Before the person replied to the letter, Yeluyue, who was far away in Xiping Mansion, had just set off from Anxi Duhufu, and as soon as he stepped into Pingliang Town, Ye Qing of Chang'an received the news that Yeluyue would return to Lin'an.

In addition to Yeluyue, he also took the Eight Thorn Black and others who took refuge in him, but because the other Liao soldiers stayed in Xiping Mansion, the Eight Thorn Black still left most of his cronies in Xiping Mansion just in case, and only brought a few personal guards to follow him to escort Princess Chengli to Chang'an.

In these days in Xiping Mansion, although Ye Luyue did not tell him, he still faintly felt that Princess Chengli's desire to restore the country was not as urgent as he imagined.

This made him feel a little disappointed in his heart, but also with a faint worry, a little unsure whether he was wrong from the beginning to take refuge in Yeluyue.

But fortunately, Princess Chengli has a great relationship with Ye Qing of the Song Dynasty, and ...... If you are not mistaken, the relationship between Princess Chengli and Ye Qing can no longer be described as a great relationship.

Therefore, because of Ye Qing's close relationship with Princess Chengli, it made a glimmer of hope in the heart of the Eight Thorns, if they could persuade Princess Chengli, and then Princess Chengli persuaded Ye Qing to help them restore the country, then obviously there would be a lot of hope.

Although Yeluyue's fanatical and firm idea of recovering the country moved Yeluyue very much, in the fanatical and firm eyes of the eight thorns, she still saw that the ambition was like a raging fire, burning recklessly in the eyes of the eight prickly black.

Now that she has chosen not to return to the country, Yeluyue can only hide all her thoughts on the way back to Lin'an, and take the initiative to give up those worries about the Great Liao Kingdom.

Whether Li Heng can win over the soldiers led by the Eight Thorn Black to join Song for Song use, now it depends on Li Heng's own, after all, now, Ye Luyue has done his best to help, and the next thing is to see whether Li Heng, after Ye Lu Yue took the Eight Thorn Black and the others away, whether he has the ability to enhance Ye Qing's strength in the North.

Along the way, Ye Luyue thought a lot, both worried and disappointed, worried that this time she and Bai Chun privately decided to take over the Eight Thorn Black, I am afraid that after returning to Lin'an, she will inevitably be reprimanded by Ye Qing.

And the reason for the loss is that when she finally decided to give up the belief in restoring the country in front of Li Heng and his wife, the reluctance to reluctance for the Great Liao Kingdom, which has gradually disappeared and is about to be sealed by a thick history, has always had a deep sense of guilt in her heart.

Different from the original state of mind from Wangcheng all the way east to Chang'an, this time "revisiting the old place", Ye Luyue after stepping into Guanshan, the taste in her heart can be described as mixed, when she went all the way from Wangcheng to the east, there was still a deep idea of recovering the country and missing Ye Qing in her heart, and this time she embarked on the road back to Chang'an, and the original Daliao territory behind her was more western with her unswerving all the way to the east, and began to drift away, and the invisible line seemed to be because of the distance, and I don't know when the line was inexplicably broken from the bottom of my heart, as if all the rights and wrongs of the Great Liao Kingdom are no longer related to her, and this trip is more like a complete break with the Great Liao Kingdom, and the two will never miss each other from then on.

On the distant and rugged Guanshan mountain road, Yeluyue looked up at the sky, and the sky was like a small black bird flying happily overhead, the corners of his mouth unconsciously showed a smile because of the bird's freedom, and he felt a little relaxed in his heart, and asked himself: What is he doing now? Have you received a letter that I am going back to Chang'an? After seeing me, will you really reprimand me with a black face?

In the study of Ye Mansion in Chang'an City, Lord Ye sneezed several times in a row, which caused Bai Chun on the side to touch Lord Ye's forehead with some concern, and only after there were no fever symptoms did he look at Ye Qing a little strangely.

Before receiving the letter that Ye Luyue was about to return to Chang'an today, Lord Ye had already reprimanded Bai Da Mei over and over again because of Bai Chun's private decision with Ye Lu Yue, which provoked Bai Da Mei to see Ye Qing in the past few days, with a stubborn arc at the corner of her mouth, and she looked unconvinced.

Of course, because of the loss, Bai Da Mei had nothing to refute in this matter, but another letter from the imperial court a few days ago made Bai Chun grasp the handle, so that she finally pulled back a game, and no longer had to be reprimanded by Lord Ye every day.

