Exquisite ingenuity

Chapter 273
Originally thought that grandfather's coming here must have a big fight with Chunguang Pavilion, but at this moment, the two of them are sitting calmly playing chess?

Xie Ming's movements were extraordinarily elegant, and he landed black pieces on the chessboard: "Twenty years ago, I would never have thought that there would be a chance to play chess with Uncle Zhao."

Zhao Qing remained silent, insisting that Bai Zi did not leave for a long time.

Xie Ming was not in a hurry, and leaned back lightly: "Uncle Zhao came here this time to ask the teacher for his crimes? It's a pity that I am not the only owner of this Chunguang Pavilion, and the younger generation will not help if other people want to do anything. They have no position to stop them, so they can only play chess with Uncle Zhao here."

Zhao Qing still didn't say a word, only dropped a word lightly.

Xie Ming moved very quickly, picked up a stick and dropped it neatly, and said with a smile: "A few days ago, I heard that Xiao Erlang went to your house in person and stole Jiaojiao's portrait. of?"

Zhao Qing raised his eyelids and glanced at him: "Xie Dong's family, arrogant soldiers must be defeated."

Xie Ming smiled softly: "So what if we lost? Anyway, twenty years ago, all of us were defeated. Who would have expected that Jiaojiao would die, and be separated from us forever, so we blame her I hate her, and I will never see her again. Even Xiao Erlang only has one portrait."

His topic was always on the topic of Zhao Chengjiao.Anyone who doesn't know the inside story will definitely feel that he has a deep affection for Zhao Chengjiao.

"However, Uncle Zhao is the one who hurts the most. Seeing that Jiaojiao will be able to enter the palace and seek wealth and wealth for Zhao's family, who would have thought that Jiaojiao would run away with the Erlang of the Xiao family in spite of everything. Uncle Zhao is, It's a waste of water from the bamboo basket..."

Zhao Qing was as indifferent as a wooden man.

He clings to the white pieces, as if he is really serious about playing chess.

Zhao Qing did not leak water, and Xie Ming, who had always been refined, suddenly became irritable: "Uncle Zhao, they sent someone to dig three feet of your house, Uncle Zhao, are you not worried?"

Zhao Qing suddenly spoke lightly: "Master Xie, would you like to hear about my old man's past with Xiao Li?"

When Zhao Qing opened his mouth, the restless Xie Ming seemed to have calmed down again, and said with a smile: "Uncle Zhao, please tell me. The younger generation likes to hear about those past events the most."

Zhao Qing took his time and put Bai Zi down: "At that time, Xiao Li was still a kid playing with mud in Kanghuifang, so I met Xiao Li. Although I dare not exaggerate, I dare say that Xiao Li can become the hottest person in the future." I, Mr. Zhao, have contributed a lot. Although Xiao Li is smart, but his family is poor, he has no chance to go to school. At that time, he was only eight years old, and he came to my house with his father to deliver water. Not doing well, being scolded by the old man, wiping tears, he quietly walked to the old man, and gave the old man a mud whistle. The mud whistle is very delicate, I like it very much, and I returned two Enlightenment books to him book of."

"Although there are not many opportunities to meet him, he comes to see me every time he has free time and asks me for homework."

Zhao Qing's gaze was heavy, as if sunk into a distant memory.

It turned out that Xiao Li and his grandfather still had such a relationship.But my grandfather never said that.

"Because he was born in poverty, he worked harder and worked harder than me in reading and writing. He was twelve years old at that time, and his knowledge and conversation had far surpassed mine. There was a gap in his heart, and he made a wish to stand out from the quagmire of Kanghuifang , to be the biggest official in Lu State."

"And I also have ambitions. I want to be a teacher at the Imperial College, and the world will be full of peaches and plums. I will teach every student to be an upright person and be a clean official."

"After the age of eighteen, we already have a small gap without knowing it."

"And that year, his father, who had been poor all his life, became sick from overwork and vomited blood and died in one winter day. I didn't know about all this. During the coldest days, I concentrated on preparing for the exam. I planned to end up in the spring next year and get the honor in the exam. .”

"I haven't seen him for six months. When we saw him again, he was delivering water in a sackcloth wrapped over his sackcloth. I was very surprised and stopped him and wanted to ask him why he didn't end, but he left in a hurry."

"Later, I failed the rankings in the Spring Festival, and had to study hard behind closed doors for three years, and finally obtained the honor of a scholar."

