Qian Xiangzu, the secretary of the military department, Li Lifang, the secretary of the household department, including Zhao Shichun, the king of Wu, were originally sent by Zhao Kuomi to go to the north, but after the rain passed, everyone still unexpectedly appeared in the Daqing Palace.

Zhao Kuo is now not only locked up alone in the Qinzheng Palace, but he has even forgotten his secret decree to Qian Xiangzu and others early this morning, although today at the back door of the Xinwang Mansion, when he saw Qian Xiangzu and others secretly sent by him appear on the streets and alleys, his heart still felt a slight shock, but at this time, he obviously had no heart to pay attention to these people and things.

Xie Daoqing's feeling at this time was like Zhao Kuo, who had locked himself tightly in the Qinzheng Palace, everything that happened today was like a dream for her, it was originally a day to easily travel to Lin'an, but for some reason it suddenly became a day full of bloody killings.

Zhao Kuo's wielding of the knife, Ye Qing's injury, Han Ying's protection of Zhao Kuo, her own protection of Ye Qing regardless of life and death, the appearance of the Queen Mother, the death of Rong Guogong, the detention of the left minister, what happened today and what he experienced, made Xie Daoqing, who returned to the mansion, feel that the experience of this day was even more than the experience of her life, and it was thrilling and terrifying.

With Xie Shenfu going to the northland early this morning, Xie Daoqing was a little dazed in the Xie Mansion, Xie Daoqing was a little dazed, and the pictures of everything that happened today appeared in his mind from time to time, especially whenever he remembered that Ye Qing did not hesitate to slap the face of the current saint under the stop of Li Fengniang, Xie Daoqing's heart was still unconsciously suddenly tightened.

It is precisely because of this slap that she is now worried about Ye Qing even more than his grandfather Xie Shenfu.

In a daze, the human voice from the courtyard made Xie Daoqing slowly come back to his senses, looked at the gradually darkening sky a little sluggishly, listened to the familiar sound outside, and then stood up with a dazed expression, and then walked out of the room quickly.

In the courtyard, several subordinates were carrying Xie Shenfu's salute at this time, and Xie Shenfu was standing in the courtyard looking up at the sky with a melancholy expression.

"Grandpa?" Xie Daoqing shouted with some surprise.

Xie Shenfu slowly turned his head, looked at Xie Daoqing who was dazed and surprised, and unconsciously showed a bitter smile on his old face: "Qing'er...... Qing'er didn't leave the house today......? ”

"You...... How did you get back? Xie Daoqing ignored Xie Shenfu's question, walked quickly to Xie Shenfu, looked at Xie Shenfu with a bitter expression and asked.

"Suddenly there was something important in the court, so my grandfather ...... And came back. When Xie Shenfu spoke, his face looked a little lonely.

Even if he didn't know what was going on in Lin'an today, when he was stopped by a ship of the Great Song Dynasty Navy shortly after he boarded the ship, and then brought him back to Lin'an Wharf, Xie Shenfu had already vaguely guessed that all this must be related to Ye Qing.

When Xie Shenfu entered the city gate, Lin'an City had already restored its proper order, and the forbidden army on the street had long since disappeared, replaced by Ye Qing's flower planting soldiers, which made Xie Shenfu's heart begin to sink continuously after entering the city, and even thought that Ye Qing had rebelled in Lin'an.

The grandfather and grandson who returned to the hall faced each other, and for a while, Xie Daoqing didn't know how to explain to Xie Shenfu what happened in Lin'an City today.

"Qing'er, you ...... Yesterday, it was not someone from the palace who asked you to go with the saint to Lin'an today, how can you ....... Xie Shenfu still couldn't help but ask curiously.

Xie Daoqing had a faint worry between his eyebrows, and finally nodded and said, "Grandson is indeed ...... today Indeed, it is ...... with the Holy Upper Reaches. ”

"Is the Holy One okay now? Why are you in the house now? Xie Shenfu's heart tightened, and he asked hurriedly and quickly.

