Sandalwood curling, in the magnificent hall, four graceful girls in neon clothes and feathers danced with the silk and bamboo, spinning lightly, when the prince of the right inner rate, Julu County Gong Chai Shen Cheshire Gong held the jade cup, reclining on the rattan chair made of a hundred years old rattan to taste wine and listen to music and dance, two pretty girls waiting, sometimes to Chai Shen to feed wine, sometimes to Chai Shen vegetables, leisurely and idle, merry and happy, as always.

After a dance, Xiangluan danced but retracted his wings, and the crane song ended with a long voice, Chai Shen applauded with satisfaction, and praised: "Yes, a thousand flowers are worth it, such as the dancer trained by Yulou, it is really worth the money, the people are beautiful, the dance is more beautiful, and the reward is appreciated." ”

"Thank you, Master." The four dancers bowed to Chai Shen and thanked him, Chai Shen laughed, beckoned all the four dancers to the front, gave wine one by one, picked up their chins and looked at them carefully, and chose their own foot-covering targets tonight, but at this time, Chai Shen's son Chai Shao and daughter-in-law Li Xiuning begged to see the voice outside the hall, Chai Shen had no choice but to let several dancers step back and let his son and daughter-in-law enter the hall.

"Father, good news, good news." Chai Shao rushed in with his daughter-in-law Li Xiuning, and said quickly before he could salute: "Father, my father-in-law sent a letter to the child and Xiuning, saying that the emperor has appointed him to stay in Honghua, and he is also aware of the military affairs of Guanyou, and has also ordered his father-in-law to go to face the saint and return to Daxing with His Majesty the emperor." ”

"Honghua stayed? Do you know about the right soldiers? Doesn't this mean that His Majesty the Emperor handed over the military power west of Longshan to his in-laws? Chai Shen was overjoyed when he heard this, and applauded: "Okay, the in-laws have the military power in hand, and you and my father and son will have a heavier weight in the court in the future." ”

"There's better news." Chai Shao's eyebrows fluttered and said: "My father-in-law also asked me in the letter if I would like to go to the army for training, the child has been a thousand cattle for so many years, and finally has the opportunity to take a step forward." ”

"Stinky boy, why don't you thank your wife Xiuning? Without Xiuning, will the Tang Kingdom Guild pull you? Chai Shen scolded with a smile, and then after a little thought, he asked in surprise: "Wait, isn't Yuan Honghe's rebellion a rumor?" He also did a good job in Honghua, how could the emperor suddenly think of removing him? ”

"This ......, the child doesn't know." Chai Shao replied in embarrassment.

"Father-in-law, I think it was His Majesty who decided to remove Yuan for the sake of prudence." Li Xiuning, who had not spoken, spoke, and said in a gentle manner: "Although the rebellion of Yuan Liushou was a rumor deliberately spread by Yang Hui, Yuan Liushou was still questioned by the imperial court because of this, and he was innocently implicated. ”

"Poor Motohiro, it's you who are unlucky, no wonder others." Chai Shen's face was full of schadenfreude, and he smiled again: "But it's okay, Yuan Hongsi is unlucky, the in-laws take the opportunity to take charge of the troops, and the in-laws have a high status, so we can also follow the light." Speaking of which, we really have to thank Yang Xuangan for that traitor. ”

Chai Shao echoed and smiled, gloating like his father, but Li Xiuning remained silent, and said to Chai Shen: "Father-in-law, my father is in the letter, and I want to ask my father-in-law to come forward to help, to entrap a person for him, and to win him over to our Li valve at any cost, and my father is very optimistic about this person." ”

"Who?" Chai Shen hurriedly asked.

"Grab Yang Xuangan's Henan Zanzhi Mansion Record Office." Li Xiuning replied: "My father is too far away from the counterinsurgency battlefield, and he has to go to meet the saint first, and he can't spare his hand to personally encircle him, and my brother and they don't have an official position at present, so the weight of coming forward is a little insufficient, so I ask my father-in-law to act on your behalf and get in touch with this person as much as possible." ”

"It's easy to do!" Chai Shen agreed, and said with a smile: "You don't need to send someone to find him, you can see him soon, there is news from Tongguan, Wei Liushou has taken Yang Xuangan to Daxing, and the secretary who is nicknamed Xiao Chen Qingzhi also came to Daxing with his white-robed soldiers, waiting for His Majesty the Emperor to return to Beijing for review, or we will be able to see him in a few days, when the old man comes forward in person, invites him to his home for a banquet, sends more precious gifts, and pulls some relationship sets, he will definitely be able to pull him to our Chai and Li families." ”

