Qian Song

Chapter 250 Li Qingzhao and Zhao Mingcheng Meet Again
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Li Qingzhao gave birth to a pair of boys, which made Li Qingzhao's younger brother Li Nai both overjoyed and worried!

Needless to say, I am happy. For a long time, not only Zhao Mingcheng and other Zhao family members believed that Li Qingzhao was infertile, but Li Hui and other Li family members also generally believed that Li Qingzhao was infertile, which delayed Zhao Mingcheng's succession of the family.

This made the Li family always feel a little shorter when they faced the Zhao family.

——No way, whoever let the goods sold by his family have problems, harmed others.

Today, Li Qingzhao is not only able to bear children, but also gave birth to two boys in one birth. Li Qingzhao's infertility is self-evident.

Li Hui waited for the Li family, and suddenly felt that he had stood up.

If they were to face the Zhao family again now, the Li family would definitely feel elated, even proud.

However, the premise is that these two children belong to Zhao Mingcheng.

And this is exactly where Li Nai is deeply worried.

These two little guys are healthy, cute, and very smart.

But there is one thing, these two little guys have thick eyebrows and big eyes, and they look majestic at first glance, and they don't look like Zhao Mingcheng, who has smaller eyes and a more ordinary appearance.

The point is, if these two little guys look like Li Qingzhao, Li Nai can still deceive himself and say that these two kids look like his mother, or like his uncle, but these two little guys look like Li Qingzhao and his uncle. Not quite.

In this way, how could Li Nai not guess that his sister, who didn't let him worry about it, cheated?
This is more difficult.

Although in this era, the laws of the Tang Dynasty have been followed in the matter of adultery between men and women, and it is not as strict as before, but even so, adultery is still a serious crime that is despised by people, and those involved will still be severely punished.

——Both cheating men and women usually spend several years in prison, and if the adulterer is caught in bed, the husband has the right to kill the adulterer, while the woman will not only be divorced, but also have to return the dowry money when she got married to her husband’s family , that is to say, in this era, for adultery, although the capital punishment is not imposed on cheating men and women, the price of cheating is still very high.

The point is, in addition to facing legal punishment, the Li family also has to face moral condemnation.

You know, whether it is the Li family or the Zhao family, although they are all not as good as before, they are still one of the most famous families in Bianliang City, Tokyo.

Once such a shameful thing gets out, the face of the two families, especially the face of the Li family, will definitely be lost.

This clearly means that the Li family doesn't know how to educate their daughter.

Li Hui somewhat blamed his parents for raising his sister Li Qingzhao to be so self-willed and making him so embarrassed.

Li Hui sighed, and said in his heart: "I can only accompany Zhao's family with some bride price, and see if I can make them reconcile and leave, so that we can get together and break up."

But there is one thing.

Last time Li Cun led an army to surround Bianliang City in Tokyo and demanded war reparations of 1000 million taels of gold and [-] million taels of silver from the Zhao Song Dynasty.

In order to prevent the Li family from suffering, Li Hui honestly took the initiative to hand over all the gold and silver of the Li family, even the box of gold and silver brought by Li Qingzhao, and let Li Hui hand it over.

This made it difficult for Li Nai to make up the dowry gift to Zhao's family.

Li Hui thought to himself: "I don't know who is the person who made my sister's pregnancy secret, but he has family resources. If he can marry my sister, he can give my family some more gifts. Maybe this matter can be handled better."

"But my sister doesn't mention this, I'm really worried!"

Just when Li Nai was thinking about how to pry Li Qingzhao's mouth open so that Li Qingzhao could reveal who the man who gave birth to her two sons was, a young and beautiful woman walked in.

As soon as the woman stepped over the threshold, she asked straight to the point: "Cousin, what do you want me for?"

This woman is the daughter of Wang Zhongao, the fourth son of Wang Gui, the prime minister of Song Shenzong, and the wife of Qin Hui, Wang Shi.

