"Wechen is a capital offense! Wechen impeached Chen Yingliang's party to protect his son before, it was completely impulsive, too angry to protect his son against His Majesty, disrespectful to the king, angry and innocent, mistakenly thought that Chen Yingliang's party was attached to Hu'er and impeached, but after Wechen calmed down, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that Chen Xiongqu was loyal to the imperial court and loyal to His Majesty, and there was absolutely no possibility of uniting to protect the emperor and deceive the king. ”

Prostrate in front of Emperor Yang of Sui, Xiao Xiaoguo's uncle Xiao Huai burst into tears, kowtowed and paused, wept bitterly and repented of his mistakes, begged to take back the previous impeachment of Chen Fuliang, and also knelt down to beg Emperor Yang of Sui to be extrajudicial and merciful, spare Chen Fuliang's life from death, and let Chen Yingliang reinstate and re-enter the court as an official. Some civil and military officials who were good friends with Uncle Xiao also echoed it, and kept asking Emperor Yang of Sui to temporarily calm the anger of the thunder, give Uncle Xiao Xiao a chance, and also give Chen Fuliang, who was innocently convicted, a chance to mend his ways.

Seeing this scene, most of the civil and military officials above certainly looked at each other, and they couldn't understand whether the sun came out of the west today, or whether Uncle Xiao Guo's head suddenly entered the water and took the wrong medicine, or if he had a high fever and talked nonsense and hadn't woken up yet, would he actually plead with his rival Chen Yingliang, or take such a big risk to intercede with Chen Yingliang? Under the surprise, everyone went to peek at Guan Long's heavy ministers who had been wearing a pair of pants with the Xiao family brothers for a long time, and saw that although the two heads of the Guanlong Gate, Dugu Suhei and Yu Shiqian, had gloomy faces, they were always silent, obviously did not have the intention of stopping Uncle Xiaoguo, so that the other Guanlong officials were confused, and they didn't dare to make any moves, and everyone couldn't help but be even more strange, and they couldn't understand what was going on.

It's a pity that although Uncle Xiao Xiao's attitude is not insincere, and his pleading is not insincere, Emperor Yang of Sui, who is still sulking, still refuses to let go, and finally is annoyed by Uncle Xiao Guo, and Emperor Yang of Sui also scolds: "Shut up!" It is you who say that he is guilty, and it is you who say that he is not guilty, you have the final say in this Great Sui court? Give me a step back, and say a wordy word, and be guilty of the same crime as Laihu'er and Chen Yingliang! ”

In addition to embezzlement and bribery, Uncle Xiao Guo, who had little courage, had no choice but to shut up, and Emperor Yang of Sui took the initiative to speak angrily, asking about the recruitment of the Xiaoguo Army, until the commander-in-chief military Yuwenshu quickly reported that the Xiaoguo Army had been recruited and replenished in Guanzhong, and had been drawn to the eastern capital, Emperor Yang of Sui was angry a little, and announced that Fan Wenchao, the son of Fan Zigai, would be promoted to the general of the Xiaoguo Army, and assist Sima Dejiao to lead the Xiaoguo Army, and then issued an order to disperse the dynasty.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was indeed very good at hinting to his ministers, deliberately asking about the recruitment and supplementation of the Xiaoguo Army of the Imperial Forest Army in the court, and made personnel adjustments - although Fan Lao was stubborn, his son was more tiger father and dog than Yu Wenhua, and he made it clear that he was suing the civil and military officials, and his attitude of going to Jiangdu was very resolute, and he was smart enough to shut up. Therefore, after the dispersal of the dynasty, most of the civil and military officials looked very depressed, and they all knew that it was almost impossible to stop Emperor Yang of Sui from touring south.

Uncle Xiao Guo, who was trained in the court, was of course more depressed than anyone else, and on the way out of the palace, he always wanted to find an opportunity to talk to Pei Renji, but unfortunately Pei Renji, who had already tasted the lesson, had already learned to be obedient, and after the dispersal of the dynasty, he only followed behind the three brothers Pei Ju, Pei Yun and Pei Hongce, although Pei Yun and Pei Hongce's attitude towards him was obviously a little cold, Pei Renji did not dare to leave half a step, and poor Uncle Xiao Guo of course could not plead to Pei Renji alone, begging Pei Renji to return the small note that was enough to kill his whole family.

