After Liangshan troops captured Qingzhou, Chao Yong urged Zhao Mingcheng to send someone to pick up Li Qingzhao and sent a team of soldiers to escort him along the way.
Zhao Mingcheng was still unwilling to join Liangshan that day, but after seeing the power of black gunpowder that day, Zhao Mingcheng was determined to help Chao Gai and his son conquer the world.
News in the countryside was much delayed, and Li Qingzhao came to Qingzhou full of questions.
After arriving in Qingzhou, she learned that Qingzhou had been occupied by Liangshan soldiers and horses, and the Liangshan soldiers and horses were no longer preparing to grab a handful and leave, but were raising a flag to rebel. The soldiers who escorted her along the way were the relatives of the leader of the Liangshan Shao Village.
What he didn't expect was that her husband Zhao Mingcheng actually defected to Liangshan.
So as soon as Li Qingzhao got out of the car, he asked Zhao Mingcheng to take him to the study.
Li Qingzhao looked at Zhao Mingcheng, who had not seen him for a long time. He did not seem to be thin because he missed him and dealt with official duties. He seemed to have gained some weight.
Zhao Mingcheng only thought that Li Qingzhao was a nerd again, so he came to the study as soon as he got off the car, and said with a smile: "Madam, this house belongs to an evil gentry in the city. He only knows how to defraud the people on weekdays, and how can he bother to study. This study is a bit smaller.
, I will ask someone to expand it later."
Li Qingzhao glanced at Zhao Mingcheng in confusion and said: "My husband is also a man who has read poetry and books, so he should know the principle of loyalty to the emperor and serving the country. How come he has become a gang with the soldiers and horses of Liangshan and does that thing without a king and a father?"
Zhao Mingcheng shook his head and said: "As the sage has said, the people are the most valuable, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important. Now the emperor of the Song Dynasty is fatuous, and the people of the world are in dire straits. However, King Chao Tian of Liangshan is magnanimous, kind and caring for the people. I am planning for the people of the world, and it is the right time to assist King Chao.
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Li Qingzhao frowned and said: "But the imperial court treated the Zhao family well. My father was the prime minister during his lifetime, and you also became the magistrate of the state. Even if the imperial court is unkind to the people, it failed the Zhao family. How can an official betray the imperial court."
Zhao Mingcheng did not expect that Li Qingzhao called him to question him. He recalled the unpleasantness in the previous correspondence and said impatiently: "What kind of kindness does the emperor of the Song Dynasty have to my Zhao family? My father dedicated his life to the Song Dynasty, but in the end he was ordered by that foolish king."
I was deported to the countryside for more than ten years after being deprived of the gifted official position. Even if I had a trace of kindness towards my Zhao family, how could I, Zhao Mingcheng, forget the people of the world because of my own selfishness."
Li Qingzhao asked curiously: "What kind of virtue does King Chao Tian have? It makes you say that he is the only one who can save the people of the world."
Zhao Mingcheng smiled and said: "Chao Tianwang hates evil so much that when he was in Liangshan, he acted for heaven and killed corrupt officials to save the people. If he were to rule the world, how would the traitorous officials like Cai Jing have the opportunity to gain power? Moreover, after King Chao Tian became king, he planned to exempt agricultural taxes.
, it can be seen that he loves the people, and if he can govern the world, wouldn’t it be a blessing for all the people."
"Official."
While the two were talking, they heard a sweet and waxy voice coming from outside.
Li Qingzhao's pink face suddenly turned cold and he looked at the door unhappily.
"squeak"
Zhao Mingcheng's newly acquired concubine opened the door and came in. When she saw Li Qingzhao, she was filled with joy and said, "Zi Yan, hello to my sister."
Although Li Qingzhao was unhappy, he still said: "Since my sister has already entered the house, we are a family, so there is no need to be polite."
Zi Yan rose up and said crisply: "I have asked my sister to clean up the house. I will go and see if I am satisfied with it."
