Northern Dynasties Imperial Industry

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 neighborhood because of their special status. They are the family of Emperor Xiao Yi of Liang and the nephews of Chen Baxian, the powerful official of the Southern Dynasty.

Although these people have restricted their personal freedom, they are not treated as prisoners. Instead, they live in a fixed residence arranged by Jingzhao Prefecture. They are not allowed to go out and contact strangers at will. As for daily food and expenses, they are all provided quite generously.

Chen Baxian's son Chen Chang and nephew Chen Xu live in an official residence under Jingzhao Prefecture. This official residence covers a large area. In addition to a part of the residential area, there is also a weaving workshop where the soldiers under the government work and produce.

Chen Chang is not yet a young man, and his body is already tall and strong. Now he is confined in this area and it is difficult for him to contact people and things in the outside world. He feels quite depressed. For a long time, he was at a loss and restless.

As the news of his father's assassination of Wang Sengbian and his control of the Southern Liang came to Chang'an, Chen Chang suddenly felt that his life had new hope. He was no longer idle and wasted his time like before. Instead, he began to study hard, hoping that one day after returning to Jiangdong, he could add more glory to his father's hegemony with his own talents.

Chen Xu was several years older than Chen Chang, and he was also a handsome man with a good demeanor.

Compared with Chen Chang's hard work, Chen Xu seemed more depressed. After arriving in Chang'an, he indulged in wine and sex most of the time. Even when he learned that his uncle was the only one in Jiangdong, his mentality did not change positively. Instead, he became more negative and secretly complained why he was allowed to accompany his cousin Chen Chang to Jiangling as a hostage?

However, it is difficult to estimate how much Chen Chang's hard work has increased his talent, but Chen Xu's indulgence in wine and sex has an immediate effect. Since arriving in Chang'an shortly after the Battle of Jiangling, Chen Xu has had three children.

In matters of men and women, not all the prisoners of war of the Southern Dynasty were treated as well as Chen Xu. Even if there were women of marriageable age in Chang'an City, they would be given priority to soldiers, and the prisoners of war of the Southern Dynasty would not be given too much. Even Chen Chang, the son of Chen Baxian, was not assigned a maid until the beginning of this year.

But Chen Xu was an exception. Not long after he arrived in Chang'an, Li Mu, a general of the Wei State, came to see him and wanted to offer him several beautiful girls in exchange for Chen Xu's divorce from his wife Liu, who had been separated from him in Jiangling.

When Chen Xu heard this request, he was naturally indignant. Not to mention his relationship with Liu, the request from the Wei people was undoubtedly a great humiliation to him, and of course he refused to agree.

However, just after he rejected Li Mu, the food and supplies allocated to the two cousins ​​by the government were repeatedly withheld. At that time, Chen Baxian was not a powerful official of the Southern Dynasty, and the status of the cousins ​​among the prisoners of war was not outstanding. It was natural that they were terrified by such difficulties.

After some hesitation, Chen Xu asked the guard to tell Li Mu that they could discuss it. After all, people are at the mercy of others, and those who know the current situation are heroes. They are now prisoners, and the other party is a general of the Wei State. It is too easy to manipulate them, and it is unwise to sacrifice their lives for a woman.

Li Mu is a trustworthy person. When Chen Xu agreed, he quickly sent several beautiful girls in, and also gave them a lot of extra care, which also improved their treatment.

Especially after Li Mu became the chief of Yongzhou, the guards knew that there was such a relationship between Chen Xu and Li Mu, so they took more care of 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 very keen on men and women. Under the pleasure of day and night, the maids sent by Li Mu became pregnant one after another.

Life under house arrest is boring, and it is difficult to restrain oneself after being aroused. Chen Xu knew that he did not have a deep friendship with Li Mu, and he did not dare to send someone to continue to ask for women, but he soon noticed the weavers working in the weaving workshop on the other side of the official residence.

Those weavers working were either family members of officials or criminals, and there were also beautiful women of the right age.

