Chapter 676: Eyes on the World
For three days in a row, when Ye Qing returned home with his tired waist, Bai Chun only frowned, and did not ask Ye Qing where he had run in the past three days, and he couldn't even find a figure.
Jia She's injuries were even more serious than Ye Qing's, so he had been in the post house all these days, recuperating with the remaining eighty personal guards.
The original 200-person personal guard, after passing through the Guanquanfang overnight, the number of people dropped by half, Ye Qing didn't know for a while, he didn't know whether to praise the Great Song soldiers for being strong, or to scold the Great Song soldiers for beating their own people, it was really not fatal!
Therefore, for Ye Qing's statement that he wanted to find some young people around Lin'an City to serve as pro-army, Bai Chun didn't believe a word at all.
Since that day, when the crown princess came to the house to announce that she was Bai Chun as a three-grade person, the woman's intuition made Bai Chun faintly aware that there was a trace of wrongness and vague ambiguity between Ye Qing and the crown princess.
Even if she didn't see anything that day, but just relying on pure intuition, Bai Chun was still very sure that the relationship between Ye Qing and the crown princess was definitely not as simple as ordinary people saw.
After thinking about it, Mo Xiaobao was the only one who knew the details, after all, Mo Xiaobao followed Ye Qing several times before and didn't go home at night, but unfortunately, now Xiaobao is still in the distant grassland, and Bai Chun can't find a real answer for a while.
"Father and Ye Heng have returned to Lin'an, it is estimated that it will arrive either today or tomorrow." Bai Chun poked Ye Qing's head with his index finger angrily, in short, looking at Ye Qing's current appearance, he always felt panicked for some reason.
"Come back, come back, after all, Zhao Gou is dead, as a courtier, come back for this reason, even I, the pacification envoy of Huainan East Road, can't help it." Ye Qing spread his hands and said helplessly.
Han Yanxuan is still on Jingnan Road now, and he didn't come back because of Zhao Gou's death, but Bai Bingzhong and Ye Heng, the two courtiers who had been cheated by Zhao Gou, ran back in a hurry, which made Ye Qing always feel that there was a special meaning of turning his elbow outward.
Bai Chun sighed helplessly, and wanted to remind Ye Qing that if he wanted to take this opportunity, he would leave his father and Ye Heng in Lin'an and no longer go to Yangzhou to serve as a dispatcher, but since Ye Qing, who was a son-in-law, said so, she had no way for a while.
In the middle of July of the fourteenth year of Chunxi, Ye Qing took Bai Chun, Jia Shi and others and finally stepped on the passenger ship back to Yangzhou.
During this time, in addition to entering the palace twice to visit the queen and the queen mother, he was once again fortunate to be summoned by the holy mountain today, and after nearly two hours, Ye Qing walked out of the study room where Zhao Gou often stayed alone in Deshou Palace.
No one knew what Ye Qing and the current saint were talking about in that study, even Guan Li, when Ye Qing was talking to the saint, he didn't even have the qualifications to enter that study, and Ye Qing was waiting at the door to bring tea and water.
After coming out of the palace, Ye Qing held back at home for three days, and finally after writing more than 100 times, he picked out the most satisfactory word: "Who has not died in life since ancient times, and left Dan to take care of the sweat and green", and personally came to Wang Huai's house and gave it to Wang Huai.
Since ancient times, no one has died, leaving Dan to take care of his sweat.
Now that its owner has not yet been born, he naturally does not know that his poems that have been passed down through the ages have been stolen by shameless people.
Wang Huai muttered the sentence that life since ancient times who has not died, leaving Dan to take care of the sweat and sweat of the words, his face is full of appreciation, in his opinion, such words are like his own comments, if possible, Wang Huai has this sentence, as his future motto in the court, in order to increase his loyalty to the Song Dynasty and patriotism.
I don't know if it was to avoid suspicion or because of deep estrangement and prejudice, Ye Qing didn't go to see Bai Bingzhong and Ye Heng who returned to Lin'an, but just sent Bai Chun to visit Bai Bingzhong, and met Ye Heng by the way.
The two of them never mentioned the purpose of coming back this time as Bai Chun, nor did they plan to explain to their top boss Ye Qing through Bai Chun, and the three of them tacitly missed it perfectly in Lin'an.
The scorching heat of July makes the boat ride the best way to beat the heat, and the wind on the bow of the boat carries a hint of wetness when it brushes the cheeks, as if to calm people's irritable mood under the sultry heat.
Bai Chun, who is fluttering in white clothes, is like a fairy, even if she is already a child now, but the indifferent and cold temperament is increasing unabated, even if it is other passengers on the passenger ship, when they walk out of the cabin to enjoy the scenery by the river, they will involuntarily take Bai Chun a more beautiful scenery to secretly appreciate a few glances.
The dark cyan scholarly robe made Ye Qing's tall figure more slender, and his hair was also tied into a ponytail at random and draped behind him, and Bai Chun's long hair, with the river breeze fluttering behind him, from time to time the hair of the two would be entangled with the wind, like a sympathizer dancing on the dance floor.
Ye Qing, who had been a little silent since he came out of the palace, finally spoke under Bai Chun's gaze from time to time: "The saint has lost weight again, I estimate that if it continues like this, it won't take a year to lose weight and bones." Eating a vegetarian all day long, with the body of a holy dragon, is simply masochistic. ”
"Didn't there be a courtier who persuaded the saint to be ...... with the dragon body and the country." Bai Chun asked with a frown.
