Haizhou Wharf, as ships entered the port, and then the wharf that had been deserted for many days became lively and prosperous again, Zhao Bingwen, the governor of Haizhou, also began to rush to the wharf in a carriage from his home.

Po Li San and Lao Liu Tou watched the truckloads of materials transferred into the dock warehouse, and between their originally solemn and cautious expressions, they finally showed a relaxed smile.

The boulder that I was carrying in my heart finally landed, and the entire Haizhou wharf is now fine, which means that Haizhou did not plan to betray them and this wharf before the arrival of the left capital prisoner of the Jin Kingdom.

The huge siege ladder, even including the trench carts, watchtower cars, bed crossbows, etc., which can be split into two and increased by the width of the moat, were all sent into the warehouse of the dock, and among them, naturally, there was also the catapult specially explained by Ye Qing, which was also regarded as the top priority, and the troops were sent to strictly guard it and put it into the innermost warehouse.

As the so-called is to accumulate grain and slowly become the king, although the five-way army on Huainan East Road has not yet moved, but on the water, there is already grain and grass that is not inferior to the entire Haizhou, and it was transferred here by Lao Liu Tou and Po Li San.

As a result, Haizhou, which is still under the control of the Jin people, has become particularly important and subtle.

Especially with the southward movement of the Jin people's left capital prisoner begging Shi Liezhong, not only did the old Liu Tou and Po Li San at the dock feel a lot of pressure, but also made Zhao Bingwen, who was sitting in the carriage, feel that there was always a cool breeze blowing on the back of his neck from time to time.

Pearls, agate, jade, gold and silver, Poli porcelain are certainly good things, but compared to life, Zhao Bingwen can still measure which is more important.

Although there is no beautiful thing in the world that has both fish and bear's paws, Zhao Bingwen, who is sitting in the carriage at the moment, still hopes that he can have both wealth and life.

The carriage quickly drove into the Haizhou wharf, and Zhao Bingwen, who was impatient to lift the curtain, saw Lao Liu Tou and Po Li San, who were chatting and waiting for his arrival with Hao Jinqing, the magistrate of Pengcheng County, who had just arrived in Haizhou yesterday.

Hurriedly jumped out of the carriage, walked quickly to the three of them, his eyes swept over the dock where people and cars came and went, looking at the energetic high-headed horses, Zhao Bingwen couldn't help but feel a big head for a while, he couldn't see there, as long as these animals were put on the saddle, they were a good war horse.

glanced at Hao Jinqing, who didn't care about it, with some displeasure in his heart, Zhao Bingwen inexplicably hated his student, after all, if it wasn't for his original matchmaking, he would not have fallen into the dilemma he is in now.

The cold wind blew from the sea, making Zhao Bingwen shiver involuntarily, and Hao Jinqing on the side immediately put a precious fur on Zhao Bingwen's shoulder.

Looking at Hao Jinqing's actions and feeling the warmth of the new taste of fur on his shoulders, Zhao Bingwen's face looked a little better, and then he squeezed out a smile and greeted Po Li San and Lao Liu Tou with a smile.

Haizhou is preparing to welcome the left capital eunuch sent by Jinting, Zhao Bingwen naturally wants to discuss with Po Li San and Lao Liu Tou, how to deal with this matter, if people insist on coming to this dock to inspect, what should it be?

A bucket of fine pearls was accidentally uncovered by Li San, and after being hurriedly swept within Zhao Bingwen's natural sight, it was put into Zhao Bingwen's carriage by Li San.

In an instant, Zhao Bingwen's old face, which was still a little dignified, suddenly became smiling, and his mouth politely said that Lord Ye has a heart, Lord Ye has a heart, why should he be so kind to the old man, and pulled Li San and Lao Liu Tou, and went back to the house to drink tea together to discuss countermeasures.

In the study room of Ye Mansion in Yangzhou City, a wooden box that had been resting on the bookcase for a long time was finally taken down by Ye Qing again, under Zhong Qing's gaze, Ye Qing slowly opened it, and the rifle that was still strange in Zhong Qing's eyes was taken out by Ye Qing.

"What is this?" Zhong Qing watched curiously as Ye Qing carefully stroked the strange-shaped wood, especially the eyes, as if he was caressing a rare treasure.

