Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 294 Extremely Secret Place
On July [-]th, in the east of Kaifeng City, there was a T-shaped intersection in the middle of an extremely hidden deep alley, with high walls on both sides. From a distance, the line of sight was blocked, and there were no nearby houses facing this direction. The window is an extremely secretive place.

At about a quarter of Shen Shi, three unmarked carriages with four entourages each entered from three directions at the same time, and stopped at a T-junction. Then the three grooms jumped out of the carriage without saying a word, and went to They walked more than 50 steps at the intersection they came from, and blocked the entrance of the alley in the future, preventing anyone from entering the alley.

"That bastard Ye Chen is going back to Kaifeng tomorrow, although he made a great contribution this time. But a few days ago, his five hundred guards resisted the imperial decree in the Huaxia Weifu Yamen... Presumably Lu Xianggong and Lord Wang have heard about it Let's go!" The voice of Imperial Academy envoy Tao Gu came from one of the carriages.

"Huh! Of course I heard that this little bastard is so arrogant. His personal soldiers don't even listen to His Majesty's orders. This is a crime of deceiving the emperor. It's a pity that the impeachment led by the official Yushitai was rejected by His Majesty a few days ago. Not yet. However, according to my observation, His Majesty has already developed suspicions towards Ye Chen." The voice of Yu Shi Zhongcheng Wang Yuefeng, who had a feud with Ye Chen for the loss of his son, came from the carriage coming from the east alley.

"Okay, don't talk about these useless nonsense. Master Tao invited us here this time. If you have anything to say, let's talk about it! There are many spies in the Huaxia Weifu in Kaifeng Mansion. If it is not important in the future, the three of us will still It's better not to meet." In the last carriage was another enemy of Ye Chen, Shen Zhizheng Shi Lu Yuqing.

Wang Yuefeng stopped talking, Tao Gu paused for a while, and said: "Lu Xianggong, Lord Wang, I heard that the army did not find much property in the Nanhan Palace this time, and the Nanhan treasury was even empty. Although Pan Mei, Zhao Zan, and Ye Chen mentioned in the previous report that it was Tianyi's demon way that transferred the contents of the Nanhan treasury in advance, as far as I know, Ye was the first to enter the palace at that time. Chen's Huaxia Wei. Why don't we let His Majesty think that the wealth accumulated in the 60 years since the founding of the Southern Han Dynasty was secretly hidden by Ye Chen for corruption."

When Wang Yuefeng heard the words, he couldn't help but said happily: "Master Tao is very cunning. First, Ye Chen's personal guards refused to hand over the confiscations of the rogue bandits in Sichuan and Shu, and then the wealth accumulated in the 60 years of the Southern Han Dynasty was privately hidden for greed. Ye Chen may not be captured by His Majesty Punishment, but His Majesty will no longer trust Ye Chen, and the suspicion in his heart will definitely become heavier."

Tao Gu said: "Your Majesty Wang's words are true. The day after tomorrow Han Emperor Liu Wei will be escorted to Kaifeng by Pan Mei. With His Majesty's preferential treatment for captured and surrendered lords, he will definitely send an important official from the two governments to personally receive and resettle the king. Liu Yan. And the lower official Liu Yan heard that he was timid and afraid of getting into trouble, hehehe... he is very talkative!"

Having said that, Tao Gu stopped talking.

After a while, Lu Yuqing said: "The old man understands what the two of you mean. Well... at the court meeting tomorrow morning, the two of you will play to your majesty, and let the old man be responsible for receiving and arranging the Han Emperor Liu Yu. When the time comes, the old man will see Liu Yu , I will play by ear. If everything goes well, the three of us will cooperate with Liu Yan to perform a play for His Majesty at the banquet given by His Majesty the next day. By then, Ye Chen will have returned to Kaifeng, and will be there At the banquet."

After finishing speaking, Lu Yuqing waved to his groom and entourage, and the latter five hurried over and drove away quickly in the carriage.

