It was a fluke to escape the danger of almost losing his official position, and Chen Yingliang, who was relieved, quickly slipped back to the East Palace to continue his errand, preparing to atone for his sins, but unfortunately he didn't have this opportunity to express himself, because at this moment Shen Shizheng had already passed, and it was time for Chen Yingliang to go home on a business trip. Seeing Chen Yingliang returning, Pei Xin was still very nervous and asked, "How is it?" For what did the Holy One summon you? ”

"It's Uncle Xiao's incident." Chen Yingliang replied with a sad face: "Uncle Xiao Guo directly sued the saint and the queen, so the saint sent me to interrogate. ”

"The Holy One actually summoned you personally for such a trivial matter?" Pei Xin was a little surprised that Emperor Yang of Sui had a lot of time, and then hurriedly asked, "How about that?" What kind of disposition did the Holy One give you? ”

"Lecture me a few words, make me a good errand, and then let me come back." Chen Yingliang replied truthfully, and at the same time misunderstood Pei Xin's meaning, and hurriedly added: "Uncle, don't worry, the saint didn't mention that you granted me leave, so it shouldn't involve you." ”

"That's good." Pei Xin breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "Virtuous nephew, Pei Ju Pei Zuoxiang asked me to bring you a message, let you go to his house to meet him after the business trip, if he hasn't returned home yet, you just wait at his house, he wants to see you today." It's the beginning of the hour, so go quickly. ”

As soon as he heard Pei Ju's summons, Chen Yingliang, who was about to ask Pei Ju for help, was overjoyed, and hurriedly said goodbye to Pei Xin and hurried home, preparing to change his clothes and bring gifts to Pei Ju's house to meet him, Pei Xin muttered in his heart again, "Good guy, Pei Zuoxiang actually has another sentence, if your kid is dismissed from his official position, there is no need to call you to him." Damn, what kind of luck is this kid? As a member of Wenxi Pei's family, this official is dignified and upright, and he has never been summoned by the emperor and Pei Zuoxiang alone, how can this kid see the emperor and Pei Zuoxiang, it is easier than meeting me? ”

Of course, Chen Yingliang didn't know that his boss had already gone crazy with jealousy, so he honestly went home to change his clothes, and went straight to Pei Ju's house with carefully prepared gifts. The result was the same as Pei Xin said, Pei Ju really hadn't returned home at the moment, but because of Pei Ju's message, the old Pei family's eyes above the top never dared to let Chen Yingliang wait in line, and very respectfully invited Chen Yingliang into the living room, let Chen Yingliang taste tea and wait for Pei Ju to return, and also made those civil and military officials who were queuing up in the gatehouse of Pei's mansion to see them with envy and red eyes - they didn't even have the qualifications to wait in the living room.

I don't know how long I waited, and finally came from outside the hall the shouts of the old man returning to the house, Chen Yingliang didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly greeted Pei Ju to the hall, calling him uncle, Pei Ju looked a little tired, and ordered me to come with me, and then went directly into the backyard, Chen Yingliang didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly took the gift to keep up with Pei Ju, and was led by Pei Ju to the back hall.

Lao Pei really enjoyed it, just lay down on the brocade couch covered with satin, and immediately several fifteen or sixteen-year-old beautiful girls stepped forward, two maids waited for him to wash his feet, two women beat his legs, and a particularly beautiful maid stood behind Pei Ju and massaged Pei Ju's shoulders and head. Poor little Zhengtai Chen Yingliang didn't speak, not to mention similar enjoyment, but he didn't even dare to sit, so he could only stand respectfully in front of Pei Ju with a gift, waiting for Pei Ju to speak.

