Li Zhang

Li Zhang waited at home until after Youshi and did not see Zhiqing coming back, so he immediately had a bad feeling.He didn't wait for Jin Yi to come back, he hurried down the mountain with a Miao knife.It was already dark when he arrived at Yangjiaba, so he went to Zheng's house first, asked Ming Zhiqing who had gone to Mo's house before noon, turned around and went to Mo's house again.

He lived in Yangjiaba with Sima Yi for a few days, and he vaguely remembered that this family was a wealthy family on the dam. The yard where Sima Yi lived was his family's property. Duan Shijin, Li Zhang only vaguely heard a few sentences, but didn't pay attention.

The courtyard of the Mo family is indeed the most magnificent in the dam, with a tall courtyard wall and a heavy gate. Li Zhang knocked on the door knocker for a long time before a half-deaf old family member came to answer the door. It is said that he was looking for Zhiqing. The girl, said impatiently that the person had already left, and was about to close the door.Where is Li Zhang willing to agree? Taking advantage of his slow hands and feet, he has already slipped through the crack of the door.

"Hey, how dare you barge in! A barbarian is a barbarian, so you don't know the rules!"

The old family members chased Li Zhang from behind while talking, and Li Zhang called "Zhiqing" loudly, and walked straight from the front yard to the back yard.

The servants surrounded him. Li Zhang didn't want to hurt anyone, so he just walked away and didn't fight.Everyone in the house was alarmed and came out, but the head of the family still did not appear.Li Zhang frowned, and in a flash of thought, he suddenly counterattacked and removed the sticks of the servants, and then he stood in the mess and asked firmly, "Why, Master Mo is not here? Then Mrs. Mo's illness is also fake?"

"Who are you? What nonsense!" A young man stood up angrily, "My grandma is fine, when did she get sick!"

As soon as he finished speaking, someone secretly pulled down his sleeves. He looked back angrily, and when he saw that it was his elder brother, he fell silent.

Young Master Mo looked Li Zhang up and down, and asked arrogantly: "Who the hell are you? Why did you break into my backyard at night?"

"I'm looking for Ms. Song Zhiqing and Song. She came to your house to see the old lady, but she hasn't returned yet. I want to know what's going on!"

"Miss Song..." Young Master Mo's eyes flickered for a moment, and then he put on a smile and said, "That's right, the old lady felt a little uncomfortable in the morning, so I asked someone to invite Miss Song. Later, the old lady was fine. What a problem, Miss Song left after noon. We don't know where she went again."

Li Zhang knew there was a problem, but such a big commotion didn't make Zhiqing come out, presumably she couldn't come out.So he nodded and said: "Since that's the case, then I'm interrupting. Farewell!"

After Li Zhang finished speaking, he left without looking back, and soon reappeared on a dark corner of the wall, dodged the people walking in the courtyard, and flashed outside Young Master Mo's room, after thinking for a while, he turned over and stuck to the eaves of the corridor.It is humid and rainy here, and the houses of rich families will build a wide corridor, and the windows are also made high, so Li Zhang can still hear the conversations in the house through the open windows even though he is attached to the corridor eaves.

"Brother, will that person come back?"

Someone came over to the window, looked out twice, and closed the window back.Seeing this, Li Zhang turned over, leaned half of his body down, and pressed against the window.

"It's okay to come back, anyway, the person is gone."

"I always feel that this is not the right thing to do. When grandma asks, what should I say?"

"Father can't help it either! The troublemakers in Dongping Village are so tyrannical, if they don't invite Tan's family, how can they make it even? The backer behind Tan's family is General Ping! A country girl like Miss Song can get into Tan's house." Family is the blessing she gained in her previous life! Moreover, Mr. Tan really has a deep love for her, and father doesn't mean that he has harmed her."

"But……"

"There's nothing wrong with that! If that person makes trouble again, he will sue the officials! His Majesty is benevolent, allowing them barbarians to participate in the land equalization system. They are ungrateful, and dare to say that our land is theirs! That's because Dad paid a lot of money to buy it long ago. Fuck it! These barbarians, if they get a mallet, they will use it as an arrow, and they don't even look at whose world this is!"

After listening to the most important thing, Li Zhang no longer cared about the next words. He quietly climbed over the courtyard wall, went up the mountain overnight, and told Jin Yi about the matter. After packing up, he slept for a while, and followed Jin Yi's instructions at dawn The short-cut route went over the mountains and ridges to Yunnan.

