In October of the fourth year of Qingyuan, Ye Qing left Lin'an and went north, unlike last year's return to Lin'an, this time he returned to Lin'an, but he was missing the entire army of planting flowers, leaving only his own two hundred guards and Jia She, the head of the guards.

When passing through Yangzhou, he had a long talk with Xin Qiji, who is now the pacification envoy of Huainan Road, and Wan Yanjing's death was heavy for Ye Qing, and for Xin Qiji, it also made him feel emotional, and the world was unpredictable.

Although Xin Qiji has never dealt with Wan Yan Jing much, because of Ye Qing's relationship, Xin Qiji has always believed that at least in the matter of Ye Qing, Wan Yan Jing has always been a person of great affection, so when Ye Qing proposed that Huainan Road must ensure that Yanjing's grain and grass are sufficient after the Yuan Dynasty, Xin Qiji nodded and agreed without thinking about it, and even told Ye Qing that he would never shirk if he was sent, and he would definitely rush over to help at any time.

After a short night's rest, Ye Qing continued to go north, and when he arrived at Jinan Mansion to prepare to cross the Yellow River, the gray sky began to float snowflakes, standing at the crossing of the Yellow River, watching the snowflakes melt into the surface of the Yellow River like moths, Ye Qing's eyes seemed to appear in front of Yan Jing's shadow again.

It was also on the river surface of this ferry back then, but the Yellow River was frozen at that time, and the sky was also floating with snowflakes. ”

All this seems to have happened yesterday, but now it has long been a matter of fact, not only Wan Yan Yong has been dead for many years, but Wan Yan Jing, who stood on the ice and was hoarse and exhausted, is no longer alive.

Standing at the ferry with a thousand melancholy, Ye Qing frowned deeply, looking at the snowflakes flying on the river in a daze, he was a little distracted for a while, and the first sentence of Su Shi's "Chibi Nostalgia" unconsciously appeared in his mind: The great river goes east, the waves are exhausted, and the romantic characters of the ages.

When Yanjing City arrived at Jinan Mansion, he received the news that Ye Qing was going to return to Yanjing before the Yuan Day, and after Bai Chun informed Yan Qingcheng and Yeluyue of this matter, he finally discussed and decided with the other two to inform Li Shi'er that Ye Qing was about to return to Yanjing.

Since being escorted to Yanjing by Yelu Yixue, Li Shi'er has been taking a few palace maids and eunuchs who escaped with him and has been arranged in a mansion not far from Yefu.

In addition to the palace maids and eunuchs who escaped with her, in the first time she arrived in Yanjing, Yan Chengcheng also sent a lot of maids and subordinates to the house where Li Shi'er was, so that Li Shi'er could feel at ease in Yanjing as much as possible.

And Ye Luyue obviously understands Li Shi'er's mood better than Yan Chengcheng or Bai Chunlai, she was just like Li Shi'er some time ago, trekking hard in the snowstorm, just to come to Ye Qing.

She knows better than anything the pain of losing the country, Li Shi'er was originally the queen of the world of Jin Guo's mother, but now after Yan Jing's death, she has been reduced to the point of going to others to save her life, which is definitely a great blow to any woman.

Yeluyue looked at the door of the mansion without a plaque in a daze, sighed silently, and led Yeluyue to the backyard where Li Shi'er lived in the mansion.

Having never been in contact with the previous Empress of the Jin Kingdom, Yeluyue naturally did not know what kind of person Li Shi'er, the Empress of the Jin Kingdom was before coming to Yanjing, but she knew that Li Shi'er at this time seemed to be full of worries every day, and every time she saw it, although she was not worried, she could still feel a trace of sadness and loneliness hidden deep in her heart from that calm expression every time.

Li Shi'er in the hall looked exceptionally quiet at this time, like the withered lotus leaves left when he had just passed by the withered pond, which looked so weak and sympathetic.

"Shi'er has seen Mrs. Ye." Li Shi'er squeezed out a smile and took the lead in speaking.

Yeluyue smiled and nodded in return, and after the two girls sat down at the same time, Yeluyue didn't know how to speak for a while.

Li Shi'er was slightly stunned, then raised her head and asked with a smile, "What is the matter with Mrs. Ye's coming today?" ”

"I'm here today to tell you that in about half a month, King Yan will return to Yanjing." Ye Luyue looked at Li Shi'er and said.

Since Li Shi'er came to Yanjing, he would send palace maids to Ye Mansion almost every day to inquire when Ye Qing would return to Yanjing.

And now after nearly a month, Ye Qing has not returned to Yanjing, and from Ye Luyue's point of view, he is naturally afraid that Li Shi'er will mistakenly think that Ye Qing does not care so much about the mother and son of the Queen of Jinguo.

After all, Ye Luyue empathized with what happened to Li Shi'er, and she knew very well that at this time, even if Li Shi'er was calm on the surface, she was afraid that her heart was extremely sensitive now, and even a small subconscious move by herself and others would probably touch the fragile Li Shi'er now.

