Ye Qing doesn't know how many people can still maintain their positions and opinions in the face of Hot Gongji's superb acting skills, and even Ye Qing, if he didn't believe that Umbrella, Bai Chun and others would not lie to him, he would have to believe in the Hot Gongji in front of him.

In front of Ye Qing, the hot Gongji scolded Su Dao like scolding his grandson, and scolded Su Dao so much that he couldn't even raise his head, and the spit on his forehead was sprayed, Su Dao only wrinkled his forehead slightly, and he didn't even dare to reach out and wipe it.

However, when Su Dao apologized to himself, he could still feel Su Dao's dissatisfaction with him, but he didn't know if Hot Gongji had explained in advance, although Su Dao treated himself very well, but he could still make Ye Qing feel that Su Dao in front of him, Su Dao when he was in Xiping Mansion and Liao Wangcheng, was completely like two people.

Especially at the celebration banquet prepared by Hot Gongji for himself, he could fully feel that Su Dao's every move had to seek the opinion of Hot Gongji, so when the dinner was less than halfway through, Su Dao was reprimanded by the "angry" Hot Gongji, and finally simply drove out of the dinner party and let him go to Xiping Mansion to reflect and defend the frontier for a year.

Hot Gongji hugged Ye Qing's grievances, which made Ye Qing flattered, picked up the wine glass and toasted three glasses of hot Gongji wine, and said again and again: "Prime minister, don't be angry, don't be angry, since this matter has passed, not to mention that we are another big victory, in my opinion, how about stopping this matter, and not mentioning it again." ”

"Master Ye, do you know that the old man has been ...... these days." Hot Gongji pointed to his face and continued: "The old man's face, as well as the face of the Great Xia Kingdom, have been lost by him, the old man has been ashamed since he knew that you were about to arrive at Xingqing Mansion a few days ago, and he was ashamed and didn't know how to face Lord Ye." Speaking of this matter, the old man also has the responsibility of not being strict, Lord Ye is magnanimous and makes the old man happy, but it is a matter of the court, since the old man has decided, there is no possibility of change, he Su Dao, today must go to Xiping Mansion to guard the frontier and reflect! ”

Hot Gongji was sincere in his words, sincere in his attitude, and awe-inspiring in righteousness, Ye Qing naturally wanted to accompany him to continue the performance, so he toasted three times in a row, and proudly watched Su Dao leave the banquet dejectedly, and went to Xiping Mansion early tomorrow morning to guard the frontier and reflect.

Ye Qing's expression fell in the eyes of the old fox Hot Gongji, and the sneer that flashed on the old fox's Hot Gongji face also failed to escape Ye Qing's afterglow.

With Su Dao leaving, the banquet once again resumed a harmonious and lively scene, Hot Gongji is quite old, and he is not strong enough to drink, but he still instructs his subordinates to toast Ye Qing again and again, and from time to time he will ask Ye Qing to tell him how to fight with the Khorezm people on the border of Liao.

Ye Qing is also very cooperative with the hot and spicy Gongji, no matter who comes to toast, he will drink it all in one go, and when talking about the battle with the Khorezmian people, Ye Qing is even more talking about the eyebrows fluttering and spitting sideways, in Ye Qing's words, other people such as Jin and Tatars basically have not killed a few enemies, and the nearly 100,000 Khorezm people were all annihilated by his Ye Qing's army.

The roaring cheers would sound at the right time every time when Ye Qing paused, so Ye Qing was even more fluttering under the gaze of the hot Gongji, as his tongue began to knot and stuttered more and more, there were more and more people toasting him, and Ye Qing still did not refuse to come.

Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Silkworm were fortunate to share the table with Ye Qing, Hot Gongji and others, looking at Ye Qing, who was already drunk and slurred speech, and wanted to block the wine for Ye Qing, but the hospitable Hot Gongji would not give them such an opportunity?

So in the end, when the banquet was coming to an end, Ye Qing finally fell on the chair drunk and drunk, and the hot Gongji was beside him to ask for warmth, and then ordered someone to carry Ye Qing into the carriage, and Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Silkworm drove the carriage and sent Ye Qing back to the post house.

Watching the carriage slowly leave in front of his mansion, the smile on the face of Hot Gongji gradually disappeared under the cold wind of the night: "Just in case, send someone to monitor the entire Song Post Mansion, twelve hours a day, and you can't let it go." ”

As Ye Lizhan disappeared in front of Hot Gongji, and when the carriage carrying Ye Qing was galloping towards the direction of the post house, a black shadow suddenly jumped over from the shadow next to him, and the carriage door opened quickly at the same time, and then closed quickly, but in the blink of an eye, Wu Lian had already sat in the carriage.

"Wu Lian has seen Lord Ye." Wu Lian looked at Ye Qing, who was full of alcohol, but was sober and calm, and saluted in the carriage.

He had just seen with his own eyes that Ye Qing was carried out drunk, but he didn't expect that Ye Qing would wake up in such a short time.

