In fact, as early as when he made up his mind to design Li Yuan to atone for his sins with money, Chen Yingliang was already mentally prepared to form a mortal enmity with Li Valve-anyway, it has long been a grudge between you and me, it is deep enough, and it doesn't matter how deep it is.

At the same time, Chen Yingliang is also mentally prepared to anger the entire Guanlong Gate Valve, but it also doesn't matter, the non-gate valve officials of the Sui and Tang dynasties and the Guanlong Gate Valve have always fought to the death, and he who is already in a high position at a young age will definitely have a constant enmity with the Guanlong Gate Valve, plus his relationship with the Guanlong Gate Valve is not good, in this case, it is better to simply offend them to protect the interests of the army and put himself in a firm position in the military. A small fight will only make the grudge deeper and deeper, and suddenly bring the grudge home, and there may be a day of relaxation in the future.

In addition, Chen Yingliang was of course also mentally prepared to be recognized by Emperor Yang of Sui, and then angered Emperor Yang of Sui. But what Chen Yingliang didn't expect was that after jumping out to be the first bird to open the door to the Guanlongmen valve, he actually won the reward and promotion of Emperor Yang of Sui, and publicly stated that the carriage and horse wanted to cultivate himself, so that after returning to the city with Emperor Yang of Sui for a long time, Chen Yingliang, who was dazed, still hadn't figured out what the reason was.

In this way, Chen Fuliang, who was beating crookedly, was proud, but poor Xiao Yu and Uncle Xiao Guo were unlucky, and he was viciously ridiculed by Emperor Yang of Sui as a civil and military official, and he had to hurriedly run back to the prison to visit Li Yuan, his brother-in-law, and ask for his uncle's opinion - asking for money? Or do you want to die?! Next, it was the turn of poor Tang Guogong to be dumbfounded, and screamed: "A million yuan? 300,000 horses of silk? Brother Shi Wenxian, you still let His Majesty kill me, how can I get such a huge amount? ”

"Brother Shude, don't tell jokes at this time." Uncle Xiao Yuguo wiped his cold sweat and said: "Your Majesty is really angry today, so that I was also implicated, and I was humiliated by Your Majesty in public, and Your Majesty also threatened in public, if you don't give an answer before the palace gate closes today, Your Majesty will behead you in public tomorrow!" I will also confiscate all your family property and confiscate it for public use! ”

Saying that, Xiao Yu hurriedly told Li Yuan about the before and after of the incident, during which he naturally had to add oil and vinegar, and severely insulted Chen Fuliang, who had come up with this bad idea, but Li Yuan of course scolded when he heard it, "Chen Yingliang!" Chen thief! Did the old man kill your whole family, or did he dig your ancestral grave, why did he harm me? A million times! 300,000 horses of silk! You don't want my life, you want to pull my tendons and pick my skin! ”

Xiao Yu also scolded Chen Yingliang, and after finally scolding enough, Xiao Yu, who was helpless, Xiao Guo's uncle could only urge Li Yuan to make up his mind again, but Li Yuan quickly calculated and suddenly asked, "What about Shimin?" Did you sue him about it? ”

"Father, here comes the child." Li Er's voice came from the corridor of the gloomy cell, and then, Li Er, who looked nervous, and Xiao Huaijing, the uncle of Xiao Guo with a sad expression, walked into the cell full of rats and fleas side by side, and explained while saluting Li Yuan: "Uncle Xiao went home directly to tell me about the situation, and the child came directly immediately, father, are you okay?" ”

"Stop talking that nonsense." Li Yuan waved his hand angrily, and quickly asked, "Your Majesty listened to Chen Yingliang's slanderous words and forced us to hand over one million yuan and three hundred thousand silk horses to atone for our sins, what do you think?" ”

"Deliver! Must be paid! I can only hand over this money and food! Li Er replied categorically,

"Deliver?!" Uncle Xiao Guo and the two outsiders shouted first, "Erlang, aren't you joking?" With such a huge sum of money, are you really willing to take it out? ”

"I'm not kidding, of course!" Li Er said in a deep voice: "Don't forget, Your Majesty also announced in public that if my father doesn't hand over this money and grain, then tomorrow my father will not only be beheaded in public, but also have all his family property confiscated!" Since the left and right are bankrupt, it is better to take the initiative to exchange money for their lives, and stay in the green mountains, and are afraid that there will be no firewood? ”

Uncle Xiao Guo shut up, Li Yuan also showed a calculating expression, and then Uncle Xiao Guo said tentatively to Xiao Yu: "Brother, why don't you hurry up and go to the palace to beg the queen mother, ask her to enter in front of His Majesty, and ask His Majesty to lower the fine?" One million yuan, 300,000 horses of silk, this money is really terrible! ”

Xiao Yu agreed, and was about to get up, but Li Er next to him hurriedly stopped: "Uncle, it's no need, it's useless, our Li family has committed a holy taboo this time, if you go to the palace to ask the queen to intercede, not only will it be useless, but it is also likely to backfire, and it will anger Your Majesty even more, and make our Li family die even worse!" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Xiao Yu asked in surprise.

