Agreed on a plan of action together, Yuwenshu and Lai Hu'er quickly decided to put aside the matter of the reward for the time being, and first fully cooperate with Chen Yingliang to see the effect, Yun Dingxing was ordered to immediately return to the camp to appease the army, and continue to reduce the reward to the army, Chen Yingliang also acted according to his own plan, and the other generals of Weifu were asked by Yuwenshu to keep it secret, and try not to leak the content of the meeting, fortunately, none of the generals of Weifu present today are from the eight families of Guanlong, so they don't have to worry about leaking secrets- It is related to the overall interests of the Great Sui army, even if these Weifu generals have any contradictions in peacetime, they do not dare to offend the anger of the public at this critical moment, especially the two military super bosses Yu Wenshu and Lai Hu'er.

Next, of course, they dispersed to act, Chen Yingliang, who had a heavy responsibility, first went back to the General Youwuwei's mansion, continued to entrust various military affairs to Huangfu Wuyi and Dugusheng, and asked them to continue to wait patiently for the news of the reformulation of the reward, and then left the imperial city non-stop, preparing to return to the camp to arrange the firearms team to accept the review of Emperor Yang of Sui, and by the way, to appease the military spirit of the Sui army, and was very busy.

The busier he is, the more hellish he gets, when he was about to walk out of the imperial city, Chen Yingliang happened to meet Pei Hongce and Pei Renji, two cousins, who came to meet him, Chen Yingliang, who was greatly favored by Pei Hongce, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute the juniors, honorifically calling him uncle and uncle, but Pei Hongce also hurriedly picked up Chen Yingliang and said with a smile: "In the imperial city, the virtuous nephew and the official uniform are on the body, you don't have to be so polite, just get your heart." ”

"Uncle is polite, no matter when and where, the little nephew will always be your nephew, as it should be." Chen Yingliang smeared the flattery on his mouth, and hurriedly said to Pei Renji: "Uncle forgive me, since the little nephew returned to the Eastern Capital, he has been busy with various military affairs, and he has not had time to visit your mansion. ”

Seeing that his nephew's tone was so respectful, Pei Hongce immediately understood what Chen Yingliang meant, and hurriedly smiled at Pei Renji: "Brother, Ying Liang did say a long time ago that he would visit your house, but he has too many official duties, even if he lives in my house, I can't see him a few times a day, for the sake of the younger brother's face, don't be like him." ”

"Virtuous nephews don't have to be polite, they are in a high position, and they are naturally busy with official business." Pei Renji's attitude was obviously a little cold, and he suddenly asked: "Virtuous nephew, on the day you led the army back to Luoyang triumphantly, did my daughter go to your camp to see you?" ”

"I've been." Chen Yingliang admitted calmly.

"And what did you say to her? What was done? Pei Renji asked again: "Why did she never smile after she went home, and suddenly became silent, and she still sat alone in a daze from time to time, what is this for?" ”

"And this?"

Pei Hongce was taken aback, seeing Pei Renji nodding with a gloomy face, Pei Hongce was even more frightened, and quickly turned his gaze to Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang had an embarrassed expression, and wanted to tell the truth, but he was afraid of hurting Pei Renji's face, so he couldn't explain it, so he had to say vaguely: "When Cuiyun Xianmei went to see her little nephew, it was just in time for Wang Juncheng to send a nephew to report to me, saying that his daughter gave birth to a son for me, and Cuiyun Xianmei asked about my family affairs again, and I told her that I was going to marry the daughter of the eldest grandson in the near future, so ......, it may have stimulated her." ”

Pei Hongce shut up, this matter is completely because Pei Hongce pulled the red line indiscriminately, so Pei Hongce could only shut up obediently, Pei Ren's basically cold expression became more ugly, and he said after a while: "So that's the case, it's good that the general pierced this layer of window paper, at least it can make that girl completely die!" The general was busy with official business, and the subordinate officials did not dare to disturb him, so he took his leave first. ”

