Li Zhi, don't be a coward

Chapter 66

Apart from knocking on the widow's door, Li Qinzai didn't think anything else was so morally corrupt.

Which child in the previous life didn't do it?
Li Qinzai spent his childhood in the countryside in his previous life. He used firecrackers to blow up cow dung, waiting for someone to pass by. The cow dung exploded with a bang, and the sourness splashed all over his body...

Of course, the consequences are also very serious. A severe beating is unavoidable, sometimes twice.

As for going down the river to catch fish, digging out bird nests from trees, and peeing on passers-by under the fence with your bare buttocks and friends... these are all daily operations, don't be six.

No one can define how to spend childhood happily.

Anyway, although Li Qinzai was beaten by his parents a lot in his childhood, he is still very happy when he recalls it now.

Perhaps it is because of this happy memory that even when he grows up, he can maintain a sunny and positive attitude and always face it with a smile, no matter how difficult it is.

People with happy childhood always love life and always smile towards the sun, because they can always find the joy of living in the cracks of difficulties.

The blooming of a wild flower can bring wonderful meaning to one's life. There is only one life, so why spend it with a sad face?
So should buckwheat.

It's not a good thing for a child to be afraid that he will cause trouble by having fun, but that he will be too obedient.

Li Ji and Li Qinzai sat chatting in the study, and Qiao'er became curious about the furnishings of the study, and kept looking at them with clear eyes.

Li Ji noticed Qiao'er's expression, and couldn't help laughing: "If Qiao'er likes it, you can look at it and touch it casually in your great-grandfather's study. Don't worry, it doesn't matter if the things in your house are broken or broken."

Qiao'er shook her head, smiled shyly, then sat down on her knees in a well-behaved manner, her eyes no longer wandering casually.

Li Ji sighed, and said to Li Qinzai: "This child is too reserved and well-bred, but he doesn't look like a child."

Li Qinzai nodded, Li Ji's eyes were sharp, and he saw Qiao'er's crux at a glance.

Li Ji sighed again: "When you were his age, you already learned to piss on the lone classics in the old man's study, and the old man's many treasures were wasted by soaking in the boy's urine. You still don't know how to repent after being beaten up by your father. I came to pee again the next day, and I used the old man's study as a hut..."

After finishing speaking, Li Ji still showed a smile on his face, and Li Qinzai couldn't help but suspect that the old man secretly drank his own boy's urine. It tastes...not bad?

So Li Qinzai tentatively asked: "If grandpa thinks that the fine traditions of our Li family should be passed on from generation to generation, why don't grandson ask Qiao'er to sprinkle some fresh ones in your study?"

Li Ji scolded with a smile: "Get lost! For several generations of the Li family, you are the most worthless thing!"

The rare laughter and harmony between grandparents and grandchildren.

Li Ji's gaze towards Qiao'er became softer and softer, and that face, which was almost exactly the same as Li Qinzai's, soon aroused Li Ji's love.

Although Qiao'er is only an illegitimate child, he is still the blood of the Li family, and the call of the blood from the bottom of his heart made Li Ji feel happy and cherished from the bottom of his heart.

Seeing that Li Ji seemed to be in a good mood, Li Qinzai took the opportunity to ask a question that had been on his mind for a long time.

"Grandpa, Lin Nu's parents, what crime did they commit? Why did the family end up like this?"

Li Ji's smile faded, and he sighed with a sullen face: "Linnu's parents... also had bad luck, and suddenly suffered a disaster."

Li Ji said slowly, it turned out that Lin Nu's surname was Han, and her father, Han Wei, was originally a Jinshi in the 21st year of Zhenguan. The scientific examination system was not perfect at that time. To be an official at last.

What Han Wei voted for back then was Li Ji's family. At that time, Li Ji was also the second most famous figure in the military after Li Jing in the Tang Dynasty. In addition, Taizong Li Shimin had a broad mind and was eager to seek talents.

