Li Zhen said goodbye and left, and Mrs. Di asked Di Yan to go back to her room, leaving only Zhang and the old lady in the inner hall.

"What do you think of this young man?" asked Old Lady Di with a smile.

Zhang smiled and said: "Back to my mother, thank you for being good, he looks like a talent, he is very smart and clever, I don't know what his character is?"

"This young man is very generous, I have dealt with him many times, and I have inquired secretly, and I believe that there is no problem with his character. ”

Zhang nodded silently, the person who can go toe-to-toe with Lai Junchen should not be a traitorous minister, she sighed and said: "But this matter has to be decided by the master, although I am very satisfied, but I can't be the master." ”

"I'll just call the shots."

The old lady was a little unhappy and said: "Such a good young man, I don't know how many people want to rush to recruit him as a son-in-law, you are so hesitant, you have already been snatched away, fortunately, he and Ah Yan have a good relationship, otherwise it would have disappeared a long time ago." ”

Zhang smiled bitterly, she knew the old lady's temper, but this matter must be agreed by her husband, how can there be children talking about marriage, but the father has no idea.

Since coming to Junchen to ambush him, Li Zhen moved back to his mansion, the eldest sister Li Quan and her daughter also came back from Mingxiu Villa, and the deserted home returned to the former liveliness, when the drum sounded to close the door, Li Zhen rode into the gate of Fushan Fang.

As soon as he came to the door, Steward Lin ran out in a panic, "Childe, are you back, madam...... Out of town. ”

Li Zhen was stunned, why did the eldest sister still go out of the city so late? He saw that the housekeeper was quite flustered, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

In the afternoon, the lord came back and said a few words to his wife, but the two quarreled, and the lady cried all afternoon, and just now the owner of the Zhao Pavilion accompanied her out of the city. ”

Li Zhen probably understood what Uncle Lin meant, his brother-in-law Cao Wen came back and quarreled with the eldest sister, Zhao Qiuniang accompanied the eldest sister out of the city, but the question is, where did they go out of the city? He frowned, "Did the eldest sister leave me a note?"

"I didn't leave a note, but Madame said that if you can get back in time, you can go to Longmen Town to find her. ”

Hearing the three words 'Longmen Town, Li Zhen immediately understood, and immediately turned over and got on the horse, "I'll go find her"

He urged his horse and galloped towards the thick gate.

As early as half a year ago, Li Zhen learned from Zhao Qiuniang that his brother-in-law Cao Wen had a small house in Longmen Town, in fact, in the autumn of last year, Cao Wen rented a small house in Longmen Town for the original maid Li'er to live in, since Cao Wen and Li'er's adultery was broken by Li Zhen, he admitted his mistake on the surface and promised to send Li'er back to his relatives in Hanzhong, but in fact, Li'er has always been in Luoyang.

As for whether Cao Wen continued to have an affair with Li'er, or planned to marry her as a concubine, Li Zhen didn't care too much, he saw through Cao Wen's character, and he was really a shameless villain with a deep sense of the city.

This person can share weal and woe, but not wealth and prosperity, it seems that he is honest and duty-bound, but once he is admitted to the imperial examination, or has a backer, his ugly face is immediately exposed, Li Zhenzhen feels worthless for his eldest sister, and actually marries such a hypocritical and despicable villain.

Li Zhen out of the city gate, and along the official road continued to run south, although left Luoyang City, but the official road on both sides of the shop is still lined up, the business is prosperous, very lively, about a dozen miles of running, then came to Longmen Town.

There are about hundreds of households in Longmen Town, it is a very prosperous commercial town, Li Zhen remembered that Zhao Qiuniang told him that the house rented by Cao Wen was located in the easternmost part of the town, Li Zhen urged the horse to come to the east entrance of the town, under the bright moonlight, he saw Zhao Qiuniang's two female apprentices at a glance, one is called Yu Huiwen, the other is called Shang Min'er, the two of them are leading the horse, and they are looking into an open door with a deep neck.

