Since ancient times, monarchs have been lucky, and they are the most ruthless emperors.

Ye Qing had to admire Zhao Gou's manipulative skills, as well as Zhao Gou's ability to bend and stretch.

When Zhao Xuan was favored, he could throw Zhao Ruyu to Chengdu Mansion with a wave of his hand, thus preserving the harmony of the royal family and making the contradictions between the clans no longer worsen, and even very few people knew about it.

But now, seeing that Zhao Ruyu's importance to the court and clan gradually surpassed Zhao Xuan, Zhao Gou was immediately able to turn his heart to Zhao Ruyu, and then sell Zhao Xuan, the king of letters, in an instant.

This kind of seemingly compromised method against Zhao Ruyu, Zhao Gou obviously will not end the matter so simply, because he can't see any benefit from it, and if they are allowed to fight without themselves, then his majesty as the emperor will be challenged in the future.

Therefore, when the Imperial City Division was grabbed by Zhao Gou and thrown to Jiankang, which made things more complicated, it was natural that he also put Zhao Gou's influence in it, so that he could not only grasp the situation in real time, but also stand up at a critical moment to calm down the situation.

The officialdom of Jiankang Mansion is like the epitome of factional struggles in the Great Song Dynasty, with people from the historian, people from the Han family, and people from the royal family.

The carriage that had turned several times along the Qinhuai River, after Ye Qing got off the car, began to drive in the direction of Zhong's house, and in the corner of the curtain, Zhong Qing secretly looked at the back of Ye Qing, who was walking along the riverbank and began to walk in the direction of Jiankang Academy.

His hands tightly twisted the handkerchief that Ye Qing had just used to wipe his tears, and the words that Ye Qing said when he got out of the car kept echoing in his mind, and he kept repeating in his mind: How could this be? This shouldn't be, how can everything become so much worse than before in the blink of an eye!

The originally harmonious family, who would have thought that it would face the dilemma of falling apart in the blink of an eye, and even the father and uncle would have to kill each other, and the Zhong family, in this change that was more sudden than the first snow in winter, I am afraid that they will never be able to return to the grand occasion of the past.

Ye Qing, who was walking along the banks of the Qinhuai River, also sighed in his heart that the world was impermanent, who would have thought that it was just a few days of hard work, and the original Nuoda family would be disintegrated in an instant because of the royal feud and become a victim of the struggle.

On the surface of the Qinhuai River at the foot, there is an endless stream of painting boats, merchant ships, etc., and in this Jiangdong where there is more water and less land, the role of boats is more important than the role of horse-drawn carriages.

A person wearing a Fan Yang hat on the river, holding a fishing rod in his hand, tirelessly swinging and lifting the rod, even caught several small fish on the busy river.

Along the loess steps that had been built, Ye Qing slowly walked to the side of the angler, looked at the still clean feet, and sat down.

Lin Guangchao hurriedly handed the Fan Yangli and fishing rod on the side to Ye Qing's hand, and while Ye Qing was wearing Fan Yangli, he did not forget to hang the bait on the fishing hook for Ye Qing.

"I'm afraid something big is going to happen." Lin Guangchao looked at Ye Qing, who was not in a hurry, and took the initiative to say after hanging the bait.

"Tell me what you know, and how you've been digesting lately?" Ye Qing's skillful swing, the fishing line with the hook with the bait, made a small cooing sound in the moment he entered the water.

"Wu Gong, the commander of the Shenjin Army, has a relationship with Zhao Ruyu, but he is not a friend, but a hostile relationship. All this is naturally because of the ...... of the previous generation. Lin Guangchao plans to start from the beginning.

"I know this, let's talk about why Wu Gong was demoted from Lizhou Road to the commander of the Shenjin Army." Ye Qing nodded, interrupting Lin Guangchao's words.

"It has to start with the things of their predecessors." Lin Guangchao turned his head to look at Ye Qing and said helplessly.

"I heard that Wu Gongfei is the son of Wu Jue? It was the concubine born to his grandfather Wu Yan and his maidservant, but because his grandfather was jealous of his grandmother, he handed over Wu Gong to Wu Jue as an adopted son? What's the matter? Ye Qing asked curiously.