After a long time, Pei Ju, who was enjoying the massage service with his eyes closed, finally spoke, and said, "Tell me what happened today, don't scruple about it, tell the truth." ”

Chen Yingliang respectfully agreed, and honestly told the truth what happened today, and also truthfully reported the details of Emperor Yang of Sui's poem to himself. Pei Ju kept listening with his eyes closed, never saying a word, until Chen Yingliang finished speaking, Pei Ju, who had his eyes closed, showed some smiles and said with a smile: "Your little guy is really lucky, Uncle Xiao Guo is bent on rectifying you, and deliberately picked the opportunity that me and your Uncle Pei Yun are not by the side of the saint, but I didn't expect to be resolved by a poem by you." Very good, even if you have the wit, making that poem in a hurry is very appetizing to the saint, and the saint is embarrassed to let you clean up. ”

"Uncle Xie's compliment." Chen Yingliang is modest, but he is inevitably a little proud in his heart - after all, using a sycophant poem to resolve a crisis, and at the same time currying favor with Emperor Yang of Sui, this is not something that ordinary people can do.

"What is your relationship with His Majesty's concubine Jiang Cairen?" Pei Ju suddenly asked again: "When did you get through her door?" How come we never knew before? ”

"Jiang Cairen?" Chen Yingliang was confused by the question, and asked in confusion: "Uncle, why can't your little nephew understand your words?" Concubine Jiang? That Jiang Cairen? ”

"You don't know Jiang Cairen?" Pei Ju finally opened his eyes and asked with a surprised face: "Then why did she risk offending the queen and Uncle Xiao Guo by pulling a few concubines of His Majesty to summon you and give you a chance to defend yourself in front of the saint?" ”

"The Holy Lord summoned me because of Jiang Cairen's prodding?" The more Chen Yingliang listened, the more confused and surprised he became.

Seeing that Chen Yingliang's expression did not seem to be fake, Pei Ju believed that Chen Yingliang really had nothing to do with Emperor Yang of Sui's harem, and said with a smile: "It seems that it is just a coincidence, in the future, you will have a chance to repay Jiang Cairen with a good life, if it weren't for her today, you wouldn't have had a good time." I received a report from the palace, today Uncle Xiao Guo is intent on playing you to death, deliberately picked the opportunity of the saint to take the concubine to the garden, taking advantage of the absence of me and your uncle Pei Yun, using the queen's door to meet the saint, I want to let you go home to farm, it is Jiang Cairen who pulled a few concubines to ask the saint to summon him, saying that he wants to see with his own eyes what you look like in this legendary little Chen Qingzhi, and the emperor gave you the opportunity to defend himself in person, otherwise, you will probably already be an official hat on the ground, I went home and farmed. ”

Recalling Emperor Yang of Sui's order to ask him to raise his head to the concubines to watch, Chen Yingliang suddenly realized, and was grateful to Jiang Cairen who had secretly pulled him, Chen Yingliang asked suspiciously: "Uncle, the little nephew has a question, the little nephew doesn't know that Uncle Xiao Guo, why is he so targeted at me?" ”

"You don't know why?" Pei Ju's expression was a little helpless, and he said, "I said, why don't you kid inquire about the in-laws in the court?" Uncle Xiao's wife, Dugu, is the cousin of Tang Guogong Li Yuan, and Uncle Xiao Guogong is Li Yuan's cousin-in-law, Tang Guogong and you have had so many unpleasant things in the recent period, you said yourself, Xiao Yu Xiao Guoshu is not targeting you, who is it targeting? ”

Chen Yingliang suddenly realized that he hung his head and gritted his teeth, and at the same time, he was inevitably a little worried, it was indeed not a pleasant thing to provoke a royal relative like the queen's younger brother.

"It seems that Brother Hongce is right, you kid is indeed a troublemaker, even if you don't make trouble, someone will find you in trouble." Pei Ju also seemed to be a little sympathetic to Chen Yingliang's situation, and said with a smile: "But don't worry too much, go back to work as an errand, don't let people grab the handle anymore." I will hurry up and do it for you, so that you don't have to be troubled every day if you stay in Daxing. ”

Seeing that the opportunity was coming, Chen Yingliang naturally would not miss it, and hurriedly saluted Pei Juji, presented valuable gifts with both hands, and took the opportunity to put forward his request to want to go to Zanzhi in Qianjun, but Pei Ju was also happy when he heard it, and said with a smile: "I can't see that you kid is so well-informed in this regard, and he even knows the news of the vacancy of Zanzhi in Qianjun." Cheng, this official position happens to be at the same level as you, and it is only a deputy position, it is difficult for others to have something to say, since you are willing to ask for it, then I will do my best to arrange, you go back and wait for news. ”