So Chen Xu took advantage of Li Mu's name to gain power and let the guards recruit those weavers to serve him. Those women were also happy to get rid of a few days of busy and heavy labor and come to this mansion to serve the nobleman, and there were also wine and food to enjoy, leaving some topics for conversation in the gloomy life, and each of them got what they needed.

On this day, after getting up early in the morning, Chen Chang practiced sword and read books, while Chen Xu played all night last night and did not get up until the sun was high in the sky.

On the couch, two beautiful maids were still lying in love. Chen Xu thought they were pretty last night because of the alcohol. But he felt a little bored when he saw them again in the daytime. Especially, these slaves from Guanzhong were not as charming and gentle as the women from Wuzhong. Their skin and flesh were rough because of labor. It was okay to play with them occasionally, but he was a little disgusted if he was always close to them. So he got up and put on his clothes and ordered the guard to send the two women back to the weaving workshop.

He came to the dining hall to eat and saw his cousin's maid walking quickly under the corridor with something in her hands. This was a young Wuzhong girl with a soft and gentle look in her eyes, which reminded Chen Xu of Qian Niang, the girl he married in Wuzhong. Her smile and frown floated in front of him, and he immediately felt lonely in a foreign land.

The maid seemed to notice his slightly burning eyes, and immediately lowered her head and quickened her pace to walk into the room.

When Chen Xu saw this, he smiled slightly. Although he was lustful, he was not immoral. There were countless beautiful women in the world, and those with power and will could enjoy them endlessly. Because of his lust, he corrupted ethics and became evil and disrespectful 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. When Chen Xu walked to the corridor and saw this scene, his expression suddenly changed slightly, and he immediately turned around and ran to his cousin Chen Chang's room. The two stood together, looking at these uninvited soldiers with wary expressions.

"Are you two nephews of Chen Situ of the Southern Dynasty?"

A young general wearing a military uniform and tall and tall stood 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 are you here? Governor Yong Shi, Wu'an Gong 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 again: "By the order of Duke Tang, I invite you to You two are coming to the mansion for a banquet. If you 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 did not dare to be rude and indifferent, so they asked Li Ya to stay for a while, and then each returned to the room and changed into more solemn and decent robes, and then followed Li Ya and his entourage to leave the city for the academy.

Today's Longyuan Academy is once again crowded with guests. It was a banquet hosted by the Duke of Tang to entertain Xu Ling, the envoy from the Southern Dynasties, and to welcome people from Shannan Road to Beijing. Of course, there is another meaning. Only Tang Gong's close confidants and the Yao family knew that Tang Gong was going to take the Yao family as his concubine today.

The reason why he did not publicize the matter was to take care of the face of the Yao family and his son. After all, it would not be good for any family to have an unmarried girl. Even if Tang Gong had a bright future, after all, he did not have the status of a monarch at the moment. There is no need to be too ostentatious and attract ridicule.

Because of such a theme, today's banquet was mainly 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. But not many people came forward to greet them. After all, no matter how powerful Chen Baxian was in the Southern Dynasties, he could no longer control them.

Therefore, only Xu Ling and several 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 it was almost impossible to say goodbye forever. I and Jingye are living in Guanzhong, and every day I don't think about returning to my country to respect my relatives. 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, 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, he would not dare to lead them back rashly at this time.

So he could only bite the bullet and said in a deep voice: "I have been ordered to send Wei to Wei, and the prime minister ordered me to discuss with Duke Tang to attack the bandits together. Now that a powerful enemy has invaded the river, the prime minister and the people from Jiangdong vowed to fight to the death, and Lang Jun stayed in Guanzhong. , It’s not a misfortune. It’s secluded in the room. Please allow me to pay homage to you later and tell you more about it. The guests are gathered together today. Please don’t disturb Mr. 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 noon. Chen Xu felt a little bored in the hall, so he walked out and wandered around for a while. Suddenly he saw a fancy car driving into the hall from the other side. There was a beautiful woman in the car whose profile looked exactly like the one she had been forced into by Li Mu earlier. Abandoned ex-wife.

Chen Xu subconsciously wanted to catch up and confirm, but after taking a few steps, he was stopped by a soldier on the side of the road: "Dear guest, please stop. The inner palace is the residence of Tang Gong's 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.