"Today, it was not Chen Yingliang's thief who harmed our Li family, it was the Manchu Dynasty civil and military who harmed our Li family." Li Er's face was very gloomy and terrifying, and he explained: "Uncle Xiao has already told me on the road just now that Chen Yingliang slandered and asked His Majesty to let the Li family atone for their sins with money, and His Majesty asked the attitude of the hundred officials, and none of the hundred officials dared to answer, until His Majesty was angry and persecuted, and the hundred officials were forced to agree. ”

"At that time, I understood that His Majesty was wary of our Li family." Li Er's eyes were glowing with a faint green light, like two ghost fires, and Yin Yin said: "Our Li family, as one of the eight major lords of Guanlong, has a huge power in Guanzhong, and the roots are deep, which is a matter of taboo. Now that my father is in prison for his crimes, and the evidence of the crime is conclusive, it is not too much to kill his head and rob his family, but except for Chen Yingliang, no one in the civil and military officials dares to go against our Li family, and he would rather not please His Majesty Shun Cheng than offend our Li Valve, how can the emperor endure this breath? How can we rest assured of our Li family? ”

"That's why His Majesty added Chen Yingliang again in his anger later, and gave him countless honors." Li Er's face became more and more ugly, and he said: "And I also bet that after our Li valve is unlucky, other Guanlong gate valves will also be unlucky, and the emperor will appoint himself as the first person in the world, and will never allow anyone, any family or gate valve to challenge his authority!" ”

Hearing Li Er's explanation, Uncle Xiao Guo was completely silent, and Li Yuan's face became more serious, and after a while, Li Yuan said: "What Erlang said is extremely true, today it is not Chen Yingliang's thief who harmed our Li family, it is the civil and military officials who harmed our Li family, if they had a few people who stood up to echo Chen Yingliang's thief and helped Chen Yingliang's thief rectify our Li family, things might have been better." But none of them spoke, which made His Majesty more vigilant and jealous of our Li family! ”

"Father, the matter has come to this, and it is useless to regret it." Li Er took over the conversation and said: "The child is still the same sentence, stay in the green mountains, don't worry about running out of firewood, it's important to save your life first." Although the amount of money and grain is huge, our Li family may not be able to get it, but we can sell the land and real estate, or we can go to other Guanlongmen to borrow, Guanlongba and everyone are in the same breath, at this critical moment, they will not reach out to pull us. ”

Li Yuan's face was gloomy, and after a long time, Li Yuan nodded, and said weakly: "Brother Shi Wenxian, if you go to sue your majesty, you will say that I am willing to go bankrupt and pay money to forgive my sins." ”

Xiao Yu nodded silently and agreed dejectedly, while Li Yuan continued to be silent, and after a long time, Li Yuan suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed, "The most wrong thing the old man has done in this life is to find the wrong son-in-law!" If the old man hadn't found the wrong son-in-law, and hadn't made a feud with a terrible opponent for him, why would he be where he is today? Why is there today————?! ”

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The next thing is simple, after Xiao Yu's uncle Xiao Guo returned to the palace in frustration, Emperor Yang of Sui, who was still angry, ordered the Li family to hand over the money and food within a month to atone for their crimes, otherwise not only Li Yuan's head would fall to the ground, but Li Yuan's whole family would not be able to escape, and the property and land would continue to be confiscated! Xiao Yu agreed, and hurried back to let Li Er raise money everywhere, Li Er didn't dare to slack off when he heard the news, and he could only sell his own properties to raise money, and at the same time go to other Guanlongmen valves' houses to beg for food.

At the same time, Emperor Yang of Sui, who was somewhat normal in his mind, issued an order again, asking the Ministry of Civil Affairs to give priority to taking out the treasury money and grain, and truthfully fulfilling the promise of a heavy reward he had made in the Battle of Yanmen, and the decree was promulgated. During this period, Chen Yingliang first said goodbye to his de facto father-in-law Wang Shi, and agreed to send Wang Xueji's mother and son to the Eastern Capital to complete the marriage without mentioning it.

