Although Zhao Kuo and Ye Qing have not met many times, and the two of them are not even familiar with each other at all, but even so, in the only few meetings, Ye Qing still left an indelible image in Zhao Kuo's heart.

The tall and majestic figure, calm and unhurried demeanor, especially the majesty that faintly emanates from Ye Qing's body, can always remind Zhao Kuo of the four words of looking at the world.

Even now, Zhao Kuo has a lot of dissatisfaction and hostility towards Ye Qing, but even Zhao Kuo has to admit that deep down in his heart, he hopes that one day he can become like Ye Qing, who has a strong talent and a domineering appearance that swallows mountains and rivers.

The young mind will also fantasize about how good it would be if he stood firmly and calmly on top of the court and led the ministers like Ye Qing.

The night was like water, and the lights in the Qinzheng Hall were slowly decreasing in the silent night, but Zhao Kuo was not sleepy at all, Ye Qing's career path was already well understood, and he was even about to memorize the rolling melon.

From a small forbidden army head, step by step to today's high position, Zhao Kuo believes that this is by no means by luck to get all this, after all, from the time Ye Qing began to enter the sight of Emperor Gaozong, to the time he Zhao Kuo ascended the throne last year, Ye Qing's career in these years is not only the luck of steady progress, but also accompanied by all kinds of disasters in nine deaths and a lifetime.

Zhao Kuo was very curious in his heart, how did Ye Qing come all the way, especially about the Battle of Guanshan, and the first time he sent Jin Guang, including the time when the Xinwang Mansion was surrounded and suppressed, what did Ye Qing rely on to escape this catastrophe after disaster?

Legendary experiences always make people admire, and every step and experience in the difficult and bumpy times will make people full of curiosity and inquiry.

No matter what field it is, once the person's experience is colorful and thrilling enough, he will definitely be able to unconsciously attract a group of admiring and worshipping believers.

If it weren't for his status as an emperor, Zhao Kuo's small heart would inevitably become a part of Ye Qing's followers because of Ye Qing's legendary and thrilling experience.

Ye Qing, who returned to the mansion, looked a little worried, Zhong Qing, who had been reconciled as good as before last night, glanced at Ye Qing's faint worry between his eyebrows, and sat down opposite Ye Qing after Ye Qing sat down on the chair.

A gentle voice that had been absent for a long time sounded: "Yes...... What's going on? ”

Ye Qing smiled and shook his head, and then sighed slightly, now his mind is becoming more and more difficult to escape the eyes of Zhong Da Beauty, and his emotions can often be clearly understood by Zhong Qing.

"Staying in the capital...... Eighty-nine is not far from ten, which is a decided. Ye Qing looked at Zhong Qing, and finally said, "But I'm afraid that some things have exceeded my expectations." ”

"You mean King Qing?" Zhong Qing's heart sank slightly, and with Ye Qing's words, the first thing she thought of was whether King Qing had completely sided with the court, so Ye Qing felt the pressure from the court.

"It's Zhao Kuo." Ye Qing looked at Zhong Qing's bright eyes and said calmly. He...... Holy? Is it ...... saintly? Hearing Ye Qing say the word Zhao Kuo, Zhong Qing stood up from the chair suddenly.

When she was in Lin'an at the beginning, she was a little worried about the discord between Ye Qing and Zhao Kuojun's ministers, whether it was Ye Qing's failure to participate in the matter of advising the Emperor Taishang to take the throne, or when Zhao Kuo ascended the throne later, Ye Qing still did not participate, these two things have always been considered a huge hidden danger in Zhong Qing's heart.

Whether other courtiers participate or not may not be important in the eyes of today's young kings, but a courtier as high as Ye Qing does not advise the emperor and does not participate in Zhao Kuo's enthronement ceremony, which will always make people wonder from the standpoint whether Ye Qing is not willing for Zhao Kuo to ascend the throne as emperor.

