Because of Zhao Kuo's face-to-face advice, Zhang Baode, another eunuch in front of Zhao Kuo, naturally did not dare to make a statement. After quietly coming to the door of the conference hall where Zhao Kuo and Li Fengniang were, he first secretly looked inside for a few seconds, and then when Zhao Kuo's eyes found him, his eyes immediately drooped to the ground and nodded slightly.

Zhao Kuo looked at Zhang Baode's actions and his heart skipped a moment, and he almost walked towards Zhang Baode directly.

However, in the end, I patiently talked to Li Fengniang for a few more homely conversations. After hearing Li Fengniang nag about the matter about the Yan Prince's Mansion, I found an excuse to leave in a hurry.

Li Fengniang saw Zhao Kuo leaving in a hurry, her eyes full of confusion and doubts, and always felt as if Zhao Kuo had something urgent or something important was hidden from her.

The woman's intuition is obviously keen and scary, but Zhao Kuo did not notice his mother's queen Li Fengniang's scrutiny of his back. At this moment, his attention was completely focused on Zhang Baode.

After walking out of Anbei Prefecture with Zhang Baode quickly, before he could get on the carriage, Zhao Kuang looked at the crowd and immediately asked impatiently: "Why, is there any movement in Liaoyang?"

When Zhang Baode saw that Zhao Kuo had not gotten in the car, he also couldn't hide his excitement and nodded at Zhao Kuo and said, "Yes, Master, the King of Yan has sent you a letter."

"Really, what did you say?" Zhao Kuo's eyes lit up, and his whole body seemed to be much more energetic all of a sudden. While scanning Zhang Baode and looking for the letter, he asked, "What did you say in the letter?"

"I don't know, because King Yan wrote the four words "Your Majesty" on the envelope." Zhang Baode carefully took out a letter from his sleeve bag like a thief. The envelope of the letter was light yellow, and the envelope was extremely flat and clean. It can be seen that this letter was treated more than others along the way.

"Let's go back first and then look." Zhao Kuo quickly took the letter, and then hurriedly jumped onto the carriage.

Because Zhao Kuo's advice was related to the King of Yan, especially if the King of Yan wrote in person, he must tell him as soon as possible, and he could not let the Empress Dowager know, so this scene just happened like a scout secretly.

When he returned to his residence, Zhao Kuo handed the letter to Zhang Baode again, signaling him to open it and see what was written inside. However, when Zhao Kuo sat down, he hurriedly snatched the letter from Zhang Baode and said, "Since the King of Yan asked me to open it in person, I'll do it myself."

"Yes, what the emperor said is extremely true." Zhang Baode said hurriedly.

Now the two people seemed to have obtained some treasure, and their ecstasy and excitement were even difficult to express Zhao Kuo's mood at this moment.

From this we can also see how much pressure Ye Qing, who was not in Yanjing, gave Zhao Kuo, who had just arrived in Yanjing, and how profound the impact was.

Since Zhao Kuo arrived in Yanjing, or his letter from King Yan was received by Ye Qing, Zhao Kuo has been waiting for Ye Qing to make noise in Liaoyang. However, nearly twenty days have passed, Ye Qing has said nothing in Liaoyang and has no action.

The silence far away in Liaoyang made Zhao Kuo live in Yanjing City extremely uneasy. Even though his imperial guards under Yanjing City are now able to get along well with the 5,000 elite soldiers of the Yanwang Mansion. Even if he learned that Li Heng was in Yanjing that day, and then Liu Keshi met him with Li Heng the next day, Zhao Kuo always felt empty and felt uneasy in his heart.

So when Ye Qing's letter arrived in Yanjing and reached Zhao Kuo's hands, Zhao Kuo suddenly realized that the reason why he had been uneasy and even tossing and turning at night was because the King of Yan, who was far away in Liaoyang, did not say a word.

At this time, holding Ye Qing's letter in his hand, Zhao Kuo finally felt that a big stone in his heart had finally landed on the ground.

No matter what the letter is, as long as the King of Yan stops from continuing to remain silent, it means that everything should be within his expectations.

The beginning of the letter was about the battle situation of the Jin Kingdom. In the letter, Zhao Kuo also realized that Liaoyang is now solid, and the several fronts that were originally stuck outside Liaoyang City have begun to slowly move forward. Three days ago, they had arrived at Xianping Prefecture in the Jin Kingdom.