Xie Ming listened with gusto: "This seems to be a story between a rich boy and a poor scholar."

Zhao Qing gave him a goosebump: "Don't interrupt me. But there is nothing to say later. I became the coach of the Imperial College, and Xiao Li started as a ninth-rank official. After ten years of hard work, he became famous and gradually became a hot topic. Hmph, at that time everyone was vying to curry favor with him, but I disdained it. This kind of wolf-hearted white-eyed wolf is not worthy of Zhao Qing's association."

"However, the son born by him wants to provoke my daughter. Hmph, how can the son born by the white-eyed wolf be worthy of my Jiaojiao?"

Xie Ming couldn't help interjecting again: "Uncle Zhao didn't just miss Xiao Erlang, he wanted to send Jiaojiao to the palace a long time ago."

This sentence was gouged out by Zhao Qing again: "Could it be that you, Xie Ming, are worthy of my daughter?"

Xie Ming puffed out his chest: "Although I, Xie Ming, am not an official, I am also from a scholarly family with a wealthy family background. What's wrong with marrying Jiaojiao to me?"

Zhao Qing snorted: "There's nothing wrong with it, but you show courtesy to Jiaojiao, and the one Jiaojiao likes is the white-eyed wolf from the Xiao family."

Old Xie Ming's face turned green, and he finally came to his senses: "This junior almost believed Mr. Zhao's words. Back then we clearly saw that Xiao Li went to the Imperial College several times before he was convicted, and every time he was looking for Mr. Zhao. It's half an hour of talking behind closed doors. The junior is easy to fool, but the others are not easy to fool."

Zhao Qing calmly said, "Hey, it's time to come down." But he sneered again, "You still don't believe me when you say you are still young. Baba checked my Zhao family's [-] for these non-existent things. In [-], I didn’t believe that Xiao Li gave me his gold and silver treasures back then. It’s ridiculous, you guys are smart, but other officials are stupid?”

Xie Ming was obsessed with the sunspots, and suddenly smiled and said: "The junior is not interested in those yellow and white things anyway, why bother with Mr. Zhao? Why not play a good game of chess with Mr. Zhao."

Zhao Qingdao: "If you lose, you must honor what you promised me."

Suddenly a voice came: "It doesn't matter what he said. Xie Ming was innocent when he was young, but now that he is old, this stinking problem still cannot be corrected."

But I saw a strange man wearing a wide-sleeved shirt approaching aggressively, looking at Zhao Qing with a pair of eyes: "Uncle Zhao is so old."

Zhao Jinyi looked at the man and curled his lips lightly: "Obviously he is not young anymore."

But Song Jingxing said softly, "He is King Yong."

Zhao Jinyi was surprised.Although King Yong was famous for giving birth to an arrogant and domineering Princess Ronghua, he himself was very low-key, self-restrained and respectful, and never did anything out of the ordinary.There are no bad rumors on weekdays!Never expected that he is also the owner behind Chunguang Pavilion!But among those letters from my aunt, there is no letter from this person.

Zhao Qing's eyes were sharp: "His Royal Highness, I haven't seen you for many years. Although I am old, I dare not call Uncle Zhao this time."

"What's wrong with that?" King Yong said sharply, "If Uncle Zhao can help the king, he deserves it. From now on, the Zhao family brothers will all be kings with different surnames. Officials, of course, will be much happier."

Zhao Qing chuckled: "His Royal Highness, rebellion is a death penalty, even the Queen Mother can't save you."

King Yong didn't take it seriously, and he was domineering: "I just ask Uncle Zhao, that thief back then fell in love with Jiaojiao, so he decided to let Jiaojiao enter the palace?"

Zhao Qing's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

King Yong laughed: "That man is extremely jealous, he wants to snatch any kind of woman I have a crush on. It's a pity that Jiaojiao doesn't like anyone, but Xiaojia Erlang."

He continued: "Back when Jiaojiao eloped with Erlang of the Xiao family, but died on the way to escape, Uncle Zhao never suspected the thief? Didn't he ever think about avenging Jiaojiao?"

"Uncle Zhao, now I have everything ready, I only owe Dongfeng. I also ask Uncle Zhao to help me and avenge Jiaojiao."

Zhao Qing looked at him without saying a word.

King Yong was not in a hurry: "If Uncle Zhao refuses, Uncle Zhao's most beloved granddaughter will die."

(End of this chapter)