Li Xiuning thanked him, but Chai Shao said disdainfully: "Can you use it?" A small official who has made meritorious service by luck, and he doesn't even have an official position, can he spend so much effort to get around? As far as the status of our Chai and Li families is concerned, one greeted, and the kid kept himself and came to the door to ask for a meeting, asking us to take him in. ”

Military genius Li Xiuning glanced at her husband and said calmly: "Lang Jun, you must not neglect this little official, he has made outstanding achievements in this counterinsurgency war, and his appearance is outstanding. ”

"Xiu Ning is right, don't talk nonsense about you stinky boy!" Chai Shen also scolded: "Defeated the thieves in a row, killed more than 10,000 enemies and never lost the record, led hundreds of cavalry to break into tens of thousands of rebels and burned grain and grass, and then broke the main force of 50,000 traitors in Hongnong with 5,000 remnants of soldiers, and captured Yang Xuangan himself and the famous general Li Zixiong, such a rare talent, that gate valve doesn't want to fight for it?" If you stinky boy can have half of his merits, Lao Tzu won't have to worry about your future. ”

Hearing his father's words, the arrogant Chai Shao of course had an extremely ugly face, and snorted: "Lead hundreds of cavalry to break into the army of tens of thousands of rebels, and calmly fight your way out of the encirclement after burning grain and grass?" Dongdu really dares to brag and cheat, such a record, father, do you believe it? Have you heard of it before? ”

"Whether it's bragging or cheating, just by virtue of that kid's capture of Yang Xuangan, it's enough for him to soar." Chai Shen waved his hand, and he didn't believe in this rumor of the record.

After a little calculation, Chai Shen also said: "I don't know if this kid is old and good, his family background, whether he has become married, if it is appropriate, the old man can consider recruiting him as a son-in-law, ending Qian'er's heart, and also recruiting a talented son-in-law for our Chai family." ”

"Father, are you joking?" Chai Shao said a little unceremoniously: "On the official document sent back to Daxing by Wei Liu, he didn't even bother to mention the name of the clerk in the office, and directly called him Chen in the Recorder of Henan Zanzhi Mansion, which shows that this clerk must not have a good background, just a stinky grass man who has taken shit luck!" ”

"That's right, Wei Liushou didn't even bother to mention his name, which proves that this little clerk in the office should not have a good background, and his background may be very low." Chai Shen nodded, quite agreeing with the judgment of the baby son, and then gritted his teeth and said: "It's all the poor boy surnamed Chen, who ruined Qian'er's reputation, otherwise, the old man would have married Qian'er to a famous family to be a wife, so why worry about Qian'er's family affairs now?" ”

Chai Shen didn't mention Chen Yingliang, but it was okay that Chai Shao had just mentioned Chai Shao's future brother-in-law, Chai Shao was immediately full of anger, and just wanted to grit his teeth and scold, but it happened that a Chai Mansion family ran to the door of the hall quickly, and said loudly: "My lord, my eldest son, someone from Datongfang came to report, saying that the poor boy of the Chen family came home and asked the master and the son to honor the reward they promised." ”

"Such a coincidence?!" Chai Shen and Chai Shao, who had just mentioned Chen Yingliang's name, were a little stammering, and then shouted in unison and asked, "When did you come back?" Is the message reliable? ”

"I just came back, and the news should be reliable." Jia Ding played truthfully: "It was a letter from a neighbor surnamed Chen, saying that he saw the boy surnamed Chen hugging his old family Ding and crying bitterly, and the neighbor remembered that the eldest son had promised to report ten rewards, so he hurried to our door to report the news." ”

"Good to be back!" Chai Shao gritted his teeth and said, and then shouted: "Immediately gather thirty family members, bring the guys, prepare a horse for me, I will personally arrest this poor boy back, and slowly clean up!" ”

Before the family could sing the promise, Chai Shen, who almost became Chen Yingliang's father-in-law, had already yelled, "Act fast, don't let this little poor ghost run away again!" ”

