Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 376 The Real Conspiracy of Maitreya Sect
It stands to reason that when Ye Chen left the Wuyue king's palace, Hu Sanguang would, would be able to contact Ye Chen, and even take the initiative to see Ye Chen.But he didn't show up. Even when Ye Chen was assassinated by six first-class killers, Hu Sanguang didn't come.

This matter obviously doesn't make sense, if it wasn't for Ye Chen's great trust in Hu Sanguang, Ye Chen would doubt Hu Sanguang just for this matter alone.

"Okay, get up! Tell me what's going on?" Ye Chen didn't scold him, let alone blame him, but asked calmly.

Hu Sanguang got up immediately and said, "My lord, after Bai Xiaomao and Yue Zhengye assassinated Wei Xin last night, my subordinates arranged for people to finish and arrange the scene, intending to create the illusion that Wei Xin was assassinated by someone from the Maitreya Sect. The butler of the Wei Mansion was a top-notch master, but when Wei Xin was killed, he obviously noticed the movement, but he did not take action to protect Wei Xin, and left the Wei Mansion afterwards, and sneaked out of Hangzhou City by waterway. His subordinates felt that This matter is strange, I'm afraid it involves a lot of trouble, and because of this person's strength, none of the subordinate spies has the strength to sneak in the waterway for half a stick of incense time, and it was too late to ask the adults for help, so the subordinates followed up with him personally. I went up. I didn’t rush back to Hangzhou City until dawn this morning when the city gate opened.”

Ye Chen nodded, with a dignified expression, and said, "Did you find out if you followed the housekeeper of the Wei Mansion?"

Hu Sanguang cheered up, and said: "My lord, this subordinate is about to talk about this matter. Then the steward of the Wei Mansion went all the way to Ruyi Mountain, went up to the ghost bamboo forest halfway up the mountain, took out a token, and walked in. The ghost bamboo forest has strange things. , the subordinates did not dare to go deep, and waited outside for a while. Unexpectedly, they suddenly heard a woman screaming from the sword valley behind the ghost bamboo forest. The content of the shout was ""

Speaking of this, Hu Sanguang glanced at Ye Chen, Ye Chen narrowed his eyes, and said, "What is it? Is it related to me, and I said the exact words."

Hu Sanguang then said: "The content of the woman's shouting is'Ye Chen, I must kill you.'"

Ye Chen's heart skipped a beat, and he frowned and said, "This woman is the aunt of the Lord of Wuyue, the legendary Sword Emperor?"

Hu Sanguang said solemnly: "My lord, you can tell from her voice that her skill is unfathomable. It should be the female sword emperor of the Qian family."

Ye Chen took a deep breath, pondered for a while, and said, "It turns out that the real backer of the Maitreya Sect is Wei Xin's death, that is to say, the fact that I sent someone to assassinate Wei Xin was originally done by the Maitreya Sect. Their trap. But what is the relationship between Wei Xin and that female Sword Emperor, is it closer than the nephew and grand-nephew of the Lord Wuyue?"

Hu Sanguang said: "My lord, my subordinates also had this question at the time, and knew that this matter was not trivial and related to your safety, so after entering the city in the morning, although I heard that Hangyuan City was besieged, I still investigated the matter first. The subordinates found out that one of Wei Xin's uncles was still alive, so they arrested Wei Xin's uncle and his grandson, threatened Wei Xin's uncle, and learned about a past event more than 50 years ago from him."

Ye Chen's heart moved, and he asked, "What happened in the past?"

Hu Sanguang said: "The female sword emperor of the Qian family had some unclear relationship with Wei Xin's father, the previous head of the Wei family more than 40 years ago. His subordinates speculated that Wei Xin was the father of the Qian family and the female sword emperor. Son. But Wei Xin himself may not know about it. Only the old housekeeper of the Wei Mansion knows about it, and this person is likely to be a member of the Maitreya Sect, so this time he used us to kill Wei Xin, angered the female sword emperor, and let It is here to kill you, my lord."

Ye Chen's doubts that had been suppressed in his heart since last night were finally explained at this time.I also really understand the real foreshadowing and overall general plan of the Maitreya Sect.

The Maitreya religion originally planned to have four main goals.

First, assassinate the lord and queen of Wu Yue, and use Lin Chengfeng, the deputy commander of the palace guards, to block the connection between the palace and the outside world.Second, lure Ye Chen to send someone to assassinate Wei Xin, and then actually attract the female Sword Emperor to kill Ye Chen.Third, let Wu Yueguo be in charge of guarding the north gate of Hangzhou City.Fourth, send six masters to ambush Ye Chen. If you can kill Ye Chen, it's good. If you can't kill Ye Chen, it will also make Ye Chen think that these six masters are the ones killed by the Maitreya Sect, and will not hide and escape.So that the Sword Queen can really kill him.

