Of course, Li Jiancheng got nothing in front of Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang's character is not very good, and he will not lack the city government to come out in person, which is both degrading and meaningless, so after Li Jiancheng came to Chen Yingliang's house with the sign of Daoxi, he was still received by Chen Yingliang in a friendly manner, and at the same time, because Fang Xuanling also happened to come to Chen Yingliang to say hello, the three of them also sat down and had a good drink, and they dispersed happily.

Li Jiancheng, who was warmly entertained, would think when he went home to know the truth, Chen Yingliang was too lazy to pay attention to it, and he was too lazy to know, the only thing Chen Yingliang knew was that it was basically impossible for him to reconcile with the old Li family anymore, before he forgave Li Yuan's in-laws with virtue, Li Yuan still repaid himself so 'friendly', and now he and the old Li family have torn their faces and stabbed each other in the back, if they still dream of holding Lao Li's thigh and reconciling with the old Li family, it is called naïve, but stupid!

Therefore, the reason why Chen Yingliang received Li Jiancheng in a friendly manner and had a good time with Li Jiancheng was not only to show his demeanor, but also to talk with Li Jiancheng that he was indeed more talkative, and there was a more important reason, that is, Chen Yingliang knew the direction of historical development and knew that Li Jiancheng would tear his face and fratricide with Li Er in the future, in order to prepare for the future, Chen Yingliang deliberately maintained friendly relations with Li Jiancheng - at least to maintain a friendly relationship on the surface!

On the same day, the eldest grandson Wuji came to Chen Yingliang's house again, in addition to thanking Chen Yingliang for saving his relatives, he also conveyed Gao Shilian's request, asking Chen Yingliang to meet with him as much as possible, because of the lack of information he had, Chen Yingliang could not judge whether the eldest grandson Wuji and his future brother-in-law Li Er teamed up to set himself up, and he had just been impeached by the official for participating in the Gao Shilian case, in order to avoid suspicion, he politely refused the request of the eldest grandson Wuji to visit the prison together, and only promised to wait until Gao Shilian was released from prison. I must have found time to visit Gao Shilian. The eldest grandson Wuji was also afraid that his uncle's case would cause another extraneous incident, so he did not insist, and left after repeatedly thanking him.

Chen Yingliang did not immediately visit Gao Shilian in order to avoid suspicion, and said that his distant uncle Pei Yun would wait for the turmoil to pass a little before releasing Gao Shilian from prison in order to avoid suspicion, but Chen Yingliang also underestimated the ruthlessness and deception of some distant uncles, and only on the third day of agreeing to show mercy to Gao Shilian's subordinates, Pei Yun found out the new scapegoat for Hu Sizheng's case - personally impeached Li Mi's brother-in-law, Jinyang made Liu Wenjing collude with Hu Sizheng the tightest, and was suspected of Hu Si political plot treason. and presented the correspondence with Liu Wenjing found from Hu Sizheng's home as ironclad evidence.

Seeing Pei Yun's impeachment recital, as well as the so-called evidence of the so-called crime that was deliberately selected from many letters, Emperor Yang of Sui was of course furious, and immediately ordered Liu Wenjing to be arrested. As a result, although Li Yuan did not know whether Pei Yun was intentional or unintentional in using Liu Wenjing as a substitute for the dead ghost, in order not to be pulled out of the radish and brought out of the mud, Li Yuan could only send reliable henchmen to Taiyuan in a hurry, so that Liu Wenjing could get ready.

The new scapegoat was pulled out to give Emperor Yang of Sui out of anger, in fact, Gao Shilian, who was already extremely wronged, would be easy to get away with it, Pei Yun casually picked a moment when Emperor Yang of Sui was in a very good mood, and said that it had been verified that Gao Shilian and Hu Sizheng were just ordinary friends, and during the investigation, not only did not find that Gao Shilian was suspected of participating in the Hu Sizheng case, but on the contrary, he also found evidence that Gao Shilian reminded and warned Hu Sizheng to be loyal to the country, and Emperor Yang of Sui, who was in a good mood, waved his hand, Gao Shilian, who was imprisoned in a daze, was released from prison even more confused, and was reinstated and given leave to rest.

