"Li Qing, you are so bold, don't think that if your brother is not there, you can threaten me!"

Liu Qingqian's palace pretending to be rich and noble, his angry expression really frightened Li Qing, under his seemingly unruly appearance, he was frightened by this woman and smiled bitterly: "Sister-in-law, you can't wronged me, how dare I threaten you!" ”

Then he said aggrievedly: "This is the second brother's decision, if I object, I will be kicked by the second brother to farm in the Zhuangzi." ”

"Why didn't you tell me in advance?"

"Sister-in-law, this is a matter between you and your second brother, I don't dare to say more. As for why the second brother doesn't want to be an official anymore, didn't he tell you about it? ”

Liu Qingqian's face was pale, although she was the main mother, but since ancient times, there have been wives and concubines in the back house, and it always has to be wet with rain and dew, right? Li Kui doesn't rest in her room every day.

Li Qing had no choice but to direct Liu Qingqian's anger in the direction of Li Kui, anyway, the second brother was not there, he was not worried about someone telling him.

Li Qing is already in his early twenties, he is no longer the unlucky bear child of Baizhang Village, he lives in the shadow of Li Kui all day long, and every time he is frustrated, he will also inspire his unyielding fighting spirit to resist. He has grown up, and he has had women in his life, but he has not yet started a family, and no woman has been bound to his life.

simply believes that this is the result of Li Kui's distrust of the Liu family.

What can Liu Qingqian say?

Li Kui ran away suddenly, and then two months later, Li Qing came to the door and said to himself, my husband is going to resign, what do you think about it?

But it was so sudden that she didn't even have any defense.

It's not that all defenses are missing, it's just that Li Kui has been very wrong since he came back from the battlefield on the Northern Front. often sighs for a long time, and there is a kind of cunning rabbit dead lackey cooking. But this is the Great Song Dynasty, and the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty is not enough to kill the heroes. But after all, Liu Qingqian is also the master of ice and snow, and he quickly thought of a word: high merit and master.

Li Kui may have thought that his credit was too great and he was already feared.

And this person may well be the emperor, or it may be a minister who was an official in the same dynasty.

Although Li Qing didn't know about Li Kui and his wife, he still knew some things. Gesture: "Sister-in-law, this is also a matter of no choice, when the second brother left the capital, he said a word, if he doesn't leave the capital again, I'm afraid he won't be able to leave the capital in his life." ”

Captivity?

It may not be difficult to think of this, but the difficult thing is that Li Kui did not bear it, but resisted. This made Liu Qingqian very puzzled, and said angrily: "Isn't it good to live at home and live a stable life?" ”

"Good! But the second brother is only in his twenties, his character, if he can't even get out of the capital, what else will he do? He's going to die of suffocation. ”

Li Qing didn't dare to say something, and he couldn't say it. The life of being kept in captivity like a pig is unacceptable to Li Kui, even if it is Li Qing, Li Lin, and most of the people in the Li family. What is the difference between a day like this and death?

Liu Qingqian understood Li Kui's intentions, and when he made a decision, he was obviously unwilling to compromise. And the pressure to compromise comes from the family.

But she couldn't help but be annoyed: "Isn't he afraid of angering Your Majesty and detaining us?" ”

"Impossible, as long as I, Li Qing, am here, even if I risk my life, I will send my sister-in-law to my second brother." Li Qing patted his chest and promised: "And the second brother also said that as long as he is not in the capital, it is not wise for the emperor to keep you, this is to lose the last dignity." It is rare for a third-rank civil official in his twenties to be in the Great Song Dynasty, but no emperor in the Great Song Dynasty dared to do this when a third-grade civil official was forced into rebellion. ”

Liu Qingqian suddenly raised his hand, pointed at Li Qing and said angrily: "What if I don't leave?" ”

"Hmm!" Li Qing was a little short of words, he thought that when the second brother left the capital, he instructed him, and left a box on the bookshelf in the study, which left a letter for Liu Qingqian, and suddenly said: "Sister-in-law, the second brother left a letter for you, and it is in the study." ”

Soon, Liu Qingqian found the letter left by Li Kui for her.

The content of the letter is very long, starting with Li Kui's time in Western Xia. If other officials of the Great Song Dynasty only relied on the merits of Western Xia, he would be enough to have a foothold in the court. This foothold is not to say to be a Beijing official, but a real court boss. Although the disadvantage of age did not allow him to enter the ranks of court officials soon, and the emperor could also cover up his merits, so he had the possibility of continuing to lead the army.

