On the night of July 8, the fifth year of Shaoxi, at the beginning of the Xu hour, there were still a large number of imperial guards guarding the gates of Lin'an City, and the streets that were supposed to be extremely lively immediately became deserted since the beginning of the Xu hour. In addition to the patrolling imperial guards, it was even hard to see even an ordinary citizen.

The Imperial Street, which is not spacious because of vendors, pedestrians, carriages and sedans, looks particularly spacious tonight, as if he had changed a street in Lin'an City, surprised the patrol guards. The Imperial Street, which looks crowded on weekdays, is so spacious.

However, with the implementation of curfew in Lin'an City under the order of Lin'an Prefecture, the lively scene outside the city was more noisy than in the city. Especially outside the Wulin Gate, where peddlers and barons like to gather the most, they were not affected by the curfew in the city at all, and they also ignored the patrol guards.

A carriage passed by the Wulin Gate. Before the patrol of the imperial guards even had time to go over and ask questions, they were scolded by Zuo Jiao, who was riding high on the horse. He was so scared that he quickly shrank his head in his helmet, and then trotted all the way to the city gate and began to call the people to open the city gate.

Under the sporadic light of fire, the peddlers and pawns outside the Wulin Gate looked at each other curiously from time to time. The soldiers in armor who passed by them whispered to each other and began to secretly discuss again. What's wrong with this today?

A curfew was imposed in the city since the Xu hour, and then another team of soldiers entered the city at night. Is it because the Supreme Emperor returned to Lin'an today?

The carriage just paused at the Wulin Gate, and then entered Lin'an City, where there was no one on the street without any obstacles.

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, Zhu Yeer looked at Zuo Jiao, lowered her eyes and thought for a while, and said, "General Zuo, please send someone to Tongbing Minister of Justice, Lord Li, and then wait for Secretary Li with his servants in front of Xie Shenfu's mansion."

Zuo Jiao, who was riding on the horse, nodded, and then began to dispatch his subordinates as Zhu Yeer's instructions without hesitation.

This afternoon, he began to return to Lin'an from Gushan. The queen specifically told him that whether it was Zuo Jiao or Qingqiu, after returning to Lin'an, he would follow Zhu Yeer's orders and no one or anything could violate her orders.

Therefore, just like the bamboo leaves holding the Queen's decree, every word they say after entering Lin'an is exactly the same as the will of Queen Li Fengniang.

After several riders took it from Zuo Jiao, Zhu Yeer handed it to Zuo Jiao's empress, he immediately rode his horse to the empty street and rushed towards the residence of the Minister of Justice. Zuo Jiao, the commander of the front office of the rear hall, took the rest of the people, guarded the carriage, and turned from the imperial street into the alley to Xie Shenfu's mansion.

In just a moment, the carriage had already stopped in the alley where Shi Miyuan was on the night before. After Zuo Jiao began to say hello to the surrounding imperial guards, the area where the imperial guards were originally patrolling was completely handed over to Zuo Jiao's front office to guard.

As the people from the Palace Front Office surrounded the Xie Mansion tightly from time to time, Zhu Yeer's carriage started again and slowly stopped at the door of the Xie Mansion.

When he lifted the curtain again, Zhu Yeer quietly looked at the Xie Mansion gate with lanterns burning at the door, and from time to time he bit his lips, his eyes were also slightly dim, even with a hint of sadness.

The crisp sound of iron hooves was not far away from a distance, but Zhu Yeer was still staring blankly at the gate of Xie Mansion.

Time flew by Zhu Yeer's daze. After a few hurried whispers to the soldiers on the horse's back that had just arrived, Zuo Jiao threw down the sentence "Explore again and report in time", he quickly walked to the curtain of the car that Zhu Yeer lifted.

Looking at Zhu Yeer who was stunned at the gate of Xie Mansion, Zuo Jiao called softly: "Sister Yeer..."