On the day Gao Shilian was released, Li Yuan, who had been delayed for some time in Daxing, had already gone to Honghua to take office, and Fan Zigai and Pei Hongce and others had also returned to Luoyang, the eastern capital, before that, and Li Er, who had always paid attention to this matter, came to the gate of the prison with the eldest grandson brothers and sisters and everyone in the Gao family to welcome Gao Shilian out of prison. The uncle and nephew outside the prison gate reunited, and naturally they had to hug their heads and cry again, and then Gao Shilian looked at the people who came with the eldest grandson brothers and sisters with tears in his eyes, and asked the eldest grandson Wuji: "Wuji, does Chen Yingliang and Deputy Chen know that I was released from prison today?" ”

"I don't know." The eldest grandson Wuji replied with tears: "Vice President Chen has to go to the East Palace every day to be on duty, and he has to wait until Shen Shizheng to go on a mission. ”

"Then you go to Yanxi Gate and wait, and when Deputy Chen leads the errand, I will ask him to come to our house immediately, and I will thank him in person." Gao Shilian commanded.

finally looked forward to his uncle's release from prison, of course, the eldest grandson Wuji was reluctant to leave Gao Shilian's side immediately, but Gao Shilian insisted on such an arrangement, and the eldest grandson Wuji had no choice, so he had to temporarily entrust Gao Shilian to his family and let him drive Gao Shilian home first, and he hurriedly came to Yanxi Gate, the imperial city where Chen Yingliang had to pass on his errand, and waited for Chen Yingliang to go home from work.

It also happened that on the same day, Chen Yingliang saw his goddess Yang Yu'er for the first time in the imperial city, when Yang Yu'er followed her mother to the East Palace to visit the two grandsons of Emperor Yang of Sui Yang and Yang Yu, just passing through Chen Yingliang's defense area, Chen Yingliang in addition to leading the team to salute, his eyes never left Yang Yu'er once, but unfortunately Yang Yu'er went in and out of the East Palace twice and passed by Chen Yingliang's side, but he never stayed on Chen Yingliang once, and always passed in front of Chen Yingliang with an expressionless face. completely ignored Chen Yingliang's fiery eyes.

By the way, Yang Yuer's unfavored mother seemed to be quite interested in Chen Yingliang, and when she passed in front of Chen Yingliang twice, she carefully looked at Chen Yingliang a few times, but it was a pity that Chen Yingliang had never loved his wife, and he didn't even pay much attention to what his future mother-in-law looked like, let alone pay attention to these small details.

"There's no fate, even the opportunity to meet is pitiful, isn't it a daydream to chase her down? Am I not going to hang myself from a tree, and find another beautiful daughter-in-law? Or simply marry Wen Xi Pei's family directly, and ask Uncle Pei to choose a suitable one in his family to be my matchmaker, and directly be the son-in-law of Wen Xi Pei's family. ”

With this thought, Chen Yingliang got off work in a frustrated mood, and went out of the imperial city from Yanxi Gate sullenly, but the front foot just went out of the imperial gate, and the family who was waiting for Chen Yingliang on duty had not had time to lead the mount in front of him, and the eldest grandson Wuji stopped Chen Yingliang in front of him, while thanking him a thousand times, he invited Chen Yingliang to his house as a guest for his uncle, Chen Yingliang just wanted to consider whether to be invited, and suddenly a vaguely familiar voice came from beside him, "Deputy Chen, the people's daughter Li Xiuning, has seen Chen Deputy Rate." Chen Yingliang and the eldest grandson Wuji turned their heads in surprise, but saw Li Xiuning leading two maids, who had come to their side at some point, and were saluting Chen Yingliang.

"Why is Li Xiuning here?" Chen Yingliang was confused, and hurriedly returned the salute while asking, "Mrs. Chai, why are you here?" ”

"The folk girl is here on behalf of her father-in-law and Lang Jun, and she has been waiting for Deputy Chen here for a long time." Li Xiuning showed a very hypocritical smile and said softly: "Vice President Chen, the family of the people has prepared some coarse tea and light rice at the Taipingfang house, and I want to invite Vice President Chen to come to the cold house, thank you and make amends to the deputy head in person, and I hope that the deputy head will appreciate the light." ”

"There's no need to say thank you, it's just a gesture." Chen Yingliang said casually: "As for making amends, it is even more unnecessary, it is all in the past." ”

"The deputy is generous, which makes the people's family even more embarrassed." Li Xiuning's tone seemed to be very sincere, and she insisted: "But the people's daughter still begs the deputy to come, because the people's daughter's family is ...... by your affection." ”

