor who said this?" ”

"Who else?" Wei Lao stubbornly glanced at Chen Yingliang, and snorted: "It's your kid's distant uncle Pei Yun, he is the imperial historian, responsible for supervising hundreds of officials, in such a matter, who will work hard if he doesn't work hard to invite credit?" ”

"Uncle Pei Yun? How is he? Chen Yingliang was completely dumbfounded.

"What's surprising? Your uncle has done a lot more of this. Wei Lao stubbornly snorted coldly with disdain, then lowered his voice again, and admonished: "Little guy, listen to the old man's advice, in this matter, you can only stop here, don't continue to interfere!" If you meddle again, be careful to burn yourself! ”

Chen Yingliang was a little dazed, he didn't know how to answer, seeing Chen Yingliang's expression, Wei Lao was stubbornly a little uneasy, so he shouted in a low voice: "The old man is for your good, don't be uninteresting!" Your distant uncle Pei Yun is now being implicated in the matter of his son Pei Shuang, and he is anxious to make meritorious atonement and completely clear his suspicions. With a casual word, he can make you in the position of the prince's right deputy for an unknown number of years! ”

"Grandpa Xie Wei's guidance, the juniors understand." Chen Yingliang thanked him, but he was complaining in his heart, "Oh no! Why did I get into this? Now bring the news back, the eldest grandson Wuji brother and sister and the Gao family must ask me for help, and helping is to offend my distant uncle, so I will not help ....... Fuck it! Lao Tzu's conscience, why hasn't it been eaten up by dogs?! ”