"This is the news from Lin'an that the last general just received, as well as the news from Lord Yu Yunwen on Jingzhao Mansion Road." After Wu Lian saw Ye Qing waving his hand, he hurriedly took out the secret letter first and said.

"What happened to those two people in the military department?" Ye Qing asked while opening the letter in the carriage.

"It's dead, I don't know who did it, when Lord Li Heng Li found them, there were already two dead bodies, according to Lord Li, it looks like they did it by their own people, it should be to kill them. Therefore, it is precisely because of their deaths that we can't really know what the Xia people and the Jin people want to do, we can only rely on speculation. Wu Lian said with some guilt.

Before Ye Qing left Xingqing Mansion, he had already told him a thousand things, but in the end, he was careless, and let the two sneak away from under his nose.

"It doesn't matter what exactly they're up to now, I'm afraid...... Except for us who still want to find the real answer, everyone else may have already guessed what the Jin people and Xia people want to do, but we don't want to believe the answers we speculated on. Ye Qing squeezed the letter in his hand and sighed.

He understands the reason why Umbrella, Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, Bai Chun, and Zhong Qing still want to get the real answer from Zhao Ruyu and Liuzheng, that is, they are unwilling to accept the fact that they are now embattled, and another reason is that they are unwilling, they have never failed, they did not expect that the first failure was like a catastrophe, such a result, obviously they are unwilling to bear it, and they do not want to face it.

"My lord, maybe ......." Wu Lian lowered his head guiltily, although he also knew in his heart that this worst guess might be the real answer, but this answer, he really couldn't accept it, and he couldn't accept that careless negligence would cause such serious harm.

"Not perhaps. I don't blame you for this, if you want to blame, you can only blame me for being too big and underestimating Zhao Ruyu. If I can stay in Lin'an, even if I stay in Yangzhou for one more month, Zhao Ruyu will not have the opportunity to provoke again. Ye Qing smiled and patted Wu Lian's shoulder, who had been lowering his head and being ashamed of not being able to face himself since he entered the carriage.

That being said, but if he did it all over again, under the circumstances at that time, what he could choose would still be the same as this time, the situation in the Liao Kingdom was imminent, and it was impossible for Temujin, the begging Shilie gods, and the Xia people to wait for him in the Xia Kingdom after the agreed time.

Therefore, he had to leave Zhao Ruyu's unfinished business and set off for Xia immediately, although he was worried that the imperial court would punish Zhao Ruyu lightly in its attitude towards Zhao Ruyu, but he obviously underestimated the importance that the current saint attaches to Zhao Ruyu.

Zhao Ruyu was the first batch of courtiers who supported the succession of the Holy Emperor and the throne of the Emperor Taishang, and at that time, although he also supported the succession of the Holy Emperor, he failed to give enough clear support to the Holy in this matter because he wanted to unite the Jin, Xia, and Tatars, which is obviously what makes the Holy God dissatisfied with himself today.

Moreover, he overestimated Zhao Kai, the king of Qing, and thought that after Zhao Ruyu was designed by himself, with the character of King Qing, he would inevitably put pressure on the current saint in the court, hoping that he could use his so-called loyalty and patriotism as the last straw that crushed Zhao Ruyu, but King Qing did not do so.

This is not to say that King Qing still has prejudices against himself, but King Qing's original intention was only to be responsible for the court and the saint, but he wanted to only be a king, not a thorn in the eye of the saint, so at the last moment, King Qing did not participate in Zhao Ruyu's self-help in the court, which also made Zhao Ruyu's matter have a turnaround, so that all kinds of factors were mixed together, and after all, it caused today's catastrophe that is enough to kill him.

"How many businessmen from the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce are there in Xingqing Mansion?" After returning to the post house, Ye Qing's expression became even colder, and his eyes flashed sharply and asked.

"Back to my lord, in the past month, whether it is the merchants of the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, or other Song businessmen who have nothing to do with the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, they are decreasing, most of the transactions of Song and Xia are completed in Lanzhou Mansion, half a month ago, the Xia people in Lanzhou Mansion and Jingzhaofu Road bordered the place, and built a new town, it seems that the Xia people did this completely to prevent my Song merchants from entering the Xingqing Mansion area, it should be afraid that we will notice something." Wu Lian looked at Ye Qing's more gloomy face, swallowed his saliva, and continued: "And now the Song people in Xingqing Mansion have been re-examined and registered by the Xia People's Administration, and in the past month, there have been thousands of Song businessmen who have been either arrested and interrogated by the Xia people because of their suspicious identities, or they have been driven out of the Xia Kingdom, and they have no choice but to return to the Great Song Dynasty. There are also a lot of our people, and in the registration of the Xia State Mansion this time, they were arrested and put in prison, or they were driven back to the Great Song Dynasty, and even the Lanzhou Mansion did not dare to take them in. ”

Mo Xiaobao opened his mouth in surprise by Wu Lian's narration: "Such a big battle, is this going to be a war?" After finishing speaking, he couldn't help but look at Ye Qing.

