Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 293 Leave Quickly
On this day, Xu Qingfei brought his adopted son and two confidants to a Yi village in the mountains near Luzhou, in an attempt to sell some food to the mountain people.

This is a very small village of the Yi nationality, and the total number of people in the village is less than 200.There isn't even a shop for people to buy and sell things in the cottage.When Xu Qingfei and his party came, all the people in the village seemed to have gone out to work. Except for more than 20 old, weak, sick and disabled, there were not many people in the village.

When Xu Qingfei and the others saw this, their nature of bandits and rogues appeared again. They found the Yi family with the largest yard in the cottage, and prepared to grab some things and leave quickly.

The Yi family has a two-story building made of wood and bamboo, and a small yard surrounded by a fence.Xu Qingfei probably belonged to the head of the Yi nationality in this cottage.

The four of them easily stepped over the fence, hacked to death the black dog that rushed up and barked twice, and then stepped forward and pushed open the door of the wooden building.

Xu Qingfei asked a confidant to stay outside, find a place to hide and let the wind out, and then took his adopted son and another confidant into the wooden building.

The place where Xu Qingfei and the three entered was a gray room that looked like a living room. There was a wooden chair in the middle of it. When Xu Qingfei and the three entered, there was a person sitting on the wooden chair. middle-aged man.

After Xu Qingfei and the three of them were stunned for a moment, the confidant rushed up with a knife without saying a word, thinking that he was the owner of the house, and wanted to chop it up before talking.

After Xu Qingfei saw the person's attire and expression, he knew something was wrong, but he didn't stop the confidant, he wanted to test the person's intention and depth.

With a bang, when Xu Qingfei's confidant was holding the knife a foot away from the middle-aged man, he suddenly let out a scream and fell flying out, but the left side of his face was already red and swollen, and he spit out a mouthful of blood, which contained two teeth.Xu Qingfei's pupils shrank, and the son next to him had already drawn out the long knife, and his hand was also on the handle of the knife at his waist.He could see clearly just now that this middle-aged man was as fast as a gust of wind, he was the only master he had ever seen in his life.

"Who is your Excellency?" Xu Qingfei knew that meeting such a person in this place was by no means accidental, and the other party most likely came for him.I couldn't help guessing in my heart whether it was a master of the Song government or a person taught by Maitreya.

"Xu Qingfei! Now you are like a bereaved dog. You have fled all the way here. Could it be that you want to live the life of ordinary people in the small country of Dali incognito." The middle-aged man wiped his hands with a handkerchief from his arms, and said quietly.

Xu Qingfei was not surprised that the other party was able to call out his identity, but what the other party said was a bit playful, which made him a little confused.

"Stop talking nonsense, who is your Excellency, what exactly do you want to do when you come to this small village in the deep mountains to wait for me?" Xu Qingfei said coldly.

"Okay! Mr. Xu is really a straightforward person, so I will explain it clearly. Well... In the battle of Daba Mountain, Mr. Xu's camp was the main place to lead the Huaxia Weifu to attack, but apart from you escaping, the black wolf, blood butcher and Huang Yidao and his six leaders were all killed by the people of Huaxia Weifu. Does Master Xu really think that he is lucky?" said the middle-aged man.

It was the first time Xu Qingfei heard that the other six bandit leaders had been killed, and his expression changed slightly. Following the middle-aged man's thought, his expression changed again, and he thought of a possibility.

"That's right! Mr. Xu seems to have figured it out. Mr. Xu was indeed let go by Ye Chen on purpose to find Shangguan Bingyun through you. It's a pity that the people in the Huaxia Weifu didn't expect that you never went to find Shangguan Bing at all." Yun. Well... Master Xu doesn't have to worry, the people of the Huaxia Weifu have been restrained by our people, and they won't be able to come here for a while, so Master Xu has temporarily escaped the surveillance of the people of the Huaxia Weifu." The middle-aged man said .

At this time, Xu Qingfei's expression was extremely ugly. It is not difficult to judge the middle-aged man's words. Now that he thinks about it carefully, there are indeed all kinds of strange things about his ability to escape.Anyone who thought that he had escaped from the government's pursuit, but suddenly realized that he was just a bait deliberately let go by the government, would not be in a better mood.

But he is also a smart person, immediately thought of the identity of the person in front of him, took a deep breath, and said: "Your Excellency has spent so much effort to block the people in the government, what exactly do you want to do, it is better to say clearly."

The middle-aged man saw that the heat was almost ready, and said: "You will know your identity in the future, you only need to know two things now. First, after the First World War at Daba Mountain, nearly 3000 of your core horse bandits escaped , nearly 2000 of them have been rescued by us, and have changed their identities, and all of them have been sent to a safe place. Second, I am here to rescue you now, to send you to that safe place, and I will let Your Excellency continue to command the two thousand rogues."

Xu Qingfei was shocked in his heart. He really couldn't understand that there is still a force in the rivers and lakes that can unknowingly rescue the rogues who were hunted down by the cavalry of the Song Dynasty, and then send them away safely, and even sent them to one place.Even the powerful Khitan country in the north couldn't do this in Song Dynasty.

He suspected that the other party was just trying to deceive him, but after thinking about it, without the help of the other party, it would be difficult for him to escape from Huaxia Weifu.

Xu Qingfei's face was changing, but the middle-aged man was a little impatient, and said: "The power of my subordinates is far beyond that of the Maitreya Sect and Tiandao. I like Xu Dangjia. To put it bluntly, I like Xu Dangjia. Horse thieves and rogues are capable of fighting against the officers and soldiers. If Master Xu doesn’t want to follow, he can die here!”