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Ye Qing was supposed to return to Yanjing as soon as possible, but in the end, it was more than half a month late, which made Ye Luyue extremely cautious in the face of Li Shi'er at this time, both in words and in deeds, for fear that he would accidentally sting the self-esteem of Li Shi'er, who was the empress of the Jin Kingdom.

"I don't know ......." After Li Shi'er nodded subconsciously, he asked again, "I wonder if there is any news about the Holy Lord now?" ”

Yeluyue was slightly stunned, and then continued to smile: "Not yet, but ...... Detectives have been sent to your country to investigate, and there will be a ...... in a few days. ”

Li Shi'er unconsciously smiled bitterly, and his eyes turned from Ye Luyue's body to the distance, shaking his head and saying sadly: "It's been so long, he hasn't sent someone to pick up our mother and son, I'm afraid it's ......." ”

"Maybe it's because of some other things that have been delayed, just like King Yan was slightly delayed in Lin'an because ...... matter." Ye Luyue said with relief, and Li Shi'er, who looked a little sad, said.

Li Shi'er shook his head silently, and then said as if he was talking to himself, as if he was talking to Yeluyue: "Actually, when he let our mother and son leave early that morning, I was already aware of the danger, and when I was ...... When the begging stone martyrs ran over covered in blood, got into the carriage with our mother and son, and began to gallop all the way out of the city, in fact, ...... Actually, I already guessed it at that time...... It was Wan Yanxun who wanted to rebel ....... ”

Just when Li Shi'er opened his heart for the first time after coming to Yanjing and told Yeluyue about what happened in the Jin Kingdom, Temujin, who was on an expedition to Tibet, also received the news that the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom, Wan Yan Jing, was usurped by his brother Xing Wang Wan Yan Xun.

In the huge golden tent, in addition to Temujin's sons, including Mu Huali, Borshu, Qiu Chuji and others were also in the account, and on the left side of Temujin sat a monk who looked to be about forty years old, or maybe even younger.

A dark red monk's robe was worn on his body, which made his already dark skin even darker, which made it difficult to judge the real age of the person from his appearance.

"If Wan Yan Jing is dead, Ye Qing will definitely use this opportunity to lead the army to levy money." Borshu glanced at the pensive Temujin, and continued: "Ye Qing and Wan Yan Jing have a so-called friendship between teachers and students, since they rescued Wan Yan Jing and his wife from the hands of the Great Khan, then at this time, it is impossible for Ye Qing to sit idly by and ignore the rebellion that occurred in the Jin Kingdom. ”

"Yes, at that time, Ye Qing was willing to ignore his own danger and risk death to get Yan Jing and his wife back from the hands of the Great Khan, so at this time, he had even more reason to take the opportunity to launch a war against the Jin Kingdom. And...... I thought it was ....... After Temujin raised his eyelids and glanced at him, Mu Huali continued: "I think ...... It is difficult to contain Ye Qing's army of Jin conquering Jin alone, so the Great Khan also needs to guard against Ye Qing's attack on Jin, which may be unfavorable to Yelu Xue and them, thus endangering the safety of the people of our Great Mongolian State. ”

"What does Brother Jerushan think?" Temujin nodded faintly, then looked at a young man standing in the tent and asked.

Brother Yelu Shan, as the proton left behind by the Yao Li clan to exchange for his brother Yelu Xuedu's return to Jin Liao, is naturally clearer about the situation in the Jin Kingdom than others.

"Back to the Great Khan, my brother Yelu Xue did not form an alliance with Wanyan Xun, the king of Xing, and Wanyan Xun wanted to rebel, and his strength alone was not enough to succeed in the rebellion, it must be ...... with the help of external forces." Brother Yelu said respectfully.

"You mean...... Koreans? Temujin asked with a slight frown.

Brother Yelu nodded silently and said, "When my father Yelu Liuge was given the title of King of Liao by the Great Khan in Shangjing, he was aware of the dealings between the Goryeo people and some officials and courtiers of the Jin State, but at that time, my father gave up wooing the Goryeo people because of the help of the Great Khan. ”

Temujin listened to Yelushange's explanation quietly, and the entire Golden Horde was also very quiet at this time, with the establishment of the Great Mongolian State by Temujin, whether among the various tribes of Mongolia or in the hearts of many generals under his command, now his prestige is getting higher and higher.

Although Temujin did not deliberately elevate his majesty because he became the Great Khan of Mongolia, nor did he alienate many of his subordinates who had fought with him for many years, it has to be said that Temujin has established a majestic image in the hearts of everyone today, and there are fewer and fewer people who dare to speak without Temujin's consent to speak.

In the slightly silent golden tent, everyone's eyes were focused on Temujin's body, a golden dagger that shone brightly in Temujin's hand turned back and forth, Temujin unconsciously turned his head to look at the national teacher Ba Sipa next to him, thought for a while, and said: "The national teacher thinks I can leave Tibet now?" ”

The named Phags-pa sat on Temujin's left side, and remained motionless as Temujin interrogated

It was just that the eyes that were originally closed slowly opened, and unlike the respect and awe that others had for Temujin, Paspa's expression was much calmer.