Needless to say, Wu Jue was a famous general in the early Southern Song Dynasty who was as famous as Yue Fei, and he was the main force of the anti-Jin Dynasty, and he was also one of the few Southern Song generals who made the Jin people feel jealous.

Wu Gong, the current commander of the Shenjin Army, was formerly the pacification envoy of Lizhou Road, but for some reason, he was demoted to the commander of the Shenjin Army.

Ye Qing also thought that all this should be related to Zhao Ruyu and Han Yanxuan, presumably Zhao Ruyu transferred his henchmen Wang Gongwu and Wu Gong to Jiankang through Han Cheng in order to appease Jiankang and prefect.

Now it seems that Wu Gong was obviously not dispatched because of Zhao Ruyu to take revenge on Zhao Xuan, the king of letters, but more like Lin Guangchao said, it was because of the contradiction between the two that he was transferred to the Shenjin Army.

Lin Guangchao smiled, then looked at the river and said: "This rumor was originally spread by Zhao Ruyu from Chengdu Mansion and Lizhou Road Dasanguan, and the purpose was to disgust Wu Gong and damage the statement of his Wu family. When the battle became more and more fierce, the Shenjin army happened to be defeated by the Jin people, so Wu Gong invited the court himself and came to the Shenjin army, which was almost defeated. ”

"Can you fight for it? Is it difficult to digest? Ye Qing nodded, he didn't believe that Wu Gong and his father Wu Jue would be half-brothers.

Lin Guangchao nodded, continued to stare at the sparkling Qinhuai River, and said, "He will turn a blind eye and let us digest it, there are not many of us, not to mention ...... The head of the Shenjin army has always been dissatisfied, and he is also happy to see it. Of course, this is ...... It's partly because I'm from the Imperial City Division, so that's why I'm like this. As for the struggle, I'm afraid it will take time, I haven't been here for a long time, not to mention that I am the deputy commander in the Imperial City Division, and now I am still the deputy commander in the Shenjin Army, Wu Gong must also have worries in his heart, and he will definitely not easily put the Wu family on the career of the deputy commander of the Imperial City Division. ”

Ye Qing listened to Lin Guangchao's analysis, and involuntarily snorted at the river, and said helplessly: "This is not easy to do, we have no background and no foundation, compared with the fame of those families, what is lacking is the strength background that can give people peace of mind, steadfastness, and hope." There's no one up there, I'm already the top, and then up, either I don't want me to die, or I want to be unlucky, and I want to win over some people to provide convenience for us, it's difficult. ”

Lin Guangchao also sighed, what Ye Qing said was true, and he wanted to remain neutral above the court of Yu Yu's deceit, like Yu Yunwen, Xiao Zhen and others, it was easy to say, and it was not easy to say.

But if you want to form your own faction above the court and form your own sphere of influence, then it is too difficult.

In Lin Guangchao's view, Li Bai's "Shu Road Difficulty" still has a path to follow, whether it is difficult or bumpy, there is always a way to go on now, at least there is a glimmer of hope.

And now, they have no road under their feet, trying to survive in the cracks, seeking development between factions, and if they are not careful, they will be an abyss.

And the road ahead is not even a glimmer of hope, no one is a big tree for them, everything has to rely on their own exploration, either they grow up in deceit, or maybe one day they will be wiped out, and even a little bone scum may not be left.

The only thing they can rely on is Ye Qing, and the only thing Ye Qing can rely on is the emperor who is as deep as the sea in the city, and he has perfected the art of scheming and scheming, and he is also the kind that accompanies the king like a tiger, trembling and walking on the cliffs, no one knows if one day, Zhao Gou will directly end all this after using Ye Qing.

Lin Guangchao has been in the Imperial City Division for a long time, so he knows very well in his heart that even if he just wants to live in this world for a real time, not to mention those lofty words such as recovering lost land, it is difficult and difficult.

So he willingly followed Ye Qing, hoping that one day, they could really have a place in the court, and hoped that their life and death would be in their own hands in addition to being in the hands of disease.

