Not long after Bi Zaiyu left from the back door of the Ye Mansion, Zhong Qing and Ye Qing were talking about the rest of the Imperial City Division, and Li Lifang blew into the Ye Mansion like a whirlwind.

Much fatter than the last time we met, but compared to Shi Miyuan, Li Lifang is still very slim.

Seeing Ye Qing for the first time, Li Lifang wiped his eyes in disbelief, and then exclaimed why did Ye Qing lose so much weight? Is it so bitter in the Northland? Could it be that you can't even eat enough?

Zhong Qing next to him pursed his lips and smiled, seeing that Ye Qing was not angry and teasing Li Lifang, he walked towards the backyard.

"What's the matter with me? Why do I owe you an apology? Li Lifang didn't wait for Ye Qing to sit down, he sat down first and asked.

Ye Qing watched the maid serve tea, and said with a faint smile: "A dignified Shangshu of the Criminal Department was actually exploited by someone, what else do you have to do as a Shangshu?" ”

Li Lifang was stunned for a moment, looked at Ye Qing with deep meaning, and said, "Don't tell me, Deng Youlong really offended you?" I can tell you, now I can point to him in the entire Criminal Department, with him in the Criminal Department, I can be at ease all day long, not to mention that this guy is also very capable and can take care of the Criminal Department in an orderly manner...... In this way, since he has offended you, I will ask him to make amends for you in Yongjin Tower at night, how about it? ”

Looking at Ye Qing's smiling face, Li Lifang, who was a little flustered, couldn't help but sit up straight, in fact, he really didn't know what happened between Ye Qing and Deng Youlong, today, Deng Youlong just pitifully said in front of him that he accidentally offended Ye Qing, hoping that he could say a few good words for himself in front of Ye Qing, so Li Lifang immediately ran over after returning home.

In Li Lifang's eyes, Deng Youlong can be said to be his right-hand man, not only can he take care of the criminal department in an orderly manner, but even Li Lifang himself is also comfortably served by Deng Youlong on weekdays, and he doesn't have to worry about anything, he can do it for him in advance before he thinks about it.

It is precisely because of this that Li Lifang will also talk to Deng Youlong from time to time on weekdays, and when he is tired of being the secretary of the criminal department, he will ask the court to let Deng Youlong take over him as the secretary of the criminal department.

"Isn't it? Did he really offend you? It's just a little squire, isn't it a shame for you to deal with him? In this case, how about I send someone to come over and plead guilty to you? You really can't touch him, the criminal department is relying on him now, if I don't have him in front of me, I ...... I'm just blinded ....... ”

"Then do you know that he is ...... with Han Yanxuan." Ye Qing thought about it wrong, even if it happened in Yipinlou yesterday, Li Lifang didn't know about it at the time, so why didn't he know about it when he went to the court meeting today: "You didn't hear anything above the court today?" ”

"Hear what?" Li Lifang looked at Ye Qing blankly, and after being stunned again, he said: "As soon as I entered the palace today, I was called over by the queen, and then when I came out, I had already dispersed, what's wrong, did something big happen?" ”

"What did the queen tell you to do?" Ye Qing asked calmly with a calm face.

But at this moment, Li Lifang's face was full of disdain and resentment, and he snorted a few times at Ye Qing dissatisfiedly, even now, he didn't want to believe that the unclear relationship between Ye Qing and the queen!

But Li Lifang also knew that the two had hooked up a long time ago, and even ...... If you trace it back, it can be traced back to the day Li Fengniang got married, and they were together innocently.

Therefore, Li Lifang is both afraid and full of hatred for Ye Qing, but now he is more helpless! And even he had to admire, Ye Qing, the bastard, was so cowardly that he didn't even let go of the queen, and then look at the prince's .......

