Qing Cui Qiao is a well-known fear of guilt in Chang'an City, Cui Qiao's wife's surname is Li, not the elder generation of the Tang County Lord, the daughter of King Ning, Li Lin's sister, Li Jingyan's aunt, when she was young, Chang'an was crazy for Qing when she was young, she had enough fun, crazy enough, and romantic enough, she remembered the major events of her life, and she had to find a nest, the emperor's daughter did not worry about marrying, and the emperor's niece did not worry about marrying. I'll be a matchmaker for you. So, after the name of the wild goose pagoda, in front of the flower candles in the cave room, he married the bride, the ceremony was simple, and after less than half a year, he gave birth to Cui Qiao's son, so anxious that Cui Qiao explained everywhere, "This, this, is a fall to enjoy the flowers, and it was born prematurely!" Premature! ”

This Mrs. Cui was born in the royal family, and naturally has more rules than others, and the biggest rule is that Cui Qiao is only allowed to love her alone, which is normal today, but in the Tang Dynasty, it is really pitiful for Cui Tanhua. He only has one wife, which really does not match his identity, and it is also inconsistent with the Tang system, which minister of the court is not full of wives and concubines, Sun Xingwang, even the emperor can't stand it, and hinted several times that he can accept a few concubines, leave a few more fireworks, don't wait for him to be a hundred years later, the grass on the grave grows taller than people, and no one will repair it.

Cui Qiao didn't want to take a concubine, but, just did he dare? People say that if they don't break out in silence, they will die in silence, Cui Qiao belongs to the latter category, King Ning apologized to him, so he repeatedly recommended Li Longji, so Cui Qiao's official sat up year by year, but his guts were dehydrated day by day.

Cui Qiao has a daughter, the son is shaded and the official, now the master of Taicang County, has married a wife, the daughter's name is Cui Liuliu, this year is seventeen years old, the same age as Li Jingyan, she has been praised by her mother since she was a child, her temper is pampered, she grows up to be pretty, and gradually becomes the object of Chang'an's young pursuit, this also looks like the age of the female to marry, in order to compensate for Cui Qiao's regrets, and in order to keep her daughter by her side forever, Mrs. Cui wants to recruit a door-to-door son-in-law to do half a child, naturally there are countless applicants, but so far there is no one eye-catching.

Yesterday, Cui Qiao accompanied Li Qing to see the East Palace, and when he saw that he was too important, he moved the idea of recruiting him to come to the door, but his decision-making power for this kind of thing ranked third in the family, and Li Qing had to be introduced into the home for an interview, so he invited Li Qing to have a light meal at home tonight.

Mrs. Cui is old and decrepit, and her romantic heart is gradually receiving, but she has developed another hobby, collecting gossip, especially the scandals of princes and ministers, inside and outside the palace, in Chang'an, if she finds anything strange or unusual, she will definitely want to find out, and she will never stop if she does not find out the reason.

Mrs. Cui is half old, but she has good maintenance, her skin is fair and delicate, as if she is thirty, and her face can still vaguely see the beauty of the past, after all, the years are ruthless, and they have left indelible traces on her face, her plump lips have become thin two pieces, there is no longer a sound of praise, only sarcasm and ridicule day after day, her phoenix eyes when she was young have also shrunk into triangular eyes, and her eyes have changed from autumn water and smoke to sharp and mean, maybe there is too much gossip in her belly, and her body has to cooperate, Therefore, the aesthetic standards of the Tang Dynasty were greatly exaggerated.

Hearing that her husband said that there was a young talent who was going to interview her tonight, Mrs. Cui asked again and again, is it Shangshu's son or a new science jinshi? How old are you? What is the family situation like? But when he learned that it was just a small county master's book, the heart of this interview was a little colder, and he ordered the kitchen to change the feast into a family banquet.

