Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 364 Like a Wonderland

At this time, Ye Chen and Qian Zhiyin passed through a corner door, and saw another garden behind the corner door. They only saw the scenery from inside the door, and felt that the scenery was patchwork and exquisite.

At this time, it was drizzling in Hangzhou.The lingering autumn rain made the branches and leaves of the flowers and plants in the corridor glow with oily light, and the mist filled the air, making it even more like a fairyland.

Ye Chen brought Yu Qingyan and a maidservant here, the rest are all men from the Huaxia Weifu, and Yongqing only brought a dozen maidservants and mothers.The manor has maids, mothers-in-law, cooks and other servants carefully selected by the royal family of Wuyue.Ye Chen doesn't have to worry about daily life, but he is worried that there will be people with ulterior motives lurking among these servants.

Ye Chen took a cowhide bag from Feng Zhiyuan, solemnly handed it to Qian Zhiyin, and said, "Your Highness, here is a dossier, which explains in detail that the Maitreya Sect tricked Duke Yue into going to Luguan Town, Kaifeng to assassinate our Grand Master." The history of His Majesty Song's assassin."

After Qian Zhiyin took over, Ye Chen pointed to a person escorted up by Feng Zhiyuan and said: "This person is Zhang Qing, the right protector of Maitreya Sect in Kaifeng. At that time, I personally went to see Duke Yue, and the personal guards around Duke Zhao had all seen him. This person can be said to be the chief culprit who killed Duke Yue, and of course the murderers behind the scenes were Maitreya Sect Shangguan Bingyun and Lou Yanming. We Knowing that the son and the Duke have already guessed the general process of this incident, but I still feel that it is necessary to hand over this person to you. One is to hand over the real murderer and let the Lord avenge the Duke of Yue. The other is I hope this incident will not affect the friendly relations between the two countries."

Ye Chen said these words very sincerely. For some reason, Qian Zhiyin treated Ye Chen very well these few days, so he sighed and motioned for the guards behind him to step up to take over Zhang Qing, and then said: "Brother Ye, you are welcome. The younger brother and the father both know it well. It will not affect the friendly relationship between my Wuyue Kingdom and the Song Kingdom. It's just...some people in my Wuyue Kingdom don't think so, and my father is sometimes influenced by these people. These days, my father If there is something offending, please brother Ye be more tolerant and tolerant."

Ye Chen didn't expect Qian Zhiyin to be more sincere than him, and even explained the words directly.He was slightly touched in his heart, so he couldn't help asking: "Brother Qian, I have a question in my mind, and I hope Brother Qian can answer it."

When Qian Zhiyin heard that Ye Chen finally stopped calling him His Royal Highness, and instead called him Brother Qian, his eyes lit up, and the joy on his face was undisguised, and he said, "Brother Ye, it's okay to say."

Ye Chen stared deeply at Qian Zhiyin, and said, "Why is Brother Qian so kind to me?"

Qian Zhiyin was stunned, and embarrassment and... shyness flashed in his eyes, yes it was shyness, although it disappeared in a flash, Ye Chen could see it clearly.This made Ye Chen stunned for a moment, feeling very bewildered.

In a blink of an eye, Qian Zhiyin regained the demeanor that a prince of Wuyue should have. He laughed and said: "Brother Ye is such an extraordinary person, I am fortunate to meet you, and naturally hit it off right away. It is reasonable to treat Brother Ye better. Okay. Now, I will take these files and the murderer who killed my second uncle to meet my father. Brother Ye will also rest for a while, and in two more hours, my younger brother will personally bring people to pick up Brother Ye to the palace for a banquet. "

Watching Qian Zhiyin leave, Feng Zhiyuan stepped forward and said in a low voice: "My lord, just now Master Hu sent the news that the Southern Tang Mission had arrived in Hangzhou yesterday and lived in the Wuyue State Courtyard. The envoy is Xu Xuan, The deputy envoy is Lu Jiang, who was ordered by the Privy Council of the Southern Tang Dynasty to inspect Lu Jiang along the river."

Ye Chen was startled when he heard the words, smiled happily, nodded, didn't speak, but thought to himself: "It turned out to be Xu Xuan, even if Li Yu sent Xu Xuan over, Lou Yanming probably wouldn't agree. In any case, even if there is someone else secretly presiding over this matter, it is always good to have Xu Xuan in the Southern Tang Mission."

Seeing off Qian Zhiyin, who seemed to be staying by Ye Chen's side and didn't want to leave, Ye Chen put the weird feeling of being with Qian Zhiyin behind him for a while, and then went to see the princess first, and then called the deputy envoy Zhang Mingqing ordered him to be fully responsible for a series of preparations such as the princess's wedding with the corresponding departments of Wuyue Kingdom.Then they brought in Yu Qingyan, Feng Zhiyuan, Zhang Dawei and Lian Jicheng for a simple meeting.

Regarding the princess's security, Ye Chen's own defense, and the information exchange with the secret Hu Sanguang, there was a division of labor before coming here, and Ye Chen just emphasized it again.And made some adjustments to the focus of defense. Apart from Lian Jicheng and the six gold medal killers who participated in the manslaughter of Qian Wu, the other four gold medal killers, as well as [-] Huaxia guards and [-] black cavalry were responsible for protecting the princess. , and asked Yu Qingyan to accompany the princess, responsible for checking the three meals a day and the daily diet of the princess and her party.

