After sending Xiao Zhen away, Ye Qing regained his identity as a husband and father, which was completely different from the rumored image of a hero in the Northland or the image of a powerful minister in the Song court.

This is what makes Yan Qingcheng and Liu Qingyan the most satisfied. That is, whenever Ye Qing returns to the mansion, he never puts on airs or shows his authority in front of them, just like an ordinary husband. Although he occasionally talks about court affairs, most of them are related to Yan Qingcheng's Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce.

Occasionally, Yan Qingcheng would also mention some officials, not only shaking their official power outside, showing off their airs, and facing the person next to their pillow when they return home, but also shaking their power and other trivial matters. Ye Qing just laughed it off, occasionally sitting in the study, looking at Yan Qingcheng who was busy talking in his mouth, and said, "It proves that this person can't be an official, either he is not a big official. Otherwise, he wouldn't always want to remind others that he is an official. In short, he is not confident and addicted to the official.

"Especially those imperial examination scholars are the best. The officials are not very high, but they are more powerful than you, the pacifier of Huainan East Road." Yan Qingcheng stopped his work, then glanced here to see if there were any missing. After a moment of stunnedness, he suddenly looked at Ye Qing and said, "Why do you have time to shake your official power in front of me?"

"I'm sick." Ye Qing rolled his eyes and continued to write on the table.

Yan Qingcheng smiled disconcertedly, then breathed a sigh of relief: "It's almost done, you shouldn't have anything to bring back to Lin'an. There are a few pieces of changing clothes. I'm afraid Zhong Qing will help you buy the rest in Lin'an. When are you planning to leave?"

"The imperial examination cadets you mentioned are officials of the Transport Department?" Ye Qing continued to write a letter and asked calmly.

"Yes, the Chamber of Commerce deals with them the most. Although they will give our Ye family some thin face in view of your Ye Qing's face, the other merchants in the Chamber of Commerce do not have that much face. They complained yesterday. Even my brother almost lives in Haizhou now, but every time a merchant ship goes south, the east and west routes of the two Zhejiang and east routes, especially the Maritime Bureau of Fujian Road, are willing to take the merchants down and be willing to be willing to take a layer of skin." Yan Qingcheng complained dissatisfiedly.

"The same is true on Huainan East Road?" Ye Qing waited for the mochi to dry, and put it in an envelope and handed it to You'er who was grinding the ink, signaling her to hand it over to the concierge pottery.

Yan Yan Xia didn't have much clothes on her body. She slapped You'er hard on her increasingly perky butt. When there was a little more ambiguousness in the study, You'er glared at Ye Daguanren angrily, and then, while Yan Qingcheng ignored their flirting, she flashed out of the study.

"Huainan East Road is better, but Huainan West Road is not good. Alas... In short, merchants look glorious on the surface, and they seem to be able to make a lot of money every time they trade, but in fact, most of the oil and water are still cheaper than the government. Fortunately, in addition to my brother running merchant ships, most of our business in the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce is still in the north, and the impact is not great. However, as the scale of the Chamber of Commerce becomes larger and larger, naturally some people suggest that we want to use our Ye family's

In the name of the waterway, you can't watch the waterway be monopolized by others. Besides, although the interests are more harshly detained by the government, the Transport Department, and the Maritime Bureau, it is still profitable. Merchants are pursuing profits. This is the nature of businessmen. You, Bai Chun, Zhong Qing, and Li Heng are both experts who spend money and fools who make money, so I was wondering whether to open a business road in the name of the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce." Yan Qingcheng sat down opposite the desk and sought Ye Qing's opinions.

"Is there something that forces you to do this now?" Ye Qing's brush in his hand turned around while washing the pen, watching the ink on the tip of the pen interweave with clear water, and unruly patterns rippling.

"I'm jealous of Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, now it's getting bigger and bigger." Yan Qingcheng sighed and said, "Fujian Road has also planned to build a chamber of commerce. It's not very clear who is planning behind it. Moreover, they are mostly using water trade, so they are very suppressed. My brother is now a little suppressed and breathless. Every time he comes back south, he seems to be walking around the underworld."

"You didn't ask Bai Chun, Zhong Qing and the others? Isn't it just a matter of asking them to check the mastermind behind the Fujian Road Chamber of Commerce? With their abilities, this must be a difficult task, right?" Ye Qing had already had a scheming in his heart. It was the Maritime Department, the Transport Department, or the Fujian Road. There was probably no one else except Shi Miyuan.

