Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

Ah~~

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A beautiful woman suddenly woke up from a charming dream, bit her lips lightly, and opened her eyes.

The woman stretched her arms lightly, sat up halfway, and glanced sideways at her husband who was sleeping beside her.But seeing the person next to the pillow sleeping soundly with a satisfied expression on his face.

The woman touched her heart and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Zhao Lang was born in Taixue, has read poetry and books, and is full of economics. I once regarded him as a good match.But why are you so cowardly in danger today!They were not as good as me and sister Cui's two wives!

After returning to the mansion, Zhao Langxu was ashamed and frightened during the day, and after returning to the mansion, he forced himself to drink and have fun with me.After nightfall, he took advantage of his drunkenness again, trying to revive his glory with me.

I couldn't bear to touch his face, so I flattered him wholeheartedly.How do you know that Luo Shan Fang Jie, Zhao Lang and he stopped the drums.Hey~~

Why is it still so cold on this day? The woman got up with her clothes on, lit a red candle, sat at the desk next to the stove, continued to burn incense, and listened to the sound of spring water outside the window in the quiet night.

How could I dream of that Ximen official? Alas~ I didn’t meet a thief today, I didn’t know there was such a heroic gentleman in the world!We met by chance, that Ximen official is so rude, how could he just break into my dream like this?

The woman propped her chin on one arm, and fondly recalled the scene of Ximen Qing charging among the thieves with two knives in his hand, a rosy pink crept up her cheeks unknowingly.

Looking back at the person on the bed, the woman sighed resentfully.

After a long time, the woman suddenly moved her eyes and looked at the paper and pen on the table.She dipped the pen in the ink, pondered for a moment, and wrote on the flower paper: "Mo Xu's cup of deep amber is thick, and the intoxication melts before it is intoxicated. The wind is blowing in the evening.

Ruinaoxiang eclipses the soul and breaks the dream, and the cold golden bun is pine.Wake up time and space to candle flowers red. "

How lonely!

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In Xin's mansion at this moment, Ximen Qing was lying face up on the bed, also having a big spring and autumn dream.

Outside Xinjiazhuang, Ximen Qing and Xin Zan stood side by side under a big tree, looking at a hut in front of them.

"Brother Xin, you said that Widow Li only has one person at home? Brother, is it a little abrupt for me to visit late at night?" Ximen Qing asked with a righteous face.

"Brother Ximen, you don't know. The Widow Li in front of my village is a poor woman. Her husband was killed by the thieves on the mountain last year, and she is still alone and alone. How can such a poor man be allowed to be so heroic and courageous?" The woman stays alone in the empty room and spends the long winter night alone?" Xin Zan looked at Ximen Qing with a look of pity and compassion.

"When the road is uneven, you should draw your sword to help. Helping the poor is what we should do! If so, brother, I will go to Widow Li's house to fight for justice! Brother Xin, farewell!" Huo Huo impassionedly embarked on the road of having an affair at Widow Li's house.

"Brother, take care all the way! I'm waiting for you to return in victory!" Xin Zan waved goodbye to Ximen Qing excitedly.

Not long after, the strong man Ximen Qing skillfully jumped over the wall and touched the door, and entered the house of Widow Li.

This Widow Li is really in good shape!Ximen Qing looked at the upright back of Widow Li under the light, and rushed forward.

Widow Li turned her head with a coquettish smile, and said angrily, "Your Majesty Ximen, why did you come here? I have been waiting for you for a long time!"

Ximen Qing took a closer look, why is this woman Hu Sanniang?

Ximen Qing turned over on the bed, pressed the brocade quilt under his body, and muttered: "Why are you?" But he was still immersed in sleep.

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The next day, when the sun was high, Ximen Qing woke up belatedly.After he finished washing and left the bedroom, he realized that Xin Zan had been waiting for him for a long time.

Xin Zan told Ximen Qing that the Zhao couple, who were rescued by him from the thieves yesterday, had been waiting in the mansion for a long time, and they would solemnly thank Ximen Qing when he woke up.In addition, the Zhao couple will invite Ximen Qing, Luan Tingyu and Xin Zan to their house to enjoy the plum blossoms, listen to the spring, and gather together for poetry and wine.

As soon as Ximen Qing heard it, he knew that it was the scholar who was so scared that he couldn't move yesterday that he was pretending to be coercive again.

What about appreciating plum blossoms and listening to springs, what poetry and wine gatherings, what are you doing with such literature and art? Isn’t it just to pretend to be cultural people in front of us good men and warriors?

What? That fellow thinks that by doing so, he can save some of the face he lost yesterday?

Ximen Qing said to Xin Zan: "Brother Xin, I will see the Zhao couple later, brother, I will leave and go back to Yanggu County. Brother, I have something to do, so it is really inappropriate to delay on the way. The Zhao couple Brother, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep the promise, so I hope Brother Xin will say something nice for me."

Xin Zan was shocked and said: "How many people in Licheng want to meet Brother Zhao and his wife in poetry and wine but can't get it, but Brother Ximen will miss this opportunity? Brother Ximen must also be a scholar, have you ever heard of Lay Yi An?"