The messenger Ding hurriedly sang a promise, Li Xiuning wanted to persuade her husband and father-in-law to settle the matter a little, but considering the hatred of her father-in-law and husband for Chen Yingliang, as well as the harm caused by Chen Yingliang to her sister-in-law Chai Qian, Li Xiuning still changed her mind, just pulled Chai Shao's sleeve and admonished: "Lang Jun, don't make a big fuss, it's best to arrest people quietly, the fewer people who are alarmed, the better." Also, don't conflict with his neighbor Fang family, although the official position of the father surnamed Fang Na is not too high, he can often contact the important ministers of the court, and if you can not conflict with them, it is best not to conflict. ”

When Chai Shao led a large group of wolf-like family members to Datongfang, Chen Yingliang had already taken Chen Laosan to where he didn't know, and no one in the neighbors knew where Chen Yingliang went, and in a fit of rage, Chai Shao, who hated Chen Yingliang so much that his eggs hurt, broke into Fang Xuanling's house directly, and asked Fang Xuanling's pregnant wife about Chen Yingliang's whereabouts.

If it is an ordinary woman's family, Chai Shao does nothing, unfortunately, Chai Shao this time happened to meet the wife of Fang Xuanling, a fierce woman who can be counted on her fingers for 5,000 years, in the case of a big belly, Lu scolded Chai Shao for a dog blood, seven meat and eight vegetarians, and also used the broom that usually beats Fang Xuanling, Leng is to beat Chai Shao from the room to the outside of the hospital, and Chai Shao is covered with chicken manure and dust, and Chai Shao is arrogant and irritable, and he does not dare to do anything to a pregnant woman in the capital, I heard from other neighbors that Chen Yingliang had already left with Chen Laosan, and Chai Shao had no choice but to return to Taipingfang in disgrace and discuss countermeasures with his father Chai Shen.

"Send someone to find it! Send out all the family members in the house, search the whole city, even if it is heaven and earth, and find out the poor boy for the old man! "This was the idea that the Lord of Cheshire had decided in a fit of rage.

"Father, we're understaffed." Chai Shao said embarrassedly: "Even if all the family members in our family are sent out, there are less than two hundred, and Daxing City is so big, there are one hundred and nine in Fang City alone, how can you find it?" ”

Chai Shentie closed up with a blushing face, and his face became even more ugly, but Chai Shao was inspired and hurriedly said: "Father, don't worry, the child went to Xiuning to ask, she has a lot of ideas, see if she has any good ideas." ”

Saying that, Chai Shao turned around and walked out, but Chai Shen shouted: "Stop!" Usually there is Xiuning, I don't bother to say you, you are a manly husband, you listen to your daughter-in-law's arrangements everywhere and have no opinions, what are you talking about? How can a man become a big man if he doesn't have his own opinions? How can you be on your own? ”

Chai Shao, who was indeed a little afraid, stopped, and his face began to be embarrassed - but this can't be completely blamed for Chai Shao's incompetence, when he meets such a beautiful and powerful wife as Li Xiuning, there are really few men who can be not afraid of guilt. In desperation, Chai Shao had no choice but to ask, "Father, what should I do then?" ”

Chai Shen's expression was a little hesitant, and after a while, he gritted his teeth, and then said in a low voice: "Daxing ordered Han Shimo to go out with the guards, and now the government of Daxing is presided over by Wang Feng of Daxing County, you bring some gifts to see Wang Feng, just say that Chen Yingliang's poor boy is the remnant of Yang Rebell's traitor, Yang Rebellious fled back to Daxing after the defeat, let Wang Feng come forward to post a notice to offer a reward for arrest, and also dispatched the officials of Daxing County to search all over the city!" ”

Chai Shao first opened his mouth, and then said in ecstasy: "Father, what a clever plan!" Accusing that thief of being a remnant of Yang Rebellion's traitor, as soon as the notice is posted, he will have nowhere to stay in Daxing City, even if we arrest him, we can arrest him openly! ”

"What planting?" Chai Shen snorted coldly: "That little thief is likely to be the remnant of Yang Rebel's traitor, at least the relatives of important figures in the traitor army, you let Wang Feng issue a notice to arrest him, it can also be regarded as serving the country!" ”

"Father, what do you mean by that?" Chai Shao was a little confused.

