In the living room of Xiangguo Mansion, Mrs. Cui is sitting in a precarious position, there are several children and nephews of the Cui family standing behind her, Li Linfu did not come forward, but was accompanied by Li Linfu's widowed sister Aunt Li, similarly, Li Linfu's sons are also standing behind her, at the other end, sitting Jiang Wuyi, the protagonist of today's topic, her body is very weak, the maid Yunu is supporting her on the side, and on the table in front of Mrs. Cui is the yellowed marriage book, Mrs. Cui has no expression on her face, she has already said what she should say, and is waiting for the Li family to express her attitude.

Aunt Li is Wuyi's biggest reliance in the Li family, she has always sympathized with and taken care of Wuyi, she resolutely supports Wuyi's divorce, but the stubbornness of the Cui family made her heart fire, she restrained the anger in her heart and said: "Old lady, if Wuyi is really the daughter-in-law of the Cui family, we have nothing to say, but in fact, Wuyi did not marry the Cui family, and there is no dowry yet, since her husband has died of illness before marriage, I think it is okay to withdraw from this family, not only can, but also very normal, like the young son of the Huazhou Thorn Shi Huang Jun family died before marriage, The Huang family took the initiative to dissolve the marriage contract with the woman and give the woman a chance to remarry, this is human nature, why should the Cui family be different from others? Besides, Wuyi has been widowed for five years, she has also done her best, and now Wuyi is twenty-one years old, if she doesn't marry again, she may have to stay alone in the empty house for the rest of her life, old lady, I always thought that the Cui family was a famous family, and it was more reasonable and intercede than ordinary people, how did I hear and see, but it was the opposite? ”

Aunt Li's sharp words were unpleasant in front of Mrs. Cui, she slammed her crutches to the ground, and said coldly: "I can understand Aunt Li's feelings about maintaining her own people, but the reason why the Cui family is a famous family for hundreds of years is that the rules are strict, and the rules of the Cui family are not to withdraw from marriage, I only want to reiterate two things today, first of all, it is impossible to withdraw from marriage, since the dance clothes have been promised to the Cui family, then she will always be the daughter-in-law of the Cui family, we have already taken into account her convenience and allowed her to live in her mother's house, But I heard that she didn't get the permission of the Cui family, so she went out to play the piano without permission, and won the name of a 'qin fairy', a dance dress, is that so? ”

There was a small stir in the guest hall, not only the Cui family's nephews were taken aback, but Li Linfu's sons were also surprised, it turned out that the famous 'Qin Xian' in the capital turned out to be a dance dress, and all eyes looked at her together.

At this time, Wuyi's face was dyed with a touch of red due to anger, she always thought that she couldn't get out of the marriage because no one spoke for her, but now she understands that the Cui family has no intention of quitting the marriage at all, and insists on letting her live alone for the rest of her life, for the so-called reputation of the family, she actually wants to take herself as a sacrifice, and she has not received any sympathy and understanding from the Cui family for five years of loneliness, and now she is actually accusing her of going out to play the piano, what are they going to do? Do they want her to become a living dead and lock her in a room for the rest of her life, so that they can be satisfied and conform to the rules of their Cui family?

Anger made her body tremble slightly, she raised her head and said: "That's right, I played the piano in the Liyuan Courtyard, it was to commemorate my mother, did I play the piano to commemorate my mother's violation of the royal law?" Or did it violate your Cui family's family law? ”

"Girl in a dancer, our Cui family has rules, people in the house are not allowed to show their heads in public without the consent of the family, since you are a member of the Cui family, then you should follow the rules of the Cui family, since the Li family can't control you, then you can go back with me later!"

"What if I don't go!"

Wuyi was angry to the extreme, at this moment she completely lost her usual calm and insipidity, the frustration and sadness that had been pent up for five years broke out at this moment, she stood up with difficulty, and said loudly to Mrs. Cui: "To hell with your Cui family and the rules of the Cui family!" I am the daughter of the Jiang family, and from now on, I have nothing to do with the Cui family! ”

"Yunu, let's go!"

