When Zhong Qing took Zhong Silkworm and Fang Fei back to the mansion, looking at the familiar back standing in the courtyard, Fang's heart instantly tightened inexplicably, and she once suspected that she was dazzled, because she thought about it day and night, so she began to hallucinate in front of her.

Tao Qian, who has been in an extremely stable position in the mansion for three years, stood aside and looked at Zhong Qing, who was a little discolored, and even Zhong Silkworm and Fang Fei were stunned, they didn't expect that person to suddenly appear here.

Ye Qing turned his head to look at the three people who were stunned on the steps, took two steps forward and said with an easy-going smile: "What, is that how I am welcomed?" ”

"You ......." Zhong Qing was surprised and delighted, there was even a trace of mist in her beautiful eyes, and she asked in disbelief, "Why are you here?" ”

After finishing speaking, she couldn't help but look at Fang Fei and Zhong Qing, as if she wanted to make sure that the man in front of her was the man she had been waiting for for the past few years.

"He's not just here, and he's not going to be gone." Tao Qian didn't want to watch Ye Qing continue to sell Guanzi, and began to help his master speak.

"What?" Zhong Qing, who had just walked down the steps, had a completely surprised expression on his face, and glanced back at Tao Qiandao.

"Lord Ye is now the pacification envoy of Huainan East Road and the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture, so if there is no accident, he has to stay in Yangzhou in the past few years." After Tao Qian finished speaking, he looked at Zhong Silkworm and Fang Fei, who were still following Zhong Qing on both sides, and hurriedly signaled with his eyes that the two guys who had no eyesight should not hurry up to avoid suspicion.

Fang Fei and Zhong Silkworm, who were a little stunned, finally reacted when Tao Qian's eyes were about to blink, one of them said clearly, oh oh, yes, I am about to unload the car, and the other is quite polite and hurriedly salutes Ye Qing: I'll go and put these into the room first.

As Tao Qianhe left with a smile and continued to stick to his duties as a porter, the small courtyard instantly became empty and silent.

Zhong Qing looked back at Ye Qing again, only to see that the person had already walked to her, and was about to take her hand, Zhong Qing, who was surprised and happy, was afraid of being seen, but he didn't want to refuse Ye Qing in his heart, so he lowered his head and blushed shyly, and whispered according to his heart, which was beating wildly: "Why don't you come over without saying a word in advance, I'm okay...... It's good to clean up...... Ready. ”

"What are you packing, what are you preparing?" Ye Qing took Zhong Qing's soft hand with one hand, and gently lifted Zhong Qing's chin with the other: "Let me take a good look at you?" ”

"I ......." Zhong Qingfang's heart tightened, and suddenly found that what he said was a little sick, and his cheeks burned even more in an instant, and when he didn't know how to speak, he saw the man's hand stretched out to his chin, and as his chin was slowly raised, Zhong Qing, who was even more shy and nervous, involuntarily closed his eyes, feeling the somewhat rough hand, and muttered as if he was picking: "It's old, it's not good-looking." ”

"Is there one? I don't think it's the same as when I first met you. Looking at the nervously closed eyes, the long eyelashes trembling involuntarily, Ye Qing suddenly let go of Zhong Qing's hand and chin, picked it up and walked to the hall behind him.

"Ah......h Zhong Qing, who was taken aback, only felt that the world was spinning, and when she opened her eyes, the whole person was already in her arms.

Zhong Silkworm, who had just come back from unloading the car, was stunned to see Ye Qing pick up Zhong Qing and walk to the hall, and before he could understand what was going on, he was pulled to the side by the peeping Tao Qian and hidden.

It wasn't until dusk that Ye Qing and Zhong Qing, who looked shy, like a newlywed Yan'er, walked out of the room, looked at Ye Qing, who was about to go out, like a virtuous helper, and helped Ye Qing tidy up his clothes again, until he felt that he was satisfied, and then nodded.

Broad Beans set up the carriage and carried Ye Qing and began to walk in the direction of the slanting wind drizzle building, Yangzhou at this time was just more and more unfamiliar to Ye Qing, but fortunately, because he wanted to save his life these years, he had to discuss with Li Qingzhao, and moved the slanting wind drizzle building to Yangzhou on the grounds of the safety of Dong Chao and others.

At the beginning, because he wanted to save his life, he secretly made arrangements in Yangzhou and Sizhou, but now it has become the foundation for his foothold in Yangzhou in the future.

The officials in Yangzhou officialdom like to go to some Fengyue places, or Goolan Washe and other places to have fun, of course, this also has a great relationship with the consistent pleasure and extravagance of the imperial court.

And now, if Ye Qing wants to really become the master of Huainan East Road, then he has to find out the situation of the entire Huainan East Road officialdom.