Chai Shen looked left and right cautiously, and then leaned into his son's ear and whispered about the situation, Chai Shao was dumbfounded, and only after a while did he open his mouth and say: "That little thief, there is such a background?" ”

"It's a pity that the family doesn't recognize the Chen family." Chai Shen sneered and said: "As far as I know, when Chen Yingliang was a thief, his father's title was taken away and he found a relative to ask for help, but unfortunately his relative was a snob, looking down on the Chen family's broken family, and he didn't recognize him at all, so angry that Chen Xiaothief's father swore on the spot to break off relations with his relatives, and never had contact again." Chen Yingliang is a thief, I'm afraid he doesn't even know that he has such a prominent relative. ”

"It doesn't matter if Chen Xiaothief knows it or not, the important thing is that we know." Chai Shao smiled fiercely and said viciously: "As long as we catch Chen Xiaothief, first force him to admit that he participated in the traitor's team with heavy punishment, and then disclose his background, we can cut him with a thousand knives and execute Ling Chi!" Our previous divorce can also be said to be prescient to the outside. ”

"In terms of friendship with the previous generation, the old man originally wanted to let this kid go, but since he insisted on finding his own death, the old man was not welcome!" Chai Shen also snorted heavily, and ordered: "It's already dark, go quickly, bring more gifts, if necessary, you can tell Wang Feng about the thief's background in private, let him rest assured to arrest people, and then tell him, as long as I can catch this thief and treat him as a traitor, I will not forget this friendship, and there will be a good reward in the future!" ”

Chai Shao hurriedly agreed and hurriedly went, Chai Shen continued to grit his teeth in the room, imagining how to take revenge after catching his former future son-in-law, but I don't know how much time passed, the door was suddenly kicked open, and then rushed into the door, Chai Shen, who was very particular about etiquette, looked up angrily, but suddenly saw that it was no one else who rushed in, it was his beloved daughter Chai Qian, who was quite guilty.

"Father, I heard that the thief is back?" Chai Qian hurriedly said: "My daughter just heard from the family that Chen Yingliang's little thief came back, and my brother took someone to arrest him, did you catch him?" ”

"No, let him run again." Chai Shen's expression was a little helpless, and he comforted: "Qian'er, don't worry, my father is already trying to find a way to catch him, and when I catch him, my father will definitely let out this evil breath for you." ”

"No, I'm going to chop him up with my own hands!" Chai Qian gritted her teeth and said, "I still have to ask him face to face, why do you want to ruin my reputation?" What is there about him that deserves me? ”

"No problem." Chai Shen said lovingly: "When I catch that thief, my father will hand him over to you and let you dispose of it." ”

Hearing Chai Shen's words, Chai Qian, who was quite anxious, calmed down a little, and after a careful calculation, Chai Qian turned around and left, and said loudly: "No, I will also go to him in person, Daxing City is so big, and the manpower in my brother's hands is definitely not enough." ”

"Qian'er, where are you going to look for it?" Chai Shen couldn't cry or laugh, and shouted at Chai Qian's back: "You haven't seen him again, where to go and find him?" How to find it? ”

Chai Qian stopped, and then remembered that she had never seen her former fiancé Chen Yingliang, so she went to look for it and was afraid that she wouldn't know each other, but fortunately, it was difficult for Chai Qian, and after thinking about it, Chai Qian said again: "It's okay, my brother has seen that traitor, doesn't he know some calligraphy and painting?" I asked him to draw me a portrait of Chen Xiaothief, and then I could take people from the portrait. ”

"No need, by tomorrow, the little thief's drawings will definitely be all over the street, no need to trouble your eldest brother again, besides, he has only seen the little thief once, and he may not remember the appearance of the little thief carefully."

Chai Shen smiled, and told his beloved daughter about his arrangement, Chai Qian was overjoyed when she heard it, and she didn't care if her father's approach was right or wrong, and after a few words, Chai Qian still refused to be completely satisfied, and said: "But I still have to catch this thief in person, I have a good friend who happened to see this thief once, and there are a lot of people in his hands, and I will go to her tomorrow to help arrest people." Saying that, Chai Qian hurriedly went out to arrange for people to contact her friends, and did not give Chai Shen a chance to oppose at all.

Knowing his daughter Mo Ruo's father, of course Chai Shen knows who his daughter's best friend is, for himself and his own Chai family, of course Chai Shen will not stop his daughter from getting closer to her best friend and getting along well, so she will turn a blind eye and let her daughter toss and mess around.