On the seventh day of the seventh month of the fifth year of Shaoxi, the originally short nights of summer were endlessly extended, and the emperor Zhao Yan, who had always slept badly, looked solemn with a trace of exhaustion, but even so, he still had no sleep, and his heavy heart has been surrounding various matters related to returning to Lin'an tomorrow, including some possible situations.

He didn't think that Ye Qing would still have any chance to turn over in this situation, but he didn't know why, his heavy heart always had a trace of worry, and in his cranky thoughts, all the possibilities he had thought of were vetoed by him one by one, and then quickly re-grew in his heart, deriving more unexpected situations.

In order to make up for the lack of officials in the north, Ye Qing would rather return to Lin'an in danger, which made Zhao Yan fully realize that Ye Qing, who was entrenched in the north, had no ambition to rebel at all, nor did he have the ambition to establish himself as the king, otherwise, he would not have to rely on the imperial court in the imperial examination, and he could rely on the "small court" in the north to replace the officials, without the intervention of Lin'an.

It is precisely because of this that Zhao Yan is determined that Ye Qing, who has returned to Lin'an, will never rebel openly, let alone confront him openly, so Ye Qing will be constrained by him everywhere, and he will fall into passivity everywhere.

Now is an excellent opportunity to get rid of Ye Qing, even better than the opportunity to be surrounded in King Xin's Mansion back then, but for some reason, Zhao Yan has been tossing and turning, unable to sleep, and all that lingers in his mind is the possibility that Ye Qing will retreat tomorrow.

Time flows slowly under the night, and the hustle and bustle of Lin'an City gradually begins to calm down when it is close to the ugly time, although there are sedan chairs, carriages, and even pedestrians in a hurry on the royal street, but compared to the hustle and bustle when the lights are on, it is obviously too much deserted.

Ye Mansion's carriage turned into Zhonghe Lane from the top of the royal street, when Ye Qing stepped out of the carriage, the sound of ugliness had already sounded in the dark and endless night, the door of Ye Mansion was still brightly lit, and as Ye Qing entered the mansion, he could faintly see a vague figure moving in the dark.

The entire Ye Mansion has been guarded by Zhong Silkworm from all corners, although I dare not say that it is now impregnable, but at least with the current Lin'an City Inner Temple Front Division, Guard Division, even in terms of the combat effectiveness of the forbidden army, it is not easy to break through the Ye Mansion.

Fang Fei quickly greeted Ye Qing, looked at Ye Qing with a hint of tiredness on his face, and hurriedly said beside him: "The prince and his wife of Xin'an County are still in the mansion, and the lady has accompanied them for a night, so you can go over and see you." ”

Ye Qing glanced at Fang Fei, who was holding his arm in his arms, and suddenly came back to his senses, he almost forgot about the visit of the prince and his wife from Xin'an County to the mansion.

"But what's the matter?" Helped Fang Fei tuck a strand of hair on her forehead behind her ear, and asked in a gentle tone.

"I didn't say anything, but judging by the expressions of the two of them, there should be something important to tell you in person." When Fang Fei was about to walk to the front hall, she quietly let go of Ye Qing's arm that was held in her arms.

Ye Qing looked back at Fang Fei again, and knew very well that Fang Fei would only subconsciously hold her arm when she was helpless, looking for a sense of security in her somewhat flustered heart.

Stopping to look at Fang Fei, who looked tired and worried, he stroked the white cheek with one hand and said, "Don't worry, I've almost solved the matter, and I won't let you be implicated, this family...... With me, I won't let you suffer any grievances. ”

Fang Fei's face squeezed out a smile, and nodded at Ye Qing: "The concubine believes in you, master, and the concubine is not worried." ”

"That's good." Ye Qing gently pinched Fang Fei's cheek, and then walked quickly into the front hall.

Fang Fei looked at the tall and straight back into the brightly lit front hall, but the corners of her eyes involuntarily became a little red, when Tao Qian was looking for Mrs. today, she was on the side, when she heard Tao Qian say that Ye Qing might not be able to escape tomorrow's catastrophe, let Mrs. and her and Zhong Ye choose Tao Qian, and when they left with them first, Zhong Qing rejected Tao Qian's proposal as soon as possible.

Over the years, Tao Qian has been by Zhong Qing's side with Fang Fei, especially since he came to Lin'an, Tao Qian has been secretly preparing for a situation like today's that may arise.

