Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

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"Hee hee~ It's better to come early than to come at a good time! Is this a lantern hanging?" A young and beautiful woman got out of the carriage, and without waiting for help, she jumped off the horse gently.Her appearance immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Ximen Qingzheng was standing not far from the carriage outside the gate of the Hall of Return. Hearing the woman's silver bell-like laughter, he couldn't help turning his head to look intently.

Suddenly appearing in front of her eyes was a fair-skinned, graceful, and well-dressed beauty in her twenties.Although it was cold winter, this beauty was wearing a thick leather robe, but it was still difficult to hide her graceful figure.

This woman has a better figure than Li Qingzhao!Li Qingzhao was relatively thin, and after wearing the leather robe, his chest could not be seen.For some reason, the head of the official Ximen Qing automatically compared the beauty who just got off the carriage with Li Qingzhao.

Looking at this beauty's face again, Ximen Qing found that her eyebrows were similar to Li Qingzhao's, but she was fairer and plump. Because of her younger age, this beauty looked more playful and lovely.

Ximen Qing unconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva. Suddenly, his expression changed and he rushed towards the beautiful woman.

The beauty was about to walk towards Li Qingzhao, who was standing at the entrance of the Hall of Return, with her back turned to her, when she suddenly realized something was wrong, and immediately exclaimed "Ah~".

Li Qingzhao was thinking about how to arrange the palace lanterns he made in order to show the best effect.She didn't notice the young beauty's laughter just now, so she didn't turn around.Suddenly, she heard a woman's scream from behind, and hurriedly turned her head to see Ximen Qing throwing herself on the young woman, throwing her to the ground.

There was a buzzing sound in Li Qingzhao's head, and blood rushed to his face, as if a silver bottle had burst into pieces in his heart.

Li Qingzhao did not expect that the handsome gentleman who danced well with knives, wrote well, and made up a good story, who once broke into his dream, would do such a crazy move in front of the public today.Why is he hugging her?

Before Li Qingzhao could feel sour, he had an attack on the spot. Two wooden sticks suddenly fell from the air and hit Ximen Qing's shoulders.

At this time, everyone reacted, and they all let out an exclamation.Jiao Ting and Shi Yong who were standing nearby rushed up, grabbed the stick and threw it away, helped Ximen Qing up, and asked him: "Brother, have you ever been hurt?"

Ximen Qing said: "It's okay!" Standing up, he stretched out his hand and pulled up the young and beautiful woman who was pressed under him.

Ximen Qing asked the beautiful young woman, "Little lady, are you alright?"

The young and beautiful woman moved her hands and feet, looked at Ximen Qing strangely and said, "Of course I am fine! You are so strange, you were the one who was hit by the wooden stick, why did you ask me instead? What about me~ Should I thank you for saving me? If you hadn't thrown me down just now, I should have been able to jump aside to avoid those two wooden sticks. How did you come across such a stupid person and threw me down? He also received two sticks!"

"You little lady is so unreasonable! My brother..." Jiao Ting saw that Ximen Qing's brother saved the beautiful little lady, but the little lady didn't appreciate it, so she couldn't help complaining.Before he finished speaking, Ximen Qing stopped him.

It's not that Ximen Qing is not angry, but Ximen Qing is a little guilty!

Just now when the young and beautiful lady got out of the carriage, not only Ximen Qing was stunned, but also the craftsmen who were building the shelves on the lamp shed were also stunned.A craftsman slipped his hand and dropped the two wooden sticks in his hands, hitting the little lady on the head.

Those two wooden sticks were not too thick, and they wouldn't be life-threatening if they hit them, but they would make this beautiful little lady very embarrassed after all.Therefore, this gave the hero Ximen Qing who was standing closest to her a chance to save the beauty.

In fact, Ximen Qing has a variety of choices. He can take two steps forward and knock away the wooden sticks that fall from the air, making his debut like a hero; he can also pull the beautiful lady away and give her a His handsome uppercase profile.

However, Ximen Qing chose to hug this beautiful little lady tightly, threw herself to the ground, and received two painless sticks.

