The day after Yang Yuer's incident, he prepared dry food for the road, and Chen Yingliang decided to set off for Liaodong the next day.

Chen Laosan still prevented Chen Yingliang from taking risks on the Liaodong battlefield. No matter what Chen Yingliang said, Chen Laosan kept crying and trying to stop him until Chen Yingliang told him that the Chai family was preparing to settle accounts after his fall.

Sancai shed tears and agreed to Chen Yingliang's departure, and expressed his willingness to go to Liaodong with Chen Yingliang.

Chen Yingliang declined Chen Laosan's kindness. Chen Laosan was too old, and it was thousands of miles away from Liaodong. Traveling with Chen Yingliang would not only not help, but would also become a drag on Chen Yingliang, so Chen Yingliang just stayed with Chen Laosan.

Got it

He spent ten thousand dollars to live on, and said that once he settled down, he would immediately find a way to take Chen Laosan to his side. Even if he didn't help, he would also bring Chen Laosan living expenses. After some hard talking, Chen Laosan, who was crying all over, agreed to stay.

In Daxing.

Out of caution, Chen Yingliang, who had decided to take revenge on the Chai family, had to tell Chen Laosan that if anyone from the Chai family came to inquire about his whereabouts, Chen Laosan should tell the Chai family that he had gone to central Sichuan to join his grandfather's old army for development.

He even made up a place name

, a name and a relationship were taught to Chen Laosan. Chen Laosan remembered it with tears, and agreed to another request of Chen Yingliang. When he could not make ends meet and contacted Chen Yingliang, he sold the last small house of the Chen family.

Or rent it out and wait for Chen Yingliang's return alive.

When it was completely dark, Fang Xuanling came to Chen Yingliang's shabby courtyard carrying wine again, to see Chen Yingliang off, and also to give Chen Yingliang \u5e

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26 promised a handwritten letter of recommendation. The careful Fang Xuanling deliberately left the letter unsealed so that Chen Yingliang could read the content. In the letter, the future Prime Minister Fang Xuanling gave Chen Yingliang many kind words and urged his father to

, the now popular Liaodong Supervisor Fang Yanqian placed Chen Yingliang in a position of great importance.

Chen Yingliang really doesn't know if Fang Xuanling has ever had such high regard for anyone else in history, but to be able to receive such selfless help from the great celebrity Fang Xuanling without any benefit to the other person, Chen Yingliang's gratitude is still indescribable.

He could only pick up the wine that Fang Xuanling had brought and said: "Brother Qiao Song, I cannot thank you enough for your kindness. If I succeed in the future, I will definitely repay this kindness a hundred times! Borrow flowers to offer to Buddha.

Please!"

"My dear brother, you're so polite. It's just a small effort, so why bother saying thank you?" Fang Xuanling smiled modestly, then raised the tattered wine bowl provided by the old Chen family and said, "Come here, my dear brother, I wish you the best for your trip.

It’s all smooth sailing in Liaodong, let’s make great progress, let’s do it!”

"Thank you, brother, let's do it!" Chen Yingliang agreed with a smile, and he and Fang Xuanling drank the thin wine in the bowl in one gulp, showing great pride.

After having three bowls with Fang Xuanling, they said something about taking care of each other, and asked Fang Xuanling to take care of Chen Laosan. Chen Yingliang suddenly asked: "Brother, this time my uncle plans to recommend you to be an official in Liaodong."

, because your sister-in-law is pregnant and you can't go, then what are you going to do with your brother in the future? With your talent and knowledge, wouldn't it be a pity to live idle like this for a long time?"

"It's just one step at a time." Fang Xuanling is a happy-go-lucky person and replied with a smile: "Although I have some ambitions in my heart, I don't have the opportunity to display my ambitions, and I don't have the courage to go out and venture out like my good brother.

We are looking for opportunities to stand out on the battlefield, so Brother Wei now plans to make a decision before taking action. He will first wait and see the situation in the world in the capital city of Daxing, and wait until the opportunity arises before making a decision."

"I remember you were Li Er who took refuge in Chang'an after Li Yuan raised his army. You have a good eye for people and your ability to seize opportunities." Chen Ying muttered in his conscience and thought to himself: "It's a pity that you will only sit at home and wait for opportunities.

, I didn’t dare to go out to look for opportunities, so I gave Li Er the life of being his deputy.”

After finishing muttering, Chen Yingliang took the opportunity to speak to Fang Xuanling about what he had been planning for a long time, and said: "Brother, I have one thing to ask you boldly. If one day in the future my brother can become successful and open a government office, I wonder if he can."