"If you don't want to cause trouble, it doesn't matter if you make less money. Anyway, the wealth in this world cannot fall into the pocket of a person." Yan Qingcheng said this, but there was still a hint of unwillingness in his expression.

Of course, her unwillingness was not because she disliked the lack of money she earned, but because the Fujian Road Chamber of Commerce's appearance was too ugly now. For her own interests, she completely ignored the lives of others and even colluded with the government to suppress other competitors. Under such unfair competition, it is no wonder that Yan Qingcheng complained.

"Yan Qingzhi is okay?" Ye Qing remembered that when he returned to Yangzhou, he sent Shen Mu from Haizhou. He also asked about Yan Qingzhi's current situation in Haizhou. He had never heard of any dilemma.

Yan Qingcheng suddenly laughed out loud, "It's nothing big. Every time the merchant ship goes south, he always goes there with excitement and returns in disappointment. Every time he comes back, he yells to never go again. After the merchant ship is loaded, he still can't help but go there. It's okay to suffer some losses. It's been so smooth these years, and it's not a good thing."

Ye Qing nodded with a smile. How could he not know that Yan Qingcheng didn't want Bai Chun and Zhong Qing to check who the mastermind behind the Fujian Road Chamber of Commerce. The reason why he did not do this was entirely because last year, he was in the danger of Guanshan. Whether it was Bai Chun or Zhong Qing, or he was struggling to support that time, Yan Qingcheng, who was like a shaky family, probably had no intention at all. If he competed with others in the business road, everyone's thoughts might be tied to him.

Although it has been more than half a year since the incident of the mountain, it has obviously left them with sequelae, making them afraid to pay attention to the umbrella and make too much adjustments from themselves. Naturally, Yan Qingcheng would rather make less money than experience the painful situation that made them frightened and unable to sleep at night last year.

"Don't worry, there will be no more things like Guanshan in the future. This matter must be investigated, and it must be fought. I can't make some people think that Ye Qing's women are easy to bully. Zhong Qing can't speak, so I'll just wait for me to go to Lin'an and tell her that as for the matter of the chamber of commerce here, since you like doing business, do it according to your ideas. No matter what, I will stand firmly behind you and support you." Ye Qing held Yan Qingcheng's hand and said.

Yan Qingcheng looked at Ye Qing, smiled gently and shook his head, saying, "It's just mentioned it casually. In fact, it's good now. Even if I give up all the water trade, I won't care much. And... I don't want Zhong Qing to think that I'm gossiping in your ears, so I asked her to check those messy things. Now, whether it's Zhong Qing or Bai Chun, everyone's thoughts are all on you. I don't want to bear the reputation of not only knowing the safety of my husband. So... It's better for you to be safe than anything else. This family will always be a complete home, and we can continue to live our own lives with peace of mind. One is in Lin'an, I'm in Yangzhou, and Bai Chun has now gone to Jingzhao Mansion. On the New Year's Day, it would be better if you can return to Yangzhou. I'm very satisfied."

Ye Qing leaned forward, held Yan Qingcheng's hand and raised it, rubbed Yan Qingcheng's beautiful hair, and smiled and said, "According to your arrangement, am I homeless? Lin'an, Yangzhou, and Chang'an were occupied by you three. What about me? How do you place your husband?"

"If you are in a good mood, let you enter the door. If you are in a bad mood, then go to other places to try your luck?" Yan Qingcheng charmingly held his charming eyes and said lightly: "If it really doesn't work, you can still go to Liao Kingdom. Isn't the princess of Liao Kingdom still waiting for you? It would be great to be the princess of Liao Kingdom. If I were to abandon others and go to Liao Kingdom."

Looking at Yan Dajiaren's naked provocation, how could Ye Daguanren, who was about to leave Yangzhou in a few days, miss such a great opportunity to get close to her husband? What's more, there are only the two of them in the study, so Ye Daguanren walked up to Yan Dajiaren, with the smiles that both of them were tacit, provoking each other.

Yan Qingcheng, who had embraced the model's figure, just put Yan Da Meimei on the wide table. When one hand was about to find You and explore the secret, You'er's surprise sound came from the door: "I'm sorry, I'll leave now."

Yan Da Jiaren lay on the table, looking up at the roof, sighing helplessly in her heart, "This dead girl, it's really time to come out."

