I am imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion

After the table was full of dishes, Zhao Zongqing poured a glass of wine for Han Qi himself.

Han Qi thanked me modestly.

"Roasted chicken, braised deer tendon, lotus flower meat pie... I heard that these dishes in Baxianlou are all tasted better after Cui Qiniang's guidance."

At this time, Sibo He'an, who was waiting by the side, quickly agreed that it was exactly the same.

Zhao Zongqing glanced at the delicious dishes on the table again, and sighed softly.

Zhao Zongqing's entourage immediately took out a bag of money and gave it to He An, and then took him down.

The door closed, and the room fell into deathly silence for an instant.

Zhao Zongqing glanced at Han Qi, and found that he was staring at the wine glass in a daze with downcast eyes. There was almost no vitality in his absent-minded eyes. This is the look that people often have after experiencing sadness and despair.

He is introverted and hides his emotions very deeply. If he doesn't mention it specially, he might not be able to see it.

Zhao Zongqing picked up the chopsticks, took a bite of the dish, then nodded, admiring the deliciousness, feeling that these dishes deserved to be instructed by Cui Tao.

"Oh, it's a pity that Zhigui and Cui Qiniang are a pair of lovers, so why—"

Before Zhao Zongqing could finish his sentence, Han Qi drank the glass of wine that Zhao Zongqing just poured.

Zhao Zongqing hurriedly poured another cup for Han Qi, and Han Qi drank it all.

Zhao Zongqing continued to pour a third cup for Han Qi, seeing that Han Qi was about to drink again, he reached out and pressed his wrist.

"The dead are gone. My condolences." Seeing that Han Qi had stopped drinking, Zhao Zongqing raised his glass to Han Qi and said, "But I should respect Zhigui and Cui Qiniang for a cup. It was originally a flounder, and because of the country, Yin and Yang are separated. It is the imperial court who is sorry to you, and the Great Song Dynasty owes you."

Han Qi looked at Zhao Zongqing, saw that Zhao Zongqing poured the wine on the ground, poured another cup, and drank it himself.

"I still can't believe that she is no longer alive. It is rare to find such a wonderful woman in the world. She is smart, considerate of everything, and dedicated to her duties."

At this point Zhao Zongqing shook his head helplessly and sighed what a pity.

The emotion in contrast sounds particularly ironic.Such a person who devoted himself to his duties was not rewarded well, and ended up in a tragic end.

"Actually, this matter is the most uncomfortable and wronged for you in your heart. Those people outside don't understand at all, and even scold you. It's ugly."

Zhao Zongqing reached out and patted Han Qi's shoulder, advising him not to mind the gossip outside.

Coincidentally, not long after Zhao Zongqing finished speaking, someone passed by outside the private room, talking about the case of the Liao Kingdom Mission, and ridiculed Han Qi for "killing his wife to gain glory" and "not a man".

Zhao Zongqing shouted immediately.

The entourage guarding the door immediately drove them away and sent them away.

Zhao Zongqing looked at Han Qi: "Don't worry about it, those foolish people don't understand the truth."

Han Qi chuckled, "They're right. If a man can't even protect his own woman, what kind of man is he?"

"You didn't kill the person, and you didn't force her to choose to die. Idiots are stupid, so they blame the wrong place, but Zhigui is a smart person, how can they blame themselves?" Zhao Zongqing persuaded road.

Han Qi lowered his eyes silently and remained silent.

"Forget it, it's all in the past, forget it if you can, let's just pretend that she doesn't exist, the thing didn't happen, it's just a dream. Let's have a good meal today!" Zhao Zongqing poured wine for Han Qi again.

Han Qi looked at the table full of dishes in front of him, and naturally thought of Cui Tao, "What happened has happened, how could it not exist. Fools can deceive themselves, but I can't."

Han Qi drank all the wine.

"You, the loss is on your lips. If you explain a few more words to the outside world, maybe it will be better. It hurts a lot in my heart, but I don't want anyone to know." Zhao Zongqing sighed.

Han Qi glanced at Zhao Zongqing, thinking that he might have known about his performance in the past few days before making such a conclusion.

"Don't just drink, eat a la carte, or it will be bad for your stomach. I just have a stomach problem and suffered a lot." Zhao Zongqing gave Han Qi a piece of broiled chicken.

This dish is the one that Cui Tao ordered most often when he came to the Eight Immortals Building. Not only Han Qi knew it, but all the servants in the Eight Immortals Building knew it too.

Zhao Zongqing gave him this dish on purpose, whether it was intentional or unintentional?

Han Qi looked at the chicken on the plate with a solemn expression, without moving his chopsticks.