After that, Pei Renji symbolically arched his hand, and went away alone, leaving Pei Hongce and Chen Yingliang's uncle and nephew in the same place with big eyes and small eyes, frowning and bitter faces, and then Pei Hongce naturally had to complain that Chen Yingliang spoke too straight, Chen Yingliang could only tell Pei Hongce all the truth with a wry smile, Pei Hongce could only sigh helplessly when he heard it, and in turn praised his nephew for doing things correctly, without further intensifying the contradiction with Pei Renji, and the uncle and nephew lamented and parted.

It was also a coincidence that Chen Fuliang only cared about talking to Pei Hongce in a low voice, and didn't pay attention at all, his rival in the court, Xiao Yu Xiao Guo's uncle, happened to be not far behind him, not only sneakily kept an eye on him, but also saw Pei Renji leaving from front of him, and then saw Pei Renji's somewhat blue face, knowing that Chen Yingliang was relying on Wenxi Pei's support, Uncle Xiao Guo couldn't help but be surprised in his heart, and hurriedly beckoned the entourage to the front, and whispered in the entourage's ear: "You go to see Xiao Huaijing and sue him, Investigate what happened between Chen Yingliang's thief and Pei Renji, the more detailed the better. ”

………………

After saying goodbye to Pei Hongce, Chen Yingliang returned directly to the camp of Qian Peng, met with his own group of henchmen and lackeys, and arranged for the firearms team to be ordered the next day, and the accomplices naturally congratulated Chen Yingliang on his promotion to a third-grade member, and at the same time cautiously inquired about his future outlet, and when the matter came to this point, Chen Yingliang no longer concealed it, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, in fact, I have already started to arrange it on the battlefield of Yanmen, and you all follow me into the right guard, and your position, I will gradually vacate it for you with the help of Yuwen Zhuguo." , after you go in, you will not be wronged. ”

Qian Peng's civil and military cheered loudly, and Chen Yingliang gave a general introduction to the incorporation of Qian Peng's army, and then turned to Qin Qiong and said: "General Qin, I originally wanted to arrange you directly into the right military guard, but after all, you are a general under Zhang Dashuai, without the consent of you or Zhang Dashuai, I can't help but ask for your opinion, you think about it yourself, you are willing to follow me into the right military guard, I will arrange a position for you as a tiger tooth general, you are willing to go back to Zhang Dashuai, I will not force you, after the award, you can take your headquarters cavalry back." ”

Qin Qiong hesitated for a moment, and then arched his hand and said: "General, of course, the last general will continue to follow you and seek a better future, but the responsibility on Zhang Dashuai's side is too heavy, and he is old, and the last general really can't bear to let his old man take the lead alone, so I'm sorry, the last general wants to go back." ”

Chen Yingliang was a little disappointed, but he was not reluctant, so he said: "Okay, it's up to you, I just said, I will let some homesick Peng soldiers go back, and when the time comes, you take them away together, they want to go home, you let them go home, and if they want to continue to be soldiers and eat food, you will incorporate him into the Qi County army, these soldiers are veterans, and their combat effectiveness is guaranteed, so they can help you." ”

Qin Qiong respectfully agreed, and then asked curiously: "General, when exactly will the imperial court issue the reward, why is there no news until now?" The brothers couldn't wait, and they were all looking forward to getting home with their rewards. ”

Qin Qiong opened this head, and the generals next to him also echoed one after another, they all couldn't wait to be rewarded by the court, facing his accomplice lackey, Chen Yingliang couldn't say too much, so he could only say vaguely: "It's fast, it's fast, so many Qinwang troops are stationed outside the eastern capital, and the daily grain and grass expenses are not a small amount, and the court will definitely do its best to reward you and let you go home." ”

