Chang Anqing

Chapter 142
The house was completely silent, so quiet that one could almost hear the sound of "huhu—" wind outside the window, which made the bamboo forest in front of the hall rattle.Mrs. Li stood quietly behind Li Zhang, unable to comprehend the meaning for a while, thinking of the dangerous situation with wolves in front and tigers and leopards in back, she couldn't help but say: "It's not Zhao. Because of my birth, brother, why are you worried?"

After the words fell, Li looked silently in front of her eyes, but saw Li Zhang standing under the lamp with dejected eyes and tight lips, as if there were thousands of words.

In the silence, Mrs. Li finally said quietly: "Botang, you know that although Zhao Yi was born in a humble background, he jumped to his current position with his military exploits and sits in one side, but he is not a rude and ignorant person. In terms of talent, in terms of military achievements, there is almost no one on the right. I have seen such a person who can write a pen, mount a horse, and strategize. I have seen it in one person."

"Yang Chongyuan—"

Li Shi barely heard these three words from his lips, noticing the change in Li Zhang's expression, Li Shi said seriously: "The only difference between him and Yang Chongyuan is his humble background, without this level of identity, he After all, we can’t stand in Chang’an, so once we form an alliance, he will have to rely on me, Mrs. Li, so, how dare he not treat us, Ah Man, in every possible way?”

Hearing Li Shi's constant persuasion, Li Zhang was silent for a long time, and finally turned around, his eyes were never serious before, so serious that Li Shi couldn't help but stop talking.

"Even if Zhao Yitian is talented, she is not marrying Ah Man now because of Ah Man alone, but because of the alliance with the Li family, for the power and status, what he sees is not the friendship, but what I, the Li family, can bring. Benefits to him. No matter how difficult my Li family is, how can I exchange Ah Man's life for the glory and wealth of my Li family."

Speaking of this, Li Zhang looked at Li's face with a worried face and said: "Sister, since the current succession, the empress is trapped between the emperor and Yang Chongyuan, can one day be truly happy? One of the people who came to sleep next to her was her father who raised her since she was a child. Sister Ai knew the pain of making it difficult to let go. Even so, when the queen married the emperor, she was acquainted with the emperor when she was young, but Ah Man was I haven't even seen Zhao Yi's face a few times, so how can I talk about feelings?"

Seeing Li Zhang tearing apart the reality, tearing up the most guilty memory in her heart, Li's face gradually turned pale, and her lips moved, but she didn't know how to say it.

"Sister, the empress has already suffered half of her life for the sake of the Yang family and her family, how can our Li family helplessly send Ah Man into that besieged city—"

Speaking of this, Li Zhang closed his eyes silently, hiding the moisture in his eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyes were firm and decisive like never before, and said: "Man has his destiny, and heaven has his time. If I, Mrs. Li, want to How long can I get my daughter in exchange for a place to live?"

In the silence, Li Zhang looked at the sad elder sister in front of him, thinking of her difficulties and sorrows, his eyes softened little by little, and although he sighed, he did not back down at all: "I used to acquiesce to the love between Ah Man and Erlang. The reason for the marriage is that I have seen the friendship between their brothers and sisters all these years, and I have also seen Erlang's sincerity towards Ah Man. I know that Sister treats Ah Man like her own daughter. I have the same heart towards the empress, I have already said what I said today, but I have made up my mind on this matter, so please don't bring it up again."

At this moment, Mrs. Li looked hesitantly at Li Zhang, who had firm eyes in front of her. She stood there for a long time, but suddenly smiled wryly. She turned around and found her previous seat and fell down. By my side, raised by me personally, why don't I want him to get married together, to put your heart at ease, but it's a pity—"

When Li Shi said this, a sneer appeared on his lips, and a word came out lightly.

"Fate does not come."

While speaking, Li Shi's eyes gradually turned cold, and he couldn't help but think of Yang Hongying, the culprit. He only hated that he had listened to Ah Man's pleading, but never removed him, and the hatred in his heart was settled.