"It's not that you want to go to the front yard..." Ye Qing pulled his hand out of Yan Qingcheng's chest unwillingly, and Yan Qingcheng stood up from the table without any haste, walked to the door of the study, pinched You'er's fair face, and then walked straight out.

"Jia She said there was something urgent to come to you, so I rushed over." You'er laid her tongue mischievously, without disturbing the guilt of the two of them for good things.

As Yan Qingcheng's personal maid, it has been common for him to serve Ye Qing with Yan Qingcheng over the years, so everything in the study just now seemed not so embarrassing.

Carrying hands and walking around, imagining the scholars Yan Dalian said that he liked to show off his official airs and tremble his official power in front of his wife. Ye Qing, who looked like this, came to the front yard and saw Jia She staring at him blankly as if he didn't know him.

"What? Are there any official powers that I can't be angry when walking like this?" Ye Qing deliberately raised his chest and raised his head, and asked with a majestic look.

"Sir..." Jia She was a little confused. Could it be that Lord Ye, who came out of the backyard, had become so weird? He subconsciously scratched his head and said hesitantly: "Sir... Mo Jiang still feels that you are usually like, and he is very domineering. Now that he looks like this, Mo Jiang... Mo Jiang is still a little uncomfortable, and always feels something is wrong."

"The official power is always those who have been in high positions for a long time, and they have been developed unconsciously over the years. Every move seems to be full of aura of looking down on the world, just like Lord Ye, you usually smile easily, but you have the energy in a calm manner." Tao Qi looked at Ye Qing with a smile, then shook his head and said, "Now this is the case, you have fallen behind."

Ye Qing gave up the airs of an official helplessness, looked back at Yan Qingcheng and You'er in the main hall of the front yard. At this time, he was laughing and snorting with annoyance, and then asked Jia She: "What's the matter?"

"I want to ask you, this time when you are back in Lin'an, are we going by water or land?" Jia She followed Ye Qing to the study. You'er in the main hall behind him immediately signaled to the maid in the mansion to send the tea quickly, and then turned around and laughed with Yan Qingcheng.

There is a map of half of the Song Dynasty, which is not commonly used in the study, including Huainan East and West Roads, Zhejiang East and West Roads, Jiangnan East and West Roads, and Fujian Roads.

Ye Qing was standing in front of the map and looking at it. Jia She followed behind him, waiting for Ye Qing's choice.

"Cross the Yangtze River and walk by land. This time we go from Zhenjiang Prefecture to Chang'an." Ye Qing looked at the map for a while and then spoke slowly.

Yangzhou and Zhenjiang are across the river. Just as Ye Qing was looking at Zhenjiang Prefecture, in a quiet and elegant villa in Zhenjiang Prefecture, Han Tuozhou was also staring at the territory of Huainan East Road and silently examining.

Behind him were Liu Shixing, the governor of Zhenjiang Prefecture, and the commander of the Jiangyin Army.

"Has it been verified?" Han Tuozhou was silent for a while before suddenly asking behind his back.

"I went back to Lord Han and checked that Ye Qing did go to Shouchun Mansion on Huainan West Road a few days ago, but I don't know what to do now." Zhao Fang, the commander of the Jiangyin Army, was a general who seemed honest and simple, but was actually quite cunning and insidious.

The three prefectures of Zhenjiang Prefecture, Pingjiang Prefecture and Lin'an Prefecture belong to Liangzhe West Road. Now, Han Tuozhou's eyes, in addition to becoming the pacifier of Liangzhe West Road, naturally, like Ye Qing, wanted to once again divide the two east and west roads of Liangzhe East and west roads after self-jianyan crossing south.

"Tell me, what might be the reason why he suddenly ran to Shouchun Mansion for no reason?" Han Tuozhou's eyes wandered on the east and west roads of Huainan, and he kept his back to Zhao Fang, and Liu Shixing and the other two asked.

"Could it be..." Liu Shixing lowered his head and pondered, glanced at Han Tuozhou's tall back as a wall, and said hesitantly: "Does Ye Qing want to combine the east and west Huainan roads into one? But He Chong, Sima Jian is Zhao Ruyu's party, will they agree?"

"Zhao Ruyu's situation is over. Since you can see that He Chong and Sima Jian have no reason to hold on to Zhao Ruyu." Han Tuozhou paused and continued to say calmly: "But... Will Ye Qing's ambition be so great? Or does he want to take revenge? Or is he just to kill Zhao Ruyu, so he simply went to Shouchun Mansion?"

