Han Tuozhou listened to Ye Qing praising him, while feeling affectionate and shocked, quickly flipping through the papers Ye Qing pushed to him.

As Ye Qing finished speaking, Han Tuozhou raised his head almost at the same time, looked at Ye Qing with surprise and said, "Is this a map of the Jin Kingdom?"

"It's not complete, but most of the marks I can see and have tried my best to do. But these are not the key points, the key points are..." Ye Qing nodded and said to Han Tuozhou, whose expressions and reactions were expected.

"The key point is that the few cities and surroundings here are the cities we passed by when our Song court crossed south. This is a map to go north based on the route of the Jin people attacking our Song Dynasty." Han Tuozhou said firmly and confidently.

This time it was Ye Qing's turn to be surprised. He really didn't expect that Han Tuozhou could see at a glance that the scattered maps he drew could be seen through by Han Tuozhou at a glance according to the arrangement of the northward route.

Of course, what really shocked and relieved Ye Qing was that Han Tuozhou could see through these scattered maps that needed to be integrated at a glance was enough to show that Han Tuozhou's ambition to go north to fight against the Jin Dynasty and recover lost territory had never stopped in Han Tuozhou's mind. Otherwise, he would never have been able to see through these maps so quickly.

"No, the point I want to say is that Brother Han doesn't have to doubt the accuracy of these maps at all. These are even more accurate than the most important maps left by my Song Dynasty." Ye Qing said confidently, and his shock and admiration for Han Tuozhou was not completely overwhelmed.

Han Tuozhou continued to lower his head and flip through the thick papers, asking Ye Qing some questions from time to time, but sometimes because he paid too much attention to those maps, he would ignore Ye Qing's answers or questions.

"Why is there any sheepskin painted?" Han Tuozhou raised his face from the map again. This time he was surprised and excited, his expression of fanatical excitement finally became a little calmer, and he took out a piece of sheepskin mixed in it and said.

Ye Qing looked at the small map drawn by sheepskin and said calmly: "The Yanjing City Defense Map was afraid of arousing the suspicion of others in Yanjing, so when he was traveling through the grassland, he used his rest time to draw it, but it was absolutely accurate."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to use it for a while." Han Tuozhou looked at the Yanjing City defense map with his eyes full of stars, and for a moment he couldn't let go of his love and a hint of regret.

"The Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun have been separated from our Song Dynasty for too long, or have never been governed by our Song Dynasty. I believe that in Brother Han's ambition, there should be the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun?" Ye Qing asked with some playfulness.

"To tell the truth, I dare to think about it when I drink too much. As for the signs in the court after sobering up, I, Han Tuozhou, can recover the territory lost by my Song Dynasty back then, and I died with my eyes closed." Han Tuozhou smiled bitterly. Yanyun's Sixteen Prefectures are still a bit too far away. After all, after the court is now based in Jiangnan, let alone Yanyun's Sixteen Prefectures, it is difficult to pass Sizhou.

"Then keep it for now. What if it is used one day?" Ye Qing smiled at Han Tuozhou and said.

"This thing is too expensive, but I have such a capable minister in the Song Dynasty. This is my blessing for the Song Dynasty." Han Tuozhou looked at the map of the table that was drawn by him, as if he was looking at gold, silver, jewelry, antiques and jade, and he couldn't let go of his love and cherishment.

"Me?" Ye Qing laughed and continued, "If one day Brother Han has something to do, I will be willing to do whatever I want. But I can do something else. If I really want me to lead the troops to fight, I'm afraid..."

"Don't worry, even if I want to fight alone, it will be extremely difficult. The court, in the end, still doesn't trust our generals. So after all, if the emperor's passion reappears one day, I, Han Tuozhou, will definitely recommend you to be my deputy general and fight against the Jin Dynasty and recover the northern land together." Han Tuozhou said firmly, clenching his fists heavily.

"Okay, if there is one day, I, Ye Qing, would like to serve Brother Han!" Ye Qing said firmly.

The map Ye Qing gave to Han Tuozhou, including all the mountains, rivers and rivers he passed by in Daxia today, and even the map of Xingqing City, was drawn by him, and gave Han Tuozhou a copy.

So even though the three of them were drunk again in Xingyuan Mansion that night, Han Tuozhou, who returned to the government office, still read the maps that Ye Qing gave him again, carefully and like treasures, before letting his subordinates keep them properly.

For him, this was even more valuable than a box of gold and silver, and it made him feel happy and at ease, just as if his ambition to resist the Jin Dynasty had been allowed by the court, as if he could lead his army north to fight against the Jin Dynasty tomorrow.

As soon as the next day was dawn, when the city gate had just opened, Ye Qing did not wait for Han Tuozhou and Zhao Ruyu to see him off, so he took Lao Liutou and others to leave Xingyuan Mansion and began to continue south to Lin'an.

At this time, Zhu Xi knew Bai Bingzhong at some point in Lin'an Mansion. It was obvious from the two of them chatting and laughing that they seemed to have a feeling that they met too late.

With the arrival of the Dali Temple Minister Lu Zujian, the three of them greeted each other in a familiar way and walked into a teahouse.