Li Qingzhao and Li Hui's mother was Wang Gui's eldest daughter.

So Wang is the cousin of Li Qingzhao and Li Hui.

The last time when Li Cun led an army to surround Bianliang City in Tokyo, all the family members of Zhao Ding and other officials of the Zhao Song Dynasty who were imprisoned by him were going to leave, even Zhang Bangchang, Zheng Wangzhi, etc. who were later imprisoned by Li Cun Song Chen's family members asked Li Cun to send someone to leave.

Ordinarily, in this case, Wang should also be taken away by Li Cun.

But a few days before Li Cun led his troops to encircle Bianliang City in Tokyo, Wang escaped from Bianliang City in Tokyo with his father Wang Zhongshan and brother Wang Huan.

This made Wang lucky enough to escape the fate of being taken away by Li Cun.

Now, after learning that Li Cun had retreated, the Wang family came back with Wang Zhongshan and Wang Huan.

And the moment before Qin Hui was officially detained by Li Cun, Qin Hui already felt that things were not good, and Li Cun was likely to attack Song.

So Qin Hui first sent his confidant boy home to tell Wang: "Do your best to make friends with your cousin Li Qingzhao."

Although Qin Hui didn't explain why he asked Wang to try his best to befriend Li Qingzhao, but Wang knew very well that his husband was extremely smart and he was in the extremely dangerous environment of Yanjing, so it was absolutely impossible for someone to bring back a word of nonsense.

Therefore, as soon as Mrs. Wang came back, she visited Li Qingzhao's house frequently.

At the beginning, neither Li Qingzhao nor Li Hui kept the news from the Wang family that Li Qingzhao gave birth to two sons.

But Mrs. Wang ran to Li Nai's house every day, and Li Qingzhao had to nurse two little guys.

After going back and forth, it is impossible for Wang not to discover Li Qingzhao's secret.

Qin Hui often wrote family letters to Wang.

Therefore, Mrs. Wang knew that Li Qingzhao had secretly gone to Yanjing to play alone.

Moreover, the Wang family knew that Li Qingzhao had met Qin Hui before, and it was Qin Hui who took Li Qingzhao to Yanjing despite the ineffective dissuasion, and Qin Hui still took good care of Li Qingzhao.

Based on these, Wang initially suspected that the two children Li Qingzhao gave birth to belonged to Qin Hui. Qin Hui asked her to do her best to befriend Li Qingzhao, but actually asked her to help Qin Hui take care of her two sons.

But Qin Hui is still a decent gentleman at the current stage, and he doesn't seem like someone who can commit adultery with his aunt.

Also, Qin Hui has a very big problem, that is, fear of guilt.

——Although Qin Hui's father, Qin Minxue, was the magistrate of Yushan County and the county magistrate of Jingjiang Prefecture, his family background is far from that of the Wang family who was a prime minister. Before becoming a Jinshi, he had been working as a private school teacher to survive on meager tuition fees. Moreover, Wang is a famous beauty in Bianliang City, Tokyo, and is nearly ten years younger than Qin Hui. Therefore, the combination of Qin Hui and Wang is purely high-ranking. As a result, Qin Hui is very afraid of the Wang family. Of course, if you insist on saying that Qin Hui respects the Wang family, there is no problem.

Under such circumstances, Wang didn't believe that Qin Hui dared to have an affair with her cousin, and then boldly asked her to take care of the adulterer and her two sons.

In addition, Wang Shi still doesn't know what Qin Hui's strength is. Even if he has the heart, he probably doesn't have the strength.

Therefore, after calming down, Wang judged that Li Qingzhao's two sons must not belong to Qin Hui.

Later, after carefully looking at the appearance of Li Qingzhao's two sons, Wang was even more sure that Li Qingzhao's two sons had nothing to do with Qin Hui.