Ye Qing looked at Zhong Qing, whose expression suddenly became a little panicked, and said with a wry smile: "It's me who underestimated him, Zhao Kuo has been hiding clumsy, I'm afraid even Li Fengniang didn't find out, in fact, Zhao Kuo ...... may be smarter than Zhao Kuo in her eyes. But...... It's all my guess, and it's going to take some time to see what the truth looks like. ”

"Before Lin'an Zhao Kuo ascended the throne, he summoned you once, and you talked to him for a long time that time, is it ...... Didn't you find it too? Zhong Qing recalled the time when Ye Qing went to the palace in Lin'an and said.

"It was precisely because of that time that I relaxed my vigilance against Zhao Kuo, I thought it was just a little boy, coupled with Li Fengniang's love for Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo should not be so shrewd, but Li Lifang gave me this letter, so I have to wonder if I misjudged Zhao Kuo at the beginning." Ye Qing handed Li Lifang's letter today to Zhong Qing.

Seeing that Zhong Qing couldn't wait to open and examine, Ye Qing sighed with some regret, he relied too much on the evaluation and recording of people and events on the original historical trajectory, and ignored many details that had long been out of the original historical trajectory.

It is true that Zhao Kuo is studious, but it is also true that he is incompetent in governing the country, and it is also true that he is extremely principled, so it is this kind of evaluation that makes Ye Qing ignore that Zhao Kuo at this time is no longer the historical Zhao Kuo, with the same name and identity, but after all, something has already gone wrong, which also makes a person never reappear in history.

Ye Qing sighed slightly, and only after Zhong Qing finished reading the letter that Li Lifang gave him, did he say: "When I was in the Lin'an Palace, Zhao Kuo summoned me, and in Yujin Garden, Zhao Kuo once told me an interesting story, because he was afraid of eating raw and cold, so when he realized that he was going to ascend the throne in a short time, there would always be some courtiers who would come to visit him, or wait for him in a place where he would pass by on this day. ”

And these courtiers will also try their best to get close to him after meeting Zhao Kuo, so in order not to waste his tongue and time on those courtiers who please him, he ordered the two eunuchs in front of him every time he went out, each holding a small fan screen, whenever a courtier advised him to drink some wine or eat some food to relieve the heat, he would signal the eunuch to turn the small fan screen to the courtiers, and the screen was impressively written: drink less, be afraid of vomiting, eat less raw and cold, and be afraid of pain. In this way, the courtiers who want to persuade him will all be embarrassed to put down the wine or cold food they use to set up, and they can get by with each other. ”

"It is indeed a good way to allow each other to come to Taiwan, so it seems that Zhao Kuo's city government is by no means as simple as imagined." The corners of Zhong Qing's mouth involuntarily showed a smile.

Ye Qing saw Zhao Kuo only a handful of times, but Zhong Qing saw Zhao Kuo a lot of times, before Ye Qing never returned to Lin'an, she entered the palace a lot at that time, and from time to time she would meet Zhao Kuo in Li Fengniang's palace, her well-behaved appearance made people happy, and she couldn't see that she would be a young man with a full stomach and eyes.

"Li Lifang reminds you that this does not represent Zhao Kuo's hostility towards you......." Zhong Qing looked down at the letter in his hand, and in his heart, Li Lifang clearly described the conversation between him and Zhao Kuo, of course, the fact that Emperor Gaozong and Emperor Xiaozong had killed Ye Qing repeatedly and five times was extremely clear.

But even so, Zhong Qing still didn't think that Zhao Kuo's methods were really shrewd, and he intended to use Li Lifang's hand to test Ye Qing, if this was the case, Zhong Qing would be shocked, after all, such a scheming method should not come from the hands of a thirteen-year-old boy.

"Look, even you don't think this is Zhao Kuo's use of Li Lifang to test me, then you won't think about it, if this is true, what the consequences will be, right?" Ye Qing took the letter, and between the lines of Li Lifang's words, it seemed that he could see Zhao Kuo's "ignorant of the world" face.

"But what's the point of him tempting you? Why did he do that? Are you really afraid that you will stand on your own feet in the Northland? Zhong Qing frowned, her heart was like numbness, she still couldn't quickly figure out the purpose of Zhao Kuo's doing.