"Mrs. Chai, it's not that I don't give you face." Chen Yingliang interrupted Li Xiuning's invitation with a wry smile, pointed to the eldest grandson Wuji and said: "It's you who are a little late, just now I have accepted the invitation of Brother Wuji's virtuous brother and promised to go to his home for a banquet, but I don't have the skills, so I really can't obey my fate." ”

Li Xiuning turned his head to look at the eldest grandson Wuji in surprise, and the eldest grandson Wuji hurriedly said: "Mrs. Chai, it's true, my uncle just got out of prison today and sent me here to wait for Vice President Chen, just to invite Vice President Chen to my home for a banquet and thank Vice President Chen for his rescue in person." Mrs. Chai, you know about my uncle, without Deputy Chen, he would have been in danger this time, so I'm sorry, my little brother can't let you today. ”

"How coincidentally?" Li Xiuning showed a hypocritical look of loss, and said very reluctantly: "Since the deputy leader has another appointment, the people's girl doesn't dare to force it, but I just hope that when the people's girl comes to invite the deputy leader next time, Vice President Chen will be able to appreciate the promise." ”

"It depends." Chen Yingliang was casually perfunctory, and he didn't want to entangle with Li Xiuning at all, so he hurriedly got on the horse after a few polite words, and rushed to Longzhengfang with the eldest grandson Wuji to Gao Shilian's house as a guest, leaving Li Xiuning to continue in the same place with a disappointed expression, as if he was too deep in the play and couldn't return to his role for a while.

Gao Shilian opened the door very face-saving, and personally came to the door to greet Chen Yingliang, as well as Gao Shilian's mother, who was over sixty years old, also went out to greet Chen Yingliang, so that Chen Yingliang, who still has some respect for the old and love the young, was very nervous, and hurriedly got off the horse and saluted, and didn't even dare to say it, Gao Shilian picked up Chen Yingliang with his own hands, held Chen Yingliang's hand and said: "Deputy Chen, thank you for your kindness, Gao can turn the danger into a disaster this time, all your grace!" ”

"Uncle Gao is polite, how dare you say thank you?" Chen Yingliang is pretended to be modest.

"Vice Chen, you don't have to be modest, the old man knows everything." Gao Shilian's tone was far more sincere than Li Xiuning's, and he patted the eldest grandson Wuji next to him, and said more sincerely: "Deputy Chen, my nephew is young and ignorant, and he was taken advantage of, almost causing you to be in a dangerous situation from which you will never recover. ”

Chen Yingliang smiled bitterly, knowing that Pei Yun must have told Gao Shilian everything, but the eldest grandson Wuji, who still didn't know the truth, opened his mouth and blurted out: "Uncle, what did I do wrong?" How did I get taken advantage of? ”

Li Er's face on the other side suddenly turned pale, and Gao Shilian ignored his nephew, but said to Chen Yingliang again: "Deputy Chen, there is another point that the old man must explain to you, when Wuji went to visit me in the past few days, I carefully asked him about the details of the process of the matter, and I can confirm that he was being used without knowing it because he was eager to save me, and I want to ask you to forgive him, don't be like him." ”

Chen Yingliang smiled even more bitterly, and arched his hand and said: "Uncle Gao, what you said, if I blame Brother Wuji, I won't come today." ”

Gao Shilian laughed loudly, and also knew that Chen Yingliang was saying this in his heart - because if Chen Yingliang blamed the eldest grandson Wuji, it would be impossible for him to be released from prison safely and be reinstated, and Chen Yingliang would not accept his invitation today. Then Gao Shilian hurriedly invited Chen Yingliang to enter the door, Chen Yingliang thanked him, and entered the house side by side with Gao Shilian, the eldest grandson Wuji continued to be confused, and wanted to keep up, but suddenly saw his friend Li Er still standing in place, looking depressed, as if he had been out of the world, the eldest grandson Wuji couldn't help but be even more confused, and hurriedly said: "Erlang, please come inside, my uncle and they have already entered." ”

It wasn't until the eldest grandson Wuji opened his mouth for the second time to urge that Li Er, who was lost and depressed, came back to his senses, and said to the eldest grandson Wuji very reluctantly: "Wuji, I still have something to do and have to go first, so I won't go in, you go in to accompany Uncle Gao and Vice President Chen." ”

It's almost time to eat, but the friend suddenly insists on leaving, the eldest grandson Wuji is naturally puzzled by this, when asking the reason, Li Er, who is crooked and afraid of the shadow, naturally didn't dare to answer truthfully, but on the pretext that there was an urgent matter, he resolutely proposed to leave, and the eldest grandson Wuji was helpless, so he had to go by Li Er. As a result, when the eldest grandson Wuji raised his legs and entered the door, Li Er suddenly shouted: "Wuji, wait a little longer." ”

"What else?" Eldest Sun Wuji turned around and asked.