The emperor deliberately covered up Li Kui's merits, not to suppress, but to protect.

Liu Qingqian's slender fingers rubbed his head and he had a headache, under the officialdom, there were so many transactions and filthy things.

This is also something that can't be helped, the emperor has many courtiers, and Li Kui is not the only one. If it was really attacked by a group, the emperor would not be able to protect Li Kui.

This kind of thing is not uncommon.

Just as Renzong had to give up Fan Zhongyan at the beginning, the emperor relied on the entire court, not a certain official. Even if Emperor Renzong regretted it very much after Fan Zhongyan was demoted, there was nothing he could do. can only give Fan Zhongyan's descendants the greatest preferential treatment. As a supplemental official, the first official position is a judge, which is almost unique in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty, but in the Fan family, it has happened. This is compensation, compensation from the emperor.

Wang Shao, Di Qing, don't these emperors want to protect them?

It's not that I don't want to, but what about after I keep it? Is it a break with civil and military officials?

It is impossible, the emperor always thinks about the imperial power, not personal preference. Without that official's importance, it would have transcended imperial power.

However, in the subsequent battle of Qingtang City, Emperor Zhao Xu could not even suppress Li Kui. After all, the two thousand miles of grassland in Qingtang was brought down by Li Kui. Even if An Tao shared a lot of credit, he almost became the target of public criticism.

Later, on the Yanzhou front line of the northern front, Li Kui broke the hundreds of thousands of elites of Yelu Hongji, the emperor of Liao, and reversed the battlefield strength of the Liao and Song dynasties.

It was only at this time that Liu Qingqian really understood what Li Kui was going to experience? Li Kui was afraid that she didn't understand, so he clicked on Cao Bin. Liu Qingqian was born in Jiangmen, although she is a woman, Liu Baosheng does not restrict her daughter from studying, of course she understands what the founding hero Cao Bin has experienced.

is like Cao Bin, the king of Zhou back then, among all the founding heroes of the Great Song Dynasty, Cao Bin is definitely the existence of the crowd. He alone destroyed the two countries, Hou Shu and Southern Tang. Later, he was appointed as a privy envoy by Zhao Kuangyin, and became the prime minister during the Taizong period. It stands to reason that his life has reached the apex of a courtier.

But in the days that followed, he did not continue with the glory.

The defeat of Qigou Pass became the biggest stain on his life. This defeat was also a turning point in the entire foreign military operations of the Great Song Dynasty. The Northern Expedition was defeated, and in the end, Cao Bin bore all the blame. From the Taishi, Shizhong (this official position has been the prime minister since the Tang Dynasty) was demoted to the general of the right Xiaowei.

But anyone with a discerning eye knows that Cao Bin is taking the blame for the emperor.

At the beginning of this war, Zhao Kuangyi's main force had generals, Pan Mei and Tian Chongjin, with hundreds of thousands of troops. And all the way forward, one after another to recover Shuozhou, Lingqiu, Ulzhou and other cities, the situation is very good. However, Cao Bin, who was a division in the decisive battle, suddenly recovered Zhuozhou. The army has reached the city of Yanzhou, Zhao Kuangyi took a look, no, he is the protagonist of the Northern Expedition. And then...... Cao Bin's army on the Eastern Front ran out of food and grass and had to retreat.

Although Zhao Kuangyi, who was in charge of the Chinese army, later admitted to Cao Bin: "The enemy is at present, but instead replenishes grain and grass, which is too misguided!" "But why is there no food and grass, Zhao Kuangyi didn't count it in his heart?

He is the one who knows best.

This time, Cao Bin's 100,000 army only suffered a slight loss in morale, and after getting the grain and grass, Zhao Kuangyi said to Cao Bin: "You have few people, only 100,000 people, and it is a bit useless to take Youzhou (Yanzhou) lightly, don't worry, I will send the general Pan Mei to help you." The two armies attacked Youzhou, and victory was just around the corner. ”

That is, Zhao Kuangyi is emperor said this, if it were another person, he would have been killed a long time ago. If it weren't for the lack of food and grass, Youzhou would have been beaten down by Cao Bin a long time ago, and what happened to Pan Mei? Cao Bin knew that Zhao Kuangyi would definitely be mixed with Pan Mei's army, and if Pan Mei really brought troops to come, Cao Bin would definitely be furious. But when the emperor wants to grab credit, he has no way.