"Guns." Ye Qing raised his head and said with a smile: "This is the real gun, compared with the red tassel gun and so on that we usually say, this is the real killing weapon on the battlefield." ”

"Something to do with this?" Zhong Qing took out the object that Ye Qing gave her at the beginning, Huang Chengcheng's bullet she has been carrying with her all these years, so the bullet was played with with golden light, which was quite good-looking.

"Well, ...... exactly." Ye Qing took it from Zhong Qing's hand, the base of the bullet case was carrying a bullet with a thin red rope, which was not filled with gunpowder, but in his hand, there was also a heavy sense of steadiness: "To be exact, only this little thing is really used to kill people." ”

Ye Qing pointed to the warhead and explained to Zhong Qing how the bullet casing and the warhead could be separated, and how they could hit the target and then cause huge lethality.

Zhong Qing listened to it in a half-understanding, shook his head suspiciously for a while, and seemed to understand something for a while, and nodded again and again with those beautiful eyes that could fascinate people.

After returning the bullet to Zhong Qing and watching Zhong Qing carefully put it away, Ye Qing began to skillfully disassemble the rifle he had built with his own hands and was unique in this world.

In this era, it is not very difficult to make a rifle, whether it is the precision parts or the barrel, it can be made by hand, and this is not his original Ye Qing, in the blacksmith shops in Europe in later generations, there are people who have tried to make the barrel by hand.

However, for Ye Qing, although the barrel is easy to build, it is the most difficult for him to make the precise rifling inside, but fortunately, in the end, after a lot of twists and turns, he finally created this unique gun in the world, and he was extremely satisfied with both accuracy and stability.

"Would you like to see its power?" Looking at Zhong Qing, who was like a curious baby, Ye Qing smiled and glanced at the sunny afternoon outside the window and asked.

Zhong Qing nodded hurriedly without thinking, and said in his mouth: "Okay, I really want to see if it is as amazing as you say." ”

Bai Chun and others went to the street to buy New Year's goods, and now Zhong Qing is still protected by Bai Chun and Yan Chengcheng in the mansion, after all, with her sensitive identity, no one is willing to risk letting her show up in Yangzhou City when there is nothing urgent.

The two people who had been doing nothing in the mansion all morning did not have two "toys" for the two of them, Ye Gucheng and Ye Wuji, for the two of them to spend time, so Ye Qing's proposal was quickly put into action by the two.

personally set the car, and then personally helped Zhong Qing to get into the carriage, and personally drove the carriage to the outside of Yangzhou City.

Zhong Qing in the carriage, through the gap in the curtains, looked at Ye Qing, who was driving alone with her, and her heart was naturally extremely sweet and happy.

"Do you want to go out of town?" Zhong Qing's eyes were full of love and looked at the back and asked.

"That's natural, otherwise I'm afraid half of Yangzhou City will be shaken, and the two of us will be exposed at that time." Ye Qing is also in a good mood, except because of the weather, Ye Heng is now really involved in the conflict between Liu Dexiu and Zhou Duanchao.

So for him, in the days before the first day, what he has to do is to make his whereabouts mysterious, so that others can't find him for a while, so that he can get the most benefit from this conflict.

Wang Huai had already sent a letter to ask Ye Qing, and Ye Qing naturally passed the buck to Ye Heng, took Wang Huai's letterhead, and personally went to Ye Heng's mansion to inquire about Liu Dexiu and the conflict with Zhou Duanchao.

This made Ye Heng, who had really begun to have no good impression of Ye Qing since he returned from Lin'an, even more dissatisfied, so he was unwilling to have too much personal relationship with Ye Qing, and even wanted to get rid of Ye Qing's little kinship with Ye Heng, so he took over Wang Huai's inquiry about Ye Qing.

The reason why Ye Heng is willing to take care of everything so much and does not want Ye Qing to participate in this matter is to let Ye Qing, who returned from Lin'an safely, understand that even if you are the pacification envoy and prefect of Huainan East Road, and now you are still the imperial capital appointed by the imperial court, this does not mean that you can cover the sky with one hand on Huainan East Road.

Ye Heng wanted to use this way to let Ye Qing clearly know that on Huainan East Road, there were still people who could check and balance and not give him face.

And he didn't know that Ye Qing was happy to see him Ye Heng take such a big deal and take this tricky matter on himself.

