Text Chapter 187 On the banks of the Huaishui River
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Before dawn, it was the darkest hour before dawn, and the backyard of the Yanjia Inn had already begun to get busy.
Ye Qing knocked on the door of Yan Chengcheng's room, and then said goodbye to himself at the door, and walked out without waiting for Yan Chengcheng to open the door.
Old Liu Tou and Po Li San looked at a black shadow and walked out, and hurriedly stepped forward: "The others have already arranged to cross the river last night, and now there are only a dozen of us left." β
"Did you bring it?" Ye Qing glanced at the watch on his wrist, and then looked up at the stars in the night sky, the slightly cool air in the morning is easy to make people wake up a lot at once.
"Brought it." Po Li San nodded, and then pointed not far away, the sneaky shopkeeper of Fan Niande Trading House Hu Mian, who was caught by him at the door of the inn yesterday.
"Let's go." Ye Qing glanced back at the window with the lights on, and then quickly extinguished it as the footsteps of himself and the others sounded.
Even if Ye Qing thought that he had gotten up very early, on the slightly cold streets in Sizhou City, some of them were preparing to leave Sizhou's business travel, and at this time they had already begun to load goods at the door, or waiting for the shopkeeper to get ready to go.
According to the route that Lao Liu Tou has explored in Sizhou City in the past few days, as long as he goes out of Sizhou City, less than ten miles away, there is a secluded ferry port that can cross the water into the boundary of the Jinren, and over there, there are already people waiting to meet them, or directly enter Zhongmiao Town, where the Jinren business traveler stays, or go directly to Jiugang Mountain, which is not far from Zhongmiao Town, to see the wind direction.
After a group of more than a dozen people left the city, they continued to run west, and then went north not far from the famous north-south dividing line: Huaishui.
As the sky gradually brightened, when it was not yet on the edge of Huaishui, I saw that not far from the river, there were more than a dozen people standing sparsely, who were constantly looking at the direction of Ye Qing and them.
Po Li San, who was following Ye Qing, looked at the figure in front of him with a tense expression, and was just about to remind Ye Qing to exit, but he first heard Ye Qing's faint affirmation: "Don't be nervous, it's a military judgment." β
Wu Ju obviously didn't sleep much all night, and when Ye Qing walked up, he happened to yawn, and then saluted Ye Qing: "Wu Juan has seen the commander." β
"Didn't sleep well last night?" Ye Qing asked with the faint light of the sky looking at the martial judge who seemed to have dark circles under his eyes.
The old Liu Tou next to him put his little thumb into his mouth, and with a loud whistle sounded on the quiet riverside in the early morning, he couldn't see the opposite side of the Huaishui clearly, and after the old Liu Tou's whistle dissipated, a short whistle sounded.
"I wonder if I can delay the general for a while and talk for a while?" Wu Juan sighed lightly at the river, as if he had made a lot of determination.
"Okay, no problem. People will be handed over to you first. Ye Qing pointed to Hu Mian, who was tied up behind him, and then handed over by Po Li San to the person brought by the military judge.
The two strolled silently along the riverbank, and after a long while, the military judge solemnly asked: "The general crossed the river today, but he wants to do the emperor's errand?" β
"You didn't sleep all night last night, have you been struggling? Haven't you thought about it yet? I thought meeting you here was enough to show that you figured it out. Ye Qing smiled, lowered his head and stepped on the somewhat uneven riverbank, the reeds swayed slightly with the morning breeze, and there was some different artistic conception.
"Tang Xiang's background is very strong, not to mention that the military department is the son of Tang Xiang, so he has to be cautious." Wu Juan continued to sigh, Ye Qing had only been in Sizhou for a short day, but his life had been completely disrupted.
After returning home with Shen Fa, Pu Luhun and Li Ji last night, Wu Ju's heart has been like a mess, and he didn't decide whether he wanted to jump off Tang Si's boat and then step on the boat of Ye Qing, the new deputy commander of the Imperial City Division.
"Tang Shuo straw bale, you shouldn't have an opinion if I say that, right?" Seeing that the martial judge nodded with a helpless smile, Ye Qing continued: "It is a fact that Tang Si is old, and the court phase will change hands sooner or later. Back then, Qin Hui covered the sky with one hand in the court, and before he died, he wanted his son Qin Huan to take over his phase, but it didn't work, do you think Tang Sihui's right phase position can be replaced by Tang Shuo in the future? This possibility is almost non-existent. β
"The general's purpose is not for Sizhou's taxes, if the general is for Sizhou's taxes, there is no need to treat the last general so well. The last general only wants to know, what is the ultimate purpose of the general? Wu Juan continued to sigh, and a fishing boat on the river was slowly approaching this side.
Looking at the small fishing boat, Ye Qing faced the morning breeze, the messy hair on his forehead swayed with the wind, turned his head to look at the military judge who was one position behind him and said, "I said that I am for the Great Song Dynasty, do you believe it?" β
"The general also fought with the Jin people, although my Song people were defeated in the battle of Jiankang, but presumably the general army also knew that my Great Song Dynasty was defeated by the Jin people, not because my Great Song army was weak, the reason for this is completely above the court, and it is difficult to turn the tide with your own strength! Yue Wumu was like this back then, could it be that the general wanted to be the second Yue Wumu? Wu Juan looked at Ye Qing's resolute cheeks and asked.
