Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 226 Don't make fun of the lower officials!
Lu Duosun really hated and feared Tao Gu, his unforgiving sharp mouth made people unable to resist.Besides, Tao Gu is the founding father of the country, so he is more senior than him, and his official position is two levels higher.And this time Tao Gu's daughter failed to become a princess, and she must be very angry.Therefore, Lu Duoxun was extra careful and said with a smile on his face: "Lord Tao, don't make fun of the lower officials!"

"Joke? How dare Tao make fun of the head of the country?" Tao Gu blinked, "However, even if he becomes the head of the country, the streaky horse promised by brother Lu will still be fulfilled. Brother Lu won't change his mind?"

It turned out that Lu Duoxun had a good horse that traveled five hundred miles a day. Because of its variegated fur, it was called a "five-flowered horse".Tao Gu loves horses and is greedy, so he asks Lu Duosun for them.Lu Duoxun was reluctant to part with this horse, so he made excuses, but Tao Gu pressed him hard, which caused a lot of headaches.Unexpectedly, he brought it up again at this time.

Seeing that Tao Gu was trying to make things difficult, Lu Duoxun knew that in today's situation, entanglement would only embarrass himself, so he said ruthlessly: "As long as Mr. Tao likes it, I will give it to you!"

Tao Gu laughed, patted Lu Duoxun on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Happy! This old man guesses that Brother Lu probably spent far more than a horse to get married to this royal family. Hahaha!"

Lu Duoxun's heart skipped a beat, his face flushed red, but he couldn't let it go, he thought bitterly: "One day the surname Tao will fall into my hands, Lu Duoxun, I will definitely make you look good!"

At this moment, many people suddenly looked towards the door, making the whole hall suddenly quiet.Lu Duosun and Tao Gu noticed the strangeness of the people around them, and they also looked towards the door.

After the Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Ye Chen has become the most concerned person in Kaifeng, even the entire Song Dynasty, and even the entire world.For the past half month, all the civil and military officials of the imperial court, nobles, and all the secret and open leaders and gangs in Kaifeng have sent people to keep an eye on Ye Fu all the time, so what happened in Ye Fu this half month None of these people sitting here are ignorant of the matter.

Especially the labyrinth known as the 'Half-Dead Land' aroused everyone's curiosity and faint fear.And Ye Chen, who created the maze, naturally unknowingly made the court officials feel afraid.

Many nobles and officials of the imperial court originally scoffed at the statement that Ye Chen was an outsider or a disciple of a god.But in this half month, firstly, I experienced the shocking event that the Southern Han Kingdom exchanged half of the land for Ye Chen half a month ago.Immediately after the news of the Heavenly Star Jade Pendant spread, all heroes from all over the world broke into the labyrinth of the Ye Mansion, and all of them failed to return, and half of them were left behind.After all these incidents happened, they really believed that Ye Chen was really a disciple of an extraterrestrial master, or even a disciple of a god.

If being a disciple of a master outside the world would only make people curious and valued, then the identity of a disciple of a fairy is enough to make almost everyone feel terrified.

Ye Chen's arrival made everyone stop what they were doing and look at him. Everyone stared at Ye Chen's face and eyes, trying to see something from Ye Chen's expression.

They didn't look in vain, everyone saw something from Ye Chen's expression, because Ye Chen began to frown, there was a chill in his eyes, and there was a faint murderous intent all over his body.

A thought came to everyone's mind, this guy is about to be annoyed so much recently, he has a lot of killing intent in his heart!Or what happened?
At this time, no one dared to touch Ye Chen's eyebrows, including Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Pu.

Zhao Kuangyin sat on the innermost platform with Queen Song, Mrs. Huarui, the second prince Zhao Defang and Princess Yongqing, watching Ye Chen walk into the palace gate from a distance. More is the color of appreciation and satisfaction.Empress Song's expression was full of curiosity, and Mrs. Huarui's eyes were also full of curiosity, but there was also hostility that no one noticed.If Zhao Defang and Princess Yongqing hadn't been here, they would have rushed up to ask Ye Chen about the 'half-dead labyrinth'.

Today, Guangzheng Palace Lu Duoxun is half of the home court. When a heavyweight like Ye Chen arrives, Lu Duoxun takes the initiative to greet him.

"Yehou is busy with his daughter and son-in-law's marriage, and I am grateful." Lu Duoxun took the initiative to salute and said humbly.

Ye Chen returned the salute absent-mindedly, but when Lu Duoxun approached and the two walked toward the depths of the hall together, Ye Chen suddenly said in a low voice: "What is the relationship between Lord Lu and Mingwang Temple in the south of the city?"

Lu Duoxun's body shook slightly, and there was a flash of panic in his eyes, except for Ye Chen who had been staring at his face, no one else noticed.Ye Chen resisted the urge to grab him for questioning, and walked quickly towards Zhao Kuangyin.

Because of the presence of the queen and Mrs. Huarui, Ye Chen was stopped by Wang Ji'en. Ye Chen was a little stunned and shouted directly from a distance: "Your Majesty, I need to come forward to tell you something urgent, please allow me."

The audience was in an uproar, Tao Gu stood up and wanted to scold Ye Chen for not following the etiquette, Ye Chen turned around and gave a cold look, Tao Gu felt a murderous intent from Ye Chen's eyes, his heart was chilled, and he dared not say anything.On the other side, Wang Yuefeng and Lu Yuqing were stopped by Zhao Guangyi with his eyes.

