Late Tang

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The woman who got off the carriage was dressed in plain and elegant clothes, but she had a graceful and noble demeanor.Although her head is full of silver hair, her face is fair and ruddy. It seems that she is only about forty, especially when the silver hair matches her plain and elegant clothes and her graceful temperament, it complements each other even more.Along with her got off the carriage, there was another [-] years old, with gorgeous dress, like a rose under the moon, beautiful but thorny.

After the woman got out of the carriage, she looked at Li Jing who didn't know how to speak with great interest, and said with a light smile, "Are you Li Jiasanlang, Cui'e's child?"

The tall girl on the side replied: "That's right, this is Li Jing and Li Jiyu, who just became crowned this year, and previously joined the Dengzhou United Army, and later received Cui Yunqing from the Cui family of Qingzhou and Yu Can from the Guanzhong Yu family as students. He was the leader and general of the Dengzhou United Army, and now he has been transferred to the general of the garrison army in Shamen Town.'

"Looking at it, it looks like jade, with high spirits, and it really looks like a talent." The graceful lady nodded appreciatively to Li Jing.

Li Jing stood aside, somewhat confused about the situation.These people rode in a luxurious carriage, surrounded by Kong Wu's guards, and they were all dressed in luxurious clothes with extraordinary temperament. One could tell at a glance that they were not the former relatives and friends of the Li family.And listening to them explain their own situation clearly as soon as they uttered it, they must have come prepared.But the word Cui'e mentioned by the lady made Li Jing a little confused again.The word Cui'e is the name of Li Jing's mother, Han's family.Few people know this name. People in Wangli Village usually call it Li Hanshi, or Xiucai Niang Sanlang Niang, etc., but no one is called Cui'e.Li Jing also only learned of his mother's name by chance, but how does this lady know now?

Turning around in her heart, Li Jing stepped forward with some hesitation and bowed her hands, "Dare to ask if the old lady is from the Han family?" The noble lady was slightly taken aback when she heard the words, then raised her hand to cover her mouth and smiled lightly.He didn't answer, but just waved his hand: "We haven't seen each other for more than [-] years, I can't wait to see each other again, Li Sanlang, let's lead the way."

Li Jing didn't bother to ask at this time, so she turned around and led the way, and by the way, invited the young man on the other side to enter the village together.Although the lady didn't reveal her identity, Li Jing had secretly guessed that the lady might be a relative of her mother based on the information revealed in her words.After putting together the age and the identity of the other party, Li Jing already guessed that this noble lady is probably the young lady of the head of the Han family who accompanied her mother to write poems and books when her mother was still in the Han family.

A group of people quickly entered the village, looking at the high stage set up in the village, the long flowing water banquet, and many officials and gentry in green and blue, many collars came to celebrate Mother Li's birthday. The lady's eyes were actually moist.

Just at this time, Li Jing's mother had just been picked up by Lin Wei and other women and sons-in-law. She sat down in the middle of the temporary shed and began to accept everyone's birthday greetings.The lady was still a dozen steps away, and she had already seen Mother Li.

"Cui'e! After 30 years of farewell, you will be full of children. You are blessed and beautiful." The lady's words were full of anger, and the whole audience was shocked like a thunderbolt.Li's mother, who was sitting in peace, heard someone calling her name, she stood up in a panic and looked up carefully.But he saw his son Li Jing with a few gorgeously dressed people there, one of them had silver hair and a vaguely familiar face.

"Yes... yes..." Han's mouth kept moving, but he couldn't come out with complete words.

The noble lady approached, with tears in her eyes, she grabbed Li Jing's mother's hand and said, "Cui'e, I'm Cuiying, we've been apart for more than thirty years, I never thought we'd see each other again in this life. "

Li Jing's mother also took Han Cuiying's hand and cried, "Seventh Sister, it's really you."

It turned out that this noble lady was indeed Cuiying, the daughter of the Patriarch of the Han family who accompanied Li Jing's mother to study when she was not married.At the beginning, Han's father died more than ten years after Li Jing's grandfather died, and more than ten years after the Li family moved from Qingzhou to Wendeng, they still haven't forgotten the children's marriage they made in the early years.After her daughter reached the age of marriage, she took the initiative to find Wendeng Li's family, and then married her daughter to Wendeng.Because the Li family was in decline at that time, and the family did not have much wealth, the marriage was a little rushed.Before the Han family left, they didn't come to say goodbye to Han Qiniang, but after less than half a year, Qiniang also married to the Xiao family in Lanling.

The Xiao family, like the Han family, belonged to the top aristocratic families in the late Tang Dynasty. Although they could not be compared with the top aristocratic families such as the five surnames in Shandong and the four surnames in Guanzhong, they were also called the seventh family in the late Tang Dynasty. The noble family of Da Gaomen is more prestigious than the Han family.In the Tang Dynasty, there were 10 people in the Xiao family's courtship. Han Qiniang married Xiao Kui's family.

After more than 30 years of separation, the Han family married the Xiao family, and later moved to Yangzhou with her husband.At the beginning, she also wrote to Xiao's family to ask Li Jing's mother's contact, but Han's father moved away from Qingzhou to serve as an official in other places shortly after his daughter got married, and he died as a guest in another place shortly afterwards. I don't know the whereabouts of Li Jing's mother.

