"Childe, Childe."

When Chen Yingliang was quietly sighing, a subordinate suddenly came in from outside the door and said to Chen Yingliang: "Yu Gongzi, a group of people came to the door of our house, and the leader claimed to be surnamed Chai Mingshen, saying that he had brought his son and daughter-in-law to visit you, please be sure to meet you." The villains heard about you and the Chai family, so they didn't let them in, and the third uncle also asked us to ask you what you meant first. ”

"Chai Shen? Chai Shao and Li Xiuning? Chen Yingliang was stunned at first, and then said with some anger: "Visit me? I'm afraid I didn't have any good intentions, right? ”

"Brother Xian, you were wrong this time, if your brother is not bad, the Cheshire family should have come to make amends and thank you this time." Fang Xuanling shook his head and explained: "Brother Xian may not know, the day before yesterday, in the early dynasty, when Fan Zi Gaifan stayed in the Jinluan Palace to bid farewell to His Majesty, he and Wei Liushou jointly impeached the Chai family, accusing Chai Shen and Chai Shao and his son of being alarmist in your matter, implicating innocents indiscriminately, shaking the foundation of the imperial court, and asking the emperor to impose additional punishments on the Chai family and his son. ”

As a result, the emperor smiled and said, even you, the virtuous brother, have forgiven the Chai family, as the king of a country, how can he be narrower than his courtiers, and then announced that he would not continue to pursue the matter, and refuted the recital of Fan Liushou and Wei Liushou. Therefore, if the foolish brother expected it to be true, the Chai family must have heard this rumor, so they made up their minds to cut down their face and personally come to the door to apologize to you, which should also be thanked and apologized from the heart. ”

Fang Xuanling said that Chen Yingliang knew about this in advance, and of course he was not surprised by this, but Du Ruhui was taken aback - surprised that Emperor Yang of Sui suddenly changed his temperament? Then Du Ruhui immediately came to his senses and said with a smile: "Chai Shaogongzi is really lucky, he is crooked, just right for the emperor's appetite." Yang Xuangan This matter, it is impossible for the emperor to investigate the families of traitors, but he can't help but give a warning to the families of these traitors, and forgiving Chai Gongzi, who first mentioned this matter, is the best warning. ”

"What the emperor thinks, we don't need to guess, it's none of our business." Fang Xuanling shook his head, and then said to Chen Yingliang: "Brother Xian, when the Chai family forced you to commit suicide, you still went out to greet Chai Gongzi with a smile, and later the Chai family slandered you as a fellow thief and tried to put you to death, you still forgave them with virtue for your grievances, and your magnanimity and generosity even praised you today." Now that the Chai family has come to apologize, if you don't come out to greet them in person, you can't start and finish well, go and welcome them. ”

Chen Yingliang nodded, and invited Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui to greet them, Fang Du and the two happily obeyed, and then the three of them went out of the room together and went to greet Chai Shen's family outside the door of their house. As a result, when I got to the door, Chai Shen, who was wearing civilian clothes, was really guarding outside the door, followed by Chai Shao and Li Xiuning, who were also dressed in civilian clothes, and some of the Chai family's maids, but Chai Qian, who was once entangled with Chen Yingliang, was nowhere to be seen. In addition, to Chen Yingliang's surprise, Chai Shen and his son actually brought a family member who was tied up by five flowers, and was also pressed and knelt in front of Chen's house.

After seeing him for less than a month, Chai Shen, who almost became Chen Yingliang's father-in-law, seemed to be several years old all of a sudden, and his once black hair was already faintly gray, after meeting his former future son-in-law, Chai Shen opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back, and his expression became very embarrassed. Chen Yingliang also understood his difficulties, and for the sake of his age, he simply took the initiative to kneel down on one knee to Chai Shen, clasped his fists and said loudly: "Little nephew Chen Yingliang, I have seen Uncle Chai Shi, Uncle Jin'an. ”

Seeing Chen Yingliang giving face like this, and hearing Chen Yingliang call him uncle, in fact, Chai Shen, who was ready to eat closed-door soup in his heart, suddenly had red circles in his eyes, and almost burst into tears on the spot, and quickly picked up Chen Yingliang with both hands, and said with a choked voice: "Nephew, please get up quickly, the old man is ashamed, I came to the door today to make amends, and where it is rude, Wan Wangxian's nephew Haihan." ”

"Uncle Shi doesn't have to be so polite." Chen Yingliang said very politely: "Let's not talk about other things, after all, the Chai and Chen families are world friends, the grandfather of the little nephew, Wan Di Gong, and the father of the uncle, Chai Liegong, that is the friendship of the ancestors, the friendship of the ancestors is so deep, if the uncle is polite to the little nephew, it is not to recognize the younger generation of the little nephew." ”

Tears flickered in the corners of Chai Shen's eyes, and a thousand words were in his heart, but he couldn't say a word, and Li Xiuning, who was behind him, also understood his father-in-law's embarrassing position, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute Chen Yingliang, and asked with a smile: "Brother Yingliang, I heard that you are sick, how is the situation now?" ”

"How does my sister-in-law know I'm sick?" Chen Yingliang was stunned.

