When Ye Qing saw Dong Chao in the mansion, he was a lost Dong Chao.

Mo Xiaobao whispered a few times in Ye Qing's ear and told him that Liu Qingyan told him to be careful. Dong Chao was very dissatisfied with everything he saw when he came to Lin'an, and his heart was full of reluctance and grief, and he should be treated with caution.

But even a lost Dong Chao did not forget his responsibilities at the first time. After watching Mo Xiaobao leave, Dong Chao immediately took out the secret letter from his arms and handed it to Ye Qing, and said hurriedly: "They have entered Sizhou. Because they have the will of the Supreme Emperor in their hands, we cannot check it out. But secretly observing and monitoring the envoys who were nearly 200 of them, they could still find that there were people who were exactly the same as the seven people on the north grassland."

"More, less?" Ye Qing frowned and opened the secret letter to take a look. The so-called Zhao Gou's decree in Dong Chao's mouth did appear in the Jin people's envoy group.

"The number of people should be between three or five people. We can't get too close. They are all very alert and protect those people very closely." Dong Chao said in a deep voice.

"This is difficult. It's hard to deal with after entering my Song Dynasty." Ye Qing said with a sigh.

"They... are they royal families?" Dong Chao asked with a look of disappointment flashed in his eyes.

"Well, I was captured to the Zhao Song clan of the Jin Dynasty and suffered a lot in the Jin Dynasty." Ye Qing said frankly.

"The clan member killed...the clan member?" Dong Chao frowned even deeper.

"Yes, the royal family killed the royal family, and the royal family killed each other. The Imperial City Department is the sword in the hands of the royal family, the sword that killed people for the Song Dynasty royal family." Ye Qing still had a faint tone.

"Hmph, you can really do it if you kill your own people." Dong Chao said with a hint of mocking in his tone.

"We are all our own people, and they are all the people of the Tang Dynasty at that time. Were we both our own people? Were we both our own people between the Jin and Song Dynasty? Were we not our own people in the Dali, Xia, Liao, Tatars, and the Tang Dynasty?" Ye Qing smiled discontently in the face of Dong Chao's sarcasm and asked back.

“That’s different.”

"How is it different?" Ye Qing continued to ask: "In the late Han Dynasty, there were Cao Pi in Wei, Liu Bei in Shu Han, and Sun Quan in Wu. Are they considered their own people killing their own people? The separatist regimes of the late Tang Dynasty, Liang, Tang, Jin, Han, and Zhou dynasties, and the so-called Wu Kingdom, Southern Tang, Wu Yue, Min, Southern Han, Former Shu, Later Shu, Chu, Nanping, and Northern Han. Is the killing between them considered their own people killing their own people?"

"This...but it is always different from now. Even so, the Song Dynasty should be the orthodox of this territory, rather than being at ease in a corner. We should prepare to recover the northern land. But why now, from top to bottom, no one wants to recover the northern land, and they are content with the status quo?" Dong Chao didn't know how to answer Ye Qing's question.

But he knew that he should stick to what he insisted on, otherwise, his decades of persistence and the expectations of the people in the north would be completely wasted, and it would be like a mirage, like a daydream.

"The world's general trend will be together for a long time, and it will be together for a long time. It's just that we just happened to catch up with the era of division." Ye Qing smiled and said with a relaxed attitude: "Height determines vision and angle changes concepts. In my opinion, whether it is the Jin people, Dali, Xia people, Tatars, or Liao people, they are all my Chinese people. We are both the people of the Song Dynasty, but we are even more of the Chinese people. No matter who can unify the other countries in the end, isn't it still my Chinese dynasty? Of course, in terms of emotion, I am like you, and naturally I hope that my Song Dynasty can unify China. But is it that simple? You have been a bandit for many years, and thousands of people are hard to reconcile under your leadership, let alone a country?"

"So the Zhao Song royal family who were captured to the north should die?" Dong Chao sighed helplessly. He also knew that it was difficult for the Song Dynasty to recover the lost land.

But looking at the scene in Lin'an City, he always felt very frustrated and dissatisfied, and always felt that this was completely different from Lin'an in his heart.

The Song Dynasty court had lost half of its territory and was driven by the Jin people like a dog who was strayed from the south of the Yangtze River. He did not know how to be brave after knowing shame, but he still focused on enjoyment and comfort, without any intention of preparing for war and regaining the Central Plains. This forced him to feel disappointed with the Song Dynasty court.

"Each person keeps his responsibilities, how can we decide the matter of the royal family? If it weren't for me, the seven people in the North were dead, but this time, it was obvious that these few would not have such good luck..."

“You can’t….”

"Yes, I'll die if they live." Ye Qing said with a smile on his lips.

"I still need to digest it. I really can't accept all this I saw in Lin'an City. If this matter is over, I will listen to you and return to the north." Dong Chao stood up and looked at Ye Qing and said firmly.

"Do you really understand or be angry?" Ye Qing reached out and asked for help, and then walked out of the mansion with Dong Chao.

"Today, Mr. Yi'an woke me up. He said you are a person who does big things. Then on the way here, I sat in the carriage and thought that those teenagers were thrown on the grassland by you, and they would definitely be of great use in the future. Then I can't be idle in Sizhou anymore, every day..."