Zhao Zongqing glanced at Han Qi, puzzled and asked Han Qi why he didn't eat, and then put down his chopsticks, feeling that if Han Qi couldn't get through this, then they would analyze together where the final problem lies.

Han Qi looked at Zhao Zongqing, curious about what conclusion he came up with.

Zhao Zongqing: "Weakness is subject to others because of weakness, and subject to other countries because of weakness."

"The slightest threat requires the minister's wife to sacrifice her life. Since ancient times, I'm afraid it is the only one. If it is said, it will be ridiculed by the people of the world. But they know that it is embarrassing to say such a thing, so the secrecy order It’s smooth and smooth.”

Han Qi slowly closed his eyes, and after a moment of silence, he poured himself wine and drank several glasses in a row.Soon his cheeks turned red, obviously drunk.

"Zhigui is young and promising, with outstanding talents. At the beginning, he studied hard in the cold window and passed the scientific examination to go to high school. Thinking about it, he must have some ambitions in his heart. When encountering problems, is drunkenness the solution? Is this a waste of talent?" Zhao Zong Qing questioned.

When Zhao Zongqing was talking, Han Qi drank three more glasses of wine in a row. After listening to Zhao Zongqing's words, he sneered.Because of the drunkenness, my emotions are more relaxed than before, and they all show on my face.

"It's God's will, what can I do? I'd like to take everything on my shoulders and risk my life for her, but I can't!" Han Qi laughed at himself and laughed several times.

Zhao Zongqing didn't speak, and sent his empty wine cup to Han Qi, motioning him to fill it up for him.

Han Qi poured it as he said, and looked at Zhao Zongqing intently.

"My experience is actually similar to that of Zhigui, but I don't want to accept fate. I never believe that fate is not in control. This is just an excuse made by the weak. Why should the real strong worry about this? At least they can do it Save the life of the woman I like the most!"

After Zhao Zongqing finished speaking, under Han Qi's gaze, he took a piece of chicken leg with his chopsticks and took a bite.

"From ancient times to the present, the law of the weak and the strong has been invariable. People are strong, so they can eat these beasts. You are strong, so you can step on others' heads and dominate. Don't let others decide you, you decide others, naturally Everything goes well, and I can keep all the people and things I want."

After looking at Zhao Zongqing for a moment, Han Qi looked away and looked in front of him.

After a while, he raised the wine cup to deliver it to his mouth, but was stopped by Zhao Zongqing again.

"Stop drinking, you're already drunk. Alcohol should be used to cheer you up, but not to relieve your sorrows. It can't relieve your sorrows. When you wake up from the wine, you will only have more headaches and more sorrows."

Han Qi put down the wine cup as promised.

"It's really a blessing for me to be able to chat with Zhigui today." Seeing that it was getting late, Zhao Zongqing bid farewell to Han Qi, telling him not to delay his return to Kaifeng Mansion for duty.

The attendants outside the door had already prepared hangover soup, and specially brought it to Han Qi to drink.

After Han Qi finished drinking, he wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, walked to the door, and suddenly remembered what Zhao Zongqing said earlier.He turned around suddenly, his gaze fell directly on Zhao Zongqing.

"Just now...it's similar to what happened to me?"

"The thing I'm most afraid of is that it's hard to be a happy couple. Things have long changed, and if we mention her now, it will harm her." Zhao Zongqing smiled wryly, "It's okay if you don't mention it."

This remark is easy to make people think.

When Han Qi bowed his hands to say goodbye to Zhao Zongqing, his attitude was different from the unfamiliarity he had just met Zhao Zongqing before.Probably because they shared secrets with each other, they naturally became closer.

For the next half month, Zhao Zongqing met with Han Qi every day, either at noon or in the evening, either to have dinner together, or to travel together, or to chat or talk about the world. perception.Zhao Zongqing would always mention Cui Tao seemingly by accident, feeling that her death was regrettable and worthless.

As time passed, Han Qi's angrily and desire to become stronger became stronger, so that every time Zhao Zongqing mentioned Cui Tao later, he would feel a kind of resentment from his heart. His heart gave birth to the resolute meaning of "swear not to give up until the goal is reached".Driven by this kind of emotion, it will be a matter of time to have rebellion, because it is the result of Cui Tao's death caused by the imperial court, and what is naturally formed is "anti-imperial court".

The wonderful thing is that Zhao Zongqing didn't mention the word "anti" to you, you will naturally have this kind of thought, and you will be decisive about it.

Han Qi had been on guard for a long time, but he would still be more or less affected. After contacting Zhao Zongqing for a long time, his emotional self-control was obviously not as good as before.Although the source of his anger is not enough to constitute his rebellion, under Zhao Zongqing's guidance, he will still feel a little bit of resentment.For example, the imperial court really makes people feel incompetent, if it is used a little bit, why has it caused him to be separated from the person he likes for so long now? Thinking about it this way, I feel even more incompetent.

