Cao Ping came to the courtyard of the third Cao Xuan, Cao Xuan gave birth to a son and two daughters, the son worked as a guard in the palace, the two daughters were not very old, the eldest daughter Cao Yun was sixteen years old, and the youngest daughter Cao Jiaojiao was only seven years old.

Cao Ping walked directly to his granddaughter Cao Yun's embroidery building, this granddaughter's embroidery building is not the first time he has come, but every time he comes, it is a reason, I want to see how much her collection of books has increased? It's almost beyond himself.

His granddaughter is very different, she loves books like life, she showed it as early as when she was one year old and grabbed Zhou, other girls grabbed Zhou, either attracted by shiny jewelry, or liked fragrant rouge, but she grabbed a book without hesitation, refused to let go, and slept in her arms, which left a deep impression on Cao Ping.

When she grew up, Xiao Niang really became a little nerd, she went to the bookstore when she went out, she didn't have a piece of jewelry, she didn't have a box of rouge, all her money was spent on buying books, so she got the nickname of 'Little Book Lady' in the house.

However, this little scholar is the most beautiful girl in the Cao family for decades, with a quiet temperament like water and a beautiful face, making her the most brilliant jewel of the Cao family.

Although Cao Ping also loves this granddaughter very much, when it comes to her marriage, he inevitably considers the problem from the perspective of the head of the family, and he hopes that his granddaughter can marry someone who can really help the Cao family.

Cao Ping happened to meet his little granddaughter Cao Jiaojiao downstairs, but this is his favorite granddaughter, innocent, lively and cute.

He saw his little granddaughter squatting beside the flowers looking around, so he smiled and asked, "What is Jiaojiao looking for?" ”

"My little cat is gone, grandfather will help me find it."

"Grandfather doesn't have time today, what about your sister?"

"Big Scholar, grandfather has come to see you!" Cao Jiaojiao opened her small voice and shouted.

At this time, Cao Jiaojiao suddenly saw the figure of the kitten and ran out of the courtyard, she hurriedly chased out, "Little flower cat stop for me, grab and hit your ass!" ”

Not long after, the two sisters Cao Yun and Cao Yun ran out of the embroidery building, and the two of them gave a salute, "Granddaughter greets grandfather!" ”

"Huh! I just passed by here, and by the way, I saw if our little scholar had received a satisfactory answer in this year's Wenshi. ”

"She received it, or two! I can't put it down. Next to him, Cao Yunxin was straightforward and said it all at once.

Cao Yun's face flushed, but he didn't know what to say, so he nodded after a while, acknowledging Cao Yun's words.

"Oh! I actually received two copies, can you show my grandfather, there is actually a couplet that our little scholar fancies. Cao Ping was also a little curious in his heart, what did the couplet written by Li Yanqing look like?

"Grandfather, please come into the room and have a look!"

Cao Yun's study is on the first floor, the second floor is her bedroom, her mother did not allow her to put books on the second floor, so she turned the entire first floor into a library, there are five rows of long bookshelves in the lobby on the first floor, which are densely packed with all kinds of books, and there are shelves on the four walls, which are full of books, some of which she bought herself, but most of them are relatives and friends who know that she loves books and give her all kinds of books, after all, she doesn't have much money in her hands and can't buy too many books.

There was a big table by the window, and on the ground next to it was a cardboard box from this year's Wenshi, and the couplets that did not fancy were stuffed back indiscriminately, but there were two pieces of paper on the table, and the answer couplets could not be written on long red paper, but on two pieces of white paper that were one foot long and half a foot wide, and a pair of couplets were written on each of the two sheets.

The sound of wind and rain, the sound of reading, the sound of the ear.

State affairs, family affairs, world affairs, everything is concerned.

Cao Ping nodded, but did not comment, and then looked at the second couplet.

Reading is correct, reading is easy to change, reading is quiet, reading Zhuang is taken, reading Chinese is strong, and the most flavorful volume is in the years;

With the chrysanthemum, with the plum, with the lotus, with the orchid, with the begonia, with the rhyme, must call themselves the gods in the flowers.

In the end, all the payments were made by Xiangzhou Li Yanqing.

"It's actually the work of one person?" Cao Yun pretended to be surprised.

Cao Yun's face turned red again, and he whispered after a while: "The quality of today's couplet is indeed a little higher than last year's, I don't know..... I don't know ......"

Cao Yun next to him said impatiently: "Yun Niang wants to ask grandfather, who is this Li Yanqing?" ”

Cao Yun even turned red at this time, she was secretly annoyed in her heart, and quietly pinched Cao Yun.

"This Li Yanqing's grandfather also knows it, but let my grandfather sell it first, Yun Niang will talk about it first, what is good about these two couplets?"