"Holy ...... The Holy One ...... after the rain suddenly stopped today. Then he went back to the palace ....... Xie Daoqing looked at Xie Shenfu, who looked nervous, and said, then took a deep breath and began to tell Xie Shenfu about everything she had experienced today.

At this time, in the palace, the door of the Qinzheng Hall suddenly opened slowly, and he didn't even change the clothes that were originally soaked in the rain, and after Zhao Kuo walked out of the main hall, he saw Han Ying guarding the door of the palace at first sight.

Silently looking at Han Ying, who slowly got up and was looking at him with concern, Zhao Kuo's heart was still melancholy and irritable: "No one is allowed to follow me, and those who violate the order will be killed!" ”

Jia She, who originally saw Zhao Kuo walking out of the main hall, was about to follow Zhao Kuo's footsteps, but after hearing Zhao Kuo's will, he immediately stopped with Han Ying on the side, and looked at Zhao Kuo walking alone in the direction of Deoksugung Palace.

"How...... What to do? Jia Shi was obviously not familiar with the affairs in the palace, so at this time, he naturally had to ask Han Ying, who was worried about the face, for advice.

Han Ying watched Zhao Kuo's figure disappear around the corner, and then hurriedly ran to the corner, and after seeing that Zhao Kuo was indeed heading to Deshou Palace, she turned around and said to Jia Shi next to her: "Let's send someone to tell the Queen Mother first." ”

Han Ying blinked her bright eyes, and the tone of her voice was not giving orders to Jia She, but more like discussing with Jia She.

Jia Shi nodded, and casually summoned the soldiers of the Flower Planter Army and the eunuchs of the Qinzheng Palace called by Han Ying to go to the Cining Hall to play the Empress Dowager, while she and Jia Shi followed Zhao Kuo's vague figure from a distance and chased in the direction of Deshou Palace.

A bright moon hung diagonally in the air, Li Fengniang looked at the bright moonlight thoughtfully, and Zhu Ye'er also looked thoughtful beside her.

"Went to Deoksugung Palace?" Li Fengniang frowned and shook her head a little incomprehensibly.

Even if she understands the son she gave birth to, Li Fengniang at this time is still confused about Zhao Kuo's actions, and she can't even figure out why Zhao Kuo at this moment suddenly wants to go to Deokshou Palace!

"The front division and guard division outside the palace have all been replaced by King Yan's flower planting army, and the soldiers of the front division of the palace and the guard division have also been mobilized to the barracks outside the city, and there should be no more unexpected changes in the palace." Zhu Ye'er first considered the safety of the palace.

"Where is Ye Qing now?" Li Fengniang put it down for the time being, thinking about it, and Zhao Kuo asked with some unreasonable behavior.

"After coming out of Dali Temple, I went to the tavern I often went to, and at this time, I ...... should still be drinking with people in the third aunt's tavern. Zhu Ye'er replied cautiously.

Sure enough, when she finished speaking, Li Fengniang instantly became willow eyebrows, phoenix eyes raised, and said a little indignantly: "He still has the heart to run to drink, what?" Celebrate his escape from death today, or say that his injuries are not serious enough! ”

"The slave guesses that it should be related to the commander of the forbidden army...... And this ...... It will also involve Lin'an to appease Xie Shenfu, so the slave and maid ....... Zhu Ye'er shrugged her shoulders slightly, and said helplessly.

"It's that Xie Daoqing again! Isn't it just that he blocked a Guang'er questioning for him today! Li Fengniang was ignited with anger and resentment in her heart for a while, she is still worried about him in the palace now, he is good for himself, and he even went to drink, it is still related to that Xie Daoqing!

"The Queen Mother is angry, today you help King Yan, King Yan will naturally take it to heart, although he is drinking in the third aunt's tavern, but the slave maid thinks that King Yan must have his ......." Zhu Ye'er carefully comforted Li Fengniang.