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Let's say that Li Qinger entered the palace, this official became a product, became the personal guard chief of Tai Li Heng, and became Li Lieutenant in a flash, Li Qing walked out of the imperial city with light steps, as light as a swallow, and jumped on the horse, which he had never done before. His heart was full of sunshine, and there was an inexplicable joy trembling in the deepest part of his mind, and he replayed what happened today from beginning to end, thinking about his infinite future, and couldn't help laughing.

"Captain Li, didn't you say that if we are promoted, we will be invited to drink?"

Li Hugun and dozens of brothers salivated and surrounded him, a group of ** became his subordinates in a blink of an eye, Li Heng's personal guards were divided into three teams, taking turns on duty, Li Qing was the head of the guard of the third team, and there were more than 30 soldiers under him.

Li Qing was in high spirits, "If you talk about it, I invite you to go to Taibai Mansion for a drink." ”

But he didn't take two steps, he suddenly remembered that his jewelry and cabinet tickets were still entering the Fengyuan, and what could he take to pay the bill when he went to Taibai Mansion to drink, he looked at these guys, and said with a smile: "Go, everyone go with me to get money first." ”

Everyone shouted and turned their horses' heads, surrounded Li Qing and went to the courtyard, there were still a hundred steps into the courtyard, Li Qing found that many idlers were dangling in the area of the courtyard, but their eyes were swimming around, Li Qing suddenly became vigilant, walked to the door of the courtyard, and saw a few shadows dodging behind the trees, it seems that Li Linfu is not dead if he doesn't catch himself, Li Qing snorted in his nostrils, and whispered in Li Hugun's ear: "You take a few more brothers in to get my luggage back, if anyone stops, they are all people sent by Li Linfu to arrest me, You might as well show the waist card of the East Palace. ”

When Li Hugun heard the words 'Li Linfu', his pupils immediately contracted into a line, and he said coldly: "Don't worry, if they dare to be rude, let them cry and get out." ”

"You guys come with me!" The others rushed into the courtyard, and the deacons of the courtyard saw a group of vicious palace guards breaking in, and they were so frightened that they hurriedly came out to greet them.

Shook the Donggong waist card in front of the deacon, and shouted loudly at the courtyard: "Order, come to pick up the luggage of Li Qing, who joined the army in the Jiannan Jiedu Mansion, and kill those who dare to stop it." ”

His voice was loud, and he moved out to threaten Tailai, although the few people hiding behind the tree were strong in martial arts, but they all recognized these Tai Sui Ye of Chang'an, and they were afraid of the power of Tai, and they didn't dare to move, watching Li Hu gun and them broke into Li Qing's room, carrying Li Qing's luggage and swaggering out into the courtyard.

The deacon suddenly thought of something, and shouted after him: "Please tell Li to join the army, Lord Cui of Dali Temple sent his family here this afternoon, so that he can stop looking at tonight's agreement." ”

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The sky has turned yellow, the end of winter and the beginning of spring are always very short, especially today on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the night is expected by people, people who are anxious do not wait for the dark to light the lanterns, Cui Qiaofu is no exception, the carp jumps the dragon gate, the Bodhisattva beats the lotus, the lanterns of various shapes are dazzling, the front yard and the back garden are arranged into a sea of lights, Li Qing They first saw two huge colorful glazed palace lamps, hanging in front of the house door heavy, let the wind blow strongly, and do not want to move it at all.

Since Li Linfu has not let him go, Li Qing naturally will not let go of a group of capable subordinates easily, so he will take them to Cui's mansion for a banquet, and naturally he will not catch the strong man in vain.

The housekeeper of the Cui Mansion was ordered to wait at the door, the left could not wait, the right could not wait, and when he was in a hurry to turn around, he suddenly saw a large group of palace guards, and then took a closer look, it was the famous Taidang of Chang'an City, and the strongest one was the nephew of the lady, Li Hugun, this group of people relied on their family background and position, flying and domineering in Chang'an City, talking with their fists, so no one dared to provoke.

