After sending Xiao Zhen away, Ye Qing once again resumed his identity as a husband and father, and the image of the northland hero rumored by the outside world, or the image of the Song court's powerful minister, was completely like the two of them.

And this is also what makes Yan Qingcheng and Liu Qingyan the most satisfied, that is, whenever Ye Qing returns to the mansion, he will never put on an official stand in front of them and shake his official authority, just like an ordinary husband, although he occasionally talks about some court matters, but most of them are related to Yan Qingcheng's Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce.

Occasionally, Yan Qingcheng will also mention some officials, not only shaking the official authority outside, putting on the official shelf, but also returning to the pillow person at the back of the house, it is also indispensable to shake the prestige and other trivial matters, Ye Qing just laughed at it, and occasionally sat in the study, looking at Yan Tingcheng who was busy chattering in his mouth, and said: Prove that this person will not be an official, or the official is not big, otherwise, he will not always want to remind others that he is an official, in short, he is not confident and has an official addiction.

"Especially those imperial examination scholars are the most, the official has not done much, but playing official tone and playing official prestige is much stronger than you, the pacification envoy of Huainan East Road." Yan Tingcheng stopped what he was doing, and then glanced here to see if there was anything missing, and after being stunned for a moment, he suddenly looked at Ye Qing and said, "Why don't you also have time to shake your official authority in front of the concubine?" ”

"Sick." Ye Qing rolled his eyelids, and continued to write letters on the desktop.

Yan Tingcheng smiled disappreciatively, and then let out a long breath and said: "It's almost, you shouldn't have anything to bring back to Lin'an, a few changes of clothes, and the rest, I'm afraid Zhong Qing will help you buy it in Lin'an." When are you going to leave? ”

"Those imperial examination scholars you are talking about, but they are officials of the Transit Division?" Ye Qing continued to bury his head in writing and asked quietly.

"Yes, the Chamber of Commerce deals with them the most, although people will give our Ye family a little bit of thin noodles for the sake of your Ye Qing's face, but the other businessmen in the Chamber of Commerce don't have such a big face, this is not yesterday and still complaining. Even the concubine's brother almost lives in Haizhou now, but every time a merchant ship goes south, the two Zhejiang and east roads, especially the city of Fujian Road, are eager to scrape the skin of the merchant Jia before he is willing. Yan Qingcheng complained dissatisfiedly.

"The same is true for Huainan East Road?" After Ye Qing waited for the ink to dry, he put it in an envelope and handed it to You'er who was studying ink on the side, and motioned for her to hand over the pottery to the gatehouse.

There were not many clothes on his body in the hot summer, and when he slapped him hard on You'er's increasingly upright buttocks, and the study instantly became a little more ambiguous, You'er glared at Ye Daguan angrily, and then walked out of the study when Yan Chengcheng didn't pay attention to their flirting and scolding.

"Huainan East Road is better, Huainan West Road is not. Alas...... In short, the merchants seem to be beautiful on the surface, as if they can make a lot of money every time they trade, but in fact, most of the oil and water are still cheaper than the government. But fortunately, except for my brother who is running merchant ships, most of the business of our family, including the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, is still in the north, and the impact is not great. It's just that now as the scale of the Chamber of Commerce is getting bigger and bigger, it is natural that someone proposes that in the name of our Ye family, we want to open up a trade route on the waterway, and we can't just watch the waterway being monopolized by others, not to mention that although the interests are deducted by the government, the transfer department, and the city, it is still profitable. It is the nature of businessmen to pursue profits, you, Bai Chun, Zhong Qing, and Li Heng are all experts in spending money, and fools who make money, so I wonder whether to open a business route in the name of Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce. Yan Qingcheng sat down across the desk and asked for Ye Qing's opinion.

"Is there something that forces you to do this now?" The brush in Ye Qing's hand turned around in the pen wash, watching the ink on the tip of the pen intertwined with the water, rippling out irregular patterns.

"The Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce is getting bigger and bigger." Yan Qingcheng sighed and said: "Fujian Road since last year, has also prepared to establish a chamber of commerce, behind the main specific who is planning, it is not very clear, and they are also taking the waterway trade, so for the general merchant ships are suppressed very much, brother, he is now a little suppressed breathless, every time he goes south and comes back, it is like a circle from the underworld." ”

"You didn't ask Bai Chun and Zhong Qing? Wouldn't it be better for them to check the mastermind behind the Fujian Road Chamber of Commerce? With their abilities, this must not be difficult, right? Ye Qing already has a plan in his heart, he is the City Shipping Division, the Transshipment Division, and he is still on Fujian Road, except for Shi Miyuan, I am afraid that there is no one else.

