The warm and hospitable Lord Ye disappeared in front of Zhu Xi and the other two when they first met. The so-called greetings after meeting each other were beyond the reach of old friends. He no longer asked about the place where he stayed, but he kept sighing there. Zhu Xi and the other three stood up with a sad expression and said goodbye.

Zhu Xi and the other two, who were taken out of the mansion by the Ye Mansion servant, looked back at the tall and majestic mansion gate of the Ye Mansion at the same time, and were still holding a trace of fantasy in their hearts, hoping that the servants of the Ye Mansion servant would suddenly run out and shout loudly to stay, Lord Ye would like to invite him.

Unfortunately, this was just their expectation. Everyone in the mansion's maids and everyone in the house did their own thing, and no one paid attention to the three of them, who were standing at the door.

"Sir, what should I do now... now?" Lin Zezhi asked in despair.

None of the three of them were stupid. Ye Qing's way of hospitality today was particularly clear. The court defined Neo-Confucianism as pseudo-school and exiled many disciples. Ye Qing obviously planned to stand by and did not intend to participate.

Zhu Xi sighed heavily, and his heart felt as heavy as a mountain: "Let's go back to the inn first, I'll come again tomorrow."

Zhang Shi nodded silently. They were the only one now. They were not familiar with Jinan Prefecture and the only person who could give them hope was already very clear today. For the three of them, the blow was still a bit too heavy, and even a little difficult to accept.

Zhu Xi could have chosen to go back to his hometown south, and then calmed down to continue his own studies. However, because of Ye Qing's relationship in the northern region, he was still a little unwilling to define his lifelong knowledge as pseudo-learning. He was unwilling to follow his many disciples for many years and had been implicated by him. Therefore, Zhu Xi chose to go north and asked Ye Qing for help. However, the current result was completely beyond their expectations. This blow was really a bit desperate for them who had expectations.

Ye Qing, who had just returned to the backyard, was slightly stunned when he saw Zhong Qing. Before he could ask questions, Zhong Qing asked with some sorrow: "Why don't you help Zhu Xi?"

"I didn't say I won't help." Ye Qing said softly, then sat down behind the desk.

Since there was a quarrel between the two days ago, there seems to be a layer of estrangement between Ye Qing and Zhong Qing now. What exactly caused this estrangement was caused by Ye Qing, but even Zhong Qing felt a little confused.

Sitting opposite Ye Qing, Zhong Qing sighed again. Just as she was about to speak, the voice of Zhong Can's voice sounded at the door.

Ye Qing's gaze flew past Zhong Qing, while Zhong Qing sat opposite him indifferently, without intending to leave. She looked at Zhong Can and asked lightly: "How?"

"It's very miserable." Zhong Can continued to say something unbearable: "It's just a hotel, but it's just a bargain. I stayed in a guest room with ten people. I pulled out the shopkeeper and asked. Inns like them have never seen scholars come to my house, but they are all places where poor people live, and the room rates are also very low. Moreover... the three of them did not plan to book a room for overnight at the beginning. After a bit of bargaining, they finally moved into the inn after they returned."

"Is there any news in Lin'an?" Ye Qing's index finger unconsciously tapped the table, and Zhong Qing's eyes kept staring at the finger that seemed a little anxious.

"Zhu Xi has found some officials in Lin'an, including the Ministry of Justice and the Censorate. It seems that even the people from Dali Temple have been found. However, in the end, no one dared to help him at this time. However, the officials used it to blackmail a lot of silver. As for whether these silver was paid by Zhu Xi or Zhang Shi and Lin Zezhi, I don't think it's important. After all, now, the three of them are like grasshoppers on the same rope." Zhong Can shrugged and said helplessly.

Zhong Qing stood up without saying a word, walked to the door and whispered to the maid a few times, and then sat opposite Ye Qing again under the sight of Ye Qing and Zhong Can, as if nothing had happened.

Seeing Zhong Qing sitting down again, Ye Qing's gaze turned to Zhong Can and thought about it: "I'll pay more attention to whether there will be letters coming in Chang'an in the past two days, especially... letters from Ye Heng and Bai Bingzhong."

Zhong Can nodded, and then when he was about to leave, he was stopped by Zhong Qing who was facing his back.