"You two"

Li Zhen shouted, and the two female disciples turned around and saw that it was Li Zhen, and they were immediately surprised and happy, and the two hurriedly stepped forward to surround Li Zhen and said, "Commander Li is finally here, go and see Sister Quan."

"What about them?"

Shang Min'er pointed to the open door and whispered, "I had a quarrel just now, and I heard Sister Quan's cry." ”

Li Zhen was in a hurry, threw the reins of the horse to them, "watch the horse for me"

He strode into the courtyard gate, which is a small house with a very compact layout, entering the door is a small courtyard, the middle is the guest hall, the kitchen and the subordinate room on both sides, and the inner courtyard where the master lives behind, adding up to five or six rooms, covering an area of about half an acre.

There was a little maid squatting in the courtyard, who seemed to be frightened, hiding in the corner, there was a glimmer of light in the main hall, but the light came from the backyard, Li Zhen passed through a small door and came to the backyard, only to see that the back hall was brightly lit, there were three or four people inside, a man in an official uniform was full of anger, pacing back and forth in the room with his hands, it was Cao Wen who had been a county magistrate for half a year.

There was an old woman in bright clothes sitting next to her, with a thin bitter gourd face, who was the mother-in-law of the eldest sister, who had always hated her Meng, and she was chattering about her son, and faintly heard words that seemed to be using a nest, or something like that.

There was a young woman sitting next to her, Li Zhen thought it was the eldest sister Li Quan, but if she looked closely, her figure was not like the eldest sister, she was taller than the eldest sister, with a slender and long water snake waist, wearing a bright red dress, and her hair was combed in a high bun.

Li Zhen immediately recognized this woman, it was the maid Li'er who was kindly taken in by the eldest sister at the beginning, at this time she was gorgeously dressed and full of pearls, like a noble lady, and what surprised Li Zhen even more was that she seemed to be holding a swaddling baby in her hand.

There was no eldest sister and Zhao Qiuniang in the inner hall, Li Zhen looked left and right, and saw that the light was also on in the next room, he walked quickly to the front of the house and gently pushed the door open.

The eldest sister Li Quan and Zhao Qiuniang were really here, Li Quan was sitting on a chair, bowing his head to wipe his tears and crying, and Zhao Qiuniang was whispering to persuade her.

Li Quan felt something, and when she turned around and saw that her brother was coming, she immediately cried again, stood up and threw herself into Li Zhen's arms, Li Zhen hurriedly comforted her eldest sister, helped her sit down, and asked in a low voice, "What happened?"

Li Quan just cried, but didn't speak, Zhao Qiuniang sighed and said: "Cao Wen came back the day before yesterday, and came to find your eldest sister this afternoon and told her the news that he had married that Li'er as a flat wife in the county, and also gave birth to a son." ”

"Did he deliberately make a fait accompli and want the eldest sister to accept her?" Li Zhen asked coldly.

"It's not that simple"

Zhao Qiuniang said angrily: "I have never seen such a ruthless and unrighteous man, he asked your eldest sister to call that Li'er a sister, that is to say, let your eldest sister voluntarily be a concubine, and that woman was on the throne as a wife, on the grounds that the woman gave birth to a son, and the mother should follow the son." ”

"What"

Li Zhen was suddenly furious, turned around and walked next door, Li Quan was in a hurry, got up and grabbed Li Zhen's arm, "Ah Zhen, don't go"

"Sister, let go of me, see how I slaughtered this dog thief today"

Li Quan couldn't hold his brother, and immediately cried again, "He's a bastard with no conscience, he deserves to die, but you're my brother, you can't kill people."

Zhao Qiuniang also hurriedly stepped forward to grab Li Zhen, "Ah Zhen, this is a family matter, you calm down."

Li Zhen restrained his anger and said: "I won't kill him, I'll argue with him, I won't believe that he, a dignified court official, dares to abandon his wife?"

At this time, Cao Wen's voice came from outside the door, "I didn't think about abandoning your eldest sister, I just talked about things"

Li Zhen broke free from his eldest sister and Zhao Qiuniang, and walked out of the door quickly, only to see Cao Wen standing in the courtyard, the door of the inner hall had been closed, obviously Cao Wen found out that Li Zhen was coming, and was afraid that Li Zhen would use force against Li'er, so he came out to find him first.

