The journey from Lin'an to Jiankang is not close, especially in this era, it is already far away.

However, for Ye Qing and Bai Chun, in their opinion, such a difference can only be regarded as a small separation, compared to the time and distance span between the envoys to Jin and Xia, it is simply a small thing.

At this time, in people's hearts, especially after the imperial court crossed to the south, the Yangtze River and the Huai River became two vague standards for the distance to the north in people's impressions.

However, the Yangtze River for people who travel, at least psychologically feel that everything is safe, and crossing the Yangtze River is south of the Huai River, people's psychology will increase some worries about traveling relatives, but it is not too worried.

For businessmen, crossing the Yangtze River and crossing the Huai River to the north is what worries their families the most.

After all, crossing the Huai River is the territory of the Jin people, and how fierce and unreasonable the Jin people are, no one knows better than the people of the Southern Song Dynasty.

The snow in Lin'an City was still falling on the day Ye Qing traveled, and the snow on the ground was crushed by the wheels of the car to create two deep straight ravines, and then the iron hooves of the war horse under the crotch of the Imperial City Division were instantly stepped on blurred.

Along the way, Ye Qing's heart was somewhat emotional, during the time of rushing in the wind and snow, his mind kept wandering, after arriving in Jiankang, he must be the first to go to Niushou Mountain outside the city, to see where Li Heng rescued himself, what was strange, why was he buried in the pile of dead people?

After less than a day of travel, the snowflakes of the Sky Man Dance began to become scarce, and by the time they stayed in the inn, the whole sky had cleared, looking at the snow-capped scenery outside, the sunset was still somewhat dazzling.

The journey was very smooth, and Ye Qing and Zhong Qing didn't talk too much, after all, even if Zhong Qing returned to Jiankang alone, in addition to her palace maid Fang Fei, there were still several eunuchs and palace maids accompanying her.

It took half a month to hurry, stepping on the extremely long sunset that refracted the shadows, Ye Qing and his party arrived in Jiankang in the dust.

Xu Qing was arranged by Ye Qing to send Zhong Qing home, as for where his home was, Ye Qing didn't even ask along the way, and the occasional few conversations were still Zhong Qing kept asking him some questions about his envoy to Jin Guo.

The thick fur coat is on his body, and the setting sun is the background behind Ye Qing, making him already tall, like a bear in the eyes of Zhong Qing facing the sunset.

Twenty of the fifty guards of the Imperial City Division were taken away by Xu Qing, and in the next few days, before Zhong Qing returned to Lin'an, Xu Qing had to follow Zhong Qing.

Zhao Qi'er took the rest of the thirty people, followed by Wu Ju, who had already arrived not far from Jiankang Academy, and walked to the post house together.

And Ye Qing took the only remaining Mo Xiaobao, and the two planned to go to the inn that Wu Juan had already arranged for them.

Zhong Qing looked at Ye Qing's back as she was about to leave, for nearly half a month, although she didn't get along much, she could be regarded as accompanying her all the way, looking at that person at this moment, she was heartless, and she was about to leave without saying a word, and she felt a little angry and empty in her heart.

"Ugh......." Zhong Qing still couldn't help but shout at the back.

Ye Qing, who was like a bear, turned around and asked with a blank expression, "Is there anything else?" ”

Zhong Qing frowned, looked at the remaining Xu Qing on the left and right, as well as the palace maids and eunuchs who followed her in other carriages, bowed her head and took two steps forward, came to Ye Qing, and said with some apprehension: "It's hard work along the way, if you ...... If you are free in Jiankang, you may wish to come to my house ....... ”

"Okay, don't worry, I'll visit Ling Zun tomorrow." Ye Qing seemed to be in a hurry, and said without waiting for Zhong Qing to finish speaking.

Looking at someone who was respectful to his behavior in front of everyone when he first set off from Lin'an City, as he slowly came down along the way, he became not only casual now, but he couldn't help frowning and snorting in his heart: Love doesn't come.

After watching Zhong Qing get into the carriage, and then leave with her own other fully loaded carriages, Ye Qing and Mo Xiaobao walked towards the inn under the leadership of a soldier left behind by a military judge.

At this time, Jiankang Mansion is equivalent to radiating outward with Jiankang School as the center, and Jiankang School is also the Confucius Temple, so the inn where Ye Qing and the others live is not only very close to Jiankang School, but also closer to the famous Qinhuai River.

"Why don't we stay at the inn?" Entering a relatively elegant inn, Mo Xiaobao asked after following Ye Qing into the room, while opening the window and looking at the lanterns that were gradually lighting up by the river.

Pulling Mo Xiaobao's head and turning Mo Xiaobao's gaze from the outside to the inside, Ye Qing said with a sneer on the corner of his mouth: "Mo Xiaobao, I found that you are becoming more and more like Jin Se now, or did Jin Se explain something to you before leaving?" ”

Mo Xiaobao rolled his eyes stiffly, never looked at Ye Qing, and said, "Shaoqing, what do you mean by this, Xiaobao doesn't understand." ”

"Did that little girl from Jinse let you spy on me again? Do you think that we live in this Qinhuai River area just for pleasure? Ye Qing let go of Mo Xiaobao's head, then pushed it aside, and began to face the cold wind outside the window, looking at the flickering beauty on the Qinhuai River, listening to the lively hustle and bustle, and the occasional sad song that rose and fell to his ears.

