The night fell again on Lin'an, the bustling capital of the Great Song Dynasty, and there were still crowds of people and sedan chairs flowing endlessly on the royal street, but today, with Ye Qing returning to Lin'an, the atmosphere of the entire Lin'an City seemed to have become a little more weird and tense.

The pedestrians on the street, there seems to be an extra layer of hurry, every ordinary pedestrian, carriage, horse, sedan chair, tonight seems to be covered with a veil of mystery, in the eyes of the heartfelt, as if everyone has an ulterior purpose.

"There's a good show to watch tonight." Shi Miyuan was in the private room of Yipinlou, smiling and talking to himself with a teacup, and Zheng Qingzhi, the head of the household department behind him, frowned, he still didn't believe it, as soon as Ye Qing returned to Lin'an, he dared to make a big move.

In the Han Mansion, Han Cheng closed his eyes under the light of the candles, and sat next to Han Yanxuan, who returned to Lin'an with Ye Qing today, his eyes were a little empty, and he didn't know what he was thinking at the moment.

The atmosphere in the study room was extraordinarily quiet, and even inexplicably depressing.

"Father, Ye Qing shouldn't do it so soon, right?" Han Yanxuan withdrew his empty eyes, looked at Han Cheng and asked.

Han Cheng didn't move, his eyes were closed, and after his lips moved, he still said slowly: "Now that the imperial court has decided, then he, Ye Qing, has returned to Lin'an, why hesitate?" Decisive and resolute in the face of problems has not always been Ye Qing's style of acting. It's just that...... It depends on the attitude of the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, I'm afraid no one can stop it. Besides, do you think that a few days ago, Ye Qing suddenly put 2,000 people into the Imperial City Division's prison camp, just to demonstrate with you? ”

"Will it be ...... to stay right?" Han Yan wanted to speak and stopped, for the powerful, he did seem to be much more greedy than others.

The pacification of Liangzhelu made him want to be in his pocket, and now because he was implicated in Zhao Ruyu's matter, he began to covet the dispatch of the military department.

"Look at what the queen means." Han Cheng sighed slightly, how could he not know his son's thoughts, and after a pause, he said: "Since this is the case, then withdraw your people from Lin'an City, and hand over tonight's Lin'an to Ye Qing, as for whether it can be done, it will be revealed after tonight." ”

Han Yanxuan looked at Han Cheng, and did not ask why he wanted to withdraw the troops he brought into the city today, but as long as it was related to power and beneficial to himself, in the face of his father, Han Yanxuan would not ask the reason, but would only silently comply.

Zhong Silkworm didn't finish eating at home, but Jia Shi suddenly appeared in Ye Qing's mansion, and similarly, there were two hundred guards behind him.

He has not appeared in Lin'an City Guanli for a long time, because the Emperor Taishang is in the Lonely Mountain, it seems to have disappeared in the past few years, and he is about to make people forget that he is not only the most trusted eunuch of the Emperor, but also the deputy commander of the Imperial City Division.

"Lord Commander......." Guan Li's title to Ye Qing has not changed over the years, as if he has been using this title to show Ye Qing that he has always been loyal.

"Zhong Silkworm is in Wuyi Lane, don't worry about manpower, just go to the Yiguo Mansion to get people." Ye Qing put down the dishes and chopsticks, took the wet towel handed by Zhong Qing and wiped the corners of his mouth and said.

Zhong Qing quietly motioned to Fang Fei to clean up the table, but her trembling hands still revealed the excitement in her heart at the moment, she also didn't expect that Ye Qing, who had just come back for only a few hours, would attack Zhao Ruyu so soon.

"Where do you put people? Criminal Department? Dali Temple? Imperial City Division? Guan Li asked with a low brow.

"Dali Temple. No matter what, you have to save some face for the queen and the royal family, the Imperial City Division will not be able to get on the stage after all, Qian Xiangzu of the Criminal Department is a person who has always been close to the royal family, and there is no need to let the Qian family join in and be embarrassed. Ye Qing looked at Zhong Qing's trembling hand that put down the teacup, and grabbed it firmly in his palm.