"Presumably the Empress Dowager Li Fengniang is scolding you, otherwise how could you sneeze several times for no reason?" Although Bai Chun said this, he was still a little uneasy and touched Ye Qing's forehead again, and then touched his forehead again, and then completely relieved.

"Why can't it be Yeluyue who misses me?" Ye Qing asked rhetorically.

Bai Da Meiren was speechless about someone's good self, and pouted disdainfully: "Do you believe it?" ”

"What? Is she also afraid of being reprimanded by me? If I knew that I would reprimand, I shouldn't have made such a self-assertion, especially you, and I shouldn't have given her ideas. It is already a fact that the general trend of the Liao State has gone, and the Mongols are strong and strong, coming and going like the wind in the grassland, and it is completely a fool's dream to restore the country at present. What's more, the eight thorns are not loyal and good generals, if he is really loyal to the Liao State or Yeluyue, then he should escort Yeluyue to Chang'an with Yelu Yixue as soon as possible, instead of disappearing without a trace, suddenly appearing at this time, and defecting to Yeluyue under the banner of recovering the Great Liao. Since it suddenly appeared last winter, it is no wonder that there are two things: either they are being pursued by the Mongols and have nowhere to escape, so they have to defect to Yeluyue. Either they couldn't even eat, so they had to go to Yeluyue. In short, the people who think that the Eight Thorns Black defected to Yeluyue for the sake of recovering Liao are either stupid or ....... Before Lord Ye finished speaking, the white beauty once again raised the will that Zhao Kuo had given to Ye Qing in her hand, and made a gesture to slap the top of Lord Ye's head.

This is not the first time that Ye Qing has said that Bai Chun and Ye Luyue are stupid, these words have already made Bai Chun's ears hear the cocoon.

Looking at Ye Da

The person finally shut up and didn't say any more, and the white beauty still put down the will as indifferently as usual: "You better think about it first, how to deal with the queen mother in a few days!" Do you dare to point fingers at the marriage of the saint? Do you really not know Li Fengniang's purpose? ”

Ye Qing sighed at Bai Chun's gaze, and said helplessly: "Although you have to marry a wife and marry a virtuous person, you also have to look at the problem from a man's point of view, right?" In this world, which man does not put appearance first when marrying a wife? What's more, although the current saint is only thirteen or fourteen years old, he is also a man after all, and he still wants to marry a woman who may become the queen of my Great Song Dynasty and the queen of the world in the future, this appearance is too ordinary, not only Zhao Kuo's face is dull, but this is also sorry for the ...... of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"How can a woman be sorry for the Great Song Dynasty if she has a mediocre appearance?" Bai Da Meiren's eyes widened, and Zhao Kuo's holy decree was picked up by her and slammed on the table, and she looked at Ye Qing with her eyebrows upside down and hummed: "Do you think that all men in the world are like you, only looking at appearance and not paying attention to virtue?" If we were all like you, wouldn't we women be able to live...... ”

"I didn't say anything about you, not to mention that I didn't fall in love with you because you were beautiful...... Ye Qing spread his hands, feeling as if he had stabbed a hornet's nest, and hurriedly went back to the circle.

"Really?" With a sneer, Bai Da Mei looked at Lord Ye and said, "Hmph, if I was ugly, I'm afraid I would have been kicked out of my house by you a long time ago." Man...... None of the good things ....... ”

"It seems that Xiao Xue'er is crying, why don't you go and take a look?" Master Ye was a little big in an instant, and after returning to Lin'an, because Bai Chun and Ye Luyue had made up their minds privately in the mansion, they had just taken the initiative and had taken the strategic advantage, and seeing that they were about to disappear, Ye Qing had no choice but to divert Bai Chun's attention.

Bai Chun snorted again, and after listening to the movement outside, he turned around and glanced at Ye Qing and said, "Don't think about entering my room tonight, go to sleep by yourself!" ”

"I ......." Master Ye involuntarily stood up from behind the table, looked at the back of the white beauty slowly walking out of the study, and said: "I am the male master of this mansion, everything should be my final say, I can sleep wherever I want...... ”

"Dreaming!" Bai Chuntou said without looking back.

Ye Qing, who returned to Chang'an not long ago, has always been like this, dealing with the political affairs of the northern land in the study, Bai Chun waits by the side from time to time, occasionally the husband and wife quarrel, or teasing Xiao Xue'er together, and then goes to the government office, or goes to the barracks outside the city to walk around.

Yelu Chucai already seemed to have been forgotten by Ye Qing, as if there was no such person as Yelu Chucai.

However, Yelu Chucai didn't mind, in the few days he came to Chang'an, he wanted to do a lot of things.