She helped the jade slave, and the two slowly left the lobby, the lobby was quiet, and the atmosphere became very awkward. ”

She said to Aunt Li again: "I ask Li Xiangguo to send her to Cui's house immediately, no problem!" ”

She deliberately bit the word 'Xiangguo', Aunt Li sighed secretly, although she was also extremely dissatisfied in her heart, but Wuyi was the daughter-in-law of the Cui family, and Li Fu had no reason to refuse, so she said: "The old lady also saw it just now, Wuyi is still sick, it is better to wait for a day or two, and when she is a little better, Cui Fu will come to pick her up again, how about it?" ”

Cui Ping, who came with him, also said to Mrs. Cui: "Grandmother, our Cui family is a reasonable person, so it's better to let her take care of her body and then pick her up." ”

Old man Cui glared at Cui Ping, I don't know why he was so enthusiastic, she pushed the marriage book forward, and said, "The Cui family will never withdraw from the marriage, so be!" Just in front of Li Xiangguo, we will wait for three more days, and the Cui family will come to pick up people after three days. ”

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Wuyi returned to her room, and within a day, the frustration of feelings and the cruelty of fate tortured the girl's heart painfully, and her body was almost unable to sit up, but the piercing sense of humiliation and hatred for the Cui family made her hold on, and she stared at the window with her eyes dead, sitting motionless in front of the window, her face like a blank sheet of paper.

"Girl, let's go and beg the master again!"

Yunu whispered: "After all, he is Xiangguo!" Let him talk to the Cui family and let the girl stay. ”

"Yunu, let's pack our things."

"Girl.... What did you say? ”

"Pack up your things, let's leave Chang'an!" The dancer's eyes showed a firmness that he had never felt before.

Yu Nu was flustered in his heart, go! She never thought that they had no money on them, and they had no relatives and no reason, where could the two weak women go? Not even for today's dinner, not even for the money to hire a carriage.

She stole a glance at the girl, and she actually thought of a place to go, but she couldn't open her mouth.

"Girl, it's better to.... Why don't we go to General Lee! ”

The Jade Slave finally mustered up his courage, but the dance clothes shook her head resolutely, causing the hope that had just risen to fall into the ice valley again.

At this moment, a cough suddenly came from the courtyard, and Li Linfu's voice appeared in the courtyard, "Wuyi, I want to talk to you, is it okay?" ”

"Uncle, please come in!"

Wuyi tidied up her dress a little, drank another sip of water, calmed her angry mood, and she walked downstairs, Li Linfu was already standing at the door.

She hurriedly saluted, "Uncle! ”

Li Linfu looked at the room of the dance clothes, it was the first time he walked into this room in ten years, and the simple furnishings in the room were not even the lower rooms, it could be seen that the dance clothes had not been easy in the past ten years, after all, it was his niece, and he couldn't help but feel a little sorry in his heart.

"Dancer, sit down!"

He sat down cross-legged, and the dance clothes also sat down opposite him, and the jade slave served a cup of tea, "Master, please drink tea!" ”

Li Linfu nodded, he groaned and said, "I came to tell you that the Cui family must take you back, and there is nothing I can do." ”

Wuyi was silent for a long time, and she smiled sadly: "I can understand!" ”

Li Linfu smiled and said: "But before going to Cui's mansion, you can go to sweep the grave of your parents first, if I remember correctly, your parents' tomb should be in Guangzhou!" From Chang'an, I should be able to arrive before Qingming to sweep the graves of my parents, and the Cui family has nothing to say. ”

After speaking, he took out a small package, put it on the table, pushed it in front of the dance clothes, and said with a smile: "This is sixty taels of gold leaves and a jade plate of mine, the gold leaf is your entanglement, and the jade card is for the government to see, if you encounter any difficulties, go directly to the government, no one dares to snub you, in addition, I let the old loyal head accompany you, he has followed me for thirty years, he is loyal to me, and he can take care of you on the way." ”

Wuyi silently looked at the package in front of her, she understood what her uncle meant, sweeping the grave was just an excuse, and her uncle actually let her fly away.

