Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 214 Forming a Tacit Agreement

However, from Ye Chen's point of view, there are still scruples and worries in his heart.Therefore, he had to say something to force Zhao Kuangyin to make a promise to him, or the two of them formed a tacit understanding.

"Your Majesty! I am willing to lead troops to conquer the Southern Han Dynasty for the officials. At least... at least half of the country will be conquered." Ye Chen knelt down and said solemnly, without saying any words of gratitude, gratitude or loyalty, but the expression in the words was already contains.However, Ye Chen didn't talk too much, saying that he would lay down the entire Southern Han Dynasty.

Zhao Kuangyin took a deep look at Ye Chen and said, "Okay! I will give you this opportunity to attack the Southern Han Dynasty in the future, and let you lead a whole army."

After Zhao Kuangyin said this, Ye Chen was truly relieved.Because this was said in front of all civil and military officials, Zhao Kuangyin's character and the dignity of the emperor cannot be changed.

After retiring from the court, Ye Chen was kept by Zhao Kuangyin as expected.

"Tell me! Why is Chen Jingyuan willing to exchange half of the country in the Southern Han Dynasty for you? I don't believe it's just because of your use of the mighty bow." In the hall, only Ye Chen and Zhao Kuangyin were left. After the guards avoided him, Zhao Kuangyin said.

Ye Chen smiled wryly, and said: "Officials! In fact, I don't know why Chen Jingyuan exchanged half of the country for my ministers. However, when I was raising food in Jianghuai, I met the thieves sent by Tianyi to kidnap me. He also arrested one person and interrogated some information from his mouth. Combined with the judgment of the minister, the minister guessed that Chen Jingyuan had become obsessed and mentally disturbed when he practiced evil skills. His evil art of immortality. That's why he vowed not to give up to his minister."

Naturally, Ye Chen couldn't say that Yu Daoxiang told him, he could only lie.Anyway, after coming to Song Dynasty, he often lied and deceived the emperor a lot.

Ye Chen's answer made Zhao Kuangyin frowned. He remained silent for a long time, his expression fluctuating. He didn't know if he believed what Ye Chen said, or just believed part of it.

However, in any case, regardless of Zhao Kuangyin's psychology or reasons, Ye Chen's feelings and trust in Zhao Kuangyin have risen a lot after this incident, and after he was kidnapped and disappeared, Zhao Kuangyin sent people to search and rescue with all his strength every time, and even issued a reward order that shocked the whole world.All these incidents have accumulated to this day, and finally Ye Chen really cultivated some thoughts of being loyal to Zhao Kuangyin and working hard for him.

You know, Ye Chen is different from the courtiers of this era. Not only did he not have a natural fear and loyalty to the emperor, but he was always vigilant in the bottom of his heart. To put it bluntly, he was only loyal to himself and his own beliefs. Loyal to the famous Huaxia clan above all, loyal to the Song Dynasty, the orthodox country that represents the famous Huaxia clan.

That is to say, he will not go all out for Zhao Kuangyin, but he will go all out for the Song Dynasty and the Chinese clan.As for the saying that "the emperor told the minister to die, the minister had to die", in Ye Chen's opinion, it was even more bullshit.

However, Ye Chen thought of another question now. If Zhao Guangyi became the emperor today, with this personality, he would definitely sacrifice himself without hesitation in exchange for half of the Southern Han Kingdom.Of course, there will be a hypocritical conspiracy. On the surface, he disappeared, or died of illness or battle, but in fact he was tied to Chen Jingyuan of the Southern Han Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Ye Chen's heart trembled, thinking of the original historical trend, it seems that in another four or five years, the allusion of "the shadow of the candle and the sound of the axe" happened, Zhao Kuangyin died inexplicably, and Zhao Guangyi died inexplicably because of the so-called "ordered by Queen Mother Du, pass on the throne" Taizong' words, became the second emperor of the Song Dynasty - Song Taizong.

Ye Chen didn't like Zhao Guangyi at first, but now because Zhao Kuangyin didn't take half of the Southern Han Dynasty and sacrificed himself, he finally developed a loyal and friendly affection for Zhao Kuangyin.It's fine if he doesn't know, since he knows, he should try to stop this matter no matter what.Of course, this matter is very risky, as long as it fails, Zhao Guangyi will be completely offended. After Zhao Kuangyin's death, there will be no place for Ye Chen in the Song Dynasty. The situation is better. He led his family to flee the world. The situation is not good. Naturally, he was killed before he could escape, and his family also ended up in the same fate as Yu Hao, the previous owner of his mansion.

In front of the door of the Ye family, there was an endless stream of gift-giving people.

The news that Ye Chen's concubine is happy has been spread yesterday, and today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, so it is a good time to give gifts.

Even if Ye Chen is not in a high position, few people are willing to offend, and few people are willing to let go of Ye Chen. A chance to make friends.

Of course, for those few people who have completely offended Ye Chen to death, they will no longer think about making friends with Ye Chen, but start plotting how to kill Ye Chen, otherwise there will be a future like Ye Chen, And it seems that there are still people who are bound to revenge. How can they sleep soundly and eat comfortably?

In fact, there are not many such people, only Wang Yuefeng, Tao Gu and Lu Yuqing.