Thinking of this, Li Lifang's mood became even more annoying, so he said impatiently: "What else can it be, naturally it is a family matter of our Li family, of course, I also mentioned you, I want to know when you will leave Lin'an." ”

"You are the secretary of the criminal department just to let people look up to you?" Ye Qing sat down next to him, looked at Li Lifang and said, "As for Deng Youlong's matter, it's easy to say, but are you really annoyed by the Shangshu of the Criminal Department?" ”

"What do you want to do?" Li Lifang looked at Ye Qing vigilantly like an old hen guarding her cubs and asked.

"Deng Youlong is Han Yanxuan's person, do you know? Yesterday, he was ordered by Han Yanxuan to arrest Xie Shenfu's eldest son Xie Qubo and Lin'an Tong sentenced Chen Fuliang to the prison of the Criminal Department in Yipinlou, don't you know? Ye Qing once again ignored Li Lifang's question, now even if he wanted to seek the position of the secretary of the Criminal Department, there was no suitable candidate in his hand for a while, not to mention, he just didn't want to be taken advantage of by others because of Li Lifang.

For so many years, he never thought of competing for a place in the court, because if this was the case, he was afraid of losing one or the other in the north and the court, so over the years, he only focused on the north, for the affairs of the court, because he knew the development situation of the court by nature, he was not in a hurry to fight with Shi Miyuan and Han Yanxuan above the court.

It is precisely because of this that Ye Qing was able to take step by step in the Northland, and in the end, there was no danger

In such a high-ranking position today, and if he chose to take care of both the court and the northern land at that time, I am afraid that in the end, Ye Qing would end up with nothing.

"Deng Youlong is Han Yanxuan's person? There are such rumors in the market, but I don't believe it, after all, no one knows what Deng Youlong is like better than me, the secretary of the Criminal Department. If I don't stammer, he will stammer? Does he still want to be the secretary of the criminal department? Li Lifang said very confidently: "As for you saying that you took Xie Shenfu's eldest son in Yipinlou yesterday and sentenced him to Lin'an, what does this matter have to do with you?" You have never been keen on court affairs, only keen on fighting and killing in the desolate and barren Northland, what do you care about? ”

"As the saying goes: people who have no long-term worries must have near-term worries, Li Lifang, if you go on like this, you are not afraid of ...... one day." Ye Qing looked at Li Lifang's disapproving appearance, a little speechless, but then again, no matter who it is, as long as there is a sister like Li Fengniang who protects the calf, then there will definitely be no worries about these things in the court, after all, even if there is no dispatch from the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, as the current queen's younger brother, who dares not to let him score three points in the entire Lin'an.

"I have a sister who is the queen, what am I Li Lifang afraid of? What's more, the prince and I have a good relationship, and sooner or later he will inherit the throne of the Great Song Dynasty, and at that time, it will be you Ye Qing, and you will be polite when you see me Li Lifang! Li Lifang said with the old god here.

Ye Qing smiled noncommittally, according to Li Lifang, he did have a bargaining chip, and he was indeed a little worried.

"What if in a few days, I suddenly want to intervene in this? Can I take you from the prison of your criminal department? Ye Qing took the teapot in the maid's hand and poured tea for Li Lifang in person.

Li Lifang frowned, and said with some doubts: "You came back from the Northland this time, wouldn't you plan to return to the Northland?" No...... I remember the last time you had a three-chapter agreement with the queen, and there was no ...... from her. ”

"These are two different things, it has nothing to do with whether I stay in Lin'an, not to mention that if I stay in Lin'an, who will deal with the big mess in the north? Do you expect the prince who is sent by Yao to lead the three major capital protectors and protect the prince? Ye Qing interrupted Li Lifang's words and said.

"The prince is in Lin'an Yao to lead the capital protector of the three major capital protectors of Anxi, Anbei, and Andong in the north, and you Ye Qing is also the deputy capital protector of the three major capital protectors, Ye Qing, I didn't expect it, I have been busy in the north for so many years, it turns out that you have always been loyal to the queen." Li Lifang's words had a sour taste, and his expression meant something else entirely.

