1206 Temptation and purpose

Ye Qing, who walked out of the room of the envoy of Dali, did not see Zhao Kuo or Jia She, only Bi Zaiyu was standing not far away and looking at him.

Ye Qing, who felt that the atmosphere was a little strange, looked around and didn't find anyone else, and at this time, Bi Zaiyu had already walked in front of him, and the two walked side by side in the direction of Fengbo Pavilion.

"I originally thought that the Holy Lord would come to Dali Temple a few days ago, but I didn't expect ......." After hearing Bi Zaiyu tell him that Zhao Kuo was also in Dali Temple, Ye Qing said as he walked: "Confident that the palace has only been a few days now, it seems that the saint has matured a lot faster, and he knows how to forbear more than before, and he has begun to have a little bit of the city." ”

Ye Qing's tone was somewhat appreciative, and Bi Zaiyu walked beside him and said, "Just now, the Holy Lord listened to your conversation with the envoys of Dali, and then left immediately before you came out to visit Shi Miyuan. ”

Ye Qing nodded silently, since Shi Miyuan was imprisoned by him in Dali Temple, Ye Qing has not seen Shi Miyuan again, in Bi Zaiyu's opinion, it is like leaving it for Zhao Kuo to interrogate him personally.

"In a few days, King Qing will return to Lin'an from Yangzhou, and then he will be able to completely wipe out the remnants of the Shi Party above the court." In the Storm Pavilion, Ye Qing sat down slowly, looking like he was going to wait for Zhao Kuo here.

"It's a foregone conclusion that Shi Miyuan's momentum is gone, but ...... Xia Guan thought that it was still not to be taken lightly. The Holy Lord made a special trip to visit Shi Miyuan today, and King Yan still needs to be fully prepared. Bi Zaiyu still cautiously reminded Ye Qingdao.

And after Ye Qing sat down, he seemed a little absent-minded.

After the incident in the palace, he did not meet Zhao Kuo again, and even Li Fengniang did not have any useful news about Zhao Kuo to his side.

Although in the past few days, he has drastically detained many officials in Lin'an City, and even blocked many shops related to the Shi Party, including the fact that Lin'an City is now planting flowers inside and out, and so on, most of which have the element of testing Zhao Kuo's attitude towards him now, but after all, these can only be regarded as side attacks, and they still can't fully feedback a clear signal to Ye Qing.

Now Ye Qing also believes that Zhao Kuo's change in his attitude, at least his actions in Lin'an in the past few days, Zhao Kuo did not stop it at all, which is enough to show that Zhao Kuo has fundamentally changed his opinion of himself.

But it is precisely because of this that Ye Qing is a little apprehensive at the moment, and even a little at a loss, I don't know if if the two of them will be a little embarrassed if they meet Zhao Kuo for a while.

"Since the Holy One has not questioned me about my various actions in Lin'an in the past few days, then...... It is almost certain that it is almost impossible for Shi Miyuan to rely on the Holy Lord to turn the tables now. However, whether I guessed these accurately or not, after a while when the Holy Lord came out, it will be completely clear. Ye Qing didn't pay too much attention to the reminder of Bi Zaiyu, and after finishing speaking, he began to drink tea leisurely.

Bi Zaiyu glanced at it, then thought for a while and asked, "Since King Yan believes that Shi Miyuan is no longer able to turn things around, why do you still need to use the envoys of Dali to correct Shi Miyuan?" What's more, now that King Qing has obtained evidence of favoritism and malfeasance by some officials in the north, is it not as important as the correction of the envoys of Dali? Bi Zaiyu asked the question in his heart.

"The teacher is famous." Ye Qing looked at Bi Zaiyu and smiled, and said, "If we don't bring in the envoys of Dali Kingdom, in what name should we include Dali Kingdom in my Great Song Dynasty territory?" ”

"It's ......." Bi Zaiyu's heart was shocked, although he had already guessed just now that Ye Qing would want to take the opportunity to make enemies with Dali, so that Dali could bow down to the Great Song Dynasty like today's Jin Kingdom, but when Ye Qing said a result that was even bolder than he guessed, Bi Zaiyu even couldn't believe it for a while, Ye Qing's ambition had expanded to the Dali Kingdom.

Just when Ye Qing and Bi Zaiyu were waiting for Zhao Kuo in the Fengbo Pavilion, and continued to chat casually about court affairs or other matters, Zhao Kuo was already in the cell where Shi Miyuan was at this time, facing Shi Miyuan.

Unlike Ye Qing who entered the prison cell of the envoy of Dali alone, after Zhao Kuo entered Shi Miyuan's cell, he was flanked by eunuchs Zhang Dehui and Jia She, who had a reasonable expression.