"What should I do with Liuzheng? Scratch...... Or don't catch? Guan Li continued to ask.

"If you don't catch it, don't pay attention to it." Ye Qing said decisively.

"Slave and maid, let's do it." Salute and leave.

Ye Qing still held Zhong Qing's somewhat cold little hand tightly, looked down at the steaming tea in front of him, and after being silent for a while, he said lightly: "Prepare the car, Tao Qian will follow me into the palace, and Jia Shi will take care of the house." ”

"You...... You ...... alone. Zhong Qing involuntarily pressed Ye Qing's hand with her other hand, and said with some concern.

"As a courtier of the Great Song Dynasty, since I have returned to Lin'an, I should face the saint no matter what, and I am not fighting with others, so naturally I will go alone." Ye Qing smiled at Zhong Qing, who was full of worry, and slowly withdrew his hand.

At this moment, the white hair between her temples looked particularly dazzling in Zhong Qing's eyes, like a needle, piercing her heart fiercely, and she was in pain.

Tao Qian drove, and Ye Qing sat in the carriage, when the carriage had just left

After going to the Royal Street, Dali Temple Qing Meng Heng and Zuo Shaoqing met again and walked over quickly: "Xiaguan Meng Heng and Bi have met Lord Ye again." ”

"Thank you two for your hard work." Ye Qing lifted the curtain, with an easy-going smile on his face: "The two adults are waiting in Dali Temple, by the way, have you received anything from Yangzhou?" ”

"Back to my lord, I have received it all." Meng Heng nodded and said calmly.

"That's good." Ye Qing smiled and nodded casually.

Since Zhao Ruyu can use the Jin people to murder himself, he can naturally use the hands of the Jin people to confirm Zhao Ruyu's crime of connecting with Jin.

Ye Qing's carriage slowly went to the palace from the royal street again, and at this time, at the gate of the Imperial City Division of Wuyi Lane, which had been deserted for many years, there were dozens of soldiers of the Flower Planter who wore helmets and armor, and under the leadership of Zhong Silkworm and Guan Li, like a black tide, rolling outward from Wuyi Lane.

Ye Qing's carriage slowly passed through the Donghua Gate, which was unintercepted, and then headed in the direction of He Ning Gate, and Zhong Silkworm's flower planting army had also appeared outside the tall mansion gate of Zhao Ruyu, the Duke of Yiguo.

It's just that without waiting for Zhong Silkworm and them to enter, Zuo Yu took the lead in walking out of the slowly opening gate, and at first glance he saw Zhong Silkworm, who was also wearing armor, and Guan Li, who bowed his head slightly and stood with his hands down.

The doors behind Zuo Yu were all opened, and there was a dense sound of footsteps behind him at the same time, and the soldiers of the front division of the palace instantly stood behind Zuo Yu.

With a sneer on the corner of Zhong Silkworm's mouth, he stepped on the steps without any scruples, and behind him, in addition to Guan Li and the dozens of soldiers of the Flower Planter Army, dense footsteps also sounded from both sides at this moment, and then hundreds of soldiers of the Flower Planter Army formed a huge black crowd with the dozens of soldiers just now.

The confrontation between the two armies, the swords and guns were bright, the atmosphere instantly became solemn and cold, and the sense of saber rattling became stronger and stronger.

"Zhong Silkworm, don't embarrass me." Zuo Yu stretched out his arm and blocked Zhong Silkworm who was walking up the steps.

