…

If it was before that, Cai was still not sure that Liu Qi would be transferred from the Gate Division to the Jinwu Army to serve as the acting commander of the Xingde Army.

You must know that Liu Qi is not only Zhao Ji's ornaments and Zhao Ji's errands, he is also the proton left by Liu Zhongwu for Zhao Song.

In this case, not to mention Cai Ying, even Tong Guan may not be able to let Liu Qi go, because this is related to the stability of the Zhao and Song dynasties.

But—

Now, things have taken a turn for the better.

At the beginning, that is, in the fifth year of Zhenghe, Liu Zhongwu was ordered by the Northern Song Dynasty court to lead an army of 100,000 to attack Zangdihe City in Western Xia, and returned defeated. ”

Later, relying on Gao Yu's mediation, Liu Zhongwu was temporarily exempted from responsibility.

But in the second year of Daguan, the Kefu Stone Army captured Zang Pu Zhengge alive, Tong Guan led the overall situation, and the temporary commander in military was Liu Fa, and the task originally assigned to Liu Zhongwu was to block Zang Pu Zhengge's retreat, but Liu Zhongwu took advantage of the victories of several other armies to risk sending his eldest son Liu Xi into Xige City to persuade Zang Pu Zhengge to surrender, and succeeded, and then made great contributions, but because Liu Zhongwu robbed Tong Guan of his military exploits, he also offended Tong Guan.

In this regard, Tong Guan has been silent.

It wasn't until not long ago that the Northern Song Dynasty court wanted to go north to recover Yanyun, and Tong Guan was the commander, Tong Guan and Liu Zhongwu settled this old account - Tong Guan turned over the matter that Gao Yu had pressed down again, and took advantage of Liu Zhongwu's position as a strategy, and the Northern Song Dynasty court raised the Mingdao Palace on the grounds that Liu Zhongwu was old.

In other words, Liu Zhongwu's time has passed.

In this case, it should not be difficult for Cai to transfer Liu Qi into the Jinwu army, after all, because his father has lost his military power, his proton is useless.

Since this is the case, Cai still briefly told Liu Qi about the situation of the Xingde Army, so that Liu Qi had a preparation to take over.

When Liu Qi heard that the Xingde army now had a full number of 3,000 men and horses, and a battalion of horse troops, he was extremely excited.

But on the surface, Liu Qi didn't show it at all, and he didn't ask Cai Ying how he made up for the lack of most of the Xingde Army - Liu Qi, who was born in the general's door, can probably guess some of Cai Ying's methods, this kind of thing is actually common in all armies, it is not surprising, otherwise, how do you think the Great Song Dynasty will have a huge fluctuation of more than 3,000 to 10,000?

Just when Cai was still about to further introduce the situation of the Xingde Army to Liu Qi, a person suddenly walked towards the two of them.

Liu Qi recognized this person at a glance, and then whispered to Cai Ying: "It's the test prince Zhan Shi, the straight scholar of the Huiyou Pavilion Geng Nanzhong Geng, he is the first strategist under the prince, he may have come to find the general." ”

Cai still nodded, then greeted Geng Nanzhong and said, "Xiaguan Cai still pays a visit to Master Geng." ”

Geng Nanzhong smiled: "Ziyin is invited to get up quickly, how can you be polite?" ”

Cai is still riding the trend.

Geng Nanzhong looked at Liu Qi again and said, "Liu Yihou is also there." ”

Liu Qi politely saluted Geng Nanzhong and said, "The young general will meet Master Geng." Then he stood behind Cai Ying's side.

Liu Qi's move made Geng Nanzhong's eyes move slightly, and he said in his heart: "This Liu Qi shouldn't be taking refuge in Cai Yi, right?" He then thought, "Has Cai still begun to cultivate his own forces?" He dared to stretch out his hand to the side of the official family, this ambition is too big, right? Get him to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse......"

What he thought in his heart did not affect Geng Nanzhong's purpose in saying that he came to find Cai Ying, and he smiled and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to invite Ziyin to talk about the past, I don't know if Ziyin has time?" ”

It's all blocked, where can Cai still refuse, he can only smile with a smile on his face: "Cai still can't ask for it." ”

At this time, a man and a woman walked towards Cai Ying.

The man...... I'm sorry, Cai still didn't look at it - Cai Ying's eyes were all attracted by the beautiful women around him.

This beautiful woman, dressed in a white floor-length dress, embroidered with pink patterns on the wide hem, with a long cigarette Luo purple silk on her arms, a thin waist, tied with a purple jade brocade belt, jet-black hair tied with a lilac ribbon, a few strands of hair naughtily hung down on her shoulders, the skin that could be broken by her fingers was more white, her face was not powdered, but she still couldn't hide her stunning appearance, she looked indifferent, like a fairy who does not eat fireworks in the world.

No, Geng Nanzhong, who was beside Cai Yan, actually knew that man, and he took the initiative to hug his fist at the man and said, "It turned out to be Brother Defu." ”

The man, that is, Zhao Mingcheng, clasped his fists and saluted: "It's Brother Xidao, I haven't bothered me since I returned to Beijing for more than a month, I deserve death, I don't know when Brother Xidao will be free, how many drinks will you and I have?" ”

Geng Nanzhong smiled heartily and said, "It can be any day, the time is set by Brother Defu." ”

Geng Nanzhong hugged his fist at the beautiful woman beside Zhao Mingcheng, that is, Li Qingzhao, and said, "Yi'an Jushi must also be present." ”

Li Qingzhao returned the salute and said: "This is natural, the slave family has not seen Brother Xidao for almost ten years, so I just asked Brother Xidao about poetry." ”

In just a few words between Geng Nanzhong and Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao, Cai still confirmed the identities of Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao, and then sighed: "The people who should be seen will always be seen!" ”

As early as when Cai still just returned to Beijing to go to Que, Zhao Kai wanted to invite Cai still to participate in the poetry meeting, and also said that Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao would attend.