"I'm going to wait for you outside Yanxi Gate today and invite you to a banquet." Li Xiuning replied truthfully: "I never saw you come out of the imperial city, so I asked your colleagues about the news, and after my father-in-law and Chai Lang learned about this, they decided to visit you together, and also apologized to you and thanked you by the way." ”

"There's a sister-in-law waiting for you." Chen Yingliang said pretendedly: "It's not a disease, it's a little uncomfortable, and I'm afraid of affecting the majesty of the imperial city, so I took leave and went home first." ”

Li Xiuning nodded, and quietly pulled Chai Shao next to him, Chai Shao, who had been deliberately twisting his face, turned his face around and saluted Chen Yingliang very reluctantly, and shouted, "Virtuous brother." ”

"Brother Shi." Chen Yingliang just screamed, and then closed his mouth - it wasn't the magnanimity of Chen Yingliang, who was hypocritical by nature, that he didn't want to continue performing, but that Chen Yingliang really couldn't find anything to talk to Chai Shao.

"Chai Gongzi, I haven't seen you for a long time, it's been a long time." Fang Xuanling stood up to resolve the embarrassing scene, first said hello to Chai Shao, who had met, and then turned to Chen Yingliang and said with a smile: "Brother Xian, what are you still doing?" Why don't you invite your Uncle Chai Shi to come in and stand and talk outside the door, isn't it a way of hospitality? ”

Chen Yingliang habitually smirked to resolve the embarrassment, and then hurriedly invited Chai Shen's family to enter the door, Chai Shen, Li Xiuning and others happily obeyed, and specially ordered their subordinates to put the family who was tied up by Wuhua into Chen's house, and knelt in the front yard of Chen's house. At the same time, during this period, Chen Laosan also found an opportunity to attach to Chen Yingliang's ear, and whispered: "Son, the person who was tied up was the one who broke the old slave's leg in the first place. ”

Chen Yingliang glanced at the family and found that he was about twenty-five or sixteen years old, and his appearance was mediocre and inconspicuous, and he didn't immediately care, but just beckoned the Chai family to sit in the hall, and ordered his subordinates to prepare a banquet and tea, and prepare a symbolic treat for the old Chai family, so as to consolidate his magnanimous reputation of benevolence, righteousness, and righteousness.

After entering the hall and sitting down according to the position of host and guest, Chen Yingliang first introduced Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui to Chai Shen, and explained that they happened to be guests at home, Chai Shen was not too embarrassed about this, and also apologized to Fang Xuanling for his baby son, Fang Xuanling, who was just a quarrel with Chai Shao, laughed, and erased the matter with an understatement. Then Chai Shen gave an order to the entourage, and the servant immediately brought up ten large wooden boxes and put them in the middle of the hall, and then Chai Shen said with an embarrassed expression: "Virtuous nephew, this is the decree of His Royal Highness the Acting King, ordering the old man to compensate your servant Chen Sanbo, the money is 1,000 yuan, please order the servant to accept it." ”

It was about Chen Laosan, Chen Yingliang was not polite, and immediately turned to Chen Laosan and said, "Third uncle, this is your money, you can accept it." ”

The timid and cowardly Chen Laosan dared to accept it, and refused to accept it until Chen Yingliang explained that this was the decree of Yang Yujun, the acting king, and not accepting it was equivalent to resisting the decree, so Chen Laosan reluctantly accepted it. Chai Shen breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly made a color to his son, Chai Shao knew what his father meant, so he reluctantly went out, took a gift box from the hands of his subordinates, took it back to the hall with both hands, and said in a reluctant and blunt tone: "Brother Ying Liangxian, this is a little bit of the foolish brother's mind, the previous thing, it was the foolish brother who lived to the dog at a great age, and he offended you a lot, but you repaid the foolish brother with virtue and saved the foolish brother's life. ”

"No need." Chen Yingliang, who was no longer short of money, was too lazy to accept Chai Shao's favor, and refused: "Brother Shi doesn't have to be so polite, let him pass the past, you and I will continue to talk about each other in the future, and there is no need for thanks." ”