Furthermore, Li Hui could tell that Li Qingzhao's two sons were not Zhao Mingcheng's, so how could the shrewd Wang family fail to see that Li Qingzhao's two sons were not Zhao Mingcheng's?

Combined with Qin Hui's account, Wang boldly guessed that Li Qingzhao must have met some great person in Yanjing, and the couple could get some chance as long as they hugged Li Qingzhao's thigh.

So Wang ran to Li Nai's house more diligently.

Seeing Mrs. Wang coming, Li Hui hurriedly said to Mrs. Wang, "I have something to ask for my brother, and I hope my cousin will not shirk."

Wang asked with a smile: "Why is my cousin stumped, and you still need my little girl's help?"

Li Nai didn't accept Wang's joke, but said with drooping head, "She's not your good cousin."

Wang asked with a puzzled face: "What's wrong with my cousin, so that my cousin is so upset?"

Li Hui hesitated for a while, and then said: "You are not an outsider, so I will tell you directly as a brother."

Having said that, Li Wei is still a little hard to say.

Wang did not urge Li Hui, but stood there quietly waiting for Li Hui to prepare his emotions and organize his words.

After a long while, Li Hui hesitated and said: "Cousin, have you ever noticed...your cousin's second son is not similar to Zhao Mingcheng."

Wang pretended to be surprised for a moment, and then pretended to be suddenly enlightened, and said: "I heard my cousin said that they are not very similar. These two sons are handsome, and they are indeed far from my cousin's husband."

Li Hui looked around and saw no one around, so he lowered his voice and said, "I suspect that these two sons... are not from Zhao Mingcheng."

Wang pretended to be shocked, and said, "No way, it's not unheard of that...the son is not like his father."

Li Hui said: "Unlike his father, he must be like his mother, but these two sons are not like my Li family."

Li Hui added: "And you don't know. Since your cousin came to my house, she never mentioned Zhao Mingcheng, and Zhao Mingcheng never came to look for your cousin. You also know that Zhao Mingcheng's desire for heirs to carry on the family is almost crazy, and he has taken countless concubines for more than ten years." , today your cousin gave birth to a second son, if it was really Zhao Mingcheng, he would have come to my house early to take his mother and son back home, but Zhao Mingcheng has not been seen so far, isn't it strange?"

Wang echoed, "It's really strange."

Li Hui was silent for a while, and concluded: "So I suspect that the father of the second son is someone else."

Wang pretended to be stupid and said, "This...isn't it? Cousin is not a flirtatious person."

Li Hui sighed, and then said: "Oh, I hope not, but all kinds of unimaginable things don't allow me to doubt."

At this point, Li Hui talked about the main topic of looking for Mrs. Wang: "You have the best relationship with your cousin, go and find out your cousin's tone for brother Wei, who is the biological father of the second son."

Fearing that Mrs. Wang might misunderstand his bad intentions, Li Hui explained again: "If Zhao Mingcheng is the best, I will ask Zhao Mingcheng to explain to your cousin. If it is not for Zhao Mingcheng, this matter must not be delayed forever. I will return it as soon as possible. He is the betrothal gift from the Zhao family, and he will return your cousin to be free, and then discuss with the biological father of the second son about the marriage of your cousin by the matchmaker."

Speaking of this, Li Hui said domineeringly: "Although my Li family is not as good as before, the daughter of my Li family is not someone who can take advantage of everyone and refuse to admit it."

To be honest, Li Nai has a lot of opinions on his new brother-in-law.

How long has it been since the two children are able to walk, but his new brother-in-law doesn't show his face, doesn't even tell anyone, let alone take responsibility.

Why, do you really think there is no one in my Li family and want to prostitute for nothing?
There is nothing so cheap in this world.

Li Hui has already made up his mind, no matter who his new brother-in-law is, he must have a good talk with his new brother-in-law, and if he does not give him a satisfactory explanation from the Li family and his sister Li Qingzhao, these two children will be in the future. Just follow their Li family's surname Li!
Although he, Li Hui, is ineffective, it is not a problem to support his sister, mother and son.

