Among the Southern Dynasty people in Chang'an City, there are still a group of people who have not been released to live in the village due to their special status. They are the family members of Emperor Liang Xiao Yi and the nephews of Chen Baxian, the powerful official of the Southern Dynasty.
Although these people's personal freedom is restricted, they are not treated as prisoners, but live in fixed residences arranged by Jingzhao Mansion. They are not allowed to go out at will and contact strangers. As for daily food expenses, they are not allowed to go out at will.
Quite generous supply.
Chen Baxian's son Chen Chang and nephew Chen Xu lived in an official residence under the Jingzhao Mansion. This official residence occupied a large area. In addition to part of the residential area, there was also a part of it that was worked and produced by the officials' subordinates.
Weaving workshop.
Chen Chang is still young and already tall and burly in appearance. Now he is confined in this small square place and has difficulty in contacting the outside world. Naturally, he feels quite depressed. He has been at a loss as to what to do and restless for a long time.
After the news that his father attacked Wang Sengbian and took over the power of Nanliang reached Chang'an, Chen Chang suddenly felt that there was new hope in his life. He no longer idled and wasted his time like before, but began to devote himself to
He hopes to return to Jiangdong one day and use his talents to add glory to his father's hegemony.
Chen Xu was several years older than Chen Chang, and he was also a talented man with a good demeanor.
Compared with Chen Chang's hard work, Chen Xu seemed even more depressed. After arriving in Chang'an, he spent most of his time indulging in wine and sex. Even after learning that his uncle was the only one in Jiangdong, his mentality did not change in any positive way. Instead, he changed his mind.
He became even more negative, secretly complaining why he was allowed to accompany his cousin Chen Chang to Jiangling as hostages in the first place?
However, it is difficult to estimate how much Chen Chang's hard work will increase, but Chen Xu's indulgence in drinking and debauchery will have an immediate effect. After arriving in Chang'an shortly after the Battle of Jiangling, Chen Xu had three children.
In matters of men and women, not all prisoners of war in the Southern Dynasties were treated as well as Chen Xu. Even if there were women of the right age in Chang'an City, sergeants would be given priority, and these prisoners of war in the Southern Dynasties would not be given too much. Even the sons of Chen Baxian
Chen Chang was not assigned a maid by Yousi until the beginning of this year.
But Chen Xu was an exception. Not long after he arrived in Chang'an, Wei general Li Mu came to see him, offering to serve several beauties in exchange for Chen Xu's divorce from his wife Liu who had been separated in Jiangling.
When Chen Xu heard this request, he was very angry. Not to mention his relationship with the Liu family, this request from the Wei people was undoubtedly a great humiliation to him, so of course he refused to agree.
However, just after he rejected Li Mu, the food and supplies allocated by the government to their cousins were repeatedly withheld. At that time, Chen Baxian was not a powerful official in the Southern Dynasty, and their cousins were not prominent among the prisoners of war, so they suffered this trouble.
Naturally, it is inevitable to be frightened.
After some hesitation, Chen Xu still asked the guard to tell Li Mu that we could discuss it. After all, people are like fish and meat, and those who know the current affairs are heroes. They are now prisoners, and the other party is the general of Wei. It is too easy to manipulate themselves, and
It is unwise to risk one's life for a woman.
This Li Mu was also a trustworthy person. When Chen Xu agreed, he quickly sent in several beauties and gave them a lot of extra care, which also gave them a qualitative improvement in their treatment.
Especially after Li Mu became the governor of Yong, the guards knew that there was such a connection between Chen Xu and Li Mu, so they paid more attention to Chen Xu, making his life more comfortable.
While other prisoners of war were still living in sorrow, Chen Xu had already lived a comfortable life in this official residence. He was in his prime, and he was also quite enthusiastic about men and women. He was happy day and night, and Li Mu sent
The maids and maids became pregnant one after another.
Life under house arrest was inherently boring, and it was difficult to abstain from sexual intercourse once the desire was aroused. Chen Xu knew that he did not have a deep friendship with Li Mu, and he did not dare to let anyone send a message to continue to ask for women, but soon
I noticed the weavers working in the weaving workshop on the other side of the official residence.
Those weavers who worked were either official slaves for generations or family members of criminals, and there were also beautiful women of the right age among them.
So Chen Xu used Li Mu's name to show off his power and asked the guards to attract the weaver girls to serve him. Those women were happy to get rid of the busy and heavy work for several days and came to the mansion to serve the noble master.
There are drinks and food to enjoy, leaving some conversation topics in the gloomy life, and each other can get what they need.
On this day, after getting up early in the morning, Chen Chang practiced swordplay and read. However, Chen Xu had a lot of fun last night and didn't get up until three o'clock in the morning.
The two beautiful maids on the couch were still lying with their necks crossed. Chen Xu, drunk last night, still thought they were quite pretty, but looking at them again during the day made him feel a little bored, especially the temperaments of these Guanzhong slaves were not as charming and gentle as the Wuzhong girls.
His skin and flesh were rough due to hard work, but it was okay to entertain them occasionally, but being so close to them often made him a bit off-putting, so he got up with his clothes on and ordered the guards to send the two girls back to the weaving workshop.
When he came to the cafeteria to eat, he saw his cousin's maid running quickly with something in the corridor. She was a young woman from Wuzhong, with the unique softness and gentleness of Jiangnan in her eyebrows and eyes. Chen Xu couldn't help but recall the time he spent there.
The smiles and frowns of Qian Niang, a woman he married in Wuzhong Township, immediately made him feel lonely in a foreign land.