After Lu Yuqing left, Wang Yuefeng and Tao Gu did not leave immediately. Wang Yuefeng said suddenly: "Lord Tao, Chengzhi of the Hanlin Academy has retired from illness. His Royal Highness King Jin believes that Master Tao has all the talents, virtues, and abilities, so he will take over the position of Chengzhi of the Hanlin Academy. It's the best fit."

Tao Gu's carriage did not reply for half a minute, and Tao Gu's voice came out after ten breaths: "Please tell His Royal Highness King Jin, if you can be promoted to the Imperial Academy this time, only King Jin will Your Highness will follow suit."

Wang Yuefeng smiled happily, and said: "Then congratulations to Mr. Tao for his promotion. Don't worry, Mr. Tao. His Royal Highness Prince Jin will certainly mobilize his people to write a letter to His Majesty, and Mr. Tao will fill the post of Imperial Academy's Chengzhi. Mr. Tao's words are also accepted by the official." I will tell His Royal Highness King Jin every word."

As soon as the words fell, Wang Yuefeng summoned his entourage and groom, and left the alley.

After a while, Tao Gu's carriage also left.

On the evening of July [-]th, in the largest single courtyard room of the Luoyang post house.

After Ye Chen finished his dinner, he began to do what he had to do every day - check the meridians and dantian in his body, looking for the blood-red foreign objects that had penetrated into his body from Chen Jingyuan's body.

Although there is no discomfort so far, there is a foreign object in his body, which has always been a heart disease for Ye Chen. He can't figure out what's going on, and there is always a shadow in his heart.

After a careful inspection with the true energy in his body, there was still no result. Ye Chen got up with some disappointment and prepared to go to the courtyard to practice sword skills.

At this time, a personal soldier came to report, and Hu Sanguang, the envoy of the Intelligence Analysis Department of the Intelligence Department, asked to see him.

Ye Chen let Hu Sanguang in. After the latter came in and saw the ceremony, he said: "My lord, the chief envoy, just received a secret report from Kaifeng. Lu Yuqing, Tao Gu, and Wang Yuefeng met in secret in Anzi Alley in the east of the city. The three of them The groom and the entourage were driven away, and they had a secret conversation for half an incense stick. Because it was difficult to get close, the matter discussed is still under investigation. However, according to the analysis of the subordinates and others, the three of them are likely to use the five hundred black cavalry to resist the decree Conspiring to make troubles, trying to harm the adults."

A murderous intent flashed in Ye Chen's eyes, he smiled slightly, and said: "I remember that after the incident happened, Wang Yuefeng led some censors at the Yushitai to impeach me. After hearing the news, I thought it was not enough. I was just thinking about finding a few more people to continue to impeach me, so as not to let His Majesty feel that my Huaxia Weifu is in dire straits. Now I didn't expect that someone has already started to attack."

Hu Sanguang understood what Ye Chen meant, hesitated for a moment and said, "My lord, I'm afraid that what those three people planned will aggravate the emperor's suspicion of your lord."

Ye Chen's expression froze, he thought of something, and said: "Before leaving Nanhan, I have sent someone to let Du Qianqiu set up a secret base on a deserted island in the East China Sea. On the island. And ask him to hand over these things to Wu Zhiyuan, the deputy envoy of the Department of Internal Affairs, and use the money to open up business and trade leading to Khitan, Southern Tang, and even Koryo and Japan, so as to earn more military expenses for His Majesty, and by the way, also establish China. Weifu’s sea transportation line and intelligence network. At that time, the people who followed Du Qianqiu stayed on the island to obey Wu Zhiyuan’s orders, so this matter will never be known to outsiders.”

Hu Sanguang thought for a while, he would not say that only Du Qianqiu might leak the matter, but nodded and said: "What your lord said is very true. Those three people should not know about it."