"Hmm..." Zhu Yeer, who came to her senses, blinked her eyes and looked at Zuo Jiao.

"There is no movement in the palace yet, Lord Ye... there is no conclusion yet. I only know that after just finishing the meal with the Supreme Emperor in Shoukang Palace, I went to the General Platform together." Zuo Jiao reported truthfully about the situation in the palace.

After saying that, Zuo Jiao could clearly feel that Zhu Ye'er's expression instantly relaxed a lot, and his originally dim eyes seemed to lit up a lot in an instant.

Zuo Jiao followed the queen for many years. The two brothers Zuo Yu and Zuo Jiao were almost like Zhu Yeer. When the queen was still the crown princess, they had been serving Li Fengniang.

So he didn't find it strange at all about Zhu Yeer's strangeness today.

Over the years, Zhu Yeer, especially has participated in many big and small events of the queen, and she is like the shadow of the queen. She knows almost all the secrets of the queen. It is precisely because of this that Zhu Yeer's heart, from which year and month, has quietly moved into a man, a man who she can't reach, or even can only watch from afar and can never get close to.

"Don't pay attention to the affairs in the palace. When Lord Shangshu arrives, he will come to Xie's Mansion to get people with the will of the emperor." Zhu Ye'er lowered her eyes, moved her eyes from the gate of Xie's Mansion to the ground, and said in a very soft voice.

"Yes, I understand. Don't worry, Sister Ye'er, I guarantee that there will be no mistakes." Zuo Jiao looked at Zhu Ye'er's somewhat sad expression and sighed helplessly again. The three of them served by the queen for so many years.

In addition to the queen, Zhu Yeer and Ye Qing have been in contact with each other for the longest time, so... As the saying goes, love over time, even Zuo Jiao can see that the man living in Zhu Yeer's heart is Ye Qing who is in the palace, and may never see again after tonight.

Zhu Yeer nodded silently, then lowered the curtain and began to wait for Li Lifang's arrival. The entire carriage seemed to be filled with sadness, slowly blending with the night.

At this time, in Xie's mansion, Xie Shenfu had just taken off his court uniform and changed into casual clothes. He was the Lin'an comforter. After going down the court, he began to prepare for the curfew tonight. So after he had been tormenting for a day, he felt hungry at this moment.

Because of the things in the court today, Xie Shenfu, who was faintly happy in his heart, even began to look forward to what kind of upheavals will cause when Ye Qing’s rebellion spread in Lin'an City tomorrow.

Looking at the several imperial guards following him in the mansion, Xie Shenfu suddenly asked, "By the way, can the imperial guards be sent out of the city? But have you already joined Zhaoqing's army and Sui'an army?"

The imperial guard next to him frowned and thought for a while and replied: "Reply to Lord Xie, there is not yet, but the imperial guards and the guards have already gone to Tongjiaxing and Shaoxing's official road in the afternoon. I believe that once there is news, they will report it immediately."

"This matter is not careless, so you should be more careful." Xie Shenfu refused the servants to help him make tea. Instead, he enjoyed it and made tea by himself. His expression was filled with relaxed freehand paintings, as if he was talking to himself, as if he was talking to the imperial guards next to him: "Ye Qing's city mansion is absolutely extraordinary. The Supreme Emperor has been planning for this for a long time, and we must not make any mistakes at this critical moment. There are also his eight thousand elite soldiers outside the city. Since Ye Qing was brought back to Lin'an from the north, they must be Ye Qing's confidant, who is only loyal to Ye Qing, and willing to cut off his head and give it to Ye Qing's soldiers. Once the matter in the city spreads, they will definitely rescue Ye Qing. Even if Ye Qing is dead by then, they may not give up and surrender. No wonder Ye Qing can build a huge foundation in the north..."

"Sir, they are only eight thousand people. The total number of people from the Imperial Guards, the Hall Front Division, and the Guard Division in Lin'an City is 50,000 or 60,000 people..." The Imperial Guards on the side said disapprovingly.