Li Zhen laughed angrily, "What do you mean by talking about things, it's the first time I've heard of it, Cao Xian Ling might as well say it and listen to it, let me see how despicable you are?"

Cao Wen's face was red and white for a while, he seemed to be a little afraid of Li Zhen, and took a step back and said: "There are three unfilial pieties, no queen is the greatest, I have been married to your eldest sister for so many years, she has never given birth, I thought it was my problem, so I accepted my fate, but it turns out that I can have a son, and I now have a son, named Cao Lianghei, do you want my only son to become a concubine?"

Li Zhen shook his head and said coldly: "There are many precedents for this kind of thing, and it is easy to solve, hand over the child to my eldest sister, my eldest sister is the child's mother, and he is the son-in-law, isn't it like this for other families?"

"Nonsense"

Cao Wen's face was pale, and he gritted his teeth and said: "My son's biological mother is obviously here, why should she be deprived of her son, I have already decided, your eldest sister has no queen, and I don't want to divorce her for many years, but she can only be a concubine, and Li'er is a wife, if she is not, then this marriage will come to an end." ”

Li Zhen sneered, "Cao Wen, you can only deceive my eldest sister with that little bit of thought, how can you hide it from me? You were planning to divorce my eldest sister long before the imperial examination, but you were afraid that you would lose the reputation of disliking your wife, so you only endured it for half a year and found a son as an excuse, is that really your son? I don't think so, Cao Wen, you know it yourself. ”

Cao Wen was so shocked that he took a few steps back, and said in a trembling voice: "What nonsense are you talking about"

Li Zhen's eyes showed extreme disgust, and he shook his head and said: "Becoming Wu Sansi's son-in-law must have a bright future, my eldest businesswoman is really not worthy of you, and it delays your future, isn't it?"

At this time, the door behind Li Zhen opened, and Li Quan walked out of the room, she was no longer crying, and looked at Cao Wen coldly: "Cao Wen, I only understand now, do you want to marry that Wu Dingxiang as a wife?"

Cao Wen couldn't say a word for a long time, and at this time, Li'er rushed out of the room crying, desperately grabbed Cao Wen's face, and shouted and scolded: "You conscienceless bastard, didn't you say that I would marry me? ”

Cao Wen was scratched with a few blood marks on his face, he was annoyed and angry, slapped her over, pointed at her and scolded angrily: "Little prostitute, what is your background, you still want to be my Cao Wen's wife, you don't pee to take care of yourself"

Li Quan looked at him for a long time, and finally sighed a long sigh: "I, Li Quan, am really blind, I actually married you a despicable villain, Cao Wen, even if you don't want to divorce me, I will divorce you, from now on, I, Li Quan, will no longer be your Cao family's daughter-in-law, nor will I be your wife, you go to be the son-in-law of King Liang, I want to see what will happen to you in the future?"

"Ah Zhen, Qiu Niang, let's go"

Li Quan turned around and walked towards the gate, Zhao Qiuniang hurriedly caught up with her and asked in a low voice, "Ah Quan, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, I'll write a Hugh letter, you can find someone to give it to him for me, I don't want to see him again. ”

At this time, Li Zhen suddenly punched hard and smashed on the bridge of Cao Wen's nose, Cao Wen, with a scream, fell more than a foot away, covered his face and rolled on the ground, and his nose bone was broken by Li Zhen.

Meng Shi ran out, hugged his son and asked urgently, "Son, how are you?"

She hated Li Zhen very much in her heart, and pointed at him and scolded: "You damn bastard, why don't you die?"

Li Zhen sneered and said: "If I don't beat your son, I feel really uncomfortable, and finally I advise you, take good control of your son, and persuade him to be honest and honest as an official, but don't fall into my hands like Lai Junchen." ”

Li Zhen turned around and walked away quickly, Meng Shi was so frightened by Li Zhen's last sentence that she couldn't help pinching the thick gold necklace around her neck, and the whole person seemed to have fallen into an ice cave.