As soon as the words fell, the confidant outside the house ran in, saying that a group of men in black were surrounded outside, and then more than ten people poured out from the two corner gates of the wooden building, holding strong bows and surrounding Xu Qingfei and his party.

Seeing this, Xu Qingfei gave a wry smile and said, "Okay! I will go with you."

The middle-aged man smiled slightly when he heard the words, and suddenly stretched out his finger, pointing at Xu Qingfei's adoptive son, and said, "Kill him."

Xu Qingfei's adoptive son's expression changed drastically, and he was about to make a move, when there was a buzzing sound, Xu Qingfei's eyes jumped, he stepped aside, and turned his head to look, his adoptive son had dozens of arrows stuck in his body, but he was already dead Die again.

"What do you mean, Your Excellency?" Xu Qingfei asked with an ugly expression.

"Your adopted son has already been enchanted by Shangguan Bingyun's sorcerer's spell. Does Master Xu think that one day your adopted son will suddenly have his head chopped off?" said the middle-aged man.

Xu Qingfei's expression froze, and he didn't speak anymore.

At this moment, an old man in black with a cold expression ran in and said to the middle-aged man: "Elder Huang! The people in the Huaxia Weifu are very powerful, especially that Bai Canghai. More than 70 of us were killed. I was the only one who escaped, we should leave this place quickly, they will come here soon."

The middle-aged man looked concentrating, and said: "I will take Xu Qingfei first, and you take a few people to kill all the people in this village. Don't leave any clues."

The old man in black bowed and said yes, ordered four people, and ran out quickly.The middle-aged man quickly left the village with the rest of the people, and disappeared into the vast mountains and forests to the west.

After the Battle of Bazhou, Ye Chen went to Chengdu Mansion to sit in town, while commanding the bandit suppression army, and cooperating with the local government to do some follow-up matters such as stabilizing the people and dividing the refugees, while waiting for Bai Canghai, Xia Fei and other experts from the Huaxia Wei Mansion to come back.On the same day, he got the news that Xu Qingfei did not go to Baizhang Pass, but wanted to go to Dali, so he knew that it was almost impossible to find Shangguan Bingyun this time.

On June [-], Luo Yaoshun, Cao Wei, Zhan Xiongwu, and Yang Yanping led an army of [-] troops from the Southern Han Dynasty to Sichuan and Shu.After Ye Chen let them rest for two days, he rushed back to Kaifeng ahead of schedule with the five thousand imperial guards who suppressed the bandits.

On July [-]th, Bai Canghai and Xia Fei returned empty-handed. Not only did they not find any trace of Shangguan Bingbing, even Xu Qingfei ran away.Ye Chen was greatly disappointed, and Bai Canghai was also very depressed.

On July [-]th, Ye Chen received a secret letter sent by Han Hu, who was in charge of the Huaxia Weifu Yamen, asking the emperor to invite him back to Beijing.In addition, he said why the emperor was in a hurry to call him back to Beijing.

Ye Chen sent Li Junhao and Huang Louping, the security envoy of the Action Department, to take five hundred black cavalry, and sent back more than 20 boxes of gold and silver treasures seized from the bandits back to Kaifeng ten days ago.

Ye Chen's plan was originally to be handed over to the court and the emperor.But after he returned to Kaifeng, he would hand it over in person.Ye Chen mentioned this matter incidentally in the victory report.

However, in the past few days, the Sichuan and Shu areas have been extremely corrupted, and there is a lot of waste waiting to be built. The property needed for disaster relief and resettlement of refugees is huge. Then the army will return after winning the battle.

However, the imperial court is now out of money.

Recently, the imperial court sent [-] troops to fight against the Southern Han Dynasty. They thought that a large number of them could be seized from the Southern Han treasury, but the Southern Han imperial city was just an empty shell, and all the gold and silver wealth had been transferred.

In addition, Zhao Kuangyin worried that the people of the Southern Han Dynasty would have the same rebellious heart as the Houshu in those days—the current Sichuan and Shu. It also exempted the people of the original Southern Han Dynasty from paying taxes for half a year.

At the same time, he fought with the bandits for more than two or three months.

These two battles have consumed a huge amount of treasury.A month ago, because of the civil unrest in Sichuan and Sichuan, Zhao Kuangyin issued an order to exempt more than a dozen prefectures and counties that suffered from various natural disasters from taxation, which reduced the treasury revenue by a lot.

Luo Gongming, the envoy of the third division, has greyed a lot of money in recent days, and he really can't afford the money.

Zhao Kuangyin sent people to the Huaxia Weifu to collect Ye Chen's confiscation from the bandits in advance, but the five hundred black cavalry had received Ye Chen's order not to let anyone touch the dozens of boxes of gold and silver jewels. Li Junhao, Han Hu After exhausting my brains, there is nothing I can do.The emperor was naturally unhappy when the news reached Zhao Kuangyin.So the order to recruit Ye Chen to return to Beijing as soon as possible was passed on.

After Ye Chen read the secret letter, he frowned and smiled wryly, but he didn't expect the court to be so short of money recently.This exposed the five hundred black cavalrymen who only listened to his own orders to Zhao Kuangyin's eyes. No emperor would be happy about such a taboo thing.If it wasn't for Ye Chen's great service this time, and Zhao Kuangyin gave him face, the five hundred black cavalry would have been besieged and killed by the army.

(End of this chapter)