Just like when he was talking to Liu Qingyan in the slanting wind and drizzle building two days ago, the carriage after leaving the city was driving on the sparsely populated official road, and Zhong Qing, who had already turned from the carriage to sit on the other side of the carriage, listened to Ye Qing's calculation of Ye Heng's strategy, and couldn't help frowning and worried: "You design and plan Ye Heng Ye like this, aren't you afraid that Bai Chun will settle accounts with you after knowing about this matter?" ”

"Do you think I have a better way?" Ye Qing no longer drove the carriage, and asked as he let the carriage move forward freely.

"Wang Huai can now be regarded as the sole ruler of the court, and the saint is heartbroken and depressed because of the emperor's affairs, and he has completely lost his ...... for the affairs of the court Interest, such a situation must have been unexpected by no one except you and Wang Huai. Thinking about it, most of the courtiers are like Lord Ye Hengye, they all think that the saint is just a temporary sadness, and as time progresses, he will definitely be able to regain his strength. But now that half a year has passed, there is no sign of cheering up in the sage, so it gives Wang Huai the opportunity to take charge of the court alone. And Han Cheng ...... could have been on an equal footing with Wang Huai, but because he misjudged the mind of the saint, he thought that the saint would cheer up one day sooner or later, and maybe it would be Wang Huai's unlucky day, but it's a pity...... Han Cheng lost to his indecisiveness, because he failed to seize the opportunity decisively like Wang Huai, which led to the fact that it was difficult for him to take the lead in the confrontation with Wang Huai in the court. Zhong Qing frowned and analyzed.

The carriage continued to move forward slowly, Ye Qing leaned back against the carriage and looked at Zhong Qing, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "But who dares to guarantee that the reason why the Holy Lord has been so depressed is that there is no credit for Wang Huai?" ”

Zhong Qing's whole body shook, and he sat on the wheel of the car a little stiffly, turned his head to look at Ye Qing, and muttered, "What do you mean?" Are you saying that Wang Huai is even counting the saints? ”

"It's hard to say." Ye Qing looked up at the blue sky, and it was recorded in the history books that with the death of Zhao Gou, for two years, his coffin was not buried because of the current saint Zhao Yan.

But among them, there have also been records of some courtiers who persuaded the Holy Lord Zhao Yan to regain his strength, but ...... It has not been recorded, are there some courtiers who, because of their desire for power and selfishness, hope that the current saint Zhao Yan will continue to be depressed, so as to achieve his goal of ruling the court alone?

Contemporary people can't write the history of contemporary people, and if they are not in it, they don't have the opportunity to experience the undercurrent of court killing in the turbulent tide, so naturally history prevails.

And now, when he really participated in this undercurrent of court killing, Ye Qing had to wonder if there were people who deliberately put Zhao Yan above a higher filial piety and didn't let him come down?

Wang Huai was naturally worthy of Ye Qing's suspicion, and even he suspected that the reason why the saint was so depressed today and couldn't recover from his grief was entirely because Wang Huai was obstructed.

"What if it's what you guess?" Zhong Qing is a little masterless, although she is smart and can judge the situation in the court, but almost every step like this is carefully calculated, Zhong Qing still can't adapt to it for a while.

"Now Wang Huai and I are still grasshoppers on a rope for the time being, so he won't do anything to me for the time being. That's why he supported my Northern Expedition so much, and supported Han Cheng, Han Yanxuan, and Yu Yunwen to go on the Northern Expedition together. This is also a great opportunity for Wang Huai to clear out dissidents. Ye Qing's brows twisted into a strand at some point, and he said with hesitation in his tone.

"If the Northern Expedition is fruitful, it will only stabilize Wang Huai's power in the court, and if the Northern Expedition fails again, whether it is you, Han Cheng and others, they will also be suppressed again by Wang Huai by taking the opportunity of defeat, or even ...... Let you lose your life. Zhong Qing said weakly.

"Yes, I think Wang Huai's intentions are inseparable from ten, which is the purpose. Therefore, the Northern Expedition is not the goal, the purpose is always above the court, and the Northern Expedition and the lives of tens of millions of soldiers are just means of struggle in the court. Ye Qing slowly stepped out of the carriage, then walked to the other side, and helped Zhong Qing jump out of the carriage.

Following behind Ye Qing, watching Ye Qing skillfully carry the rifle behind her and slowly walk wild, Zhong Qing's eyes stared at her back, but it became more and more blurry in her eyes, and became more and more unreal.