Layman Yi'an? Seems to have a vague impression.What kind of Layman Yi An is that idiot surnamed Zhao? Is he well-known among the cultured people of the Song Dynasty?

Ximen Qing looked at Xin Zan suspiciously, and asked, "Brother Xin, who was that person who walked with you yesterday?"

Xin Zan was very embarrassed, laughed and said: "Brother Ximen, it's not good brother Yu, I forgot to introduce Brother Zhao and Mrs. Sister-in-law to you. Brother, the man you rescued yesterday was named Mingcheng Zhao, and his name was Defu. He is deceased. Prime Minister Zhao Tingzhi's third son! Brother Zhao's wife, my virtuous brother met yesterday. She is Li Qingzhao, a layman in Yi'an. We know each other and are as close as sisters. The Li family and my Xin family are also family friends here in Licheng."

Oh, it turns out that the couple are both the second generation of officials in the Song Dynasty, the children of high-ranking cadres!What's so great about that? I, Uncle Ximen, don't care about them!

Wait a minute, what did I hear? Li Qingzhao!That pretty woman yesterday was Li Qingzhao, a well-known lyricist of the Song Dynasty's Grace School? Yes, it seems that Li Qingzhao did call herself Yi'an Layman in history. How could I have forgotten it? I actually saved this famous literary girl youth!

Ximenqing's thoughts were all on Li Qingzhao's place, and Zhao Mingcheng, the former prime minister's son and an epigrapher, had been completely ignored by him.

Chapter 35 Li Qingzhao and Zhao Paopao

For Ximen Qing who had traveled through time, the second generation of officials in the Song Dynasty and the children of high-ranking cadres were all floating clouds in front of him.

This group of literati with big turbans and officials has almost finished tossing the prosperous Northern Song Dynasty, and there are not many good things.

Now they are just managing the country's politics so that thieves are everywhere, and in a few years they will be playing tricks to death.They took the initiative to invade the Jin Kingdom in the north, and in the end, they were humiliated by Jingkang by the Jin Kingdom who showed their muscles, leading to the collapse of the dynasty.

Before, Ximen Qing thought about how to face the future if he escaped Wu Song's disaster after he traveled over.After some deep thinking, he decided not to take the high-risk route of studying to become an official.

Just kidding!The Great Song Dynasty is about to perish, and the upper echelons are filled with all kinds of brain-dead people.At this time, if you join the civil service team of Song Dynasty, you may be sent out by the high-level idiots to give away the head and serve as a scapegoat for them!

Ximenqing's current plan is: before the Jurchens of the Kingdom of Jin go south, take advantage of the fact that the government can't help the local bandits, use the excuse of training troops to defend against Liangshan bandits, and secretly gather strength between the two.

Ximen Qing planned to maintain a loose cooperative relationship with the Song government at this time, taking advantage of troubled waters.But try to avoid directly joining the ranks of government officials.In this way, I can retain a certain degree of independence, so that I can deal with troubled times more flexibly in the future.

Therefore, people like Zhao Mingcheng can make friends if they are destined, but they don't need to deliberately please.Besides, this guy is so soft, I'm afraid it won't be of much use if he makes friends with him!

In Ximen Qing's heart at this time, even if Zhao Mingcheng was killed four times by the robber Yu Bao, it seemed that there was no loss!

Ximenqing's feeling is really not wrong, then Zhao Mingcheng is indeed a soft-footed shrimp in history, and he left Li Qingzhao to run alone twice when he was about to face danger.

In March of the second year of Jingkang, the Jin army was about to attack Shandong. At this time, Zhao Mingcheng was serving as Zhizhou in Zizhou, Shandong.Zhao Mingcheng's mother died in Nanjing's Jiankang Mansion. He immediately gave up his duty of guarding the soil and went to Nanjing alone to attend his mother's funeral.However, Li Qingzhao, as the main wife, was left behind by Zhao Mingcheng in Qingzhou, Shandong at this time of crisis, and could not go south with him.

After that, the Jin army attacked Shandong, and Qingzhou was in chaos and the city fell.With great difficulty, Li Qingzhao robbed Zhao Mingcheng of some precious treasures of gold and stone collections, and transported them to Jiankang City after traveling thousands of miles, both by land and water.

In the harsh situation of being thrown by her husband in the battle zone, Li Qingzhao escaped with her own strength.

In February of the third year of Zhao Jianyan in the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhao Mingcheng, then the governor of Jiankang Prefecture, learned that Wang Yi, the commander of the imperial camp, was plotting a rebellion, so he abandoned the city and fled.

This time, he didn't even bother to take away his wife Li Qingzhao, whom he had loved for 27 years, and made Li Qingzhao almost become a prisoner of Wang Yi's rebels in Jiankang City.

In June of the third year of Jianyan, Emperor Gaozong of Song Dynasty, Zhao Mingcheng was appointed as the magistrate of Huzhou, and went to Jiankang alone to meet the emperor.

When we parted, Li Qingzhao asked her husband what to do with the gold and stones in his collection if the enemy broke through the city and had to flee because the Jin army went south and the situation was unclear.

Zhao Mingcheng arranged an order for Li Qingzhao, what to throw first and then what to throw, and finally, "The only so-called ancestor can be proud of himself, and he will survive with his body, don't forget it."