"You just keep talking for him, and hide everything from this palace!" Li Fengniang glanced at Zhu Ye'er angrily, and sighed again: "Doesn't he know now, Kuo'er...... Is it the most important thing here? want

It's that Kuo'er can't figure it out by herself, even if it's this palace...... Hongu won't be able to help him anymore when the time comes! Forget it, let's go to Deoksugung Palace to see Kuo'er first. ”

Li Fengniang got up angrily, and then she was stunned and thought for a long time, and then walked towards Deshou Palace with Zhu Ye'er.

At this time, the third aunt's tavern was still the most remote corner of the tavern, and Xu Han, Lu Zhong, and Wu Gui accompanied Ye Qing to say this with a match.

Zhong Silkworm has already led the rest of the Flower Cultivation Army to completely take over the guards of the entire palace, plus Jia Shi is now also in the palace, and Ye Qing is now only left with Xu Han and two hundred personal guards, and now half of them are still left in Dali Temple, personally taking care of the detained Shi Miyuan and others.

Now the forbidden army in Lin'an City claims to have nearly 10,000 people, but there are only four or five thousand people who can really be led or instructed by Wu Gui and Lu Zhong, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled.

The rest of the places are occupied by the wealthy nobles and wealthy merchants in Lin'an City, and they only take Yulu or even not Yulu, in order to have a title of forbidden army, or by virtue of this title, they can seek an idle dispatch in the court.

And the officials above the court, including some official offices in Lin'an City, such as winemaking, porcelain and even cloth shops, etc., are also filled with a large number of forbidden troops, but these so-called forbidden troops have become the personal attachments of these officials, or the partners of the official industry.

As for those official industries, such as winemaking, etc., they are now almost monopolized by the Shi Party, and the money earned will go into the private pockets of officials, but the people who use them are the forbidden army raised by the imperial court.

And this is almost exactly the same as the situation when Ye Qing came to the head of the forbidden army and Ren Du, but after all these years, the forbidden army and the imperial court have been exploited by officials and officials at all levels more intensively. Even almost all the government-run industries in Lin'an City have been monopolized by Shi Miyuan, and this is one of the main reasons why Li Lifang, the head of the household department, has not been able to sort out the top and bottom of the household department since he was dispatched.

"Then if that's the case, I'm afraid the forbidden army is more than nearly 10,000 people on the books, right?" After Ye Qing came to the Third Aunt Tavern, he drank tea, while Lu Zhong, Wu Gui and Xu Han drank wine.

"King Yan, with all due respect, how many people are there in the forbidden army now, I'm afraid...... Not only did the last general not know, but even if it was Lin'an to pacify Xie Shenfu, he was probably confused, and the imperial court had no way of knowing how many forbidden troops there were in Lin'an City. In fact, since you left the forbidden army, this account of the forbidden army has always been a confused account. Wu Gui looked at Ye Qing, whose face was somewhat pale, and said.

"This is indeed completely different from when King Yan was still succumbing to the forbidden army. Especially...... Especially since Lord Shi Miyuan became the left minister, the entire forbidden army has been sent by Lin'an Mansion, and the military department has no way to send and control the forbidden army, so the forbidden army in these years is more like the largest manpower business in Lin'an City, and only those of us who no one wants have to maintain the existence and role of the forbidden army on the surface of Lin'an City. Lu Zhong sighed and said, in addition to his words, he also meant to flatter Ye Qing.

Ye Qing looked at Wu Gui and Lu Zhong, and a smile unconsciously appeared on the corner of his mouth, Wu Gui is still an eight-sided and exquisite character, the quality of the forbidden army has nothing to do with him Ye Qing a dime, not to mention that when he was still in the forbidden army, wasn't he also asked to go to the home and nursing home?

Now Wu Gui is talking to Lu Zhong because of his identity as King Yan, so he took the opportunity to say that he was still in the forbidden army period at that time, as if he was very nostalgic, as if when he was in the forbidden army, how brave the entire forbidden army was.

This kind of small flattery words, Ye Qing naturally won't debunk it, and he won't take it to heart, and after smiling, he quietly picked up the teacup in his hand.