Yu Yunwen gave him a carriage and even gave it to him with the coachman, so Yelu Chucai has been wandering around Chang'an these days, checking why Chang'an City under the rule of the Song people can be so much stronger than Chang'an City under the rule of the Jin people.

Whether it is for businessmen or ordinary people, even if it is a small village, Yelu Chucai did not give up to see in person, whether it is in a slightly remote village, and whether it is still in the places that have not been affected by the Beidi government now, whether it can still find clues under the rule of the Jin State.

It's a pity that no matter where he goes now, the atmosphere he can feel is a strong wind of the Central Plains, or the familiar atmosphere of the Northland, and there is no sign of any remnants of the golden people.

A long procession of cavalry attracted Yelu Chucai's attention, and motioned to the coachman to drive the carriage to the side of the road to stop, look at the towering black city wall of Chang'an in the distance, and then look back at the long marching line behind him.

Under the sun, the flags were waved, the swords were dazzling, and the soldiers with helmets and armor sat on horseback, like a small black river, slowly moving towards the direction of Chang'an City not far away.

Sitting in the carriage and watching from afar, even if he couldn't feel the strong killing aura, Yelu Chucai could still feel a heavy and fierce momentum from this marching army, and he had no doubt that if he stepped out of the carriage and stopped them, he was afraid that he would be immediately aimed at his body by dozens of bows and crossbows.

Chang'an City is not far ahead, this army slowly passed by Yelu Chucai's carriage parked on the side of the road to make way, obviously not in a hurry to gallop into the city immediately, the silent soldiers wrapped in black armor, even if they have begun to pass Yelu Chucai's carriage, still can't hear the slightest noise.

The rhythmic sound of horses' hooves clattered on the heavy yellow earth, raising a gentle puff of smoke and dust, but an army of thousands of people, but at this moment, in the eyes of Yelu Chucai, there was the momentum that tens of thousands of soldiers should have.

In the middle of the army, several carriages were tightly guarded, even if they were about to approach Chang'an City, but the soldiers guarding the carriage around the eyes were still sharp and full of vigilance, whether it was passing by Yelu Chucai's carriage, or passing by other merchants and people on the road, those cold eyes swept over everyone like a sharp sword.

Yelu Chucai lowered his head very consciously, not to look at the soldier guarding the carriage, and after secretly watching the team guarding the carriage pass by, at the moment when he raised his head, a middle-aged man with a full beard slowly appeared in sight.

Different from the Song soldiers who had just passed, the ones behind the carriage were also guarded by the Song army in the middle, but they were wearing grassland herding costumes, and no matter how they dressed, they looked so familiar but a little unfamiliar to Yelu Chucai.

"Liao?" An army of thousands of people finally passed by, and after the smoke and dust that had been raised gradually dissipated, Yelu Chucai muttered a question.

The coachman, who has been familiar with Yelu Chucai in the past few days, is no longer as nervous as he was just now, and even faintly with a hint of pride, looking at Yelu Chucai, who looked puzzled, explained: "Now it is not strange that Liao people appear in the army of my Great Song Dynasty, since Princess Chengli surrendered to my Great Song Dynasty, the Liao army she brought with her is already me

The Song army, whether it is a banner or armor, is used to protect the capital of Anbei, so now it is better to say that they are Liao people, it is better to say that they are soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"But they're not wearing armor, are they?" Yelu Chucai nodded in his heart, he had long known about Princess Chengli's surrender to Ye Qing of the Great Liao Kingdom, so it was not surprising that Liao soldiers appeared in the Song army.

But even so, he still felt different from the Song soldiers from the dozens of Liao people in the army just now.

As if standing out from the crowd, a wolf put into the flock is also eye-catching, and the Song people are not the same heart of the eight thorn black, even if they have always been mixed in the Song army escorting Yeluyue's team, but they can still let people with a heart see through it at a glance, they seem so out of place in it.

"The Liao people don't like to wear armor, but it's also timely, and now I heard that after entering my Great Song Army, you must wear armor according to the rules of the Song Army, and they are all good armor created by the craftsmen of the Xia people. Now, the Great Song Dynasty is stronger than before, not to mention that there are Liao soldiers in the army, and even the fierce Xia soldiers are not a few. I heard that in the Anxi Protectorate, there are tens of thousands of Xia soldiers, all of whom were gathered and assembled after Lord Ye destroyed Xia, and now whether it is the Liao or the Xia people, they are no different from the Song people in the army, they are all treated the same. Alas...... Lord Ye is still kind-hearted, adults don't remember villains, if it were me, I would send them all to the front line, and separate them from the Song People'......s Military Region. The coachman was obviously also a chatter, and as soon as he spoke, he looked like he couldn't stop.