Are you interested in flexing your muscles and ambitions in my younger brother's shogunate?"

Fang Xuanling almost laughed out loud, thinking that this wise brother of mine is really interesting. Now he is still relying on my recommendation to become an official, but he has already begun to think about the staff issues after opening a government office and wants me to join him.

Serving in the shogunate, this foresight,

Isn't it too far away? Secretly laughing, Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "Brother Xian, you are thinking too far, aren't you? The position of chief secretary and secretary recommended by brother Yu is not far away from the opening of the mansion.

The government office is not just seventeen or eight levels away."

"If you don't have long-term worries, you will have immediate worries. A great talent like my brother can only be met but cannot be asked for." Chen Yingliang smiled and replied: "I just want to ask my brother for a word now. If I can really be enlightened in the future,

On the day when the shogunate was built, my elder brother's official position was still under that of my younger brother. If I dare to ask my elder brother to agree, he must serve in my younger brother's office."

"Well, Brother Yu will agree to you today." Fang Xuanling agreed with a smile and said: "If the day comes when brother Xian really opens a government office and he doesn't despise me as a brother who has little talent and little knowledge, I will definitely come under my account.

Effectiveness.”

"High-five as an oath." Chen Yingliang took it a step further and simply raised his palm. Fang Xuanling smiled, stretched out his hand and slapped Chen Yingliang's palm hard.

"You're such an ambitious boy, I don't know whether it's right or wrong to recommend you to become an official." Fang Xuanling muttered in her heart.

"This is the only way we can do it." Chen Yingliang also sighed in his heart, "With my current situation, if I ask Fang Xuanling to follow me and recognize me as the boss, he might slap me with a big ear.

We can only lay down a hint first and talk about it later."

That night, Chen Yingliang and Fang Xuanling parted happily. The next morning, which was also the early morning of the fifth day of June in the ninth year of the Great Sui Dynasty, as soon as the gates of Daxing City opened, Chen Yingliang said goodbye to Chen Laosan, who had been dependent on each other for many years, and set out on the road.

Didn't leave the most

We left the city at the nearby Anhua Gate, led the horse and took a long detour alone, and left the city from the Yanping Gate in the west city of Daxing. After doing some things outside the city, we rode our horses towards Tongguan in the east and officially started.

started his own journey away from home.

…………

The residence of Julu County Duke Chai Shen is located in Taipingfang in Daxing City, very close to the Imperial City of the Western Capital. On the morning of the fifth day of June, Chen Yingliang's once honorary father-in-law kept twitching on his right eyelid.

He felt something was wrong there, but he didn't know what was wrong. For this reason, Chai Shen even used the maid as a punching bag and slapped the maid twice in the face for not being able to hold the wash water steady.

After noon, this feeling of uneasiness became even stronger, because after entering the palace and finishing his duties, when Chai Shen led a large group of servants home to enjoy the new concubine in the thirteenth room, many people on the road suddenly looked at Chai Shen.

Pointing and whispering, most of them had expressions on their faces that meant they wanted to laugh but were afraid to laugh. Chai Shen was so confused about this that he almost thought he was wearing the wrong clothes or that he had accidentally stained his face.

What puzzled Duke Chejun even more was what happened later. When he entered the Taipingfang neighborhood where powerful people gathered, Chai Shen bumped into his political rival, Prince Zuo Nei, Pei Xin. For this greedy, lustful, ambitious and talented colleague, Chai Shen met him head-on.

Although Shen was not afraid, he did not want to offend Guan Longda behind him too much.

When the family heard that they liked the Pei family, they raised their hands on their horses and prepared to ride by as usual. However, what Chai Shen didn't expect was that Pei Xin, who usually relied on his family's power to be arrogant, didn't know that he was eating.

Some medicine was wrong, and he actually stopped Chai Shen's horse and chatted politely with Chai Shen.

What Pei Xin and Chai Shen talked about in their chat was all nonsense. The only official thing they talked about was something that had been agreed upon in the palace two days ago. Chai Shen secretly laughed at Pei Xin's memory, which was eaten up by a dog, and suddenly discovered that

Pei Xin's eyes were full of smiles, and he didn't even notice

He also laughed so hard that his eyes narrowed, his smile was weird and mysterious, as if he had just encountered something unspeakably happy. He was already laughing in his stomach, but he couldn't laugh out loud.

, it was uncomfortable to hold back, painful and happy to walk away.

They chatted for a long time, until Chai Shen couldn't bear it anymore and said goodbye. Pei Xin led his entourage and left. However, after the two teams walked away in opposite directions, Chai Shen seemed to hear again.