Over the years, these old forbidden soldiers have indeed become the stepmothers who don't love their fathers and mothers, and they receive the military salaries of the imperial court on weekdays, and then they watch other forbidden soldiers live better and better in Lin'an City relying on their own connections and channels, and there is not much left of the duties of the forbidden army.

"If ......." Ye Qing put down the teacup, looked at Wu Gui and Lu Zhong looking at him with four pairs of eyes, and then continued to say slowly: "If you want to reorganize the forbidden army, what good suggestions do Commander Wu and Commander Lu have?" ”

"Reorganize the Forbidden Army?" Wu Gui and Lu Zhong looked at Ye Qing with some incomprehension and asked in unison.

"What happened in Lin'an today, presumably even if the two of you don't know very well, but relying on the experience of the two of them in the forbidden army over the years, I'm afraid they can guess one or two, right?" Ye Qing looked at the two of them and said lightly.

Wu Gui and Lu Zhong nodded unconsciously, but they unconsciously said secretly in their hearts: As long as you Ye Qing return to Lin'an every time, there will always be some strange things in Lin'an.

At first, it was just the court officials who suffered, such as Wang Huai and Tang Siwei, and then they became royal clans such as Zhao Ruyu, and today's Rongguo Gong Zhao Shikui, and even Emperor Xiaozong, all because Ye Qing appeared in Lin'an not long after, and suddenly died shortly after returning to the palace.

So this also makes the forbidden army, which will be mixed in every time, have to choose between a dilemma every time, and Wu Gui and Lu Zhong, and even in private, will occasionally secretly discuss: Is Ye Qing at odds with Lin'an City, why every time something happens in Lin'an, it is after he returns to Lin'an!

Looking at the two who were a little stunned, Ye Qing smiled and asked, "What, do the two commanders feel that the forbidden army is terminally ill and incurable?" ”

"Uh...... The last general will not dare to ....... Lu Zhong, who was the first to come back to his senses, laughed, thought for a while, and said: "King Yan, please forgive the last general for speaking bluntly, the current forbidden army ...... It has indeed been ...... Of course, if King Yan is willing to take over, the last general believes that one day he will be able to regain the ...... of the forbidden army. ”

Wu Gui was talking to Lu Zhong, looking at Ye Qing's expression with a perceptive expression, and when Lu Zhong finished speaking, Wu Gui was still making all kinds of calculations and weighing the pros and cons in his heart.

When Ye Qing's eyes looked at Wu Gui, Wu Gui instantly felt an invisible pressure rushing towards him, and his heart couldn't help but tighten at the moment, and after gritting his teeth, he said directly: "The last general thinks ...... Now even if Hua Tuo is alive, I am afraid it will be difficult to save the forbidden army. The forbidden army led by the two generals is still easy to say, but ...... These are not the main problems, but the main ones...... The crux of the problem is that you can't see it in the streets and alleys of Lin'an City, but you can only see it in the roster book. Whereas....... ”

"You go on, don't have any worries." Ye Qing raised his eyelids and said.

"Yes, King Yan." Wu Gui straightened up the body that was sitting on the bench, and then said with a somewhat serious expression: "The forbidden army on the bright side of Lin'an City, if King Yan wants to reorganize, he can all disperse the prison office near Lin'an to arrest and kill the cell boss, etc., this is not a difficult matter." And it is rare that if the children of those noble and wealthy families and wealthy businessmen want to move them, I am afraid that they will ...... Lin'an appeased Xie Shenfu Lord Xie since he was sent back then, it is not that he has not thought about rectifying the lazy forbidden army, but what can he do...... The connections involved in this are too complicated, and there are some big people behind them who are supporting them, so Lord Xie had to give up reorganizing the forbidden army in the end, just don't make any big mistakes. ”

"Actually...... What Commander Wu said was also what the last general wanted to say. Judging from the last general, it would be easier to form a new army than to reorganize the forbidden army, after all...... The dignitaries and nobles of Lin'an City, the relatives of the emperor, and the officials of the court almost all have some interests connected with the forbidden army, especially the ...... of the left prime minister Shi Miyuan Shi. Lu Zhong seized the opportunity and hurriedly said.

