Take Mo Xiaobao to cross the Suzaku pontoon bridge on the Qinhuai River, that is, the pontoon bridge connected by boats, this side of the Qinhuai River is more wine shops, teahouses, casinos, brothels and other places, compared to the south where they just came, there are more inns and shops, and it seems to be a little more lively and noisy, as if in the cold air, there is also a trace of the taste of drunken gold fans, warblers and dancers.

"It's better not to know, the more you know about this kind of thing, the greater the danger. But then again, what does the Imperial City Division do, you don't know? Can our dispatch see the light? Ye Qing put his hands behind his back, and after stepping from the pontoon bridge to the embankment, he slowed down again in the crowd of people coming and going, and said with a smile while enjoying the beautiful scenery and prosperity on the banks of the Qinhuai River.

As if wandering aimlessly and aimlessly, Mo Xiaobao didn't ask Ye Qing where he was going, he just followed behind, frowning and thinking about Ye Qing's words for a while, and listening to the woman's screams from the second floor of the Qinglou by the river, and then following the voice, he could see the picture of a woman in very little clothes being snatched in his arms by a drunken man in the half-hidden window.

"The woman in Qinhuai River doesn't look like Lin'an." Seeing the figure disappearing in the window, Mo Xiaobao, who was not happy, turned around and said.

"Then who knows." Ye Qing, who had just turned his gaze back from the second floor, said lazily, and then continued to walk forward.

The two are not familiar with each other, and from time to time they will go down the wrong alley, and then they will be surprised by others.

Compared with Lin'an, which still uses the name Fang, Jiankang uses "li" to call it more often in the places where ordinary people live.

The two headless flies, when looking for the alley they want to go to, the traces of the probe look a little sneaky, so the two people who turn around naturally attract the puzzled eyes of others.

Ye Qing, who didn't care about the eyes of others, or at this moment, he had no time to care about the vigilant gazes of others looking at them, and kept thinking back to the errand that Wang Lun gave him when he went to Yangzhou for the first time.

Tao Dao, a name that is not his real name, he remembers very clearly, Tao Dao, the old people of the old Imperial City Division, in addition to Yangzhou, Zhenjiang and other places, there are also old and old people of the Imperial City Division who have not died in Jiankang.

It's just that after Qin Hui's death, in the process of deterioration of the Imperial City Division, these people can also be said to have scattered as birds and beasts.

Among the few people who are still alive today, Tao Dao died two years ago, but he naturally has a copy of the list that he handed over to Wang Lun at the beginning.

Of course, after returning to Lin'an, Wang Lun did not hide it from him, and even generously handed over the list of only a few names to Ye Qing for safekeeping.

I vaguely remember Wang Lun's question, do you know why the pottery knife is surnamed Tao? Because he had fled, he took Tao as their surname.

Just like a son of heaven and a courtier, after Qin Hui's death, the fastest knife in the hands of Zhao Gou and Qin Hui of the Imperial City Division will naturally undergo a change, and then be handed over to the current saint.

It's just that no one would have thought that in just a few years, the Imperial City Division would become an incompetent existence like the Lin'an Forbidden Army in the hands of Long Dayuan.

"Are the two little friends looking for someone? The old man lives in this alley all the year round, and the neighbors are quite familiar with each other, so I don't know who Xiaoyou is going to visit? A middle-aged man who was about fifty years old, with a white face and no beard, dressed as an outsider, stopped Ye Qing with a somewhat elegant smile, and Mo Xiaobao, who was still probing his brain, asked.

"Dare to ask sir, this is Wuyi Lane?" With a kind smile, Ye Qing asked after returning the salute to the scholar.

"Yes, this is Wuyi Lane." The middle-aged scholar was stunned for a moment, then nodded and replied with a smile.

Wuyi Lane and Peach Blossom Street are all places where dignitaries live, and Liu Yuxi's "Wuyi Lane" was to lament the prosperous and declining scene of Wuyi Lane and Peach Blossom Street.

It's just that now, with the rule of the Great Song Dynasty over the past hundred years, Wuyi Lane and Taohua Street have once again regained their former prosperity and wealth.

Eunuchs are always a little different from ordinary people, not to mention that Ye Qing has dealt with Wang Lun and Guan Li a lot of times, plus the person standing in front of him now, if he is only smart about the name of the person he wants to find, the person in front of him is very likely to be the Tao Qian he is looking for.

