Qian Xiangzu, Minister of War, Minister of Revenue, Li Lifang, Minister of Revenue, and King Zhao Shichun of Wu, were originally sent to the north by Zhao Kuo's secret order, but after the rain and sunny days, everyone still appeared in the Daqing Hall unexpectedly.

Zhao Kuo not only locked himself in the Qinzheng Hall alone, but he had even forgotten his secret order to Qian Xiangzu and others this morning. Although he still felt a little shocked when he saw Qian Xiangzu and others secretly sent by him appearing in the streets and alleys at the back door of the Xinwang Mansion today, he obviously had no intention of paying attention to these people and things.

Xie Daoqing's feelings at this moment were like Zhao Kuo who locked himself in the Qinzheng Hall. Everything that happened today was like a dream for her. The day when she was originally going to travel to Lin'an easily, but for some reason suddenly turned into a day full of bloody killing.

Zhao Kuo's sword swing, Ye Qing's injury, Han Ying's protection of Zhao Kuo, her own protection of Ye Qing regardless of life and death, the appearance of the empress dowager, the death of Duke Rong, the detention of the left prime minister of the current dynasty, and the experiences today made Xie Daoqing, who returned to the mansion, feel that this day's experience was even more than her experiences in this life, and it was even more thrilling and terrifying.

As Xie Shenfu went to the northern part of the morning, which was slightly deserted after going to the north, Xie Daoqing leaned on his chin in a daze, and the scenes of what happened today appeared in his mind from time to time. Especially whenever he remembered that Ye Qing was still slapped the current emperor in the face without hesitation, Xie Daoqing's heart still suddenly tightened unconsciously.

It is precisely because of this slap that she is now worried about Ye Qing even more than her grandfather Xie Shenfu.

In the confusion, the voices from the courtyard made Xie Daoqing slowly come to his senses. He looked at the sky gradually darkening with a daze, listened to the familiar voices outside quietly, then stood up with a daze, and then walked out of the room quickly.

In the courtyard, several servants were delivering Xie Shenfu's salute, and Xie Shenfu stood in the courtyard with a melancholy expression and looked up at the sky.

"Grandpa?" Xie Daoqing shouted in surprise.

Xie Shenfu slowly turned around and looked at Xie Daoqing who was confused and surprised. An old face unconsciously showed a bitter smile: "Qing'er... Qing'er didn't leave the house today..."

"You...why are you back?" Xie Daoqing ignored Xie Shenfu's question and walked quickly to Xie Shenfu, looking at Xie Shenfu with a bitter expression and asked.

"Suddenly there was something important in the court, so my grandfather... came back." Xie Shenfu looked a little lonely when he spoke.

Even though he didn't know what was going on in Lin'an today, when he was stopped by a ship from the Song Dynasty's naval army shortly after boarding the ship, and then took him back to the Lin'an wharf, Xie Shenfu had already vaguely guessed that all this must be related to Ye Qing.

Lin'an City had already restored its due order when Xie Shenfu entered the city gate. The imperial guards on the street had long disappeared, and replaced them with Ye Qing's soldiers from the Hua family. This made Xie Shenfu's heart begin to sink after entering the city, and even thought that Ye Qing had already rebelled in Lin'an.

The grandparents and grandchildren returned to the hall faced each other. For a moment, Xie Daoqing didn't know how to explain to Xie Shenfu what happened in Lin'an City today.

"Qing'er, you... were not from the palace yesterday. I asked you to accompany you to Lin'an today. Why are you..." Xie Shenfu couldn't help but ask curiously.

Xie Daoqing had a faint worry between his eyebrows, and finally nodded, saying, "My grandson is indeed...it is indeed following the emperor's upstream Lin'an..."

"Is the Lord still safe now? Why are you in the mansion now?" Xie Shenfu felt nervous and asked quickly.

"The Master... The Master returned to the palace after the rain suddenly stopped today..." Xie Daoqing said to Xie Shenfu, who looked nervous, and then took a deep breath and began to tell Xie Shenfu everything she had experienced today.