"When I fought with my lord in Guanshan, did Commander Zuo feel embarrassed?" Zhong Silkworm stopped, turned his head to look at Zuo Yu with a solemn expression, and continued to say disdainfully: "Commander Zuo knows that we were almost wiped out in the first battle of Guanshan, and even the adults were almost killed!" Do you really think that the first battle of Guanshan is so simple, say that you can escape if you want to escape, and say that you can survive if you want to live? Do you know who caused all this? If it weren't for him, how could you be in danger! At that time, why didn't the left commander feel embarrassed? Is it over in conscience? ”

"Zhong silkworm ......." Facing Zhong Silkworm's questioning, Zuo Yu shook his head bitterly, and did not refute, but said: "One hour, as long as one hour, after that, all the people in the Guogong Mansion will be at your disposal." ”

"I'm sorry, I can't afford to wait!" Zhong Silkworm directly pushed away Zuo Yu's arm that was blocking his chest, and then the soldiers in front of the palace behind Zuo Yu instantly raised the bow and crossbow in his hand, and behind Zhong Silkworm, almost at the same time, aimed the bow and crossbow in his hand at them.

"Then you ...... unless you kill me. I can't let you in. Zuo Yu stopped in front of Zhong Silkworm again, and the Yanling knife on his waist was instantly held in his hand.

"Okay, annihilate your ...... in half an hour." Zhong Silkworm sneered and took two steps back, and the Yanling knife on his waist also slowly pulled out its scabbard.

"Commander Zhong, don't worry, I, Zhao Ruyu, will not run, and I will never let you miss Lord Ye's dispatch." Zhao Ruyu's flat voice sounded, and in an instant, a bloody fight was nipped in the bud.

Slowly walked to Zhong Silkworm and Zuo Yu from the separated crowd, Zhao Ruyu at this time looked as if he was ten years old, the whole person looked listless, sallow, with gray hair, even worse than Ye Qing's, and his eyes were a little dull, looking at Zhong Silkworm and Zuo Yu, he pulled the corners of his mouth to reveal a peaceful smile, and slowly continued: "Zhao Mou expected that there would be this day, but Zhao Mou is a royal clan after all, whether it is your Imperial City Division to take people, or Dali Temple and the Criminal Department to ask Zhao, You should always say hello to the palace, right? ”

"That's Lord Ye's business, and I, Zhong Silkworm, am only responsible for inviting Yi Guogong to Dali Temple." Zhong Silkworm Yan Ling put the knife into the sheath, and reached out to grab Zhao Ruyu's shoulder.

Zhao Ruyu smiled and didn't move, Zuo Yu held a knife in his left hand, took a wrong step under his feet, and quickly raised his right hand to catch Zhong Silkworm's wrist, but before he could pull hard, Zhong Silkworm also took a step further under his feet, and was grabbed by Zuo Yu's wrist with a turn, and then grabbed Zuo Yu's throat.

Zuo Yu had no choice but to retreat, and Zhong Silkworm was unforgiving, pressing step by step, until Zuo Yu slammed, and his back was mounted on the sturdy vermilion gate, making a loud noise.

Zuo Yu's hand that was pressed down instantly pulled out the knife, and Zhong Silkworm's other hand was also not idle, his thumb was picked to the knife, and the Yanling knife in his hand seemed to automatically pop out of the scabbard, and before Zuo Yu's knife was pulled out, Zhong Silkworm was originally pressed on the left

The hand on Yu's chest had already grabbed the handle of the knife and placed the Yanling knife across Zuo Yu's neck.

Almost between the lightning and flint, the two completed a close-range lightning confrontation, whether it was the soldiers behind Zuo Yu or the flower planters under the steps, they didn't react yet, they saw a bright light drawn out like lightning, and then a bright and cold Yanling knife was on Zuo Yu's neck.

"You're still a little tender." Zhong Silkworm said with a sneer.

"Zhong silkworm, an hour is fine. The reason why Lord Ye didn't show up was definitely not to drink tea at home, but to go to the palace. Don't worry, I'll never delay your precious time. Zuo Yu looked down and looked at the Yanling knife that was on his neck, which made the hairs on his body stand up instantly.

He didn't feel ashamed to lose to Zhong Silkworm, after all, there were not many people who could fight with Zhong Silkworm, and the fierce killing in Zhong Silkworm's hands was all sharpened from the cruel battlefield of nine deaths and a lifetime, and he had never been to a real battlefield over the years.