"Marshal, there are rumors over there that Zuo Tunwei said that there was no reward for this war, is it true or false?" Kan Liang, who was straightforward, asked again, and said: "Although we all claimed that these were rumors according to your request, but after retreating more than 1,000 miles from the Yanmen battlefield to the Eastern Capital, the court did not even mention a word about the reward, and the brothers were somewhat worried." ”

"Yes, there will be." Chen Yingliang replied categorically, lowered his head slightly, and said with little confidence: "Don't worry, I will definitely do my best to distribute the rewards for military merits, and they will also be distributed in full." ”

It was rare to see Chen Yingliang not even dare to raise his head, and General Qian Peng suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, and he immediately understood that this military merit reward was probably not so easy to take.

With a fundraising plan, Chen Yingliang still didn't dare to say it to death, the reason is, of course, that he was not sure enough to raise this money and food, after all, whether Emperor Yang of Sui could agree to let Li Yuan pay money to atone for his sins is still a big question, whether Li Yuan is willing to exchange money for his life and whether he can get this money and food, is also a big question, and what is even worse is that even if Emperor Yang of Sui promised Li Yuan to atone for his sins with money, Li Yuan also took out this money and grain, and whether this money and food can really be used to reward soldiers is still a big question- Things have come to this point, and Chen Fuliang can be regarded as afraid of Emperor Yang of Sui's death.

No matter how worried you are, it's useless, when things come to this point, Chen Yingliang can only do his best to obey the fate of heaven, arrange the preparation for the review of the firearms team, Chen Yingliang took the time to go to the right military guard camp, and once again blew out the big bull in front of the right military guard generals who will definitely do their best to appease the military spirit as much as possible, and then left the camp and returned to Luoyang City.

It was already afternoon, it was not early, and it was estimated that he would not be able to do anything official when he returned to the imperial city, so Chen Yingliang, who was already exhausted, simply went back to the Li Guogong Mansion in Xiuye Workshop to rest, ready to recuperate his spirits, and by the way, he also considered the details of the next day's actions, and then gambled on the last one. As a result, when he returned to the door of Pei Hongce's mansion very smoothly, Chen Yingliang had just dismounted, and immediately a disciple came up to salute, and while taking the war horse for Chen Yingliang, he said: "General, a little novice and a young man came here just now and wanted to ask to see you." ”

"A little novice and a teenager?" Chen Yingliang was stunned at first, and then immediately remembered Chen Ci's plea for himself, and secretly laughed so busy that he almost forgot about it, and then asked, "Where are they?" Gone? ”

"Warming the pavilion." Menzi said: "Because they said that they were introduced by Chen Xiaowei, who reported to the ****, Xingfang Gongzi and the eldest grandson invited them into the warm pavilion, chatting with them while waiting for you to come back." ”

Chen Yingliang nodded, asked clearly that it was the warm pavilion, and then directly found the place, pushed open the door where the warm pavilion was born, and saw that Pei Xingfang and the eldest grandson Wuji were really chatting with a little novice and a teenager, and because of the very similar age, they talked very happily, and Chen Yingliang immediately recognized that the little monk was Chen Yuan, the brother of the Chen Temple that he had met once - but what the name of the law, Chen Yingliang didn't know.

Seeing Chen Yingliang come in, the four teenagers hurriedly got up together and saluted Chen Yingliang, Chen Yingliang returned the salute with a tired face, and while sitting in the position given by the eldest grandson Wuji, he smiled at Chen Yuan and said: "Little monk, we meet again, do you remember me?" More than two years ago, we met in front of the camp of the Baoguo Army. ”

"The little monk remembers." Chen Yuan, who was a little thin, clasped his hands to Chen Yingliang and said respectfully: "The little monk has a fate, two years ago I was able to see the general, and it was already the mercy of the Buddha, I never thought that today I could reunite with the general who has become famous all over the world, the little monk is really fortunate in three lives." ”