"I don't want to." Ye Qing replied decisively: "And you are wrong, even if you want to recover the Central Plains, it is impossible to do it overnight." You must also understand the truth that you can't reach it quickly. In the defeat of the Battle of Jiankang, the official Tang Bangyan attributed the blame to Ye Heng and the transfer envoy Bai Bingzhong, as well as the unfavorable situation of the Imperial City Division in the investigation of the enemy, and the Imperial City Division did not play its due role at all in the Battle of Jiankang, including the Battle of the Longxing Northern Expedition. What we can do now is to restore the Imperial Castle Division to its former state. β
"It's a pity that Long Dayuan is gone, and Tang Xiang has obviously lost his former influence in this matter." Wu Ju is extremely smart, in fact, when Ye Qing was just appointed as the deputy commander of the Imperial City Division, he had already noticed that the imperial court probably intended to use Ye Qing to reorganize the Imperial City Division, and now it seems that his initial guess was not wrong.
"What can I do for the general?" Wu Ju's eyes gradually became clear, and he looked at Ye Qing and asked solemnly.
Ye Qing did not answer his words immediately, but quietly looked at the solemn face of the military judge, I have to say that the military judge is indeed very smart, and he also has extraordinary sensitivity to the situation of officialdom.
"Right now, it's to ensure that I can cross the river and return to Sizhou City smoothly in a few days." Ye Qing smiled and said.
Wu Juan smiled, looked at the river and smiled even a little happily, and then said: "Compared to letting the commander sink you into the heart of the river, it is obviously much more difficult to ensure that you cross the river smoothly, Sizhou is afraid that it will be chaotic for a while because of the commander." β
"Looks like I guessed it." Ye Qing sighed, then shook his head again.
"After separating from the commander last night, I went to that brothel, Pu Luhun is indeed stirring up the relationship between you and the ground officials in Sizhou, Li Xizhi just left when I entered the brothel, so I don't know who Li Xizhi met with. Also, tomorrow Puluhun will cross the river and return to Jinguo, and ...... He crossed the river with the son of the Shang Jia Luo family. I don't know if your purpose will ....... β
"I don't know, but I'll know when I get to the Northland." Ye Qing smiled, and then pointed at Hu Mian and said: "Fan Niande's housekeeper in Sizhou, I didn't ask anything, after handing it over to you, I can ask again, but it doesn't matter anymore, the important thing is that I want to know if Fan Niande's caravan used to have frequent contact with the Jin people, and whether there is Liu Yungu's shadow in it." β
"Would you really believe me?" After nodding, Wu Juan asked with some disbelieving.
"It may be easier for you to sink me into the middle of the river, but it will be harder for others to sink me into the middle of the river. What's more, if something happens to me, the deputy commander of the Imperial City Division, here, do you think you, the general, will still be as stable as Mount Tai? You yourself know very well that the imperial court now intends to use my hand to rectify the Imperial City Division, Tang Siwei's influence on the Imperial City Division is gradually weakening, once something happens to me, if the imperial court investigates it at that time, will Tang Siwei rather offend the imperial court, or is he willing to help you exonerate? β
"When you were promoted to deputy commander, there was no opposition from the court, and after you were promoted, the Imperial City Division was removed from the control of the military department and replaced by the imperial palace. Therefore, Tang Xiang should realize that the Imperial Palace is already very dissatisfied with what the Imperial City Division has done under the rule of the Ministry of War. And at this time, once you have an accident in Sizhou, Tang Xiang will naturally hand me over in order to support the palace, and at that time, I, the general of the Imperial City Division, may be the only murderer among the ground officials in Sizhou. The military judge analyzed who would be the most unlucky after Ye Qing died in Sizhou.
"Smart, when the time comes, there will always be an official on the ground in Sizhou who will be pushed out for the imperial court to vent, it's a pity, no matter how you look at it, you are the best candidate." Ye Qing said to the martial judge with a smile.
"So after you cross the river, you have to keep your eyes open and busy in Sizhou City, see who wants to be against you, and then help you solve this worry, until you come back safely from the Kingdom of Jin, and then ...... Will it be Sizhou or Yangzhou, or will Huainan East Road be affected? Wu Juan's eyes flashed with fine light, and the more he followed Ye Qing's train of thought, the more he would find that Ye Qing's trip to the north was definitely not so simple.
"Then I will have to go back to Sizhou or Yangzhou to know, but when I come back, if anything happens next, it has nothing to do with you. The Tatars, the Xia people, and the Jin people are all related to you. Ye Qing looked at the martial judgment, at this time, it depends on how the martial judgment expresses its position, and it is also a critical time for him to decide whether the martial judgment is worthy of great use.
"That's why you came to Sizhou!" Wu Ju's eyes widened, and the mysterious shadow of the Imperial City Division in the past seemed to have appeared in front of him: "There are many merchants in Sizhou, so naturally there are many gossips, whether it is the Tatars or the Xia people, including the situation in the Jin people's country, etc., and even with the arrival of the caravan, they will gather here, even if the Imperial City Division is sitting in Sizhou City, as long as they prick up their ears and listen, they can grasp the situation in the country of the Tatars, the Xia people, and the Jin people, as well as the major events that have just happened." β
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