Tongjiazhuang has always served people with virtue, deterring the younger generation of the night, in other words, in the eyes of the world, it is the representative of the local tyrants! At this banquet at the Yang Festival on the fifth day of May, the specifications are high, the dishes are rich, and it is staggering.

Half -meter lobster, a big abalone weighing one or two pounds, weird sea snails, sea urchin full of thorns, two meters long sea fish ...,

All kinds of seafood, everything is available.

Moreover, chefs in Jiajiazhuang are so deep -covering, carefully cooking, novel dishes. Such as lobster tails, steamed or braised, strong juice, scallop oysters, etc., with secret sauce, the taste is more fresh. Those those.

The stabbing sea urchin, doped meat of eggs, soft glutinous and delicious ...

As the banquet continues, the hot seafood dinner is continuously brought up. Most guests who have never been to the sea are shocked. It is the same thing to taste delicious seafood.

The most important thing is that the weather is getting hotter, but all kinds of seafood are very fresh. Zhao Mingcheng, who has just returned from Laizhou, dares to pat the chest and guarantee loudly. And he doesn't know how delicious it is he ate in the hookaish salamander.

He knows very well that Laizhou seafood in the sea is not cheap. Now looking at it, the seafood in the hall is piled up like mountains, and I can't help feeling: "These delicious dishes are amazing value.

Zhao Mingcheng, the word Defu, the people of Zhucheng, Qingzhou, Shandong. He lived in Jingjing, Kyoto in his father during his youth, and later entered Taixue. In the first year of Jianzhong and Jianzhong (1101), he married Li Qingzhao, a daughter of Li Gefei, a member of the Ministry of Rites.

In the year (1103), Zhao Mingcheng began to be an official, but his career was not flat, and his life was also impacted by the party's struggle at that time. Later, Zhao Tingzhi died and was affected by the dismissal to return to his hometown.

This person is committed to the learning of Jinshi, which can be described as young and good, and he has never been able to say: "Yu Ziyu Xiaoxiao visited the former Jinshi engraving from a scholar."

After marrying the talented daughter Li Qingzhao, Zhao Mingcheng used the interesting of gold and stone paintings, and it was even more increasing and increasingly obsessed with the interest of gold and stone.

, Financial is not free, and the life is tight.

Since the interruption of the official career, I have never encountered this rich wine club. Zhao Mingcheng and the newly associated Wang Lun, Wang Yuan took wine as a song, life geometry. Eat delicious and delicious seafood, drink mellow wine, compliment each other, haha, haha, haha

Laughs, as if returning to the former officialdom.

There is no doubt that the banquet was held very successfully.

Everyone walked around with the wine bowl and talked to people. It was either to attract partners or to boast that they had passed, eating seafood, and laughing.

The host of the cover, really took everyone to walk around, drinking and contacting people with people. Officials from all over the state, wealthy businessmen, and literati gathered around him.

Because there are too many people, there is no chance at all.

Zhao Mingcheng was among them, and he wanted to know the king with the wine bowl. The guys who were too many people were not interesting, and they have not been able to squeeze it.

It wasn't until the evening that someone gradually resigned!

Zhao Mingcheng, who was originally lost to drink sullen wine, also invited him. It was invited by the King of Heaven, and immediately let the literati shake. In the congratulations of Wang Lun and Wang Yuan, sorted out his clothes and follow the guy.

Today is destined to be my opportunity!

Zhao Mingcheng secretly encouraged himself with an uneasy heart.

He always felt that he was plagued by bad luck in the first year of Daguan. After his father passed away that year, because his father had offended the powerful traitor Cai Jing during his lifetime, the Zhao family was deported back to his hometown. He was also implicated and lost his hat, and returned to his hometown in the countryside of Qingzhou.

From that time on, life was unsatisfactory.

No matter how much he traveled around for official career, asked people to find connections, and spent money on things, it was useless. He could only devote all his life to gold and stone antiques. He has been living in the countryside of Qingzhou for eight years.

Now the time has finally turned.

Zhao Mingcheng's eyes got wet when he recalled his bumpy career experience. He followed the restaurant waiter to the private room closest to the window.

"Mr. Zhao, the officials are waiting inside!" The clerk opened the door, spoke to Zhao Mingcheng respectfully, bowed and turned to leave.

Zhao Mingcheng took a deep breath, opened the door and walked in!

The red candle is lit on the candlestick, and the flickering candlelight dispels the darkness. This elegant room is small but elegantly decorated. Under a simple screen, there is a rosewood coffee table with tea on it. A man and a woman sit and wait.

The man wears black armor and black robe, has a burly figure, a resolute face, and a dignified appearance. He is at most thirty years old, not angry and has an invisible aura. The woman wears leather armor, has a slender figure, and a cold and beautiful face.

Who else could it be if it wasn't Chao Gai and Li Qingwan?

After eating and drinking, they drank tea here and waited for the rightful owner. Zhao Mingcheng arrived to deal with Li Qingzhao's affairs and free her.

This guy is getting old before he gets old! Chao Gai was a little bit sad when he saw someone pushing the door open, and when he saw clearly, he was at least forty years old.

Zhao Mingcheng didn't know Chao Gai, but he knew Li Qingwan. He just couldn't believe it, rubbed his eyes and asked tentatively: "You...are you Qingwan?"

"Sister-in-law, long time no see." Li Qingwan also stood up and gave a blessing ceremony.

"Is it really you?" When Zhao Mingcheng heard the word "sister-in-law", he was sure that he was really his sister-in-law. He suddenly realized that the help of a noble person might have something to do with it.