At this time, the gate of Qinzheng Hall suddenly opened slowly in the palace, and even the clothes that were originally soaked in rain on their bodies were not changed. After Zhao Kuo walked out of the hall, he saw Han Ying who was guarding the door of the hall at the first glance.

Looking at Han Ying slowly stood up silently, looking at him with concern, Zhao Kuo's heart was still melancholy and irritable: "No one is allowed to follow me, those who violate the order will be killed!"

Jia She, who had originally seen Zhao Kuo walk out of the hall, was about to follow Zhao Kuo's footsteps. After hearing Zhao Kuo's orders, he immediately stopped with Han Ying beside him and looked at Zhao Kuo walking alone towards Deshou Palace.

"What...what should I do?" Jia She was obviously not familiar with the affairs in the palace. At this time, he naturally had to ask Han Ying, who looked worried, for advice.

Han Ying kept watching Zhao Kuo disappear at the corner, and then hurriedly ran to the corner. After seeing that Zhao Kuo was indeed heading to Deshou Palace, he turned around and said to Jia She next to him: "Let's send someone to report to the Empress Dowager first."

Han Ying blinked her bright eyes, and her tone of speaking was not an order to Jia She, but more like she was discussing with Jia She.

Jia She nodded and called out the soldiers from the Huajia Army and the eunuch of Qinzheng Hall called by Han Ying to go to Cining Hall to report the Empress Dowager. She and Jia She followed Zhao Kuo's vague figure from afar and chased towards Deshou Palace.

A bright moon hung in the air in the air, Li Fengniang looked at the bright moonlight thoughtfully, and Zhuye'er also looked thoughtful.

"Go to Deshou Palace?" Li Fengniang frowned and shook her head incomprehensible.

Even if he knew the son he had born, Li Fengniang was still confused about Zhao Kuo's actions at this time, and even couldn't figure out why Zhao Kuo suddenly wanted to go to Deshou Palace at this moment!

"The Palace Front Office and the Guards' Office inside and outside the palace have now been replaced by the King of Yan's army. The soldiers of the Palace Front Office and the Guards' Office have also been mobilized to the barracks outside the city. There should be no accidents in the palace any more unexpected happenings." Zhu Yeer first considered the safety of the palace.

"Where is Ye Qing now?" Li Fengniang asked for a while and thought about Zhao Kuo's unreasonable behavior.

"After leaving Dali Temple, I went to the tavern I often went to. At this time... I should still be drinking with someone in that Aunt Santa Tavern." Zhu Yeer replied carefully.

Sure enough, when she finished speaking, Li Fengniang instantly turned her eyebrows up, her eyes raised, and she said in anger: "He actually has the heart to run to drink, why? I celebrate his escape from death today, or do I think his injuries are not serious enough!"

"I guess it should be related to the commander of the Imperial Army... and this... will also involve the Lin'an pacification envoy Xie Shenfu, so I..." Zhu Ye'er shrugged slightly and said helplessly.

"It's that Xie Daoqing again! Didn't it just block Kuo'er's guilty for him today?" Li Fengniang was ignited with anger and resentment in her heart for a moment. She was still worried about him in the palace, but he was fine, and she even went to drink, which was actually related to Xie Daoqing!

"The Empress Dowager calms down. The King of Yan will naturally take care of your help to King Yan today. Although I am drinking in the Aunt's Tavern, I think King Yan must have his..." Zhu Yeer carefully comforted Li Fengniang.

"Just keep talking for him, keep everything hidden from me!" Li Fengniang glanced at Zhu Yeer angrily, and sighed again: "Don't he know now that Kua'er... Kua'er is the most important thing here?

It was Kuo'er who couldn't figure it out himself, even if it was me... I wouldn't be able to help him anymore! Forget it, go to Deshou Palace to see Kuo'er first."