Li Er opened his mouth, stopped talking, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Wuji, this time, our Li family failed to help, I'm very sorry, but you have to believe me, I really treat you as my best friend, but there are some things that I can't decide." No matter what the future holds, I will continue to treat you as my best friend. ”

After saying these brainless words, Li Er turned his head and left the front of the Gaofu Gate, and left the front of the Gaofu Gate forever in a gloomy shape. Seeing the lost back of his childhood friend, hearing Li Er's headless and faceless words, and thinking of his uncle's words just now, an ominous premonition surged into the heart of the eldest grandson Wuji, and also made the eldest grandson Wuji, who had always been used by others in this matter, suddenly understand something, and said secretly: "Won't it?" Jiro, you won't do that to me, will you? ”

Contrary to Li Er, who left gloomily, the frank and selfless Chen Yingliang was drowned in the huge enthusiasm of Gao Shilian's family, and after being invited into the door, the juniors of the Gao family were all called by Gao Shilian to Chen Yingliang's face and thanked him, and then the old Gao family put down a grand banquet to treat Chen Yingliang's rescue, Chen Yingliang was repeatedly modest, unwilling to be rewarded for nothing, but Gao Shilian's family did not listen at all, while saying words of thanks, he continued to toast to Chen Yingliang, and quickly poured Chen Yingliang, who was not good at the current amount of wine, into a red face and a thick neck, My head was dizzy.

The wine was hearty, Gao Shilian suddenly made a color to his wife Xian Yu, Xian Yu's understood, and immediately took out the wooden plate with a satin cushion and handed it to Gao Shilian, Gao Shilian handed the wooden plate to Chen Yingliang, and said with a smile: "Deputy Chen, this jade pendant, I heard that it used to be your object, and now it is returned to the original owner, please accept it." ”

Chen Yingliang, who was already a little drunk, looked down, and saw that on the wooden plate at the bottom of the satin cushion, there was indeed a double tiger head Huang Pei lying peacefully, and it was the Double Tiger Shou Huang Pei that he had sold for the road fee, and after smiling a little bitterly, Chen Yingliang took the wooden plate with both hands and thanked Gao Shilian: "Master Gao, the junior is not welcome, and the junior also knows that you will definitely not accept the money you bought at the beginning, so I will not pay it back, so I will say thank you." ”

"That's right, don't be so polite." Gao Shilian laughed and said: "Deputy Chen, you and my nephew Wuji are close in age, and the old man is arrogant, how about we simply call each other uncle and nephew in the future?" ”

"Uncle is above, please accept the little nephew."

Chen Yingliang didn't say a word, and immediately bowed down and called his uncle, Gao Shilian was overjoyed, and was busy talking about the virtuous nephew to pick up Chen Yingliang, and his impression of Chen Yingliang became more and more good, and the eldest grandson and sister next to him and Gao Cheng were also overjoyed, and together they gave Chen Yingliang a gift to their younger brothers, Chen Yingliang picked them up, and the eldest grandson Wuji asked curiously: "Brother, the younger brother has always had a question I want to ask you, I don't know if you can answer it now, on the day of my uncle's accident, why did you come to my house to find this jade pendant?" ”

"Yes, virtuous nephew, why did you suddenly come to my house to visit this jade pendant?" Gao Shilian was also curious and asked, and said: "Doctor Pei told me everything, but forgot to tell me, why did you come to visit this jade pendant in the first place." Virtuous nephew, can you let the old man know the answer to the mystery now? ”

Chen Yingliang smiled even more bitterly, with the strength of the wine, Chen Yingliang simply said truthfully: "In fact, the mystery is very simple, this jade pendant is my engagement token for marriage with the daughter of the Cheshire Prince, you all know about me and the Chai family, I am not verbose, in short, it was because the daughter of the Cheshire Princess's daughter found me that day and asked for a return to the subscription token, so I followed the vine and found you all the way here." ”