However, Cai still refused on the spot.

Later, Cai still attended many other parties, and almost ran into Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao, who have been active recently.

Cai still heard from friends that like himself, Zhao Mingcheng has been running around recently, wanting to fall into the city.

In fact, I have to start with Cai Jing.

At the beginning, when Cai Jing boycotted for the first time, Zhao Mingcheng's father Zhao Tingzhi jumped up and down, and later replaced Cai Jing.

It's a pity that Zhao Tingzhi's political struggle ability is good, but his ability to govern the country is not good, under his leadership, the Northern Song Dynasty court boycotted schools, lile, nursing homes, and Anji homes, which made a mess of the Northern Song Dynasty, making Zhao Ji annoyed, and finally dismissed Zhao Tingzhi and restored Cai Jing.

Where is Cai Jing the kind of pot-bellied person, after he recovered, he immediately began to liquidate, and later Zhao Tingzhi died, Zhao Mingcheng was posthumously given to the official, and his family was connected, Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao lived in Qingzhou Township for more than ten years.

Now, Cai Jing is a master, and there is no chance of a comeback, Zhao Mingcheng immediately returned to Beijing to dredge, wanting to be an official again and regain power.

Although Zhao Tingzhi is dead, the remnants of the Zhao family are still there.

In addition, Li Qingzhao also has an extremely deep political background - Li Qingzhao's maternal grandfather is Wang Qi, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty Shenzong Yuanfeng period, his father Li Kefei is a student of Su Shi, and the official is a prisoner and a member of the Ministry of Rites, in other words, Li Qingzhao is the third generation of officials who are serious and eight, although Wang Qi is now dead and Li Gefei has been demoted, but there are still many people in Li Qingzhao's family who are officials, the key is that the power of the old party is still there, and Li Kefei is a disciple of Su Shi, the banner figure of the old party, and is the fourth person who was liquidated that year.

Now that there is no suppression by Cai Jing, with the relationship between the Zhao family and the Li family, it is still very promising for Zhao Mingcheng to become an official again.

In fact, Cai still heard the rumor that the Northern Song Dynasty court intended to make Zhao Mingcheng the governor of any state.

This may also be one of the reasons why Geng Nanzhong is very enthusiastic about Zhao Mingcheng - you must know that the governor of a state is already a prince, and this is a political force that Zhao Huan wants to fight for no matter what.

Geng Nanzhong and Zhao Mingcheng exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then Geng Nanzhong asked, "I don't know what the Xian couple came to me for?" ”

When Zhao Mingcheng heard this, he smiled and said: "Brother Xidao misunderstood, we came here to see Ziyin, and Neizi wanted to ask Ziyin about poetry." ”

Geng Nanzhong suddenly realized, then looked at Li Qingzhao and said with a smile: "Yi'an Jushi is still the same as when he was young......

Speaking of this, Geng Nanzhong hurriedly patted his own mouth and said: "It's wrong, it's wrong, Yi'an Jushi is not like me and Brother Defu who have entered middle age, Yi'an Jushi will always be young and beautiful, and will always be the first talented woman in my heart." ”

Li Qingzhao has lived in a family with a very strong literary atmosphere since he was a child, and he has been influenced by his family education, coupled with his intelligence and understanding, and his talent is extraordinary, so he has been famous for his poetry since he was a child, and his talent is brilliant, and he is close to his predecessors, and has been highly praised by many famous writers at that time.

Li Qingzhao also lived up to these praises, the elegant living environment of Bianjing, especially the prosperous scene of Kyoto, stimulated Li Qingzhao's creative enthusiasm, in addition to composing poems, began to emerge in the world of words, wrote for later generations to widely recited the famous words "like a dream, last night rain and storm", this word came out, it caused a sensation in the entire Beijing division, when the scribes did not beat the festival to praise, there was no one who could do the way.

Li Qingzhao also became a goddess sought after by literati at that time.

It's a pity that Li Qingzhao chose Zhao Mingcheng, a student at that time, as his son-in-law at a young age, which made countless people feel sorry.

This Geng Nanzhong may be one of them.

Seeing Geng Nanzhong praising Li Qingzhao, Zhao Mingcheng smiled and said: "Brother Xidao is too good at talking, and the inner son is old and yellow, how can he talk about being young and beautiful, Brother Xidao praised it falsely." ”

As soon as Zhao Mingcheng said this, Li Qingzhao's little face suddenly sank.

As long as it is a woman, no matter when, what status, or even what age, there is no one who doesn't care about her appearance, don't you see that even those old women in their seventies and eighties sometimes wear red and green?

What's more, Li Qingzhao is not yet thirty years old, and she is indeed intellectually beautiful, where is she willing to listen to Zhao Mingcheng say that she is old and yellow?

Seeing that Li Qingzhao's face sank like water, Geng Nanzhong hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Since the virtuous couple are here to find Ziyin, then I won't bother you." ”

As he spoke, Geng Nanzhong made a mistake and let Cai still behind him out.

Without waiting for Zhao Mingcheng to speak, Li Qingzhao couldn't wait to say: "Life is a hero, and death is also a ghost." So far, I think of Xiang Yu and refuse to cross Jiangdong. Cai Ziyin, it's not easy to see you! ”

……