The poor monk believed that even if the Great Khan was not in Tibet, the Tibetan people could feel the existence of the Great Khan. The Great Khan came for the Tibetan people, how could the people oppose the Great Khan? Ba Si Pao paused, then slowly lowered his head, picked up the "Book of Songs" that he had put beside him in the past few days, glanced at it and said slowly: "And the poor monk also wants to see this Yan Wang who gave us so many Chinese classics, because ...... The poor monk wanted to tell him: It is not all right for the king's land to be under the whole world, and it is not all correct for the kings to lead the shore of the land, but it should be: under the whole world and above the earth, the Buddha of the West Heaven is the incarnation of the Buddha, and the sage is the Buddha and protects the national government. ”

Temujin frowned slightly, although many Chinese classics brought back by Mu Huali and others from Lin'an are now regarded as treasures by Ba Sipa, but Ba Si Pa obviously does not agree with Ye Qing's view of the world, and even suggests that Temujin implement the imperial examination system, but hopes that Temujin can use Buddhism and benevolence to influence the Tibetan people according to his wishes, and at the same time reduce killings.

"The meaning of the Holy One is...... Are you going to meet that Ye Qing for a while? Temujin frowned, if it was someone else at this moment, I am afraid that he would have changed his mind in a hurry.

And Pasipa still nodded calmly and said, "Yes, the poor monk has this intention. ”

"But if the Sage goes, then I'm afraid we will have to stop building the post station." Temujin took a deep breath and said.

The reason why Tibet was able to isolate itself from the world was naturally because its transportation was extremely inconvenient, and over the years, it has not been able to be completely included in the territory of China, and it is precisely because the army wants to enter Tibet that the supply of grain and grass has always been an extremely difficult fatal problem to solve.

When Temujin attacked Tibet, because of the living characteristics of the horseback people, although the Mongols were less dependent on grain and grass supply than the Central Plains troops entering Tibet, they also had the problem of grain and grass supply.

The problem of the difficulty of supplying grain and grass to the army was noticed by Temujin when he first attacked Tibet, but at that time he had not yet seen the Phags-pa, and the root of the Tibetan army had not yet been seriously endangered. Therefore, when the Mongolian army attacked Tibet, the Tibetans would also think that the Mongols would never enter the palace for a long time, as long as they realized the problem of grain and grass, they would take the initiative to retreat.

The way of fighting the war of Mongolia is obviously different from the way of fighting the army of the Central Plains Dynasty without moving and the grain and grass first, so when the Tibetans realized that the Mongols would not retreat when they encountered the problem of untimely supply of grain and grass as they imagined, the Mongols had already endangered the root of the Tubo with their unique way of fighting.

It was precisely because Temujin did not choose to withdraw from the army as soon as he encountered the problem of grain and grass supply, so he forced Pas-pa to intercede for the Tibetan people, hoping that Temujin would give up using war to invade Tibet.

Temujin naturally did not want to attack Tibet when the supply of grain and grass was not smooth, but he was invincible and arrogant all these years, and he would never allow him to give up his invasion of Tibet because of the problem of grain and grass supply, so he reached a so-called win-win agreement with Phags-pa.

However, this did not mean that Temujin did not want to solve the fatal problem of poor supply of grain and grass, and to make long-term preparations for a possible rebellion in Tibet, so in order to make the Tibetan people shed less blood and sacrifice, Pasipa also saw the strong force of the Mongols, and finally proposed to build a post station to solve the problem of grain and grass supply.

Building a post station at a certain distance was obviously a huge project for the Mongols, not to mention that they had long been accustomed to coming and going like the wind, and they were completely unsuitable for the arduous task of building a post station, so only the Tibetans were left to help them build a post station.

If the Tibetan people wanted to build a post station for Mongolia, it was natural that the prestige of Paspa in Tubo was indispensable, so Temujin naturally worried that if Pas-pa and he went to the grassland, would it delay the construction of the post station, and even threaten the control of their great ally over Tibet.

"The Great Khan can rest assured, since the poor monk has decided to go with the Great Khan, he naturally has a perfect plan." Ba Si Pa spoke slowly, giving people a feeling of not being hurried, as if nothing could make him feel embarrassed, and the whole person was also a humble and enlightened monk, and the corners of his mouth slowly continued with a hint of smile: "The poor monk went with the Great Khan, and the matter of building a post station, the poor monk will hand it over to the apprentice to build, and his prestige in the hearts of the people is no less than that of the poor monk, and the Great Khan can rest assured." ”

Temujin nodded silently, and then turned his gaze to Muhuali, Borshu, and Ogedei.

And Wo Kotai instantly understood his father, and suddenly forgot what his eyes meant, the corners of his mouth unconsciously showed a smile, and then looked at Xiao Chi, who still didn't understand it.