When talking about the last guess, Han Tuozhou subconsciously shook his head. He didn't even believe it himself. Ye Qing, who was so cunning and scheming, wouldn't he personally go to Shouchun Mansion for a person who was overwhelmed?

So it is obvious that Ye Qing went to Shouchun Mansion in person, which must have been his unspeakable purpose.

"Have Wu Lie returned?" Han Tuozhou heard the silent voice behind his back, and finally turned around in front of the map, then sat down on the chair next to him and asked.

"I haven't come back yet." Zhao Fang's heavy voice made him feel more honest and simple.

"When Ye Qing was on a mission to the Jin Kingdom and then from the grassland to Xia Kingdom, Zhao Ruyu and I went to the Lanzhou Prefecture of Xia Kingdom to pick him up, and went to the place where the moon was drunk and dreamed, singing verses, and even had a conflict with the son of the prefect and fought with others. At that time, I thought that Han Tuozhou had another two good generals, namely, literature and martial arts, but no one thought that God would do anything to others. Now things have changed.

, the friendship back then turned into a war and was still in a state of dying. What a pity." Han Tuozhou thought about all the things that happened back then, and it was precisely because of this incident that he had a virtuous support. So in his opinion, compared with the gains of Ye Qing and Zhao Ruyu, Xia Guoxing, although he failed to get two good generals, one literary and one martial, he finally received a virtuous support, which was much more real than their return empty-handed.

Zhao Fang and Liu Shixing just stood there and listened silently. The old things between the three people were not a secret, and no one expected that the three people who could have supported and helped each other and made a world in the court would eventually part ways because of the affairs of the court, and even formed these complicated knots that could not be investigated for the right and wrong.

"Actually, there was room for rescue when the Jiankang incident happened, but at that time I returned from Chongqing Prefecture and had not fully understood the situation. Although Ye Qing and Zhao Ruyu did not completely break up, Emperor Gaozong was in charge at that time, and Shi Miyuan, the shit-making stick, was joined by him. He would not watch Ye Qing, Zhao Ruyu and I, Han Tuozhou, joining forces. So the matter at that time seemed simple, but in fact it was very complicated and dangerous. Zhao Ruyu wanted the Zhong family to destroy the family, but Emperor Gaozong was because of the Empress Dowager's confrontation with Zhong.

Qing's love made Ye Qing protect the Zhong family, and I..." Han Tuozhou fell into distant memories and murmured to himself: "Later, after realizing the intention of Emperor Gaozong, he wanted to take this opportunity to snatch Zhong Qing, but unfortunately... he was finally snatched the opportunity by Ye Qing. So from then on, even if the short friendship between the three of us was completely over, Zhao Ruyu began to gradually take shape in the court, following the left prime minister Wang Huai at that time, and finally climbed to the right prime minister, one step faster than me and Ye Qing."

"Your Madam doesn't have to regret it. Nowadays, the appearance is in your pocket and is within your control, right?" Liu Shixing said carefully after thinking about it in his heart.

Han Tuozhou smiled and said, "Even so, Ye Qing has now established his power and has established himself in the north. So one day I will be in the prime minister, and I may not be able to do anything about Ye Qing. This time, I will ask Ye Qing to go back to Lin'an via Zhenjiang, hoping to satisfy me."

"Sir, do you want to be while they cross the river..." Zhao Fang had a simple expression and a heavy voice, but his eyes were sharp and cold, and he gestured to silence his hands at his neck with his murderous aura.

"Yes, the river is windy and waves are rushing. If anything is inappropriate, you will naturally not be blamed..." Liu Shixing also looked lit up and hurriedly echoed.

"Jin, Xia was unable to encircle him, and he also allowed him not only to escape from death, but to seize Guanshan. Now Huainan East Road is close to him and his territory. Do you think Ye Qing would not be prepared? Three thousand Hua family troops, although there are two thousand people now stationed in the Imperial City Commander Camp outside Lin'an City, don't forget that there are still a thousand Hua family troops in front of him to protect him."

Zhao Fang's simple and honest expression seemed a little dissatisfied. In his opinion, Ye Qing was just lucky and was not as brave and good at fighting as rumored.

(ps: I'll ask for a ticket for the next month.)
Chapter completed!