Seeing that Li Hui wanted to settle accounts with the man who must have a lot of background, Wang said in his heart: "I'm afraid that man may not be something you can afford to offend my cousin."

On the other hand, Wang said: "It's not that my cousin doesn't know about my cousin's personality. She doesn't want to say it. If I force her to ask, she will be annoyed. If you want me to say, this matter is not urgent. With this second son in your care The family is a hostage, I don't believe that person can really let his mother and son be left alone, it is better to let the development take its course, and I will wait for all changes without change."

Li Hui smiled bitterly and said, "I don't want to be in a hurry, because Zhao Mingcheng has already gone to Beijing, I'm afraid this matter won't last."

"Has Zhao Mingcheng entered Beijing?" Mrs. Wang was very different.

You know, Zhao Mingcheng is the guard of Laizhou. The key point is that the Qian and Song Dynasties are currently at war, and Zhao Mingcheng, who has the responsibility of guarding the land, should not enter Beijing at this time anyway?
Seeing the difference in Wang's eyes, Li Hui explained: "Zhao Mingcheng was dismissed by His Majesty, and he came back to Beijing to manage..."

At that time, Zhao Ji and his ministers tricked Li Cunyu to go to the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun to bloodlet each other with the three kingdoms of Liao, Jin and Xixia in order to play a trick of chasing wolves and tigers. Qian Dynasty.

As a result, Li Cun borrowed Jingzhou from Liu Bei to the Zhao Song Dynasty, and had no intention of returning the Jiaozhou Peninsula to the Zhao Song Dynasty.

Not only that, because the Jiaozhou Peninsula is currently a very important sea transfer station for the Dagan Dynasty, the Dagan Dynasty also stationed [-] elite soldiers in the Jiaodong Peninsula, and this is not counting the permanent naval forces stationed in the Jiaozhou Peninsula.

After Li Cunqin led the army to attack the Song Dynasty, Laizhou, which was next to the Jiaozhou Peninsula, was always on guard against the sudden attack of the Qian army from the Jiaodong Peninsula to Laizhou, as if facing a big enemy.

But what made Zhao Mingcheng, the magistrate of Laizhou, who was already immersed in the attack of being the infertile person, gradually became relaxed was that the dry army never intended to attack from the Jiaozhou Peninsula.

Soon, Zhao Mingcheng felt that the Jiaodong Peninsula would not be the main direction of the Qianjun's attack, so he didn't have to worry too much.

The next development was similar to Zhao Mingcheng's guess.

Until not long ago, Wang Yi, the ruler of the imperial camp in Laizhou, rebelled and wanted to lead his troops to surrender to the Daqian Dynasty.

This matter was noticed by Zhao Mingcheng's subordinate Wang Chao and others, and reported to Zhao Mingcheng.

But Zhao Mingcheng still lived a life of drunkenness and dreams, he didn't take this matter to heart at all, and he didn't give instructions on how to deal with it.

Seeing this, Wang Chao and others shook their heads secretly, and then set up their own formations to prevent accidents.

It was night, and Wang Yi really rebelled.

But they were successfully defeated by Wang Chao and others who were prepared.

At dawn, Wang Chao and others went to find Zhao Mingcheng to report victory, but found that Zhao Mingcheng had already escaped from the city wall with a rope.

The matter was soon known by the Zhao Song court, Zhao Huan was furious, and dismissed Zhao Mingcheng for investigation.

Zhao Mingcheng's coming to Beijing this time is mainly to manage the business from top to bottom, hoping not to be further liquidated, and to see if there is any chance of reinstatement.

Li Hui estimated that Zhao Mingcheng might come to his house to deal with Li Qingzhao's affairs.

Wang felt that Li Hui's guess was not unreasonable, so she agreed to help Li Hui to find out Li Qingzhao's tone...

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