Chen Yingliang, who didn't expect things to go so smoothly, was overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked him repeatedly, and then said goodbye and left, but Chen Yingliang inevitably still had some doubts in his heart, and said secretly: "That Jiang Cairen? Why did you suddenly remember that Emperor Yang of Sui summoned me? Curious about me and want to see how handsome they look? But on the day Yang Xuangan was executed, she should have seen me from afar, why was she still so curious about me? ”

Thinking about it, Chen Yingliang suddenly remembered another person who was present at the time, and suddenly remembered a possibility, and a warm current suddenly surged into Chen Yingliang's heart, "Could it be her?" If it's her, what should I do? ”

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After this lesson, he went through Pei Ju's door again, and got Pei Ju's personal promise, Chen Yingliang, who had made up his mind, finally worked seriously for two days, and was not caught again. At the same time, Chen Yingliang and the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli were also officially decided, Chen Yingliang begged Pang Yu, who had been promoted to the general of the Zhige, to come forward as a matchmaker, and directly sent Nacai, asking for the name and Najib three gifts to Gao Shilian's family, Gao Shilian accepted it according to the agreement, and let the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli and Chen Yingliang officially get engaged. Then Gao Shilian, Chen Laosan and others all hoped that Chen Yingliang would get married immediately, but Chen Yingliang put forward a request to get married in a few years.

It's not that Chen Yingliang suddenly regretted being Chen Shimei, and suddenly didn't want to marry the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli, but the eldest grandson Xiao Xiaoluoli is too young now, and the actual age is only thirteen years old, although it is very normal for a girl to marry at the age of twelve or thirteen, but as an unqualified servant of the people, Chen Yingliang still said that he couldn't accept the criminal behavior of pressing a thirteen-year-old girl under him and ravaging him, and he also directly explained the reason to Gao Shilian and Gao, saying that the eldest grandson Xiao Xiaoluoli is too young now, and it is not good for her to marry too early, so I hope to officially get married in a few years, Gao Shilian's brothers and sisters saw Chen Yingliang's resolute attitude, and also knew that the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli's age was indeed too young, so they also nodded and agreed to Chen Yingliang's request.

By the way, the eldest grandson Wuji still had some opinions on Gao Shilian's promise of his sister to Chen Yingliang, but after learning some cruel facts from Gao Shilian's mouth afterwards, the eldest grandson Wuji was sad and sad, but also finally recognized his uncle Gao Shilian's judgment, and felt that only Chen Yingliang could make his sister happy for life, so he also officially recognized Chen Yingliang as a brother-in-law, and was very polite to Chen Yingliang as a brother. In addition, the eldest grandson Wuji has never contacted a friend again - the eldest grandson Wuji can accept the harm of his friend, but he can't accept the injury of his friend's uncle Gao Shilian, who is equivalent to his own father.

In this way, the two days of calm passed quickly, and the morning of the third day was upward, and Emperor Yang of Sui, who had never liked to live in peace, was once again exposed, and suddenly decided to go to the Taiping Palace in the southwest of Daxing to play, and at the same time ordered the Xiaoguo army subordinate to the right guard to assemble in the Taiping Palace to be reviewed, and the civil and military officials of the Great Sui who were familiar with the character of Emperor Yang of Sui knew that this was a signal that Emperor Yang of Sui was ready to patrol again, but no one dared to object, all of them praised the wisdom and martial arts of the saint in unison, and they were all over the world. Then honestly followed Emperor Yang of Sui to the Taiping Palace without mentioning it.