If you are in charge of the Chinese army and do not distribute food and grass, do you have no points in your heart? It's not because Cao Bin has already hit Yanzhou, Zhao Kuangyi's face can't hold back, he, the emperor, wants to find a sense of existence and grab credit with his courtiers. At the same time, Cao Bin's credit is too great, so big that it seems that the territory of the Great Song Dynasty was defeated by him alone. The three major opponents of the Great Song Dynasty, Hou Shu, Later Tang, and Later Han, two were destroyed by Cao Bin, and the third was also destroyed by Cao Bin, what face does the Great Song royal family have?

The black-faced fat man Zhao Kuangyi was sad and jealous.

At least, conquering Yanzhou is the highlight of his life. If his brother Zhao Kuangyin was the emperor, he would definitely not be able to do such a bastard thing.

At the same time, Zhao Kuangyi also has suffering, he bears the infamy of taking his nephew, if there is no great merit to cover up, he will have to bear notoriety for the rest of his life.

After that, Zhao Kuangyi formulated a plan for the two armies to encircle Youzhou and take Youzhou in one fell swoop.

Cao Bin did not lose any troops at this time, and waited for Zhao Kuangyi's big drama to start. Unexpectedly, the emperor was besieged......

The events that followed are recorded in the history books, Cao Bin hastily met hundreds of thousands of Liao troops with an army of 100,000 and was defeated.

Judging from the ending, Cao Bin doesn't seem to be bad. Although he took the responsibility for the failure of the Northern Expedition, Zhao Kuangyi felt guilty about him! Not long after the demotion of the official, he was rewarded again, and the next emperor of the Great Song Dynasty was also in constant favor to the Cao family.

But Li Kui's situation is much worse than Cao Bin's, and Li Kui doesn't even have a chance to fail.

Since Zhao Kuangyi, the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty has simply talked about the imperial conquest. The only emperor Zhenzong who drove the expedition in person was deceived to the front line by several ministers of Kou Zhun.

Zhao Xu will not be able to drive the expedition in person, and it is impossible to share the limelight of Li Kui's contributions.

All of this needs to be borne by Li Kui.

The wood show will be destroyed by the forest wind.

Li Kui is in this situation, Jiangmen is jealous of his merits, the civil official cluster is already dissatisfied with Sumen, and Li Kui is still one of the representatives of Sumen, and even Su Zhe can't hide his brilliance. Such a person, not only is it impossible to win over, but he is here to seize power, and the court is Zhang Dian who wants to use Li Kui, otherwise the impeachment of Li Kui would have been like snowflakes in the cold winter wax moon, flying all over the sky.

Only then did Liu Qingqian realize how much pressure Li Kui was under, and once the emperor began to suspect him, he would be in danger. And the situation also proved that although the emperor did not suspect him, he had begun to restrain him.

Continue, Li Kui's ending is much worse than Cao Bin's. Cao Bin can be a rich man, can enjoy the repeated rewards of the title, and is even more named the king after his death. However, Li Kui not only did not enjoy this kind of preferential treatment, but he may even be falsely accused of rebellion without any evidence one day and imprisoned. Don't think that this kind of thing can't happen in the Great Song Dynasty, not only will it happen, but it is a regular means of court fighting.

Once a civil official is attacked in this way, he can only resign and leave the court, or he will be imprisoned.

And the introduction that induces all this is just a non-responsible book of the Seven Grades Imperial History that does not enter the stream.

Liu Qingqian sat in Li Kui's study, sitting on the chair that Li Kui often sits, very uncomfortable, and the surroundings were empty. Li Kui is tall and likes tall chairs, and this chair is a bit too big for Liu Qingqian. But she still sat upright, motionless, her back was cold, she couldn't imagine that Li Kui was already standing in such a dangerous situation. And the chance to crack all this is to be crowned.

Alive, crowned king.

That is, he commanded the army to take the sixteen states of Yanyun, and forced the court and the emperor to reward Li Kui with the prince. After being crowned king, Li Kui was not bound by anything except that he had no military power. Even the imperial history would not falsely accuse a prince without evidence. Even if the official is not guilty, such a false accusation will still ruin his career, and even worry about his life.

However, all this came to naught after he left Daizhou.

Next......

There is definitely no chance.

After a long time, Liu Qingqian opened his mouth and asked Li Qing: "Is there really no way at all?" ”

Li Qing shook his head and said: "Now the Li family's business outside the capital has not been affected, but inside the capital, there have been a lot of attacks. Even an inconspicuous thief dares to target my Li family's business. If no one had instructed me, I wouldn't have believed it. ”

Li Qing then explained: "Of course, this is not what Your Majesty meant, or even what the ministers meant. However, the signs are obvious, they are doing this to provoke my Li family, once I and the fifth uncle make a move, there will definitely be a lot of movement. If the second brother is still in the capital at this time, let alone going out of the city, it will be difficult to get out of it. ”

Liu Qingqian's face calmed down, and after the panic, her heart gradually calmed down, as if the previous panic had not appeared at all.