Wuyi kowtowed heavily to Li Linfu, and said with tears: "Uncle's kindness, Wuyi remembers it in my heart." ”

Li Linfu sighed and said: "My dignified right Xiangguo, I can only make such a decision, I am ashamed to say it!" Dance clothes, you go tonight, take care all the way! ”

He stood up and walked out, and when he reached the door, he stopped again, turned around and smiled: "Li Qingan, don't blame him too much, I made a deal with you and him, and he refused to follow me, so he snubbed you, forgive him!" ”

Li Linfu shook his head with a smile, then turned around and left, Wuyi stood at the door blankly, her uncle's last words were like a lightning bolt striking her, she suddenly remembered what Li Qingan said to her: "Girl in a dancer, many things are not as simple as you think, I believe that soon, you will understand my distress, girl in a dancer, I will definitely come to you again." ’

She leaned feebly against the door and let out a low sigh, her heart filled with endless loss.

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That night, a carriage quietly drove out of Xiangguo's mansion, left Chang'an amid the laughter of the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, and disappeared into the heavy night fog.

Three days later, the Cui family came to pick up Wuyi, but Xiangguofu's reply was that Wuyi went to sweep the graves of his parents, and he would go back to Jiang's house directly in the future, and he had nothing to do with Li Mansion.

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Just after the Shangyuan Festival, the struggle between the East Palace and Yang Zhao began to heat up, and it was already known to the whole dynasty, the prince insisted that Wei Jian was acting according to the rules of the imperial court, although he promoted his nephew, but he did not violate the rules, and he should not be guilty, and Yang Zhao finally jumped out of the curtain and reported to Li Longji that Wei Ming was an official who was immoral and was not qualified to be promoted at all.

Wei Jian himself also came forward to defend himself, although Wei Ming's evaluation for several years was in the middle school, he was conscientious and conscientious as an official, and there was no immorality.

After a few debates, all the focus gradually focused on Wei Ming, what kind of person is he? Since he was already on his way to Beijing, on the afternoon of the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, Li Longji issued an order to summon Wei Ming to the palace for an audience.

Zhongshu Province, Li Linfu's desk has a decree just from the palace, Li Longji wants to immediately summon Wei Ming to confront him, the holy decree is not issued by Hanlin, it is issued through Zhongshu Province, and it needs to be knocked on a big seal in Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province to take effect.

He had just gotten the latest news, Wei Ming had arrived in Xianyang, and according to the normal route, he should stay at the Sanqiao Post Station tonight.

The key is tonight, Li Linfu pondered for a moment, and then handed over the will to Liu Daodao, a member of the Zhongshu House: "Let's discuss this will again, and hand it over to me after redrafting." ”

There is nothing negotiable about the will of a summoner, Liu Tong is Li Linfu's confidant, he understands what Xiangguo means, and this will be detained for a period of time before it is issued.

"Humble officer, then go and gather the housekeepers to discuss."

Liu Tong hurriedly went, and Li Linfu waved his hand, called a guard forward, and whispered to him: "You go to do something......

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Half an hour later, more than a dozen black-clothed men escorted a brightly colored carriage and left Chang'an's famous Qinglou 'Demon Flower Workshop' and drove away outside the city.

As Li Linfu's judgment, because it was late, Wei Ming, the key figure in Wei Jian's case, stayed at the Sanqiao Station, Wei Ming is about Chinese New Year's Eve years old today, medium build, mediocre appearance, he is the eldest son of Wei Ji's cousin Wei Ji, Wei Ji once served as the prince's middle house, according to the Tang Dynasty system, his eldest son Wei Ming got the door shade, awarded Yizhou Dongyang County Cheng, this is a small official from the eighth grade, due to limited ability, he has been an official for four years, his performance is mediocre, and he has not been promoted.