But whether it was in the government office or through the side of other officials, Ye Qing didn't believe that he could get anything useful.

What's more, he has served as the commander of the Imperial City Division all these years, and his focus has never given up on the officialdom of Huainan East Road, Ye Qing has long been quite familiar with the knowledge and commander of the Eight Prefectures and the Five Armies, but Ye Qing does not know any of the lower-level officials.

What's more, this is a mess left by Yang Jian, and Liu Dexiu, the governor of Yangzhou, is Han Yanxuan's person, and the transfer envoy is Shi Miyuan's person, that is, Zhao Shu, who was originally the young eunuch, is now the transfer envoy of Huainan East Road after being transferred from the prison.

What Ye Qing didn't expect was that Zhao Shichun, the prince of Chongguo, who had been recuperating in his mansion back then, came earlier than himself, and when the carriage just arrived at the door of the slanting wind and drizzle building, he saw Zhao Shichun and a subordinate constantly looking at the door.

As soon as he jumped out of the carriage, Zhao Shichun greeted him with his subordinates, and took the lead in saluting Ye Qing with a smile on his face: "Lord Ye hasn't seen him for many years, and his style is even more prosperous." ”

"There has been a prince of Lao Chongguo for a long time." Ye Qing hurriedly returned the salute, and then explained: "I was full of trivial matters when I first arrived in Yangzhou, so I came late, and I hope that Chongguo Gong will not see outside." ”

"Where, it stands to reason that I should go to your mansion to pick you up, but I don't know where Lord Ye plans to live now, so I don't dare to go there rashly." Zhao Shichun and Ye Qing walked together into the slanting wind and drizzle building.

And Liu Qingyan, who has also received the news, although he will return to Lin'an in the past few years, but when he knew that Ye Qing was going to come to the building as soon as he arrived in Yangzhou, Fang Xin was still very excited.

At this moment, he rushed downstairs excitedly, but saw Ye Qing and Zhao Shichun greeting enthusiastically, and walked in with his arms, so after snorting, he turned his head and ran to the second floor again.

In a chic private room, there were already several officials on the ground in Yangzhou waiting at this time, but it was only because of Zhao Shichun's request that they did not go downstairs to greet them.

Zhao Shichun's individual greeting, in the eyes of these Yangzhou officials, this is Chongguo Gong also hopes to talk about the new Huainan East Road pacification envoy and prefect, so you can also know that this new prefect is afraid that he has won the trust of the Holy and Emperor Taishang in Lin'an.

There are officials with faces in Yangzhou officialdom, and today Ye Qing has met all over under the introduction of Liu Dexiu, and the officials Zhao Shichun has befriended are just small officials who interact with Zhao Shichun on weekdays.

At this moment, after seeing Ye Qing one by one, they were all respectful and cautious, fearing that one of them would leave a bad impression on the young prefect.

Compared with Zhao Ruyulai, who has a similar background as him, Zhao Shichun has been even more unsatisfactory over the years, coupled with his cautious personality, so over the years, he is still a royal clan that is insignificant in the eyes of all parties.

From time to time, he returned to Lin'an to show his face in front of Zhao Gou and the current saint to show his existence in the Zhao and Song clans, and in the past few years, Zhao Shichun has been staying in Yangzhou as his duty, making friends with some officials who are also insignificant in Yangzhou officialdom, and accompanying him to pass the boring time of his own clan.

And these petty officials also don't try to plot against him Zhao Shichun, just for a false name, after all, saying in front of others that they are drinking with the royal clan and other things can more or less satisfy their officialdom vanity that they can't make friends with real power.

Ye Qing's arrival, for Zhao Shichun, was still a thing that made him feel happy and down-to-earth from the bottom of his heart.

After all, neither Zhao Shixiong, the prefect, nor Yang Jian, who had just left Huainan East Road, took him seriously, and sometimes met him in Yangzhou City, and would not even greet him on a superficial basis, so they would ignore him and leave.

And now Ye Qing's arrival, it is a little different for him, no matter what, Ye Qingke and Yu Yunwen stabbed Zhao Shixiong in his mansion back then, and he was still recuperating in his mansion for many days, for this friendship, Zhao Shichun felt that the sky above his head seemed to have begun to become clearer, no longer like when Yang Jian was there, he always felt a little cold in the back of his neck, which made him feel extremely unsteady.

Pushing the cup and changing the lamp, Ye Qing has never put his score of the prefect of Huainan East Road since he appeared in front of these small officials in Yangzhou, and even when he first started to take his seat, Ye Qing resolutely and modestly gave up the seat to Zhao Shichun.

This move also made Zhao Shichun feel quite embarrassed, and his waist seemed to be much harder than in the past.

Even those officials who were extremely restrained at the beginning, and even cowered in the face of Ye Qing, had to be impressed by Ye Qing's modesty, and secretly applauded in their hearts, and began to hope that they could leave a good impression on Lord Ye.