The Jin army did not resist at all in Xianping Prefecture. After seeing the flags of the Song army, they took the initiative to retreat, which was equivalent to giving up the Xianping Prefecture completely to the Song army.

When Yu Yunwen went from Ruzhou to Changling, Ye Qing also explained to Zhao Kuo in his letter, but under Ye Qing's order, the army of the gods who were hiring Shilie did not rush to enter the jurisdiction of Huining Prefecture, but began to wander around, as if looking for opportunities.

The imperial guards gathered almost all their troops in Long'an, obviously in Long'an, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and have a battle with the Song army that can determine the direction of the entire war.

Correspondingly, the food and grass matter that should have been mentioned in the letter was mentioned by Ye Qing, but the meaning of this sentence was that it indirectly determined the rights and status of Liu Keshi in Yanjing. Although it was not warning Zhao Kuo, it still revealed Liu Keshi's transcendent status and rights in Yanjing.

There is only this about the war. Zhao Kuo looked at the large blank space on the left side of the letter, and his heart was a little empty. He originally thought that Ye Qing should have told him more about Yanjing, or... some heart-wrenching words, but this large blank space means that the content of the letter was written here...

No, Zhao Kuo's thumb and index finger unconsciously twisted the letter in his hand, and suddenly realized that there seemed to be two letters below.

So he quickly opened it and saw a letter without a long title that even he had looked up: If I had a close relationship with the emperor, I believe that the Empress Dowager would not have known this letter when it reached the emperor.

But I think I may not be able to hide it from the Empress Dowager for long. So if so

When the Empress Dowager asked, the emperor could give the above letters about the war situation in the Jin Kingdom to the Empress Dowager to check.

If I have a wrong guess, it is the emperor and the empress dowager reading together at this moment, then after I go back, I am willing to personally apologize to the empress dowager and the emperor.

Seeing Zhao Kuo here, Ye Qing's majestic figure and his gentle but extremely confident face suddenly appeared in front of him. At this moment, combined with the content of the letter just now, Zhao Kuo found that the King of Yan actually had a hint of cuteness.

But Zhao Kuo had to admire Ye Qing's meticulous thoughts. He even calculated that he might read his letters with the Empress Dowager on his back. So, Zhao Kuo guessed... Could this be the reason why he has not been moving for a long time?

As for Zhao Kuo, the content of the following letters can be felt that Ye Qing's words were still full of frankness, but also full of his iconic domineering aura of looking down on the world.

No matter what the purpose of the emperor coming to Yanjing today is or what he wants to do. But I want to say that after the incidents of Ziqi, Luodian and Dali, the emperor must have matured a lot, and he will understand that some things can not be obtained by others' initiative to implement them and surrender. Even if they get them in this way, they may not be so down-to-earth and reassuring to themselves.

Since Qi, Luodian, and Dali, when the emperor used his own literary and military strategies to make him bow down and surrender, he would have included it in the territory of our Song Dynasty, I guess... that kind of sense of accomplishment is definitely not something you can experience by sitting on the dragon throne in the palace and listening to the memorials.

Whether it is Huainan Road, Jinan Road, or the entire northern land, they are all the territory of our Great Song Dynasty. As the saying goes, all under the world is the king's land. But... When the Song Dynasty was forced by the Jin Kingdom to settle down in a corner, does the court have the ability and enough courage to truly regard the entire North as the territory of our Great Song Dynasty?

It is better to teach people how to fish than to give them fish. Most officials in northern regions were appointed by their ministers after they captured the city and captured the land. Now, they are all pillars of the provinces and counties and indispensable officials.

As the saying goes, every man is innocent, and he is guilty of possessing a treasure. At present, only the heroes in the north are the King of Yan, and they are so popular. Is the court sufficient?

The foundation of the world, knowing people first, and using people first. Observing their rescue is to make things easier, and observing their weaknesses to know their strengths, and observing their intelligence to know what they are able to achieve.

If the emperor wants to do something in Yanjing, he doesn’t have to look forward to it. As long as he progresses step by step, he will achieve something.

It is easy to obtain territory but difficult to win people's hearts, but I am happy to see the emperor using good strategies to make the world return to his heart.

The further he looked back, Zhao Kuo's brows became more and more frowning, and he began to sigh from time to time, which made Zhang Baode, who was standing beside him look frightened and couldn't help but think about whether the content of the letter from King Yan had already broken up with the emperor.