In the second half of last year, his uncle Yizhou Taishou Wei Jian promoted him to Yizhou Cangcao to participate in the military, and became a seven-rank official, although he was promoted, but Wei Ming did not take this promotion seriously, his uncle is Yizhou Taishou, if he doesn't promote himself, who will he promote? And it was only mentioned one level, which made him a little dissatisfied in his heart.

Five days ago, Wei Ming benefited from the governor Shi Cuiyuan's dispatch to Beijing to do business, he came slowly all the way, after dark he arrived at the Sanqiao Station, calculated, there are still thirty miles away from the capital, and the city gate should have been closed when he arrived in Beijing, plus the post Cheng served very dedicatedly, Wei Ming decided to stay at the post station for one night, and then enter Beijing early tomorrow morning to do business.

The room was brightly lit, and Zhang Sanhu set up a table of good dishes, and brought five or six catties of good wine, and warmly entertained Wei Ming.

"Come on! Wei joins the army, I will toast you again, you must give me face to drink. ”

Zhang Sanhu looks five big and three thick, but his tone is very humble, he left a Wei to join the army, and another famous Wei family, he shot Wei Ming flutteringly, he really looked down on Zhang Sanhu in his heart, but Zhang Sanhu's sycophants were good, so he couldn't help but put his heart into Zhang Sanhu.

Two pots of wine had already been drunk, Wei Ming had a habitual attack, and he was itching, so he asked in a low voice: "Zhang Yicheng, I don't know if you can help me find a girl tonight?" ”

"Oops! Why didn't Wei join the army say it earlier? Zhang Sanhu slapped his thigh and said with an ambiguous smile: "What a coincidence, there happens to be a Chang'an name in my post station, the flower name is Luomei, she is going back to Xianyang to visit relatives, if Wei joins the army willingly, I will draw the line, and ensure that Wei joins the army and is happy tonight!" ”

He hesitated for a moment and said, "It's just that the meat is quite expensive, and it costs ten yuan for a night." ”

Wei Ming was overjoyed and immediately said: "Money is not a problem, as long as you serve well, I will give it double!" ”

He had a sperm worm in his brain, but he didn't expect that there would be a girl in the post station?

Zhang Sanhu squinted and smiled, this Wei Ming is really a womanizer, he poured another glass of wine and said with a smile: "Wei joins the army and sits down for a while, I'll go and invite Miss Luomei." ”

Wei joined the army and went out, after a while, the door opened, a fragrant wind came to his face, and he saw a young woman in a green gauze skirt come in, she looked bright and enchanting, and she was full of charm, she sat down, stretched out her jade fingers painted bright red, picked up the wine jug and poured herself a glass of wine, a pair of watery peach blossom eyes turned to him, and her eyes were extremely provocative.

She raised her wine glass, her long sleeves slid down, revealing a snow-white jade arm, and she said shyly: "Wei joins the army, the slave family toasts you." ”

Wei Ming swallowed his saliva, looked at the beautiful girl in front of him in despair, and didn't hear what she said.

"You drink, I won't bother!"

Zhang Sanhu closed the door with a smile, but crept up on the roof, peeking into the room from a crack, the room from time to time came from the sound of laughter, the beautiful girl's persuasion to drink frequently, about half an hour later, the light in the room went out, and the two went to bed.

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The next day, it was dawn, and Wei Ming hadn't gotten up yet, so Mingji Luomei tried all means to wrap him firmly around the bed.

At this time, several horses galloped from afar, and immediately there were several officials who passed the decree, they rushed to the front of the post station, and asked in a loud voice for the head of the imperial servant, Han Qing, "Yizhou Cangcao Ginseng Military Wei Mingke?" ”

Yicheng Zhang Sanhu immediately stepped forward and said angrily: "This Wei is too disagreeable, last night Zhaoji came to the post station, I said that the post station is not allowed to recruit, but he said that he is a child of the Wei family, scolded me for farting, and now he is still fooling around with the girl in the hutchie." ”

The face of the servant Shi Hanqing immediately sank, he glanced at his entourage, and the two entourages rushed in, and in a moment there was a woman's scream in the room, and his entourage came out and said: "Wei Ming really recruits, now he is drunk and can't get the order." ”

Han Qing snorted heavily, "It's really audacious, Your Majesty is still waiting for him to meet him, and he dares to make a post call." ”

He turned his horse's head and galloped towards Chang'an City.