Ximen Qing did this for no other reason than to take the opportunity to verify the authenticity of this beautiful little lady.After Ximen Qing's octopus-style "hero saves the beauty", he verified that this beautiful little lady is indeed very promising.

It's just that this beautiful little lady looks very smart!She wasn't moved by herself at all, so she wouldn't notice anything unusual, would she?Ximen Qing muttered to himself.

"Sister! How are you? Are you injured?" Li Qingzhao hurried over.

"Miss! How are you?" Several people who looked like domestic servants jumped off their horses, and hurriedly surrounded them in fright.

Zhao Mingcheng was a little farther away, and came over at this time, and asked the young and beautiful lady with concern.

The beautiful little lady said to everyone: "I am not injured, don't surround me! Sister and brother-in-law, I haven't seen you for a few months, Ya'er misses you so much! You don't have to worry, look at me, I'm fine! "

After the beautiful little lady finished speaking, she turned around twice in a brisk manner, and then laughed out loud, she really didn't appear to be hurt at all.

At this time, Li Qingzhao knew that Ximen Qing had thrown her down just now to save his sister, and he couldn't help but secretly feel guilty for wronging Ximen Qing.She turned to Ximen Qing and asked, "Officer Ximen, have you ever been injured?"

Ximen Qing smiled brightly and said: "I am a person who has practiced martial arts, with strong muscles and bones. These two wooden sticks can't hurt me at all! It's just that the incident happened suddenly, and I was in a hurry to be rude to this little lady. I also pray for forgiveness." crime!"

Li Qingzhao said with a smile after hearing the words: "The Ximen officials are here to save people, what is the crime? Let me introduce you, Ximen officials, this is my cousin Wang Ya, this time she came from Mizhou."

It turns out that this little lady is Li Qingzhao's cousin!No wonder they look somewhat similar.Ximen Qing thought to himself.

Li Qingzhao said to her cousin again: "Sister, this gentleman is the Ximen official in Yanggu County I told you about."

Chapter 173

"Sister, is he Ximenqing who wrote "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?" Li Qingzhao's cousin, the beautiful little lady named Wang Ya, asked in surprise.

"Hehe, sister, I just guessed that Ximen Qing who wrote "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and Ximen Qing who wrote "Bu Suanzi. Yongmei" are the same person. Your brother-in-law and I have already asked Ximen officials when they came to Qingzhou as guests. Ximen officials are here, so "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was written by Ximen officials." Li Qingzhao said to her cousin.

The beautiful young lady named Wang Ya bowed to Ximen Qing, and said in her mouth: "So you are the Ximen official who wrote "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"! Thank you for your help to the slave family, the slave family is so polite. "

Huh~ Why did this little lady suddenly become so talkative?Could it be that because Li Qingzhao's cousin likes to watch "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", she has already become obsessed with this official, similar to the brainless fans who blindly chased stars before her time travel?

Ximen Qing secretly speculated in his heart, and politely returned the salute to the little lady, saying that his act of saving lives was just because he happened to be standing not far from her, and it was only natural for him to act, so he didn't need to keep it in mind.

Just when Ximen Qing wanted to show off his masculinity and courage to Li Qingzhao's cousin.Standing by the side, Zhao Mingcheng said something inexplicably, which made Ximenqing feel as if he fell into a well in the twelfth lunar month, and his whole body became completely cold.

Zhao Mingcheng asked Li Qingzhao's cousin, "Sister Ya'er, why didn't my brother-in-law come with you?"

After hearing Zhao Mingcheng's words, Ximen Qing almost couldn't help reaching out to pick his ears.What?Did I hear it wrong?This little lady named Wang Ya already has a husband?

Ximen Qing thought about it again, the little lady in front of her looked to be in her twenties, and as a lady, she was indeed past the age for marriage, and it was normal for her to have a husband.

Ximen Qing looked at Li Qingzhao and Wang Ya sisters in front of him, and couldn't help but lamented that all the good cabbages were eaten by pigs.I don't know what the pig that gnawed on Wang Ya looked like. How is it compared to Zhao Mingcheng?