Li Zhang arrived first, and Zhiqing hadn't arrived at Tan's house when he arrived in Yunnan.He quickly inquired about Tan's house, went in and stepped on it, and made all the preparations, only to see Mo's carriage parked in front of the Tan's house, two women came out to help Zhiqing enter Door.Because it was daytime, Li Zhang did not approach, stood silently for a while, then turned and left.

The Tan family was originally a wealthy Yin family in Ningzhou. Although they belonged to a merchant, the second son Tan Jinbo also gained fame and became an official in the Yamen. When I was a sister, it was considered a low employment.But as Pingdu's status rose, so did Tan Jinbo's official position, and his status in the family skyrocketed, and the Tan family benefited from the equal land system, relying on Pingdu, the second-bedroom brother-in-law power.Therefore, in the eyes of the old lady of the Tan family, the long-sleeved second house is far more caring than the honest businessman's long house, and she loves Tan Jinbo's precious son Tan Ye even more, and has been pampered lawlessly since he was a child.

Mrs. Tan's natal family is in Yangjiaba, and Mrs. Mo and Mrs. Mo are boudoir sisters, or the kind that handkerchiefs are handed over.Therefore, when Mrs. Mo heard that her old sister had the same chest tightness, asthma, palpitations and fatigue as herself, she recommended Zhiqing, who often treated her.

Zhiqing hadn't been to Yunnan since she left the Zhao Mansion. Mrs. Mo mentioned it several times, but she refused on the grounds that the journey was far away and her medical skills were not high.In the middle of last year, the old lady Tan became seriously ill. Tan's family members personally went to Muyi Mountain to invite Zhiqing. symptom.

She grew up in the Zhao Mansion since she was a child, so she naturally learned the rules well, and because of the love of the old lady Zhao, she was also enlightened with the ladies of the Zhao Mansion, and her education was not inferior to that of the official ladies, so she was able to do a job well in the Tan Mansion without any regrets. The savagery or timidity of mountain women are deeply loved by everyone.Coupled with her healthy and fresh face and soft but not weak posture, in the eyes of Young Master Tan, he just feels that there is no other color in the world, and he wants to marry Zhiqing wholeheartedly.

At that time, Tan Ye had already appointed a lady from an official with a similar family background. The two families had passed the wedding ceremony, and the date of the wedding had already been fixed, so the only thing left was to ask for a date and greet her in person.At such a juncture, even the old lady couldn't help Tan Ye messing around.So Zhiqing was quietly sent back without telling Tan Ye after being offered a considerable amount of consultation money by the Tan family.

After Zhiqing went back, Tan Ye seemed to have lost his soul, and almost quarreled and refused to get married. Thanks to the old lady's promise to let him marry Zhiqing as a concubine, he reluctantly went through the whole wedding ceremony.The hijab was raised in the bridal chamber, and I was satisfied to see that the young lady was beautiful and delicate. After getting along for a few days, I immediately felt that the new daughter-in-law was too delicate. Use a veil to half cover your face, let alone actively ask your relatives.Tan Ye was already bored within half a month, clamoring every day to bring Zhiqing back.

This new daughter-in-law is the niece of the new governor of Ningzhou. Although her family's official position is not high, she cannot be violated at will because of her kinship.Therefore, Tan Ye's request was suppressed by the Tan family for more than half a year before it was formally raised because the woman had been infertile. The governor's office could not object to this, so the Tan family formally sent someone to Muyi Mountain to ask for marriage.

Jin Yi got angry when he heard it, and drove him down the mountain at the slightest disagreement.Tan's family came several times later, but Jin Yi simply disappeared, and when he got annoyed, he dealt with them the same way he dealt with Duan Shijin back then, and finally made them quit.Zhiqing also refused to accept the Tan's family's request for outpatient visits, but she was defenseless against the Mo's family, and was finally captured by Mr. Mo, who wanted to take advantage of the Tan's family's relationship, and was forced to be sent to the Tan's residence.

As soon as Zhiqing entered the Tan mansion, Tan Ye followed him into the room. When he saw Zhiqing being held down by the two wives, his face turned dark at that time, regardless of how old Master Mo who was standing aside with a lost smile was more or less an elder. , ran over to push the person away and asked Zhiqing what was wrong.