"Virtuous nephew, you must accept it." Chai Shen opened his mouth and said very sincerely: "Virtuous nephew, you have saved the old father and son more than once, the old man has already heard about it, the morning before yesterday, someone mentioned the stupid behavior of the old father and son, and asked that the son of today personally issue an order to severely punish the old father and son, and the saint is thinking about your magnanimity to the old father and son, so he ordered not to be investigated." If it weren't for the virtuous nephew and Houde, the old father and son, I'm afraid they would have already landed twice. ”

"Uncle Shi has won the award." Chen Yingliang said modestly: "This matter is all the kindness of the Son of God today, and it has nothing to do with the little nephew. ”

"Thank you, thank you." Chai Shen hurriedly agreed, and repeatedly asked Chen Yingliang to accept his own thank-you gift, Li Xiuning also stood up to help, but Chen Yingliang insisted on refusing to accept it, and the two sides pushed and let Chai Shen forget about another thing. In the end, it was Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui who opened their mouths to help, and said a nonsense about giving grace without repaying and thanking for great kindness for Chen Yingliang to refuse, plus Chen Yingliang resolutely refused to accept it, Chai Shen had no choice but to let his son take back the thank you gift.

The next atmosphere was a little subtle, Chai Shen obviously still had something to say, but after opening his mouth a few times, he took the words back into his mouth, and finally simply glanced at his son and asked Chai Shao to open this mouth for himself, and the arrogant Chai Shao pretended not to see it, hung his head slightly and said nothing, completely ignoring his father's eyes of killing chickens and wiping his neck. In the end, Li Xiuning couldn't bear to be so embarrassed by her husband and father-in-law, and said: "Brother Xian, sister-in-law and your uncle and brother are here today, in addition to thanking you and making amends, there is one more thing I want to discuss with you." ”

"Sister-in-law, please command, don't scruple." Chen Yingliang nodded and replied.

"It's about you and Sister Qian'er." Li Xiuning was also calm, as if she was very justified and said: "The previous incident between you and Sister Qian'er has long been known to the whole city of Daxing, and my sister-in-law will not repeat it today." But there are some things, sister-in-law really only found out later, that day Qian'er was poured out of a sudden illness by the torrential rain in Qujiang Lake, it was you who took the risk to send her home, during which you also had some inappropriate things, although Qian'er sister didn't know your true identity afterwards, but she never missed you, I don't know if the virtuous brother knows? ”

"I don't know." Chen Yingliang shook his head and said nonsense with his eyes open.

"Brother Xian, don't you really know?" Li Xiuning smiled slyly and deliberately raised her voice, "That day, Sister Qian'er kept hugging you in the carriage because of her illness and cold, and because of some inconsistencies, your appearance at that time was seen by many people - Qian'er is a girl, when something like this happens, do you think she can never forget you?" ”

After that, Li Xiuning also turned to Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, and asked with a smile: "Fang Gongzi, Du Gongzi, you are all from the past, what do you think of such a thing?" ”

Of course, Li Xiuning asked this because he wanted to pull Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui into the water and let them put pressure on their friend Chen Yingliang, but unfortunately Li Xiuning made a wrong idea, and the two great sages of the future were more monkey spirits than one another, all of them kept their mouths shut and did not say a word, refusing to get involved in this rotten thing.

Li Xiuning waited for a long time without a reaction, and was also a little disappointed, so she had to turn to Chen Yingliang again, and said softly: "Brother Xian, let's make it clear, Qian'er is interested in you, and she has never seen you before, otherwise, you may have already tied the knot." Now that the matter has come to this, you can even forgive Shiba Lang and your father-in-law, don't you think about renewing your relationship with her? ”

"That's exactly what it means." Chen Yingliang smiled bitterly, and then said to Li Xiuning: "Sister-in-law, it's not that the junior brother deliberately rejected your kindness, it's that you are a step late, so the junior brother can only refuse." ”

"One step too late? What do you mean? Li Xiuning was confused.