Ye Chen said: "The current focus of our Huaxia Weifu is mainly on the Holy Church and the Maitreya Sect. After returning to Kaifeng this time, after asking His Majesty for instructions, I will send people to establish branches of our Huaxia Weifu in Khitan and Southern Tang. Inquire about all the information related to the state affairs and military affairs of the Great Song Dynasty, and even do some things in foreign countries at critical moments. In addition, although the court officials and various nobles in Kaifeng City are not the focus of our monitoring at present, the things I said before Several people must be closely monitored. I want to know how much food they eat every day and every word they say. Therefore, your intelligence department must intensify efforts in this regard. Hmm! After this matter returns to Kaifeng, combine I will go into more detail about the next step of organizational adjustment of the Huaxia Weifu."

Hu Sanguang respectfully said yes, thinking that he is the envoy of the intelligence analysis department, and at this time the intelligence is unknown, so he just wanted to show it well, thought for a while, and then said: "My lord, Lu Yuqing and the others will never know about this, but On that day, people from Huaxia Weifu entered the Nanhan Imperial Palace first to find Wu Yanrou's family, and the Nanhan treasury was empty, so Lu Yuqing, Tao Gu, and Wang Yuefeng could have made a big fuss about it."

Ye Chen frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "It's really possible. I just don't know how they will make this article so big..."

Ye Chen suddenly felt that his performance in attacking the Southern Han Dynasty and the bandits was too perfect and powerful.To be precise, the Huaxia Weifu's strength in attacking the Southern Han Dynasty and defeating the bandits was really too strong.

Ye Chen believes that after all the details of his attack on the Southern Han Dynasty and the feat of leading 2000 people to defeat [-] bandits spread, everyone in the world will reevaluate the Huaxia Weifu he built.

And Lou Yanming and Shangguan Bingyun from the Maitreya Sect, Yufeng from the Holy Church, Zhang Wumeng and Guo Wuwei from the Northern Taiping Sect.Those people or forces that could really threaten the safety of Ye Chen himself and his relatives, from now on, will definitely spend a lot of energy and focus on Huaxia Weifu.

Even the northern Khitan and Southern Tang militaries will devote a lot of energy to Ye Chen. One day, when the Song Dynasty goes to war with Khitan and Southern Tang, it will be almost impossible to break the city by internal response, unless the general guarding the city is really an idiot .

And in the Great Song court, the three people Ye Chen feared the most - Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Great Song Dynasty, King Zhao Guangyi of Jin Dynasty and Prime Minister Zhao Pu, would definitely re-evaluate the strength of Huaxia Weifu and Ye Chen.

First of all, for Zhao Kuangyin, it is inevitable that the occupational disease of the emperor's occupation will be committed again, and he will definitely have suspicions about Ye Chen.Especially a few days ago, Ye Chen's [-] black cavalrymen just resisted and refused to obey the order. Presumably, it will make Zhao Kuangyin's original suspicion further.

Secondly, under the Son of Heaven, besides the two most powerful men in the Song Dynasty—Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi and Prime Minister Zhao Pu, a third party suddenly rose up, and a third person who could compete with them appeared.Although it is good to talk about the triangular nature or the power of the three legs, it is relatively more stable from a logical point of view.But thinking about it, neither Zhao Guangyi nor Zhao Pu wanted a third force that could compete with them.Therefore, it is inevitable for Zhao Guangyi and Zhao Pu to feel hostility and guard against Ye Chen.

Thinking that he might have to face so many opponents or enemies, Ye Chen suddenly felt a little speechless and awe-inspiring, and even regretted that he had shown Huaxia Weifu too much in the attack on the Southern Han Dynasty and the Sichuan and Shu rogues.But then Ye Chen's mind became extremely firm, because he knew that even if he went back in time and started over again, he would still choose to do this, because what he did was not purely for himself, nor was it pure For his own future, in the Southern Han Dynasty, he let the intelligence agents of the Huaxia Wei Mansion and Huaxia Wei serve as internal responses again and again. Although he had the intention of competing with Pan Mei and Zhao Zan, it was also for the sake of reducing the number of deaths of athletes in the Great Song Army. Let the people of the Southern Han Dynasty die less.However, in Sichuan and Shu, there were also reasons for the sake of the overall situation of the Song Dynasty to take risks with one's own body and attack at night from hundreds of miles away.

(End of this chapter)