Zhong Jian, who turned around, glanced at Zhong Qing, who was still facing away from him, and then turned his gaze to Ye Qing, and Ye Qing shrugged helplessly because he didn't know why Zhong Qing called Zhong Jian and didn't say anything after he called Zhong Jian.

Ye Qing and Zhong Qing have been like a cold war between husband and wife these days, so in the past few days, whether it is Zhong Can, Mo Xiaobao, or others, they almost avoid Zhong Qing.

After being stopped by Zhong Qing who was silent, Zhong Can didn't dare to ask when he saw that Zhong Qing didn't say anything, so he had to stand there waiting for his wife's orders.

There was a burst of rapid footsteps outside. The maid who had just been ordered by Zhong Qing ran in with a few silver notes in her hand. When she was about to hand it to Zhong Qing, Zhong Qing then said, "Teach you have a hard time and send the money to Zhu Xi and the other two, and say it's... it's given by you Lord Ye."

Ye Qing rolled his eyes helplessly, then sighed, leaned back to the back of the chair, looked at Zhong Can's gaze, and said angrily: "What do you think I'm doing? Your surname is Zhong and I'm not Zhong. Your Zhong family has spoken, you...you...just do it."

"Okay, I'll send the silver bills to the place as my wife's instructions?" In a somewhat depressing atmosphere in the hall, Zhong Can hurriedly took the silver bills and asked with some uncertainty.

Ye Qing waved his hand impatiently, but Zhong Qing still said nothing.

Zhong Can and the maid left together, and Ye Qing and Zhong Qing were left in the hall again. The couple still didn't speak, but their eyes were like cockfighting, staring at each other tightly.

Until the beautiful Zhong's eyes turned slightly red and his expression began to become more and more sad, Lord Ye sighed again and said helplessly: "Zhu Xi's matter is not as simple as you think. Even if I am willing to help, it is not now..."

"You are afraid of offending the Lord..." Zhong Qing said coldly.

"What I fear is the hearts of the people, not the saint." Ye Qing denied: "The saint is young, even if the Empress Dowager assists, in the end... how can a young man not have a competitive spirit? What's more, there is the net of heaven and earth set up by Shi Miyuan for Zhu Xi. If I participate, Zhu Xi will not be grateful to me in the end, and will let Shi Miyuan seize the handle and impeach me Ye Qing in front of the saint. With your intelligence, you should not be unable to see these problems..."

"Then why don't you stop me from sending Zhu Xi's silver notes?" Zhong Qing continued to ask.

"Will I stop you from giving me?" Ye Qing smiled bitterly, and then said, "Do you know what the result is when you gave Zhu Xi silver notes so generously?"

Zhong Qing shook her head. In her opinion, she should be a timely help for Ye Qing like this. Could it be that she could harm Ye Qing?

"You think you are helping me, but..." Ye Qing shook his head again and then said, "Zhu Xi and the other two are not ordinary people, but famous scholars. Even if they are short of money, they will not ask for help easily. They come here today. I know they are short of money, but I still pretend not to know, and I am waiting for them to speak on their own initiative, and they must not help."

"What's the difference?" Zhong Qing frowned. Ye Qing is becoming more and more elusive now, and there is a strange feeling everywhere.

During countless nights these days, when Ye Qing was already asleep, Zhong Qing would keep looking at the men beside her and recalling the things they had before them. However, the man around her gave her an unreal feeling. Even if she gently stroked the still angular cheek, for some reason, Zhong Qing always felt that this man seemed to be getting further and further away from her.

"When they are in trouble, they will take the initiative to help them. They will not let these great scholars who are loyal and loyal to you thank you, or even backfire. They think that you are sending these silver notes to drive them out of Jinan Mansion and to draw a clear line with them." Ye Qing looked at Zhong Qing, who had been frowning, and thought for a while and continued: "Not everyone is as grateful as Zhong Can. Back then, he was just a little beggar in Lin'an City. No one expected that a meal would make him loyal to me. Zhu Xi was not Zhong Can. Even if you gave him everything, he would not really thank you in his heart. This is not because of him

We are like jackals without gratitude, but because... the Tao is different and I am a military general. Literature and military generals are like natural enemies. There is a huge and difficult gap between them, just like sheep and wolf. Can they become friends? Wolves are always cruel and evil in the eyes of sheep, and sheep are always just food in the eyes of wolves. Literatures have the integrity of literati, and they will ask for you, but they will not be grateful to you afterwards. They are above the top and disdainful of people who are different from Tao. In their eyes, I am just a pawn that is beneficial to them."