"I'm already married." Chen Yingliang replied with a wry smile: "Just yesterday, just yesterday, I had already made a marriage contract with another girl, so I couldn't get back together with Miss Chai." ”

Everyone present was dumbfounded, including Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, who had been watching coldly, and immediately after, Chen Laosan simply shouted happily, "Son, are you already engaged?" How did I not know? ”

"Sanbo forgive the sin, things are too rushed, so I haven't had time to sue you yet." Chen Yingliang said with a wry smile: "You have also seen that girl, it is the eldest grandson girl who often came to our house a few days ago, the girl named Guanyin, her uncle Gao Shilian Gao personally acted as a matchmaker yesterday and promised her to me, and I also agreed." ”

Hearing Chen Yingliang's words, Chen Laosan was so excited that he burst into tears directly, muttering in his mouth, and even said that the old man and the old lady can be blinded, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at each other, admiring the good brother's method of picking up girls together, Chai Shen was so disappointed that he almost screamed, but the most shocked was Li Xiuning, and blurted out: "Guanyin? How can it be? Isn't she ...... with Jiro? ”

Speaking of this, Li Xiuning finally managed to stop himself from continuing to scream that he was absolutely inappropriate, and he was full of doubts in his heart. Seeing her surprised expression, Chen Yingliang was also a little suspicious, so he asked tentatively: "Sister-in-law, you haven't returned to your parents' house for a while?" ”

"Nope." Li Xiuning shook his head and replied: "My father returned to Beijing this time, and Chai Lang and I went to see him once on the day he returned to Beijing, and then we never went to visit his old man's house, and even on the day he took office in Honghua, because of some things, Chai Lang and I did not see him off. ”

"Then sister-in-law, you can go home and ask." Chen Yingliang said calmly: "Sister-in-law, it seems that you really don't know about this, this is the best, the younger brother will definitely continue to respect you as a sister-in-law in the future." ”

Li Xiuning is so smart, when he heard Chen Yingliang's words, he naturally immediately understood that this matter was related to his mother's family, so he immediately closed his mouth, and his heart became more and more suspicious, and he couldn't guess what happened between his mother's family and Chen Yingliang. Chen Yingliang took out the jade pendant that had caused countless troubles from his arms, held it in front of Chai Shen with both hands, and said sincerely: "Uncle Shi, it's not that the little nephew refuses to accept your kindness, it's that the matter has come to this point and is irretrievable. But please rest assured, you will still be my uncle and I will still be your nephew. ”

Looking at the jade pendant handed down by his ancestors, Chai Shen was completely desperate, originally Chai Shen heard the news that Emperor Yang of Sui personally forgave his father and son, and planned to make every effort to let his daughter and Chen Yingliang continue the marriage contract, so that the Daxing court could see the repentance of his Chai family, and also strive for a hope for his son to make a comeback. But now......

When his hands trembled and he took back the jade pendant, Chai Shen directly shed tears, and said to Chen Yingliang with tears: "Virtuous nephew, our Chai family is sorry for you, don't blame me, the matter has come to this point, and the old man has no shame to say anything." I will say goodbye first, and I will come to you another day to make amends. ”

After that, Chai Shen got up and walked away, Chai Shao gritted his teeth and got up to follow, and when Chai Shen was about to walk out of the hall, Chen Yingliang suddenly said: "Uncle Shi, please wait a moment, after Uncle Shi goes back, please be sure to take care of Chai Qianxian, don't let her do anything stupid." Please also bring a word to her, in this matter, I am sorry for her, but creation makes people, I am destined to be destined by God with her, please choose another spouse, I wish her happiness. ”

Chai Shen just paused slightly, and then left without looking back, Chai Shao and Li Xiuning followed with different expressions, looking at their departing backs, Chen Yingliang couldn't help but shake his head, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Without sighing, Chai Shao suddenly strode into the Chen family hall again, and brought in his own family member who was tied up with flowers, and threw the family member into the Chen family hall, and said with a stiff face: "This dog slave is the person who broke your third uncle's leg, and now I will hand it over to you, and you can do whatever you want!" Also, let me declare first, it was my idea to burn your house, and I can pay as much as you want! He made his own decisions about beating your third uncle, and he did it behind my back, and it has nothing to do with me! Settle accounts with him yourself!! ”

After bluntly speaking, Chai Shao kicked over his own family member who had just gotten up from the ground again, and said viciously: "Dog minion! After receiving the punishment of Deputy Chen, you are not from my Chai family! Get out of Chai's house for me, find your own way out, and take care of yourself in life and death! After yelling, Chai Shao turned his head and walked quickly.