"Now, in Lin'an City, the Guards and the Palace Front Office plus your Imperial Guards, there are only 20,000 to 30,000, or 50,000 or 60,000, but it is just for Ye Qing's party to listen to. The emperor, when the queen went to Gushan, she took away most of the people from the Palace Front Office and the Guards, and there were only about 10,000 people left. Even if you added your Imperial Guards..." Xie Shenfu sighed, and for some reason, she suddenly felt a little melancholy, and said with emotion: "The Xia soldiers and generals have always been brave and good at fighting. I was in Xia in the Song Dynasty. Back then, I was in Xia for a long time.

The people had suffered defeats, and Ye Qing had 5,000 elite soldiers, resisting the Xia people for 20,000 elite soldiers, and finally being able to break through the siege. It is enough to see how brave the soldiers and generals under Ye Qing were and how loyal they were to Ye Qing. There are eight thousand people outside the city, and the soldiers of the Guards and the Palace Front Division have not fought for many years. As for your imperial guards... let alone, let alone, so if you really have to rely on you to deal with the eight thousand soldiers under Ye Qing, it is hard to say that you are sure to win."

"The last general understands, so tonight, as soon as the Zhaoqing army arrives at Lin'an City, Ye Qing will...?" The imperial guard suddenly realized that the city seemed to be on high alert, but in fact the real key is still outside the city.

"Can you say that." Xie Shenfu picked up the teacup, sniffed it with some enjoyment, and then put it down: "But no matter what, Ye Qing is doomed tonight. However, being able to have such a status and influence in my Song Dynasty at such an age, the Supreme Emperor had to use the entire court officials to put pressure on him, in order to deal with him, in addition to using the officials of the entire court to put pressure on him. It seems that even if Ye Qing, who is a hero, dies tonight, will never live in vain in his life. After all, how many people in this world can reach such a high position and have such influence at his age?"

"Actually... the last general is really not very clear. Why did the imperial court... kill Ye Qing? Isn't he a hero of my Song Dynasty's resistance to Jin? Not only did he fight against Jin, but he even fought with the Xia people, seizing half of the Xia Kingdom into the territory of our Song Dynasty..." The imperial guard frowned and was puzzled.

Xie Shenfu seemed to have known for a long time that neither the imperial guards nor the soldiers from the north nor any of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty had understood this matter. He took the doubts of these generals as the leader for granted that they did not read the books of sages.

They only know how to fight, kill and kill all day long, but they never know what loyalty is. Instead, they think that as long as they kill the enemy on the battlefield, they are loyal to the court, but they don’t know... Their targets are no longer related to the court.

"When I go back to the Supreme Emperor, I think that the reason why the military and civilians in the north can have the current situation is not because of my prestige, Ye Qing, but because they know that behind me is my Song court, they support me and respect me. And in the north, I have never forgotten the court's grace to me. No matter when and where, I am proud of my Song ministers, and I dare not have the slightest idea of ​​betraying me, the Song Dynasty." Ye Qing kept standing, while the Supreme Emperor sat on a chair, staring blankly at the bottom of the stage.

"The court has its own laws, and being a minister is insurmountable. Ye Qing..." The Supreme Emperor looked up at Ye Qing, with endless regret in his expression, and said heavily: "I believe that you are loyal to the court, but I also have difficulties. The memorial of impeaching you to be respectful in the north and to become kings every day is like snowflakes in the north. If I indulge you in the north, there will be chaos in the court. I am also in a difficult situation, and I can't sleep at night..."

"In this way, I... have been trying my best to avoid repeating the mistakes of Yue Fei back then, even if it fails." Ye Qing asked with a wry smile.

"I don't know... what is the reason why Ye Qing stationed 8,000 troops in the Royal City Statue outside the city? Isn't you going to rebel when you return to Lin'an this time?" Zhao Xing looked at the Jiahui Gate, and suddenly there were many torches that lit up, and suddenly asked.
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