How could Ye Qing not hear the meaning of Li Lifang's words, insinuating that he and Li Fengniang were doing a little bit of? But since everyone else's brother can say it, what do you care? What's more, when Li Lifang discovered the crown prince early on, that is, Zhao Kuo, the king of Jia, he would be a little hypocritical if he was to hide it again.

"Don't talk nonsense." Ye Qing found that he had unconsciously sat with Li Lifang for a long time, and the topic was always led astray by him, so he returned to the topic just now and said: "I'll ask you, if one day suddenly, I plan to take Xie Qubo and Chen Fuliang away from the prison of the Criminal Department ......." ”

"Where are you going to take it? Just put it down? The Criminal Department, that's it, you don't want to give me face as a scholar of the Criminal Department, but you Ye Qing have to have some of the laws of the court in your eyes, right? Even if you want to win people's hearts and give favors, you can't be so blatant and ignore the laws of the court, right? The criminal department can take people as they please, but ...... If you take it wrongly, it will naturally be easy to put it away, but if there is really a problem and you go to the prison of the Criminal Department, it will not be so easy to come out. Looking at Ye Qing, who was still smiling and silent, just looking at him quietly, Li Lifang couldn't help but sigh, and said patiently: "Lord Ye, Ye Duhu, if the Criminal Department takes the people, if you want to put a hundred, I, Li Lifang, will never only put ninety-nine." But this is an official, an official of the Great Song Dynasty, don't you know what virtue each one has in private? As long as the incident happens and he is in prison, who dares to say that he is innocent? Which one is not more or less guilty? Although my Song court did not have a law of directly beheading civil officials, the removal and exile was an indispensable ....... ”

"I didn't plan to release it directly, what if I was transferred from the prison of the Criminal Department to the prison of Dali Temple?" Ye Qing picked up the teacup and said slowly.

What Li Lifang said is indeed the truth, which of the officials of the Great Song Dynasty dares to say that he is clean? Even if there is no corruption and perversion of the law, but other small problems such as speculation and reversal, even Ye Qing thinks that if the imperial court wants to pursue any official, even if it is only in accordance with the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, it can easily punish which official.

"In the prison of Dali Temple?" Li Lifang was stunned: "Oh...... No wonder, no wonder Zhao Ruyu died in Dali Temple, not in the prison of the Criminal Department, it turns out that you want the lives of these two people, so isn't it okay to be in the Criminal Department? Don't worry, I didn't understand this kind of thing before, but I ...... since I became the secretary of the Criminal Department. ”

"Your uncle!" Ye Qing really didn't expect that Li Lifang's brain circuit would have such a strange time, so he rolled his eyes helplessly, and said angrily: "In a word, if I want to bring people from the prison of the Criminal Department to the prison of Dali Temple, is there a problem?" ”

"You're really embarrassing me, even though it has nothing to do with me......

"Can you stop talking nonsense! In this way, I will secretly take it away from the prison of the Criminal Department, and you don't have to let Deng Youlong come to my house to plead guilty to me, how about it? Ye Qing remembered that this product came from the house today, and he asked him to come here to apologize for his sins.

"Then if you had said that, I would have let you take people away." Li Lifang immediately smiled and said, thinking that he had finally taken advantage of Ye Qing.

Deng Youlong pleaded with himself like a mourner, hoping that he could help him, and give him a few kind words in front of Ye Qing, hoping that Ye Qing would not remember the villain's mistakes and not care about him Deng Youlong.

And Li Lifang, who has always regarded Deng Youlong as his confidant and right-hand man, is naturally duty-bound, in his opinion, if others offend Ye Qing, he can't control how Ye Qing will retaliate.

But his henchmen offended Ye Qing, so with the unclear relationship between him and Ye Qing now, Ye Qing would give him some face no matter what, and even if he said it again, even if Ye Qing didn't give himself face, what about the queen, did he Ye Qing dare to ignore the queen's face?

In short, in Li Lifang's opinion, since Ye Qing has promised not to pursue Deng Youlong's offence against him, then the person Deng Youlong arrested, no matter whose order he was arrested, has nothing to do with him anyway, so why not give Ye Qing a favor?