Chai Shao left angrily, and the Chai family who injured Chen Laosan hurriedly got up, and also kowtowed desperately, and begged repeatedly: "The deputy leader spares his life!" The deputy rate spares his life! The villain was confused for a while, and he dealt a little heavier to the third uncle, and accidentally seriously injured the third uncle, the villain deserved to die, the villain deserved to die, and begged the deputy to spare his life! Beg the deputy to spare his life! ”

Chen Yingliang was not polite, he went up and gave the family a kick, first kicked him over, then kicked him up again, and unceremoniously punched and kicked him hard, until he was beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, and bleeding from his mouth and nose, then kicked him over again, and shouted: "This beating, I am angry for the third uncle, go and kowtow to my third uncle three times!" Then get out! ”

The family Ding agreed repeatedly, struggled to get up, walked to the front of Chen Laosan, kowtowed far more than three heads, and begged with a sad face: "Uncle Chen, the little one is not a human, the little one is a beast, the little one makes amends to you, I beg you to forgive, the little one is blind and offended you, and the small one deserves death." ”

"Forget the past." Chen Laosan was a real kind-hearted person, and quickly picked up the family in person, and comforted him in turn: "It's okay, my legs are almost healed, are your injuries okay?" Do you want to take medicine? ”

"Chen Sanbo......." The family was very good at playing tricks, and immediately cried out like a decent, crying: "Third uncle, I injured you as a brute, and you asked me about my injury in turn, how can there be a good person like you in this world?" The little one used to eat lard and was blinded, I'm sorry for you, you can beat me personally, even if you beat me to death on the spot, I will never complain! The little one broke one of your legs before, and today you break both of my legs, only in this way can the little one be happy with his conscience. ”

"Forget it, our son-in-law has such a big enmity with your Chai family, and they have forgiven your Chai family, what is your little thing?" Chen Laosan was also easy to be coaxed and satisfied, not only continued to comfort the family, but also personally untied the rope on his body, and said gently: "It's okay, it's all over, it's so late, you must not have eaten yet, right?" I'll have someone prepare medicine and dinner for you, and then you can go home after eating. ”

"Uncle San, I don't have a home anymore." The family member cried and said, "Childe has kicked me out of the house just now, and I am already homeless." ”

After being reminded by the family, Chen Laosan remembered that Chai Shao had driven him out of the Chai family just now, and under sympathy, the kind-hearted Chen Laosan simply turned to Chen Yingliang and said: "Son, this person is also pitiful, the sky is already so cold, and there is no place to go back, why don't you let him stay, anyway, there is a shortage of people in our family." ”

"Uncle San, you are really kind." Chen Yingliang, who had long seen that the family was beating snakes and sticks, smiled bitterly, but it was impossible to refuse Chen Laosan's request, so he picked up the teacup and nodded and said, "Okay, since you have opened your mouth, let him stay, and you can arrange it and see what he can do at home." ”

Chen Laosan nodded in agreement, and the family Ding was even more overjoyed, and immediately broke into tears and laughed, and immediately knelt down to Chen Yingliang, kowtowed and thanked: "The villain kneels to thank Gongzi for his great kindness, kneel down to thank Sanbo for his great kindness, please rest assured that Gongzi and Sanbo will not be relieved, from now on, you will be sent, Ma Sanbao will go to the soup and go to the fire, and he will not give up!" ”

With a bang, the teacup in Chen Yingliang's hand fell to the ground and shattered all of a sudden, startling everyone present. Chen Yingliang's expression was dumbfounded, looking at the Dingma Sanbao in disbelief, and muttering in his heart, "How did I forget?" There is an appearance in "Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", known as the flower knife general, Ma Sanbao, the general of Zuo Xiaowei of the Tang Dynasty in the future, is now in charge of Lao Chai's family! ”

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More than 800 miles away, Chen Yingliang made his first career outside Luoyang City, the eastern capital of the Great Sui Dynasty, in a small temple called Pure Land Temple 20 miles south............

With a bang, the olive-shaped wooden qi slipped down and hit the wooden fish that was already full of potholes, making a low sound unique to wooden fish, and a little monk who was only thirteen years old also fell to the floor in front of the Buddha, tired and silently chanting, "...... It can remove one qiē bitterness, and it is true. Therefore, it is said that the Prajnaparamita mantra. That is to say, the mantra says: Reveal the truth, Para reveal the truth, Para monk reveal the truth, Bodhisattva Bha. ”

After reading the last word of the scriptures, the exhausted little monk smiled with relief, lay on the floor, looked up at the solemn face of the Buddha statue in front of him, and muttered softly, "Buddha group, Chen Shizhu repays grievances with virtue, saves the life of the enemy, and does the mercy of Buddhism, the little monk feels his compassion, recites the scriptures for him a thousand times, and prays for blessings and disasters." Please Buddha must bless Lord Chen with a long life, turn evil into good fortune, good retribution, Amitabha. ”

After muttering, the little monk who was extremely overdrawn fell directly to the cold floor and fell asleep, the lonely lamp flickered, the Buddha hall was silent, the Buddha statue was motionless, and the solemn face always looked at the little monk who had fallen asleep. After a long time, a voice that could not be heard but could be clearly felt suddenly reverberated in the dripping Buddha hall......

"Just this time, not next time."