Sure enough, Li Qingwan nodded indifferently, pointed at Chao Gai who was standing up and introduced: "This is my husband, Chao Gai Chao Lingfeng, the King of Shandong."

"Is...is he your husband?" Zhao Mingcheng's eyes almost popped out of his head, full of shock. He didn't expect that his sister-in-law, who was a young widow, would marry King Chao Tian. He also suddenly understood why his wife left a letter saying that Chao Gai, the King of Shandong, would help him.

"Why, my little sister can't marry a good man?" Li Qingwan was a little angry. She couldn't see the shock on the other side's face. It was because she was a widow, how could she be valued by others, and was surprised to be favored by Chao Gai.

Zhao Mingcheng shook his head in embarrassment.

Chao Gai stopped and wanted to say something to Ji Qingwan, and saluted Zhao Mingcheng with clasped fists: "Brother Zhao, no, it should be my sister-in-law. I take the liberty of inviting you. Please forgive me."

"The king is serious." Zhao Mingcheng waved his hands in flattery, not even daring to say anything.

Chao Gai invited Zhao Mingcheng to sit across from him, poured him a cup of tea himself and pushed it over: "Brother Zhao is invited to come this time. There is indeed something important to discuss."

"Mr. Chao, please speak. I am all ears." Zhao Mingcheng held the teacup in both hands.

Li Qingwan grabbed Chao Gai, took the lead, and said with an indifferent face: "The matter is simple, as written on the note. My husband can help you establish a relationship and join the official position as soon as possible, but you must agree to two conditions."

"I wonder if you are willing?" The woman's voice was cold.

Zhao Mingcheng held the hand of the teacup hard, and his face changed uncertainly. He vaguely guessed that Chao Gai, the king of Shandong, had to pay a price for helping him. Because this sister-in-law did not want to see him, her attitude was even colder now, and she was not even a passerby. This was already

It shows that the price paid is not small.

"Every gain comes with a loss. This is the most basic truth!" Seeing that the man was silent, Li Qingwan took the initiative to speak. She took a deep breath, suppressed her emotions, and said coldly: "Sister-in-law, this is the last time I call you sister-in-law.

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"Qingwan, where is your sister?" Zhao Mingcheng realized something was wrong.

"You still have the nerve to mention her?" Li Qingwan raised her eyebrows and shouted sternly: "Shut up and listen to me! My sister originally agreed with you to come to Jeju, but you are fooling around for the sake of career and leaving her to run around alone.

At this point, we almost had an accident on the way, did you do it on purpose?"

"No, no, Qingwan, you misunderstood me..." Zhao Mingcheng hurriedly waved his hands to defend.

"You don't need to say more! She has grown cold towards you. Ever since she couldn't have a son and a half, you have been acting badly. It's all because of her unsatisfactory attitude. You travel everywhere to collect materials, not just to deliberately alienate her.

Since the relationship between husband and wife exists in name only, it’s better to end it and live separately.”

Zhao Mingcheng's face turned red after being told this, but looking at Li Qingwan with an angry face and the facts in her mouth, he tried to refute several times but had nothing to say.

There are three kinds of unfilial piety, the greatest is not having children!

When Chao Gai saw Zhao Mingcheng's reaction, he was filled with emotion. For a foresighted person like him, he had long known that there was a problem in the relationship between the couple.

After Zhao Mingcheng resigned from office, he and his wife Li Qingzhao also returned to their hometown of Qingzhou Township. The Zhao family changed from dignitaries to ordinary people. They scrimped on food and clothing and even pawned their clothes and jewelry, investing all their money in epigraphy, calligraphy, painting and antiques.

If there are strange books, we will work together to proofread them, sort out the titles and labels, or play with them carefully and give them comments, which is a joy in the process.

From the second year of Daguan (1108) to the third year of Xuanhe (1121), Zhao Mingcheng visited Yangtian Mountain six times, visited Lingyan Temple three times, and climbed to the top of Taishan Mountain once. He either wrote titles or made rubbings, and obtained a large amount of inscription materials.

You Guangji.

Around the seventh year of Zhenghe (1117), Zhao Mingcheng left home again and began a new round of official life. Li Qingzhao still stayed in his hometown in Qingzhou, and the couple lived apart for a long time. Until Zhao Mingcheng later

He was appointed again and became the prefect of Laizhou. He kept concubines and neglected his wife, which led to a miserable relationship.

Later in the second year of Jingkang, Zhao Mingcheng served as the prefect of Jiangning. Due to the rebellion of his subordinate commanders, he decisively abandoned his wife and fled the city, which has been lamented for thousands of years.

The relationship between husband and wife has long existed in name only!

Li Qingwan stared at Zhao Mingcheng with wide almond-shaped eyes, and her voice was cold and ruthless: "My sister has been with you for so many years, and she has not been able to live frugally. Although she is unable to have children, she has never been sorry to you. But you turned a blind eye to her, as indifferent as a passerby.

No matter how bad you treat her and hate her, she has never changed her mind, but as a younger sister, she won't just watch.

So I became a bad person and persuaded them to break up, but my sister made a request. Let my husband help you reinstate your official position as soon as possible, and stop running around begging for help. You write down the calligraphy, and my husband will help you smoothen the relationship. "

"It's impossible, impossible... Yi An wouldn't do this!" Although Zhao Mingcheng didn't feel as sad as Shi He, he shook his head in disbelief.

"What about your sister? I want to ask him for ..."
Chapter completed!