During this period, Zhong Qing and Fang Fei had also noticed Tao Qian's actions, and even vaguely guessed Tao Qian's purpose for making these preparations, but the two of them did not break Tao Qian's private actions for Tao Qian's sake.

In the hearts of Zhong Qing and Fang Fei, there is nothing wrong with Tao Qian's actions, and it is not impossible to prevent problems before they happen, but the two of them believe that Ye Qing can go to the end in the complicated situation and help their family resolve all kinds of crises from the court and the royal family.

It is precisely because they have absolute, almost blind confidence in Ye Qing, so when Tao Qian mentioned it in front of Zhong Qing, Zhong Qing rejected the proposal to leave Lin'an at the first time, which also made Tao Qian have to surrender his fate to Ye Qing to toss, and accompany Ye Qing to run around in Lin'an City to the ugly time.

When Ye Qing appeared in the front hall, Zhong Qing's expression obviously became much more relaxed, and the heart that had been in his throat was finally relaxed, and with a smile on his relieved cheeks, he hurriedly got up and introduced Ye Qing to the king of Xin'an County, Zhao Shicheng and his wife.

Zhao Shicheng and Tang Wan stood up as soon as Ye Qing entered the door, obviously waiting for a long time, and the two of them were already waiting a little uneasy, so when they saw Ye Qing, the couple finally showed a relieved expression on their faces.

As Zhong Qing nodded at Zhao Shicheng and his wife, and walked out of the front hall with a few polite sentences, there were only three people left in the hall at this time, Zhao Shicheng and Ye Qing.

"What's the matter?" Ye Qing gestured

The two sat down and talked.

Zhao Shicheng waited all night, with the same tired eyes, first looked at Ye Qing with some hesitation, and then looked at Tang Wan next to him, for a while, but he didn't know how to speak.

At this time, Han Yanxuan, who was also returning to his mansion, his face was even more gloomy, the praying mantis catching the cicada and the yellow finch were behind, he thought that he would be the yellow finch tonight, but in the end, who would have thought that Ye Qing would become the yellow finch.

The soldiers who surrounded them in the alley before and after, although they were dressed as forbidden army uniforms, but they could smell the fierce momentum faintly exuded from the so-called forbidden army, and even faintly could smell it, the slightest hint of blood that seemed to permeate the night, even a fool could guess that these people would definitely not be the real forbidden army, they must be the fierce generals brought by Ye Qing back to Lin'an.

Even now that he has returned to his own mansion, Han Yanxuan's eyes are still the situation when Ye Qing's carriage slowly staggers with the carriage he parked aside.

Ye Qing didn't give the order to do it to himself at that time, was he fearless about being summoned by the Emperor Taishang tomorrow, or was he still afraid tonight?

Shi Miyuan also speculated about Ye Qing's actions tonight in his mansion, since he and Han Yanxuan had already been lured around Xie Shenfu's mansion, and he had soldiers and horses from the north entering the city, it stands to reason that it was a good opportunity to make a move against him and Han Yanxuan, but why didn't Ye Qing move?

Does he ...... Is it for Xie Shenfu? Is it just to stabilize Lin'an and appease the envoys, and then let his people enter Lin'an at night?

went to Xie Shenfu's mansion to stabilize Xie Shenfu, cut off the connection between the forbidden army and Xie Shenfu, the pacification envoy of Lin'an, and then through his Ye Qing's henchmen in the forbidden army, he was able to let his people in, and he was able to calmly rush to Xie Shenfu's mansion to relieve him of the siege, but why...... Will you let go of yourself and Han Yanxuan?

As soon as Shi Miyuan remembered that he was almost blocked by Ye Qing's men in the dark alley tonight, he had a feeling of palpitations, especially when he was just surrounded in the alley by others, although he still had a calm smile on his face, but at that time, his whole back was already soaked in cold sweat, even if he thought about it now, it made Shi Miyuan feel a little afraid.

"Tonight, this is to pick up a life, careless, careless." Shi Miyuan shook his head again and again, and muttered to himself: "In the future, I can't underestimate Ye Qing like tonight, I thought that he was now in Lin'an City, and he couldn't make any big waves." Unexpectedly, the intrigues and tricks above the court were put aside by him, and he actually used the strategy of marching and fighting in the army, and he attacked the east and west, diverted the tiger from the mountain, and secretly Chen Cang...... It's no wonder he's been able to dominate in the Northland all these years. ”

When Shi Miyuan had just finished sighing, and he was still a little frightened, and he hadn't had time to think about what he should do after the Emperor returned to the palace tomorrow, Zheng Qingzhi ran over in a panic.