Cao Yun thought for a while and said: "Calligraphy has the vigor of Su Huang, and does not lose the elegance of the willow book, the words are full of spirituality, self-styled, can be called everyone's work, calligraphy alone is unmatched, as for the couplet, neat and wonderful, only to learn people, this is secondary, more important is to be able to see the mind from the plain, it can be seen that this person has the world, heroic and delicate, is a rare talent, granddaughter does not know which family he is?" The surname is Li, and there seems to be no impression. ”

Cao Ping smiled slightly, "The evaluation is very good, but he is not a child of our meritorious family, today my grandfather specially invited him to the banquet, he was the first and third in the imperial examination last year." ”

"Ahh It turned out to be a work of flower exploration. ”

The Cao sisters exclaimed at the same time, Cao Yun felt in her heart, no wonder the calligraphy and couplets are so good, it turned out to be from Tanhua, she hesitated, and couldn't help but beg: "Grandfather can you ask this old Mr. Li to write two more full frames for his granddaughter, and the granddaughter wants to frame it and hang it in the study." ”

"Mr. Li?" Cao Ping looked at his granddaughter strangely, he couldn't hold back any longer, and laughed out loud.

Cao Yun was very panicked, "Could it be that my granddaughter is wrong?" ”

"If this Li Tanhua knew that you called him Mr. Li, he would definitely laugh three times, and then vomit blood three times."

"Ahh Could it be ...... Could it be that he is not old? ”

"He is one year younger than your third brother, do you think he is old?"

Cao Yun was stunned for a moment, and Cao Yun next to him had already bent over with laughter, holding his stomach and squatting directly on the ground, almost out of breath.

"Mr. Li, I'm ..... I'm going to die laughing! ”

Cao Ping saw that his granddaughter was so embarrassed that she couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into, so she couldn't help but laugh and said: "Okay, don't laugh, don't blame those who don't know, Yun Niang doesn't hear anything outside the window, and it's normal to not know Li Tanhua, but Yun Niang, you should know!" ”

Yun Niang didn't dare to laugh anymore, and quickly stood up, shaking her head like a rattle, "My granddaughter has only heard of Li Tanhua, and I don't know his age, let alone his name is Li Yanqing." ”

"Let's get down to business! Yun Niang wants a full-width couplet, I can find a chance to mention it to him, but according to the rules, since he has already answered the question, Yun Niang should have a thank you gift! ”

Cao Yun hurriedly said: "Of course there is a thank you gift, Yun Niang painted a landscape, which is ready to be used as a thank you gift." ”

"People give you two couplets, you can't just send the same, don't you send a book again! Write your name and write 'Little Sister Cao Yun Pays Tribute to Brother Yanqing', he is your third brother's friend, and there is no problem for you to call him brother. ”

Yun Niang was a little hesitant, she had never given her book to others, and she wrote such sensual words, but she didn't dare to disobey her grandfather's order, and after hesitating for a while, she had to agree.

"That'..... All right! The granddaughter gave him a book. ”

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It was almost dusk, Li Yanqing returned to the atrium, there were already many people sitting on the banquet table, and it was not yet the time for the official banquet, everyone gathered in the east to chat, and there were several families sitting around Li Yanqing's seat.

"I'm sorry, I'm sitting in your seat!" A middle-aged man hurriedly got up and gave up his seat to Li Yanqing.

"You keep sitting, I'll go for a walk elsewhere."

There were a few people he didn't know sitting next to him, so he didn't have this interest, and as soon as he walked to the other table, he heard someone greet him.

"You're ..... Li Tanhua! ”

Li Yanqing stopped, only to see a middle-aged couple sitting at the table next to him, and the two looked at him with a smile.

Li Yanqing hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, "Yanqing has seen two elders. ”

"Can you sit down for a moment?" The middle-aged man warmly asked Li Yanqing to sit down opposite.

Helpless, Li Yanqing had to sit down, and the middle-aged man smiled: "In Xia Wang Daoqi, this is a clumsy Jing." ”

Li Yanqing was secretly taken aback, it turned out to be Wang Daoqi, the commander of the guards and the infantry and military divisions, and he hurriedly saluted again, "Yanqing is rude!" ”

The three yas of the forbidden army, the privy council and the military department are the three major institutions that control the army of the Great Song Dynasty, of which the three yas refer to the front of the palace, the guard horse military division and the guard infantry military division, the three yas are commanding envoys are Gao Yu, Xiang Zonghui and Wang Daoqi, Xiang Zonghui is the brother of the Empress Dowager, Wang Daoqi is the descendant of Wang Yansheng, the founder of the Northern Song Dynasty, but because Xiang Zonghui and Wang Daoqi's deputy generals are Gao Yu's henchmen, the three yas are actually controlled by Gao Yu.

Although Wang Daoqi's power was seriously restricted, his status in the forbidden army was still very high, and the 30,000 troops led by the master Dao to crusade against the Liangshan bandits were transferred from Wang Daoqi's infantry division.

The reason why Li Yanqing respects him more is this, Gao Yu and Xiang Zonghui refused to transfer troops to cooperate with the division to suppress bandits, only Wang Daoqi responded to Gao Shen's order to transfer troops, and allocated 30,000 elite troops against public opinion, but unfortunately this army finally fell into the hands of Tong Guan.

Wang Daoqi sighed slightly: "The dog Wang Jun is about the same age as you, but he is far inferior to you, which makes me feel emotional." ”

Next to him, his wife whispered: "Master, in fact, Jun'er is not bad." ”

At this moment, a burly young man walked briskly, "Father, mother, the child is back." ”

Wang Daoqi introduced Li Yanqing: "This is the dog Wang Jun!" ”