It's only a few days, but Shi Miyuan at this time has already undergone great changes in appearance from Shi Miyuan before the Xinwang Mansion.

Shi Miyuan, who has always given people a red face and a high-spirited impression, has lost a lot of weight at this moment compared to just a few days ago, and even his hair is a little grayer, although his spirit looks good, but he can still faintly capture a trace of despair from Shi Miyuan's expression.

The clothes on his body that were originally made of high-quality fabrics have also been replaced with more simple clothes, although his speech and demeanor are still as imposing as when he was looking at the world, but in Zhao Kuo's eyes at this moment, he doesn't feel the slightest pressure, but he is like sitting in front of him, just an ordinary old man.

Similarly, in Shi Miyuan's eyes, Zhao Kuo at this time seemed to have changed from the past, and even in Shi Miyuan's view, Zhao Kuo at this time had a somewhat unfathomable taste, and the immaturity that originally belonged to the young king, at this time, with Shi Miyuan's vicious eyes, it was impossible to find it from Zhao Kuo's body.

And when Zhao Kuo didn't plan to let the eunuch and the guards behind him go out, Shi Miyuan's eyes flashed with a hint of helplessness, obviously, Zhao Kuo didn't plan to let the two people behind him go out, he was silently telling himself that Zhao Kuo didn't plan to explain Shi Miyuan alone. The two met again, and although they had not yet spoken, they looked at each other almost in this brief silence, as if they had already learned the outcome of their next conversation.

"The Holy One was able to visit the minister today, and the minister was grateful. The old minister is admittedly guilty, and he is sorry for the saint. But the Holy ...... Do you believe that Yan Wang Ye Qing has no second heart for the imperial court? Shi Miyuan sighed slightly, and simply omitted some politeness, and didn't even intend to defend himself, but chose to attack Ye Qing again at this time.

"What is King Yan's crime?" Zhao Kuo seemed to be quite interested in asking, and even did not make his own conclusions about whether Shi Miyuan was guilty or not.

Shi Miyuan looked at the young Zhao Kuo, but he frowned slightly unconsciously, Zhao Kuo did not choose to question his guilt at the first time, even if he Shi Miyuan had already admitted his guilt in front of Zhao Kuo.

In Shi Miyuan's opinion, Zhao Kuo did not question why he broke into the Xinwang Mansion at the end that day, nor did he ask if there was any collusion between himself and Zhao Shikui, the Duke of Rongguo, or even took the initiative to question the matter between King Shu's father and son, but chose to ask Ye Qing if he was guilty, which ...... Does it mean that Zhao Kuo at this time no longer cares about his Shi Miyuan's sins, but only cares about Ye Qing's loyalty to the imperial court?

At this time, Shi Miyuan obviously did not have any initiative in his hands, especially when Zhao Kuo had just entered the room, his silent every move had already made Shi Miyuan realize for the first time that even if he knelt on Zhao Kuo and cried that he was wronged, I am afraid that Zhao Kuo would not believe it.

So Shi Miyuan gave up defending himself, and continued to attack Ye Qing in front of Zhao Kuo, as if he wanted to put himself to death and survive, after Zhao Kuo finished asking, he was slightly silent and said: "The old minister now knows that he is sorry for the trust of the Holy Lord and the Emperor, so he naturally has no shame to ask the Holy Lord to forgive the old minister's sins. But...... The old minister was unwilling, and he couldn't bear to watch the Great Song Dynasty court and the saint being deceived by Ye Qing. ”

Shi Miyuan seemed to have something unspeakable, glanced at Zhao Kuo, who was not speaking, and then slowly continued: "On the night of the palace change, the old minister had to succumb to his threat to the old minister because of the pressure of Ye Qing, the king of Yan, so that when Emperor Xiaozong wanted to eradicate Ye Qing, he had to ...... But the old minister had tried his best at that time, but Ye Qing had the upper hand in Lin'an City, and in the end, the old minister could only silently watch the traitorous party that Emperor Xiaozong wanted to eradicate and kill, and became a hero, but Han Yanxuan, who really wanted to kill the traitor, was ...... Ye Qing slandered the party for betrayal. Over the years, as long as the old minister thinks of this time, he feels ashamed of the court, and even can't sleep at night, and he wants to show the truth of the saint in person several times, but ...... However, Ye Qing has many henchmen in Lin'an, and the saint is young, and the old minister is afraid that one will not be careful, but it will make Ye Qing more violent to the court outside the court, so the old minister has been thinking about waiting for the saint to be older and then make a decision on the truth of the year. Who would have thought that Ye Qing returned to Lin'an this time, obviously realizing ....... ”

