Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 306 Not too big, not too small
It was almost Hai hour, and it was already past dinner time, so he dragged his tired body, under the protection of four guards, and went back home in a carriage.

His home is in the west of the city, and the three-way courtyard is neither too big nor too small, which just fits his status.There are many houses of middle and lower officials of the court in this area.It can be regarded as an excellent downtown area in Kaifeng Prefecture.

Zeng Shangfei got out of the carriage and slowed down at the door. He was really tired today, and he didn't even have the energy to walk now.Seeing him coming back, the door quickly came to welcome him. Zeng Shangfei waved his hand and entered three times by himself. He had already eaten outside, so instead of going to the main room to eat, he went to the side room next to him. There is a bamboo curtain hanging.

He hesitated at the door, then knocked rhythmically a few times.

"Come in!" A shrill male voice came from inside.

Zeng Shangfei pushed open the half-covered door, the light inside was dark, and the bright light outside cast his own figure on the ground, forming a shadow.

Zeng Shangfei walked in slowly, and then closed the door.

A grey-haired old man walked out from the dark place inside, he walked up to Zeng Shangfei and raised his head, it was Zhang Jiye, the chief executive of the big house.

Zhang Jiye asked unceremoniously: "When do you arrange for me to leave the city?"

Zeng Shangfei suppressed the murderous intent in his heart, and said: "In the past two days, the situation in the city has been very tense, and it is difficult to arrange..."

"Zeng Shangfei, in front of miscellaneous people, don't play tricks like these. What you did back then is enough for you to be late for several times. If you still want to get ahead, you know what the consequences will be."

Zeng Shangfei raised his eyes coldly and looked at Zhang Jiye in front of him. When he was in Houshu, he was nominally the general guarding the northwest of Houshu, but his real identity was also a member of the Maitreya Sect. However, he betrayed the Maitreya Sect at the end, and even thought about Use the Song Army to completely wipe out the Maitreya Sect.At that time, Wang Quanbin, the commander-in-chief of the Song Army, killed [-] soldiers and slaughtered two cities in Houshu, because he was bewitched.To be precise, it was only because Zeng Shangfei told Wang Quanbin that there were core members of the Maitreya Sect in the [-] Shu army and the two cities.

Wang Quanbin and the Maitreya Sect had a deadly feud for killing their father, mother, brother, and wife, so they did things like massacre soldiers and cities that made Zhao Kuangyin furious.

In addition to the core members of the Maitreya Sect, that is, Wang Quanbin himself was aware of this matter afterwards, but Wang Quanbin has no evidence that he was bewitched by Zeng Shangfei.Now four or five years later, Zeng Shangfei has already regarded himself as a real military officer of the Song Dynasty, and even developed some true loyalty to the court of the Song Dynasty and the emperor.I also want to spend the rest of my life in peace.

However, because the Maitreya Church has never disclosed his identity as one of the core members of the Maitreya Church, he has always been concerned about this matter, and he also expected that the Maitreya Church would use this to blackmail him into doing something.

Unexpectedly, just yesterday, that Zhang Jiye came to his door, threatening him with the old incident, and let him cover him, the Maitreya assassin who assassinated the emperor.

Countless thoughts flashed in Zeng Shangfei's mind. Although the Zhang Jiye in front of him was powerful, when he escaped from the palace, he was clearly injured and looked a little weak. Unfortunately, he didn't have the confidence to kill this old eunuch. In fact, he was worried that there were still members of Maitreya Sect in Kaifeng City, so he never dared to act rashly, and he tried his best to agree to the request of the other party, which was regarded as compromise.

Just such an old eunuch put Zeng Shangfei in an extremely dangerous situation.Because Zeng Shangfei knew that the emperor would not let him go once the old events of that year were leaked, but he knew that Zhao Kuangyin had already determined that the massacre was one of the main reasons for the frequent riots in Sichuan and Sichuan today.In addition, the Maitreya Sect single-handedly planned the Sichuan and Shu riots this time, and first assassinated Cao Bin, and even assassinated the emperor yesterday.He knew that no matter what he said, Zhao Kuangyin would rather kill him by mistake than let him go.

Zeng Shangfei touched the handle of the dagger in his sleeve. He is a general who leads the army. Although it has been a bit barren these few years, his kung fu foundation is still there. Unfortunately, he knows that although Zhang Jiye is injured, he still cannot easily kill him.And even if he was able to kill Zhang Jiye, the Maitreya Sect would reveal his current Maitreya Sect identity and the past events in Sichuan and Shu, and he would also die miserably.

Zhang Jiye is also very sensitive. He looked at the tall Zeng Shangfei coldly, and said in a cold voice: "Since the Zajia dared to find your house, there are other opponents to deal with you. Let's not say that although the Zajia was injured, it is not the same. You can handle it, not to mention that besides the miscellaneous family, there are naturally people from my Maitreya sect in Kaifeng City. Therefore, you have no choice. Only by helping the miscellaneous family escape from Kaifeng City can you continue to live your life as a high-ranking official in the Song Dynasty."

Zeng Shangfei let go of the handle of the dagger in his sleeve, cupped his hands and said to Zhang Jiye: "Director Zhang is serious, but there is one thing I can't understand. Director Zhang has been lurking in the palace for many years. Can't you see that it is only a matter of time before the Great Song Dynasty conquers the Southern Tang Dynasty?" , Even unifying the world is not impossible. Why did the Maitreya Sect fight for the sake of the Southern Tang and the Great Song."