And the crowd between them is not the guest that the lord is going to invite tonight? The housekeeper suddenly felt a little dizzy, yesterday morning I saw that this person was still haggard and depressed, like a businessman who had been robbed by thieves, but now he was in high spirits, surrounded by a group of palace guards with eyes in the sky, the housekeeper did not dare to slack off, and sent someone to report to the lady and the lord quickly.

According to the rules of large households, the Shangyuan Festival Hefu has to eat a three-day flowing water banquet, which is regarded as a reward for everyone's hard work for a year, just like Li Qing has just arrived in Yilong's Zhang Mansion, and Cui Mansion is no exception, now is dinner time, but the servants and maids of Cui Mansion are hungry, looking at a group of evil gods who belong to them eating and drinking, drinking and punching, and secretly cursing these barbarians to be killed by a few.

This was the moment they had been looking forward to for a day, but because the lady was stingy, they only prepared a table of banquets, and gave their feast to the extra guests, hoping that this group of evil gods could eat a little less and leave them a little more, but this seems to be impossible, the honey wine jar has fallen sideways, and the big bowl of meat is only left with bones, for the people of Cui's house, this will be a Shangyuan Festival full of bitter memories.

The main hall is a different scene, *** bright as day, more than a dozen maids on both sides of the waiter, a sandalwood round table dishes exquisite, but see shrimp red crab fat, mushrooms delicious, sea vegetables Qingqi, three or five dishes of leisure food sweet, one or two meals of steamed buns are abundant, tableware is even more exquisite, ivory chopsticks, glazed cups, gold plates and white jade bowls, inlaid with gold and emerald, dazzling.

"Come on! Don't be polite, just go home, eat as you like! All-you-can-eat! ”

Cui Qiao smiled sincerely, and vigorously persuaded the wine to pick up the dishes, he just learned that Li Qing had become Tai's personal guard chief, although this position was not high, but anyone with a discerning eye knew that once Tai took the position, the first thing to reuse was the people around him, especially Cui Qiao wanted to step on two boats, how could Tai not leave a way back for himself.

"Huh! Uncle Shi is polite, I'll come by myself! Do it yourself! ”

Li Qing lifted the heavy ivory chopsticks and searched for a long time, the table was good-looking, but except for shrimp and crabs, the rest were all fruits and vegetables and vegetarian food, and there was no meat he liked, and he was really depressed, so he had to pick up a boiled white shrimp and chew it dryly, and then looked at Li Hugun, only to see him looking at the brothers in the courtyard screaming with envy, Li Qingxin suddenly felt like a confidant.

Cui Qiao saw that Li Qing's mouth was tasteless, so he quickly sandwiched a crab to him, and said with a smile: "It's me who is careless, our family eats vegetarian all day long, but I didn't expect the virtuous nephew to be unaccustomed to it." ”

"It's okay! It's okay! I am tired of eating big fish and meat every day, and it is good to change the taste occasionally. ”

He was modest, but he squinted at Mrs. Cui, who was fat and white, and secretly wondered: "I have been a vegetarian all day long, I really don't know how this body grows." ”

The fundamental reason why Li Qing came to the banquet today was to know the life experience of the curtain, he found that Cui Qiao's smile was very similar to the curtain, and the curtain was surnamed Cui, so he speculated whether this Cui Qiao would be the biological father of the curtain, he wanted to ask about it when he was alone with Cui Qiao in the palace that day, but unfortunately Cui Qiao was scared away by Li Linfu, but at this time in front of his wife and daughter, he naturally couldn't ask, he had already seen that this Mrs. Cui could never be the mother of the curtain, not to mention the different appearances, but more importantly, how could there be a mother in the world who would throw away her own flesh and blood, Especially since they have been married for almost 30 years.

But he didn't know that the purpose of Cui Qiao's family to invite him was to meet his son-in-law, and from the moment he entered the door, the blind date process had actually started quietly.