The two sisters who had been separated for many years cried and complained, and it took a long time for their emotions to settle down.Han Qiniang said: "It's been more than 30 years, and we will meet again." Then she said that she lost her husband seven years ago, and has three sons and three daughters under her knees. The other children have already married, and the only one left beside her is Yulou. His [-]th daughter is still with him.Because she lived in Yangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time, Han Qiniang missed her family in her hometown, so she brought Yulou's servants along the canal north by boat three months ago.At home in Qingzhou, I overheard someone say that Cui Yunqing, the newly appointed military commander of the Jiedu Army, had a student who was recruited in Dengzhou, who was actually the son of a side branch of the Han family married some years ago.After some inquiries, she confirmed that this girl from the branch of the Han family was a good sister in her boudoir when she was not married.

Friends, relatives and neighbors sitting in the room to pray for birthday also sighed endlessly.Li Jing's mother asked Li Jing to come over and kowtow to Han Qiniang.Han Qiniang was kind, and called her daughter Xiao Yulou to meet Li Jing, making the two of them call each other cousins.Then he pulled the young nobleman who hadn't spoken all this time to come forward: "Eighth Sister, Sanlang, this is the youngest son of my elder brother's direct descendant. He is the seventh son in the family. His name is Zhi, and his name is Zixuan. Everyone calls him Qilang. Yes." Han Qiniang pulled Han Zhi to let him salute Li Jing, and asked him to call Li Jing his cousin.According to Han Zhi's words, he met Li Jing according to the etiquette, and he was very polite.It's just that in this politeness, Li Jing went to see a little distance.

Although he knew that Han Zhi had a lot of status, he was Qilang, the direct descendant of the head of the Han family in Qingzhou, but the other party was a little cold, and he didn't want to have a hot face but a cold butt, so he only said a few casual words to him.On the other hand, the tall cousin Xiao Yulou was very familiar, so she took the initiative to post over and chatted with Li Jing for a while, and then her eyes immediately saw Li Huier, Yu Youniang, and Wang Yueying. There are many, but there are not many female customers, most of them are women from Wangli Village, doing odd jobs around, only Wang Yueying is with Li Huier and Yu Youniang, the three of them are unavoidable in terms of clothing and temperament. Standing out from the crowd, Xiao Yulou immediately ran to chat again.

Li Jing's mother and Han Qiniang reunited after a long absence, and the two of them had a million words to say, but when Xiao Yulou left, there were only Li Jing and Han Zhi left. .Li Jing was about to find a few words on the occasion, and then find someone to deal with, but Han Zhi suddenly said: "Brother Ji Yu was promoted to the general of the Shamen Township. Congratulations. The old lady is also from my Han family in Qingzhou. After all, brother Ji Yu is also a member of the Han family." Dear. The original family has never heard of my aunt. This time, at Cui Sima's banquet, I accidentally learned that Brother Ji Yu's mother is also my Han family in Qingzhou. Then my father sent many people to Dengzhou to inquire about it. This matter."

Listening to these explanations, Li Jing didn't care much.Regardless of whether the Han family has deliberately not contacted the Li family these years, or really lost contact, it's all in the past anyway.Han Zhi said again: "Originally, my father would also come, but there are a lot of sundries in the family, and my aunt came, so my father asked my younger brother to act on his behalf. My aunt had a birthday, my cousin was promoted, and the second happiness came. My father asked me to bring a little Sincerely, I also hope that my cousin and aunt will accept it, so it can be regarded as making up for the failure of the family to take care of it in these years." Said, Han Zhi handed over a gift list.Li Jing took it and unfolded it, but there were ten carts of gold, silver, pearl and jade jewelry, and silk and satin.This gift list is very heavy, and Li Jing estimated that there are thousands of gifts.If the Han family gave such an expensive gift just because Li's mother was from the Han family, Li Jing wouldn't believe it, it probably had something to do with the identities of Li Jing and his two teachers.Thinking of this, Li Jing did not refuse, and accepted it very simply.

Seeing that Li Jing accepted the gift list without saying a word, Han Zhi was a little surprised, but immediately took another flying money from his arms.

"This is the flying money that can be withdrawn at any time in the Han family's Shengyuan cabinet shop. The ticket is worth three thousand coins!"

Li Jing was really a little confused now, he just gave a generous gift worth a thousand guan, and now he will give another [-] guan?The Han family's handwriting is too big. If it's just for a relationship, it seems that there is no need to bleed so much. Could it be that the Han family really has something to look for?

"What is Qilang's meaning? You won't be rewarded for nothing. Brothers dare not accept this money." Before he figured out the reason, Li Jing really didn't dare to accept the money.Seeing this, Han Zhi hurriedly dragged Li Jing to a quiet place, and whispered: "Although my Han family is called Shandong Gaomen, it is not as good as Shandong Wang, Cui, Lu, Li, and Zheng. He is not as noble as the four surnames of Wei, Pei, Liu, and Xue in Guanzhong, and even less wealthy than the four surnames of Wang, Xie, Yuan, and Xiao in Jiangnan. In recent years, fewer and fewer people have become officials in the clan, and they occupy high positions. There are fewer important positions, and it’s not easy for the clan.”

Hearing Han Zhi's complaint, Li Jing felt a little confused. It seems that the Han family came to him, and it was not just a simple matter of recognizing relatives and celebrating birthdays.

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