Li Jidang even recommended Han Wei to Li Shimin.

Han Wei was also upbeat, and after the scientific examination, he was really on the list. Li Ji admired his literary talent and talent, so he was appointed as the magistrate of Qingyang County after being recommended.

The county magistrate has been working for five or six years, and his reputation as an official is quite good. Li Ji also heard about it in Chang'an City, and he couldn't help but appreciate Han Wei more and more.

He was planning to find an opportunity to recommend to the emperor and promote Han Wei to an official position, but unexpectedly, the Han family encountered a disaster.

In the fourth year of Yonghui, Li Shimin has passed away, and Li Zhi has been on the throne for four years. Princess Gaoyang and King Jing Li Yuanjing are involved in a rebellion. Princess Gaoyang and a group of followers confessed.

At that time, it was also found that Princess Gaoyang asked Ye Ting Ling Chen Xuanyun privately about the celestial phenomena, deduced the stars, and cursed the emperor with witchcraft.

This is a serious crime, a crime of decapitation without room for negotiation.

After the incident, Princess Gaoyang, King Jing Li Yuanjing, Fang Yiai and other party members were inevitably killed.

Ye Ting Ling Chen Xuanyun naturally could not escape death, because Chen Xuanyuan was a direct participant in the rebellion case, he was not finished after his death, and he had to hunt down and punish the three clans.

Unfortunately, Han Wei was a branch of Chen Xuanyun's mother's family, so Han Wei's family was also imprisoned, and then Han Wei and his wife were executed, and all the women, children and relatives in the family were sent to the inner teaching workshop as slaves and prostitutes.

Li Ji couldn't save Han Wei, after all, it involved treason and was too sensitive.

But he also knew that this was an innocent disaster, and couldn't bear to see Han Wei's daughter and relatives being slaves and prostitutes, so he came forward to intercede with Li Zhi.

Li Zhi is a tolerant emperor. After the matter was clarified, he also knew that the treason case had nothing to do with Han Wei. With the current national law, treasoners are inevitable. As for the innocent daughter and relatives affected, Li Zhi still looks at Li Ji's face let go.

Lin Nu and several women and children of the Han family recovered their lives, and Li Ji arranged several women and children to live in Zhuangzi, but Lin Nu voluntarily entered the Li Mansion as a slave in order to repay the kindness of the Li family. she.

The fate between Li Qinzai and Lin Nu was born from this.

After Li Ji finished speaking, the study fell into a long silence.

Li Qinzai let out a leisurely breath.

Yi Ren has passed away, leaving only his only son, maybe it is God's will, not only to pay for his past self, but also God will not allow him to lie down and be a waste in this world.

Qiao'er has become his fetter, his weakness, the rein that can yank him when he runs wild wildly.

Touching Qiao'er's head, Li Qinzai suddenly smiled and murmured: "Everything is the best arrangement..."

Qiao'er didn't understand and looked at him in confusion.

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The Li family is not short of money, food, or house.

It was not difficult to arrange Qiao'er's board and lodging, and Li Qinzai took him back to his yard.

In the huge Li Mansion, this well-located courtyard is a world that belongs exclusively to Li Qinzai.

The difficulty is that Li Qinzai has no experience in taking care of children at all. He doesn't know what to do to take care of children, so he can only piece together some things based on the memory of his previous life.

Qiao'er entered the room, knelt down and sat down neatly, without squinting like an eminent monk.

The small appearance, and the calm and profound demeanor of a monk seem both contradictory and cute.

He ordered someone to call the housekeeper over, and Li Qinzai ordered Wu Tong to immediately invite the famous tailor from Chang'an City to come over and make some new clothes and shoes for Qiao'er.

He also asked Wu Tong to select a few gentle and sensible maidservants from the mansion, and send them to Li Qinzai's courtyard to serve Qiao'er's daily life in the future.