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In the Datong Palace, more than a dozen important ministers were waiting for Wei Ming to meet him, and at this time, the servant Shi Hanqing hurriedly walked in, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, Yizhou Cangcao participated in the military Wei Ming in the Sanqiao Post Station to recruit fools, so far he has not been drunk, and he can't come to see His Majesty." ”

Li Longji suddenly became furious, "Bang! There was a loud bang, and he slapped it on the table hard, gritted his teeth and said, "What a virtuous son of the Wei family!" What a fair boost! ”

He raised his gaze, stared at the crown prince Li Heng and said, "What else do you have to say now?" ”

Li Heng's face was swollen and red, and he hurriedly knelt down and said, "Erchen is just shouting for Wei Taishou, I really don't know that Wei Ming is such a person." ”

Wei Lian's face was also pale, he knelt down, and said in a trembling voice: "The ministers don't notice it, it's guilty!" Please punish Your Majesty. ”

Yang Zhao next to him was overjoyed, he didn't expect such a turnaround, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, stepped forward and bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is an official in Jiannan, and he really understands this Wei Ming's character, so the minister supports Cui Changshi's impeachment, and now that this is the case, please punish Your Majesty!" ”

Li Longji snorted, and said with a cold face: "Wei Ming was in the post station when he was on official duty, dereliction of duty and morality, he was dismissed, never hired, and his family Wei's door was suspended for three years. ”

Li Heng sighed secretly, this time the Wei family was hit again, he suffered heavy losses, he was defeated by Yang Zhao, he glanced at Yang Zhao, and saw him squinting at himself triumphantly, he couldn't help gritting his teeth, "The surname is Yang, wait and see!" ’

At this time, Li Linfu bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please listen to the minister." ”

"Sangkook, please!"

Li Linfu glanced at Wei Jian and said with a slight smile: "The minister thinks that Wei Taishou is not too derelict in this case. ”

One sentence caused a lot of surprise in the hall, and even Li Heng looked at Li Linfu in surprise, I don't know why he wanted to speak for himself? Li Longji said quietly: "Xiangguo, please continue." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister carefully looked at Wei Ming's evaluation yesterday, his people in Dongyang County have no merit and no fault, the evaluation has always been in the middle, even Wei Taishou gave him the evaluation is also in the middle, there is no favoritism, the minister carefully looked at the situation in Dongyang County in recent years, it is also calm and quiet, nothing is happening, and the tax and grain are also paid in full every year, indicating that the people of Dongyang County live and work in peace and contentment, and it also shows that Wei Ming is ruling without doing anything and not disturbing the people, so Wei Taishou promoted him, and the minister is in favor, Yizhou is not better than the frontier, what he wants is stability, from this point of view, Wei Taishou is innocent, As for Wei Ming's own recruitment at the post station, it was because of his improper personal morality and he could be dismissed, but it had nothing to do with Wei Taishou. ”

Li Longji nodded, Li Linfu's words were reasonable and unrefutable, so he said: "Then according to Xiangguo's intentions, how to deal with Wei Lian?" ”

"Your Majesty, since Wei Jian is not suitable to be an official in Yizhou, the minister recommends him as the Taishou of Shaanxi, please ask Your Majesty for permission!"

Li Longji glanced at Yang Zhao, and said slowly: "Okay! The performance of the quasi-Xiangguo, Wei Jian was transferred to Shaanzhou Taishou. ”

He stood up and said in a loud voice: "Spread my will again, in order to prevent similar things from happening again, from now on, people of the same clan are not allowed to serve as officials in the same state." ”

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(To be continued)