"Not really, I'm just curious why you're staying in a guest house instead of a post house." Mo Xiaobao turned around and helped Ye Qing clean up and salute.

"Accompany me to Niushou Mountain tomorrow." Ye Qing closed the window, then turned around and thought for a while, but still said: "This time the matter is not very easy to handle, even more tricky than the original thing in Yangzhou." ”

After finishing speaking, he didn't pay attention to Mo Xiaobao's reaction, and Ye Qing, who sat down on the chair, thought about the imperial court's attitude towards these important cities along the Yangtze River, as well as the cities headed by Yangzhou on the other side.

The important cities south of the Yangtze River, such as Lin'an, Jiankang, etc., are the gateways guarded by the imperial court, and as the second layer of defense to protect the Jin people from going south, the imperial court is far more important than the first layer of defense.

The Guangde Army, the Nankang Army, and the Shenjin Army were stationed here, and Zhenjiang or the key cities along the Yangtze River to the west were also stationed in several large armies.

But for the important cities north of the Yangtze River, such as Yangzhou and other places, the imperial court seems to be extremely distracted, as if those territories will be snatched away by the Jin people sooner or later.

Jiangnan and Jiangbei are in the eyes of the imperial court, which ones are biological and which ones are raised by the stepmother, as long as Yangzhou and Jiankang are compared, it is clear at a glance.

Yangzhou is down, the traces of the original war still exist, walking in Yangzhou City, you can even feel a trace of the smell of the approaching time of war.

And Jiankang under the night lights now, especially on the banks of the Qinhuai River where Ye Qing and Mo Xiaobao are strolling now, the warblers are laughing endlessly, and the painting boat on the river is more extravagant than the painting boat in the West Lake.

Different from the lanterns of the West Lake painting boat, all of which are made of paper, some of the painting boats here that are quite famous and have a peerless appearance are still made of precious cloud brocade to make lanterns, so as to highlight the grade of their own painting boats, which is very popular for people to enter.

"After Ye Heng was deposed, the prefect of Jiankang was sent by Li Mengjian by the imperial court to serve as the prefect, this person should be regarded as the main peace faction, but the son of Li Guang, the former governor of the government, but he is quite trusted by the saints." Mo Xiaobao began to talk about some important figures in Jiankang officialdom.

"What about the princess? Does she have any family background? Walking on the embankment of the Qinhuai River, there is an endless stream of pedestrians, making the cold of the original winter seem to be squeezed away by the crowd.

The surname Zhong is ranked in the "Hundred Family Surnames" compiled by the Great Song Dynasty, and it is not a famous nobleman in the Great Song Dynasty, but in Jiankang, when it comes to the Zhong family, it is also quite prestigious.

Even now the Zhong family has been showing signs of decline, but just by virtue of the name of "the first prime minister in Jiangnan", the Zhong family has always maintained a high prestige and prestige in Jiankang, but now it is only limited to Jiankang.

However, this was enough for the imperial court, and all the important cities south of the Yangtze River, whether it was Zhenjiang or Jiankang, or other important cities on the east and west roads of Jiangnan, basically maintained a marriage relationship with the royal family.

The benefit of this kind of marriage relationship to the imperial court is that the important cities that make the second line of defense for the Yangtze River moat, because of the in-law relationship with the Zhao and Song royal families, so that the imperial court can maintain close ties with each important city, so that the wealthy families in the city will not be co-opted by the Jin people's fine work, and become the internal response of the Jin people's southward invasion.

Of course, in this way, it is natural to be able to highlight the Zhao and Song royal families, and exert influence on various places through various wealthy families, so that the Zhao and Song clans after the southern crossing can take root in the south smoothly.

"I see." Behind his hands, Ye Qing took Mo Xiaobao and walked along the bank of the Qinhuai River, and the sound of selling on the side of the road from time to time would also attract the attention of the two of them, so they stopped and looked at it curiously.

Therefore, it can also be said that the water in Jiankang Mansion and even in the entire Jiangnan East Road officialdom is very deep, although after Ye Heng was defeated by the Jin people, the imperial court also took the opportunity to rectify the officialdom on Jiangnan East Road. But combined with the information given by today's military judgment, the imperial court's rectification of the officialdom on Jiangnan East Road at that time now seems to be nothing more than a thunderstorm and a small rain, tickling the officialdom in Jiangdong, and even the foundation has not been shaken. Mo Xiaobao was holding a string of sugar gourds, which was the only hobby that was influenced by Jin Se since he met Jin Se.

"If it's really that complicated, we won't be able to get through it on the first day, and we'll have to live in Jiankang." Ye Qing couldn't help but feel a little bigger, there was only a little more than a month left before the arrival of the Yuan Day, plus half a month to go back, in fact, the time he spent in Jiankang was only about twenty days.

"Then what is the imperial court's dispatch to us? You haven't said a word? Mo Xiaobao asked as he dangled the bamboo skewer that had been eaten up in his hand.