"It's hard to ride a tiger, the only thing we can rely on is ...... It's just you. Lin Guangchao smiled, since Ye Qing sat next to him, he had never caught a fish again, and Ye Qing didn't even bother to pick up the fishing rod.

"Do I have time to meet Wu Gong?" Ye Qing was silent for a while, and suddenly opened his mouth to ask.

"Difficult." Lin Guangcao's tone was very firm: "Today, the Nankang army has arrived outside the city, Wang Gongwu personally led the troops, pacified Yang Jian and personally went out of the city to greet them, and the Shenjin Army and the Guangde Army, these two armies that are also unwilling to be Jiankang, have been ordered by Yang Jian not to approach Jiankang at any time. And now...... If you want to come up with this Jiankang City, unless you take out the identity of the Imperial City Division, or the identity of Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple, but in this way, you will be forced to surface by them. ”

"Listening to you say this, how do I feel, our only way out is to throw yourself into the river to feed the king, it seems to be a relatively less miserable ending." Ye Qing raised the fishing rod, and the bait on the hook had long since disappeared.

Lin Guangchao hung up the bait for Ye Qing again, and then said: "That's all I can know at the moment, but it's hard to say whether there will be movement on Lin'an's side." There was no other news from the umbrella, but what I was afraid of was ...... King Xin, Zhao Ruyu, and even ....... Lin Guangchao watched Ye Qing's familiar swing again, and then exhaled heavily and said, "Even Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan are afraid that they will secretly appear in Jiankang City." ”

"The clouds are from the dragon, the wind is from the tiger, and the saint is all things to see. The society is prosperous, and the wind and clouds will meet. Ye Qing looked up to the sky with emotion and continued: "Kong Ming was an envoy to Jiangdong back then, and he once said to Sun Quan: "The terrain of Moling, Zhongshan Longpan, stone tigers, this emperor's house. "My Great Song Dynasty court also used to be here temporarily, and now it has been changed to stay in the capital, and now it is really about to enter the period of the storm."

"If King Xin appears in Jiankang, what can it mean? What does he want to do? Did you save the Zhong family from fire and water? Ye Qing asked again.

"In my opinion, the prefect of Jiankang is more important than the Zhong family in the eyes of King Xin. At present, the Zhong family has been disintegrated and has become a victim of the royal struggle, which is already unchangeable, and King Xin also knows that he is powerless to return to the sky, but Li Mengjian is different, King Xin's subordinates are already few, and if Li Mengjian is missing, what will King Xin do to fight with Zhao Ruyu? What else can he make the historian look at? Lin Guangchao's hand as he raised the fishing rod froze in mid-air, looking at Ye Qing and analyzing seriously.

"Li Mengjian must be saved, even if he can't be saved, he will make a gesture, so it is inevitable that he will come to Jiankang, not only to let people see his affection for the Zhong family, but also to let Li Mengjian and others see his righteousness Zhao Xuan, love and righteousness kill two birds with one stone, and King Xin will not let go of this opportunity. But he also knows that whether he comes to Jiankang openly or secretly, Zhao Ruyu will not show mercy to Zhong Kang. Ye Qing frowned, and her eyes were staring at the sparkling river, as if Zhong Qing's sad face was flickering.

Lin Guangchao pondered Ye Qing's words carefully, and now it seems that King Xin, Zhao Ruyu, Shi Miyuan, and Han Yanxuan are all likely to come to Jiankang, so as to regard Jiankang as the main battlefield of their battle, but ...... Are the saints and the emperor so ignorant of them?

"It's impossible for us to know the things at the top, I'm afraid that there are only a few people who know the specific reasons, it's nothing more than the left and right ministers, the Privy Council and a few Shangshu, the Imperial City Division just gives news to others, not people to give us news, even if there are some of us, we may not be able to get enough news in advance every time." Ye Qing's eyes were a little empty, staring blankly at the surface of the lake and subconsciously answering.