"If you don't want to cause trouble, it doesn't matter if you make less money, anyway, the wealth of this world can't all fall into one person's pocket." Yan Qingcheng said so, but there was still a trace of unwillingness in his expression.

Of course, her unwillingness is not that she dislikes the less money she makes, but that now the Fujian Road Chamber of Commerce is too ugly, for her own interests, she completely ignores the life and death of others, and even colludes with the government to suppress other competitors.

"Yan Qingzhi is okay, right?" Ye Qing remembered that when he returned to Yangzhou, he sent Shen Mu from Haizhou, and asked about the recent situation of Yan Qingzhi who is now in Haizhou, but he had never heard of anything embarrassing.

Yan Tingcheng suddenly laughed with a thoughtful expression and said: "It's not a big deal, it's just that every time a merchant ship goes south, it goes away and returns in disappointment, and every time I come back, I shout that I won't go again, and then after the merchant ships are loaded, I still can't help but go." It's okay to suffer a little loss, it's been too smooth sailing these years, and it's not a good thing. ”

Ye Qing nodded with a smile, how could he not know that Yan Tingcheng didn't want Bai Chun and Zhong Qing to find out who was the mastermind behind the Fujian Road Chamber of Commerce, the reason why he didn't do so was entirely because last year, he was in danger of Guanshan, whether it was Bai Chun or Zhong Qing, or he was struggling to support Yan Chengcheng at that time, just like the crumbling Yan Chengcheng of this family, I am afraid that he would not have the mind at all, and then he would be with others in business, and everyone's thoughts would probably be tied to him.

Now, although more than half a year has passed since the Guanshan incident, it is obvious that it still leaves them with sequelae, so that they dare not pay attention to the umbrella anymore and make too big adjustments from themselves.

"Don't worry, there won't be anything like Guan Shan in the future. This matter should be investigated badly, and it should be fought and fought, and some people can't be allowed to think that my Ye Qing's women are all easy to bully. Zhong Qing, you can't open your mouth, just wait for me to go to Lin'an and tell her, as for the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce here, since you like to do business, just do it according to your ideas, no matter what, your husband and I will unswervingly stand behind you and support you. Ye Qing took Yan Qingcheng's hand and said.

Yan Qingcheng looked at Ye Qing, shook his head with a gentle smile, and said, "I just mentioned it casually today, in fact, it's very good now, even if I give up all the waterway trade, I won't care very much." And...... I don't want Zhong Qing to think that I chewed the root of my tongue in your ear, so I asked her to check on those messy things. Now, whether it's Zhong Qing or Bai Chun, everyone's thoughts are all on you, I don't want to bear the notoriety of a person who doesn't care about the safety of his husband and only knows the smell of copper. So...... You can be safe, it is better than anything else, this home will always be a complete home, we can all continue to live our own lives with peace of mind, one is in Lin'an, I am in Yangzhou, Bai Chun is now going to Jingzhao Mansion, it is also very good, in the first day, if they can return to Yangzhou it would be better, I am very satisfied. ”

Ye Qing leaned forward, took Yan Tingcheng's hand and lifted it, rubbed Yan Tingcheng's hair, and said with a smile: "According to your arrangement, wouldn't I be homeless, Lin'an, Yangzhou, and Chang'an were occupied by the three of you, what about me?" What have you done to your husbands? ”

"If you're in a good mood, I'll let you in, and if you're in a bad mood, then you'll try your luck elsewhere?" Yan Qingcheng charmingly picked up the amorous eyes, and said lightly: "It's really not good, you can still go to Liaoguo, isn't the princess of Liaoguo still waiting for you stupidly?" And then how good it would be to be a Liao country horse, if I were I, I would be willing to abandon others and go to Liao country. ”

Looking at Yan Dajia's naked provocation, how could Ye Daguan, who was going to leave Yangzhou in a few days, let go of such a great opportunity for the husband and wife to be close? What's more, now in the study, there are only the two of them, so Ye Daguan walked up to Yan Dajiaren, with a tacit and provocative smile on the corner of his mouth.

Yan Tingcheng, who hugged the model's figure, just put Yan Da Meiren horizontally on the wide table, and when one hand was about to explore the secret, there was a surprised voice from You'er at the door: "I'm sorry, I'll leave now." ”

Yan Da Jia was lying on the table, looking up at the roof, and sighed helplessly in her heart, this dead girl, it's really time to come out.