"The little monk is polite." Chen Yingliang took the tea bowl handed by the eldest grandson Wuji, and said with a smile: "I can have today, but it is not because of the bloody battles of thousands of Great Sui soldiers, including your brother, that I have been raised to this point, your brother is still the best among them, this time without your brother in the battle to capture the first thief chieftain, how can I be named a general?" ”

Smiling and praising Chen Ci, Chen Fuliang turned his gaze to the strange young man beside Chen Yuan, seeing that he was about sixteen or seventeen years old, medium height, and his body shape was also a little thin, but his aura was quite high, standing straight in front of him, his eyes were also very bright, and he nodded with satisfaction, Chen Yingliang smiled at him and asked: "I heard Chen Ci Chen Xiaowei say, you are a friend of his younger brother, your family is in the middle of the road, and you don't want to become a monk, and you also focus on the future future, and want to be a messenger in the public family, then you sue me, What kind of future do you want? ”

"The general, the villain imagines the general, riding the field, galloping thousands of miles, and becoming famous all over the world." The young man replied loudly, and then immediately blushed a little, lowered his voice and said, "That's just the villain's unrealistic dream, which makes the general laugh." The villain now just wants to find a place to eat and a place to live. ”

Chen Yingliang did smile, but smiled very gently, and said, "What do you mean by unrealistic dreams? People don't have dreams, what is the difference between them and wooden clay sculptures? I am an example, more than two years ago, if I had not decided to go all the way to Liaodong to join the army, how could I be today? ”

After laughing, Chen Yingliang just wanted to ask the young man's name, but the eldest grandson Wuji next to him reminded unhappily: "Brother, in front of the monks, what do you say about the wooden clay sculpture, is it too disrespectful?" ”

was reminded by the eldest grandson Wuji, Chen Yingliang realized that his analogy was a little inappropriate, and hurriedly apologized to Chen Yuan: "Little monk, I'm really sorry, I made a mistake for a while, and I didn't mean to offend your faith, don't mind." ”

"It doesn't matter." Chen Yuan clasped his palms together and said very respectfully: "The little monk is Zen Buddhism, Zen Buddhism does not prohibit the Buddha from scolding the ancestors, as the so-called equality of all beings, the heart is the Buddha, the self-master, and the truth is everywhere." ”

"Little monk, don't talk to me about Zen machines, I don't understand at all." Chen Fuliang, who didn't have half an inch of elegant bones all over his body, smiled bitterly, and asked casually: "By the way, I still know your Dharma name, may I ask the little monk Dharma name." ”

"I don't dare to be the law name." Chen Yuan replied very modestly: "The little monk's name is Xuanzang. ”

"Oh, it turned out to be Master Xuanzang."

Chen Yingliang nodded very casually, and then naturally, the teacup in Chen Fuliang's hand immediately slammed to the ground, and the triangular eyes immediately became copper bell eyes, which startled several teenagers present, but fortunately, Chen Yingliang has been hit by celebrities who have been accidentally encountered many times, and quickly came back to his senses and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, my hand slipped, Master Xuanzang, no wonder your brother likes to use sticks as weapons so much, it turns out that the roots are here." ”

Hearing Chen Yingliang's brainless words, the future Tang Sanzang was of course confused, but he was very knowledgeable and did not ask, Pei Xingfang let his subordinates clean up, changed a cup of tea and handed it to Chen Yingliang, and reminded in a low voice: "Brother, don't snub Master Xuanzang's friend, the younger brother talked to him for a while just now, and found that he has both literary and martial arts." ”

Chen Fuliang nodded, then turned his gaze to the strange young man, and said with a smile: "Little brother, I'm really sorry, I almost snubbed you by talking to your senior monk friend, what's your name?" ”

"The villain's surname is Wang, and his name is Xuance." The boy replied respectfully.

"The surname is Wang Xuance, it turns out that your name is Wang Xuance." Chen Yingliang nodded casually, and then ......

"Bang!"

"Come on, clean it up again, and, by the way, bring our silver teacup."