Across the Water Margin: Officials of Ximen

According to Ximen Qing's distribution, Brother Qiao Yun first went to Beijing Daming Mansion to inquire about the painter Wang Yi.After learning that Wang Yi had gone west to Huazhou, Brother Qiao Yun hurried all the way to the Jintian Shengdi Temple in Huashan, the western mountain.

Here, exactly as the Ximen official said, the painter Wang Yizheng brought his daughter Yujiaozhi to paint the shadow wall for the temple, fulfilling his wish.

Brother Qiao Yun was once again overwhelmed by Ximen Qing's magic calculation. In his mind, Ximen Qing was already a godlike existence.

Since the official Ximen Qing calculated that the father and daughter of the Wang family would be ruined if they stayed here, Brother Qiao Yun did not dare to delay, and immediately made it clear to Wang Yi that he was the official Ximen Qing from Yanggu County, Yunzhou. People have heard for a long time that Painter Wang's skills are superb, and he is willing to pay a high fee for Painter Wang to come to Yanggu County as soon as possible to paint a few paintings for himself.

Brother Qiao Yun can speak well and has a lot of money with him, so Wang Yi is a little more confident.In addition, the name of Ximen Qing gradually spread in Shandong and Hebei. Wang Yi also heard about it and admired Ximen Qing, so he agreed to go to Yanggu County to work for Ximen Qing.

However, although Wang Yi agreed to Brother Qiao Yun's invitation, he said that it was not easy for him to come to Huashan, the western mountain, and he wanted to finish painting the shadow mural of the Jintian Shengdi Temple. valley.

Brother Qiao Yun thought to himself, Painter Wang, if you don't leave, according to what the officials said, the prefect of He in Huazhou is coming.When he sees your daughter, you father and daughter will suffer!

Brother Qiao Yun spent more than ten days ruminating, but Wang Yi insisted on finishing the painting of the Jintian Shengdi Temple before leaving.Fortunately, Ximen Qing sent brother Qiao Yun to come quickly, and Zhifu He has not yet appeared.

On this day, Brother Qiao Yun invited Wang Yi to drink tea under the pine, and he wanted to use a unique trick to force Wang Yi to follow him down the mountain and return to Yanggu.

Brother Qiao Yun poured tea for Wang Yi, and persuaded Wang Yi as usual.Wang Yi still insisted on his own opinion as usual, and left without letting go.

Seeing this, Brother Qiao Yun winked at the pine forest.But Wang Yi's daughter Yu Jiaozhi came out of the pine forest, walked quickly to the two of them, and greeted Wang Yi.Then, the jade jiaozhi willow waist swung, and stood beside Brother Qiao Yun in a charming manner.

Wang Yi noticed his daughter's abnormality today, pointed at Brother Qiao Yun and Yu Jiaozhi and asked, "You...?"

Brother Qiao Yun fell to the ground, bowed to Wang Yi, and shouted: "My father-in-law, please accept my son-in-law's bow!"

Wang Yi was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he didn't care about Brother Qiao Yun, he just looked at his good daughter Yu Jiaozhi.

"Father, my daughter is already Qiao Lang's!" Yu Jiaozhi blushed, but gave her answer to her father Wang Yi very firmly.After finishing speaking, Yu Jiaozhi looked affectionately at Brother Qiao Yun who was lying on the ground.

The painter Wang Yi saw his daughter's eyes and woke up from the daze. He hurriedly helped Brother Qiao Yun, hesitant to speak, not knowing how to address the young man in front of him.

Chapter 4 and Six of the True Biography of the Official

Painter Wang Yi and his daughter Yu Jiaozhi are people with backbone and don't give in easily.

In history, after seeing Yujiaozhi's beauty in the Jintian Shengdi Temple in Huashan, Huazhou, the Zhifu He Zhifu sent several times to ask for a matchmaker to propose marriage, and wanted to take Yujiaozhi as a concubine.Although he was facing a powerful and rich magistrate, Wang Yi did not want his daughter to be a concubine, so he sternly rejected the magistrate He.

Later, Zhifu He framed Wang Yi, sent him far away from Evil Junzhou, and forcibly robbed Yujiaozhi to enter the government.What he didn't expect was that the seemingly weak Yujiaozhi was also a strong woman who would rather die than obey, and committed suicide by jumping into a well in the mansion.