Zhao Kuo frowned until Zhang Baode said that he had read it three or five times before he saw Zhao Kuo carefully folded the letters below and put them in his arms.

"I sent these letters to the Empress Dowager to read and inform the Empress Dowager... I have read them. I plan to write the letters to the King of Yan in person. I will wait for him to return to triumphantly in Yanjing." Zhao Kuo said with a serious expression.

Zhang Baode carefully took the letter. When he turned around and planned to leave, he turned around and thought about it and asked, "Master, if the Empress Dowager asks about this letter..."

Zhao Kuo turned around and looked at Zhang Baode's eyes as he glanced at his sleeve bag. He was stunned for a moment before he realized that he had a smile on his lips and said, "Yes, this is all the letters from King Yan."

"Yes, I understand." Zhang Baode saluted again, and then walked towards Anbei Prefecture with the half letter.

Seeing Zhang Baode leave, Zhao Kuo, who frowned, cleared out all the palace maids and eunuchs in the hall, and then took out the letter again.

At the same time, Dong Chao, who was supposed to be in the Jin Kingdom, was captured in Xianping Prefecture. After all the Jin troops retreated to Long'an Prefecture, they appeared at the gate of Yanjing City.

A carriage was parked at the city gate. Dong Chao was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on his dusty face. Before he could walk to the carriage, he saw the coachman looking at him with a vigilant look.

Dong Chao, who looked honest and dressed like a farmer, smiled and pointed to the carriage: "It was the one who picked me up."

"Check you?" The coachman looked up and down at the broken bag in front of him. No matter how he looked, he looked like an old man who fled, frowned and said, "It doesn't look like it. We are indeed waiting for someone, but it's definitely not you."

"Who told you that it's not him, it's him." A thick voice came from behind the coachman.

Dong Chao looked at Li Heng with a beard on his chin, and he was a little afraid to recognize each other for a moment. Li Heng also looked at Dong Chao, who was exhausted and walked up to him under the surprised gaze of the coachman, and smiled: "Apart from getting older, it seems that nothing else has changed."

"I can't tell that General Li looked a little more powerful after he had grown a beard, but it was still much worse than the King of Yan." Dong Chao also joked with Li Heng's beard.

The two of them exchanged simple greetings, but their thoughts couldn't help but fly to the tavern in Lin'an City: Aunt San's Tavern.

Li Heng first asked Dong Chao to get on the carriage, and then he followed him on the carriage. The coachman shook his head in confusion, but he was already accustomed to the general's contact with various people on weekdays.

The carriage slowly drove into Yanjing City. Li Heng in the carriage looked at Dong Chao and asked, "What, what's wrong with coming back this time? Isn't it a stalemate there right now?"

"Although it is a stalemate, it seems that the Jin Kingdom is already in a desperate situation, and it will be a matter of time." Dong Chao sighed and said, with a little bit of unconcealed sense of accomplishment.

After all, he has been active in the North over the years, and now the Jin Kingdom is about to be destroyed. For him, it is the moment when many years of hard work and hard work finally saw the flowering and fruiting.

"You can't be too careless,

Although the Jin Kingdom is in a desperate situation, the Jin Kingdom still accounts for more than half of the time, place and people, right? Once the cold winter comes over there, the army will inevitably be blocked, right?" Li Heng also sighed slightly.

"I guess the snowy season is coming, maybe I can take it down before the arrival of the snow." Dong Chao said without any concealment.

Li Heng nodded in agreement and murmured: "This is understandable. So even if your mission is completed, you can finally have a good rest for a while. By the way, I have already prepared a house for you in Yanjing without telling Ye Qing..."

When Dong Chao heard that Li Heng had prepared a house for him in Yanjing, he was stunned at first, then waved his hand with a wry smile, and said, "I thank you General Li for your kindness first. Old Dong, I am just a hardworking life and can't be idle. Besides, I won't stay too long when I go back to Yanjing this time."

"What, there is still a dispatch?" Li Heng asked in a daze.

"I originally planned to wait until the inn to give it to you. Since I asked about it in the car, I will give it to you first. This is the letter from the King of Yan to you. Look, I haven't opened it and read it. Don't be fooled again then." Dong Chao handed the letter to Li Heng and said with a smile.