As for the dozen or so civil servants who stood up in the court today, following Tao Gu and Lu Yuqing, they prepared a heavy gift as quickly as possible after retiring from the court. Sent to Ye Fu.And they are also the first batch of people who came to Ye Mansion to give gifts today.

The main street in front of Yefu has been filled with water, and the carriages and horses have been extending from the street entrance.After looking around from a distance, Ye Chen led the people to turn around and walk to another road.

There were also people at the side door, and there were quite a few of them, but they didn't dare to block Ye Chen like they did at the main door.Let Ye Chen return home safely.

When Ye Chen left in the morning, the conversation with Shui'er was in front of Han Ke'er, so including Yu Qingyan, Ma Gangzi, Huzi, Kou Yuzhu, etc., all Ye Chen's trusted and close friends Everyone knew that something was wrong.It can be said that I was worried all morning.When what happened in the court meeting after the Great Court Meeting was reported to Ye Mansion, the whole manor was terrified. Yu Qingyan, who had a cold and fever, was worried too much at first, and then she burst into tears of joy, and passed out directly.For this reason, the ghost doctor was very disappointed, and decided to start improving Yu Qingyan's physique at all costs, and let her practice internal strength.

In addition, Li Junhao, who got the news, also came early with a few confidantes, with a look of absolute desperation, clearly ready to die.Based on Li Junhao's understanding of people's hearts and morals, he doesn't think this matter will pass like this.Although the Son of Heaven did not intend to exchange Ye Chen for half of the Southern Han Kingdom, but this also announced the value of Ye Chen in the hearts of Chen Jingyuan, the real leader of the Southern Han Kingdom.And this is the biggest crisis.

Although Ye Chen is a living person now, he is also a peerless treasure worth half of the Southern Han Dynasty, more than a dozen states and counties, and millions of people.

Li Junhao is well aware of the dangers of the human heart and the truth of the sin of being pregnant. As the news spreads, the world's powerful, speculators, and adventurers will definitely be moved by the news.Trying to take Ye Chen away and exchange it with Chen Jingyuan for something that almost everyone in the world would envy.Even in the eyes of some people who really understand the Southern Han Dynasty, it is not impossible to exchange Ye Chen for the throne of the emperor of the Southern Han Dynasty.Even if the emperor is still the puppet of Chen Jingyuan and Tianyi, so what?After all, he is the emperor of a country, and just enjoying the glory and wealth in the world is enough for almost everyone to work hard.

Li Junhao can think of these things, Ye Chen may be less experienced in the world, but these are also things he can think of.Therefore, when he returned home and looked at the surprised expressions of Han Ke'er, Shui'er, Huzi, Han Yuzhu, and Yu Qingyan who had just woken up, he just forced a smile and his heart was always heavy.

Ye Chen didn't have the heart to worry about those gift lists, and after handing them over to Ma Gangzi and Yu Wen, Ye Chen had a secret conversation with Li Junhao in the study.

For Li Junhao to be able to choose to live and die with him regardless of the safety of himself and the Nanbang at this critical point, Ye Chen was deeply relieved and moved, fortunately he did not misunderstand the person.

Li Junhao may be a bit cruel, and he is not even a kind person, but he is rare in the world in terms of repaying kindness and being loyal.And this is also the real reason why the Southern Gang was able to gather two hundred gangs in Kaifeng afterwards when the Khitan army occupied the border city of Yongle that day.This is Li Junhao's personal charm.That day, in order to save two of his subordinates who were trapped in the prison in Xinxiang County, regardless of his own safety, he broke into the Great Song Army to seek Liu Nan's help, which is a manifestation of his loyalty.

"Brother Li! How many brothers has the Southern Gang developed?" Ye Chen and Li Junhao asked after analyzing the current situation together with a sigh.

Li Junhao was not intimidated by the severity of the current situation, and his expression remained firm. He said: "There were originally more than 200 brothers, but now there are more than 500 core members. In addition, the [-] beggars hired to build the river embankment last time have also been hired by the following." Brothers have developed into peripheral members. Although they can't do big things, they can be used to inquire about news and monitor pedestrians. Well... this is all thanks to the care and support of Lord Hou, otherwise it would have been difficult for the Southern Gang to gain a foothold in Kaifeng, let alone It is said that in half a year, the power of the Southern Gang can increase so fast." After Li Junhao became an official, he no longer regarded himself as a villain, but he had no assignments, and he was not used to calling himself an official, so he directly referred to himself as an official. claim to be.

Ye Chen's eyes lit up when he heard the words, but he didn't expect that the Southern Gang had already developed three thousand beggars into peripheral members, which was also a big surprise for him.

Ye Chen said with a smile: "Brother Li! At present, apart from my own protection, intelligence is the most important thing. I don't want the Nanbang to already have this condition."

Li Junhao nodded, and said: "I understand, now go back and let the brothers watch those forces in Kaifeng City, whether it is in the open or in the dark, have the strength to move Lord Hou."

Ye Chen said: "Not only in the city of Kaifeng, but actually I am not too worried about the various forces under the emperor's feet. I don't think anyone will take the risk of being killed by the emperor to touch me. The real danger comes from outside Kaifeng. Even outside the Great Song Dynasty. It comes from those folk tyrants, those outlaws, from Tiandao itself, and giants like the Maitreya Sect."

(End of this chapter)