After finishing speaking, he said to Zhao Mingcheng: "Hou Jian had someone send him new official uniforms just now, and I have put them away for the officials. Hou Jian is truly a first-hand tailor, and the clothes he makes are really exquisite."
Li Qingzhao frowned when he saw Zi Yan acting like a mistress. Zhao Mingcheng had also taken in several concubines before, and some people had tried to take away Li Qingzhao's rights. However, Li Qingzhao was very happy to focus on poetry and epigraphy research.
Some people took care of some chores at home for her, but in the end, her concession was regarded as incompetent, and those people actually wanted to take advantage of her.
After more than ten years, Li Qingzhao also knew that if she wanted to find peace, she had to frighten these concubines so as to avoid a lot of trouble.
Li Qingzhao nodded and said: "Since I'm here, my sister won't have to worry about these things anymore. I still have something to discuss with the officials, so you can go down."
Zi Yan had already regarded herself as the mistress, and when she heard that Li Qingzhao had seized power as soon as he came and treated her like a human being, she couldn't help but run up to Zhao Mingcheng, twisting her body and saying: "Officer..."
Zhao Mingcheng looked at the delicate concubine, and then at Li Qingzhao who looked unhappy next to him. He had no choice but to pat Ziyan's hand and said, "You go down first. My wife and I still have something to discuss."
But Zi Yan refused: "I want to accompany the official."
Li Qingzhao frowned and said, "That's too rude. Didn't the officials tell her about family law?"
The Zhao family is a wealthy family, so naturally there are many rules.
Zhao Mingcheng, who was nearly forty years old, suddenly got a beautiful girl who was as beautiful as a flower. He couldn't bear to talk to her about the family rules. Hearing this, he smiled unnaturally and said: "She is still a child, so there is no need to be too harsh."
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Li Qingzhao saw how Zhao Mingcheng protected this concubine, and he also knew why he had written letters to Zizhou several times before, but was rejected by Zhao Mingcheng.
Seeing that the atmosphere in the study was getting more and more tense, Zhao Mingcheng also had a headache. One was his beloved concubine, and the other was his wife who had been together for more than ten years.
"Master, General Chao Yong is here."
At this time, another voice came from outside the house.
When Zhao Mingcheng heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and said to Li Qingzhao: "The young general must have known that the wife was coming, so he came to pay her respects. But he admired the wife's poems very much, and he had previously sent a team of soldiers to pick up the wife.
Madam, please come with me to see the Major General."
Before Li Qingzhao could answer, Zi Yan said again: "I want to go too."
Hearing this, Zhao Mingcheng hurriedly said: "Don't be ridiculous, how can you go to see the Major General?"
Li Qingzhao glanced at Zi Yan and said: "Only the head wife is qualified to receive guests, so my sister will wait here."
Zi Yan was secretly furious when she saw Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao going out together.
After Chao Yong heard the report from his soldiers that Li Qingzhao had arrived, he went straight to the mansion that had just been assigned to Zhao Mingcheng. He was also very curious about this most talented woman in history.
Chao Yong was sitting in the hall and found himself a little nervous. He stared at the door for a while before he saw Zhao Mingcheng and a woman appearing outside the house.
Li Qingzhao usually only writes and writes, and has no children. He looks like he is only in his thirties. He is dignified and beautiful, full of intellectual beauty.
When Chao Yong saw Li Qingzhao, he unconsciously stood up to greet him, stretched out his hand and said, "I am Chao Yong, and I like your words very much."
Li Qingzhao looked at Chao Yong's extended hand and couldn't help but be stunned.
"Ahem"
When Zhao Mingcheng saw Chao Yong reaching out to his wife, he felt embarrassed and hurriedly cleared his throat.
Chao Yong was stunned, and then he realized that he had subconsciously taken out the etiquette of future generations, and quickly stretched out his hand, and said awkwardly: "I heard that in a country overseas, when meeting someone they admire, they will shake hands and salute, which is a bit abrupt, Madam
Don’t be surprised.”