Of course, if possible, of course they hoped that Ye Qing could reorganize the forbidden army, after all, in this way, they would be able to return to their hometown.

And even if you can't return to your hometown, as long as you leave Lin'an, even a small county government in the south of the Yangtze River will be much better than being the commander of the forbidden army in Lin'an City.

There are so many high-ranking officials and nobles in Lin'an City, relatives of the emperor, and famous families, plus those officials above the court, how many people will take their two forbidden army commanders in their eyes?

And if they leave Lin'an, in even a small county office, the status of Lu Zhong and Wu Gui can be instantly improved by several levels, and even the magistrate has to be polite when he sees them.

But in Lin'an, when they saw everyone, they had to bow their heads and bow their waists, and try their best to flatter them to barely make people look at them.

Whether it was Lu Zhong or Wu Gui, they all knew more or less that something earth-shattering had happened in Lin'an today, but even if they were no matter what, they would never have thought that Shi Miyuan, the left minister at this time, had been detained by Ye Qing in Dali Temple.

Therefore, when Ye Qing consulted them for their opinion on reorganizing the forbidden army, they had to take into account Shi Miyuan's existence, and even needed to fight their own little Jiujiu in their hearts, between Ye Qing and Shi Miyuan, if it was a head-on conflict, would they still stand firmly on Ye Qing's side.

"In this way, the two commanders are still quite concerned about Shi Miyuan's influence in Lin'an City?" Ye Qing directly pointed out the scruples in the hearts of the two, which made Lu Zhong and Wu Gui, who were caught off guard, somewhat embarrassed.

"King Yan...... The last general and the two have ...... over the years. Wu Gui hurriedly waved his hand to explain.

Ye Qing waved his hand and smiled, looked at the two of them with a somewhat panicked expression, and said, "Since I want to reorganize the forbidden army, I think the two of you already know that I, Ye Qing, plan to tear my face with Shi Miyuan in the court." And...... The most important thing is that over the years, the two of them have also watched Ye Mou go from the head of a forbidden army to how he got to this position step by step, can it be ...... Do the two have no confidence that Ye can win against Shi Miyuan? ”

Wu Gui and Lu Zhong were stunned for a moment, the two looked at each other unconsciously, and then Wu Gui said: "The last general is naturally dedicated to following King Yan, over the years, presumably King Yan can also feel every time he returns to Lin'an, King Yan has any orders, and the two of us have never violated King Yan's will......." ”

Ye Qing doesn't have any bad impressions of Wu Gui and Lu Zhong, and naturally he doesn't have any good impressions, and even if he can have such a status today, he has to thank Wu Gui and Lu Zhong.

After all, in order to squeeze out themselves and Li Heng, who had just arrived in the forbidden army, the two of them gave their cheap "lease" to Yan Mansion, and it was precisely because of Yan Mansion, the starting point of the caretaker's home, that Ye Qing came to such a high position step by step.

So in the final analysis, Wu Gui and Lu Zhong should be the nobles who Ye Qing can have such a high position as today. And this is also the reason why Ye Qing still maintains a relatively close relationship with Wu Gui and Lu Zhong to this day, and it also makes every time he returns to Lin'an, the forbidden army can always open the door for him Ye Qing and the flower planting army at some times.

"Ye might as well tell the two of you about something that happened today." Ye Qing looked at the two of them who looked a little nervous, and said lightly: "Although there are soldiers in the Xinwang Mansion today, fortunately, there are not many people who shed blood and sacrificed. As for...... Ye Mou transferred all the forbidden troops to the outside of the city today and replaced them by the flower planting army, precisely because of ...... Shi Miyuan has now been detained by me in the prison of Dali Temple. ”

"What?"

"Huh?"

Wu Gui and Lu Zhong exclaimed in surprise almost in unison, and their wrinkled faces were full of shock and disbelief.