The demeanor of a three-grade life woman is not something that ordinary people can learn. But Liu Qingqian is curious, what will happen if she doesn't leave?

So she asked tentatively, "What if I don't want to leave the capital?" ”

Li Qing was embarrassed, and said with an embarrassed face: "Sister-in-law, there is a secret compartment in the box in your hand, which is what the second brother gave you to save your life." ”

Liu Qingqian opened the secret grid, she really thought that Li Kui had given her an amazing baby, but after opening it, she found that it was a letter of resignation. Li Qing did not deceive Liu Qingqian, with this letter of resignation, Li Kui's rebellion has nothing to do with her. But he was divorced...... This shame still made her angry. His eyes were red, and he tore and shredded the letter of resignation in his hand. There was resentment in his mouth: "Li Kui, I'm not done with you!" ”

Even the letter of resignation was out, and Liu Qingqian also understood that the situation was urgent. Had to make a decision.

I saw her gritting her teeth and saying, "Since that's the case, let's do what your second brother thinks." I called them. ”

Li Kui's back house is not only Liu Qingqian, but also a three-room concubine.

The study is where the male owner deals with secrets, and they are absolutely not allowed to enter. Even Liu Qingqian rarely entered Li Kui's study.

The moment Zhenniang, Nie Cuicui, and Qiao Zhi'er walked into the study, they found that the housemother Liu Qingqian was sitting behind the bookcase, but the chair was too big and seemed to be unleaning around. And Li Qing, who rarely comes to the house, is throwing the correspondence in the study into the brazier and burning it.

The other two didn't feel it, but Nie Cuicui's face changed suddenly.

She has experienced the change of being confiscated from her home, and she seems to smell danger.

As soon as Liu Qingqian told her about the situation, Nie Cuicui immediately said: "The maid swears to follow her sister to the death." ”

Zhang Zhenniang reacted at this time, nodded and said, "I listen to my sister." ”

Qiao Zhi'er was still stupid and couldn't tell the difference, and was stared at by the eyes of the four people in the room, especially when she saw that Li Qing's right hand actually touched the handle of the knife, she suddenly turned pale with fright, and said tremblingly: "I also listened to my sister's ......" After speaking, tears were about to fall aggrievedly. Why are you bullying her again?

Is it because her identity is not a good name?

But the problem is, she doesn't want to do this either!

That night, a carriage left the Li family and headed for the manor outside the city. Even though there were four women and three girls in the carriage, no one dared to speak out. Even if it is her own mother, as long as her daughter shows signs of opening her mouth, she will cover her mouth and nose with her hands, and she will not dare to ignore her daughter even if she rolls her eyes.

It's going to be a catastrophe, who cares if her daughter is unhappy?

Three days later, Cai Jing came to the Military Unification Bureau early and went to the main hall as usual to get the official document to be approved that day, but when he entered the main hall, he saw a package hanging on the beams of the room.

Cai Jing felt a little inappropriate, and immediately called his son-in-law Liang Shijie to call someone, and after calling all the people in the yamen, he pointed to the package hanging on the beam and said, "Who has been to the main hall of the bureau?" ”

"Nope."

"The villain didn't find out."

"My lord, if you don't have a seat, you can't be a villain, right?"

Zhang Zhi also sensed that something was wrong, he didn't believe that Cai Jing would not be able to see what was in this package, it was not difficult for them to guess. Most of them are official seals.

And the official seal left in the main hall can only be Li Kui's.

But he couldn't figure it out, why did Li Kui hang the seal? Of course, before opening the package, no one can be sure that it must be the official seal. Zhang Zhu did not shirk this matter, but stood up and said: "Lord Cai, I'll wait for a witness and open the package, right?" ”

"It is so."

Cai Jing's intention was that someone testified to him that he did not do this. If it is really Li Kui's official seal, he will have to clear up the relationship.

Whew-

"This is the official seal of the bureau, and the seal of the Shaofu is not wrong. No, something big has happened, go to the Metropolitan Hall to report to Zhang Xiang. ”

When Zhang Zhu was still stupidly watching the play, he was pulled by Cai Jing and said: "This matter is confidential, please go quickly!" ”

Zhang Zhu's eyes swept around, all of them were full of gratitude, and he suddenly felt as if he was about to take the blame.