Maritime trade was very developed in the Northern Song Dynasty. Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao also heard about many foreign customs. They heard that some people hugged and kissed each other when they met. They were really a barbarian country and did not understand etiquette.
Li Qingzhao smiled and said: "The general is so proud of me. There are countless talents in this world who are better than little girls. The slave family also wants to thank the general for sending troops to escort me."
Chao Yong said hurriedly: "You're welcome. It's my honor to be able to do something for layman Yi An with just a little effort."
Li Qingzhao was very surprised to see Chao Yong being so flattering and said with a smile: "I wonder which words of mine the general likes?"
Chao Yong thought for a while and said: "The mist is thick and cloudy, and the day is long, and the auspicious brain sells the golden beast. It is the Double Ninth Festival, and the jade pillow and gauze cupboard are cool in the middle of the night. After dusk, there is a dark fragrance filling the sleeves of the wine on the east fence. Don't
The Tao is not perfect, the west wind blows behind the curtains, and people are thinner than yellow flowers."
Li Qingzhao couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this, and then his face turned red with embarrassment.
This poem was written to Zhao Mingcheng on the Double Ninth Festival this year. It described her loneliness and melancholy in her boudoir. She wanted Zhao Mingcheng to take her to Zizhou and reunite her husband and wife, but somehow Chao Yong found out about it.
Li Qingzhao thought that this was all her grievance, and now it was as if her clothes had been stripped off and exposed to Chao Yong's eyes. She couldn't help but blush with embarrassment.
Chao Yong looked at Li Qingzhao with Xiafei's cheeks, and felt that the person in front of him was full of attraction with every smile.
Zhao Mingcheng was confused and said: "This poem was written by my wife this year. How did the young general know this poem?"
"kindness?"
Chao Yong only remembered this poem. Hearing Zhao Mingcheng's question, he was stunned. After thinking for a while, he said: "I usually like layman Yi An's poems, so I took the trouble to collect some of them. However, this poem has only recently come from
Zizhou learned about it, so I recited it as soon as the layman Yi An said it. Master Zhao, don't you often ask people to read poems in the state? Maybe my spies got it from them."
It turned out that Chao Yong knew that Zhao Mingcheng was afraid of death, so he sent people to keep an eye on Zhao Mingcheng early, and also found out some of Zhao Mingcheng's living habits to prevent Zhao Mingcheng from hiding where he could hide when the city was attacked.
Li Qingzhao became even more angry when she heard that Zhao Mingcheng actually read her poems about her complaints to others. She glared at Zhao Mingcheng and ignored him.
Zhao Mingcheng was unjustly accused in this matter. Although he was a little fond of the new and disliked the old, he did not want to tell others about their boudoir affairs.
When he received this poem, he was filled with admiration, but he was unwilling to be outdone, so he closed the door to thank guests, forgot all about food and sleep, and wrote fifty poems for three days and three nights. He also mixed this poem by Li Qingzhao into it, please Zi
Celebrities from the state came to comment on which poem was the best.
Unexpectedly, those famous people read it carefully and said, "Only three sentences are excellent."
Zhao Mingcheng originally thought that the three sentences must be in his own poems, but he never expected that "There is no way to be unfaithful, the west wind blows behind the curtain, and people are thinner than yellow flowers." These are the last three sentences of Li Qingzhao.
Therefore, Zhao Mingcheng was resigned to Li Qingzhao's poetry, but in this case, he did not want a wife who was more talented than him to be by his side.
Chao Yong also saw that Li Qingzhao and Zhao Mingcheng seemed to be at odds, but he had already met Li Qingzhao. Thinking that he really had nothing to say to a great poet, he said: "I still have some military affairs, so I will leave first and wait for him."
Come visit you two again tomorrow." (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)