Pei Ju's expression was also a little grim, and before he left the palace, he said to a few brothers of the same clan around him: "There is no hope, Your Majesty has made up your mind, no matter how much you persuade him, he will listen, we can only accompany His Majesty to Jiangdu." ”

"Originally, it was nothing to go to Jiangdu to play, but now the world is ......." Pei Yun's face was also a little unsightly, and he sighed lightly: "This time, I really don't know when I will be able to come back again, prepare your family properly, and make long-term plans." ”

"Hongce, you have to be ready, too." Pei Ju suddenly said to Pei Hongce: "I'm worried that you won't be able to run away this time, be prepared and be prepared." ”

"I'm going to cruise with the car, too?" Pei Hongce almost didn't cry when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Brother, Your Majesty didn't take me with you on the previous tours, why did I have to accompany me on this southern tour?" ”

"Because of the Piling Palace." Pei Ju explained: "His Majesty ordered the soldiers and civilians of the ten counties of Tongshou Road Daodaoji to build a palace, which is required to be equal in scale to the East Capital West Garden, and it has not yet been completed. ”

Pei Hongce wanted to cry even more, and hurriedly begged Pei Ju to try to let him stay in the Eastern Capital, but Pei Ju, who had a cautious personality, did not dare to make a guarantee, and Pei Renji, who followed behind, hurriedly asked: "Brother, is it possible for me to go on patrol with the car?" ”

"Your words belong to the ranks of those who can go or not, and Your Majesty will not focus on it." Pei Ju's attitude towards Pei Renji was far less polite than Pei Yun and Pei Hongce, and he said directly: "Look at the situation of Hongce's virtuous brother, if he has to go, I will leave you in the Eastern Capital and help us take care of our family." If he doesn't have to go, you can choose for yourself, whether you go or not. ”

Pei Renji only agreed, not daring to care about Pei Ju's contempt for him in his tone, but Pei Yun was reminded by Pei Ju's words and asked: "Brother, this time the candidate for the Eastern Capital to stay behind, I don't know how to choose?" If we can push one of our own people into this position, then we can rest assured that we will be away from home for a longer time this time. ”

Hearing Pei Yun's words, Pei Renji's heart moved, he immediately raised his head, and then immediately lowered his head, neither had the face nor the courage to beg Pei Ju and Pei Yun to push him to the throne left behind in the Eastern Capital - the last time he stayed in the Eastern Capital, Pei Renji's government and military affairs were not one or two. Pei Ju smiled bitterly and said: "The candidates left behind in the Eastern Capital, it is estimated that His Majesty is also having a headache, Fan Wei and the two elders are guarding Taiyuan Daxing, and Zhao Cai, who replaced Fan Lao in the Eastern Capital during the Northern Tour of the Great Wall, is not very satisfied with His Majesty, and the four guards left behind in the back make His Majesty Longyan angry, this time the Eastern Capital will be left behind, it should be more difficult to decide than the last time." ”

Speaking of this, Pei Ju suddenly remembered the previous incident, and smiled again: "Speaking of this, I forgot to tell you that our nephew Ying Liang has also taken precautions to keep an eye on the position left behind in the Eastern Capital, and he is still hinting at temptation in front of me, wanting to seek my support." ”

Smiling, Pei Ju told a few brothers of the same clan about what happened in the early days of Chen Yingliang's bad luck, but Pei Yun was also happy when he heard it, and said with a smile: "Hehe, good boy, his ambition is big enough, his vision is far-sighted enough, and his ability is enough, but unfortunately, his qualifications are too shallow and his age is too young, otherwise, we can consider promoting him." ”

"Brother, don't give that kid face in this matter." Pei Hongce also rarely condemned his distant nephew a few words, and said: "Regardless of his age and qualifications, as well as his current situation, with his frivolous personality and the deep hatred with the Guanlong lords, he has to make a big mess by putting him in the position left behind in the Eastern Capital." If he makes a similar request to your brother again, don't give him face, and the younger brother will teach him a lesson. ”

"Of course." Pei Ju said with a smile: "Your Majesty likes to use the old minister, if I recommend him to His Majesty to be the guard, isn't it looking for scolding?" If he dares to mention this again, I will kick him out of the door myself!" ”

The brothers of the Pei family smiled, so in the smiles of several important ministers of the Pei family, Chen Fuliang hoped that Wenxi Pei's dream of pushing himself to the throne in the eastern capital was completely shattered, and what was waiting for Chen Fuliang would be the reprimand and reprimand of the elders of the Wenxi Pei family, and it might even be a fist and kick.

