Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 307
While speaking, there was a sudden noise outside the window, and the sound was full of joy.

Listening to the voice, Ye Chen already knew that it was his reward for saving him last time, and it finally came down.

It was Wang Ji'en who came to Ye Mansion to announce the decree. Ye Mansion had been busy for a long time before setting up the incense table and doing enough routines. The whole mansion except the half-dead maze was waiting in front of the garden in the front yard just after entering the gate.

It is a major event for the imperial decree to enter the mansion, and it must not be neglected in the slightest, otherwise it will be disrespectful to the emperor.To put it bluntly, it is the crime of deceiving the emperor.

Ye Chen led people to kneel down, and listening to Wang Jien's shrill voice, he found that the emperor had rewarded a lot this time, and he hadn't finished reading it for a long time.He is no more than when he first came to Song Dynasty, and now he lacks everything, except money.Not to mention the Huaxia Weifu's daily business income.Just the Ye family’s several tooth powder, toothbrush, mahjong workshops and the labyrinth amusement park in Xiangfu County are earning a lot of money every day.Not to mention that Ye Chen is a big antique in Yongle Guild Hall, the largest selling treasury in Kaifeng City.

Ye Chen heard about [-] bolts of silk, and gave him [-] more acres of land, how many gold ingots, how many silver ingots... He thought to himself that there was no such thing as a fresh and too precious treasure. In his opinion, the emperor rewarded this treasure. A pile of things, the sum is really not as good as the sea dongqing that Princess Yongqing gave him.

Xiangfu Hou Yechen has the most money in his family now. This is something that everyone in the Song Dynasty knows, so His Majesty is not going to make too much compensation to Ye Chen in this regard. In addition, this time is only a reward for Ye Chen's rescue. , did not mention Feng, Ye Chen guessed that this was to be rewarded together with his military exploits in the Southern Han Dynasty and Sichuan and Shu, but the military exploits were to be rewarded with other meritorious officials in front of civil and military officials at the court meeting.Because of the assassination of the emperor the day before yesterday, it has been postponed to three days later.

After the imperial decree was announced, Ye Chen accepted the decree. Ma Gangzi gave Wang Jien a big grin, and stuffed a bag of silver without any concealment, causing Wang Jien to roll his eyes, but in a blink of an eye, Ye Chen saluted Ye Chen with a smile on his face. , took the money bag and turned to leave.

"Clothes, embroidered pillows, jade articles, fine wine, silver toilets... There is even a set of musical instruments." Han Ke'er looked at Ye Chen and said happily.

Ye Chen said with a wry smile: "It seems that no one in our mansion knows how to play this."

"The palace always likes to reward these things, anyway, it's not worth a lot of money, and you can still give it away." Yu Qingyan, who just arrived, said sarcastically.

At this time, the courtyard of the back house was busy in a mess. Ma Gangzi and Huzi arranged people outside the mansion to receive the rewards from the palace, while Yu Wen and Yu Ye were busy sorting in the warehouse. Come to the room to ask Ye Chen and Han Keer for instructions, and Ye Chen is too annoying, and finally tell Ma Gangzi to let him handle it.

Seeing that Ye Chen didn't care much about the emperor's reward, Han Ke'er smiled and said, "Ah Lang! As long as it is something rewarded by His Majesty, even if it is a stitch, it must not be vague. Song, besides A Lang, who else can be rewarded with so many things by His Majesty at once."

"It's better not to trade your life for it." Yu Qingyan muttered in a low voice.Because they were worried about Han Ke'er's emotional agitation, everyone kept the matter of Ye Chen's poisoning in order to save the emperor from Han Ke'er.Han Ke'er didn't know about this, she received the imperial edict just now, because she stayed in the backyard because she was pregnant and didn't go there.

"Your Majesty is really stingy." Ye Chen said with a smile: "I listened carefully when reporting the amount of gold and silver. The amount is really pitiful."

It's night time.

Yu Ye took a few maids to wait for Ye Chen and Han Ke'er to wash up and spread out the bedding.Then he led a few servant girls out of the house with water.

Ye Chen and Han Ke'er lay quietly on the bed, Ye Chen gently stroked Han Ke'er's stomach, watched the candles outside the pavilion gradually dim, and did not make a sound for a long time.

"Alang! You all kept it from me. In fact, the concubine knew that you detoxified His Majesty, and in the end sucked His Majesty's poison into herself. Alang... Do you think the concubine is useless?" Han Ke'er turned sideways Body, exhale like blue spray on Ye Chen's face.

"It's itchy, scratch it for me." Ye Chen motioned Han Ke'er to scratch his face, and asked curiously, "Why did you suddenly think of asking this?"

Han Ke'er gently scratched his ears for him, pouted his lips in the dark, and said aggrievedly: "The women around Ah Lang seem to have their own strengths, and they can all help you. Madam Yu is so powerful. It's your bodyguard. Qingyan also learned medical skills from the senior ghost doctor. She is a famous talented woman in Kyoto. Shui'er is also being trained by Madam Yu very well. These days, she said that she will go to the Huaxia Weifu to serve as an envoy to help you... ..."

Ye Chen understood the meaning of Han Ke'er's words, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Ke'er, there are actually some things I haven't told you."

"Ok?"

"In life, if it is useful, then it is good, and if it is useless, it is not good." He said softly: "For me, but you are very special, you are gentle, kind, and considerate. If you were not by the Yangzhou River You saved me, I'm already dead. You are still pregnant with my child, you are the biggest hero of our Ye family." Ye Chen smiled softly.

