Chapter 8: General Chen never disappoints me

"Chen Lang, Sanniang is so bitter......" Li Xiuning whimpered, the corners of his mouth twitched, and tears fell down.

At this time, the entire small hall was filled with a mournful atmosphere.

Li Daozhen stared at Chen Ying with a serious face, gritted his teeth and roared, "What did you do to the Eldest Sun Clan?" ”

Chen Yingyu wanted to cry without tears, raised his hand and said, "I swear to God, I really didn't do anything!" ”

"Don't tell me that her clothes are her own undress!"

Chen Ying explained: "It's really her own solution! ”

"Sophistry!" Li Daozhen threw Chen Ying a look of absolute disbelief, turned her back and ignored Chen Ying.

Li Xiuning didn't speak, hiding his face and choking.

At this time, He Yue'er, Red Sleeves, Green Beads and other women in the small hall also felt Li Xiuning's sadness.

Chen Ying panicked, hugged Li Xiuning lightly in distress, comforted her, and said, "Sanniang...... Don't cry...... Don't cry, it's really not what you think, we have nothing, the eldest grandson's hair was pulled by herself, and the clothes were also untied by herself, the purpose is to let me come forward to rescue the eldest grandson Wuji......"

At this time, Li Xiuning's eyes were long gone, her eyes were flashing, and she said unrelentingly: "I don't want to see her again, her fox eyes, there are really few men who can hold it, but what if it ...... How can you live as a concubine......"

Chen Ying promised: "Sanniang, don't worry, I'll let her leave Chenjiabao according to the arrangement......"

Li Xiuning stomped her feet angrily and said: "But, leaving the Chen Mansion, where can she go, looking at the entire Chang'an City, who dares to stop the Donggong guards under Wei Ting?" ”

"Sanniang, don't worry, I will discuss this matter with Your Majesty, by Your Majesty's decree, I want to see who dares to disobey the decree!" Chen Ying hugged Li Xiuning's shoulders and said, "How can I be regarded as a figure with a head and a face in Chang'an City, if I can't even protect a group of women and children...... Sanniang, don't be angry, don't hurt your body. ”

"Hmm!" Li Xiuning happily snuggled up to Chen Ying.

Li Daozhen lowered her head, rolled her eyes, and sighed that Li Xiuning's skill was too deep, her expression could change if she wanted to, tears flowed whenever she wanted, and more importantly, she knew how to capture Chen Ying's heart!

He remembered what Yang Rong told her a few days ago, which made her want to compete with Li Xiuning for favor. But at this time, I really wanted to say to myself that I was too much worse than Li Xiuning.

Chen Ying and Li Xiuning kept warm for a while.

Li Daozhen considered that she was a little redundant, so she reluctantly waved her hand to signal Red Sleeves, Green Beads and He Yue'er to leave.

As everyone left, Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying and said, "Chen Lang, you tell the truth, have you figured out what to do with the eldest grandson clan?" ”

Chen Ying muttered: "It's all up to Sanniang!" ”

Li Xiuning said: "It is not a long-term plan for the eldest grandson to stay in our mansion!" ”

Chen Ying nodded again and again and said, "What Sanniang said is extremely true! ”

Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying and smiled softly: "The eldest grandson Wujian is the daughter of the former general of the right Xiaowei, Changsun Sheng, who lost her father at the age of eight and was raised by her uncle Gao Shilian. ”

Chen Ying listened to this, and felt that something was wrong?

Could it be that ancient women were really so virtuous and not jealous at all? However, the eldest grandson Wujian is the wife of Li Shimin, the king of Qin, and the younger daughter-in-law of Chen Ying, which is inconsistent with etiquette.

Li Xiuning also seemed to observe Chen Ying's strangeness, and pushed Chen Ying and said, "Where do you want to go?" I mean to say that the eldest grandson Wujian has such a talent, and it is absolutely impossible to bury her talent. You established the Datang Academy, as well as the families of hundreds of workers, and there are many children, why not set up a separate girls' school, accept girls into school, and order the eldest grandson Wujian to be the head of the mountain, so as to support yourself! ”

When Chen Ying heard this, he suddenly realized.

The eldest grandson's unsullied talent is not comparable to that of ordinary men. At least she has left a number of poems in history, as well as the book "Women's Rules", which is known as a model of women's morality.

