The three of them stood at the door of Li Qier's mutton shop, shook their heads helplessly and sighed. Especially Ye Qing, he had never thought that he would be so unlucky. He traveled to the Song Dynasty in just two months, and his situation began to fall sharply, regardless of the feelings of the ten thousand running grass and mud horses in his heart, regardless of his confused time traveler.

As soon as he came across, he was still a distant relative of Ye Heng, the governor of Jiankang Prefecture, and the younger brother of Ye Hong, the general of the Shenjin Army of Jiankang Prefecture. Before he could react to his situation, a series of blows followed one after another.

The imperial censor Tang Bangyan impeached the prefect of Jiankang Prefecture Ye Heng, and the prefect was eventually exiled to Lingnan. Jiankang Prefecture fought against the Jin army, and the general of the Shenjin Army, Ye Hong, died in battle.

After the war, I could enjoy the court's kindness because of Ye Heng's thigh and the laws of the court, and replaced Ye Hong as the commander of the Divine Army in charge of 500 people.

But who could have expected that the emperor who failed the Northern Expedition would choose to issue an order to eliminate the redundant and reduce the number of officials at all levels!

So, he traveled to the battlefield and fought a battle with the Jin people in a confused manner. Ye Qing, who was recognized by Li Heng as "Ye Qing", became the younger brother of Ye Hong, the general of the Shenjin Army whom he had never met.

Under Li Heng's explanation, Ye Qing, who had "acnesty", began to dream of yellow beauty from the second day after the war. While sighing that God treated him well, he was preparing to accept the court's blessing.

I imagined that after I crossed over, I would be promoted to general immediately as a team official, a basin of cold water suddenly fell from the sky, completely pouring Ye Qing over who had traveled over.

A military order like lightning and thunder exploded above Ye Qing's head. So Ye Qing, who was originally in the Shenjin Army of Jiankang Mansion, was not a commander of the 50-man team, did not become a general who was in charge of the 500 people, but was ruthlessly demoted to the position that had already dropped to the point of decline. Among the imperial guards of the same level as the Xiang Army, he became the lowest-level imperial guards among the imperial guards.

Li Heng was also implicated and demoted back to Lin'an City, becoming a deputy chief of the imperial guards, assisting Ye Dutou to start to idle in Lin'an City and do nothing.

Fortunately, the two people who are connected to the same fate are from Lin'an. Although they were demoted to the Imperial Army, they finally returned to their "hometown". In addition to their unparalleled official positions and salary, they were still quite satisfied with their current situation.

Standing at the door of Li Qier's mutton shop, a smell of mutton came out of the store. Ye Qing, who was full of thoughts, smelled the fragrance and swallowed secretly. Then he saw Lao Liu and Li Heng finally found the other seven people in his veil, and was slowly walking towards him.

On the second floor of a teahouse diagonally opposite, not far away, Wang Zhiwang, the Minister of War, was standing in front of the window and looking at Ye Qing.

"Are you sure it's him?" The Minister of War looked at Yan Hongyuan, a gentle middle-aged man next to him, and then turned to look at an imperial guard behind him and asked.

"My Lord Hui is him. His name is Ye Qing, who was considered a distant relative who could not even be beaten by the governor of Jiankang Prefecture. His elder brother died in battle in one battle. He was originally planning to take over his elder brother Ye Hong's position as a general, but later for some reason, he was demoted to the Lin'an Imperial Army and demoted to the capital two levels after being the head of the capital." The imperial guard general Lu Zhong answered hurriedly.

The general is three levels higher than the general, with a brigade general and deputy general in the middle, and then he became the position of Lu Zhong, the general in charge. Therefore, among the imperial guards, Lu Zhong is already considered a senior general who has nearly 5,000 imperial guards in his hands.

Of course, he would not take Ye Qing, a small person, even more so, seriously.

But at this moment, Lord Wang, the Minister of War, asked him to come over and then asked Ye Qing about it. He could answer immediately, but he had already put in some effort to find out from one of his team officials in advance.

Moreover, this is not the first time Lord Wang has asked me to come here like this. Everyone has already understood this kind of thing, and they naturally have a very tacit understanding when they cooperate.

So after he finished speaking, Wang Zhiwang smiled slightly, then turned his head to the elegant middle-aged man and said, "How? If you still see Yan Yuanwai's eyes, then it will be him."

Yan Hongyuan, known as Yan Yuanwai, squinted his eyes and looked at Ye Qing from a distance carefully. After a few glances, his face was filled with a satisfied smile and said to Wang Zhiwang: "Since that's the case, then I'll have to do it."

"You are polite to Mr. Yan. Yan Qingzhi, the only young master of Mr. Yan, is an official with him. Although Mr. Ling is not an official in Xingdu, as long as he is doing his best, even if he does not greet him, he will naturally help him." Wang Zhiwang smiled with satisfaction, and then the two of them reached out to invite each other at the same time and walked into the room together.