Or at the same time, Chen Fuliang, who had lost his conscience, was also more high-spirited in the hateful eyes of the Guanlongmen valve and the jealous eyes of countless colleagues, and received the heavy reward promised by Emperor Yang of Sui in Yanmen City, and also received the first good house in Beicheng Shunfang, or opened the door to the street, equipped with three hundred ironclad soldiers as an entourage, in and out of the majestic style, and was called into the palace by Emperor Yang of Sui for three days to give banquet and wine, almost every day to reward the palace food and royal things, and the favor obtained chased Yu Wenshu and Pei Ju and others, almost became the first celebrity before Emperor Yang of Sui.

In order to please Emperor Yang of Sui and obey Emperor Yang of Sui's wishes, many civil and military officials began to follow Chen Yingliang's example of doing right with the Guanlong Gate Valve, or deliberately doing the right, the impeachment of the Eight Gate Valves flew into the palace like snowflakes and sent it to Emperor Yang of Sui, Emperor Yang of Sui took the opportunity to kill the eight major clans of Guanlong, and dismissed more than 20 civil and military officials who were born in the Guanlong Gate Valve in just half a month. The already sharp contradiction with the Guanlongmen valve is even more prominent.

As unlucky as the Guanlongmen valve, there is Shibi Khan, because he led the army to surround Yanmen City and threatened to kill Emperor Yang of Sui, Emperor Yang of Sui did not hesitate to ask for his head after worshipping heaven and earth, and at the same time canonized a large number of small Khans in the ****** tribe, completely splitting the already injured ******, Princess Yicheng was also recalled by Emperor Yang of Sui, so that the greatest woman of the Great Sui Dynasty returned to her hometown to reunite with her family.

During this period, Chen Yingliang naturally accelerated the action of incorporating Qian Peng's line into the Right Wuwei, Kan Liang, Ma Sanbao, Cheng Biting Jin and Niu Jinda and other generals were also successively transferred to the Right Wuwei as generals, and continued to be a cow and a horse for Chen Yingliang, and Yuan Tiangang, Wei Zheng and Qian Xiangmin were also transferred to the Right Wuwei, Wei Chi Jingde was appointed as Chen Yingliang's Chinese army protector, and the eldest grandson Wuji and Wang Xuance entered the Right Wuwei as Chen Yingliang's staff, and there was no official position for the time being.

Time flies, a month is about to pass in a blink of an eye, after reorganizing a large number of elites to stay in the Eastern Capital, and after receiving the due rewards, the remaining Qian Peng team under the leadership of Qin Qiong, finally left Luoyang and returned to Pengcheng Station, Chen Yingliang personally went outside the city to say goodbye, and said goodbye to these comrades-in-arms who had lived and died together for a long time. However, just after sending these comrades-in-arms away, the inner court had a will to send it, Chen Yingliang did not dare to slack off, and quickly wiped away his tears and returned to the city to see the driver, and was also ready to take leave from Emperor Yang of Sui and return to Daxing to complete the marriage.

After seeing Emperor Yang of Sui, Emperor Yang of Sui was not polite, and said to Chen Yingliang with a smile: "Aiqing, I handed you over, there is an envoy who sent you a decree, Li Yuan has already paid the fine, and I am going to release him, you go and pass this decree for me and let him out." ”

"I don't think I have a deep enmity with the old Li family, so I really used it to death."

muttered quietly, Chen Yingliang took the will with a smile on his face, and asked to return to Daxing to get married, but Emperor Yang of Sui waved his hand and said: "Three months of vacation for you, but don't get married in Daxing, go and take the daughter of the eldest grandson Aiqing back to Luoyang to complete the marriage, I am going to spend the New Year in Luoyang, you go back to Luoyang to complete the marriage, I can go to congratulate you in person." ”

Chen Yingliang didn't even dare to say it, but Emperor Yang of Sui insisted on not allowing it, Chen Fuliang had no choice but to thank the Holy Grace again, and then took the will and went straight to the prison to release Li Yuan for Emperor Yang of Sui, and also killed the grudge with the Guanlongmen valve by the way.