Chen Ying nodded and said, "Sanniang, okay, it's all up to you!" ”

……

In Chang'an City, just a quarter of an hour before the curfew, a four-wheeled carriage without any signs closed its windows and slowly arrived outside Pei Lian's mansion.

The two Yuan Suihu ran out from behind the carriage, walked to the door of Pei's mansion, and gently pulled up the bronze ring of the beast rank.

"Knock Knock ......"

As the knock sounded, the door of Pei's Mansion immediately knocked on the door, and Pei Men Si Yan leaned out and asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Yuan Suihu never answered, and reached out to take out a cup of gold-inlaid name plate.

Si Yan saw the words on the name tag and hurriedly opened the door.

The carriage slowly walked along the road of Pei Mansion towards the inside.

Pei Mansion covers an area of about ten acres, the courtyard has seven or eight into, in addition to the backyard ancestral hall, will also be the clan science, the nursing home, Anji Fang, the drain garden is located in the Pei Mansion.

In the warm pavilion of the front yard, there are four copper lamps with wild goose feet on both walls, the lamp shape is like the lonely foot of a wild goose, the strand holds up the ring lamp plate, there are three lampposts in the lamp plate, and three large candles are lit at the same time, and the warm pavilion shines brightly as day.

Under the light of the bright candles, the brown old age spots on the face of the old man in black became more and more obvious.

Pei Lin and his son, lawyer Pei, hurriedly came.

Pei Lin and Lawyer Pei hurriedly saluted the old man, bowed down and said, "Xuan Zhen (Pei Lian's expression) to meet the head of the meeting!" ”

The black-clothed old man didn't get up, and his body owed a little, which was counted as coming back.

The old man in black looked at Pei Lin and said lightly: "Xuan Zhen, Emperor Taishang, how is your body?" ”

Pei Lin bowed and said: "Back to the head of the meeting, the Emperor Taishang's health is still good, but his spirit is not as good as before." ”

The old man in black sighed and said, "Since the Emperor Taishang was forced to abdicate the throne, this Chang'an's world is ...... Day by day is not as good as day by day. The prince's original form is exposed, and the army is reckless, and the Tang Dynasty is ......

Pei Lin smiled bitterly and said, "Why should the head of the meeting worry about these trivial matters? ”

The old man in black said solemnly: "If there is no country, there is no home, the East Palace is small, stealing authority, acting arbitrarily, and the dynasty collapses, how can you and I be out of sight?" ”

Pei Lin smiled bitterly: "So what? Now in Chang'an City, all the knife handles are held in the hands of the emperor. ”

The old man in black flicked his sleeves and said righteously: "Why do you need to use swords for justice?" The advantage of the sword, that is just the courage of the horseman. If there is a big drought today, there is famine in Guanzhong, and the government and the opposition are full of complaints. As long as Xuan Zhen stands up, he raises his arms and shouts......"

Pei Lin suddenly stood up with a straight face and said, "Huitou, it's not too early, please go back." ”

The old man in black looked at Pei Lin with a stunned expression and muttered, "Xuan Zhen, you ......"

Pei Lin snorted coldly and said, "What does the head of the meeting want to do, the old man doesn't want to know, and he doesn't have to know." Someone, send off! ”

The old man in black walked away angrily, walked at the door of the warm pavilion, turned to look at Pei Lin and said, "Pei San, you have to think clearly!" ”

Pei Lin said proudly: "Pei Lin thinks very clearly! ”

The old man in black had a murderous aura flashing in his eyes, and said with a hideous face: "Okay, you Pei San!" ”

As he spoke, the old man in black turned and left.

Lawyer Pei quietly walked to Pei Lian's side and said with a worried face: "Father, the head of the meeting is reasonable, why......

Pei Lin turned around and glared at Lawyer Pei, and said with a solemn face: "The emperor is no longer Wuxia Ameng, the East Palace strategists are like clouds, and the generals are like rain. If you hit it hard, there is only one end, you will die. ”

Lawyer Pei said indignantly: "That world, isn't it that no one can help him?" ”

Pei Lin sneered and said: "The blood change of the Xuanwu Gate, the King of Qin has eliminated the left guard of the Emperor Taishang, and all the kings of the Li clan are all standing on the opposite side of the Emperor Taishang, don't you understand?" Emperor Taishang has supported the East Palace to fight with the Qin Palace's Mansion over the years, and he has lost people's hearts, this is ......"