"It's not for you to go to the front yard ......." Ye Qing unwillingly pulled his hand out of Yan Tingcheng's chest, but Yan Tingcheng got up from the table without hurry, walked to the door of the study and pinched You'er's fair face, and then walked straight out.

"Jia Shi said that he was looking for you in an emergency, so the concubine rushed over." You'er stuck out her tongue mischievously, not at all disturbing the guilt of the two of them.

As Yan Tingcheng's personal maid, over the years, it has been common for Yan Qingcheng and the two to serve Ye Qing together, so everything in the study just now can not be so embarrassing.

With his hands behind his back and walking in all directions, imagining that the scholars who liked to put on an official stand and shake his official authority in front of his wife were not in his own home, Ye Qing, who also looked like this, came to the front yard and saw Jia Shi looking at himself blankly as if he didn't know himself.

"What? Do I have some official authority that is not angry and arrogant when I walk like this? Ye Qing deliberately raised his head and asked in a majestic manner.

"Your Excellency......." Jia Shi was a little puzzled, could it be that Lord Ye, who came out of the backyard, was evil, how could he become so weird? Subconsciously scratched his head and hesitated: "My lord...... The last general still thinks that the way you look on weekdays is very domineering without anger and self-authority, and now it looks like this, the last general ...... The last general is still a little uncomfortable, and always feels that something is wrong. ”

"The official authority is all those who have been in high positions for a long time, and they have been unconsciously cultivated over the years, and they seem to have the momentum of looking down on the world between their gestures, just like Lord Ye, you usually do, although you are also very easy-going with your smile, but calmly and unhurriedly, you have that energy." Tao looked at Ye Qing with a smile, and then shook his head and said, "Now like this, it is inferior." ”

Ye Qing reluctantly gave up the official show, looked back at Yan Tingcheng and You'er in the main hall of the front yard, at this time he was laughing and leaning back, snorting angrily, and then asked Jia She, "What's the matter?" ”

"The last general wants to ask your lordship, this time you return to Lin'an, are we going to take the water or land route?" Jia Shi followed Ye Qing to the study, and You'er in the main hall behind him immediately signaled the maids in the house to hurry up and send the refreshments over, and then turned his head and laughed with Yan Qingcheng.

In the study, there is a map of half of the Great Song Dynasty that is not commonly used, Huainan East and West Road, Zhejiang East and West Road, Jiangnan East and West Road, and Fujian Road, which are seven road maps to the east.

Ye Qing was standing in front of the map at this time, and Jia Shi followed behind, waiting for Ye Qing's choice.

"Cross the Yangtze River by land, this time we enter Chang'an from Zhenjiang Mansion." Ye Qing looked at the map for a while, and then slowly spoke.

Yangzhou and Zhenjiang face each other across the river, just when Ye Qing was inspecting Zhenjiang Mansion, in a quiet and elegant courtyard in Zhenjiang Mansion, Han Yanxuan was also staring at the territory of Huainan East Road silently examining.

Behind him are Liu Shixing, the prefect of Zhenjiang Prefecture, and the commander of the Jiangyin Army.

"Have you checked it?" Han Yanxuan was silent for a long time before he suddenly turned his back and asked.

"Back to Lord Han, I have verified that Ye Qing did go to Shouchun Mansion on Huainan West Road a few days ago, but as for what to do, I don't know yet." Zhao Fang, the commander of the Jiangyin Army, seems to be honest and simple, but in fact he is quite cunning and insidious.

Zhenjiang Mansion, Pingjiang Mansion, and Lin'an Mansion belong to Liangzhejiang West Road, and now Han Yanxuan's eyes, in addition to wanting to become the pacification envoy of Liangzhejiang West Road, are naturally the same as Ye Qing, and he wants to merge the two Zhejiang East and West Roads that have been divided into two since the construction of Yannandu.

"Tell me, what might he have been doing when he suddenly ran to Shouchun Mansion for no reason?" Han Yanxuan's gaze wandered between the east and west roads of Huainan, and he kept his back to Zhao Fang and Liu Shixing and asked.

"Isn't it ......?" Liu Shixing lowered his head and groaned, glanced at Han Yanxuan's tall back like a wall, and hesitated: "Could it be that Ye Qing wants to merge the east and west roads of Huainan into one?" But He Chong and Sima Jian are Zhao Ruyu's party, will they agree? ”

"Zhao Ruyu's general trend has gone, since you can see it, there is no reason for He Chong and Sima Jian to still stick to Zhao Ruyu." After a pause, Han Yanxuan continued to say calmly: "It's just...... Will Ye Qing's ambition be so big? Or does he want revenge? Or was he just trying to put Zhao Ru to death, so he simply went to Shouchun Mansion? ”

When talking about the last guess, Han Yanxuan took the lead and subconsciously shook his head, even he didn't quite believe it, how could Ye Qing, who had a deep scheming in the city government, personally go to Shouchun Mansion for a person who had already gone away.