The maid seemed to have noticed his scorching eyes, and she immediately lowered her head and walked into the room quickly.
When Chen Xu saw this, he smiled slightly. Although he was lecherous, he was not immoral. There were countless beautiful women in the world, and those with power and determination could enjoy them as much as they could. He corrupted ethics due to greed, and was discourteous to his relatives. This was what he did.
Disdainful.
Chen Xu had just finished his meal when a group of armored soldiers suddenly entered the mansion from outside. Chen Xu walked to the corridor and saw this scene, his face suddenly changed slightly, and he turned around and ran to his cousin Chen Chang's room. The two stood there
Together, they looked at these uninvited soldiers with wary faces.
"You two are the nephews of Chen Situ of the Southern Dynasty?"
A young general in military uniform with a tall and tall figure stepped out from the crowd, looked at the two people in the corridor and asked.
Because he didn't know the purpose of the other party's visit, Chen Chang was a little nervous and speechless. Although Chen Xu was also a little uneasy, he was a bit older after all, so he plucked up the courage to speak: "Yes, this person is Chen Situ's disciple."
The legitimate son, and I am Chen Situ Youzi. What is the name of the general? Why did he come here? The governor of Yong, the Duke of Wu'an, Li Shijun, and my brother have an old relationship..."
After Li Ya heard this, she couldn't help but feel happy. She waved her hand to stop Chen Xu from continuing. After confirming the other person's identity, she couldn't help but look at him twice. Then she said: "By the order of Duke Tang, I invite you to
If you two are attending a banquet here and don’t need to dress up, please leave immediately!"
"Tang Gong invited..."
The two cousins all stared in surprise after hearing this. Although they were under house arrest and had limited communication with the outside world, they also knew that the Western Wei Dynasty had changed, and Tang Gong had improved their treatment after he came to power.
At this time, when they heard Tang Gong's invitation to the banquet, they couldn't help but have their own thoughts. They didn't dare to be rude and neglectful, so they asked Li Ya to stay for a while, and then each returned to the room and changed into more solemn and decent clothes.
Follow Li Ya and his entourage to leave the city and go to the academy.
Today's Longyuan Academy is once again crowded with guests. It was a banquet hosted by Duke Tang to entertain Xu Ling, the envoy from the Southern Dynasties, and to greet the people coming to Beijing from Shannan Road. Of course, there is another meaning. Only Tang Gong's close associates and the Yao family can
I know that Tang Gong is going to take concubine Yao today.
The reason why they don't publicize it is to take care of the face of the Yao family and his son. After all, it doesn't feel good to have an unmarried girl in any family. Even if Tang Gong has a bright future, after all, he doesn't have the status of a monarch at the moment. There is no need to be too ostentatious.
, causing ridicule.
Because of such a theme, today's banquet was mainly composed of people from the Southern Dynasties. The Chen family cousins were not unfamiliar after their arrival. Many of the guests were from the Southern Dynasties whom they had met in Jiangling before.
Their arrival still attracted the attention of many people in the Southern Dynasty. After all, Chen Baxian was now a powerful official in the Southern Dynasty, so his son and nephew naturally attracted attention. However, not many people came forward to greet them. After all, Chen Baxian was so powerful in the Southern Dynasty.
, and now we can no longer control them.
Therefore, only Xu Ling and a few other envoys from the Southern Dynasty, after learning the identities of the two men, hurriedly came forward to greet them and introduce themselves.
"Xue Shi, did you come to Chang'an on my father's orders to bring me back to my country?"
After learning the identity of the other party, Chen Chang burst into tears, while Chen Xu also choked with excitement and said: "We said goodbye in the old year, and we were in danger of saying goodbye forever. I and Jingye are living in Guanzhong, and I don't think about returning home to honor my benefactor every day.
Serve the country, look south day and night, but see no health, now I finally have hope..."
After Xu Ling heard this, his face suddenly looked a little embarrassed. He could understand the two brothers' desire to return home, but the problem was that this mission to the Western Wei Dynasty really had no such mission. Even if the Western Wei Dynasty was willing to let these two sons go south,
Go, he didn't dare to lead him back rashly at this time.
So he could only bite the bullet and said in a deep voice: "I am now ordered to send Wei, and the prime minister ordered me to discuss with Tang Gong to attack the bandits together. Now a powerful enemy invades the river, the prime minister and the people from Jiangdong swear to fight to the death, and Lang Jun stays in Guanzhong
, it’s not a misfortune. It’s secluded inside. Please come to see me tomorrow and talk about it in depth. Today’s guests are all gathered together. Please don’t disturb Duke Tang’s good intentions for the sake of friendship.”
After hearing this, the two of them were greatly disappointed. They could only restrain themselves and sit down in the hall under the guidance of Xu Ling and others.
Because Tang Gong was still in the Prime Minister's Mansion in the Imperial City, the banquet would not start until the afternoon. Chen Xu felt that the hall was a little boring, so he walked out and wandered around for a while. Suddenly he saw a luxury car driving into the entrance hall from the other side.
There was a beautiful woman in the car whose profile looked very similar to her ex-wife, whom Li Mu had forced him to abandon earlier.
Chen Xu subconsciously wanted to catch up and confirm, but he was stopped by a soldier on the side of the road after taking a few steps: "Dear guest, please stop. The inner palace is the residence of the Tang family."
"Tang Gong's family?"
After hearing this, Chen Xu frowned thoughtfully and did not dare to test it again. He just stood there and watched the carriage drive into the inner palace.