There was panic in his expression, that is, he even looked staggered when he walked, and his face was even a little pale, so he forgot to salute Shi Miyuan first, so he hurriedly said: "My lord, it's not good, something is wrong." ”

Shi Miyuan sat on the chair, his fat belly rising and falling rhythmically, frowning and wondering: "What else can happen in the middle of the night?" Ye Qing is going to rebel? Surround my house? ”

"My lord, the Criminal Department, something big has happened to the Criminal Department." Zheng Qingzhi said with a hint of crying.

"The Criminal Department?" Shi Miyuan's heart was shocked, and he hurriedly sat up straight with the handrail: "Tell me quickly, what's wrong with the Criminal Department?" ”

After asking, a bad thought immediately rose in Shi Miyuan's heart, since Ye Qing had forced himself from the dark to the open, he would also put Ye Qing together, so that the Emperor Taishang had made up his mind that he would rather lose the hearts of the court than return the northern land to the hands of the court.

In this way, it is equivalent to that when Ye Qing gives himself the opportunity to use and provoke, he Shi Miyuan also has a hole behind him for Ye Qing to drill.

After all, he was in the shadows before, and Ye Qing couldn't do anything with him at all, but through the rainbow out of the teahouse, it was .......

Thinking of the Hongchu Teahouse, Shi Miyuan's red face instantly became gloomy: "Is it related to the Hongchu Teahouse?" ”

"I don't know about this lower official, but the lower official just heard that the key to the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, Li Xinchuan and Lin Dazhong of the Imperial History Terrace, including several other officials who stayed in Lin'an, were almost all taken away by ......the Criminal Department half an hour ago." Zheng Qingzhi's anxious head was full of sweat, and his tone of voice was about to cry: "And...... And the son of the lower official was also ....... ”

"What about Deng Youlong? He is a squire of the Criminal Department, and he should have informed ...... in advance about this. Shi Miyuan grabbed the handrail with both hands and asked without reacting for a while.

"My lord, Deng Youlong is not...... I wasn't sent by you to follow the Holy Lord and the Queen to the Lonely Mountain ....... ”

"It's broken." Shi Miyuan's face turned pale, and the whole person instantly froze on the chair.

"Your Excellency......." Zheng Qingzhi looked at Shi Miyuan, who had a stiff expression, and shouted cautiously.

Shi Miyuan stretched out his hand to stop Zheng Qingzhi from continuing, looked at him fiercely and asked, "Who is going to arrest the person?" Can you find out? ”

"Li Lifang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, personally led people to ......."

Without waiting for Zheng Qingzhi to finish speaking, Shi Miyuan bit his lip and snapped, patted the table next to him, and then shook his head and said, "Empress...... It's the queen's meaning, this should be, Li Lifang...... Li Lifang and Ye Qing had a grudge in their early years, is it really so generous that they are not to blame in the past? Li Lifang also joined in, Deng Youlong misunderstood me...... No, I can't wait any longer now, come here, prepare the car ....... ”

Zheng Qingzhi, who was stunned in front of Shi Miyuan, didn't understand what Shi Miyuan said intermittently

What does it mean, so when Shi Miyuan asked him to hurry up and prepare the car, Zheng Qingzhi was still standing in front of Shi Miyuan, a little dazed.

"What are you doing? Don't hurry up and prepare the car, I'm going to Ye Mansion in person, yes, it's now, immediately, immediately prepare the car. Shi Miyuan walked out with his fat body as he spoke, he now somewhat understood why Ye Qing didn't hurt the killer after blocking him and Han Yanxuan in the alley.

First, Ye Qing didn't want to turn his face with the court, he still had some scruples, he didn't want to rebel and be self-reliant, and he didn't want to be considered a disloyal minister by the court because of this, even under the persecution of the Emperor Taishang now, Ye Qing didn't plan to break the net with the court.

The second seems that Ye Qing has always been confident that he can resolve the current crisis, and he will not be forced to embark on the road of rebellion because of the current grim situation in Lin'an.

Shi Miyuan, who was sitting in the carriage, had a lot of thoughts, and even he had to admire that Ye Qing was still able to make the clearest and calmest judgment of the situation even in such an unfavorable situation.

To put it bluntly, what the Emperor wants now is to force Ye Qing to embark on the road of rebellion step by step.