"By the way, bring a lactating ewe and raise it in the yard. From now on, Qiao'er will drink goat's milk every morning and evening to keep his body strong." Li Qinzai added.

Wu Tong was in a hurry to respond.

"Does Qiao'er have a literacy enlightenment?" Li Qinzai asked suddenly.

Qiao'er lowered her head and said, "Grandma taught enlightenment."

"What did you teach, you recite it."

Qiao'er stood up, put her hands behind her back, and said with a lovely milky voice.

"The sky and the earth are dark and yellow, the universe is prehistoric, the sun and the moon are shining, and the stars are standing..."

The characters are well-rounded, sonorous and powerful. Obviously, they have memorized them countless times, and they have memorized them thoroughly.

Li Qinzai hurriedly said: "Okay, stop, stop!"

Qiao'er stopped, still knelt and sat down, straightened her waist and remained silent.

Li Qinzai knew that Qiao'er recited the thousand-character prose, which was created by Zhou Xingsi, a regular servant on Sanqi in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and was listed as an enlightenment book for children in the Tang Dynasty.

The enlightenment of scholars in this era starts with the thousand-character prose.

"Do you understand the meaning of this thousand-character essay?" Li Qinzai asked curiously.

Qiao'er lowered her head and said in shame: "My lord, forgive me, but Qiao'er doesn't understand, it was Grandma who asked Qiao'er to recite it..."

Li Qinzai smiled, and said again: "Words? Can you write?"

"Qiao'er can write more than a dozen characters, and she can write them."

After asking a few questions, Li Qinzai roughly understood Qiao'er's level of education.

Well, probably semi-literate.

After pondering for a long time, Li Qinzai said slowly: "Since you can memorize the thousand-character prose, you don't need to learn it anymore. I will get some basic enlightenment reading materials to teach you how to read and write."

"Yes."

Touching Qiao'er's head, Li Qinzai said earnestly, "Qiao'er, no matter what your background or hardships in this life, you must never slacken your studies."

"I don't ask too much of you. I will help you to take care of the catastrophe you caused. There are only two things, one is 'moral character', and the other is 'studying'. Only these two things cannot be neglected."

Qiao'er seemed to hear the seriousness in Li Qinzai's words, so she faced Li Qinzai and saluted awkwardly.

"Qiao'er will keep it in mind, thank you father for teaching me." The little face was tense, as if some kind of mysterious ceremony was being performed, and the expression became sacred.

Li Qinzai asked curiously, "Do you understand everything?"

A look of helplessness and panic flashed across Qiao'er's eyes, and then her small mouth shrunk, trying to hold back as if she wanted to cry.

"Qiao'er just memorized the teachings of my lord father, but Qiao'er doesn't understand..." Qiao'er said aggrievedly.

Li Qinzai laughed and rubbed his head.

What can a child who is less than five years old understand?
In the previous life, when Li Qinzai was five years old, if someone told him these incomprehensible principles, he would take off his pants and soak the boy's piss on the spot, he would be so rebellious, otherwise what would be the use of this iron rod.

Compared to Qiao'er, who was sensible and distressing, Li Qinzai couldn't help but feel that he had spent his two lifetimes in the stomach of a dog.

"Qiaoer..."

"exist."

Li Qinzai sighed helplessly: "Can you stop being so sensible, your appearance makes it difficult for me."

Qiao'er looked bewildered.

Li Qinzai said depressedly: "I don't have any majesty at all, can't you be like a normal little bastard, go all over the world and cause trouble, and then be beaten up by me?"

Qiao'er was still ignorant and said: "Father, Qiao'er doesn't understand..."

Li Qinzai pointed to the top of his head and said, "What's on top of our heads?"

Qiao'er looked up and said, "There are beams."

"What about the beams?"

"There are roof tiles."

Li Qinzai held Qiao'er's little hand with a smile, and said, "Go, I will take you to the house to unravel the tiles for my father."

(End of this chapter)