Lin Guangchao next to him sighed, and Ye Qing was still in a state of semi-empty and stunned, and continued to say slowly: "But in my opinion, it is inevitable that King Xin will lose power, I originally thought that I would have to pass the Yuan Day and Shangyuan Festival, but now it seems that the imperial court obviously cares more about the festive atmosphere, and is unwilling to let this matter become a topic of conversation after the Yuan Day and the Shangyuan Festival, so with the Yuan Day coming soon, the people and officials can forget this matter in a very short period of time because of the festivity of the Yuan Day and the Shangyuan Festival." ”

Lin Guangchao scoffed, smiled disdainfully, spat at the river, and said sarcastically: "The struggle between the country and the society and the royal family is not as important as the Yuan Day and the Shangyuan Festival, and it is really ridiculous that I would rather have a good festival or two than let Jiankang City become a pot of porridge!" ”

"On the contrary, in fact, this is the best time, the court doesn't care whether Jiankang City is chaotic or not, and it doesn't care if the courtiers fight around. What they care about is the harmony and stability of Zhao and Song Jiangshan. If Jiankang City is in chaos after the Shangyuan Festival, it will be out of control, and no one knows how long the sequelae of this incident will exist, but at least the influence of the incident will not dissipate, and the court will not be at peace for a day. But if it is on the occasion of the Yuan Day and the Shangyuan Festival, it happens to be able to impact this matter well, so that this matter will be quickly quelled, and then it will be recorded in history. Ye Qing sighed, the imperial court may not be able to do anything else, but when it comes to calculating people, playing conspiracy, cleverness, foolishness, etc., the Zhao Song clan is definitely one of the best among the many royal families in history.

And not only the imperial court, but also the struggle between officials, merchants, and literati has always been like this, and only in the Zhao and Song dynasties, the struggle between various classes is the most powerful, and the literati are light, which is also vividly reflected in this era.

Wu Gong was scolded and laughed by Zhao Ruyu because he was born to his grandfather and maidservant, and Zhu Xi was framed as having a son with his daughter-in-law and having an affair with a Taoist aunt, all of which prove that in this era, after people put aside their fists and feet, the kung fu on their lips is obviously refined to more than the people of the world in any dynasty.

"So what do we do next? You can't go out of your way all the time without showing up, and they'll do everything they can to force you to show up in Jiankang. Lin Guangchao said with some concern.

"Yes, if you show up, it means that you have to choose to take sides, King Xin will lose power, the Han family and the Shi family will not be damaged, will the Emperor Taishang see me getting closer and closer to the Han family?" Ye Qing said with a smile.

Lin Guangchao also smiled and said: "The Emperor Taishang asked the Imperial City Division to come, and let you, the commander, come in person, presumably he has already thought about it, and it is naturally better for you to offend Han, Shi, and King Xin." ”

"Zhao Ruyu is a bastard, he shouldn't have brought Zhao Kai, the king of Wei, to Yongjin Mansion that day, this bastard gave me a trick, although he befriended Zhao Shicheng because of this, but Zhao Shicheng is a special infatuation, he won't care about court affairs, he only cares, how can he capture Tang Wan's heart. So that time to the feast...... Lost. Ye Qing said with some annoyance.

"Do you mean to say that the reason why the Emperor Taishang asked you to come is because of Zhao Kai, the king of Wei?" Lin Guangchao asked with some confusion.

"Who is the direct competitor of Zhao Kai, King of Wei? Regardless of whether the king of Wei has the ambition to be the crown prince or not, how could the prince not be wary of the king of Wei at all? I came out of Yongjin Mansion with Shi Miyuan that day, Zuo Yu was waiting at the gate of Yongjin Mansion in the carriage of the Prince's Mansion, and there was also the carriage of the Han family waiting. If I get into the carriage of the Han family that day, I am afraid that Jiankang City today will not only be the day when the Zhong family will fall apart, but also the day when I will have no place to bury Ye Qing. After all, whether it is the crown prince, or the saint, or the emperor, since he chose the prince to inherit the orthodoxy of the Zhao and Song dynasties, he will no longer give the king of Wei a glimmer of hope and opportunity, and I, the commander of the Imperial City Division, drink flower wine with the king of Wei in Yongjin Tower, if you are the prince, what do you think? The more Ye Qing spoke, the more angry he became, and finally simply threw the fishing rod directly into the Qinhuai River.

