Spring returns to the earth, all things recover, the cold winter of the first year of Qingyuan has completely disappeared in Shandong unconsciously, and it has been delayed until Ye Qing in March of the second year of Qingyuan, and then set off for Chang'an unhurriedly.

Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Silkworm did not follow Ye Qing together, but stayed in Jinan Mansion, and the reason given by Ye Qing was because of the assassination of the Mongols a year ago, which made him feel uneasy about Zhong Qing and others who were left in Jinan.

But obviously, this reason could not be believed by Yelu Chucai, who had been suspicious since the Yuan Dynasty, but Yelu Chucai did not question Ye Qing's motives.

In the past few days of following Ye Qing in Jinan Mansion, he has been able to clearly feel that the entire northern land is completely a powerful local force established with Ye Qing as the leader, so no matter where Ye Qing goes, where should be the focus of other people's attention, without Ye Qing's place, it will obviously become less important in an instant.

Zhu Shijie, Yelu Chucai, and Jia She, who led the army of 3,000 kinds of flowers, began to advance westward under the leadership of Ye Qing, and when the weather warmed up, on the way from Jinan to Lin'an, everywhere they passed, they could see the people who had begun to be busy in the fields, whether it was an ox cart or a donkey cart, or the people who bent over the fields, as well as the plants that came out of the ground with green, and the trees on the side of the road that gradually spit out new shoots, as if they were full of spring vitality and leisure.

Or as usual, Kaifeng and Luoyang are like forbidden places for Ye Qing, no matter when they pass by, Ye Qing will never stay too long.

After the Yuan Dynasty, the imperial court had issued an edict and agreed to King Qing's previous suggestion to set Kaifeng as the capital to stay, so when Ye Qing arrived in Kaifeng, he could naturally see some officials who went north to Kaifeng Mansion from the Lin'an Imperial Court, dragging their families in carriages one by one, as if they were migrating.

Ye Qing handed over Zhu Shijie and his wife to King Qing, and according to the conditions that Ye Qing had communicated with King Qing before, he sent Zhu Shijie to the small household department office that would be placed in Kaifeng next.

In Kaifeng Mansion for just three days, Ye Qing continued to rush along the Yellow River, in the middle of April of the second year of Qingyuan, when the spring ploughing was nearing the end, Ye Qing and Yelu Chucai also slowly entered Chang'an City.

From Jinan to Chang'an, everything he saw along the way did not leave a deep impression on Yelu Chucai's heart, and the roads, states, and counties in the north, which were not rich, were not substantially different from the states and counties of their Jin country in the eyes of Yelu Chucai.

This also made Yelu Chucai confused, full of question marks, and did not feel that such a not rich northern land could defeat the Jin country, and even shocked the Jin country Now he doesn't even have the courage to go south again.

It has been many years since Beidi returned to the Song Dynasty, and Yelu Chucai has not been to Beidi before, so he can't compare the current Beidi with the Beidi under the rule of the Jin people back then.

However, there are actually a lot of things that can be compared, such as Ye Qing's Northern Expedition to recover these northern territories, which took much longer than when the Jin people went south.

The Jingkang Rebellion, which was defined as a disgrace to the Song court, took only two years to seize all the territory north of the Huai River in the Song court.

Looking at the towering Chang'an city wall now, although Yelu Chucai is unwilling, he also has to admit that Chang'an, which is more majestic than the Jin people back then, may be difficult to be taken away by the Jin State again.

He did not participate in the battle of Yanzhou, but he naturally knew in Yanjing that the battle between Jin and Song ended in peace, and neither of them was able to take the slightest advantage from the other party, and in the end they just threw the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers into the surging Yellow River in vain.

Yu Yunwen was not curious that Ye Qing had brought Yelu Chucai, nor was he curious that Mo Xiaobao and Zhong Silkworm had not followed, and after the two tacitly glanced at each other, they led the crowd to the city.

However, he has not come to Chang'an for more than a year, and although Chang'an is still in the process of being revived, he can vaguely see that under the auspices of Lu Yanlun and Xiao Zhen, Chang'an has more or less begun to slowly recover his former majesty.

didn't say much to Yu Yunwen, as Jia Shi led three thousand soldiers of the Hua Family Army to the barracks in the city, and handed over Yelu Chucai to Yu Yunwen for placement, Ye Qing couldn't wait to run to his mansion.