Ye Chen listened to Ye Chen's gentle little love words, his heart was sweet, but he was still a little sad: "But... after all, it's still..."

Ye Chen stopped her from continuing: "And... but you are very capable, you are the best mahjong player in the house, even a tiger can't beat you."

The young couple laughed.Han Ke'er's inferiority complex dissipated a lot.

In a blink of an eye, another two days have passed. Apart from high-ranking officials and nobles, Kaifeng City has almost been searched by the Kaifeng Mansion's police and the city defense army. Get up, but still did not find Zhang Jiye.

Because of this matter within the Huaxia Weifu, the major events of the appraisal and the organizational adjustment that Ye Chen planned to carry out in the next step were also forced to postpone.

This night, the living room in the front yard of Ye Mansion was brightly lit.

Ye Chen hadn't rested yet, discussing with Li Junhao, Xu Fangyi and Hu Sanguang, the three chief intelligence officers.

"My lord, almost all the beggars in Kaifeng City are peripheral members of our intelligence department, and a dozen small gangs have also been secretly controlled by us. Since the morning of His Majesty's assassination three days ago, his subordinates have mobilized them to search for Zhang Jiye's family members throughout the city. Traces. According to the instructions given to us by the adults, the mansions of court officials above the sixth rank have been closely monitored for [-] hours, and no abnormalities have been found in any of them so far." Li Junhao said.

After Ye Chen frowned and pondered, he said, "Those beggars and members of gangs have not received professional training from the intelligence personnel of our Huaxia Weifu. Even if some inconspicuous abnormal phenomena occur, they may not be able to see them."

Hu Sanguang, envoy of the Intelligence Analysis Department, said: "My lord, after our analysis and screening, there are 13 people in Kaifeng City who are capable of sheltering and possibly sending Zhang Jiye out of the city. They are the Queen, King Jin, Prime Minister Zhao Xianggong and Deputy Prime Minister Xue Xianggong, deputy envoys of the Privy Council Cao Gong and Lord Shen, third envoys Luo Gongming, censor Zhongcheng Wang Yuefeng, Privy Council signing officer Zeng Shangfei, Privy Council minister Li Peijia, two old dukes Gao Huaide and Li Jixun, and finally the head of state Lu Dorson. According to the information we have, after analysis, three of them, Luo Gongming, Prime Minister Zhao Xianggong, Deputy Privy Council Ministers Cao Gong and Lord Shen, Gao Huaide and Li Jixun, the two old princes, can all be excluded. The remaining seven People are more or less likely to send Zhang Jiye out of the city."

Ye Chen thought for a while, and said: "The remaining seven people, the queen... we don't need to worry about it, Xue Juzheng, the political adviser, can basically be excluded, and Lu Duoxun is suspected of giving money to Namingwang Temple secretly because of the beginning of the year. But with his strength and ability, it is too difficult to send Zhang Jiye out, and he is excluded. Wang Yuefeng has just been in the position of Yushi Zhongcheng for more than a month, and basically does not have this background and ability. Excluding these four people, the remaining three Among them, Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi is the most capable of sending Zhang Jiye out of the city, and he also has a motive for doing this."

Li Junhao, Xu Fangyi, and Hu Sanguang's hearts moved, and they couldn't help but look at each other. Some didn't understand why the chief envoy said that Zhao Guangyi had motives, but they knew that if the chief envoy wanted them to know, he would naturally tell them.

"In addition, Zeng Shangfei, a member of the Privy Council, and Li Peijia, who signed the letter of the Privy Council...Although these two are the people with the lowest official positions among the thirteen suspects, they have the ability to send Zhang Jiye out of the city because of their duties. However, never Zhang Jiye has been lurking in the palace for many years. Except for the most unlikely few people, anyone may be a member of the Maitreya sect. Therefore, from now on, Li Junhao will personally go to the Jinwang Zhao Guangyi and the Kaifeng government office. Host, arrange for your best intelligence agents to watch. Xu Fangyi leads people to watch Zeng Shangfei, the secretary of the Privy Council, and Hu Sanguang leads people to watch Li Peijia, the secretary of the Privy Council. The other nine suspects... also sent us The intelligence agents are watching, as for the officials of the sixth rank and above and the heads of the major leaders in the city, those peripheral members are still watching."

The three respectfully said yes.

Xu Fangyi has checked the background information of Zeng Shangfei, the member of the Privy Council who he personally led to watch, and knows that this person has used his position to issue extremely harsh orders to the local governments when dealing with the Maitreya congregation that appeared in the Song Dynasty. , It can be said that he looked extremely cruel to the Maitreya Sect. He suspected that Zeng Shangfei had a deadly feud with the Maitreya Sect.Therefore, he actually didn't think that Zeng Shangfei would be a member of Maitreya.It's just that he didn't dare to disobey Ye Chen's order, and he still carried it out meticulously.

At this time, under his personal leadership, there were 45 people outside Zeng Shangfei's mansion who were in charge of tracking. Among them, there were ten intelligence officers from the Huaxia Wei Mansion who were divided into five groups, and the other 35 people were peripheral members.

Zeng Shangfei's mansion is located in a bustling settlement, living here is not only rich but also expensive, there are rows of shops of all kinds, and there are many pedestrians coming and going.

A beggar came slowly from a distance, begging all the way, and finally arrived at the gate of the Zeng Mansion. The beggar stood in front of the porter for a while, begging the porter with a broken porcelain bowl full of chips, and the porter cursed a few words. But the beggar didn't go away, put down his bowl and beat bamboo boards, and sang "Lotus Falling".

(End of this chapter)