"As you said, Ah Man and Yu Niang are both my daughters. I don't want her to marry the best person in the world who admires each other. You don't want Ah Man to form a political marriage for the family. I don’t want to, but have you ever thought that even if you don’t agree to Zhao Yi’s request, Ah Man can really marry the person you want, and live a safe life?”

Sensing Li Zhang's clenched fists slightly, Li's smile weakened, and his lips were full of bitterness: "Chang'an is like a sinking pool, the emperor is in it, Shangguan's is in it, the Yang family is in it, my Li family is in it differently? "

Looking at Li Zhang's tightened eyebrows, Li said calmly: "If the Son of Heaven wins, then the Shangguan family will win. Under the victor and defeat of the bandit, what about Chen's and Shangguan's hatred for our Li family? Will you let Ah Man, a direct descendant?"

Seeing Li Zhang's eyes gradually darken, Li slowly got up and said: "If Yang wins, Yang Chongyuan will take over the power of the world, and with Yang's years of fear and defense against me, Li, he will definitely support Yang Jin And the Cao family, the Cao family is not as good as my Li family now, so I dare to rely on Yang Chongyuan to be unfavorable to Ah Man and do nasty things. If my Li family loses in the battle for the throne, I will be suppressed by Yang Chongyuan, and I will really submit to his Cao family As a family, how will they insult you and me with the past grievances?"

"Under the overturned nest, there are still eggs, how should Ah Man deal with himself at that time, you know all this, don't you?"

After listening to Mrs. Li's words, Li Zhang's pupils gradually dimmed, like the desolation of clusters of flames after they flourished, so desolate that not even a single spark remained.

Seeing the back that was as pure and noble as before gradually hunched down, like the sunset on the west mountain, although there is a strong heart to turn the tide, it is difficult to stop the trend of decline.

Li's heart also gradually became sour, with tears in his eyes. In the past, their ancestors also relied on literature to go to court, and martial arts entered the battlefield to accumulate step by step to the position admired by the world, but everyone envies, but no one I know that it is easy for a person to go from humbleness to wealth, but it is difficult to re-enter the past from wealth.

When they stood in that hundred-year-old family, when the family style was at its peak, it was difficult for generations of men to have the pioneering ambitions of their ancestors, or to be proud of being crowned and robed, being added to the ranks, or to inherit the shade of their ancestors, He enjoys being romantic and unrestrained, devouring the roots of his ancestors for years, getting used to the life of aristocrats in Chang'an City, and can't live the days of windy swords and swords on the battlefield.

Even when the Yang family resigned to the Li family and resolutely married their own daughter to the general family, and sent Yang Chongyuan's second son to the army to practice and work hard, their elders of the Li family and the aristocratic families at that time They all sneered at this, quite disdainful.

Now, under the turn of feng shui, there are no people who used to laugh at Yang Shi, because now the only one who can laugh at him is himself.

But now, Li Zhang has no children. Among the descendants of the other descendants, there are outstanding figures in the literature, and there are also dudes, but there is no young hero who is willing to take up a knife and gun to fight on the battlefield.

Not to mention, now it is a matter of a hundred days to cultivate a young man whose prestige in the army can rival Yang's?
At that time, I'm afraid they will have to wait, Yang and Cao are already sharpening their knives and can't wait.

Hearing the cold wind blowing the window paper, Li Zhang clenched his hands behind his back more and more tightly, pain and choice gradually appeared on his always gentle face.

"In this life, I have already let Qinghe down, how can I feel sorry for me and her only daughter, I'm sorry for Ah Man—"

Hearing the choking and forbearance in Li Zhang's words, Li's heart seemed to be tightly grasped by someone, making her suffocated. In the silence, she slowly lowered her head, her eyes were hidden in the shadows, but she shed tears silently .

"I am quite willing."

At this moment, as the soft curtain was gently lifted, a soft but firm girl's voice slowly sounded from the room. Li Zhang standing there froze, and even Li Shi raised his head in shock.

(End of this chapter)