Wang Yi knew his daughter's temperament, if she hadn't been willing, the young man in front of him wouldn't have had a chance.The old man has been busy painting these few days, but he didn't expect to be pulled from the bottom of the pot by this young man!

Wang Yi took a closer look at Brother Qiao Yun, and saw that this young man was also a good-looking talent, and he looked as youthful as his own daughter, so he was a good match.

"You... sit down and talk." The word "son-in-law" in Wang Yi's mouth twitched around his lips, but he finally didn't call out, but his face eased a lot, and he greeted Brother Qiao Yun and his daughter Yu Jiaozhi After sitting down, he and Brother Qiao Yun solemnly began to discuss.

Half a day later, at the foot of Huashan Mountain, Brother Qiao Yun took Wang Yi, Yu Jiaozhi and his father and daughter out of Jintian Shengdi Temple, heading east to Yanggu County, Yunzhou.Naturally, this trip was not just to paint for the officials of Ximen Qing.Brother Qiao Yun had already promised Wang Yi that when he returned to Yanggu County, he would get married in the open, and marry Yu Jiaozhi into the family in a splendid manner.

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When Brother Qiao Yun took Wang Yi's father and daughter back to Yanggu County and returned to Ximen Qing in Ximen Fort, Ximen Qing was dumbfounded.

What a brother Qiao Yun, he not only completed the task he entrusted, but also earned himself a beautiful daughter-in-law, what a hero!It seems that Brother Qiao Yun has been traveling around with me for a long time, and he has learned a lot about "swindling and deceiving".

Thinking of Luan Tingyu who slept with the little widow in Qingzhou Qingfengzhai a few days ago, the senior official Ximen Qing fell into deep reflection. Did these people follow the example of the senior official and me?

Hmph~ It doesn't matter if he learns to be bad or not, it's a good thing anyway.The daughter-in-law that Brother Qiao Yun cheated back with his own ability, can't let her run away again!Ximen Qing settled down Wang Yi's father and daughter, and bought Qiao Yun a big house in Yanggu County. He paid money and people, and helped Qiao Yun marry Na Yujiaozhi into the family in a splendid manner.

Wang Yi and his daughter depended on each other for life. Now that his daughter is married to Yanggu County, he doesn't want to go back to Beijing Daming Mansion alone.After discussing with Ximen Qing, Wang Yi also stayed with Ximen Qing, a senior official, to do some writing and painting for him.

After having an in-depth conversation with Wang Yi and seeing Wang Yi's methods, Ximen Qing was overjoyed. He never thought that he would find a treasure by sending people thousands of miles to rescue him out of kindness.

That Wang Yi is a well-known painter in the Daming Mansion in Beijing. He is not only good at painting, but also has a deep research on calligraphy, gold and stone carving.With this Wang Yi, Ximen Qing is equivalent to possessing the abilities of Xiao Rang, a "holy hand scholar" and Jin Dajian, a "jade arm craftsman", at the same time. This is a talent with special skills!

At the wedding banquet, all the guests praised Brother Qiao Yun for being lucky to marry a beautiful lady.

Joe's father is already on the verge of taking care of himself, and his whole body is radiant and energetic.Xu Shi drank too much wine, and he was very happy. He said to everyone: "Little boy, how can he have any abilities? It is all thanks to the cultivation of Ximen officials. You said that the wife of Ximen officials' mansion is not like a flower, like a fairy. Going down to earth? My son always serves by the side of the high officials, and only then can I get one or two points of the true biography of the high officials and get a good wife. If there is no high official Ximen, how can my Qiao family get this blessing?"

When everyone heard this, they laughed in unison, saying that brother Qiao Yun really got the true biography of a senior official from Ximen.

After Ximen Qing heard this, he thought to himself, Brother Qiao Yun tricked a little lady back, why should it be blamed on me?Father Qiao, even though everyone here knows that I, Ximen Qing, is a suave man, you don't have to preach it in public, do you?If your words spread, wouldn't all the men in Yanggu County who can't find a wife come to join me, Ximen Qing, as a teacher to learn art?

Just as Ximen Qing expected, the words of Papa Qiao were spread in Yanggu County after a lot of embellishment and embellishment by Wang Po, Zhang Gong’s wife, He Jiushu and others who were fortunate enough to participate in the wedding banquet:

If anyone's son wants to be successful, he has to let him work with the official Ximen Qing.Just wait and see how poor the Qiao family was before?The fruit seller, Brother Yun, has only been with the official Ximen Qing for two or three years, and now he has a house, his father's illness has been cured, and he has married a fairy-like wife!