Elegant and free look, with a trace of conceited smile on his face, after hearing Ye Qing say the word Tao Qian, the middle-aged scholar's eyes instantly involuntarily became serious, and there was a trace of fierceness in his eyes.

"Tao Qian?" The middle-aged scholar repeated Ye Qing's words, lowered his head and thought about it seriously, and was about to shake his head to deny the existence of this person in Wuyi Alley.

"This gentleman does not need to be in a hurry to answer, think about it, what if there is? After all, dare to take Tao as the surname Qian, maybe this person is quite arrogant on weekdays, think about it again, is there such a rather arrogant person? Ye Qing said as he took out the waist card of the Imperial City Division and handed it over.

The middle-aged scholar looked at the waist card in Ye Qing's hand that he was familiar with at the beginning, and did not reach out to take it, after thinking about it seriously, he shook his head and said, "There is really no person named Tao Qian, I have never heard of ......." Actually, I don't live in Wuyi Lane, I live elsewhere, why don't you go and ask somewhere else? ”

Tao Qian, also the name of Tao Yuanming, the first pastoral poet who used to be an official and later retired to the countryside, I am afraid that I would never have imagined that hundreds of years later, there would be people who would dare to call themselves by his name.

"Is there a clay knife called a pottery knife?" Ye Qingfei looked at the scholar in front of him who didn't feel embarrassed at all, and asked again.

Then, without waiting for the middle-aged scholar to answer, Ye Qing withdrew his waist card and took Mo Xiaobao from the entrance of the alley to the real Wuyi Alley.

"This little friend stays." Seeing Ye Qing stride forward past him, the middle-aged scholar hurriedly shouted behind him.

"Mr. Tao didn't invite me to sit in the mansion?" Ye Qing stopped and turned around and asked with a smile.

"I ......." The middle-aged scholar looked at Ye Qing, who seemed to be smiling in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he thought that it was the son of a family who came here to find a high-ranking official and nobleman to have a relationship and get close, so he was idle and curious to explore.

But who would have thought that these two people were still from the Imperial City Division, and they still came to find themselves, and they were automatically sent to the door in a bad mood!

"Do you want to send you any in the Imperial City?" Tao Qian asked helplessly.

"So the gentleman is admitting? Then please let me sit in the house for a while. After Ye Qing finished speaking, he turned his head and continued to walk forward.

Tao Qian was stunned, this kid is really familiar, and depending on the meaning, this kid still wants to give himself a dismount.

"Little friends stay...... Stay ...... That one....... Tao Qian shouted and chased, and then chased to the door of his house.

Looking up at the shining word Tao Mansion under the light of the red lantern overhead, Ye Qing couldn't help laughing: "This guy, I guess that among the few of you back then, it should be the most nourishing in your life, right?" Is there a family wife or a concubine in the house? ”

Ye Qing stretched out his hand and began to knock on the door, while Tao Qian was consciously blocked behind by Mo Xiaobao, so that the three people at the door of Tao Mansion looked as if Ye Qing had taken him and Mo Xiaobao to visit the master of Tao Mansion.

So when the porter wondered why the master had just gone out and came back so quickly, he opened the door and saw a young man with an easy-going face looking at him with a smile, and his own lord was like a guest who accompanied the visitor, following behind helplessly.

"What are you still doing in a daze, quickly get out of the way and let the distinguished guest go in first." Tao Qian looked at the gatehouse who was stunned at the crack of the double door with dissatisfaction, and said angrily.

Entering the mansion, according to the furnishings and architectural pattern inside, Ye Qing judged that the entire mansion should not be too big, and there was obviously still a big gap between it and the legendary high-ranking families in Wuyi Lane.

However, being able to have such a mansion in the prosperous area of Jiankang, where all rich and noble families gather, and shamelessly hang the word Tao Mansion, is enough to show that this arrogant eunuch who named himself Tao Qian still has his uniqueness.

"Shall we go through the procedure or get straight to the point?" Ye Qing, who wanted to continue to wander around the backyard, was stopped by Tao Qian's outstretched hand in the void, and said directly after letting him in at the door of the hall and sitting down.

"Huh? What the? Tao Qian was stunned for a moment, just now he had been nervously wary of the young man in front of him, so he didn't have the intention to listen to what this young man from the Imperial City Division said.

He had never seen such an unsophisticated person as the young man in front of him, enter someone's mansion, and began to look around blatantly without asking the owner if he agreed.

Of course, more importantly, he was wondering in his heart at this time, what was the purpose of the Imperial City Division suddenly sending such a young man over to summon spirits to find himself?