"His purpose is actually very simple, even if he doesn't test me through Li Lifang, he already treats me as an enemy. But the reason why I was tempted was to see how much time he had to plan a feasible plan. After all, King Qing is the one who proposed to stay in the capital, so if I move King Qing in the North, or embarrass King Qing, then Zhao Kuo will realize that he does not have enough time to plan how to deal with me, which may force him to seek Shi Miyuan above the court, or to stay in the hands of others to contain and suppress me. And if I don't move King Qing, Zhao Kuo may feel that he has relatively enough time to plan how to deal with me in the future. In short, through Li Lifang's letter, even if he was tempting me, he was reminding me that he, the king of the previous year, was by no means so easy to bully. Ye Qing said at the end, and couldn't help but smile helplessly.

"Don't move King Qing, don't embarrass King Qing, then...... Wouldn't the silver two plan of the greedy Moto Ministry be in vain? Zhong Qing slightly grasped the essence of some problems, after all, since Ye Qing took the initiative to rebuild Kaifeng and the palace, and now the Holy Lord has also entrusted King Qing with full authority to deal with it, then if Ye Qing is still greedy for ink in the matter of rebuilding Kaifeng and the palace, he is disobeying the holy decree if he says that he is big, and he is embarrassing the person in charge of King Qing.

"Ming Xiu plank road, dark Chen Cang, now we have to see how much trust Zhao Kuo will give him after Li Lifang is appointed as the secretary of the household department, and whether Li Lifang can gain a firm foothold in the household department. After all, Shi Miyuan has been in charge for many years, and Li Lifang wants to take full control of the household department as soon as he takes office, which is tantamount to a fool's dream. So there are still opportunities to take advantage of, but you need to plan carefully, and this matter must also drag Shi Miyuan into the water, and I can't let me be suspected by Zhao Kuo alone, even if he is in the Lin'an Dynasty and is very close to Zhao Kuo, but the matter of the household department has now entered Zhao Kuo's line of sight, and the next thing is to see whose means are more insidious. Ye Qing bit her lip and said.

Zhao Kuo doubts himself and is vigilant about himself, which will inevitably make Shi Miyuan profitable, even if Ye Qing has set up a battle for him to be sent by Liuzheng and Xie Shenfu to snatch the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, but now when Zhao Kuo is targeting him Ye Qing, Shi Miyuan's opponent above the court is obviously much less pressure than Ye Qing facing Zhao Kuo.

Therefore, Lord Ye will never let Shi Miyuan easily stay on top of the court, while fighting with Liuzheng and Xie Shenfu, he can also watch Zhao Kuo's good show of suppressing himself, so no matter what, he must pull Shi Miyuan into this troubled water, and everyone will intrigue together in the court.

A knock on the door sounded outside, Fang Fei walked in slowly, looked at Ye Qing and his wife, and then glanced back at the study door behind him, and said, "Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Silkworm are waiting for you in the hall, saying that they have something important to report." ”

Ye Qing nodded, then rubbed Zhong Qing's bright hair that was scattered behind her back before going to bed, and as Zhong Qing slapped Ye Qing's hand dissatisfiedly, Lord Ye walked out of the study.

The atmosphere in the hall was a little dignified, and even a little depressing, in addition to Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Silkworm, there were also Xin Qiji and Jia She, the faces of the four of them were more serious, after Ye Qing came in, he was just about to get up when Ye Qing stopped him, and said, "What's the matter, let the four of you get together?" ”

"The Mongols are not quite right." Zhong Silkworm got up first and said: "In the post house plus the other two squares, there are more than 2,000 Mongolian envoys living this time, but since Changfeng Lou came back not long ago, many Mongolians have secretly left the city, and they are not in groups, they are quite sneaky out of the city, and they have not even returned to the post house until now. ”

"What about Borshu and Mu Huali? What's the difference between King Qing and Chongguo Gong? Ye Qing raised his eyebrows, Borshu and Mu Hua were going to return tomorrow, but tonight they secretly let most of the people out of the city, which was obviously a bit illogical.