Because only in this way can the imperial court openly recover all the power in the northern land, control the officials under the rule of Ye Qing in the northern land, and also give Ye Qing an the charge of rebellion, so as to achieve the best of both worlds, and there is no need to let the imperial court, the royal family, and his emperor Zhao Yan bear the infamy of being as loyal as Yue Fei who unjustly killed him back then.

And Ye Qing also saw this, so he has been doing his best to avoid tearing his face with the imperial court, and avoid being forced into rebellion by the imperial court and the emperor.

Therefore, Ye Qing has made up his mind, no matter what, he will reverse the situation of the imperial court and the emperor forcing him Ye Qing to rebel and stand on his own feet, and turn it into a situation of court fighting.

After all, there is a huge difference between the two: seeking the usurpation of the dynasty and the party struggle in the court, one will make Ye Qing suffer all the infamy and ruin of the world, that is, even his wife and children will be affected, and if it is a court fight, the nature will be completely different.

And no matter how far the court battle goes, it is just a party struggle in the court, if the people of the world scold, they will not only scold him Ye Qing alone, he Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan naturally can't escape anyone.

"It's so insidious, Ye Qing, you forced me to the surface at the beginning, I put you together, and you actually ruined my party! Your old boy has made up his mind not to let anyone have a good time! I, Shi Miyuan, originally just wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and then profit from it, it's good for you to involve everyone and let everyone suffer with your old boy! You're ruthless! is worthy of being a hero in the Northland, worthy of being in the Northland for so many years, and even the bastard who can grab half of the territory of the Xia Kingdom. Shi Miyuan stood in front of the door of the Ye Mansion, scolding and scolding in his mouth.

And when Zheng Qingzhi was about to call the door, Shi Miyuan hurriedly stopped him severely, and said majestically with his fat body: "In order to show sincerity, let me call the door." ”

"Your Excellency......." Zheng Qingzhi still doesn't know what kind of medicine Shi Miyuan sells in the gourd, and he originally wanted to put Ye Qing to death tonight, so he was about to come to the door in person to show his sincerity in a blink of an eye.

Without waiting for Zheng Qingzhi to finish speaking, Shi Miyuan stretched out his chubby hand and began to knock on the door, the side door of Yefu opened, and Tao Qian showed his head to look at the fat Shi Miyuan.

"In Xia Shi Miyuan, tell Lord Ye that Shi is here and comes to the door in person...... ...... in person. Shi Miyuan couldn't say the two words in front of his subordinates anyway, so he squeaked and waved his hand directly at Tao Qian, asking him to hurry up and inform Ye Qing.

But who is Tao ruffian? What he is best at is the fox and the tiger, and he is powerful, so at this moment, he is like a fool, he doesn't speak or come out, he keeps his head outside the door, and quietly looks at Shi Miyuan.

"You porter...... Hurry up and tell your master, Shi Miyuan, the secretary of the ministry, has something important to discuss with him. Shi Miyuan looked at Zheng Qingzhi a little helplessly, and then waved his hand to a few people with the carriage, signaling them to go to the side and not be an eyesore at the door of the Ye Mansion.

"This old man doesn't know what to do with my master? Now it's ugly, my lord and his wife have rested, this lord has something to do, you might as well ...... tomorrow. Tao Qian, who only showed one head, said lightly.

"When is this, and he still has the heart to sleep? What about liars? Hurry up and report to your master, and say that this official is a secretary of the Ministry ....... ”

"Today, my lord is not afraid, not to mention that you are just a scholar, my lord has seen a lot of Shangshu, and the old man has not seen a small Shangshu, so he dares to spread wild at the gate of Yefu, not to mention the ...... in the middle of the night." Tao Qian is a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, knowing that the fat person in front of him is Shi Miyuan, but he doesn't care.

"I ...... I really have something to do with your master...... Shi Miyuan looked left and right helplessly and sighed.

"Talking about things, what's the matter, is it important for the old man to take a look? If it's important, the old man can consider it, but if it's not important, the old man won't accompany him. Tao Qian said as his head shrank into the door.

"Wait...... Wait a minute. Shi Miyuan hurriedly took two steps forward with his fat body, looked at Zheng Qingzhi and the others on the street, and had already avoided it, and then stared at the head at the side door and said, "Tell your lord, I'm here to make amends." ”

"What, Lord Shangshu Shi of the Ministry of Officials is here to find Lord Ye to make amends?" Tao Qian's sharp and bright voice, like a rooster crowing, instantly pierced the quiet night sky, and the sound came far and wide, even Zheng Qingzhi turned around and looked at the door, and Shi Miyuan was eager to die in front of the door of Yefu Mansion at this moment.