By the way, let's take a look at the situation on Uncle Xiao's side, after leaving the palace, Uncle Xiao finally found a chance to talk to Pei Renji, begging Pei Renji to return the fateful little note, but Pei Renji hummed and chirped and said that Chen Fuliang had not yet exonerated himself and could not return it, Uncle Xiao Guo cried and said that he had tried his best, but he was angry with Pei Renji's words - Pei Renji said: "Do your best? You were expelled from the imperial city like Lai Zhuguo and Chen Xiongqu? Or was he pushed out of the palace and beheaded like Cui Fuxi? Can this also be called best effort? In a word, if Chen Xiongqu is not completely cleared of the charges and the official is reinstated, you don't want to go back to that piece of paper! ”

With a belly full of anger, Uncle Xiao Guo returned to his home, and saw the second son of a relative who lived here to explain the situation to him, the second son of the relative pondered for a moment, and could only say helplessly: "Uncle, it seems that Wen Xi Pei will not let you go lightly this time, that anti-poem can take your life at any time, and you don't even have a chance to shout for mercy, such a good handle in your hand, Wen Xi Pei will definitely not give up if you don't completely drain the oil and water on your body." The little nephew has nothing to do, so you can ask for more blessings. ”

Uncle Xiao Guo wanted to cry even more, but the second son of the relative was heartless and just asked about other things that happened in the early dynasty, when he heard that Emperor Yang of Sui deliberately asked Yuwen about the situation of the Xiaoguo Army in public, the second son of the relative also breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "No problem, Your Majesty's decision to tour the south has been made, and no one can stop it." However, who will be left behind this time? ”

Thinking about it, the second son of the relative seemed to be a conditioned reflex, and a terrible shadow immediately flashed in his heart, but fortunately, this terrible figure just swept by, and the second son of the relative also comforted himself in his heart: "It must not be him, the last Yanmen War, the emperor had no choice to choose the tall among the short ones, and used him as the commander of King Qin." Now that there are so many ministers and generals in the Eastern Capital, His Majesty will not hand over such an important position to him no matter what, so there is no need to worry. ”

Some of the smart people in the temples of the Great Sui Dynasty understood that the attitude of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty on his southern tour was unchangeable, not only one or two smart people immediately considered the issue of the candidates left behind in the Eastern Capital, and also because of the special geographical location of the Eastern Capital Luoyang in the heart of the world, and the center of gravity of the Great Sui Dynasty gradually tilted eastward, and most of the families of civil and military officials already lived in the Eastern Capital. The major gate valve families and major forces have gradually begun to consider launching a spokesperson to compete for this important position.

Because the Guanlong Gate Valve was suppressed too much by Emperor Yang of Sui, there were not many spokespersons who could gain the trust of Emperor Yang of Sui, and in the case of limited choices, Guanlong Gate Valve could only secretly decide to launch Yuanwendu and Dugusheng to compete; Wen Xi Pei's side decided to join forces with other emerging magnates and push Duan Da and Zhao Changwen to take over - just like Yuan Wendu, when Duan Da stayed in the Eastern Capital last time, the last few days of the table were barely accepted by Emperor Yang of Sui, and at the same time, Huangfu Wuyi, who was born in a civilian position, was also considered by the emerging elite group.

There is also Yang Xuan, the king of Qi, of course, he also wants to stay in the Eastern Capital to live the addiction of the soil emperor first, but unfortunately he is more and more unpopular with his father for various reasons, so that he went to see the old lady Empress Xiao and pleaded, and before he even finished speaking, he was covered by the old lady and asked him to drive honestly, not to covet the position of power now, so as not to attract death now.

In addition, the military group represented by Yu Wenshu also made some moves, and Zhao Cai, the general of the Right Hou Wei who once succeeded Fan Zigai and stayed in the eastern capital, also very much hoped to be the emperor of the eastern capital for a few more days, but unfortunately he was not harmonious enough with Yu Wenshu, Yu Shiji and other favored ministers of Emperor Yang of Sui, so the opinions of the military were not unanimous, whether Feng An, Zhao Cai or Duan Wenzhen, they all aimed at this position, Yun Dingxing also brazenly ran to Yu Wenshu to recommend himself, trying to ask Yu Wenshu to recommend him to stay in the eastern capital to protect the interests of the eastern capital for the Yuwen family, The generals of the military are basically fighting on their own and weakening themselves, and because most of them only have achievements and no conspicuous political achievements, they basically have little hope.