"Commander Zhong, let go of Commander Zuo, someone Zhao will accompany you to wait here, how about it? An hour later, no matter what, Zhao will go with you. Zhao Ruyu instantly felt a chill in his heart when Zhong Silkworm's knife was like an automatic unsheath, no wonder Ye Qing valued Zhong Silkworm so much, and he still took it with him when he returned to Lin'an.

Zhong Silkworm slowly put down the knife on Zuo Yu's neck, lowered his head and returned the scabbard: "Next time, I won't show mercy." ”

At the Hening Gate in the night, a carriage was quietly parked in the middle of the road, and Tao Qian on the wheel of the carriage held a whip in one hand and a sign for entering the palace in the other.

Ye Qing in the carriage did not get off, and at this time, the main gate of He Ningmen slowly opened, and a very luxurious carriage slowly drove out of it, under the illumination of the lights, it looked more magnificent and luxurious.

"Queen......." Zhu Ye'er turned her head to look at the huge carriage behind her.

Li Fengniang opened the front side curtain, and then saw a carriage quietly across the middle of the road, and the guards and soldiers who were patrolling past were not far away at the moment, blocking the carriage.

The night was like water, the two carriages confronted each other silently, Tao Qian never jumped off the wheel, Zhu Yeer never took out the stool, a carriage was horizontal, a carriage was vertical, and it was a silent confrontation.

Li Fengniang sat in the carriage in a daze, and Zhu Ye'er stood under the carriage without saying a word.

Tao Qian continued to play with the sign of entering the palace in his hand, and he didn't look at the guards and soldiers gathered around.

Time passed quietly in the night, and the breeze blew, with a hint of coolness on Phoenix Mountain, slightly disturbing the curtains of the two carriages, making a slight shaking.

Zhu Ye'er beckoned, ran quickly to him with his left foot, and then ran quickly to Tao Qian.

"Lord Ye, the queen, please talk about it alone." Facing Tao Qian's playful smile with his left foot, he looked down at his toes and said.

"Thank you, Commander Left." Ye Qing in the carriage said: "It's good under the palace wall. ”

"Please get out of the car." With his left foot still bowing his head, he slowly knelt down on one knee and handed one of his shoulders to the one foot that slowly stepped out after the door opened.

"I told Commander Zuo at the beginning, I, Ye Qing, am the commander of the Imperial City Division, and your left foot is the commander of the Guards Division, you and I are the same age, so we should be on an equal footing." Ye Qing jumped out of the carriage, patted the shoulder of his left foot after standing up, and then said to Tao Qian: "Wait for me at the Donghua Gate." ”

"That's ...... Does it really work? Tao Qian was stunned for a moment, his eyes were full of people from the Guards Division, he Ye Qing was alone, and there were only two people counting himself, although he was definitely not able to defeat so many soldiers, but ...... If she leaves like this, she will definitely not be able to get over it on her conscience, and once something happens, Zhong Qing's girl will not hate herself to death.

Just without waiting for Ye Qing to answer, a crisp and slightly majestic voice came.

"Ye Aiqing is a loyal minister and good general of my Great Song Dynasty, will this palace still harm him? Today, Lord Ye returned triumphantly, and it was too late for the palace to reward him, so how could it be unfavorable to Lord Ye? Li Fengniang, who was graceful and luxurious, and charming, stood still not far away and said.

Tao Qian lowered his head and didn't know what to mutter, and then he didn't pay attention to Ye Qing, pulled the reins in his hand, and drove in the direction of Donghua Gate.

And the queen's carriage also turned around and drove into He Ningmen at the same time.

Ye Qing took the lead and walked towards the blood-like palace wall under the night, Li Fengniang looked at the tall back, and then slowly followed.

Zhu Ye'er and his left foot stood motionless at the He Ning Gate, and the surrounding guards and soldiers, like a tide, quickly disappeared in the night.

The road outside the palace wall instantly became extremely silent, and occasionally a few perched chirps could be heard from the Phoenix Mountain in the distance, a man and a woman, slowly walking along the palace wall.