Li Fengniang stood up in anger, then stood there in a daze and thought for a long time before she took Zhu Yeer toward Deshou Palace.

At this time, the Aunt San’s Tavern was still the most remote corner in the tavern. Xu Han, Lu Zhong and Wu Gui accompanied Ye Qing to say this in a mess.

Zhong Can has led the rest of the Hua family army to completely take over the guards of the entire palace. In addition, Jia She is now in the palace, and only Xu Han and 200 personal guards are left by Ye Qing, and half are still in the Dali Temple, personally taking care of the detained Shi Miyuan and others.

Now the imperial guards in Lin'an City are said to have nearly 10,000 people, but only four or five thousand people can be led by Wu Gui and Lu Zhong, or instructed by them, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled.

The other places were all dominated by wealthy families and wealthy businessmen in Lin'an City, and they only received their salary or even did not receive salary, in order to get the title of an imperial guard, or to use this title to seek a leisurely dispatch in the court.

The officials in the court, including some official positions in Lin'an City such as winemaking, porcelain and even cloth shops, are also filled with a large number of imperial guards. However, these so-called imperial guards have become private subordinates of these officials or friends in the official industry.

The salary was transferred by the imperial guards of the imperial guards, but they were responsible for carrying sedans, chasing cars, guarding the house and guarding the house. As for those official industries, such as brewing wine, they are now almost monopolized by the Shi Party. The money earned will enter the private pockets of officials, but the people used were the imperial guards raised by the imperial guards of the imperial guards.

This is almost exactly the same as when Ye Qing came to the Imperial Army to serve as the Dutou. However, after these years, the Imperial Army and the imperial court have been exploited by officials and officials at all levels. Even almost all the official industries in Lin'an City have been monopolized by Shi Miyuan. This is also why Li Lifang, the Minister of Revenue, has never been able to sort out a clear main reason for the Ministry of Revenue after he was sent by himself.

"If that's the case, the Imperial Guard may have more than 10,000 people on the books?" After Ye Qing came to Aunt San's Tavern, he drank tea, while Lu Zhong, Wu Gui and Xu Hanze drank wine.

"King of Yan, General Shu Mo said bluntly that there are so many people in the imperial guards now, I'm afraid... Not only General Fu doesn't know, but even the Lin'an appeasement envoy Xie Shenfu is probably confused, and the court cannot know how many imperial guards there are in Lin'an City. In fact, since you left the imperial guards, the imperial guards' accounts have been a mess." Wu Gui said to Ye Qing, whose face was somewhat pale.

"This is indeed completely different from when King Yan was still surrendered to the imperial guards. Especially... Especially since Lord Shi Miyuan and Shi became the left prime minister, all the imperial guards were sent to Lin'an Prefecture, and the Ministry of War could no longer send them to control the imperial guards. Therefore, the imperial guards in recent years were more like the largest human resources business in Lin'an City. Only those of us who were willing to ask for, and they had to maintain the existence and function of the imperial guards on the surface of Lin'an City." Lu Zhong sighed, and in addition to his words, he also had the intention of flattering Ye Qing.

Ye Qing looked at Wu Gui and Lu Zhong, and a smile appeared unconsciously on the corner of his mouth. Wu Gui still had a versatile personality. The quality of the imperial guards actually had nothing to do with him, Ye Qing. What's more, when he was still in the imperial guards, wasn't he asked to guard the house?

Now Wu Gui and Lu Zhong's words are nothing more than because of his identity as King Yan, so he took advantage of the situation to describe the imperial guards who were still in the imperial guards at that time as if he was very nostalgic, as if he was in the imperial guards so bravely that the entire imperial guards were.

Ye Qing naturally would not expose this kind of small flattery, nor would he take it seriously. After smiling, he quietly picked up the tea cup at his hand.

In recent years, these old imperial guards have indeed become the stepmothers who have not loved her father and mother. They usually receive military pay from the court, and then they watch other imperial guards rely on their own connections in Lin'an City, and their ways are getting better and better, and they have abandoned the responsibilities of the imperial guards.