Ye Qing's original gloomy and cold expression, but at this time, with a smile, he said lightly: "Hot Gongji really looks at us, this kind of action, only when the two countries are at war, will the people of the two countries such as Shang Jia be controlled, I can't imagine that for me Ye Qing,

Hot Gongji is really cheap, he even wants my life at the expense of losing money, how can Ye Qing be so virtuous, it is worth his trouble. ”

Wu Lian's expression did not relax because of Ye Qing's relaxation, he still swallowed his saliva again, and then said: "Lord Hui, in fact, there is more to this, these days, the Xia people should be in order to confuse the sight, the army has been transferred around the place, and its marching route is completely confusing, today it seems that it may be an increase in troops on the Jin frontier, and tomorrow it seems that the army will begin to point to us in the south, or to the north to the Tatar steppe." ”

When he said this, Wu Lian shook his head and sighed again, and said with some remorse: "It is precisely because of the Xia people's strict investigation of foreigners, and the reason why the town transaction was changed to the west of the Yellow River outside Lanzhou Mansion, so we don't dare to move at all, as long as we go out of the city and go to some less populated places, we will be caught by the Xia soldiers and beaten at the lightest, or thrown directly into the Yellow River, or ...... Therefore, the last general is no longer sure whether this road back to the Song Dynasty is safe, and he cannot know how the Xia people's current forces will be deployed on our frontier. Even on the Jin side, with the entry of the begging stone martyrs and gods, they also closed each bayonet for the first time, and now each bayonet is guarded and checked by the soldiers of the Jin people. This area can be said to have been ...... It's already an impregnable net. ”

"The sky and the earth are netted, and it is difficult to fly with wings." Ye Qing walked up to Hai Dongqing and teased the well-behaved Hai Dongqing, and the smell of alcohol made Hai Dongqing flapp his wings again and again, and flew to the edge of the windowsill, avoiding Ye Qing, who was full of alcohol.

"It seems that outside the post house now, I don't know how many pairs of eyes will be staring at us. Xiaobao, go out of the city tomorrow, arrange for the army to continue to rest, don't have to guard against anyone, and then ....... Ye Qing turned around, looked at Wu Lian and said, "Give you three days, I want to know how many people there are in front of Yu Yunwen, and I also want to know if Wu Juan, Lao Liu Tou, and Li Heng are all on Jingzhaofu Road now, can they do it?" ”

"Don't worry, my lord, even if the last general dies, he will definitely bring the news back." Wu Lian stood up from the chair where only half of his butt was attached and said firmly.

"Don't say those frustrating words, remember, you don't have any responsibility for this matter, if you say you are responsible, in fact, it is because of Ye Qing's carelessness that caused today's predicament. Let it go, I Ye Qing still need you to escort me back to the Song Court! Ye Qing patted Wu Lian's shoulder with one hand and said with a serious expression.

Wu Lian looked at Ye Qing's clear and deep eyes, nodded heavily, and felt his importance in front of a figure like Ye Qing for the first time: "Don't worry, my lord, Wu Lian promises to send my lord back to the Song court safely, and then kill all those treacherous villains who will only secretly make stumbling blocks and design plots against adults in the court!" ”

Seeing Wu Lian walking towards the rear of the post house under the darkness of the night, Ye Qing didn't ask him how he planned to get out, but he believed that since this was the post house of the Song Dynasty, then Wu Lian must have his own way to get out of the post house safely without the eyes of the Xia people.

Wu Lian left, Zhong Silkworm was humming an unknown tune, swaying with a lantern, looking relaxed and walking slowly with light steps, but as soon as he entered the room, his expression immediately became serious.

"My lord, the last general found a lot of pairs of eyes outside by unloading the truck, all staring at the inn where we live." Zhong Silkworm said solemnly.

"What about the people in this inn?" Ye Qing smiled, and then motioned to Mo Xiaobao to spread out the map to see where Yu Yunwen and the others would meet him.

"It's better, anyway, the lantern in my hand can shine, and what appears in front of my eyes are some familiar faces, and from their expressions, I can't see anything abnormal, do you suspect that they are also ......." Zhong Silkworm asked.

"Just ask casually, since Hot Gongji has already laid a net outside Xingqing Mansion, and there are so many eyes staring outside the post house, he naturally won't waste manpower here." Speaking of this, Ye Qing couldn't help but raise his head and sigh, and said, "I still wanted to let Wu Lian follow Su Dao to see if Su Dao would really go to Xiping Mansion, or if he would be sent by the hot Gongji to a place where the horns could ambush us, now it seems that there is no play." The merchants of the Song people were driven out of Xingqing Mansion and Lanzhou Mansion, and if the Song people appeared suddenly in this barren mountain range, it would be extremely abnormal. ”

"My lord, what does he do so much, since he has come to this point, why don't we kill it happily, kill a bloody way back to the Song court, and let the hot Gongji see, my big Song Haoerlang, none of them are bad seeds, let alone their Xia people who want to kill them." Mo Xiaobao turned his head and snorted coldly.

Zhong Silkworm echoed: "Yes, the big deal is death, but we also have to let the old fox of Hot Gongji know that if you want us to die, you have to pay the price!" ”