Pei Lin thought about it, but in the end he still didn't say that he would kill himself if he committed many injustices.

However, Li Yuan is now taking the blame for himself, which is the truth.

Because Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng fought each other, they were forced to return to Hebei and Jianghuai successively, because of these two military disasters, more than 100,000 people died, millions of people were homeless, and they suffered heavy losses.

If it weren't for these two disasters that could have been avoided, how could Chang'an be like this?

Just like the current food crisis, Chen Ying saw through the market laws of later generations that someone was playing in the Guanzhong grain market, and although Pei Lin didn't understand the economy, he sensed from the rolling undercurrent in Chang'an City that someone wanted to take the opportunity to make trouble.

Pei Lin actually guessed wrong, he thought that it was Li Shimin standing behind the leader.

Don't look at the undercurrent of Chang'an now, but it makes Pei Lin see that the entire Li Tang Imperial Sect is on Li Jiancheng's side, at least even if Li Yuan comes forward, the Li Tang Sect will definitely come up with a million stone of grain for Li Yuan to call.

Now, Li Shimin has lost his righteousness, and the only chance he can take his place is to use a knife, go on a killing spree, and kill all those who oppose Li Shimin, so that Li Shimin can regain this throne.

However, this is not possible. At the beginning, Chen Ying was only one person, and he could let hundreds of thousands of people in the Qin Palace's guard soldiers, and he didn't dare to move, with Chen Ying, Li Shimin had no chance, even if he united with the Turks, he still didn't have a chance.

……

The carriage left Pei's Mansion and slowly moved along the road.

Yuan Suihu bowed down and said, "Pei Lin is too ignorant of lifting, do you want to give him some color......

The old man in black shook his head and said: "Now, our war has just begun, who will kill the deer, it is not yet known, Pei Lin is a smart person, if he doesn't see a rabbit, he doesn't scatter an eagle, as long as he sees that Li Jiancheng's failure is an inevitable trend, he will definitely make a choice!" ”

The carriage without a sign walked crookedly along the road, and gradually entered the backyard of the Qi Palace.

In the backyard of King Qi's mansion, the old man in black had just entered.

Li Yuanji, the king of Qi, hurriedly greeted him and said, "Mr. Yuwen, how is it?" ”

Yu Wenhua shook his head and said, "Pei San is not confused yet!" ”

Li Yuanji's face instantly stepped down: "Pei Lian, this old horseman, do you want to die?"

Yu Wenhua smiled faintly: "If we lose this battle, Pei Lin will naturally refuse; If we win, he will definitely have scruples, whether it is from the dragon's merits or for the benefit of the family, he will make a wise choice! ”

Li Yuanji nodded incredulously and suspiciously.

Yu Wenhua said with a smile: "Your Highness, if you want to achieve great things, you must rescue the same two people!" ”

Li Yuanji asked without hesitation: "Who?" ”

Yu Wenhua said: "Eldest grandson Wuji and Du Yan, even if Li Jiancheng will pardon Fang Xuanling and Duan Zhixuan, then it is also possible to pardon eldest grandson Wuji and Du Yan!" ”

Li Yuanji muttered: "These two people have neither a good name, but also a talent for governing the country, what is the use of them? ”

Yu Wenhua said: "The enemy of the enemy is a friend, although the eldest grandson Wuji and Du Yan have not achieved enough, they have more than one failure...... You want Your Highness to make it clear to the two of them that regardless of their past, they will definitely make a decision! ”

……

In the Taiji Palace Palace, the lights are bright.

Li Jiancheng looked at Wei Zheng with a tired face and said, "Is it the same for Fangzhou and Danzhou?" ”

Wei Zheng nodded and said, "There are more than a dozen prefectures and counties in Guanlong, all of which are like this. The Tongguan guards have closed the city, and the victims in the pass have all been blocked in the pass. If you don't hurry up and find a way, this month, Guanzhong will start to eat, and millions of people will starve to death under His Majesty's nose. ”

Li Jiancheng covered his face with his hands in pain and said: "Chang'an's treasury and warehouses have no grain in stock."

