Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 310
Zeng Shangfei's method of sending Zhang Jiye out of the city was very simple. He took advantage of the fact that he was in charge of arranging and dispatching the city gates to check the people leaving the city, and replaced Zhang Jiye with his own guards to sneak out of the city.Of course, the specific operation is not so simple.

The general in charge of checking out of the city at the south gate these days is a commander of the imperial army named Hong Tao, who has always been careful and prudent in his work, so he was selected by Cao Bin and Shen Yilun to prevent Zhang Jiye from leaving the city by chance. check.

Hong Tao was really serious about his work. As soon as the city gate opened, he himself got up yawning. While eating breakfast and drinking tea, he sat by himself and watched his subordinates check everyone who went out.Next to him is a master who can see through the ordinary disguise technique, which has been the case in the four city gates these days.

Seeing Zeng Shangfei's carriage from a distance, surrounded by four guards, coming for inspection as a routine, Hong Tao felt in his heart that Zeng Shangfei was still working so diligently in his position, and greeted him with a smile on his face.

He and Zeng Shangfei already had some friendship, and these days they took the opportunity to make friends deliberately, and the latter also gave himself face, and after a few days, the two of them deepened their friendship.

This time, he didn't go to fight against the Southern Han Dynasty and Sichuan and Sichuan to quell the chaos, and stayed behind in Kyoto with his troops.So much so that he didn't make any military exploits. In the past few days, he heard that several generals who fought in the Southern Han Dynasty and his level were going to be promoted, and some were even knighted, which made him envious.

He could see very clearly that the Song Dynasty could be defeated relatively easily, and the best meritorious service would probably be the Southern Tang Dynasty.After defeating the Southern Tang Dynasty, it will not be so easy to fight with the Khitan in the north or some nomadic peoples in the northwest. The difficulty and danger of this meritorious service have increased a lot.

Therefore, he must find a way to participate in the next step in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Although Zeng Shangfei does not have the right to make decisions, he has the right to make suggestions. When the time comes, he will follow Zeng Shangfei's path and let the latter add his name to the two parties. He believed that with his performance in the army these years, he would definitely be selected.Therefore, he was secretly delighted to take this opportunity to make friends with Zeng Shangfei these days.

"Master Zeng! You are here. Your Excellency has really worked hard this morning. Yesterday, the official sent someone to buy a few taels of good tea at Minglongxuan. Your Excellency may as well come and sit down and drink a cup before going to the other three cities. It's not too late to check the door." Hong Tao stepped forward and said while preparing to personally help Zeng Shangfei out of the carriage.

At this moment, a small official galloped from the city, came to Zeng Shangfei, got off his horse and knelt down on one knee, and handed over a document for dispatching troops, and said: "My lord, Cao Gong ordered you to go outside the city. The camp in the left wing mobilized 1000 people to go to the Yamen of the Huaxia Weifu to bring the Southern Tang mission into the city."

Zeng Shangfei frowned slightly, and said: "These matters should be the responsibility of the Political Affairs Hall, why would they be entrusted to our Privy Council?"

The little official said: "My lord, Mr. Cao said that it was because he was worried that the assassins of the Maitreya sect would attack the chief and deputy envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty. He needed to mobilize escorts, so we entrusted the Privy Council to take charge."

Zeng Shangfei said: "Okay, I know, I'm leaving the city now. Go back and report to me!"

The petty official got up on his horse and left.Zeng Shangfei said to Hong Tao next to him: "General Hong, Mr. Cao has sent me an errand temporarily, so I won't stay any longer. I'll try your good tea next time."

Hong Tao hurriedly cupped his hands and said: "Your Excellency, you are too polite. How dare the lower officials delay Your Excellency's important affairs. Your Excellency, please be busy."

Zeng Shangfei got into the carriage again, the groom turned around and drove out of the city.The battalion commander in front of him who was responsible for checking all the people who left the city looked at Hong Tao, who quickly waved his hands and said, "What are you looking at? You still haven't made way for Master Zeng."

The guards guarding the city gate quickly stepped aside, allowing Zeng Shangfei's carriage and four guards on horseback to go out of the city, and soon turned a corner and disappeared from sight.

The errand that Zeng Shangfei received just now is true, he is indeed going to the camp on the left side of the city to transfer troops, and then to the Yamen of the Huaxia Weifu to bring the Southern Tang mission closer to the city, and live in the Honglu Temple again, from the prisoner Restore the identity of the mission.

It's just that when passing through a small uninhabited forest, one of his guards left his carriage and headed southeast, and he sent yesterday to ride a horse with the very imaginary guard who left just now. Walking out of the forest and returning to his position, the overall composition looks the same as before.

The guard who left was naturally Zhang Jiye.

After leaving Zeng Shangfei's sight on the horse, he pulled out the long knife he wore as a guard at his waist, and slapped the horse's buttocks hard on the back of the knife. But Zhang Jiye gently got off his horse and headed towards the southwest.

Naturally, he would not completely trust Zeng Shangfei.

As early as half a month ago, Zhang Jiye received a plan from Lou Yanming in the palace to assassinate the Emperor of Song Dynasty. Regardless of whether the assassination was successful or not, Shangguan Bingyun had already formulated a very feasible plan for him on how to escape. escape plan.Including how to use Zeng Shangfei's handle to let him help out of the city, as well as a series of subsequent arrangements and support.