For Bai Bingzhong, although he was already a commoner when he was recalled by the court, he still felt a little vain when dealing with big names like Zhu Xi and high-ranking officials like Dali Temple Minister.

Outside the teahouse, Mo Xiaobao, who was beginning to grow up in a beautiful way, waved his hand casually behind him, and then a young man selling candied haws appeared quickly on his side: "Boss, what's the matter?"

"Did you see the three old men who just entered?" Mo Xiaobao said with a stare at the door of the teahouse.

"See, you said?"

"Go in and find out and see what they said. Because of my wife, they know me, so I'm not suitable to go in." Mo Xiaobao still explained to his companions.

"Then... where will I find you in the future?" The young man selling candied haws looked at the crowded crowds of people and asked.

"When the time comes, we will meet in Dawazi's tea shop." Mo Xiaobao thought that no matter what, if Sister Lan'er helps analyze, it would definitely be impossible to make a mistake.

The young man selling candied haws nodded, responded, and then shouted and walked up to Yujie. Then, under the disgusting gaze of the teahouse, he took out a few copper coins and said proudly: "I'm tired from my throat, can't I come in to have tea?"

The teahouse guy looked smiling, looked at the copper plate in the hand of the candied haws boy, and nodded, "Okay, please, please come in."

Mo Xiaobao, who had been watching Candied Haws' back on the Yu Street, looked at Candied Haws' arrogant but obviously guilty appearance, laughed, and then walked up to Yu Street to walk towards the big tile tea shop.

When Candied Haws found Zhu Xi and the other two at the window on the second floor of the teahouse, the three of them finished greetings and were holding tea cups.

Candied haws leaned against the wall with a lot of candied haws in their hands. While looking at the actor singing softly in the small railing in front of them, they began to listen to the conversation between the three people behind them.

Zhu Xi put down the teacup, first praised the good tea, and then spoke to Bai Bingzhong opposite him, "Brother Fan often mentioned you in front of me, but unfortunately he had never been able to see Brother Bai."

"It's a pity that Mr. Bai now knows his husband, but Brother Fan... Alas, it's better not to talk about this." Bai Bingzhong looked melancholy. When he returned to Lin'an from Lingnan, his first reaction was to find Fan Niande.

It was also at this time that he knew from Bai Chun that Fan Niande was dead and accidentally fell into the water by boat and drowned in the water.

"I feel sorry for Brother Bai's tone?" As the Minister of Dali Temple, Lu Zu, perhaps because of his professional relationship, looked at Bai Bingzhong's desire to speak but stopped, and instantly felt that there was something strange about it, or that he and Zhu Xi didn't know, so he asked tentatively.

Bai Bingzhong obviously did not realize the tentative meaning of Lu Zujian's words, and still shook his head with a deep pain and murmured: "Brother Fan was a close friend of me before he was alive. When he heard about this from his little girl, Bai's heart was really like a knife. I really couldn't believe that Brother Fan actually... actually..., I saw Brother Fan with my own eyes back then..."

"What? Fan Niande can help you?" Lu Zujian looked at Bai Bingzhong with a heartache in shock and asked anxiously.

Zhu Xi, who was standing beside him, was shocked when he heard Fan Niande gets water. He hurriedly looked at Bai Bingzhong nervously, waiting for the answer.

"Yes, Brother Fan not only knows water, but also has many advantages over Bai. How can people born by the water not know how to be water? But it doesn't matter that the drowning is all..." Bai Bingzhong did not notice any strangeness between Zhu Xi and Lu Zujian in front of him, and still said with regret.

"Fan Niande can do water? Then he can't have drowned? Besides, at that time, Zu Qian said that he only had a small burden on him, right?" Lu Zujian interrupted Bai Bingzhong, who had not finished speaking at all, and asked Zhu Xi, who looked solemn in an instant.

Zhu Xi sighed first, then recalled the scene when he looked at the bow of the boat on the shore and waved to him and Lu Zuqian. After a while, he said: "I was on the shore that day, although the distance was still far, I did see clearly that when he waved to me, there was only a small bag on his shoulder."

"So that's it..." Lu Zujian looked at Zhu Xi, then looked at Bai Bingzhong who was stunned, and confirmed again: "Brother Bai is sure that Brother Fan can get water? Is the water good? "

Bai Bingzhong was stunned at first, wondering if this person had already drowned. What is the meaning of them still discussing so seriously? Could their discussion still bring the dead back to life?

Zhu Xi looked at Bai Bingzhong's dazed look and hurriedly stopped Lu Zujian, and then smiled and explained to Bai Bingzhong: "Brother Bai may not be very clear. The reason why Brother Fan left Lin'an was because... because of Ling Xu."

"Ling Xu? What's this... what does this have to do with him?" Bai Bingzhong was even more confused.

"It's a long story at this time, but Ling Xu slandered Brother Fan as a spy from the Jin Dynasty and was then detained in the Imperial City Division. Only when he had to leave Lin'an..." Zhu Xi explained to Bai Bingzhong with a calm expression.

"This...isn't this possible? The little girl has never mentioned this? She still talked about Brother Fan in front of me..."
Chapter completed!