To make such an arrangement, on the one hand, Ye Chen is very confident in his own strength, and on the other hand, he has a faint feeling that the Maitreya Cult may assassinate Princess Yongqing, and then plant it on the Wuyue Kingdom, thus destroying the current relationship between the two countries. and pro.

Hangzhou has the lightly made-up West Lake, the clear and rippling Fuchun, the Qiantang where the tides come and go, Nanwu Mountain, and Beigu Mountain. The natural scenery and man-made traces are very heavy. If you put aside the artistic conception, it is almost the same as other places in the south of the Yangtze River.

In the drizzle, it was obvious that these were two strangers from other places. What they saw and heard in Hangzhou city made them a little intoxicated.Stand aside and admire more than.

"It's really the most beautiful scenery on earth. It is worthy of being called a paradise on earth!" The younger hat hats lamented.

The older hat-hatter next to him didn't react much, instead he focused on the passers-by and places where people might be hiding. Hearing the young hat-hat's exclamation, he said with a wry smile: "My lord, this subordinate thinks At this time, it is better not to run around. Even if there are seven of us accompanying you, your lord is even more powerful, but what is your lord's status, if some people from Maitreya Sect and Wuyue Kingdom find out your whereabouts, I'm afraid you won't let anyone go A sniper strike."

The young man in a hat raised the brim of his hat, squinted at the passing pedestrians and businessmen, and the West Lake, which could not be seen clearly in the distance, showing his usual upright face, with a smile flashing in his eyes.

This person is none other than Song Guoye Chen.After arranging the defense in the manor, he took Lian Jicheng, Bai Xiaomao and other six gold-medal killers and left secretly over the wall. follow in secret.

Although Wu Yueguo acted extremely friendly, who knew what kind of arrangements had been made in private, not to mention there were people from the Maitreya Sect who hated Ye Chen to death.Ye Chen shouldn't have taken risks like this, but he had a very bad premonition, and he couldn't wait for Hu Sanguang to secretly inquire about vague information, eager to know the enemy's conspiracy hidden in the dark, so he used himself as a bait to lure some People come out to see if they can catch him, and then get some information from him.

And in terms of security.He wasn't all that worried.Because of the presence of the Sword Emperor on Ruyi Mountain outside Hangzhou, Lou Yanming would not come to Hangzhou, and Shangguan Bingyun was seriously injured last time and was poisoned by the true qi in his body, most likely he would not appear either.In addition, even if all the three major Vajras of the Maitreya Sect except those enshrined by the Dajiang Gang come, he is not afraid.

As for the only sword emperor he was wary of, judging from the news he had inquired from Qian Zhiyin in the past few days, the ancestor of the Qian family would never leave the mountain easily, but his sword slaves might come out of the mountain.

As for Wuyue Kingdom's military, Wei Xin, Gao Chengxiang and other forces that could threaten Ye Chen's safety, they were already under the close surveillance of Hu Sanguang.And Ye Chen is now a top-notch expert, and there are seven top-notch experts by his side.Therefore, he thought that if the enemy adopted this strategy of assassinating him, he would not be worried at all.

Although Lian Jicheng hasn't returned to Hangzhou City for a long time, after all, he grew up in this big city before he was a teenager, and he still remembers the directions of those streets clearly.

Ye Chen jumped down from the shaft of the car, looked at the bustling market and the hurried businessmen around, and said with emotion: "It really is a shopping mall, but it doesn't have the feeling of a majestic city that a country's capital should have."

Ye Chen looked at the gray buildings that filled his field of vision, and the layers of streets, and was secretly startled. The area of ​​​​Hangzhou City is probably not smaller than Kaifeng at all.The carriage of the two of them had been walking in the city for a long time, but they were still far away from the planned location. Along the road, there were various buildings and bustling crowds passing through it. Goods from all over the world gathered here. People in different costumes were bargaining, and there were people from Korea, Japan, and small countries in Southeast Asia. They even used a sign language that Ye Chen was not very familiar with to communicate between people from other countries.

You can see everything in the market in this big oriental commercial city. Ye Chen sat in the carriage and looked down the street, and found that there were no commodities that could not be found in this city.He couldn't help admiring in secret, in this bustling and bustling place, who would resist paying a lot of money for tourists from other places?
The city of Hangzhou is a place where merchants from all over the world gather, especially it is very convenient to go to sea from here. The fleet of the Dajiang port here is proficient in the art of controlling waves. It has been flourishing ever since.

Especially since the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, except for the Wuyue Kingdom, there have been constant wars in various parts of China. Foreigners and foreign merchants were robbed and killed as soon as they appeared. There was no guarantee of safety, let alone a good business environment. Adventurers or businessmen, taking the sea route, have become accustomed to conducting transactions through Hangzhou City.

If we want to change this situation, we may have to wait for the Song Dynasty to unify the Central Plains and Jiangnan, and then wait for decades to establish credit.

Ye Chen traveled all the way, looking at all directions and listening to six directions. He savored the city atmosphere of Hangzhou, and even Wuyue Kingdom and Song Dynasty, which were very different from each other, and gradually understood the reason for this.

Hangzhou City has always been able to occupy the central position of the world's commerce, except that Wuyue Kingdom has been the only piece of pure land in China for more than 50 years. Apart from law and order officials, there are not many official figures at all.

(End of this chapter)