Therefore, it is obvious that Ye Qing went to Shouchun Mansion in person, which must have his ulterior purpose.

"Has Wu Hunt come back?" Han Yanxuan listened to the silence behind him, and finally turned around in front of the map, and then sat down on the chair next to him and asked.

"I haven't come back yet." Zhao Fang's thick voice makes the impression he gives people more and more honest and simple.

"When Ye Qing went to the Jin Kingdom, and then went to the Xia Kingdom from the grassland, Zhao Ruyu and I also went to the Lanzhou Mansion of the Xia Kingdom to pick him up, and went to the Fengyue Place together to get drunk and dream, sing and sing, and even did not hesitate to have a conflict with the son of the prefect and fight with others. At that time, I thought that my Han Yanxuan's subordinates would have two more good generals, but no one would have thought that God would make people. Now it is a matter of right and wrong, but the friendship of the year has turned into a rivalry, and it has reached a situation of endless death, which is a pity. Han Yanxuan thought about all the things back then, and it was precisely because of this incident that he had a virtuous helper, so in his opinion, compared to the harvest of Ye Qing and Zhao Ruyu Xia Guoxing, although he failed to get two good generals, one article and one martial arts, but in the end, he still received a virtuous helper, which was much more real than their empty-handed return.

Zhao Fang and Liu Shixing just stood there and listened silently, the old things between the three of them back then were not a secret, and no one thought that the three people who could have supported and helped each other back then and laid a world above the court would eventually part ways because of the political affairs of the court, and even ended up with these intricate knots that cannot be traced about right and wrong.

"In fact, when the Jiankang incident happened, there could have been room for salvation, but at that time, I returned from Chongqing Mansion in a hurry, and I hadn't fully figured out the situation, although Ye Qing and Zhao Ruyu didn't completely tear their faces, but Emperor Gaozong at that time was in charge himself, and there was Shi Miyuan, a-stirring stick, who was involved in it, he wouldn't watch Ye Qing, Zhao Ruyu and I Han Yanxuan join forces, so the matter of Jiankang at that time seemed simple, but it was actually very complicated and dangerous. Zhao Ruyu wanted the Zhong family to be wiped out, and Emperor Gaozong asked Ye Qing to protect the Zhong family because of the empress dowager's love for Zhong Qing, and I ....... Han Yanxuan fell into distant memories and muttered to himself: "Later, after sensing Emperor Gaozong's intentions, I wanted to take this opportunity to snatch Zhong Qing over, but unfortunately...... In the end, Ye Qing took the lead. So since then, the short-lived friendship between the three of us has come to an end, Zhao Ruyu began to gradually gain momentum above the court, and after saddle up the horse next to Wang Huai, the left minister at that time, he finally climbed to the position of the right minister, one step faster than me and Ye Qing. ”

"Adults don't have to regret it, now the phase is already in the pocket for adults, and it's at your fingertips, isn't it?" Liu Shixing thought about it in his heart before he said cautiously.

Han Yanxuan smiled and said, "Even so, Ye Qing has now become a force and has established a firm foothold in the Northland, so one day when I reach the phase, I may not be able to help Ye Qing." This time, please ask Ye Qing to return to Lin'an via Zhenjiang, I hope it can satisfy me. ”

"My lord, do you want to ...... when they cross the river?" Zhao Fang's honest expression and thick voice, but his eyes were sharp and cold, and with a murderous aura, he made a gesture with his hand on his neck to extinguish his mouth.

"Yes, the river is high and the waves are fast, and if there is anything inappropriate, naturally you can't blame your ......." Liu Shixing's expression also lit up, and he hurriedly agreed.

"Jin and Xia encircled and suppressed him, and let him not only escape from death, but instead took Guanshan in his hands, now Huainan East Road is close at hand, and it is his territory, do you think Ye Qing will not be on guard? Three thousand kinds of flower family army, although two thousand people are now stationed in the imperial city division camp outside Lin'an City, but don't forget, there are still a thousand kinds of flower army in front of him to protect him. ”

Zhao Fang's honest expression looked a little disapproving, in his opinion, Ye Qing was just lucky, and he was not as brave and good at fighting as rumored.

(PS: Today's shift, I ask for a monthly pass.) ）