The first time Ye Qing saw King Qing's Zhao Kai, he immediately smiled and saluted, which also made Zhao Shicheng and Tang Wan, who were closely accompanying him, instantly breathe a sigh of relief, fearing that Ye Qing would look unhappy when he saw King Qing, which would make the whole scene fall into an embarrassing situation.

Looking at Ye Qing with a smile in the hall, Zhao Kai, the slightly restrained King of Qing, whether it was Zhao Shicheng or Tang Wan, suddenly understood in their hearts, I am afraid that their so-called invitation to thank Ye Qing for her adult beauty has already been seen through by Ye Qing, otherwise, how could Ye Qing not have a surprised expression at all after seeing Queen Qing.

Tang Wan coughed lightly, and immediately subconsciously looked back at Zhao Shicheng, who came over, and instantly understood that this was the opportunity for Mrs. to let herself give Ye Qing and King Qing a chance to discuss alone.

So he immediately smiled and said, "Lord Ye, please use the tea first, and I'll go see how the banquet is prepared first." ”

Ye Qing, who had just sat down, naturally couldn't be too big, after all, everyone was from the Zhao and Song clans, and the fact that one of his ministers had been greeted and entertained so ceremoniously already made him feel as if he was going farther and farther on the road of being a minister and a hero.

"The king of Xin'an is so grand, how can Ye Qing take care of it." Ye Qing said with a smile and saluting.

"I have always remembered the beauty of Lord Ye's adulthood back then, but I have never found a suitable opportunity. Today, Lord Ye is willing to appreciate the light, and I can't slack off Lord Ye no matter what. Zhao Shicheng glanced at Tang Wan next to him and said.

After Tang Wan married Zhao Shicheng, she was more comfortable than when she came to Lu Mansion, and now she has faintly become the hostess of the county king's mansion, not to mention the subordinates and maids in the entire county king's mansion, even Zhao Shicheng is also obedient to Tang Wan, compared to the original status in Lu Mansion, I don't know how much higher.

With the departure of Zhao Shicheng and his wife, Ye Qing was left in the entire hall, and Zhao Kai, who had always had a somewhat apprehensive look, and the maid was also signaled by Ye Qing to step down, Ye Qing said: "Xiaguan is here to congratulate Wang ...... first." ”

"Lord Ye is polite, this king really has something to discuss with Lord Ye today, it is this king who asked the king of the county to invite the lord here, and I hope that Lord Ye will not blame the king of the county." King Qing Zhao Kai didn't know if Ye Qing would mind if Zhao Shicheng deceived him, so in his opinion, since he was here to give Ye Qing an explanation today, it would be most appropriate to be open and honest from the beginning, and there was no need to cover it up.

"King Qing is serious, how dare the lower officials blame the king of Xin'an County, not to mention that the king of Xin'an County is also a good intention, and it is too late for the lower officials to be grateful." Ye Qing looked at King Qing and said with a smile.

King Qing looked at Ye Qing with a smile, and the nervousness in his heart was completely manifested in his hands that were sometimes clenched and sometimes released, and after being entangled for a while, he said directly: "Presumably Lord Ye has now known that this king recommended himself in front of his father a few days ago to serve as the pastor of Yangzhou and the envoy of the Huainan Army. ”

"Xiaguan raised his hands to welcome you to Huainan East Road for moderation. In this way, Chongguo Gong is no longer lonely in Yangzhou, which is a good thing, presumably after Chongguo Gong knows, he will definitely raise his hand to welcome it. Ye Qing was not sloppy, and directly pointed out the matter of Chongguo Gong to reassure King Qing.

"In this way, Lord Ye often meets with the Chongguo Guild in Yangzhou?" King Qing's heart was relieved, because Chongguogong's reply had not yet arrived, so at this time, he didn't know the relationship between Ye Qing and Chongguogong, and he was already about to wear a pair of pants.

"Since the Northern Expedition of Xiaguan, there have been fewer meetings. During the Northern Expedition to Yangzhou, Xia Guan stayed in Yangzhou for a while and met with Chongguo Gong a few times, but because he was busy now and didn't have much time to spend with me. Ye Qing said truthfully.