Saying that, Chen Yingliang probably said again that he had sold his belongings as a trip to the army, and Gao Shilian and the eldest grandson Wuji's uncle and nephew became more and more curious, and they couldn't believe that there was such a coincidence in the world, but Gao Shilian's wife Xian Yu considered another problem and asked Chen Yingliang: "Eldest nephew, you and the girl of the Chai family never thought about getting back together?" Anyway, your Chen family and the Chai family were once world friends, and if they get back together, it will be a happy marriage? ”

For some reason, the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli, who had been silent on the side, suddenly became a little nervous, and hurriedly secretly went to see Chen Yingliang's reaction. Fortunately, Chen Yingliang immediately smiled bitterly and said: "Auntie, there is absolutely no such possibility, as for the reason, it is inconvenient for me to say in front of Brother Wuji and Guanyin, you can ask Uncle Gao when you have time, he knows the reason." ”

Of course, Gao Shilian knew the reason, and even knew that the old Li family used their own affairs to kill Chen Yingliang this time, and the root of it was Chen Yingliang's holiday with the Chai family, and after making a look at his wife to shut up the yellow-faced woman, Gao Shilian looked at Chen Yingliang again, and suddenly had a thought, and hurriedly asked: "Virtuous nephew, then I don't know what you think about your marriage?" ”

"Not yet." Chen Yingliang replied truthfully.

Gao Shilian smiled, and suddenly said again: "Virtuous nephew, how about uncle arrange a family affair for you now?" ”

"Uncle, are you going to arrange a family affair for your little nephew now?"

Chen Yingliang, who was already a little dizzy, was stunned at first, and then subconsciously immediately turned his gaze to the only girl present, the eldest grandson Wuji, but the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli also happened to peek at Chen Yingliang, and the four eyes intersected, and the beautiful little face of the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli suddenly turned into a red cloth, and quickly lowered his head, his heart was pounding, Chen Yingliang was a little dumbfounded, and said secretly: "It won't be her, right?" She's the future queen of the ages? ”

The unimaginable possibility turned into a fact, Gao Shilian really smiled and said: "If the virtuous nephew doesn't dislike it, the old man wants to marry his niece to you, I don't know what you think?" ”

Hearing Gao Shilian's words, Chen Yingliang, who had never had similar thoughts about the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli, was naturally even more dumbfounded, the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli was so ashamed that she wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into, Gao Shilian's mother, wife and sister were shocked together, and the eldest grandson Wuji exclaimed, "Uncle, weren't you a ...... before?" ”

"Mowgli, don't say it, my uncle will tell you the truth in a while." Gao Shilian waved his hand to interrupt his nephew's exclamation, and then turned to his sister and the biological mother of the eldest grandson brother and sister, Gao, and said solemnly: "Little sister, although the decision to be a brother is temporary, but I am for the sake of the innocent, Ying Liangxian nephew is not only outstanding in talent and has a promising future, but also kind-hearted, filial piety and righteousness, if he can tie the knot with the innocent, he will definitely be able to take good care of the innocent for a lifetime." ”

Of course, Gao knew that Chen Yingliang was currently in the limelight in the officialdom, and knew that Chen Yingliang and his daughter had similar backgrounds, and his daughter would inevitably be loved by Chen Yingliang when she married, and he had already found that Chen Yingliang had clear eyebrows and good manners, and he was the ideal son-in-law candidate in his mind, so he didn't hesitate much, and quickly nodded and said: "Then please let my brother decide." ”

Gao Shilian nodded with satisfaction, turned to Chen Yingliang with a smile, and asked, "Virtuous nephew, it depends on what you think now." ”

The critical moment that decided the fate of his life suddenly came, Chen Yingliang was completely caught off guard, and his little face, which was already red, couldn't help but turn even redder, and he hesitated, "What should I do?" Say yes or no? ”

After hesitating, Chen Yingliang naturally remembered the goddess Yang Yu'er in his heart, and then remembered the unreachable distance between himself and Yang Yu'er, as well as Yang Yu'er's indifferent look in front of him today, Chen Yingliang's thoughts about her couldn't help but dim. Then, with the strength of the wine, Chen Yingliang simply left the table and bowed to Gao Shilian, and said loudly: "Thank you uncle for your success, my little nephew is willing to spend this life with Guanyin!" ”

Gao Shilian laughed loudly, Gao smiled with satisfaction, the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli was so ashamed that she got up and ran into the back hall, and Chen Yingliang said secretly in his heart: "Yu'er, it's not that I empathize with you, it's that it's impossible between me and you, settle my family affairs earlier, and you don't have to worry about me pestering you again in the future." ”