Li Heng put aside the matter of buying a house for Dong Chao, took the letter and looked at it, but did not open it first. His expression changed from the ease just now and said a little solemnly: "Let's talk about your next assignment first."

"Why, do you want to guess the content of this letter from my dispatch?" Dong Chao asked with a smile.

"Ye Qing mentioned some things to me before, otherwise, how could I have been leisurely in Yanjing for more than a year? Now I am afraid that Ye Qing thinks I have had enough rest and has to start other dispatches. So you can talk about it first and see if you and I will cooperate with each other this time." Li Heng said with a smile.

"Actually, I guess it's a matter." Dong Chao said implicitly, and then the two of them pointed their hands to the north outside the carriage, and then they smiled at each other, then laughed loudly at the same time.

For a moment, the thoughts in their minds flew from the Third Aunt Tavern in Lin'an to the vast grassland again.

"The Mongols have taken so many benefits from us unconditionally in the past two years. It seems that it is time to repay them." When Li Heng said this, he instantly straightened his waist, and his expression and momentum no longer looked like a rich man, but instead he turned into a military general who had been through the battlefield.

However, Dong Chao disagreed with Li Heng's statement, and this problem was also a problem that he had never figured out along the way.

"I agree with this statement, even... I thought so at the beginning. But the dispatch given to me by the King of Yan does not seem to be about fighting with the Mongolians." Dong Chao continued to think, and continued: "This time my dispatch is more like surveillance. The original words of the King of Yan are, pay attention to the Mongolians. If there is any news that can shake the entire Mongolians, you must inform him as soon as possible."

"News that shake the entire Mongolia?" Li Heng asked in surprise.

Dong Chao nodded silently, and then thought, "After following the King of Yan over the years, I have basically understood what preparations the King of Yan would make before the conquest. It is similar to other large army preparing to go on the expedition, nothing more than two major things: food and grass, spies. Just like in the past few years, in addition to investigating the movements of various Jin troops in the Jin Kingdom, I will also be responsible for making friends with some officials and other matters. In short, I am preparing for the conquest of the army. But this time, I have asked me... to monitor the Mongols like surveillance, so I can't tell what the King of Yan is intended this time."

When Dong Chao was speaking, Li Heng suddenly felt a sense of emotion and quickly opened the letter that Li Heng had just given him. After reading it, his expression was not only solemn, but also a hint of doubt.

Seeing that Dong Chaowang came, he handed the letter in his hand to Dong Chao. After he hesitating for a while, he took it over and read it quickly, and said solemnly: "I can't understand this. Is it a bit too much to ask you to station in Yanmen Pass? And he has so many troops directly stationed, which is almost the same as the current force of attacking the Jin Kingdom."

"And they are all cavalry, and... no wonder Liu Ke's division began to accumulate food and grass every day, but... it doesn't seem like a war." Li Heng took the letter handed back from Dong Chao, shook his head and read it carefully again.

Both of them were confused and had no idea what purpose Ye Qing's mission to them this time was.

More importantly, in the letter to Li Heng, he did not mention any matters about Yanjing City, as if... he planned to let the situation in Yanjing City continue to develop in this undercurrent.

Once Li Heng leaves Yanjing, even though there are still 5,000 troops in Yanjing, Zhao Kuo and the others are still there, and Ye Qing himself will not come back for a while. Is he really relieved?

"Why do you go and write to King Yan?" Dong Chao whispered to Li Heng after getting off the carriage.

Li Heng, who had already put himself in his arms, looked up at the sky: "We should ask him what he planned for the situation in Yanjing. Otherwise, even if he was worried about the family and the family in his mansion, I wouldn't be worried about my family and the family in Yanjing."

"It seems like I've taken another room? Are you really not afraid of Lan'er being jealous?" Dong Chao said teasing again.

"I'm not afraid of so many in Ye Qing's mansion. What am I afraid of? Let's go in and see my house with me." Li Heng pointed to the door of the mansion and said.

"Ah, this is your house? The place is so remote? This is an old house, right? It's not big... Have you ever repaired the things inside since you moved in?" Dong Chao followed Li Heng, walking all the way, but he never stopped.

Li Heng walked in and replied: "It's enough to live comfortably, otherwise, how could it be that I have been in Yanjing for more than a year and no one has discovered my existence? By the way, Master Liu Ke will arrive later. I will welcome you tonight and stay drunk."
Chapter completed!