Chaojiazhuang has always persuaded people with virtue and deterred the young people with money, in other words, in the eyes of the world, it is the representative of the local tyrant! The banquet of the Duanyang Festival on the fifth day of the fifth month of May is staggering in terms of specifications and sumptuous dishes.

Half a meter long lobster, one or two pounds of large abalone, strangely shaped sea shells and conchs, sea urchins full of spines, more than two meters long sea fish ......,

A variety of seafood with everything you need.

Moreover, the chef of Chaojiazhuang has won the true legend of Chao Gai, carefully cooked, and the dishes are novel. For example, the lobster tail is shelled, steamed or braised in a large way, and the juice is thick and delicious. Scallops and oysters are steamed and served with a secret sauce for a fresher taste. Those sea urchins covered with thorns, mixed with meat soup and eggs, are soft and delicious......

As the banquet continued, steaming seafood feasts were served. Most of the guests who have never been to the beach are amazed. It's one thing to taste delicious seafood, but it's embarrassing to be generous.

The most important thing is that the weather is getting hotter and hotter, but all kinds of seafood are very fresh. Zhao Mingcheng, who had just returned from Laizhou, dared to pat his chest and promise loudly. And it was much more delicious than what he had eaten in the Golan Washer.

He knows very well that Laizhou seafood by the sea is not cheap. Looking at it now, the seafood in the hall is piled up, and I can't help but sigh: "Such a delicacy is amazingly valuable, Chao Tianwang is really a big deal!" ”

Zhao Mingcheng, the word Defu, a native of Zhucheng, Qingzhou, Shandong, lived in Bianjing, Kyoto with his father when he was a teenager, and later entered Taixue. In the first year of the Yasukuni Kingdom (1101), he married Li Qingzhao, the daughter of Li Gefei, a member of the Ministry of Rites. In the second year of Chongning (1103), Zhao Mingcheng began to be an official, but his career was not smooth, and his life was also affected by the internal party struggle at that time.

This person is committed to the study of gold and stone, which can be described as young and good, and will remain unswerving for life. He once said to himself: "Yu Zi was young and happy to visit the former generation of gold and stone inscriptions from the current bachelor doctor." ”

After marrying the talented girl Li Qingzhao, Zhao Mingcheng was interested in collecting gold and stone calligraphy and paintings, and his interest in gold and stone studies was increasing unabated, and he became increasingly obsessed.

Since the interruption of the official journey, I have never encountered such a sumptuous drinking party. Zhao Mingcheng and the newly befriended Wang Lun, Wang Yuan treats wine as a song, and his life is geometric. Eat delicious seafood and drink mellow wine. Complimenting each other and laughing, as if returning to the former officialdom.

There is no doubt that the banquet was a great success.

Everyone walked around with wine bowls and talked to people. It's not to woo partners or to brag about the past, eating seafood, and laughing endlessly.

Chao Gai, the host, really brought everyone to walk around, drinking with people and contacting feelings. Officials, wealthy merchants, and literati from all over the state gathered around him. Competing for toasts, trying to make friends with this rising general, there was no chance because there were too many people.

Zhao Mingcheng was among them, holding a wine bowl and wanting to meet this heavenly king. It's just that there are a lot of people, and those guys are not interested, and they haven't been able to squeeze closer.

It wasn't until late in the evening that people gradually said goodbye and left!

Zhao Mingcheng, who was originally a little lost and drinking stuffy, also had a partner to invite. said that it was an invitation from the king of heaven, which immediately made the literati energetic. In the congratulations of Wang Lun and Wang Yuan, they sorted out their clothes and followed the guys.

Today is destined to be my opportunity!

Zhao Mingcheng secretly cheered for himself with apprehension.

He has always felt that he was haunted by bad luck in the first year of Daguan. After the death of his own father that year. Because his father offended Cai Jing before his death, the Zhao family was repatriated to his hometown. I was also implicated and lost my black yarn hat and returned to my hometown in the countryside of Qingzhou, and since then, life has been unsatisfactory.

No matter how he runs around for his career, asking people to find relationships, it is useless to spend money on dots. I can only devote all my life's energy to gold and stone antiques. He has been living in the countryside of Qingzhou for eight years.

Now it's finally time to move.

Zhao Mingcheng, recalling his bumpy career experience, his eyes were a little moist. I followed the guy in the restaurant all the way to a private room near the window.

"Mr. Zhao, the big officials are waiting inside!" The guy pushed open the door, said a word to Zhao Mingcheng respectfully, bowed and turned to leave.

Zhao Mingcheng took a deep breath, pushed the door and walked in!

The red candles on the candlestick are lit, and the flickering candle flame dispels the darkness, this private room is small but elegantly decorated. Under a quaint screen, a rosewood coffee table with tea on it, a man and a woman sit upright and wait.

The man is in black armor and black robe, burly, with a resolute face, dignified appearance, at most thirty years old, not angry and self-imposing, with an invisible momentum. The woman is wearing leather armor, with a slender figure outlined, and a cold and beautiful face.

Who can it be if it's not Chao Gai and Li Qingwan?

After eating and drinking, they waited here for the Lord while drinking tea. Zhao Mingcheng arrived, and she was free to deal with Li Qingzhao's affairs.

This guy is getting old and decrepit! Chao Gai saw someone pushing the door in, and when he saw it clearly, he was a little embarrassed, not to mention that he was forty years old.

Zhao Mingcheng didn't know Chao Gai, but he knew Li Qingwan, but he was a little incredulous, rubbed his eyes and asked tentatively: "You... Are you Qingwan? ”

"Sister-in-law, long time no see." Li Qingwan also got up and made a blessing salute.