Of course, Han Qi's most "resentment" is not these, it is that some people lie comfortably in the coffin and go back to their hometown, I don't know if the life is too comfortable, or the food at home is too delicious, unexpectedly half a month has passed , just write him a letter.

He doesn't want to play this play.

Not long after the emperor ordered Zhang Yaozuo Quan to know the Kaifeng mansion, Han Qi received a letter from Quanzhou.

Not long afterward, everyone in Kaifeng Mansion knew that Han Qi's face was very bad after reading the letter from home, so he asked the new Quan Zhi to take leave of absence and wanted to go back to his hometown to visit relatives.

Under the watchful eyes of Li Yuan and other people in Kaifeng Mansion, Han Qi rode a horse and traveled lightly.Seeing that he was so anxious, everyone was even more sure that there was indeed an emergency at Han Qi's house.

After leaving from Nanxun Gate, Han Qi led Zhang Chang and others to ride to a deserted place, then ordered his servants to change into his own clothes, covered his face with a gauze hat, and continued towards Quanzhou.He then diverted to Shenzhou and arrived in Anping that night.

Cui Tao drank some green plum wine for dinner, and ate three delicious appetizers: Huayao quail, three crispy soup, and lamb tongue sticks. After the meal, he also used fragrant grapes and white peach sticks.

After eating and drinking, I feel sleepy when I rub my belly, and I feel sleepy, and I feel that if I sleep like this, I am afraid that all the fat will grow on my stomach.While drinking tea to relieve her tiredness, she sighed with Meiyu, the maid who served her, that she couldn't do this and should walk, but in fact her body didn't move.

"Qiniang's figure is the most exquisite, but it's not a problem to be lazy." Meiyu encouraged Cui Tao to sleep when she wanted.

"But you can't think like this. Every time you think like this, you will be lazy. If you are lazy, you will become a habit, and you will gain weight, and you can't change it." Cui Tao sighed, "I have nothing to do this day, so I can only hold back." Eating at home is both happiness and pain, and it is really not easy for me."

"Qiniang is working too hard." Meiyu quickly responded.

"I'd better go for a walk." Cui Tao finally got up and moved. She covered her veil and walked a few steps behind the house.

Cui Tao is now pretending to be the outhouse of the fourth house of the Cui family, and lives in the Cui family's other garden.Cui Tao's bastard fourth uncle is a well-known hypocrite, with a dignified appearance, but in fact, he is secretly very lecherous, and has always kept many concubines.Those who don't know the inside story don't know, but those who know a little bit about the inside story know what virtue Cui Silang has.Therefore, such an arrangement is not eye-catching, and it is not easy to arouse suspicion.

The small courtyard is not big, surrounded by high walls, and there is only Meiyu and a maid in it, because she is afraid that the insider will talk too much and not be able to keep the secret.Cui Tao has lived here for more than a month, and has been safe and sound.Every day, someone can satisfy her desire to eat. Order as she likes, and she lives like a pig. She eats and sleeps, and eats after sleeping. She doesn’t have to worry about getting fat and being slaughtered. It's a very simple and happy life.

Cui Tao walked two steps near the back wall when she suddenly heard the sound of a bell. After five consecutive rings, she stopped.

Then there were two rings, and another ring. Cui Tao raised her eyebrows and looked up to find the direction of the ringing.

"I heard a bell just now?" Meiyu was packing the dishes in the room, and when she heard the sound, she leaned over to the window and asked cautiously.

"No, it must be the sound of me hitting the wall with a wooden stick. You can pack up quickly. I want to stay alone for a while and don't come back in an hour." Cui Tao waved her hand, anxiously saying.

"How can this be done, Madam told me to—"

"Listen to me!" Cui Tao immediately lowered her face and glared at Meiyu.

Meiyu immediately obediently agreed, and left the small courtyard with the bowl and chopsticks.She is still more afraid of Qiniang than the old lady. For some reason, she feels that she is more powerful.

Cui Tao happily wandered around the small courtyard for a few times, but she still didn't see Han Qi, so she was a little anxious. She was thinking about whether to go up to the roof, standing high and looking far away, when she suddenly heard someone knocking on the window behind her.

Turning around, I saw Han Qi wearing a green robe, standing inside the window, staring at her with a slight smile.

I haven't seen him for more than a month, but he is still as handsome as jade, unparalleled.

Cui Tao happily rolled over the window sill, facing Han Qi's Qingjun face, and was about to reach out to touch it to take advantage of it, when Han Qi suddenly leaned over him.

He seemed to be kissing her cheek?Cui Tao shrank her neck instinctively, but Han Qi suddenly whispered into her ear.

"Fat."