"What Shi Xiang said...... I had already asked Tai ...... a few days ago at Deoksugung Palace The father is the emperor, but the meaning of the father is completely opposite to the history of the emperor. Father said: On the night of the palace change, if Ye Qing hadn't rushed to help, I am afraid that Emperor Xiaozong would have been held hostage by the traitor Han Yanxuan. Zhao Kuo sighed slightly, quietly looked at Shi Miyuan and was silent for a moment, and then continued: "If Shi Xiang wants to convince me with the old things, or slander King Yan, I'm afraid he will be disappointed." ”

"Holy Lord, what the old minister said is by no means alarmist, and even for everything about King Yan, the old minister has conclusive evidence." Shi Miyuan's face did not have the slightest disappointment because of Zhao Kuo's disbelief, in his opinion, Zhao Kuo did not come to see him after a long time, on the contrary, Ye Qing himself did not come once after detaining him in Dali Temple, it is very likely that Ye Qing had already won Zhao Kuo's complete trust, otherwise, how could Ye Qing not show up for such a long time, and let Zhao Kuo come to see him so reassured.

"Shi Xiang wants to say...... What about Zhao Ruyu in the clan? Or do you want to remind the King of Salt to stand on his own feet in the Northland? Zhao Kuo asked lightly, at this moment, Zhao Kuo's body exuded a lightweight temperament, which looked very familiar in Shi Miyuan's eyes.

"The saint, although the old minister is guilty, he is loyal to the court or the saint, and he has never had two hearts, but Ye Qing is definitely not like this. The old minister has known Ye Qing since Ye Qing began to enter the court, and the old minister has been fighting with Ye Qing over the years, precisely because Ye Qing wants to cover the sky with one hand above the court! Holy Lord, please imagine, in the past few years, the northern land under Ye Qing's control has the slightest respect for the imperial court? Over the years, the old minister has tried every means to send officials to the north, hoping to make the northland inclined to the imperial court, so as to contain Ye Qing from becoming bigger and bigger in the north. The reason why the old minister is like this is that he has no two hearts, it is completely for the sake of the court and the saint. ”

But Ye Qing secretly interfered in this matter, in the early years, the officials sent by the old minister to the north were either missing on the way to the post, or met robbers on the way, or were contaminated with plague diseases after arriving in the local area, etc. Saint, these are not facts, the fact is that all of this is instigated by Ye Qing in secret, in order to make the court officials resist the rule of the officials in the north, so that he can let Ye Qing cover the sky in the north, and even establish himself as a king or a ...... Seek power and usurp the throne! Shi Miyuan's words were sincere, if it was in the past, maybe Zhao Kuo would really believe Shi Miyuan's words, but at this time, Zhao Kuo, who was sitting in front of him, seemed to be completely uninterested in what Shi Miyuan said.

Looking at Zhao Kuo, who looked calm, as if he felt that the chips were not enough, Shi Miyuan's heart sank involuntarily, and in the past few years, he also knew Zhao Kuo's temper and temperament quite well, so the more relaxed Zhao Kuo has been acting at this moment, the more aware Shi Miyuan has become that if he wants to provoke Zhao Kuo's distrust of Ye Qing again, I am afraid it is not as easy as imagined.

"The Holy Lord may not know that after the envoy of the Jin Kingdom came to Lin'an, the first person to visit was not the Holy You, but the Yan King Ye Qing, right? Holy Lord, haven't you noticed that the relationship between Ye Qing and the envoys of Dali is a little too good? The Emperor of the Jin State, Wan Yan Jing, had been claiming to be Ye Qing's student for all these years, and the Great Khan Temujin of Mongolia claimed that Ye Qing was his sworn brother. Saint, these are extremely dangerous to you and my Great Song Dynasty, the minister has been fighting with Ye Qing for many years, and he is worried that Ye Qing will steal the Song Dynasty one day. Shi Miyuan said with great seriousness, but in Zhao Kuo's ears, he felt a burst of pride for no reason, and even at this time, he had an impulse in his heart, and he wanted to ask Ye Qing immediately: Over the years, in the face of heavy suppression and impeachment by the imperial court, how could he make the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom Wan Yan Jing always be in front of the world and admit that he was Ye Qing's student? And how did he do it, so that the Great Khan of Mongolia could keep saying that the two of them were brothers?

"You want to tell me that Ye Qing will rebel one day, and you will want me to use this dragon chair, right?" Zhao Kuo retracted his thoughts, looked at Shi Miyuan and asked.