The closer he got to Chang'an, the more urgent Lord Ye's mood became, and he even wished that he could fly to the mansion immediately to see what the little guy named Ye Fuxue would look like when he saw him.

Bai Chun, the Red Mansion and the other maids and servants were already waiting at the gate of the mansion, and Ye Fuxue, who was held in the arms of the Red Mansion, looked dazed, looking back and forth at the people standing at the door with a pair of dark eyes, or looking at the empty streets and alleys curiously, and then turning his head to look at the voice coming from not far away.

The carriage slowly stopped at the gate of the mansion, Ye Qing couldn't wait to jump off the carriage, it didn't seem to have changed much compared to the appearance before leaving, even the white temples seemed to have reborn a lot of black hair, and it was no longer as dazzling as when he just left.

Bai Chun was gentle, and the Red Mansion and the others saluted Ye Qing, who was walking quickly, his eyes were full of joy and tenderness, and the Red Mansion stood aside, hugged Ye Fuxue, who was obviously a little unresponsive in his arms, in Ye Qing's direction, and said in a low voice with a dazed Xiao Xue'er: "Xiao Xue'er has seen Daddy's ......." ”

"It's a tiger head, it's quite cute." Ye Qing looked at Ye Fuxue who put a hand in his mouth, and just wanted to reach out to hug it, Xiao Xue'er in the arms of the Red Chamber turned her head, obviously unwilling to approach the stranger.

"Husband has worked hard all the way." Bai Chun said with a happy smile on his face.

Ye Qing watched the little guy turn his head and ignore him, so he also put down his outstretched arm and walked towards the mansion with Bai Chun and the others.

At this time, in the Xiping Mansion of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, Li Heng took Lan'er to the small courtyard of the Yeluyue Independence Bureau, although the Central Plains is now as warm as spring, but they are far away in Anxi, and it is still as cold as winter in the morning and evening.

"I've seen my sister-in-law." Li Heng saluted with Lan'er, and then Liu Lan'er sat down next to Yeluyue, and Li Heng sat down alone.

"Lord Ye has returned to Chang'an, presumably Mrs. Sister-in-law already knows, right?" Li Henghan asked with a laugh.

Ye Luyue nodded slightly, since she came to Xiping Mansion, especially after she followed the nearly 10,000 people including the Eight Thorn Black, Ye Lu Yue's brows have never stretched, even if the 10,000 people including the Eight Thorn Black have camped in Xiping Mansion safely, but Ye Lu Yue's heart is still very heavy.

"Time flies so fast, it's like in the blink of an eye, three or four months have passed." Ye Luyue glanced at Lan'er, and then asked Li Heng, "What do you think of this person from the Eight Thorns?" ”

It had been nearly a month since the Eight Thorns were taken from the Mongols' iron cavalry to Xiping Mansion, which should have been a good thing for Yeluyue to breathe a sigh of relief, but this time it had become a huge worry in Yeluyue's heart.

Zalandin fled all the way to the west, wanting to rebuild the Great Liao Kingdom in a more western land again, and the Eight Thorns went all the way to the east, with a clear purpose of going to her, the princess of Chengli, but in the past month of contact, Yeluyue found that the purpose of the Eight Thorns was no different from that of Zalandin, who fled all the way to the west.

It's not that Ye Luyue didn't think about restoring the country to Daliao in her heart, but she also knew that in the current situation, how easy was it to restore the country?

Even if she Yeluyue raised her arms, she was not very confident, believing that the Liao people, who were about to be torn apart, would be able to gather under her command and resist the Mongols with her, not to mention that the Mongols are extremely powerful now, so strong that even Ye Qing is extremely jealous, and even the Mongols can not be held accountable for assassinating him.

Is this related to Ye Qing's character? Is this in line with the character of the Song Dynasty Beidi, which is also powerful today? The answer is clearly no.

Ye Luyue also knew that Ye Qing's refusal to retaliate and not pursue the Mongols' assassination of him was not entirely because he was afraid of the strength of the Mongols, but naturally there were other reasons.