Zhao Kuangyin was very interested, thinking that Ye Chen seems to be in big trouble, and he came to me for help.He turned to Empress Song and Madam Huarui and said, "The wedding banquet here is coming to an end, the empress and concubine, as well as Defang and Yongqing, you should go back to the harem now!"

The queen and Mrs. Huarui said yes, but Zhao Defang and Yongqing were unwilling. Princess Yongqing wanted to say something, but Zhao Kuangyin gave her a glaring look. She pouted and dared not say a word, and Zhao Defang followed behind the queen. left.

"Tell me! What's the matter?" Zhao Kuangyin asked after Ye Chen stepped forward to salute.

Ye Chen said: "Your Majesty! My pregnant concubine was taken away by Shangguan Bingyun, and I left a message asking me to replace him with a star jade pendant at the Yellow River Dadu. I am here to ask Your Majesty for help, and I beg Your Majesty to send a thousand imperial cavalry and A commanding naval assistant."

Zhao Kuangyin's murderous intent appeared on his face, and he said: "This Maitreya sect should be damned, I will definitely wipe it out one day. I will give you two thousand cavalry and two sailors to command, and you will have full power to dispatch them. I hope you can save people. By the way, I also killed that demon monk."

Ye Chen said: "Thank you, Your Majesty." Saying this, Ye Chen wondered why the news hadn't been delivered yet.

At this time, a servant ran quickly from the door, came to Ye Chen's side, saluted Zhao Kuangyin, and said, "Your Majesty, just now someone from Xiangfuhou's mansion said that there is an urgent matter and asked the villain to hand over this secret letter to Ye Chen." Hou, the villain was worried about delaying the important matter, so he brought it in and asked His Majesty to make a decision."

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Give the secret letter to Ye Chen."

Ye Chen took it and quickly opened it, but upon seeing it, his expression changed.He said solemnly, "Your Majesty, please take a look."

The attendant next to Ye Chen took the secret letter from Ye Chen and quickly handed it to Zhao Kuangyin.

At the banquet under the imperial platform, all the civil and military officials and all the nobles seemed to be toasting and eating food normally, but they were actually paying attention to Ye Chen and Zhao Kuangyin's every move, but only those who could hear the conversation between Ye Chen and the emperor The two chiefs closest to the royal platform, on top of these two chiefs, Zhao Pu, Cao Bin and other important ministers of the two governments and Lu Duoxun sat on one, and Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Guangmei and other relatives of the emperor sat on the other chief.

After Zhao Kuangyin read the secret letter, his body was shocked, and there was a moment of ecstasy in his dragon eyes, but the emperor's city made him calm instantly, and outsiders still looked unpredictable.However, Zhao Pu, Cao Bin, Zhao Guangyi and other bigwigs who really knew him had already seen some clues, at least they could see that the contents of the secret letter made the emperor very happy.

This made them extremely curious about the contents of the secret letter, and even speculated endlessly.

"Ye Chen, you planned this before." Zhao Kuangyin's eyes flickered, and after ecstasy, as a common problem of the emperor, he began to doubt instinctively.

Ye Chen said calmly: "Your Majesty clearly sees that this is indeed planned by the minister before."

Zhao Kuangyin's expression became more relaxed, and he glanced at everyone under the royal platform, especially at the two chief executives, and said in a low voice, "You have suspected him for a long time, but because there is no evidence, he is my own nephew. , you were concerned about my feelings, so you dug a hole for him, asked him to go through the maze, captured him as an ordinary master of the rivers and lakes, and then used the strange poison of the ghost doctor mentioned in the secret letter to let him reveal the secret. Spit it all out?"

Ye Chen said: "Your Majesty is wise."

Zhao Kuangyin closed his eyes slightly for a while, then suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Okay! Your plan is very good, but if you have such a plan next time, you must tell Yu Zhen, otherwise I will punish you for deceiving the emperor."

Ye Chen said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for ignoring the crime of deception. Next time, I must inform Your Majesty in advance, and His Majesty will decide."

Zhao Kuangyin took a deep look at Ye Chen, and said: "I hope there is no mistake in the list in the secret letter, otherwise my loyal ministers and good people will be arrested by mistake, and I will take you as a question."

Ye Chen didn't say a word.

However, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly said to the left and right: "Pass my order, the important officials of the two governments, the king of Jin, and the emperor's younger brother Guangmei stepped forward to discuss matters. Others will not come out of this hall without my order from now on, otherwise they will be killed on the spot."

Wang Jien respectfully said yes, stepped off the imperial platform, stood under the platform, and said loudly: "Your Majesty has an order. The important ministers of the two governments, the King of Jin, and Emperor Guangmei stepped forward to discuss and listen to the order. From now on, the others will not be able to do so without His Majesty's order." Get out of this hall, or you will be killed on the spot."

When Wang Jien said the first sentence, the entire hall was already quiet, and when the words fell, the audience was dead silent, and a needle could be heard, and everyone knew that something big was going to happen. It was related to the secret letter sent to Ye Chen and then to the emperor.

After Zhao Pu, Zhao Guangyi, Cao Bin, Zhao Guangmei and other important officials from the two governments came to the imperial platform and greeted the emperor, Zhao Kuangyin first glanced at Zhao Guangmei indiscriminately, and then said: "Everyone and the two imperial brothers are I, the founding hero of the Great Song Dynasty, should know what is worrying me."

Everyone was startled at first, but then Zhao Pu's eyes lit up, and he said first: "Your Majesty, have you found the lair of that bandit?"

(End of this chapter)