In such a situation, Chen Yingliang, who refused to support even the backers behind him and was wearing a crime, of course, deserved retribution for his crimes, and he definitely had no hope of taking over the long-coveted Eastern Capital to stay on the throne, but what no one expected was that at this critical moment, there was an accident............

Accident from the most low-key prince of the Great Sui Cai Wang Yang Zhiji, after entering the summer, Yang Zhiji suddenly fell ill, basically did not go to the court, and the condition gradually became serious, Emperor Yang of Sui finally found out of conscience, sent the chamberlain to visit the sick and give medicine, and asked Yang Zhiji if he had any requirements for himself, but the chamberlain reported that Yang Zhiji had only one plea, that is, to ask Emperor Yang of Sui to forgive the sins of Laihu'er and Chen Yingliang, and give these two loyal ministers of the court a chance to mend their ways. And Emperor Yang of Sui, whose anger had already faded, was silent for a long time, and finally ordered: "Pass the decree and summon Hu'er and Chen Yingliang to the palace to see you." ”

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When Emperor Yang of Sui's summons was sent to Chen Fuliang's house, Chen Fuliang was at the request of Pei Hongce, and tried his best to persuade Pei Cuiyun to go home to see his parents, but Xiao Pepper refused to obey anything, and still wanted to be angry with his father and still stay at Chen Yingliang's house to eat and drink for nothing. ”

"Will you be okay?" Pei Cuiyun hurriedly asked, and couldn't help grabbing Chen Fuliang's left hand, and the care on her pretty face was from the bottom of her heart.

"I don't know." Chen Fuliang told the truth, patted Pei Cuiyun's little face again, and said gently: "Don't worry, the great thing is to be dismissed from office and demoted to a civilian, with the help of my uncle, the possibility of me losing my head is very small." ”

Pei Cuiyun took the initiative to snuggle into Chen Fuliang's arms, hugged Chen Fuliang's waist and whispered: "You must come back alive, whether you are demoted or dismissed, or demoted to a civilian, I will follow you." ”

Looking down at Pei Cuiyun, seeing that Xiao Chili's crystal eyes were full of sincerity and no falsification, Chen Ying was moved by his conscience, lowered his head slightly, and kissed Pei Cuiyun's cherry lips for the first time, and it didn't break up for a long time.

Unable to stand the urging of the eunuch, Chen Fuliang quickly changed into a civilian clothes, and in the worried eyes of his family, he followed the eunuch to enter the palace, and rushed all the way to the imperial city to meet Emperor Yang of Sui, and was led directly to the side of Ning Bichi, and Pei Ju, who lived in Qinghuafang because he was closest to the imperial city, had arrived first, and Chen Yingliang was wearing a civilian clothes, and was kneeling outside a lakeside pavilion with his head bowed, and Emperor Yang of Sui was sitting with his back to Laihu'er facing the lake, holding a fishing rod in his hand. There are also young sons Yang Gao and two grandsons Yang Qi and Yang Tong to accompany him.

Seeing this scene, of course, Chen Fuliang quickly knelt next to Laihu'er, lowered his head and did not dare to say anything, but Yang Tong, who was close to Chen Fuliang, reminded Emperor Sui Yang in a low voice, but Emperor Yang of Sui seemed to be unconscious, facing the blue waves of the Ning Bi Pond without moving, just pointed out that Yang Tong should concentrate on fishing and be quiet, otherwise he would scare the fish away, Yang Tong had no choice but to fish obediently quietly.

Kneeling for more than half an hour, his legs were numb, and his head was also sunburned, Emperor Yang of Sui had a new action - Yang Gao, the king of Zhao, caught a small golden carp, Emperor Yang of Sui was in a happy mood, praised Yang Gao and asked Yang Gao what reward he wanted, Yang Gao said: "Father, don't reward your sons, just ask your father to let the two generals be flattened, they have been kneeling for a long time." ”

"My son is sensible." Emperor Yang of Sui smiled and patted the head of his young son, who was only ten years old, and then shouted: "Did you hear that? King Zhao interceded for you, count your luck, I originally wanted you to kneel until dark, for the sake of my youngest son, get up. ”

"Your Majesty Xià, His Royal Highness King Xie Zhao." Chen Fuliang, who had already knelt and fainted, and Lai Hu'er were relieved, and quickly thanked him, and then struggled to get up, kneeling and waiting for the longest time to come to Hu'er in the middle of getting up, and almost fell because of the soreness of his legs and feet, but fortunately, Chen Fuliang's eyes were quick and he hugged him in time.