"You brought me here, is there something you want me to do?" Zhong Qing stopped, stood on the top of the wilderness, and asked loudly about the front and the back of the person who continued to walk.

"Yes, I just didn't think about what to say." Ye Qing continued to take a few steps forward, then took off his rifle and pulled the bolt, turned his head and said to Zhong Qing.

"You want to ......." Zhong Qing looked at Ye Qing's hesitant expression and couldn't bear to say.

With a "bang", the sound of the rifle in Ye Qing's hand interrupted Zhong Qing's words, and the crisp sound of pulling the bolt again sounded in the ears of the two.

Zhong Qing, who was defenseless, was frightened by the sound of the rifle in Ye Qing's hand and took a few steps back, looked at Ye Qing with a normal face, opened his mouth, and was about to speak, when he saw Ye Qing once again aiming the rifle in his hand into the distance.

"Wang Lun is still in the palace now, and he has been temporarily placed by the side of the Queen Mother, because Zhao Gou's death is not only a big blow to the saint, but also a big blow to the Queen Mother. The old lady's brain is not very ...... Obviously, now it has become more and more confused. I say ....... Ye Qing's expression looked weak, but his tone was extremely sincere: "When I say this, I don't know if you will think that I am telling the truth. ”

"So what?" Zhong Qing asked expressionlessly.

"So I want you to return to Lin'an and go back to the palace ......." The sincerity in Ye Qing's tone, facing Zhong Qing's expressionless face, became empty-hearted: "I didn't intend to take advantage of the relationship between the Queen Mother and Han Cheng, but...... Since you have to go back to visit the Queen Mother, it is better to help Han Cheng in the palace, although you can't defeat Wang Huai, but at least you can't let Wang Huai's family dominate. ”

Zhong Qing was angry and funny at the moment looking at Ye Qing who looked sincere and weak-hearted, no wonder he would be safe and honest today and stay in the house with him honestly and not go anywhere! No wonder what I said today is so good, let myself listen to it with joy and happiness! Fang's heart is like a deer! No wonder today so diligent in person to set the car, personally drive, help themselves in the car, help themselves out of the car!

also introduced himself to his broken gun, and generously put aside Bai Chun and Yan Chengcheng to take him out to enjoy the outing of the world of the two, it turned out that all this was premeditated, all in order to let himself return to Lin'an, so that he would treat himself so diligently!

"You liar!" Zhong Qing looked at the weak-hearted Lord Ye not far away, and said coldly, then squatted down, picked up the lump and threw it at Ye Qing: "What if I don't want to go!" ”

"Then our family will all wait to be executed by Wang Huai." Ye Qing dodged the lump thrown by Zhong Qing and said with a sigh of relief.

thought that Zhong Qing would leave without looking back immediately after hearing about her plans, but seeing that Zhong Da Mei just coldly picked up the clod of soil and smashed herself, what does this mean, this shows that Zhong Da Mei does not completely want to refuse!

As the saying goes, the iron should be struck while it is hot, Lord Ye immediately put the gun behind him again, and walked in the direction where Zhong Damei was standing while dodging the clods of soil thrown by Zhong Dameiren.

"You're not allowed to come." Zhong Qing looked at the clods of soil he threw out, none of them hit the target, and then looked at the heat that gradually appeared in the man's eyes, his heart was shocked, and he immediately shouted loudly.

Between the empty wilderness, although there is no one around, but if it is in broad daylight, even if he is held in the arms of his husband, it is also a shameful thing, after all, this is not a boudoir, you can't really follow him, the sky is the bed.

"No, I just wanted to get closer and explain it to you." Ye Qing said sincerely as he walked.

"Liar, I won't believe you." Zhong Qing quickly used the clod of soil in her hand to stop Ye Qing from approaching her, and then ran back quickly with the hem of her skirt.

All of a sudden, in the wilderness where the sun was sinking in the west, Zhong Qing ran and avoided in the wilderness with a laugh like a silver bell and an occasional frightened scream, while someone was like a big bad wolf, staring at his Little Red Riding Hood and chasing after him, until Little Red Riding Hood was finally pulled into his arms and touched the seductive red lips .......

"Alas...... Just think about it, happiness, this guy, between heaven and earth...... I don't know how many words are omitted. ”