"...... that dares to ask you." Tao Qian, who had a confused expression, looked at Ye Qing and Mo Xiaobao, and continued to ask after realizing what he had cultivated over the years.

"Ye Qing, the commander of the Imperial City Division. Two years ago, the pottery knife handed over all of your information to me, and after several inquiries, in fact, I only recently found out that you were in a place where dignitaries haunted, and the Imperial City Division had found the wrong direction before. Ye Qing said frankly.

"Are you...... You say you're the Imperial City Division's Commander? Want to be the commander of the Imperial City Division at such an age? What about bluffing me? The old man was also in ...... at the beginning. Tao Qian looked at Ye Qing exaggeratedly, and asked with wide eyes in disbelief.

"Shi Miyuan is the squire of the Ministry of Errands and the transfer envoy of the West Zhejiang Road, and Han Yanxuan is the squire of the Ministry of Errands and the commander of the Five Rivers Army, the age difference is not big, why can't I be sent to the commander of the Imperial City Division? Pretend to be stupid, huh? I don't believe you don't know anything? You may have known about the death of the pottery knife later, but the changes in the Imperial City Division in the past few years, can you not care at all? Ye Qing leaned on the table, raised his eyebrows and looked at Tao Qian and asked.

"This ...... I thought that you would not come back after you sent an envoy to the Jin Kingdom, but who would have thought that the gold thief would not be able to keep you, which is quite surprising. No, no, no, I didn't mean that, I ...... I'm telling the truth, does that make sense? Tao Qian looked at Ye Qing and glared at him, and hurriedly waved his hand to explain, but after explaining, he still felt that something was strange.

"Forget it, you're not the only one who wants to curse me to death, I'm afraid that none of the remnants left by the Imperial City Division back then are willing to watch me come back alive from the Jin Kingdom, right?" Ye Qing's expression relaxed, and he resumed his easy-going smile again.

"That's right...... Hehe, joke joke. Tao Qian watched the porter put down the tea, waved his hand and let the porter out, and then continued: "We finally escaped from the tiger's mouth, do we really don't want to enter the wolf's den, can't we all treat each other as if they don't exist?" Look at how free I am now? Tao Qian was an official for 83 days, and then resigned in anger and returned to the countryside, writing many famous articles that have been passed down to the present. And the reason why I named Tao Qian is naturally because...... I can also live a happy life like the real Tao Qian, instead of being bound by the world. ”

Ye Qing sneered, and said sarcastically with a smile: "Tao Yuanming returned to the countryside because he didn't want to be disturbed by the world. If you want to emulate Tao Yuanming, even if you have feelings for Jiankang that you can't give up, then you should choose a secluded and secluded valley, right, I think Zhongshan is good, or you will move there one day? As for this, how about borrowing from the Imperial City Division? ”

"Regardless of the environment, regardless of the environment, it is good to have your own situation in your heart, so that you can realize Tao Qian's ambition in life, right? If Commander Ye is interested in Tao Qian, I also have a lot of experience, why don't we discuss it together? If this is spread to a thousand years later, it may become a lie in the mouths of future generations. Tao Qian said with a smile.

From the very beginning, Ye Qing could see that Tao Qian's goods were a cynical and slippery person, and the Imperial City Division had secretly checked the other remaining old men of the Imperial City Division, but he had not found this Tao Qian.

The impression given to him by the pottery knife, as well as the preconceived relationship, made Ye Qing always think that these elites of the Imperial City Division back then should be like the pottery knife, all of them were miserable in their later years, and they must live in a place where people are mixed and there are many sects and nine streams.

Who would have thought that among the old people in the Imperial City Division back then, there was such a strange thing as Tao Qian, who would be mixed up to the point of living in the same mile with wealthy families and dignitaries.

"It's useless to talk about that, since you know my surname is Ye Mingqing, it means that your mind has been on the Imperial City Division for the past two years, whether you are afraid that the Imperial City Division will find you trouble, or you are afraid that what you have now will be lost, it has nothing to do with me for the time being. I'm looking for you today, I just want to know, what's going on in Jiankang City? Ye Qing took a sip of tea, but he didn't think that this tea could be worthy of this luxurious mansion and the identity of the owner.

Of course, Ye Qing didn't know at this time that in the entire mansion, there were actually two people, Tao Qian and the porter, and the reason why Tao Qian would spend all his savings and dress himself up like a dog, like a rich man, was actually an appearance and Tao Qian's ideal.