"Hey......." Lin Guangchao wanted to stop it, and sighed and looked at the sulking Ye Commander and said, "But even if no one forces you to come to Jiankang, we can't stay out of this Jiankang trip, right?" ”

"The Han family, we are condemned, or rather...... Han family, I, Ye Qing, have been offended, so that we will have a way out. Relying on Han Cheng, we can't continue, and now we can't even win over a Shenjin army to lead us, because we are too close to the Han family. Ye Qing was a little irritable, his thoughts were also a little chaotic, and he thought for a while: "In short, even if there is no matter of Zhong Qing, the Han family and we are just separated from each other, and sooner or later we will fall out." But this time, you can take advantage of the loss of power in King Xin, and try to touch the position of Dali Siqing, a good man should be ambitious, right? ”

Lin Guangchao's eyes instantly brightened when he heard that Ye Qing received a try to touch the position of the Dali Temple, and he knew very well in his heart that if Ye Qing could touch the position of the Dali Temple, then in the future, he would be able to have a place in the court, and in the future, above the court, his words would have weight, no longer like now, but he was trusted in private in front of the Holy Lord and the Emperor, but had real influence.

Just like the secretary of a CEO, everyone can be afraid of him and him, but in a large group, he has no influence, because what he can represent is only the shadow of the CEO, what he says and does, even if he is selfish, but he can only represent the CEO, not himself.

And if this secretary has the opportunity to become the leader of the department, obviously, he can be regarded as truly having the right, although he will not be so close to the boss in the future, but he is still the boss's person, and more importantly, he gradually has influence and power in this group, and has a way and platform to really continue to climb up.

Ye Qing is in this situation now, people respect him and fear him, because he represents Zhao Gou, because the Imperial City Division is personally controlled by Zhao Gou, not because of him Ye Qing.

Therefore, if Zhao Gou is happy one day and replaces the commander of the Imperial City Division with a dog, then what people are afraid of will naturally become that dog, not him Ye Qing.

"Yes...... But in this case, you are bound to lose control of the Imperial City Division, right? The Imperial City Division must have a new commander coming up, right? Lin Guangchao was a little reluctant to give up the rights of the Imperial City Division.

"With an umbrella, do you still need a cloak that leaks everywhere?" Ye Qing laughed, then got up and said: "Your next thing is very simple, you need enough manpower to always plan me, especially after I am involved, go to Yangzhou by land." ”

"You've decided?" Lin Guangchao stood up and asked, looking at the back of Ye Qing who was about to go up the river bank along the dirt steps.

"Or else? King Xin is not dead, don't you feel pitiful for the victim of the Zhong family? Ye Qing stood still on the steps and said.

"Yes...... In this way, once the incident in Jiankang City happens, it will be difficult for us to retreat with our whole body in a comprehensive manner, and it is even very likely that we will meet Han and King Xin head-on. Lin Guangchao had to think about whether Ye Qing would be able to stay out of the matter calmly if there was a conflict after the Nankang army entered Jiankang City.

"What else? If you want to say it, just say it in one go. Looking at Lin Guangchao's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Ye Qing sat down on the steps and said.

"King Xin and Shi Miyuan came to Jiankang, and they will inevitably bring ...... Li Heng, what will you do then? Will Li Heng look at the past and let you go? Lin Guangchao asked calmly: "Also, once you want to get closer to the position of Dali Siqing, it means that Li Heng is also closer to the position of the commander of the Imperial City Division." ”

Ye Qing took off Fan Yangli, squinted his eyes at the sky, and then lowered his head to feel the darkness in front of him, and then said slowly: "This is also a matter of sooner or later, isn't it?" Jiankang and his party, if it can be solved, wouldn't it be better to meet in Lin'an in the future? ”

Lin Guangchao nodded silently, sighed, and then said solemnly: "I will hurry up and persuade Wu Gong, at least let him give us some convenience." ”