Yelu Chucai didn't care about the coachman's hatred for Xia and Liao, in his opinion, this had already taken into account his face, and it was already good not to scold them Jinren.

With a smile on his face, he asked, "Why do you want to distinguish between you if you are the commander of the army?" ”

The carriage slowly began to move forward, and the coachman began to explain the people of Chang'an, especially the past that Hetao Sanlu had been bullied by the Xia people and the Mongols for many years.

"Raise your eyebrows." Yelu Chucai in the carriage breathed a sigh of relief, under Ye Qing's toughness and strength, now the Song people are obviously qualified to enjoy the four words of raising their eyebrows, and the Jin people are afraid that they are .......

Yelu Chucai was reluctant to think further, especially when he learned that the army that had just passed was likely to be the army escorting Princess Chengli of the Liao State, he was even more reluctant to think about how long the Jin people would be able to hold out in the current situation where Song was strong and Jin was weak?

The kind-hearted person in the coachman's mouth is obviously not as good-hearted as the coachman's mouth, if it is really as good-hearted as the Song court back then, then how can it be possible to recover so many territories, and even destroy the Xia Kingdom?

Words such as insidious, treacherous, shameless, despicable, etc., in Yelu Chucai's opinion, are not excessively used on Ye Qing, especially when he was in Jinan, when he witnessed Ye Qing instigating his subordinates to start making fake accounts and embezzling money from the imperial court for money, in Yelu Chucai's heart, Ye Qing had nothing to do with the word "good person" at all.

Maybe today's Ye Qing can only deceive the people who don't know the inside story, or perhaps, from the standpoint of the people of the Song court, Ye Qing is a kind-hearted person, and a person who has re-endowed them with the identity of the Song people...... Big Hero!

Beidi treats Ye Qing like this, and Lin'an also treats Ye Qing like this, which makes Yelu Chucai, who began to enter the city, also have to admire Ye Qing's skill, all of this is obviously Ye Qing's own rumors, and he uses the people's pure heart by unscrupulous means for his own prestige.

If there was no Ye Qing, would the Song Dynasty still be able to have the strong momentum it has today? Hypotheses such as whether the Jin people would still bully the Song court as before seemed to have no practical significance, but they brought Ye Qing an unimaginable good reputation, making a minister and a hero entrenched in the north actually changed greatly in recent public opinion and became the first hero of the Great Song Dynasty.

Naturally, Yelu Chucai knows better than more people that the reason why there is a phenomenon that everyone in the Song Dynasty praises Ye Qing now, in addition to Ye Qing being too insidious and shameless, is because the literati named Zhu Xi asked Ye Qing to help him rescue the students who were imprisoned or exiled by the imperial court, so he had to ignore his conscience and began to launch what Ye Qing called the literati public opinion offensive to build momentum for him in various places.

What is loyalty in the hearts of the people? What is adultery? Very simply, what this courtier does is beneficial to the country and the people, can promote the prestige of China, and can deter barbarians from invading the territory of the Song Dynasty at will, then this person is a loyal minister and a good general.

And in the hearts of courtiers and politicians, what is loyalty? What is adultery? It's also very simple, looking at the other side of the matter can overturn the conclusion of a courtier politician.

Ye Qing is exactly like this, entrenched in the north and ignoring the laws of the imperial court, like a hero, it is true. But in the same way, what you have done is beneficial to the country and the people, to promote the prestige of China, and to deter the barbarians from committing crimes, which is true!

Therefore, whether Ye Qing is loyal or traitorous, whether he is a good minister or a minister, it depends on how people will look at Ye Qing from that perspective.

In the past, because of Ye Qing's power in the Northland, no one was willing to look at the problem from another angle, but now with Ye Qing personally going down to create public opinion, then the image of his loyal minister has gradually become plump in the court and the people.

All these things are done, if nothing else, Ye Qing is just for the success of the next Northern Expedition, he needs a good and stable rear to ensure that while he captures Yanjing in the Northern Expedition, he will not let his back fall into passivity, and will not be called a minister and a hero by others, such as Shi Miyuan and others.

Of course, more importantly, he also wants to use the help of Zhao Kuo's help in marriage to improve Zhao Kuo's suspicion of him.

Although all this seems difficult now, after taking the first step, at least there is a glimmer of hope.

After writing the letter to Li Fengniang, he handed it to Bai Chun and let the umbrella be sent to Lin'an in the fastest time, and at this time, Yeluyue's carriage and accompanying army had also entered Chang'an City.