"Holy Lord, it's not one day, but right now, this time Ye Qing came back, obviously to seize the Great Song Dynasty. Once both the Jin Kingdom and the Mongolian Kingdom have a truce with Ye Qing in the Northland, then Ye Qing has no scruples in the rear, and the purpose of his return to Lin'an this time is to ...... Sima Zhao's heart. Shi Miyuan said worriedly.

Zhao Kuo stroked his chin with one hand, and then after thinking for a moment, he shook his head silently at Shi Miyuan: "These can't convince me, I still want to know more secrets about Ye Qing, I don't know if Shi Xiangke still has?" ”

"What do you mean, Holy Lord?" Even Shi Miyuan didn't notice that now the interaction between him and Zhao Kuo has unconsciously become Zhao Kuo's complete control of the initiative, and after seeing Zhao Kuo as he has imagined these days, Zhao Kuo's reaction after various statements has not happened as he wished.

"I mean...... I want to know...... Some secrets that the world doesn't know, don't know what Shi Xiang knows? At this time, Zhao Kuo seemed quite unfathomable, and even made Shi Miyuan feel an inexplicable chill: "Or is it ...... Those henchmen under Shi Xiang's command, have they said something to you over the years...... What seems to slander Ye Qing's reputation? Even if it's rumors. ”

Shi Miyuan frowned slightly without knowing Zhao Kuo's intentions, and his mind quickly recalled all kinds of rumors about Ye Qing that he had heard over the years, about slandering Ye Qing's reputation...... Shi Miyuan shook his head unconsciously, over the years, if there were any rumors that could damage Ye Qing's reputation and make the world scold, it was nothing more than his self-reliance ...... in the Northland.

"For example, it's like King Yan saved Princess Xin in Jiankang back then, and then hid in Yangzhou." Zhao Kuo continued to remind and asked.

Shi Miyuan shook his head blankly and muttered: "Back then, whether it was me or Han Yanxuan, they all thought that it was Princess Xin who jumped into the lake, but they didn't expect that Ye Qing had already secretly taken Princess Xin away, and later ...... It seems that this matter was suppressed by Emperor Gaozong, and not long after, King Xin died in the chaos of the battle in King Xin's mansion. So...... ...... between Ye Qing and Princess Xin And it didn't cause ....... ”

Seeing that Shi Miyuan didn't look like he was lying, Zhao Kuo finally breathed a long sigh of relief, leaned on the arm of the chair with one hand, glanced at Shi Miyuan, who was a little dazed, and said, "Since this is the case, then I can only hand over Shi Xiang to King Yan to dispose of ......." ”

"The saint, the minister knows that he is guilty, and the minister does not ask the saint to forgive the minister's sins. But...... As the so-called people are about to die, their words are also good, and please ask the saint to think more, Ye Qing is definitely not a ....... Shi Miyuan's heart was shocked, originally he thought that he knew very well the purpose of Zhao Kuo coming to Dali Temple to visit him, but at this moment, looking at Zhao Kuo who got up and was about to leave, Shi Miyuan was a little at a loss Zhao Kuo's purpose of coming to Dali Temple to see him.

"Yes, I trust King Yan very much, and I am sure that King Yan will never rebel, let alone steal Song! So...... Does Shi Xiang want to know why? A smile gradually appeared at the corner of Zhao Kuo's mouth, and at this moment, in Shi Miyuan's eyes, it was as if Ye Qing was standing in front of him.

"For ...... Why? Shi Miyuan asked blankly.

Zhao Kuo stopped Jia She, who was going to follow him close to Shi Miyuan, and then walked to Shi Miyuan alone, leaned over to Shi Miyuan's ear slightly, and said a word softly, only to see Shi Miyuan's expression change instantly, and a bang in his mind was like a thunderbolt in a sunny day.

"This ...... This...... How is this possible? This...... This is not true! Shi Miyuan's face turned pale, looking at Zhao Kuo who was smiling and straightening up after speaking, he shook his head in disbelief, but Zhao Kuo's smile in front of him was so convincing, it even made Shi Miyuan think in a trance that it was not Zhao Kuo who had been sitting opposite and talking to him, but Ye Qing himself!

At this time, Zhao Kuo, as if he had finally let go of all his worries, looked even more relaxed than just now, obviously, after the incident of Xinwangfu, especially after returning from Deoksugung Palace, what he was most worried about did not happen.

After all, if he didn't even know Shi Miyuan, who was above the court, then he Zhao Kuo...... What else is there to be afraid of?

Zhao Kuo, who walked out of the room, looked at the blue sky and white clouds above his head, and from time to time there was the sound of birds in the distant jungle in his ears, and after taking a deep breath, he said lightly: "Shi Miyuan's matter doesn't need to alarm King Yan, Jia She, I'll leave it to you here, handle it cleanly." ”