Today's Chongguo Gong Zhao Shichun has been crowned by Ye Qing with the four words of cement king, and now Yangzhou is expanding the outer city under the auspices of Lu Yanlun and Xiao Zhen, and the demand for cement for this new thing is even more urgent than silver, so Zhao Shichun at this time is tired and happy in Yangzhou, and there is not much rich time at all, to accompany Ye Qing to travel around like before.

"In this way, Chongguo Gong can be said to have lived a very fulfilling life in Yangzhou?" King Qing's heart moved, and he asked with a slight surprise.

The clan has never been as reused as the royal family, and even he has been excluded from the right, so as for Chongguo Gong, in his opinion, I am afraid that in Yangzhou it is just relying on the imperial court's fortune and his porcelain kiln to make some money to eat and drink.

"Those who are full are about to scold their mothers." Ye Qing remembered that when he set off from Yangzhou to Lin'an, Zhao Shichun, who burned his butt every day, sent him to the dock for less than a quarter of an hour, and immediately said that he was unaccompanied and unaccompanied, and then sat in a carriage and went to busy his affairs with a smoke.

King Qing was stunned again, he couldn't imagine that Ye Qing would use this kind of tone that would only be used when the two were extremely familiar.

The conversation between the two in the hall would attract Zhao Shicheng and Tang Wan from outside from time to time, listening to the laughter that came from time to time in the hall, Tang Wan and Zhao Shicheng looked at each other and smiled, and the trace of worry that was still there was instantly turned into nothing.

The details of what happened in his mansion that night were also confirmed by King Qing's next fifteen-ten telling Ye Qing what happened in his mansion that night.

Wang Huai's obstruction is already a sure thing, and Lu You, as a lobbyist who went to King Qing's mansion, neither Ye Qing nor King Qing now has figured out what Lu You's purpose is, or is he just a pawn that Wang Huai keeps in the dark and is being used?

Ye Qing believed that it was the latter, Lu You was a chess piece used by Wang Huai, and he also believed that Wang Huai must know that in Lin'an City, now I am afraid that the door of his mansion is mostly the eyeliner of the Imperial City Division under Ye Qing, so the people he can use are naturally court officials who do not know and Ye Qing does not pay attention to it, so it is possible to help him persuade King Qing.

Thoughts returned to the hall where King Qing was, and then the two chatted more than other words on business, but outside the words, Ye Qing has also been passing a message to King Qing, that is, if King Qing is interested, he might as well go to Yangzhou before the crown prince succeeds to the throne, as for the matters over there, presumably Chongguo Gong will definitely arrange it for him.

King Qing was surprised by Ye Qing's trust and friendship with Zhao Shichun, so he began to be faintly worried in his heart again, he privately wrote to Zhao Shichun to inquire about Ye Qing's matter, whether it would be known by Ye Qing in the future, after all, this kind of action is really a villain's behavior.

So he didn't know that Ye Qing had already learned from Zhao Shichun that he had sent a letter to inquire about Ye Qing, and Zhao Shichun was still in Ye Qing's heart, and mocked Ye Qing, mocking Ye Qing, a meritorious minister of the Great Song Dynasty, for living like a traitor and thief who everyone shouted and beat in Lin'an.

The banquet came to the end in a relaxed atmosphere, whether it was Zhao Shicheng or Zhao Kai, even Tang Wan, they all drank a lot of wine with Ye Qing today, and when Ye Qing left, he whispered to Zhao Kai again: "King Qing can rest assured to go to Huainan East Road, the lower officials will never be dissatisfied with King Qing because of this, if you don't believe it, you can ask Zhao Shichun, the Duke of Chongguo...... As for whether the prince is suspicious of King Qing, if King Qing can trust the lower officials, how about handing it over to the lower officials? ”

After finishing speaking, Ye Qing didn't wait for King Qing to answer, so he said goodbye to Zhao Shicheng and his wife with three points of drunkenness, and said again and again that next time he would invite Zhao Shicheng and his wife to the mansion as guests.

Looking at Ye Qing's back staggering into the carriage, King Qing was still immersed in Ye Qing's words just now, and he was a little unclear for a while, whether Ye Qing's words just now were more drunk or more sober.

After all, from the beginning of the meeting to the departure, from the beginning to the end, except just now, the two of them tacitly avoided the topic of the prince's suspicion, but when they left, Ye Qing still said words about the prince's suspicion, which made King Qing a little unable to distinguish between the false and the real for a while, did Ye Qing really want to help him?