At this time, Emperor Yang of Sui finally put down the fishing rod and got up, pulled his children and grandchildren to the edge of the pavilion, first looked at Laihu'er and Chen Fuliang, who had not been seen for several days, and then suddenly asked: "Laihu'er, how do I treat you?" ”

"Your Majesty treats Weichen as grace as a mountain." Lai Hu'er hurriedly saluted again, and said with a pause: "Your Majesty treats Weichen, grace is like Mount Tai, Weichen is broken bones, and it is difficult to repay Your Majesty's grace." ”

"Then why are you still fighting against me?" Emperor Yang of Sui scolded: "You still say those unlucky and unpleasant words, even you think so, what else can I hope for?" ”

"Wechen is a capital offense." As in history, after Laihu'er was taught a lesson by Emperor Yang of Sui once, he didn't have the courage to persuade Emperor Yang of Sui not to go to Jiangdu.

Emperor Yang of Sui snorted heavily, and suddenly shouted to Chen Fuliang: "Chen Yingliang, how do I treat you?" ”

"His Majesty's kindness to Weichen is higher than the mountain and deeper than the sea." Chen Fuliang quickly knelt down again.

"And how did you repay me?" Emperor Yang of Sui shouted: "That day in the early dynasty, I and Laihu'er were angry, you stood up and pleaded, why didn't you stick to the end?" Give up only half of your advice, this is your reward for me? ”

When Chen Fuliang heard this, he burst into tears, and said in his heart, Boss Yang, where is your bear temper, what is my dare to die? Although he said so in his heart, Chen Fuliang could only obediently apologize and said, "Weichen is a capital crime." ”

Snorted again, Emperor Yang of Sui shouted: "Get up, I'm hungry, go with me to eat." Gao'er, Qi'er, Dong'er, you also go. ”

Hearing this, Chen Fuliang and Lai Hu'er immediately knew that Emperor Sui's bear temper had finally dissipated, and at the same time, they hurriedly thanked him, and also honestly followed Emperor Sui Yang to the neighboring palace to eat.

During the banquet, Emperor Yang of Sui naturally had to severely reprimand Laihu'er's crime of confrontation, condemning Laihu'er for not being considerate of his southern tour to comfort the people's sacred heart, let alone inconsiderate of his hard work in state affairs, and rarely having some time to go out to play - although he reigned for fourteen years, Emperor Yang of Sui spent twelve years on the parade or on the parade road. Lai Hu'er was submissive, constantly admitting his mistakes and reviewing his own mistakes, admitting that Emperor Yang of Sui's decision to tour the south was glorious and great, without self-interest and for the benefit of others, and that he could not understand the obstruction of the Holy Grace, that the crime was shameful, that the behavior was despicable, and that the purpose was also confused.

After the number was over, Emperor Yang of Sui pointed his target at Chen Fuliang again, reprimanded Chen Fuliang for his evil behavior that he did not do to the end, and asked Chen Fuliang to be loyal to the old Yang family in the future. At the end, Emperor Yang of Sui said: "I am patrolling the river capital in the south, which of you is willing to go with me?" ”

Hearing this question, Chen Fuliang was almost choked to death by the sea cucumber in his mouth, coughing and at a loss, fortunately Yang Tong, who was sitting opposite, handed Chen Fuliang a glass of ice water in time, and patted Chen Fuliang's back while whispering: "General, don't go, stay and assist me." ”

"Dong'er, what did you say?" Emperor Yang of Sui pointed his ears and immediately asked.

Yang Tong hesitated, but still plucked up his courage and said, "Grandpa Huang, is it okay to let General Chen Yingliang stay in the Eastern Capital?" My grandson likes to let him assist me, he is not as old-fashioned as others, he is capable, and he can teach his grandson a lot of knowledge. ”

Chen Fuliang couldn't wait to kiss Yang Tong, and Emperor Yang of Sui suddenly smiled and said, "Dong'er, do you want him to stay and assist you, or do you want him to get you novel food for three days?" ”

"My grandchildren want to." Yang Tong replied with a red face.

At this time, Lai Hu'er suddenly left the table and bowed, and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to follow His Majesty to the south." In addition, Weichen also wanted to recommend General Chen Yingliang Chen to serve as the guard of the eastern capital, and assist His Royal Highness the King of Yue to guard the eastern capital. ”

At the same time that Emperor Yang of Sui was stunned, Chen Fuliang also couldn't wait to rush up and hug Laihu'er and take a bite, and said in ecstasy: "Good people, there is still a good reward." ”