Li Jiancheng raised his head hatefully and said: "In the past three years, three years of bumper harvest, now even Guanzhong has to run out of grain, more than four million stone grain on the book is missing, and the officials of the imperial court have hardly done their job, these people deserve to die." ”

Wei Zheng looked at it coldly and said: "If you want to say damn, the first damned one is the Emperor Taishang!" ”

Li Jiancheng looked at Wei Zheng in amazement.

Wei Zheng said with a cold face: "In the past three years, the Emperor Taishang has encouraged His Majesty to compete for the throne with the abolished King of Qin, which has made the people of the government and the opposition panic, and the civil and military officials are busy with party disputes, resulting in the waste and slackness of political affairs. ”

Li Jiancheng opened his mouth, but he couldn't say half a sentence.

Fang Xuanling looked at the sad completion with a worried face.

Li Jiancheng sat behind the desk, one after another, flipping through the chapters.

Li Jiancheng said indignantly: "If you want to solve the hunger of the people in Guanzhong, at least how much food is needed? ”

Wei Zheng said lightly: "It depends on Your Majesty, to what extent it will be solved." ”

Li Jiancheng said bitterly: "Let's get through this month first, twenty days of food." ”

Fang Xuanling blurted out: "Chang'an alone needs at least 300,000 stones. ”

Li Jiancheng said indignantly: "Now, go and borrow, give up my old face and borrow it!" ”

Fang Xuanling was stunned and said, "To borrow?" ”

Li Jiancheng nodded and said: "In the hands of the Guanzhong clan, there is still grain in stock, a few years ago, after the victory in Luoyang, I ...... I have borrowed it once, and I have repaid it once, and now I will lend this grain again! ”

Wei Zheng shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, don't waste your strength!" ”

Li Jiancheng looked at Wei Zheng with red eyes.

Wei Zheng sighed and said: "Today is different from the past, this time there is a grain shortage in Guanzhong, three points of natural disasters, and seven points of man-made disasters!" ”

What Wei Zheng said was indeed very normal. Although it has not rained in Chang'an for three months, people have not to mention drought, and even draft is a problem.

However, the biggest impact of this catastrophe is still after the autumn, and there will be no harvest this year, and there will definitely be a wail in Guanzhong next year.

But now it's only three months, and the food crisis is out of control.

Wei Zheng then muttered: "All the grain merchants in Guanzhong are actually from the Guanzhong family!" ”

Li Jiancheng nodded.

Wei Zheng continued: "In order to obtain the land in Guanzhong, these Guanzhong clans will definitely persecute the people and sell all their land, so that they can buy an acre of fertile land for the price of a bucket of grain or a liter of grain!" ”

Li Jiancheng paced back and forth with his hands behind his back and said, "What should I do now?" Could it be that I watched the people of Guanzhong eat each other with my own eyes? ”

Wei Zheng shrugged his shoulders and said, "Your Majesty, there is only one way now, wait for General Chen's plan to succeed!" ”

Li Jiancheng said anxiously: "When will this be waiting?" ”

Wei Zheng said lightly: "Your Majesty, rest assured, General Chen has never disappointed Your Majesty, hasn't he?" ”

Fang Xuanling also said: "General Chen is a peerless national soldier!" He is known for his loyalty, guarding the Lingzhou and the Western Regions, and his military strategy is outstanding; He had the ambition of the world in his heart, and he had a strategy to help the people, and he could not use it to abolish the king of Qin, so he was defeated; If Your Majesty can use it, the world will be ruled greatly, and the four seas will be Chang'an, and it can be expected! ”

Li Jiancheng looked at Fang Xuanling in surprise.

I didn't expect Fang Xuanling to have such a high opinion of Chen Ying.

Li Jiancheng regained some self-confidence and muttered: "Yes, yes, Chen Ying has never disappointed me, and this time he will definitely be able to succeed!" ”

PS: The second is a bit late. I chatted with an author friend today. He said Lao Cheng, why are you working so hard, Lao Cheng is helpless, the post-90s will never be able to understand the sorrow of the post-80s. To put it mildly, the post-80s generation is the saddest generation. Nine thousand two hundred words.