Emperor Yang of Sui, who has always said to leave, left on the same day, and the Daxing Imperial City, which had just been lively for a few days, was suddenly deserted again, and the people who stayed in Daxing were still the acting kings Yang Yu and Wei Xuanwei were stubborn, and Chen Yingliang was not called to accompany the car because he was affiliated with the East Palace of the Daxing Imperial City, and still stayed in the imperial city on an errand. In this regard, Chen Yingliang is both happy and worried, of course, he is glad that he doesn't need to go to the Taiping Palace with Emperor Yang of Sui to live in the military camp and have nothing to do, what he is worried about is that Pei Ju seeks the position of Zanzhi of Qianjun for himself - Emperor Yang of Sui suddenly left Daxing, and the position of Zanzhi of Qianjun has not been settled, and Chen Yingliang just wants to find Pei Ju to urge and remind him There is no chance to do it.

No matter how much he worried, it was useless for Chen Yingliang to stop Pei Ju and ask him to set his new position before leaving, in desperation, Chen Yingliang could only stand honestly for another day, and then when it came to Shen, he was leaving work. At the same time, the subordinates of Chen's house who accompanied Chen Yingliang to and from work had also been replaced by Ma Sanbao, the new servant that Chen Laosan collected for Chen Yingliang, and greeted Chen Yingliang outside Yanxi Gate on time, and then led the horse and stirrups for Chen Yingliang to wait for Chen Yingliang to go home.

After a few days of contact, Chen Yingliang found that he was deceived by "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", the real Ma Sanbao and the romance are simply two people, what is said in the romance Ma Sanbao was cut off limbs and still kept silent, with a strong attitude, but in fact, the real Ma Sanbao's mouth can be said to be able to talk, and there is no problem with the mouth to say stand-up comedy in later generations, and it became the pistachio of the old Chen family within a few days of entering the door, and often made Chen Laosan and other Chen family members laugh. Although Chen Yingliang, who has a relatively calm personality, does not like Ma Sanbao's frivolity very much, but for the sake of Ma Sanbao's prominent reputation and quite good knife skills in later generations, he quickly promoted Ma Sanbao to a personal servant, and took him with him to observe and cultivate at any time.

Fortunately, as recorded in the New Tang Dynasty Book, Ma Sanbao is also a very smart person in addition to being able to speak, and it can be seen that Chen Yingliang does not like people who can only play tricks, but in front of Chen Yingliang, he is very able to hold his temperament, try not to talk if he can, and obediently do more practical things and talk less, and basically didn't talk much nonsense after catching Chen Yingliang, until he entered Yiyangfang, when the mansion of the old Chen family was already in sight, Ma Sanbao came to Chen Yingliang's approach, and whispered: "Childe, pay attention to the alley on your right." ”

Chen Yingliang, who was on his mind, first reined in the horse, then turned his head to look to the right, and saw a red shadow flashing in the alley on the right, and immediately disappeared without a trace, Chen Yingliang was a little strange, so he asked Ma Sanbao: "Who is it?" ”

"Childe, the villain said, don't be angry." Ma Sanbao lowered his head and replied: "It is the daughter of the villain's former lord Chashen Cheshire Gong, and your former wife who never passed the door." ”

There was not much left of conscience to torture poor little Zhengtai Chen Yingliang again, and he knew very well that he should pretend not to see it now and continue to go home, but the little conscience left made Chen Yingliang say that he couldn't say anything about this heart, and after hesitating for a moment, Chen Yingliang still turned over and got off the horse, threw the reins to Ma Sanbao, and whispered a sentence to wait for me here, and then walked to the alley, Ma Sanbao obediently led the horse to guard the side of the road, and was very smart not to follow to see the excitement.

Chen Yingliang once hoped that Chai Qian had already crossed the alley and left, but unfortunately, after entering this remote alley, Chen Yingliang found that it was a dead end, a weedy earthen wall cut off the alley, and Chai Qian, who was dressed in a red shirt, stood facing the earthen wall, shrugging her thin shoulders, as if she was crying. Chen Yingliang didn't hesitate much this time, walked straight to the distance behind Chai Qian, and said hello, "Miss Chai." ”

Chai Qian's shoulders stopped shaking, and after a while, Chai Qian slowly turned around, looked at Chen Yingliang and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