"If..." Ye Qing put down the teacup and looked at Wu Gui, Lu Zhong looked at him with four eyes, and then continued to say slowly: "If it were to reorganize the imperial guards, what good suggestions do Commander Wu and Commander Lu have?"

"Reorganize the Imperial Guard?" Wu Gui and Lu Zhong looked at Ye Qing in uncomprehensible and asked in unison.

"I believe that even if you are not very clear about what happened in Lin'an today, you may be able to guess something based on your experience in the imperial guards over the years?" Ye Qing looked at the two and said lightly.

Wu Gui and Lu Zhongze nodded unconsciously, but they unconsciously said in their hearts: As long as you, Ye Qing, return to Lin'an every time, there will always be some strange military events in Lin'an.

At first, it was just the officials in the court, such as Wang Huai and Tang Sideng, and then they became royal clans such as Zhao Ruyu, and today's Duke of Rong Zhao Shikui, and even Emperor Xiaozong, because Ye Qing suddenly passed away shortly after he returned to the palace.

So this also made the imperial guards who were mixed in every time have to choose between dilemmas every time. Wu Gui and Lu Zhong, even secretly discuss in private: Is Ye Qing incompatible with Lin'an City? Why does every time something happens to Lin'an, it is after he returns to Lin'an!

Looking at the two people who were a little stunned, Ye Qing asked with a smile: "What, do the two commanders think that the imperial guards are already terminally ill and have no cure to save?"

"Uh... I dare not..." Lu Zhong, who came back to his senses, smiled awkwardly and thought for a while: "King Yan, please forgive me for saying that the current imperial guards... are indeed... Of course, if the King of Yan is willing to take over, I believe that one day the imperial guards will be able to regain their former glory..."

Wu Gui was talking while Lu Zhong was observing his expression and looking at Ye Qing's expression. When Lu Zhong finished speaking, Wu Gui was still making various considerations and weighing the pros and cons in his mind.

When Ye Qing looked at Wu Gui, Wu Gui instantly felt an invisible pressure coming towards him. He couldn't help but feel tight. After gritting his teeth, he said directly: "The general thought... even if Hua Tuo is alive, it may be difficult to save the imperial guards. The imperial guards led by the two generals are easy to say, but... these are not the main problems. The main problems are those... they cannot be seen in the streets and alleys of Lin'an City, but they can only be seen in the namebook. And..."

"You continue to say, there is no need to worry." Ye Qing raised his eyelids and said.

"Yes, King Yan." Wu Gui straightened his body sitting on the bench, and then said with a serious expression: "If the imperial guards in Lin'an City are openly reorganized, they can all be dispersed and filled the criminal prison offices near Lin'an as constables, prison heads, etc. This is not difficult. But it is rare that those noble families and wealthy businessmen in aristocratic families want to touch them, I am afraid... Since Lin'an pacification envoy Xie Shenfu, Mr. Xie, has been sent to the dispatch that year, has not thought about rectifying the lazy imperial guards, but why... the connections involved are too complicated, and there are some big figures behind them to support them, so Lord Xie had to give up reorganizing the imperial guards in the end, just asking not to make any major mistakes."

"Actually... what Commander Wu said was what the last general wanted to say. From the last general's perspective, it is easier to establish a new army than to reorganize the imperial guards. After all,... the dignitaries, royal relatives, and court officials in Lin'an City almost more or less have some interests connected to the imperial guards, especially the left prime minister Shi Miyuanshi..." Lu Zhong said hurriedly when he caught the opportunity.

Of course, if possible, they certainly hope that Ye Qing can reorganize the imperial guards. After all, in this way, they can retire and return home.

Moreover, even if you cannot retire and return home, as long as you leave Lin'an and go to Jiangnan, even a small county government office, it will be much more prosperous than if you are the imperial guards in Lin'an City.