Today's Tao Qian is already poor, but only this mansion supports him and his lifelong dream of living in a big mansion.

"I don't know...... Does Commander Ye refer to the military or the government? If it's the military, I've heard some rumors these days, but of course, none of these are necessarily true, and it can't be ...... I have nothing to do with the Imperial City Division now, and you and I don't know each other, so I can't help you for no reason, right? Tao Qian's eyes rolled and he thought about it.

"Okay, no problem, as long as there are conditions, it's easy to say. In this way, when the day comes, how about the Imperial City Division let you go? Ye Qing's index finger couldn't help but start tapping on the table.

"What do you mean?" Tao Qian keenly noticed Ye Qing's subconscious action of knocking on the table, and asked confusedly.

"Do you think that when the emperor is a hundred years old, he will still keep your remnants? I'm afraid I'll take it with me, right? Otherwise, as soon as I took over the Imperial City Division, the first thing I did was to go to Yangzhou and find a pottery knife. Ye Qing said half-truthfully.

"Bluff me? The purpose of your Ye commander's trip to Yangzhou is Sizhou, and the matter of Yangzhou is just a matter of convenience. Tao Qian looked like he saw through Ye Qing's bluff and smiled confidently.

"Isn't the Emperor's favorite thing to do things that are convenient? How can the tradition of the Imperial City Division be lost? Ye Qing's smile looked more like a threat at the moment.

The cynicism on Tao Qian's face, or rather the face that concealed people's eyes and ears and paralyzed the enemy, gradually disappeared in Ye Qing's seemingly threatening smile, and then changed to a serious face.

"The people who have stepped into the Imperial City Division, no one has ever had a good ending, the old man is like this, Commander Ye is afraid that he will not be able to escape this ending, right?" Tao Qian said with a serious expression.

"Yes, no one is a fool, before stepping into the Imperial City Division, everyone thought that they would not die well in the future, but ...... So what, it doesn't matter right now, right? Ye Qing's fingers stopped tapping on the table at some point.

Tao Qian's expression became more and more solemn, he stared at Ye Qing quietly for a long time, and slowly sighed and said heavily: "Although the old man doesn't know the purpose of the imperial court suddenly sending the Imperial City Division Commander Ye here before the Yuan Day, this kind of raid will not have much effect in Lin'an. ”

"I want to hear what the hell is going on." Ye Qing said with a confident smile.

"The things in the army ......."

"There is no need to bother with the affairs of the army, sir, I am very interested in the affairs of the magistrates. Because of the affairs in the army, in the final analysis, it can't make much waves, maybe it's not as big as the waves set off by the painting boat in the Qinhuai River, sir, right? Ye Qing looked like he was well aware of things in the army.

Wu Juan arrived in Jiankang earlier than him, not to mention, Wu Juan was from the same Shenjin Army as him, although he was a fake Shenjin Army, but this did not affect Wu Juan after arriving in Jiankang, he was able to quickly find out some secrets about the pacification envoy and the commander of the army.

Although Lin Guangchao came early, he also returned to Lin'an early, not to mention that he didn't bring back any news, which was equivalent to running away in vain.

Now Lin Guangchao and Wu Juan are both in Jiankang, but Jiankang's officialdom, like the turbid Yangtze River, makes people can't see it clearly, and the virtual and real are related to the context of various rights struggles.

Therefore, Ye Qing had already thought of a plan halfway to Jiankang, he would not show up, and even hand over the Imperial City Division to Zhao Qi'er to lead, even if it was to turn the military judgment from dark to light, he didn't want to expose the fact that he had arrived in Jiankang too early.

Of course, he doesn't want to be exposed, it doesn't mean that those bigwigs in Jiankang's officialdom won't know that he came to Jiankang.

As the so-called authorities are fascinated and bystanders are clear, Ye Qing really wants to stand on the outside and see what happened to Jiankang, what is the matter, so that the imperial court, which has always been lazy in government, suddenly has to point a sword at Jiankang when the Yuan Day is approaching.

"With the strength of the Imperial City Division now, the old man is afraid that you are a mud bodhisattva and it will be difficult to protect yourself when you cross the river." Tao Qian, who frowned, judged the two of them with the cynical Tao Qian just now, and muttered: "For the sake of you and I are both the Imperial City Division, you know Tao Dao again, and you also hand over other people's documents to you, the old man advises you, go through the motions, and after you go back, it is better to be reprimanded than this trip to troubled waters, because ...... It will offend and it will kill. ”