Seeing her brother-in-law Zhao Mingcheng's questioning, Wang Ya said to him and Li Qingzhao: "My husband is visiting his friend on the way, and he asked me to go to Qingzhou City first to meet my sister and brother-in-law. Two days at the latest , he will come to Guilaitang to meet us, and will not miss the Lantern Festival in Qingzhou City..."

Seeing Li Qingzhao's sisters talking homely, Ximen Qing felt bored and couldn't stand aside any longer, so he took Jiao Ting and the others for a walk in Qingzhou city.Jiao Ting and Shi Yong are familiar with the road, leading Ximen Qing and Luan Tingyu to play in the Goulan tile house in Qingzhou City for a day before returning to Guilai Hall.

Nothing happened all night, after getting up the next day, Ximen Qing dragged Xin Zan around to play, so that Zhao Mingcheng and Li Qingzhao could have more time to receive Li Qingzhao's cousin.

After being tired from wandering around Qingzhou City, Ximen Qing and Xin Zan went to a teahouse, ordered a pot of green phoenix marrow, and chatted while drinking tea.

Ximenqing suddenly thought of Li Qingzhao's cousin again, wondering what kind of person Li Qingzhao's cousin-in-law was?Xin Zan's family and Li Qingzhao's family are neighbors, and Xin Zan's wife, Mrs. Cui, is the same sister as Li Qingzhao. Presumably Xin Zan should know who Li Qingzhao's cousin-in-law is?

Ximen Qing took a sip of tea, and asked Xin Zan, "Brother Xin, do you know that a distinguished guest came to Guilaitang yesterday, and she is the cousin of Li Qingzhao, a layman of Yi'an. I heard that the husband of this distinguished guest will also come to Guilaitang. Let's spend the Lantern Festival together. Does Brother Xin know these two?"

Xin Zan replied after hearing the words: "Brother Ximen, the distinguished guests you are talking about are the cousin of Jushi Yi'an, sister Wang Ya, and her husband, the virtuous brother of the Junhui, right? Brother, I not only know them, my wife and I have already met in Qizhou. Sister Wang Ya is dating."

When Ximen Qing heard this, he became interested and asked Xin Zan to tell him about the origins of the two.

While drinking tea, Xin Zan told Ximen Qing about the origins of Wang Ya and his wife.

It turned out that this Wang Ya was from Bianliang, Tokyo, and was also from a famous family.Wang Ya's father was Wang Zhongshan, and his grandfather was Wang Gui, who had been a prime minister during Emperor Renzong's time.Wang Ya had two aunts, one was married to Li Qingzhao's father, Li Gefei, a member of the Ministry of Rites, and the other was married to Zheng Juzhong, the governor of the Privy Council.

Because Wang Ya's father, Wang Zhongshan, owns another business in Qizhou, and it is not far from the homes of Xin Zan and Li Qingzhao, Wang Ya often accompanied his parents from Bianliang, Tokyo to Licheng, Qizhou when he was a child. Xin Zan and Xin Zan's wife, Cui Shi, played with each other since childhood.

Last year, Wang Ya's father chose a son-in-law for Wang Ya from among the Shinke Scholars, and they got married in a splendid manner in Bianliang City, Tokyo.

Not long after the marriage, Wang Ya's husband-in-law became a professor of Mizhou because of his Jinshi status.When the newlyweds came to Mizhou, Shandong Province to take up their posts, they passed through Qizhou and made a special trip to visit Xin Zan and his wife.From this Xin Zan got acquainted with Wang Ya's husband-in-law.

Mizhou is adjacent to Qingzhou, just to the southeast of Qingzhou.After Wang Ya and his wife came to Mizhou, Shandong, they would often come to Qingzhou City Return Hall to meet Li Qingzhao and his wife during the festivals.

After hearing this, Ximen Qing asked Xin Zan, "Brother Xin, I wonder how talented Wang Ya's husband-in-law is?"

Xin Zan said: "As a brother, I only met Wang Ya's husband-in-law once in Licheng, Qizhou. From my brother's point of view, Wang Ya's husband-in-law is dignified, elegant in conversation, and knowledgeable. Sister Wang Ya's good son-in-law. The name of Wang Ya's husband-in-law is Qin Hui, whose name is Huizhi, he is originally from Jiangning, and he was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Zhenghe."