"After crossing the Huai River, you still have to do these things, but it is much more complicated than the things in Sizhou." Ye Qing stood by the carriage, and Mo Xiaobao was extremely tactful and even looked around vigilantly.

"Well, I know, I can understand the forces of the Jin people in all parts of my north, and understand the big and small roads leading to Yanjing, the capital of the Jin people..."

"Not only this, you have to visit the people's sentiments in the north and resolve the doubts in your heart. As the saying goes, fallen leaves return to their roots, the region will give people a sense of belonging, a strong sense of dependence and a sense of responsibility for defending glory. As long as the people can eat and wear warm clothes, they will not care whether the emperor above their heads is surnamed Zhao or Wanyan, so there are probably not many people like you who are dedicated to looking south to the royal army..."

"Impossible, I bet they must be there..."

"That's your own thoughts, and it does not represent the thoughts of thousands of people." Ye Qing's eyes became extremely serious: "Remember, speak with facts, and use your eyes to see the people's livelihood to resolve your doubts. Also... The Jin people are good at fighting horses and not good at water wars. The canals are connected to Luoyang's waterways. Is it still unobstructed? If there are cutoffs, drainages, and silts in the middle, you have to tell me these. The most important thing is that you also know that the Jin people come to my Song Dynasty not only show off their power, but they also have spies of all kinds of identities in my Song Dynasty. If you go to the north, if you can buy them, win over..."

"I understand, I will remember it." Dong Chao nodded vigorously. At this moment, he felt that his persistence had not been in vain for many years.

Under the night, Ye Qing looked at Mo Xiaobao driving a carriage, carrying Dong Chao, who had changed from being distraught to being energetic, and immediately got on the carriage that Liang Xing had just driven out and rushed towards the palace.

The Zhao Song royal family in the north entered the territory of the Song Dynasty, and the Jin people also had Zhao Gou's decree. Was it Zhao Gou's decree personally to the Jin people, or was it someone used his decree?

Ye Qing thought about it all the way, wondering if it was King Xin Zhao Yu, Duke Shi Hao of Wei, or Right Prime Minister Tang Situi, but no matter which one, he was so blatant and wise, wouldn't they really be afraid that Zhao Gou would get angry?

After waiting at Hening Gate for a while, he heard the sound of hurried footsteps inside, and then Wang Lun appeared in front of Ye Qing with a puzzled look.

"What are you so anxious? I ran here to knock on the palace gate in the middle of the night?" Wang Lun asked, holding Ye Qing's sleeve who was about to enter the palace.

"I'm still worried that you will not be in the palace today and go to Jinglefang." Looking at Wang Lun's impatient look, Ye Qing said calmly: "The Jin envoy crossed the Huai River and started going south."

"So what? They came here this time to congratulate the prince on his wedding. If it weren't for the sincere invitation from the emperor..." Wang Lun rubbed his hands. Although Lin'an was not as good as the north in winter, this cold weather was even more life-threatening, and it was not as dry and cold as the north.

"There are three to five royal families from the Song Dynasty in it." Ye Qing said calmly.

Wang Lun, who was interrupted by Ye Qing and was about to blame Ye Qing, couldn't help but take a breath, looked at Ye Qing nervously and shockedly and asked, "You... what you said is true?"

"It's true." Ye Qing nodded and said.

"This...how is this possible? No, why didn't your Imperial City Department stop it?"

"They have the will of the Supreme Emperor in their hands, and the Imperial City Department has no choice but to find out, and it is not easy to be able to find out." Ye Qing said quietly at Wang Lun, and then walked quickly to Deshou Palace with Wang Lun.

This was the first time Ye Qing entered the palace at night. Even though he didn't have time to carefully look at the corners of the palace, Ye Qing could still feel that at night, the guards in the palace were much more severe than during the day.

Along the way, even Wang Lun was investigated twice, while the token commanded by his Imperial City Division and the fish talisman of the Grand Secretary of the Longtu Pavilion were tossed and checked several times very carefully.

The entire palace is brightly lit, and some places have already started to decorate lights and decorate the festive atmosphere in advance for the upcoming New Year's Day.

Ye Qing didn't know that the night view in the palace was actually more beautiful than he thought, especially if he stood on Phoenix Mountain next to him and looked down, you would find that the entire palace was like a newly repaired garden in the previous life, bright as daytime and wonderful.

Zhao Gou obviously hadn't fallen asleep yet, and I don't know if it was the elderly who were sleeping less or if there was something else. Ye Qing waited at the door of Zhao Gou's study for a while, and saw Zhao Gou who was in a good mood, and walked over with a smile.

Ye Qing did not expect a stern old face that pretended to be majestic. When he saw him scolding him, he actually sat down behind the wide desk. He first signaled Wang Lun to give Ye Qing a seat, and then asked Ye Qing with a smile on his face, what was going on when he came so late.

Ye Qing naturally didn't know what good thing Zhao Gou had. He could make him so happy that he couldn't even get up to worry about him when he ran into the palace late at night.

"The Jin envoys group consisted of nearly 200 people, including... three to five members of my Song Dynasty. Because they held your will, the Imperial City Department could not investigate, so they could only secretly see what was three or five people, and the number of men and women was not very clear." Ye Qing lowered his head, and he believed that his words could completely destroy Zhao Gou's good mood.
Chapter completed!