Zhao Shicheng looked at King Qing who was a little dazed, as the master today, he naturally drank a few more glasses, and even Tang Wan next to him was flushed at the moment, obviously not drinking less.

"What, still worried? Don't you believe in Ye Qing's sincerity? Zhao Shicheng, who returned to the hall, looked at Zhao Kai, who still had a trace of solemnity on his face, and asked.

"No, on the contrary, Kai believes in Ye Qing very much, but ......." Zhao Kai was a little undecided, whether to tell the words of Ye Qing just now to the two people in front of him, but after thinking about it, now in Lin'an, only the two people in front of him can help him make ideas and make ideas, so he opened his mouth and told Zhao Shicheng what Ye Qing said just now.

Zhao Shicheng and Tang Wan, who was also a little flushed, looked at each other and smiled, and then Tang Wan spoke: "Since this is the case, King Qing doesn't have to worry anymore. Could it be that King Qing forgot that the reason why you were worried that Ye Qing would be unhappy because of your self-recommendation of Yangzhou Mu and Huainan Army Festival Envoy was because he was worried about the relationship between him and the crown prince? Now that he has said it, King Qing, you can rest assured. ”

"It's ......." Zhao Kai was a little hesitant and entangled, and said: "But why didn't he say it before the banquet, but chose to drink, I was afraid that this was just a drunken remark, and after he sobered up early tomorrow morning, what if he forgot it?" ”

Tang Wan and Zhao Shicheng looked at each other and smiled again, but this time it was replaced by Zhao Shicheng and said with a hearty smile: "King Qing's words are very wrong, just like you look at Ye Qing today, he naturally has to look at you with a hint of vigilance, and it is obvious that he completely believes you during the banquet, so he said this after drinking." ”

"And ......." Tang Wan, who was slightly drunk, looked exceptionally beautiful, and said gently, with three points of wine and seven points of gentleness: "King Qing, you don't really think that he drank too much, and he said something after drinking, right?" King Qing, don't forget, although Ye Qing is now inconspicuous in the court, but even so, the court has a certain amount of influence, enough to compete with others, and even fight with Wang Huai. So you don't think that Ye Qing will be the kind of person who drinks and makes gaffes, right? ”

"Yes, if you lose your words after drinking easily, I'm afraid that you have already been excluded and eliminated by others in the court." King Qing's mind began to turn around, and he lowered his head and smiled bitterly: "It's really not about yourself, it's messy if you care about yourself." ”

When King Qing, King Xin'an Jun, and Tang Wan were still discussing whether Ye Qing was drunk or not, they immediately became calm when they got into the carriage, and Ye Qing, who was not drunk, took over Lu You's previous resume from Mo Xiaobao.

And in the resume found out by this umbrella, it is impressively written that Lu You once served as a judge of Kuizhou Road, and he also served as a military curtain in the garrison army of Dasanguan for eight months.

Although it was already an old thing, Ye Qing didn't know anything before that, and even his impression of Lu You had always stayed on him and Tang Wan.

"Go to Lu You's mansion." Ye Qing knocked on the car window and said to Mo Xiaobao, who was driving.

"Lu You?" Mo Xiaobao was stunned: "I don't know where I live, I don't even know which square I live in." ”

"I know, I'll show you the way." Ye Qing lifted the curtain, looked at the street outside, identified the direction, and then explained to Mo Xiaobao: "I thought I would go again tomorrow, but since I know this, let's go now." As for how to know where Lu Youjia is, it was from Tang Wan's words at the banquet just now. ”

"In front of your current husband, you asked where your ex-husband's home is, is it appropriate for you to do so?" Mo Xiaobao was so frightened by Ye Qing's words that his eyes were about to pop out, if he didn't play cards according to common sense, he couldn't ignore anything like this.

"Fart!" Ye Qing stretched out his hand from the window and patted Mo Xiaobao's head: "I am asking a mess of questions, not to mention Tang Wan, even the King of Xin'an County and King Qing next to me, I will not find out that Tang Wan was unknowingly tricked out of Lu You's address." ”

"I really admire you, you really have to be careful when talking to you, who knows which inadvertent sentence will sell ...... you." Mo Xiaobao shook his head again and again, and the expression of dissatisfaction was completely different from the admiration in his mouth.