But thinking about it on the other hand, if the Mongols were scattered or as fragile as the Jin people were now, even if Ye Qing had some scruples because he wanted to take care of the overall situation, would he still tolerate it as he did today and not pursue it? The answer is also no, after all, the fall of the Xia Kingdom is a living example.

The Xia people wanted to get rid of Ye Qing in Guanshan, but Ye Qing escaped from death, obviously this is the real reason for the fall of the Xia Kingdom.

It can naturally be seen from this that Ye Qing is definitely a person who must be revenged, but when dealing with the Mongols, he has taken a completely different approach, which is enough to prove that the Mongols are by no means as easy to bully as the Xia people.

Ye Luyue is already powerless to want to restore the country, and now that she has given birth to a daughter for Ye Qing, she has already identified Ye Qing as her husband, although the desire to restore the country will still appear in her heart from time to time, but it is getting weaker and weaker.

Based on Yeluyue's previous understanding of Zalandin, Zalandin wanted to restore the country, not because of how loyal he was to the Great Liao, but because he wanted to hide the emperor and take advantage of the chaos when the Liao Kingdom had just been conquered by the Mongols, and take advantage of the unwillingness of the people of the Great Liao to realize his dream of kingship.

Such a motive also loomed in the Eight Thorn Black who defected to her, which made Yelu Yue have to wonder if the Eight Thorn Black had the same purpose as Zalandin, but compared to Zalandin, the Eight Thorn Black was obviously deeper in the city, and he obviously wanted to use her identity as the princess of the Liao royal family to make himself more sure of establishing the country and becoming the emperor.

Therefore, in Yeluyue's current view, the Eight Thorns Black is not so much a defection to himself, but a ...... He wanted to use Yeluyue's royal status to coerce Yeluyue to help him become emperor.

"Either it's ...... in Xiping Mansion." Li Heng listened to Ye Luyue's sigh and sighed helplessly, and couldn't help but make a gesture to wipe his neck and say.

"Brother Ye didn't let you come to Xiping Mansion, didn't let you pick up the Eight Thorns, and didn't even let Li Heng help, I'm afraid he had already seen through the purpose of the Eight Thorns. Maybe I just didn't want to embarrass my sister-in-law, so I didn't tell you the truth. That Eight Thorn Black looks like an ambitious person, it has been less than a month since he came to Xiping Mansion, and he has begun to secretly enter and exit other barracks, and there are already several soldiers who have realized the purpose of Eight Thorn Black, which is to win them over. ”

Liu Lan'er ignored Li Heng's gesture not to be so direct, and continued to say to Ye Luyue: "Several soldiers from Xiping Mansion have already reported this matter to Li Hengyu, saying that in private, Ba Tinghei took the opportunity to invite them to drink together, and in the name of your sister-in-law, Princess Chengli, he took the opportunity to recruit them for his use, and even promised that once the Great Liao Kingdom is restored, sister-in-law, you will definitely reward them heavily, and it is not impossible to even be crowned king. ”

Liu Lan'er's words were very straightforward, Li Heng rolled his eyes helplessly on the side, he proposed to do the eight thorn black, although it was also a little more direct, but at least it saved a trace of face for Yeluyue, and Liu Lan'er's words, although they did not accuse Yeluyue, still sounded a little harsh after all.

After all, the 10,000 Liao people such as the Eight Thorns were picked up after Yeluyue came to Xiping Mansion, and before that, Li Heng, who was guarding Xiping Mansion, had always had a cold attitude towards the fight between the Mongols outside and the Eight Thorns.

Ye Luyue didn't mean to blame Liu Lan'er, not to mention that she also knew that whether it was Li Heng or Liu Lan'er in front of her, they were actually Ye Qing's real henchmen, and both of them had an extremely close relationship with Ye Qing before Ye Qing made his career.

This is enough to see from Ye Qing's handing over the Anxi Protectorate to Li Henglai, not to mention that Liu Lan'er is still in the hands of Bai Chun's trust and intelligence forces, so this couple under Ye Qing's command is definitely the kind of real henchmen who will never betray.