As soon as he arrived in Yangzhou, Zhao Shichun immediately picked up the wind for himself, and invited these officials to accompany him...... In Ye Qing's opinion, this is probably the best pomp that Zhao Shichun can come up with in Yangzhou.

Ye Qing's modesty and humor made the atmosphere in the banquet quite depressing from the beginning, and slowly became active, and even those few small officials began to have a real smile on their faces at this moment, instead of the kind of forced smile at the beginning.

Zhao Shichun saw everything in the banquet, and today he immediately picked up the wind for Ye Qing after he first arrived in Yangzhou, it seemed that he was giving Ye Qing face, but in fact, he knew very well in his heart that all this was real, Ye Qing was giving him Zhao Shichun face.

Several officials looked at the change in Zhao Shichun's vision, which made Zhao Shichun also begin to realize that if he wanted to live his life in vain, not just to be a comfortable clan, then Ye Qing was afraid that when he arrived in Yangzhou, he was afraid that it would be his best and last chance.

As Ye Qing toasted to the few officials who were sincerely afraid one by one, although Liu Qingyan did not show up, he couldn't help but send a few women to the room to liven up the atmosphere for them, and at this time he was also sitting in the corner and began to sing in a mournful voice.

Among the nameless officials, there are two who can leave an impression on Ye Qing, and these two people are the same as Xin Qiji, they are also the identity of reformers, but they are worse than Xin Qiji, and now Yang Huaizhi, who is serving as an escort in the transfer department, can be said to be the lowest grade official.

And the other one is also a reformed person, and his rank is also very low, and now he is serving as the governor of the Criminal Prison Division, named Chen Cishan.

Looking at the few people in front of him, this made Ye Qing sigh a little: Xin Qiji is the best among these reformed people, right?

But whether it is Chen Cishan or Yang Huaizhi, after a few glasses of water and wine, Ye Qing can still find that although they are reformed people, with the ability of the two of them, they should never be so condescending, and so it will be the current situation, naturally, because of their identity as reformed people.

Ye Qing did not admire the two people in front of him behind Zhao Shichun's back, after all, in Zhao Shichun's opinion, if among the few people in front of him, he could be appreciated by Ye Qing, then once these people developed in the future, then they must also have their own credit.

Watching Ye Qing ask Chen Cishan or Yang Huaizhi some questions from time to time, Zhao Shichun was really happy for the two of them from the bottom of his heart.

has the same opinion as Ye Qing about the two, both of them have extremely high abilities, but in the end, because of their status as reformers, they are depressed in the officialdom and get the opportunity to show their talents.

Just when a few people in the room, because of Ye Qing's modesty and unpretentiousness, began to speak freely, the door was knocked on by broad beans.

Ye Qing turned around, not only saw broad beans, but also saw Liu Qingyan, who didn't have time to dodge at the moment the door opened.

He turned around and smiled, motioned to Zhao Shichun and them to continue, and then said to the broad beans standing at the door, "What's the matter?" ”

"My lord, there are two Li Mu, who claim to be the commander of the Huaiyang Army, and Lin Zhong, the commander of the Gaoyou Army, who want to see your lordship." Fava Bean stood in the doorway and said.

Ye Qing didn't answer the broad bean for the first time, but turned his head to look at Zhao Shichun.

"It's all up to Brother Ye, if you find it inconvenient, I'll ...... first." Zhao Shichun didn't drink less tonight, maybe this was the happiest day since Yang Jian arrived in Yangzhou and then left.

"Since Brother Zhao doesn't care, then let them in? How many drinks do you have together? How about getting to know Brother Zhao? The wine glass in Ye Qing's hand was placed on the table, and then he motioned to Broad Bean to let Li Mu and Lin Zhong come in and talk.

After a while, two men with a vigorous and resolute military spirit appeared at the door.

"The last general, Li Mu, and the last general, Lin Zhong, have seen Lord Ye to appease him." The moment Ye Qing stood up, the two of them immediately saluted with serious expressions.

"How do the two Commanders know I'm here? And why do you know me? Ye Qing held the back of the chair with one hand, looked at the two and asked.

"Back to the adult, the last general and others came to Yangzhou two days ago, and they also came to welcome the adults, but today Liu Zhizhou did not notify the last general and others, so the last general and others missed the opportunity to meet the adults. As for how to get to know adults....... Li Mu looked at the seats in the room with Lin Zhong and said, "The last general is fortunate to have met Chongguo Gong, so it is speculated that you are Lord Ye." ”

"Sit down." Ye Qing sat back in his seat and pointed to the two empty chairs at the two of them.

Li Mu and Lin Zhong glanced at each other, and after hesitating, they still obeyed the order and sat on the chair.