Zhang Jiye smiled slightly, "No matter how powerful the Great Song Dynasty is, where my Maitreya Sect will go, these have nothing to do with the Zajia.

Zeng Shangfei shook his head, "Boss Zhang is also a poor man."

Knowing that Zeng Shangfei was still afraid of him, Zhang Jiye turned around and found a chair to sit down, and said to Zeng Shangfei: "Stop talking nonsense, if the miscellaneous family can't leave the city within three days, someone will tell the emperor about your identity and the old things in Sichuan and Sichuan." .”

Zeng Shangfei said with a gloomy expression: "I will find a way to arrange it as soon as possible."

As soon as the words fell, he turned and walked out with a cold face.He has already issued an order that no one else in the house can approach the small courtyard where Zhang Jiye is located.In the past few days, people who normally go out to buy vegetables, rice noodles and other normal things have been replaced by his confidantes.From the surface, it seems that there is nothing unusual in Zeng Mansion.

Zhao Kuangyin discussed with the important officials of the two governments about letting the Huaxia Weifu monitor the officials of the world, so it was inevitable that the news spread.At the same time that it caused a big shock in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty, the Ye Mansion immediately became the busiest family in Kyoto, even more lively than Jin Wang's Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Throughout the day, officials from various ministries, divisions, and yamen came here in person or sent people to check on Ye Chen's condition. On the South Long Street at the gate.The black compartment of the carriage is like a cloud, and the gift boxes are like a dragon.

Who told Ye Chen that in order to prevent others from knowing his special constitution and the secret that he is not afraid of poison, he deliberately spread the news that he only relied on the detoxification experts in his family to initially detoxify, and there were still residues in his body. The injury didn't heal either.As a result, it gave everyone an excuse to come and give him gifts and visits.

Although Ye Chen is already mentally prepared to investigate some big corrupt officials who are common people, but he knows that in this era, human relations are extremely important, and closing the door to prevent others from giving gifts sometimes brings unnecessary problems. trouble, and will offend a large number of people.What's more, he was injured on behalf of the emperor, and these people used the excuse of his injury to give gifts, Ye Chen had no reason to refuse.

People who come to Yefu can give any precious medicine with great effort.This cola broke the ghost doctor and apprentice.Without Ye Chen's instructions, Yu Qingyan took all these precious medicinal materials to the small courtyard of the ghost doctor in the half-dead maze.

Recently, it was rumored that the Huaxia Weifu was going to monitor the officials all over the world, making Ye Chen the most popular minister in the Song Dynasty. In addition, this time he had saved his life as a cornerstone, which made him appear more solid and stable.This made Song officials not only envious and jealous, but also secretly afraid.

None of the officials are blind or deaf, and few of them are fools. Ye Chen is favored by the emperor now, even Zhao Pu, who was most trusted by the emperor when the Song Dynasty was founded, is no more than that.

When many people were carefully flattering Ye Fu, how had they ever been completely convinced in their hearts?After all, Ye Chen is too young, and his time in Song Dynasty is too short.He looks like he is in his early twenties, and he has only been in Song Dynasty for more than a year.It is impossible to say that no one is jealous and hot-eyed, which will bring some criticism to Ye Chen.What's more, Ye Chen also has three or four deadly enemies in the court, and Zhao Guangyi, the potential biggest enemy.

Ye Chen had just sent an old official away, and came to the backyard tired and speechless.Han Ke'er quickly asked a few maids to welcome him and began to serve Ye Chen. He took off his coat, served tea and water, and served Ye Chen very comfortably.

"I got a lot of money back home." Ye Chen said serious things, not joking. Although he didn't read the gift list, he also knew that in later generations, some small divisions would get sick and make a fortune. It would cost tens of thousands of dollars for a trivial matter, not to mention that ministers of my level were paying bribes in Song Dynasty, which was becoming more and more superficial.

"It's just a pain for Alang." Han Ke'er said with some distress, and fed the peeled amethyst-like grapes into Ye Chen's mouth like coaxing a child.

Ye Chen was not in the slightest mood to receive those officials who were called to see a doctor, but these officials had their own backgrounds, and their qualifications were old enough. Most of them were veterans. Offend people.

Yu Ye complained: "These people don't say anything when they come here once, but they come back again and again. They are not afraid of being annoying."

"The ministers are still fine." Han Keer suddenly thought of something, with a look of admiration on his face, looked at Ye Chen and said with a smile: "The most frightening thing is that imperial physician Zheng Qian. This old imperial physician is really patient." Excellent person, he came four times and wanted to see the senior ghost doctor, but the senior ghost doctor refused. In the end, he still refused to give up. No... I just heard Ma Gangzi say that Doctor Qian came again today , was sitting in the study in that wing, and refused to leave. A cup of tea has been drunk into clear water."

Ye Chen smiled wryly, knowing that Qian Yi could not cure the poison in Cao Bin's body first, and then he couldn't cure the poison in his own body, and finally annoyed Zhao Kuangyin, who was reprimanded by Zhao Kuangyin.The self-esteem of this old man who is known as a genius doctor has been greatly hit, so he disregarded his face and came to ask the ghost doctor for advice on detoxification.But who is that ghost doctor, naturally he will not pay attention to him, and it is also difficult for Ye Chen to be caught in the middle.

(End of this chapter)