Li Lifang thought about it After meeting Deng Youlong for a while and telling him that Ye Qing didn't plan to be unhappy with him, Deng Youlong was grateful to him, and his heart was unconsciously beautiful, and his face instantly looked a lot brighter. can make his subordinates look at him with great reverence, Li Lifang feels that there is nothing more rewarding in this world, and in this way, it can also make Deng Youlong more loyal to do errands for him.

This is simply killing two birds with one stone, which confirms that his three words Li Lifang are valued in front of Ye Qing as always, and it also makes his subordinates more desperate for themselves, Li Lifang feels that he is a genius.

"When are you going to take people out of the prison of the Criminal Department?" Li Lifang asked more anxiously than Ye Qing, and even wished that Ye Qing would hurry over and bring someone now.

"Take it away secretly, and no one can find out about ......."

"Whatever you want." Li Lifang said indifferently, and then took out a piece of waist card from his arms and threw it to Ye Qing, saying, "Take it and take people, and ensure that no one dares to stop it." But remember to return it to me after the incident, this is the waist card of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, if it falls into the hands of others, it will cause a big mess. ”

Ye Qing took the heavy waist card and looked at it, turned his head to look at the Zhong silkworm who walked into the front hall, and then handed over the waist card, and said quietly: "Take the people of the Imperial City Division over, don't leak any rumors." ”

As Zhong Silkworm left, Ye Qing looked at the sun outside, and then said with a smile: "It's not too early, or will it be in my mansion?" You and I haven't seen each other for a long time, just catch up with the old days, how many drinks? ”

Li Lifang was in the mood to drink with Ye Qing at this time, his mind had already flown to Deng Youlong, who was waiting in his mansion, in his opinion, drinking with Ye Qing was far from going back to see Deng Youlong's flattery of being grateful to him and crying bitterly.

He waved his hand at Ye Qing without caring or pretending to be chic, and said in his mouth: "Forget it, as far as the wine in your house is concerned, I Li Lifang can't afford to drink it, if you are really sincere, it can be regarded as sincerity when you invite me to eat wine in Yongjin Mansion one day, remember, I will send someone to return the waist card to me immediately when I am done." Farewell. ”

Ye Qing warmly and sincerely kept a few words, but Lord Li had already made up his mind, so Ye Qing could only personally send Li Lifang to the door of the mansion, and watched Master Li sit in the sedan chair and leave slowly.

Turning around and going back to the house, Zhong Qing was already standing next to the shadow wall and looking at him: "If you come like this, you are not afraid of involving Li Lifang, how will you explain to the queen when the time comes?" Although you cheat Li Lifang like this, Li Lifang can't do anything about you, but at this time, if you are not careful, it is very likely that someone will take advantage of the gap between Li Lifang and you. ”

Looking at Zhong Qing's eyes full of worry, Ye Qing walked up to him with a smile, and then held hands and said as he walked: "Don't worry, Han Yanxuan has already pulled Li Lifang into the water in this matter, Li Lifang can't see it, but how can Li Fengniang not see it clearly?" What's more, if this is not the case, how can the entire Lin'an court be in chaos? You can't just let things revolve around me and leave me in the whirlpool, right? And now that Li Lifang is implicated, Li Fengniang will inevitably not be able to sit still, which will also involve the royal family. ”

Zhong Qing glanced at Ye Qing and sighed helplessly: "This is definitely not safe, you still have to be careful, the Imperial City Division has also tried its best in the past few days, but the Emperor Taishang does not trust me very much, just like Liuzheng and others, I know only a lot." ”

"How can I blame you for this? You have done a good job, the Emperor Taishang is going to fight hard, in order to be able to bring the northern land into the territory of the imperial court, he will not give up easily. It's time to see who can have the last laugh. Ye Qing looked up at the sky, and there was also a lot of helplessness in his heart: the imperial court could not tolerate him, not that he was unwilling to accept the imperial court's control of the northern territory.