"Now the courtiers above the court are not like dragons without a leader, and they dare to persuade the saints, and those who have that qualification are only Xiao Zhen and a few people, as for the others, I am afraid that the saints will not be able to afford to be ill from now on, and then have more time to dictate the court. In short, Lin'an is now a smoky miasma, we can't afford to provoke it, so it's better to stay away. Ye Qing said lightly.
At this time, he missed Zhong Qing very much, not that Zhong Qing's gentleness made him want to lean on him who was a little tired, but about the political affairs of the court, with the height of Bai Chun and Yan Chengcheng, it was difficult to fully understand.
Every time he talked about this, most of the time it was Ye Qing who explained, Bai Chun and the others listened, and then sighed with him.
is the only woman who loves this woman, and she is always keenly aware of some things that are difficult for others to perceive about court affairs, and she looks at problems from a different angle than ordinary people, and most of the time, she can always remind Ye Qing of some aspects that Ye Qing sometimes can't take into account.
Now that the chaos in the court has appeared, if he wants to clearly and accurately grasp the situation in Lin'an thousands of miles away, in addition to the umbrella and Li Fengniang left for Liang Xing, Ye Qing is most urgent now, what he wants to discuss with Zhong Qing is how to end such chaos when the time comes.
And in these undercurrent court situations, is there any place that has been ignored by himself.
"Then when we return to Yangzhou, can we really stay out of the matter?" A strand of hair brushed Bai Chun's cheeks under the trickery of the river breeze, and the white beauty stretched out her hand to brush the restless hair, and the simple movements made the passengers who secretly admired Bai Chun not far away couldn't help but have their hearts beat faster.
"I can't." Ye Qing shook his head and said quickly, when he turned his head to look at the boat passengers not far away, the young literati would immediately pretend to take his eyes off Bai Chun inadvertently, and then pretend to be calm and continue to enjoy the beautiful scenery by the river.
"But if we are in Lin'an City, I am afraid that we will not be able to protect ourselves." Ye Qing continued: "At this time and that time, when Zhao Gou was still alive, no matter what you say, he was the biggest backer behind the Imperial City Division, even if Zhao Gou had a prejudice against me, but in the eyes of other officials, I, Ye Qing, was not the kind of official they could move at will. Now that Zhao Gou is dead, I, Ye Qing, have lost the biggest reliance, whether it is Han Cheng or Wang Huai, I will naturally not be as polite to Ye Qing as before. I am just a pacification envoy of Huainan East Road now, to put it bluntly, in the eyes of the left and right ministers, the Privy Council, and the six Shangshu, there is no difference from other officials, if I continue to stay in Lin'an, I am likely to become a victim among them if I am not careful. Lin'an ...... For me, it's like a man-eating Shura field, and I could die at any time. Ye Qing said with emotion.
Before going to Huainan East Road to serve as a pacification envoy, no matter how chaotic and dangerous the situation in Lin'an was, Ye Qing was able to ensure his safety just by virtue of Zhao Gou's original promotion, but now it is different, Zhao Gou is dead, and the world is changing at the moment, once the son of heaven and a courtier, he is already a weak person in Lin'an at this time.
And Lin'an has never been a place suitable for the weak to survive, and the soil there will only be reserved for people with real strength to survive.
"In this way, everything you did back then can be regarded as given by Zhao Gou?" Bai Chun frowned, the deceit above the court was completely beyond her comprehension, and it was the kind of feeling that made her feel extremely disgusted.
In Bai Chun's view, the court should be the court like his father Bai Bingzhong's mouth, the officials are loyal to the saint, the saint is worried about the country and the people of the world, and the officials work together to be loyal to the monarch and love the people, unite and want to feed the people and recover the country.
But the appearance of the court that Bai Bingzhong painted for the young Bai Chun at the beginning, and the situation in the court experienced by Ye Qing, were like hell and fairyland on earth, which made Bai Chun's heart extremely disappointed!
"Not bad." Ye Qing seemed to see through Bai Chun's thoughts, and continued: "Zhao Gou's time is running out, everything I have is given by Zhao Gou, naturally, at this time, of course Zhao Gou wants to take it back, but ...... He wanted too much, because he wanted me to die and bury him. ”
"Then we won't go back to Lin'an? What if the court recruits you back again? Bai Chun's beautiful and gentle eyes looked at Ye Qing worriedly and asked, all that came to mind were the bloody scenes he saw when he returned to Lin'an this time.
"Of course I want to go back to Lin'an, but not now. Let alone...... Now Wang Huai and Han Cheng, they still have to fight back and forth in Lin'an, there is no time to pay attention to me at this time, only when their side occupies the absolute upper hand, maybe they will let the local appeasement all the way back to Lin'an. Ye Qing leaned on the side of the boat, turned around and looked at Bai Chun, who was frowning and worried, and said.
"Yes...... After all, it is just a pacifier, even if it is ...... later. Bai Chun began to feel sorry for Ye Qing again, her heart was especially capricious, sometimes she felt very sorry for Ye Qing, and sometimes she hated Ye Qing for participating in this deceitful court.
"Yes, after all, the situation will be broken, after all, before they recruit me back to Lin'an, they will not dare to touch me at will. Therefore, if you want to make people respect and respect you, in addition to having a very strong backer, you must also have strong strength. Ye Qing slapped the side of the boat with both hands and said.
Bai Chun silently took a deep breath towards Jiang Feng, facing Ye Qing in front of him, the hair tied at the back of his head, dancing like a group of demons with Jiang Feng, and Ye Qing's face was really like a devil, the originally easy-going smile was in Bai Chun's eyes, but this moment made her feel so ...... Look at the world!
(ps: Haha, I'm about to write about the war I'm afraid of, will I die on this.) )