So the back of the head was hit by Ye Qing again, and then according to the direction pointed by Ye Qing, he turned into a deserted alley.

In front of the small mansion, Mo Xiaobao parked the carriage aside and walked to Ye Qing, who had been looking at the gate in a daze: "Why don't you knock on the door?" ”

"Is this the right night?" With Ye Qing's words, there was a faint sound of children crying in the courtyard.

"Aren't you in a hurry?" Mo Xiaobao was a little unsure of what Ye Qing was thinking, and asked.

"Too, knock on the door." After Ye Qing hesitated, he no longer paid attention to the sound of children crying from inside.

The whole courtyard is not very big, but in Lin'an, it is rare for an official like Lu You to have such a large mansion, obviously, Lu You today is not as depressed as he was later, and now everything still looks like a wealthy family.

The Wang family is Lu You's second wife after taking a break from Tang Wan, it is worth mentioning that it is indeed much more competitive than Tang Wan's belly, and a male heir was born for the Lu family within a year of passing the door, and even the little concubine did not know whether it was the influence of the Wang family or the strong incense of the Lu family, and then extended the incense to the Lu family.

The child's crying was the voice of Lu You's first son, and as Wang put down the tea and walked out of the study, only Lu You and Ye Qing with a hint of alcohol were left in the small study.

"I'm here late at night, and I'm sorry to disturb Mr." I don't know if it is out of respect for Lu You's reputation in later generations, or the first impression of Lu You in front of him, Ye Qing's attitude is extremely gentle.

And Lu You's attitude was much colder than him, as if he had known that Ye Qing would come, he nodded lightly, and after signaling Ye Qing to use tea, he asked coldly: "Is Lord Ye here to ask about the guilt?" Or did the lower officials commit some crime, and even let the commander of the Imperial City Division and the pacification envoy of Huainan East Road come to the door to ...... in person. ”

"Just passing by." Ye Qing said lightly, even if his family is in the opposite direction from Lu You's home, Lord Ye can also say that he is careless and calm. He didn't sit down, he kept looking at Lu You's study, looked at the paper spread out on the desk, picked it up casually and read: ""Into Shu"? Is Mr. Lu sorting out what he saw and heard when he went to Kuizhou and Dasanguan to serve as a dispatcher? ”

"Yes, I don't know what Master Ye has to say?" Lu You frowned, looking like he was in his own study, and he didn't have the consciousness of being a guest at all, Lu You didn't have the slightest good feeling.

"I remember that you wrote the document "Ping Rong Ce" to the imperial court for the Northern Expedition, which seems to have been written by you when you were an editor in the Privy Council, and was later vetoed by Wang Huai, right?" Ye Qing ignored the obvious hostility in Lu You's tone and continued to ask casually.

"It was not that I was vetoed by the prime minister, but that the imperial court's Northern Expedition policy was understood by the Jin people, and I had to give up the Northern Expedition, and then the shogunate was dissolved, and the prime minister transferred me to the Privy Council as an editor." Lu You's tone was still full of hostility.

Listening to Ye Qing's inquiry, Lu You always thought in his heart that the reason why Ye Qing asked him about these old things was probably because he wanted to find something from himself that could attack and impeach Wang Huai above the court.

"Oh, that's the case, I also said, why did every Northern Expedition of the king minister end without a problem, it turns out that there are so many unknown things." Ye Qing pretended to nod his head, and suddenly realized.

"If the Imperial City Division could be conscientious and catch those Jin people who had infiltrated our Great Song Dynasty court back then, such as the Jin spies of Liu Yungu and others, Wang Xiang's Northern Expedition would not have been known to the Jin people again and again. So in the final analysis, all of this is the fault of the Imperial City Division in charge of Lord Ye. Lu You was still tough, and even said with a little mockery.

"Well, that's right, the Imperial City Division is indeed negligent in its duties." Ye Qing nodded in agreement, without the slightest intention to refute Lu You's words.

"By the way, let me ask you, the "Pingrong Strategy" you made for the Northern Expedition, I don't know how many differences there are from my Northern Expedition, and I am still in front of me, can you let me take a look?" Ye Qing was very curious, but Lu You, who had been a soldier for eight years, how did he make the "Pingrong Policy" that could be recorded in the history books, and what measures were written in it, and did it coincide with his Northern Expedition strategy at that time?