Zhiqing was already trembling with anger, when she saw Tan Ye approaching, she slapped him without thinking.Tan Ye was shocked and looked at Zhiqing full of grievances, his expression was very innocent, and he had no intention of asking for guilt.

Zhiqing's face was covered with frost, she glared at Tan Ye and said bitterly: "Such a robbery is the love that Young Master Tan said? Forgive Zhiqing for not agreeing with it!"

Tan Ye put down his hand covering his cheek, hesitantly hesitated to speak.Of course he didn't agree with Master Mo's actions, but if it wasn't for this, Zhiqing wouldn't be able to get home, and he wouldn't be able to say the words to let her go.

Zhiqing didn't care what Tan Ye thought, and pressed her again: "If you know the reason, let me go! Otherwise, the law will be clear, and when the defendant goes to the court, you and the Tan family will lose face!"

Tan Ye became stubborn when he heard the words: "I don't want any face, I only want you!"

Seeing this, Zhiqing's expression became even more serious: "Where is the old lady? You are allowed to act like this?!"

"The old lady has already promised me..."

"I never promised you!"

"I... I just want to marry you, never changed..."

"But I never wanted to marry you!"

Zhiqing's words were more decisive than each sentence, in Tan Ye's ears, they were hammered into the heart like nails one by one.His disregarded young master became angry, no longer caring about Zhiqing's thoughts, he waved his hand resentfully, and said, "Hmph! You don't care if you want it, since you're here, you can't help it!"

After Tan Ye finished speaking, he walked out of the house and locked Zhiqing inside.

Zhiqing knocked hard on the door, but there was no response from outside, and no one brought food.On the way here, she was almost stunned by the drug because of her fierce resistance, and she could only eat some food at night. She was originally lacking in physical strength, and after spending all her energy arguing with Tan Ye, she couldn't hold on until evening and fainted Sitting heavily on the ground.

After nightfall, Tan Ye's yard was decorated with lights and festoons, people came and went, and banquets were arranged in the front yard, and people brought gifts to congratulate them from time to time.Although Tan Ye is a concubine, because he got what he wanted, when he was happy, he sent invitations and advertised widely like marrying a wife.And the people who received the invitations were also flattered because of Pingdu's relationship, so there were many well-known people among the congratulatory guests.Tan Jinbo was afraid that Tan Ye would not be able to control the scene, so he greeted Tan Ye together. Seeing that everyone gave his family enough face, he was even more happy.

Zhiqing was given a bowl of drugs, and drowsily changed into the red wedding dress, combed her hair, and went to the new house with a hijab covered. She lay crooked and couldn't sit still. The quilt was tied together behind him.

When Li Zhang entered the mansion, the reception in the front yard was at its climax—Pingdu sent his deputy to congratulate him, and the Tan family and his son all welcomed them outside the second gate.Li Zhang was dressed in the clothes of a servant and carried a gift basket. After entering the door among the people of Hexi, he concealed his body and touched into the yard where the new house was located. He silently knocked down the people in the yard and pushed open the door.

"Zhiqing?"

Li Zhang called out softly.Zhiqing, who was in a daze, heard it, and said "uh" in confusion, Li Zhang went over and took off the hijab, saw Zhiqing's appearance clearly, frowned and looked around, poured a cup of cold tea on Zhiqing's face .

"elder brother!"

Zhiqing came to her senses, seeing Li Zhang standing in front of her was surprised and delighted.

Li Zhang asked uncertainly: "How are you? Can you still go?"

"can!"

Zhiqing stood up as she spoke, and immediately sat back dizzy.

"Zhiqing?"

Zhiqing stabilized her mind: "Is there anything to eat? I've been hungry for two days, and I'm a little dizzy."

Li Zhang felt a pain in his heart, seeing that there were no cakes, bait and snacks in the house, he was worried about leaving Zhiqing alone, so he poured tea for her to drink a few sips first, helped her go out, and found a secluded and dark fake cave , and hide her inside.

"Wait for a while, I'll go find something to eat."

Zhiqing grabbed him and said, "No need! Let's go out first!"

Li Zhang patiently explained: "My lightness is not good enough to take you out of the courtyard wall. Later we have to change our disguise and go out through the corner gate."

Zhiqing let go of her hand and looked at Li Zhang trustingly: "Zhiqing listen to brother!"

Li Zhang smiled slightly, turned around and left.

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