Poor Family

  Chapter 614 Guiding the Maze

   Coming out of Jiang Quan's residence, Li Yanqing brought several people to a nearby snack bar. Everyone ordered a table to eat, and they all ate in silence. While drinking mutton soup, Li Yanqing considered the next move.

He probably already knows the ins and outs of this matter, and also understands the key point of this matter. Tong Guan's crime of framing Zhong Lin for his own selfishness is unforgivable, but who is the one who stabbed the knife in the back is another issue in this case. Prime culprit.

The servants privately speculated that it was Wang Ding, Yin of Kaifeng Prefecture. Li Yanqing also believed that the insider's guess was actually more accurate. It is said that this Wang Ding belonged to Liang Shicheng. If so, then Liang Shicheng was the real murderer who killed Zhong Lin. Liang Shicheng has a sinister character.

   But this kind of thing can't rely on speculation, he must get definite evidence.

  At night, Li Yanqing came to Cao's house alone. As soon as he arrived at the door, he met Cao Sheng coming out of the mansion.

   "Yanqing!" Cao Sheng was taken aback, "You...why are you here?"

   "I'm going to Beijing to do something, is grandfather there?"

   "He has fallen asleep, what's the matter with you, let me see if I can help you."

  Cao Sheng is now the imperial son-in-law, maybe he can really help him, Li Yanqing nodded, and followed Cao Sheng to a teahouse diagonally opposite.

   The two asked for an elegant room to sit down, a tea prostitute served them tea, Cao Sheng waved her away, and then asked, "Did you come to Beijing because of the cancellation of the triumphal ceremony?"

  Li Yanqing shook his head, "It doesn't matter if the ceremony is necessary or not. It was the son of Zhongshuai who was killed. Let me investigate."

  Cao Sheng was taken aback, "Who is so bold to kill the son of a teacher?"

Li Yanqing briefly explained the matter of Zhonglin, and Cao Sheng sneered, "Don't go to your grandfather, I know Wang Ding's background very well, he is indeed Liang Shicheng's confidant, and he is the number one confidant, what happened in Kaifeng Mansion It is impossible for him not to report this kind of matter to Liang Shicheng."

  Li Yanqing pondered for a while and said, "Is it possible that it was done by other people, such as Gao Qi, Cai Jing or Wang Fu?"

Cao Sheng has been the captain-in-law for two years, and the official appointment is from the Fuwen Pavilion of the fourth rank. He knows all kinds of relationships in the court, which is also one of the basic skills of being an official in the court. It hasn't been long, and he still lacks in this area.

Although Li Yanqing's question seems relatively naive, he is the most important grandson-in-law of the old man of the Cao family. Cao Sheng felt that he had to give him some advice, so he smiled slightly and said, "The condition for Liang Shicheng to support Wang Fu in the Fan Dang case was If you want to be the prefect of Kaifeng, after Wang Ding became the prefect of Kaifeng, Wang Fu's influence completely withdrew from the Kaifeng prefecture. Cai Jing, then there is no need."

   "Why?" Li Yanqing asked puzzled.

  Cao Sheng took a sip of tea and asked with a smile, "Do you know why Cai Jing was able to serve as Prime Minister for the fourth time?"

  Li Yanqing shook his head. He really didn't know. Although he subscribed to the tabloid at that time and knew about Cai Jing's comeback, the tabloid didn't mention the reason for his comeback, so he didn't know the details of Cai Jing's comeback.

Cao Sheng pretended to look mysteriously at both sides, and said in a low voice, "Because of the disastrous defeat of the first Northern Expedition, the officials wanted to mention the second Northern Expedition, but there were too many objections, so the officials had to reopen the Caijing township. So Cai Jing got another nickname behind his back, called Cai Yu, a fish that cooks."

  Li Yanqing couldn't help laughing, but he still didn't understand, and asked with a smile, "Why is it called Cai Yu?"

   "This is a homonym, but the real meaning is Caiyu, the bowl of the spittoon."

  Li Yanqing laughed out loud, but just after laughing, he suddenly came to his senses, "Little Sixth Uncle means that this Cai Jing is just temporarily used by the government to suppress the place."

"You're right. My Lady Di Ji told me so herself. We all know it. How can Cai Jing not know that if he wants to do it for a few more years, he can't make a mistake and be caught by the officials. So I can say with certainty that the knife in Tong Guan's back was definitely not done by Cai Jing, even if he had the ability, he wouldn't do it, it's not worth it."

  Li Yanqing nodded silently. From Cao Sheng's analysis, he knew that Liang Shicheng could only do it. As for the evidence, he didn't want to look for it. Even the prison doctor "suicided himself", so where is there any evidence?

  Cao Sheng smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Come home with me! Niang Yun misses you very much. I know it's inappropriate for you to show up in the capital right now, but it shouldn't be a big problem to meet my wife."

  Li Yanqing was taken aback, "My wife is in the Cao Mansion?"

   "Then what do you think? Her mother wanted her daughter, so she picked her up. She just came back yesterday."

  Thinking that his wife was less than a hundred steps away from him, Li Yanqing's heart suddenly became hot. Anyway, he told the teacher that he would go back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, so it would not be too late to go back tomorrow morning.

Cao Yun did not expect her husband to come back at this time, but she has a stable and introverted personality. When her parents were beside her, she just looked at her husband affectionately and did not show much passion until the couple entered the room at night. Then Yun suddenly hugged her husband's waist, fell on his chest and began to cry.