I heard that the little lady of brother Yun's family is a scholar in Beijing's famous mansion.If he hadn't followed the official Ximen Qing, would there be such a smoke on the old Qiao's ancestral grave?

Isn't our son better than Brother Yun who sells fruit?If you follow Ximen Qing as soon as possible, that fairy belongs to our family!

I don't think it's too late now, let the baby vote for the official Ximen Qing tomorrow.

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A few days after Brother Qiao Yun got married, Ximen Qing's mansion in Yanggu County was almost broken through.Anyone in the county who felt that their son was capable would rely on their connections to come to join Ximen Qing and volunteered to stay with him to work.

They are all neighbors and fellow villagers, so it is not easy to shirk, and Ximen Zhong, who is in charge of reception, is very busy.

When Ximen Qing saw such an unexpected scene, he never refused to come, and took all these young people from Yanggu County.

Recently, Ximen Qing has been thinking about the cultivation of talents under his command.Since many people I know are not convenient to recruit directly, it is more important to cultivate talents in all aspects.

Ximenqing once trained dozens of young people in Ximen Fort, letting them study and practice martial arts, as his future young military officer corps.Seeing that those youngsters are about to leave their teachers, as long as they are allowed to hone by the brothers for a few more years, it will not be difficult to produce some talents like Lu Xiaoyi and Qiao Yun.

And the people cultivated in this way will definitely be the most loyal to Ximen Qing in the future, and will become the backbone of Ximen Qing's future forces.

If more talents like this could be cultivated, Ximen Qing would naturally not refuse.Therefore, he accepted all the teenagers who came to vote this time, and planned to teach them in accordance with their aptitude.

Shouldn't a school be built for these teenagers, and they should be trained in stages and classes?Do you want to give this school another name to imitate future generations - "Yanggu Military Academy"?

Ximen Qing suddenly thought of a certain military academy in later generations with bad taste.

Chapter 4 Chapter Seven

Regarding the matter of the military academy, Ximen Qing naturally made a joke in his heart.Not to mention that this thing is too far ahead, the key to whether the people of the Great Song Dynasty can accept it is that they have not raised their flags to rebel, and created a "Yanggu Military Academy" out of nowhere. Didn't they express to the court in advance their determination to start anew? ?

Now that the time is not up, let's learn from Monk Zhu and unswervingly implement the strategy of "accumulating grain widely, building walls high, and becoming king slowly"!

A few days after Brother Qiao Yun got married, Ma Kuo, whom Ximenqing had been waiting for, finally appeared in front of the gate of Ximenbao.Ximen Qing welcomes Ma Kuo into the castle and hosts a banquet for him.

During the banquet, Ma Kuo informed Ximen Qing of his whereabouts after he went to Bianliang, Tokyo to take the martial arts exam.

It turned out that after Ma Kuo got acquainted with the famous general of the Western Army and the commander of the Dragon Guards after the martial arts in Bianliang City, Tokyo, he knew Liu Kai, the son of Liu Zhongwu in Xining Prefecture, and had similar temperaments with him, and they became brothers.After that, Ma Kuo followed Liu Kai to Xining Prefecture, and went to the northwest front to watch the battle between the Song and Xia armies.

At this time, Taiwei Tong Guan was overseeing the army in the northwest, preparing to launch a new round of attack on Xixia.Ma Kuo, a young man of blood, originally intended to go out with Liu Zhongwu and Liu Kai, but he received news from Dengzhou, Shandong, that his father, Ma Zheng, and the commander of the Ping Navy, Hu Yanqing, had crossed the sea to the Jurchen army with Gao Yaoshi, a native of Liaodong. Before the discussion, after leaving in April, there was no news, and I did not return for several months.

Ma Kuo was worried about his father's safety and his mother at home, so he said goodbye to Liu Kai and rushed back to Dengzhou, Shandong from Xining Prefecture day and night.When passing through Yunzhou, Ma Kuo remembered the promise he had made to Ximen Qing, so he visited Ximen Qing again on his return journey.

Ximen Qing heard that Ma Kuo, Liu Kai and others left Bianliang, Tokyo, only two days earlier than the day he went to find Ma Kuo after arriving in Bianliang, so after he missed the opportunity to meet Liu Kai in Tokyo by the way, Ximen Qing felt very sad. It's a pity.