"But..." Zhong Qing's rationality began to gain the upper hand after all. The words of the later society of three years of pregnancy were fully reflected in Zhong Qing.

"There is nothing to be impossible. Although literati are pedantic, they have the arrogance and integrity in their hearts. The reason why I keep leaving them alone and not taking the initiative to help is because they are far from the end of their lives. At this time, your efforts are worthless in their eyes."

This world is so realistic. A group different from you. No matter how hard you try to integrate, even if you feel that you have been fully integrated, in many cases, you can still feel that you are so out of place with them. You can still feel that they are looking at and examining you with strange eyes. The reason why you exist in this group is just because of your value of use.

Ye Qing wanted to teach Zhu Xi a lesson. Similarly, he really didn't want to offend the new king. He would have to make three fuses when he took office, let alone the king of a country?

In addition, Zhao Kuoru is still young this year, so there must be a young and energetic spirit that a young man should have, and the mentality that no one should disobey him as a monarch. If Ye Qing chose to help Zhu Xi at this time, he would probably not wait to help. With the big mouths of Zhu Xi and other scholars, all kinds of rumors would have spread all over the world.

And by then, Ye Qing would become a free thug for Zhu Xi and others, and had to free up his energy to deal with the pressure from the court and the head-on battle with Shi Miyuan.

These are obviously not what he wants to see, and it is contrary to the situation he has provoked in the court today. Ye Qing naturally would never abandon what he had finally planned carefully because of helping Zhu Xi. Now the court is in the court, the battle situation between Xie Shenfu and Shi Miyuan.

Li Lifang wanted to seek the appointment of the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, so that his title would be further improved. The vacancy of the Minister of Justice in the Ministry of Justice would inevitably be seen by Liu Zheng and Xie Shenfu. Shi Miyuan would definitely be unable to refuse and prevent Li Lifang from being the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, but he would never watch the vacancy of the Minister of Justice and was snatched away by Liu Zheng and Xie Shenfu, so there must be a fight between the two, and at this time he could sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight, or even make profits from it.

Everything Ye Qing did was still mainly based on the Northern Expedition, and nothing could stop the goal he had set long ago. Naturally, Zhu Xi turned to Ye Qing for help and allowed Ye Qing to get involved in the court party struggles. For Ye Qing, there were all disadvantages but no benefits. With this energy, it would be better to guess the next actions of the Mongols and the reasons why they did not leave Jinan Prefecture after they finalized the letter of alliance with Wanyan Yongji.

"That's good. Since you have paid this money to help Zhu Xi and the others, at least you can make the court believe me, Ye Qing. In this matter, only the court leader is the one who follows the court." Ye Qing looked at Zhong Qing frowned and felt a little guilty and said with a smile.

Zhong Qing shook her head without saying a word. Recently, she has been dreaming of Zhong Ye, hoping to do some good deeds to accumulate good virtues for the Zhong family. Ye Qing’s current actions are all completely opposite to good deeds. Therefore, this makes Zhong Qing, who is determined to accumulate good virtues, always in a contradictory situation, thus giving birth to the mentality that Ye Qing doesn’t like what he thinks of Ye Qing’s actions now.

"Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda." Zhong Qing was still a little unwilling to give up. She glanced at Ye Qing, then lowered her eyes, and began to think in her mind that if she did it, she would not know what possible it would be.

"It is better to live one person than to live in a hundred Buddha temples. It is better to keep one day's will than live in the world. If a person has good intentions, his blessings will be difficult to measure." Ye Qing sighed: "Zhu Xi took it upon himself. It is well known that he is not suitable for being an official. Since he chose to help Zheng Qingzhi, he should have thought of enduring all this. He will naturally go to Qufu Shengwen Academy, but in a short period of time, I will not... unless..."

"Unless what?" Zhong Qing asked.

"Unless the Northland is completely recovered, when I need him to help me build momentum in front of the people of the world, just like before the Xia Dynasty, I agreed to them to repair the Confucius Temple in Qufu. I used him instead of his instructions and asked me for help. Although the results are the same, the meaning is different." Ye Qing stood up, walked to Zhong Qing, patted his thin shoulders, and then sighed and said, "Save a life better than building a seven-level pagoda. Recovering the Northland will kill people, but no matter what,
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