  Li Yanqing gently stroked his wife's beautiful hair, and said with a smile, "I'm almost a mother, and I'm still wronged like a little lady."

  Cao Yun blushed immediately, and quickly grabbed her husband's hand and touched her stomach, "Look at my son, he knows you're back, and he's kicking my stomach!"

  Li Yanqing squatted down, pulled up his wife's small coat, put his ear on his wife's warm and white belly, and listened quietly to the movement inside. A moment later, a smile appeared on his face.

  Cao Yun gently stroked her husband's thick neck. At this moment, she felt that she was the happiest woman in the world.

   But at this moment, the door' bang! ’ was knocked away, and a small figure rushed in, "Big Scholar!"

   It was Cao Jiaojiao who rushed in, followed by Cao Yun's personal maid, she didn't hold Jiaojiao, and she looked unhappy.

   "What are you...doing?" Cao Jiaojiao suddenly covered her mouth, her eyes widened.

  Cao Yun blushed immediately, and hurriedly put down her little clothes. She glared at her sister dissatisfiedly, "What are you doing, you **** girl?"

   "Oh! Sorry."

  Cao Jiaojiao lowered her head in embarrassment. She already understood that her brother-in-law was listening to the little guy! She also posted it on Da Shuniang's stomach last night.

  Li Yanqing stood up and smiled, "Jiaojiao, we haven't seen each other for a long time."

  Li Yanqing hasn't seen Cao Jiaojiao since she married Cao Yun. It's been two years now. Apart from being a little taller, Li Yanqing feels that Cao Jiaojiao hasn't grown up much? It's still the hot-tempered, mischievous character from before.

  He made up his mind, and couldn't help but smile, Cao Jiaojiao is only eight years old, a girl in the second grade of elementary school, how old can she be expected to be?

Because Cao Jiaojiao hadn't seen Li Yanqing for two years, she suddenly heard that her brother-in-law was coming, she was excited, so she rushed in regardless, only to find that her brother-in-law was listening to the fetal sound, she blushed and didn't know what to say , she turned around suddenly, almost bumped into the servant girl behind her, and slipped away in a little embarrassment.

   Li Yanqing laughed, this little girl is as funny as before.

  Cao Yun smiled and said: "She misses you so much, she expects you to take her to buy bird food all day long."

   "Bird food?" Li Yanqing was taken aback, "She doesn't keep cats anymore?"

"My grandfather forbade her to keep her. She had too many cats, and she hid in the flowers of Cao's mansion all day long, crying and howling. My grandfather couldn't bear it anymore, so he had all the cats driven away. This little girl hid under the blanket and cried for three days. , Grandfather felt guilty, so he gave her ten taels of silver, originally acquiescing to her to buy another cat, but she bought more than a dozen birds and started raising birds from then on.”

  Li Yanqing laughed loudly, "Okay! When I'm free, I'll accompany her to buy bird food."

   "Is she trying to blackmail you?"

   "It's okay to knock occasionally!"

  Seeing her husband loving her sister, Cao Yun was overjoyed, and unconsciously moved, hugged his neck and whispered, "I want you to sleep with her tonight!"

  Li Yanqing glanced at his wife's big belly in embarrassment, and muttered, "How can I hug this?"

   "I don't care!" Cao Yun said coquettishly, "You sleep with my arms around me from behind!"

This night, Cao Yun slept very sweetly in her husband's arms, but Li Yanqing almost stayed up all night. He had been thinking about the matter of cultivating the teacher, and the cultivating teacher treated him well. This time he regarded it as his own seed. Lin was killed, and with his fiery character, he would definitely hit his head badly, and in the end he couldn't even move a finger of his enemy, leaving nothing but grudges.

  I have to persuade him well. It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge, so don't rush this moment. ． ． ． ． ．

  Li Yanqing thought wildly, and didn't sleep until five o'clock.

  Early the next morning, Cao Yun took the Cao family's carriage and returned to her home. This was also what her husband meant. Although her natal family is good, don't neglect Sisi and Qing'er.

   After eating breakfast in Cao Mansion, Li Yanqing came to the front hall to report the situation of the Northern Expedition to Mr. Cao. He didn't mention the matter of his son who was a teacher. With Cao Sheng helping him to share his worries, there was no need to add trouble to Mr. Cao.

"You're right!" Cao Ping nodded and said, "The wolf lord of the Kingdom of Jin died unexpectedly, and the funeral alone will take a year. Invading the Song Dynasty, we do have time to prepare for the battle."

  But Cao Ping was more concerned about his grandson-in-law's next step, and he asked again: "Do you have any plans for the next step?"

   This is indeed what Li Yanqing wanted to discuss with Cao Ping. He pondered for a while and said, "I still want to work somewhere, preferably in Taiyuan Prefecture."

Li Yanqing has carefully considered his own future. It will take three to five years for the imperial court to gain a firm foothold, and at most three to five months for the local government to control the situation. Song has at least a few hundred, whether it is real or not, Li Yanqing can be overwhelmed by his seniority. It is almost impossible for him to do something. Instead of intrigue in the officialdom all day, it is better to go to the local area to do something practical.

   More importantly, Wanyan Aguda died unexpectedly in Yanjing. It is impossible not to report this enmity to Jin Guo. I must plan ahead and make some preparations as soon as possible.

   Cao Ping nodded, "Since you have this idea, I will help you with this matter!"

  (end of this chapter)