In less than ten days, Chen Yingliang's former fiancée Chai Qian was obviously thinner, her expression was also very haggard, and her beautiful eyes were red, which made contemporary Chen Shimei Chen Yingliang feel a little ashamed when she saw it, and tried to avoid Chai Qian's gaze, Chen Yingliang said solemnly: "Between us, it is destined by God to have no fate, and the matter has come to this point, I still say the same thing, I wish you happiness and find a wishful husband as soon as possible." ”

"Happiness?" Chai Qian's temperament was already straightforward, and she knew that the opportunity to talk alone with Chen Yingliang might be the last time, so she didn't have any scruples, so she simply choked up and said directly: "Do you think I can still be happy?" I'm already the laughing stock of the whole world, what happiness do you think I can have? ”

"I also know that this is very hurtful to you." Chen Yingliang said helplessly: "But you know what happened before and after, you can't blame me, if you hadn't forced you to return the jade pendant, I would have been able to find the tall man's home, and I happened to encounter something like that?" In other words, if your family had brought up our matter again a day or two in the morning, I might not have agreed to Mr. Gao's marriage, or if your sister-in-law's family had not done anything in Mr. Gao's case, Mr. Gao would definitely not be angry and promise his niece to me. There are so many yin and yang errors, all of them are staggered, what can you tell me to do? ”

Chai Qian shed tears, because Chai Qian also knew that the matter between herself and Chen Yingliang was indeed her snobbish father and brother who made the wrong choice at the beginning, and she also took the wrong step by mistake, and completely pushed the kind-hearted former fiancé to the eldest grandson Xiao Luoli, and the kind and benevolent Chen Yingliang did not do anything wrong in this matter. However, Chai Qian still had something to say in her heart, "Why didn't you think about rejecting your eldest grandson?" Or, divorce her now? ”

In this case, of course, Chai Qian can only say it in her heart, and she can't say it anyway, but Chen Yingliang smiled bitterly and Chai Qian made up for it, "Or, if you don't mind the position of the concubine, I won't mind." ”

Chai Qian's face turned red all of a sudden, and she raised her slap and wanted to slap Chen Yingliang's shameless face, but after the slap was raised, Chai Qian still forced herself to stop her movements, and she was really shameless to beat her unkind but kind-hearted former fiancé, Chen Yingliang didn't dodge, until Chai Qian slowly put down the slap, Chen Yingliang whispered again: "I know you will mind, and your parents and brothers will definitely mind, so I really can't help it." I sincerely hope that you can be happy and forget about me. ”

After that, Chen Yingliang turned around and left, leaving Chai Qian crying silently in place, and a trace of regret also quietly surfaced in Chai Qian's heart, so that Chai Qian couldn't help but complain in her heart: "Why don't you ask me more?" Or, why are you just giving me some time to think about it? ”

Contemporary Chen Shimei Chen Yingliang of course did not know the remorse of his former fiancée, after going out of the alley, Chen Yingliang was very unconscionable and strode away on foot, Ma Sanbao led the horse to hurry up, fortunately it was not far from Chen's house here, Chen Yingliang didn't take much time to return to his own door, when he went up the steps, the door of Chen's house greeted him, and said respectfully while saluting: "Childe, there are two guests visiting, and they have been waiting for you at home for a while." ”

"Who? Fang Gongzi and Du Gongzi? Chen Yingliang asked casually.

"It's not them." Menzi shook his head and denied it, and then introduced: "It's a young girl and an old man, and that girl said that her name is Yu'er and she is your friend, so the third uncle let them go into the living room and wait." ”

Chen Yingliang stumbled and fell on the steps of his house on the spot, screaming in his heart, "No, right? I just got re-engaged, why did Yu'er come to the door right away? If she is here and she decides to accept my pursuit, then I, Chen Shimei, will not be decided?! ”

"Childe, that's amazing!" Ma Sanbao, who didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Chen Yingliang, finally couldn't help revealing his true form, praised him with a surprised expression, and then said with a hippie smile: "I really can't see it, Gongzi, you are such a kind and benevolent person, and you are actually the pioneer in the romantic array, just sent one away, and another one in the family is already waiting." The villain followed the son, and he really followed the right person. ”