Lin'an City's great officials, royal relatives, and famous families are numerous. In addition to those officials in the court, how many people would take their mere two imperial guards seriously?

If you leave Lin'an, even in a small county yamen, Lu Zhong and Wu Gui's status can be increased by several levels in an instant, and even the magistrate must be polite when he sees them.

But in Lin'an, they had to bow their heads and bow when they saw each other, and flatter them so that they could barely give them a look at them.

Whether it was Lu Zhong or Wu Gui, they knew more or less that something earth-shaking happened in Lin'an today, but even no matter what, they would never have thought that the left prime minister Shi Miyuan had been detained in Dali Temple by Ye Qing.

So when Ye Qing asked them for their opinions on reorganizing the imperial guards, they had to worry about Shi Miyuan's existence, and even needed to hold on to their own little slap in their hearts. If there was a head-on conflict between Ye Qing and Shi Miyuan, should they still stand firmly on Ye Qing's side?

"In this way, the two commanders are still quite concerned about Shi Miyuan's influence in Lin'an City?" Ye Qing pointed out the concerns in their hearts, which made Lu Zhong and Wu Gui, who were caught off guard, look a little embarrassed.

"The King of Yan... the last generals of the two of them..." Wu Gui waved his hand to explain.

Ye Qing waved his hand and smiled, looking at the two of them with panic expressions, and said, "Since I want to reorganize the imperial guards, I believe that both of you already know that I, Ye Qing, are planning to tear off the face with Shi Miyuan in the court. And... the most important thing is that over the years, the two have also watched Ye get from an imperial guards to how he has reached his current status step by step. Do you mean... the two have no confidence that Ye can beat Shi Miyuan?"

Wu Gui and Lu Zhong were stunned for a moment, and the two looked at each other unconsciously, and then Wu Gui said: "The last general is naturally following you, King Yan. Over the years, I believe that every time King Yan returns to Lin'an, we can feel that the King Yan has any orders, and we have never violated the King Yan's intentions..."

Ye Qing has no bad impression of Wu Gui and Lu Zhong, and naturally he has no good impression of him. Even if he has such a status today, I would like to thank Wu Gui and Lu Zhong.

After all, in order to exclude himself and Li Heng, who had just arrived at the imperial guards, they "rented" them to Yan Mansion at a cheap price. It was precisely because of the starting point of Yan Mansion, the guard house guarding, that Ye Qing had reached such a high position step by step.

So in the final analysis, Wu Gui and Lu Zhongcai should be Ye Qing who can have such a high position today. This is why Ye Qing still maintains a relatively close relationship with Wu Gui and Lu Zhong today. It also makes every time he returns to Lin'an, the imperial guards can always open a convenient door for him, Ye Qing and the Huahua Army at some point.

"Ye might as well tell the two of you what happened today." Ye Qing looked at the two people with a nervous expression and said lightly: "Although the Xinwang Mansion has launched a war today, fortunately there were not many people who died in blood. As for... Ye transferred all the imperial guards outside the city today and replaced by the Zhonghua family army. It is precisely because... Shi Miyuan has been detained by me in the prison of Dali Temple."

"What?"

"ah?"

Wu Gui and Lu Zhong almost exclaimed in unison, and their wrinkled faces were filled with shock and disbelief.

They thought that something big would happen in Lin'an today. After all, the sound of fighting that lasted for a long time in the Xinwang Mansion, and the movement of the Huahua Army into the city earlier today, the Palace Front Division and the Guard Division in Lin'an City were enough to illustrate this.

But no matter how dare they think about it, they never thought that the current Zuo Prime Minister was actually detained in the prison of Dali Temple today!

"If the two commanders don't believe it, I can take the two commanders to Dali Temple in a while to see if Shi Miyuan has been detained by the King of Yan in the prison of Dali Temple." Xu Han, who had never spoken, looked at Wu Gui and Lu Zhong with a shocked expression.

"Believe! Believe! Believe!" The last will believe what the King of Yan said.
To be continued...