"Borshu is no different from Mu Huali's side. Moreover, I just sent people to explore the 8,000 cattle, sheep and horses sent by the Mongols outside the city, and they found nothing unusual, and our people did not see any Mongols going there again. Zhong Silkworm replied.

"The Mongols are probably ill-intentioned, they will set off tomorrow, and tonight should be to recharge their energy and prepare for the next hurrie, but there are abnormalities everywhere, which is enough to prove that the Mongols do not want to be stable tonight. In my opinion, it is advisable to send a large army to garrison the outside and inside of the city just in case. Xin Qiji also nodded solemnly and said.

"I'm afraid it won't be possible to mobilize a large army, first of all, we still have to figure out what the Mongols want to do, after all, they are envoys, although they have not formed an alliance, but ...... It doesn't do us any good if we tear our faces apart because of this. Ye Qing said cautiously.

At the moment, he really didn't want to have a conflict with the Mongols, not to mention that after receiving Li Lifang's letter today, Zhao Kuo above the court also gave him a lot of pressure invisibly, so Ye Qing now, he just wants the entire northern land to be stable for a few years to recuperate, and everything should be decided after the northern expedition again.

"Will the Mongols run back to their Mongolia tonight?" Jia Shi looked at the eyes of the other four, and instantly moved to him, and hurriedly waved his hand in a little panic: "The last general...... The last general is also nonsense, but it is just speculation. ”

Ye Qing shook his head, and then said: "It's not impossible, I didn't expect your nonsense to be like that." ”

After making a little joke about Jia She, Ye Qing had to admit in his heart that if the Mongols had any ulterior motives, it would probably be done at night. After all, they will be leaving tomorrow morning, so tonight, according to common sense, it is everyone who has let their guard down and focused on tomorrow morning, so for the Mongols, whatever they do should be much more safe than other times.

It is even possible to go out of the city and return to Mongolia overnight after achieving their goal, and then in the early morning of the second day, leave Ye Qing and them an empty post house, so that they are confused, or it is a foregone conclusion, and they can't ...... by jumping into the Yellow River.

"Jia She, immediately lead a team of flower planters to the Jinren Post House." Ye Qing's expression changed suddenly, and he pointed to Jia She, who was stunned, and said hurriedly: "If Wanyan Yongji and Jin Ren have three long and two short tonight, I will cut off your brain." ”

"Yes, my lord, I'll go at once." Jia Shi was startled by Ye Qing's nervous expression, hurriedly jumped up from the chair, and immediately ran out.

"Zhong Silkworm, you immediately lead a group of people to the post house of King Qing and Chongguo Gong until early tomorrow morning." Ye Qing didn't wait for Jia Shi to finish speaking, he had already said to Zhong Silkworm, and then looked back at Xin Qi and said, "There are three thousand kinds of Huajia army outside the city for you to send, immediately rush to the eight thousand cattle, sheep and horses that the Mongols sent us, until I order you to come back." ”

"Mo Xiaobao guards the mansion, if something happens, you take off your head and send it to me." Ye Qing said to Mo Xiaobao, who had just stood up, and then walked out with Xin Qiji.

Zhong Silkworm, Mo Xiaobao and Xin Qiji were still a little confused for a while, and some didn't understand why Ye Qing's expression suddenly changed.

Ye Qing walked out with the three of them, and said hurriedly: "The Mongols showed such sincerity this time, it is nothing more than to form an alliance with us, and to prevent us from forming an alliance with the Jin people, and now their wishes have failed, then they will definitely not watch us form an alliance with the Jin people, so at this time, if something goes wrong with Wanyan Yongji, then this account will be counted on our heads, and in this way, it will also break the alliance we just made with the Jin people." ”

As Ye Qing walked out of the mansion with the three of them, Ye Qing also took the Yanling knife handed over by his guard.

"But my lord, there is no one with you...... Where are you going? Mo Xiaobao, Zhong Silkworm, and Xin Qijian hurriedly grabbed Ye Qing and asked.

"Naturally, I went to the post house where Mu Huali and Borshu were." A sneer appeared at the corner of Ye Qing's mouth, he wanted to see where Mu Huali and Borshu had the courage to blame themselves under his nose.