They thought that something big would happen in Lin'an today, after all, the sound of fighting in the Xinwang Mansion that lasted for a long time, as well as the movement of the flower planting army into the city earlier today, the palace front division, and the guard division in Lin'an City are enough to explain this.

But no matter how daring the two of them were, they never thought that the current Zuo Xiang would be ...... was detained in the prison of Dali Temple today!

"If the two commanders don't believe it, I can lead the two commanders to Dali Temple to see if Shi Miyuan has been detained by King Yan in the prison of Dali Temple." Xu Han, who had never spoken, looked at Wu Gui, who was open wide at this time, and said to Lu Zhong with a shocked expression.

"Faith! Letter! Letter! "The last general believes what King Yan says.

The two of them said almost in unison again, but at this time, their hearts were overturned, and it was still a little unbelievable that Shi Miyuan was also defeated by Ye Qing, and he was ...... He has been detained in Dali Temple!

"King Yan is sent, and the two will ......." Wu Gui still reacted very quickly, and after glancing at Lu Zhong, he motioned for Lu Zhong to get up with him and salute Ye Qing: "The two generals are willing to serve the Yan King, go to the soup and go to the fire, and ...... it." ”

"That's not necessary." Ye Qing stretched out his hand to press in the air, motioned for the two to sit down, and said: "Ye also knows that Shi Miyuan has been running the court and Lin'an for many years, even if he has not yet paid homage to the prime minister, Shi Miyuan has all kinds of forces and connections in Lin'an City. And Ye has been committed to the Northern Expedition to regain the lost territory over the years, and he is ashamed of the two saints, and he is naturally not as familiar with some things and people in Lin'an as he is not as familiar with the two commanders. ”

"But...... As the saying goes, the grass must be eradicated, otherwise there will be troubles, presumably the two commanders don't want to see the day when Shi Miyuan will make a comeback, right? Ye Qing looked at the two and asked.

Wu Gui and Lu Zhong nodded again and again, they were deposed and exiled in the Song Dynasty, and then there were many people who made a comeback, Tang Siwei was like this, and Zhao Ruyu was almost the same, so if Shi Mi was not able to die now, and completely cut the grass and eradicate the roots, then for Ye Qing, this trip to Lin'an would be difficult to say that it was a complete victory for Shi Miyuan.

After Ye Qing's words have been said to this point, Wu Gui and Lu Zhong are obviously not fools, since they have been able to sit in the position of the commander of the forbidden army for so many years, their ability to be obedient and listen to the sound can naturally be done easily, so now, they naturally heard the overtones in Ye Qing's words.

"The last general assured King Yan that as long as the last general knew, he would never hide it, but the last general was not qualified to know everything, after all...... Left-Eyed Lady...... Shi Miyuan's high position is not something that the last general and others say can be reached. Wu Gui took the lead in taking a superficial stance.

Lu Zhong also nodded firmly, showing his attitude to Ye Qing, but as long as he knew that the industries and forces in Lin'an City belonged to Shi Miyuan, he would never hide anything.

Looking at the firm expressions of the two, Ye Qing's heart felt slightly relaxed at this time.

The reason why he didn't look for Lu Zhong and Wu Gui before was naturally because he knew very well that Shi Miyuan's power and influence in Lin'an were definitely much greater than he imagined, and if he didn't find Wu Gui and Lu Zhong when he had the absolute upper hand in the battle with Shi Miyuan, it would definitely make the two of them have some scruples.

Lu Zhong and Wu Gui are not valued in Lin'an City, but then again, the two have also taken root in Lin'an City for many years, and I am afraid that they will have more or less interests with Shi Miyuan's sphere of influence in private, so looking for Lu Zhong and Wu Gui before there is enough reassurance seems a little unsafe for Ye Qing.

Of course, Wu Gui and Lu Zhong have maintained a relatively close relationship with him Ye Qing over the years, which makes Ye Qing sure that after the "thing is done", he will persuade the two to find all the hidden inheritance of Shi Miyuan in Lin'an.