"Is it really you?" When Zhao Mingcheng heard the word "sister-in-law", he was sure that it was really his sister-in-law, and he suddenly realized that there were nobles to help him, and he was afraid that it had something to do with it.

Sure enough, I saw Li Qingwan nodding indifferently, pointing to Chao Gai who got up and introduced: "This is my husband, Chao Gai Chao Lingfeng, the king of Shandong." ”

"It's... Is it your husband? Zhao Mingcheng's eyes almost popped out, full of shock. Unexpectedly, the sister-in-law who is a little widow marries King Chao. He also suddenly knew why his wife left a letter, and Shandong Tianwang Chao Gai would help him.

"What's the matter, my little sister can't marry a good man?" Li Qingwan was a little annoyed. How could she not see the other party's shock, it was because of the expression that she was a widow how could she be valued, and she was surprised by Chao Gai's fancy.

Zhao Mingcheng shook his head again and again in embarrassment.

Chao Gai grabbed and wanted to talk about Ji Qingwan, and saluted Zhao Mingcheng with a fist: "Brother Zhao, no, it should be a sister-in-law, I take the liberty to invite, I hope you will forgive me." ”

"The Heavenly King is serious." Zhao Mingcheng waved his hand flattered, and didn't dare to say anything.

Chao Gai invited Zhao Mingcheng to sit opposite, personally poured a cup of tea for the other party and pushed it over: "Invite Brother Zhao to come this time, there is indeed something important to discuss." ”

"Mr. Chao, please speak, listen to me." Zhao Mingcheng held the teacup with both hands.

Li Qingwan grabbed Chao Gai, took the first step, and said with a cold face: "Things are also simple, as written on the note." My husband can help you get through the relationship and enter the office as soon as possible, but you have to promise me two conditions. ”

"I wonder if you'd like to?" The woman's voice was cold.

Zhao Mingcheng held the teacup with his hand hard, and his face changed. He vaguely guessed that Shandong Heavenly King Chao Gai had to pay a price for helping him. Because this sister-in-law doesn't want to see herself, and now her attitude is even colder, and she can't even count passers-by, which already shows that the price paid is not small.

"There are gains and losses, this is the most basic truth!" Seeing that the man didn't speak, Li Qingwan took the initiative to speak, took a deep breath, suppressed her emotions, and said indifferently: "Sister-in-law, this is the last time I call you sister-in-law!" ”

"Qingwan, where is your sister?" Zhao Mingcheng realized that something was wrong.

"You still have the face to mention her?" Li Qingwan raised her eyebrows and shouted: "Shut up, listen to me!" My sister originally came to Jeju with you. You fooled around for the sake of your career, and let her run here as a woman, and almost had an accident halfway, did you do it on purpose? ”

"No, no, Qingwan, you misunderstood me......" Zhao Mingcheng hurriedly waved his hand to defend.

"You don't have to say more! She is cold to you, since you have not been able to leave a son and a half daughter over the years, you are not eyebrows, and it is all to blame for her lack of stomach. Traveling around collecting materials is not for the sake of deliberate alienation. Since the relationship between husband and wife exists in name only, it is better to break off and be well. ”

Zhao Mingcheng's face was flushed when he was said, but looking at Li Qingwan with an angry face and the facts in her mouth, he wanted to refute it several times but had nothing to say.

There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great!

When Chao Gai saw Zhao Mingcheng's reaction, he sighed with emotion. Judging from a prescient person like him, he has long known that the couple has problems with their relationship.

After Zhao Mingcheng dismissed, he and Li Qingzhao also returned to their hometown Qingzhou Township. The Zhao family changed from a dignitary to an ordinary person, but they cut down on clothes and even pawned clothes and jewelry, and invested all their money in gold and stone, calligraphy and paintings, and antiques. Every time the Zhao couple got a strange book, they would jointly survey the school, sort out the inscriptions, or play carefully, give evaluations, and have fun in the bitterness.

From the second year of Daguan (1108) to the third year of Xuanhe (1121), Zhao Mingcheng visited Yangtian Mountain six times, visited Lingyan Temple three times, and climbed to the top of Mount Tai. Or the title, or rubbing, obtained a large number of inscription materials, and visited friends extensively.

Around the seventh year of Zhenghe (1117), Zhao Mingcheng left home again and began a new round of official life. Li Qingzhao still stayed in his hometown in Qingzhou, and the husband and wife had a long period of separation. It was not until later that Zhao Mingcheng was activated again and became the prefect of Laizhou. The concubine room snubbed his wife, so he had miserable relatives.

Later, in the second year of Jingkang, Zhao Mingcheng served as the prefect of Jiangning, and because of the rebellion of his subordinate commanders, he decisively abandoned his wife and fled the city, which is embarrassing for thousands of years.

The relationship between husband and wife has long existed in name only!

Li Qingwan stared at Zhao Mingcheng with round eyes, and her voice was cold and ruthless: "My sister has been with you for so many years, and she has not been able to cut down on food and clothing. Although I can't have children, I've never been sorry for you. You turn a blind eye to her, indifferent as a passerby, no matter how bad you are to her and hate her, she has never changed her mind, but as a sister, she will not watch it.

So he became a wicked person from it, and persuaded him to cut it off, but his sister made a request. Let my husband help you get reinstated as soon as possible, and don't run around begging for help. You write down the font, and my husband will help you dredge up the relationship. ”

"It's impossible, it's impossible to ......, Yi'an won't be like this!" Although Zhao Mingcheng didn't have a sense of sadness, he shook his head in disbelief.

"Where's your sister? I'm going to ask ...... myself."

"No need! Check it out! This is what she wrote to you, and the handwriting you recognize. Li Qingwan interrupted him directly, turned around and put the pen, ink, paper and inkstone prepared in advance on the coffee table, and then pushed it in front of Zhao Mingcheng's eyes.