Wang Zhiwang, who walked into the tea room, looked at Lu Zhong beside him, then took out a blank Ministry of War document from his sleeve bag, handed it to him lightly and said, "General Lu go down and arrange it, let Ye Qing come up later."

Seeing Lu Zhong skillfully accepting the blank Ministry of War documents and just walked a few steps out, Wang Zhiwang suddenly said: "By the way, General Lu personally checked out Ye Qing's men. If there are those who are too old, you might as well replace some young and strong people with Yan Yuanwai."

"The last general understands this, please don't worry, Lord Wang." Lu Zhong turned around and smiled, took the document and walked downstairs.

Listening to Wang Zhiwang's understanding instructions, Yan Hongyuan's heart, which was still holding, completely relaxed.

Originally, he was worried that if he spent a lot of money to hire the guards from the imperial guards, if only Ye Qing and the young man next to him were suitable as guards, the others were veterans in their fifties and sixties, then the money would be a little more than worth the money.

As for what Wang Zhiwang said just now, Yan Hongyuan said to him and the words of officials in the same court, Yan Hongyuan only regarded it as a polite word. After all, his son was just a small county magistrate who had just arrived at Binzhou. How could he look at him directly as a minister of the Ministry of War?

But at this moment, listening to Wang Zhiwang's words, he also put a hand into the sleeve bag very well. Just as Wang Zhiwang made tea, Yan Hongyuan took out an exquisite wooden box from the sleeve bag and handed it over, and then whispered: "This is specially prepared for you, Lord Wang. The night pearls and some foreign jewelry coming from the sea, please accept it with a smile."

"Official Yan is so polite." Wang Zhiwang said this, but his hands naturally took it. The calm expression on his face even Yan Hongyuan, who had been in business all his life, felt that he was a little inferior.

Then there was a thick stack of silver notes, which were taken out from another sleeve bag by Yan Hongyuan. The silver notes were naturally much higher than the original amount. In addition to hiring the ten imperial soldiers, the rest was arranged by Wang Zhiwang himself. As for why he was so generous, he naturally had another purpose, but he also knew that this amount of silver was just to increase the other party's favor and lay a foundation for a happy cooperation when he had something to ask for him in the future.

Wang Zhiwang took the silver bill seriously, with a careful and serious face, just like a Song official who was concentrating on his government affairs and impartially handling his government affairs. He could not see that his behavior was speculation and taking bribes with his rights.

After counting the silver notes carefully, Wang Zhiwang was more calmer than before and more natural to put the silver notes in his arms. However, as the process of counting the silver notes, the smile on his face became more kind and enthusiastic than before.

"Yan Yuanwai has done a lot of hard work. If Mr. Ling, who is far away in Binzhou, knows that in order not to delay his career, he has to go out to continue to run the family business in the mansion, he will probably be moved. A father who can love his son like Yan Yuanwai and think about the court and the country at the same time is rare in my Song Dynasty." Wang Zhiwang shook his head and sighed, then raised the teacup in his hand and signaled Yan Hongyuan to try this year's new tea.

After drinking tea, Yan Hongyuan praised Lord Wang for understanding tea. After loving tea, he said with a wry smile: "Yan is also suffering. Who would have thought that he would be able to pass the Jinshi this year, and he was actually selected by the court and truly embarked on the official career. I hope Lord Wang will support him more in the future."

"It's easy to say. I believe that with the talent of Ling Gongzi, as long as I am pragmatic in the local area, the court will naturally not treat him badly. But... Yan Yuanwai no longer personally interfered in managing the family business in the mansion two years ago. Now can you still be familiar with the second time you go out? After all, the industry in the mansion has a great relationship with the royal family, and the emperor is the only one who is good at your cloth and porcelain. These things, Wang said, "I'm afraid Brother Yan will ask Mr. Ling at that time?" Wang Zhiwang saw another stack of silver notes handed over, and instantly changed the three words Yan Yuanwai to Brother Yan.

"What Lord Wang said is that Yan has always been weak, that is, the business in Lin'an City can take care of one or two. Yan has fought for this life and dared not make any mistakes. As for this other business... Yan can rely on now, the only daughter who has been restless since childhood." Yan Hongyuan paused for a moment, and looked at Wang Zhiwang's still curious and listened, so he had to continue saying: "To be hiding from Lord Wang, this time Yan asked you for help not to find a guard for me, Yan, but for my daughter. After all, Yan could not practice the business of Yan's family in another place in the future, so he could only try to let her work and manage it."

"Oh... I understand, since that's the case, then I'll feel at ease. But then again, although business is important, Brother Yan should also pay attention to his health. Don't worry, if Brother Yan is not satisfied with any of these ten imperial guards, you can tell me directly and I'll change it for you." Wang Zhiwang said with a smile.
Chapter completed!