"Maybe at this moment, your eldest brother Ye is in Chang'an, and he has already jumped to his feet angrily because I came to Xiping Mansion in private. I can't let you help me in this matter anyway, even if I want to find someone to help, I should be looking for Ye Qing. The reason why I asked you what you think of the eight-thorn black ....... Ye Luyue's demeanor became a little melancholy, and there was also a hint of unwillingness in her heart, looking at Li Heng and saying seriously: "Yes, I have also been moved by the proposal of the Eight Thorns, and it would be great if I could restore the country, but ...... Whether the Mongols are strong or not, except for Zhong Silkworm and Mo Xiaobao, I'm afraid only I know best. A few years ago, I didn't lead the Boundless Army, Zhong Silkworm, and Mo Xiaobao to fight with the Mongols, they are indeed a powerful existence on the grassland, if it weren't for the Flower Planter Army led by Zhong Silkworm and Mo Xiaobao, the Borderless Army may not be the opponent of the Mongols. The death of the Great Liao Kingdom under the iron cavalry of the Mongols cannot be blamed on anyone, only ourselves. But it was precisely because of the battles with the Mongols in those years that I did not have the confidence to return to the country with Ba Thorn Hei and Yelu Yixue at this time, because even when the Liao State was not destroyed, the various tribes were already divided, and if you want to restore the country at this time, it is difficult to climb to the sky. ”

Although Ye Luyue said this, as a woman, Liu Lan'er could still keenly feel that Ye Luyue's heart was full of unwillingness.

But because Ye Qing's attention is not in Mongolia now, and Ye Qing has no intention of helping Yeluyue restore the country, his attention is still on the Lin'an court behind him, and the Jin people who gave the Song court more humiliation, so whether it is Liu Lan'er or Li Heng, there is no suitable language to comfort Yeluyue at this moment.

"I didn't expect my husband to help me return to China." As if she knew what Liu Lan'er and Li Heng were thinking, after a pause, Ye Luyue continued: "Even if the current Great Liao Kingdom is different from the Great Liao Kingdom that bullied the Song Dynasty back then, if Ye Qing helps me restore the country, it will only put him under more pressure in the Lin'an Imperial Court. ”

"Sister-in-law......." Liu Lan'er was a little unbearable, and looked at the melancholy and helpless Yeluyue and exclaimed softly.

Ye Luyue shook her head at Liu Lan'er to indicate that she was fine, and continued with a wry smile: "I came to you and my wife today to apologize to you, because I willfully and recklessly responded to the Eight Thorn Black and others, which caused a lot of inconvenience to Xiping Mansion, and almost caused panic in Xiping Mansion, which really shouldn't be ....... ”

"Sister-in-law, you don't have to be so ......." Lan'er hurriedly said to Ye Luyue, while glancing at Li Heng hurriedly, but Li Heng was a little at a loss and didn't know what to say.

After all, since the arrival of the Eight Thorns in Xiping Mansion, some uneasiness brought to the various camps does exist, although it is not serious, but it does not mean that among them, there is no one who does not want to take advantage of the opportunity to help the Liao State restore the country, so as to embark on the road of glory and wealth of the king and the prime minister.

"In a few days, I will take the Eight Thorn Black to Chang'an, and most of them will stay in Xiping Mansion and be handed over to General Li to deal with. When I have nothing to do in the next few days, I will take you to meet the other generals in this 10,000 people, and I hope you will be able to ...... when I leave. ”

"Sister-in-law, what do you mean ......." Liu Lan'er stood up next to her in surprise and joy, looked at Ye Luyue in disbelief and asked.

"Although I also want to return to China, I don't want to be a pawn in the hands of others." Ye Luyue smiled with relief: "This can be regarded as some compensation I give you in Xiping Mansion, I just hope that after I leave Xiping Mansion, General Li will be able to treat them the same as the soldiers of the Song Army." ”

"This ...... It's not appropriate...... Maybe I'll inform Ye Qing ...... first. Li Heng said with some surprise, Ye Luyue's words have been made very clear, this is to give up more than 10,000 Liao soldiers, and then plan to send them to Xiping Mansion, so that Li Heng can be mixed into the Song army.

"Let's take it as my reward for you to accept them, after all, in order to receive them, the soldiers of Xiping Mansion have also suffered a lot of casualties, right?" After making up her mind, Yeluyue's whole person involuntarily became relaxed, as if even the scenery outside the window had become much more beautiful at this moment.