Pei Xin burst into laughter for no apparent reason, causing Chai Shen to turn around to see what was going on. When he saw Pei Xin's team running away, Chai Shen couldn't help but cursed in his stomach, "Sick!"

Did you take the wrong medicine?”

After being delayed by Pei Xin, when Chai Shen returned home, his son Chai Shao, who was also on duty at the palace today, had already taken a step forward and came to the gate to greet Chai Shen. He personally helped Chai Shen off the horse, but he couldn't wait in time.

Upon entering, Chai Shao whispered directly to Chai Shen: "Father, something seems to be wrong. When the child came out of the palace, there were people pointing at the child and snickering all the time on the way home."

"What? Have you encountered this situation too?" Chai Shen was stunned, and then he was shocked, and he quickly lowered his voice and asked: "Is the matter between us and the Chen family being publicized? Didn't I give strict orders again and again?

Are the servants in the house not allowed to mention this matter?"

"Probably not." Chai Shao replied: "Xiu Ning has already analyzed it just now. If the servants in our house accidentally let it slip, the matter will only spread slowly. It is impossible to tell the story all at once.

If it is publicized and everyone knows it, it cannot spread so quickly."

"Could that be the rumor spread by the poor boy named Chen?" Chai Shen asked warily - this is also what Mr. Chejun is most worried about.

"It shouldn't be possible, right?" Chai Shao was also a little unsure, and replied: "If that poor boy wanted to publicize the matter, he would have done so a long time ago. Why did he have to wait so long? Besides, we and the Chen family have nothing to do with each other.

There is no marriage certificate written in black and white, just a jade pendant. Even if that poor boy publicizes the matter, how many people will believe it?"

"That's true." Chai Shen thought about it carefully and found that it was true. With Chen Yingliang's current family situation and personal status, it is indeed not an easy task to spread the news about breaking off the engagement quickly and make people believe it. Moreover, even if Chen Yingliang is like this

Even if it was done, it would be impossible to hide the news from the Chai family's eyes and ears in the capital while spreading the news, so Chai Shen quickly rejected the idea.

After some calculations, Chai Shen ordered: "Send someone out to inquire and see if there are any rumors in the market that are unfavorable to our Chai family. Furthermore, after a while, we will find a way to get rid of that poor boy and eliminate future troubles forever."

, but remember to keep it confidential.”

"Understood." Chai Shao nodded and said with a ferocious expression: "Father, don't worry, I will personally take action this time to deal with that poor and tough bastard and never give him a chance to succeed!"

"Brother-in-law! Brother-in-law!"

While he was talking, a fast horse suddenly rushed over from the end of the street, yelled at the Chai family and his son from a distance, and ran directly to the Chai family and his son before reining in the horse. Chai Shen and Chai Shen were about to enter the door.

Shao turned around and unexpectedly discovered that the rider on the horse was Chai Shao's brother-in-law, the second son of Tang Guogong Li Yuan, Li Erlang, who was only fifteen years old - his real name was Li Shimin.

"Erlang, why are you so anxious?" Chai Shao asked in surprise.

Li Shimin did not answer, but quickly dismounted with a whip, rushed to Chai Shao, lowered his voice and asked: "Brother-in-law, does Sister Qian'er have a finger-tip marriage?"

"What?" Chai Shao was startled at first, then quickly came to his senses, shook his head and said, "Is there such a thing? Erlang, don't listen to outsiders' nonsense. Your sister Qian'er is still a virgin, so what's the point of asking for marriage?

marriage?"

"No?" Li Shimin was also stunned and said doubtfully: "Then why did someone post a uniquely worded solemn statement on the notice board outside Yanping Gate to inform the whole city, announcing the termination of their engagement with Sister Qian'er? He also said

It must have a nose and eyes, just like the real thing, causing a sensation in half of Daxing City."

"What?!" Chai Shao and Chai Shen screamed like they were killing pigs at the same time, "That poor boy posted a notice to inform the whole city?"

"Yes!" Li Shimin nodded and said quickly: "I heard from my servants that there was already a commotion at Yanpingmen, and the crowds of people watching the excitement were overwhelming. My family gave up their best efforts and crowded in.

Go in and see it from a distance.”

"Let's go! Go to Yanping Gate immediately!" Chai Shen, Duke of Chai County, did not hesitate and immediately rushed towards the mount he had just returned from. When he was getting on the horse, the stirrup slipped and he almost fell. His family members came up to help him, but Chai Shen kicked him.
To be continued...