Zhang Jiye knows that he has value that Lou Yanming and Shangguan Bingyun cannot give up. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, he has been the chief eunuch in the palace. In the whole world, there is no one who understands the structure and defense of the Song Dynasty palace, the emperor, and the royal family better than him. And all the noble people in the harem.Shangguan Bingyun and Lou Yanming can definitely derive many insidious plans against the Song court from the information in his mind.

Ten miles away, Ye Chen, Hu Sanguang, and Xu Fangyi led a hundred black cavalrymen out of a forest. They looked up at the black spot in the sky and suddenly turned to the southwest. How is the company arranged in the southwest direction?"

Xu Fangyi hurriedly said: "My lord, there are our spies at the main intersections within a hundred miles to the southwest and the possible pick-up locations of the Maitreya Sect. Master Bai thinks that Shangguan Bingyun's character, the pick-up locations will probably not be in the wilderness In the wild, and the Operations Division has limited experts who can participate in killing Shangguan Bingyun, Master Bai has arranged killers in all towns hundreds of miles outside Kaifeng City. Because the Yellow River blocks the north direction, the possibility is the least, so the southeast direction In Yuquan Town, about twenty miles away, Huang Louping, the chief of the Ministry of Security, led a group of experts and some killers from the Ministry of Security. Twenty miles to the southwest, in Luguan Town, Lian Jicheng, the chief of the Ministry of Assassination, led a group of assassins. Group of killers. Master Bai personally led a group of killers to respond in the center of Wujia Town, [-] miles to the south. After receiving a signal from Huang Louping or Lian Jicheng, they can also go to support at any time.

After Ye Chen finished listening, he nodded, looked at Hai Dongqing who was slowing down at high altitude above his head, and said, "Let's go too!"

After speaking, he didn't set off immediately, but first glanced in a certain direction behind, and there were twenty police officers from Kaifeng Mansion riding behind them on horseback 500 meters away.Ye Chen's eyesight and hearing are abnormal, he can hear and see things that others can't hear, but can't see.He found the twenty police officers as soon as they left the city.

Ye Chen and his party were far behind, with Hai Dongqing's extremely sharp eyes in the sky, staring at Zhang Jiye's direction, he was not worried about being lost at all.However, they should not be too close to the bait, otherwise it would be bad to scare away the big fish that have not yet taken the bait.

More than seven miles away, Zhang Jiye was dressed as a guard. Instead of taking the main road, he passed through a forest. An old man from a nearby village was often stained with black stove ash, and he picked up so much dry firewood from nowhere on his back, and carried it on his back like a small mountain.

At this time, the sun had risen from the east, shining among the quiet mountains and forests, the mist was dispelled in an instant, and the sky was extremely clear.

Anyone who saw the old man would think that he was a very hardworking old farmer who gathered firewood in the morning, and would not associate him with the Maitreya demon who assassinated the emperor of Song Dynasty a few days ago.

Ye Chen and his party followed the general direction far behind. They all rode horses and walked on the main road, so they didn't find the corpse of an old firewood farmer whose coat had been taken off in the woods.

In the city of Kaifeng, Jinwang Mansion.

Ren Zhiliang said: "Your Highness, I just got the news that Ye Chen took a hundred black riders out of Kaifeng City and headed southwest, and the Huaxia Weifu sent a large number of people outside the city as early as yesterday. After escaping from the city, Ye Chen led people to catch up. But the process was a bit strange, and the subordinates... guessed that Zhang Jiye was deliberately released by Ye Chen, and Ye Chen wanted to use Zhang Jiye to lure Shangguan Bingyun."

Zhao Guangyi was slightly taken aback, his eyes flickered, and said: "Whether it is Ye Chen's supernatural powers, or the spies in the Huaxia Weifu are powerful, they can deliberately let Zhang Jiye out of the city, which means that they have discovered Zhang Jiye's traces a long time ago, think about it." Wang has been operating in Kaifeng City for more than ten years, and he used more than tens of thousands of people this time, but he was unable to find Zhang Jiye."

Speaking of this, the frustration in Zhao Guangyi's eyes flashed away.

But then, he lifted his spirits again, and said: "Blood Killing, they have already followed!"

Ren Zhiliang said: "My lord, don't worry, Xuesha personally brought twenty masters to follow Ye Chen. It should be no problem to kill that Zhang Jiye while Ye Chen is dealing with Shangguan Bingyun."

A deep look flashed in Zhao Guangyi's eyes. After waving Ren Zhiliang to leave, he took a long breath and muttered to himself: "This king has raised blood to kill for ten years. Naturally, don't worry about his strength. It's just Ye Chen's side." There are so many people, it would be difficult to kill one person with blood, I hope that the king spends a lot of money on these killers trained by Xuesha, and don't let me down."

As he approached Luguan Town, the first pick-up point he had agreed with Shangguan Bingyun, Zhang Jiye felt more and more that some unknown danger was waiting for him, because he felt that his leaving the city seemed too smooth so far.

Suddenly, his mind moved, and he thought of a certain possibility. He squinted his eyes slightly, stopped, hunched over, and seemed to be looking for firewood, but he looked around, and there was no one on his left, right, or behind him. There is a beggar a hundred paces ahead.

(End of this chapter)