I haven't seen him for almost two months, Li Yuan seems to have aged ten years all of a sudden, his hair is much grayer, and his face has many more wrinkles, seeing Chen Yingliang standing in front of him with his will in his hand, Li Yuan, who has already known Xiao Yu's intentions, showed a bitter smile and said, "Chen Dashuai......, oh no, now you should be honored Chen Xiongqu, Chen Xiongqu, don't come to harm?" ”

"Thanks to the blessing of Tang Guogong, it's not wrong." Chen Yingliang told the truth - it is indeed a big truth, this time if it were not for Li Yuan's bankrupt wealth and atonement, Chen Yingliang really could not explain to the hundreds of thousands of Qinwang soldiers who fought bloodily under his command.

"Xiong Qu has won the prize, how dare the old man?" Li Yuan smiled bitterly, knelt down to Chen Yingliang again in despair, and said weakly: "Xiong Qu is here to pass on the decree, right?" Li Yuan, the criminal minister, greets the holy decree. ”

Glancing at Li Yuan with great sympathy, Chen Yingliang opened the holy decree and read it aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor said!" Tang Guogong Li Yuan ............"

After taking some time to read the holy decree of Wen Xuan, Chen Fuliang found that Emperor Yang of Sui did not completely forgive Li Yuan, although he retained the honorable title for Li Yuan, but deprived Li Yuan of his Tang County fiefdom, food and official position, and also sent Li Yuan back to Chengji's hometown, and he was not allowed to leave Chengji County without a will. However, Li Yuantong Guò Xiao Yu already knew the content of the holy decree, and he was not surprised, but after Chen Yingliang finished reading, he bowed respectfully, and said weakly: "The guilty minister has received the decree, thank the lord Longen." ”

After bowing, Li Yuan struggled to get up, stood halfway but almost fell, fortunately Chen Yingliang was quick-eyed, grabbed him, reminded him to be careful, Li Yuan nodded weakly, and said with a wry smile: "Thank you Chen Xiongqu, I'm really sorry, Chen Xiongqu came to deliver a decree to release the old man from prison, but the old man can't even get the money for a big son now." ”

Chen Yingliang has also heard of Li Yuan's family situation, and knows that in order to make up a huge amount of money to atone for his crimes, Li Yuan not only sold all his family property and land, but also borrowed a lot of huge money from other Guanlongmen valves. Hearing Li Yuan's sad words again, Chen Fuliang was completely unconscionable, and it was inevitable that he would have some sympathy and bitterness, so he said softly: "Tang Guogong, if the family really can't get by, even if you send someone to talk to me, I will definitely try my best to help." ”

"Thank you Chen Xiongqu for your kindness, the old man understands it." Li Yuan suddenly had the urge to cry - the writer's clerk who his son-in-law was about to recommend to him back then is now going to give his money in turn. Thinking of the past again, Li Yuan couldn't help but say again: "Chen Xiongqu, the matter of the son-in-law, the old man made amends to you for him, back then, he was a dog who looked down on people, and he didn't know gold and jade, he offended you, you have a lot of adults, don't worry about him." ”

"It's all in the past, why are you mentioning him?" Chen Fuliang sighed, and told Li Yuan to take good care of his body after returning to Chengji, Li Yuan nodded weakly, and thanked him repeatedly, Chen Yingliang handed over his will to Li Yuan, arranged for the jailer to release Li Yuan from prison, and said goodbye to Li Yuan and left.

Leading his entourage to strode to the gate of the prison, Chen Fuliang saw at first glance that Uncle Xiao Guo and Li Er were already guarding outside the door, and when he saw Chen Yingliang coming out, Uncle Xiao Guo, who had a lot of festivals with Chen Yingliang, of course quickly turned around, Li Er looked calm, and bowed to Chen Yingliang, saying: "Li Shimin, a grass man, has seen General Chen." ”

Chen Yingliang nodded, he wanted to leave directly, but as soon as his steps moved, Chen Yingliang stopped again, and said to Li Er: "Prince Shimin, this time I could have asked for your life, but I spared you, I hope you can live in peace in the future, don't think about any lucky adventures, if not, I will treat you, it's easy." ”

"The grass people remember the teachings of the great general and never forget them." Li Er agreed very respectfully, and his expression was still as calm as before.

Seeing Li Er's calm look, Chen Yingliang, who knew what kind of goods he was, could only smile bitterly, and then strode out of front of the prison gate, and rode his war horse with the help of Wei Chi Jingde, and was about to ride the horse away, when the sky that had been hazy for a long time suddenly dissipated, revealing a blue sky and bright sunshine, Chen Yingliang looked up at the sky, and said secretly in his heart: "The aftermath of the Yanmen War is finally over, and it should be a new beginning." History has changed dramatically, and I was deliberately pushed to the forefront by Yang Guang, where should I go next? ”