Now, the first of these four conspiracy plans, because Ye Chen guessed the identity of the dancing girl Mi Niang at the banquet last night, and took her away from the Lord of Wuyue, weakening the Maitreya Cult in the palace of Wuyue King The power of the king, so that the queen did not die, and the king of Wuyue was seriously injured, and he did not die for a while.

The most important thing is that Ye Chen learned some things from the dancer Yu Niang and guessed that the Lord of Wuyue might be assassinated, so he led Yu Qingyan to sneak into the palace. The situation in the palace was reversed, and the father and son of the king of Wuyue regained control of the palace and the court.

As for the third conspiracy plan of the Maitreya Sect, the Maitreya Sect did not succeed because Ye Chen left behind an extremely powerful force to protect the princess. Send a large army to wipe out [-] rebels.

As for the fourth conspiracy plan, Ye Chen was not killed by the six masters, but it did achieve the goal of paralyzing Ye Chen to a certain extent.Unfortunately, because of Hu Sanguang's cleverness and ability, he saw through the biggest foreshadowing planned by the Maitreya Cult, and now Ye Chen knew the content of the fourth conspiracy plan in advance.

However, it now appears that the most important second conspiracy plan among the four plans of the Maitreya Sect has succeeded for the most part.As long as Ye Chen is killed by the Sword Emperor, Ye Chen's subordinates will definitely retaliate wildly in Wuyue Kingdom, and the relationship between Song Kingdom and Wuyue Kingdom will break down when the time comes.

As for the daughter of the Qian family, the Sword Emperor, considering that Ye Chen was able to kill Chen Jingyuan, Maitreya Jiaolou Yanming could see that even if the Sword Emperor killed Ye Chen, he would at least be seriously injured, even if he did not die with Ye Chen. At that time, Lou Yanming, who had been hiding in the dark for a long time, would definitely kill the Sword Emperor.Without the protection of the Sword Emperor and Ye Chen, and with the follow-up means that the Maitreya Sect must have, when the Lord of Wuyue died, Qian Zhiyin, the eldest son of Wuyue, might really be controlled by the Maitreya Sect.

And that's the whole plan of Maitreya.

Ye Chen looked solemn, and after a while of contemplation, he said, "Where is the butler of the Wei Mansion now?"

Hu Sanguang said: "This subordinate was in a hurry to come back and report the matter to the adults, so we rushed back to Hangzhou City before the steward of the Wei Mansion came out of the Ghost Bamboo Forest. However, our spies were watching all the intersections under Ruyi Mountain. The sword emperor is so powerful that most of our people can't keep an eye on him. Although the steward of Wei's house is also good, he still can't get rid of our spies. follow."

Ye Chen said: "It doesn't matter whether I can survive under the sword of that crazy female sword emperor of the Qian family, even if I have the means to kill him. But unless I have to, I will never fight with this crazy female sword emperor .Otherwise, no matter who of us dies, the Maitreya Sect will be the cheapest one in the end. Most likely, Lou Yanming will appear at the critical moment and kill the survivors. Therefore, the housekeeper of the Wei Mansion who knows the truth of this matter is the key. If I catch him, I will be able to make him tell the whole truth to that female sword emperor. At that time, maybe I will join hands with that female sword emperor to set a trap and kill Lou Yanming."

Hu Sanguang's eyes lit up, and he said respectfully: "Your Excellency's words are absolutely true, this subordinate will go and verify the location of the housekeeper of the Wei Mansion."

Ye Chen nodded slightly, and said: "After you find out where this person is, have someone notify me as soon as possible. I will take someone there in person. In addition, you need to arrange two things before you leave the city."

Hu Sanguang said: "My lord, please tell me."

Ye Chen said: "First, immediately spread the news in Hangzhou City that Maitreya taught the demon to assassinate the Lord of Wuyue, the Minister of Left Wei Xin, and the Governor of Hangzhou. After the news is spread, after the female Sword Emperor enters the city, First, spend some time to further verify who killed Zuo Prime Minister Wei Xin. Second, find out the whereabouts of the six masters who ambushed me from the Maitreya Sect, and send the best spies to follow their whereabouts. Don't startle the snake until the time comes. , I will send someone to ambush them in one fell swoop. Well, maybe it is better to leave this matter to the court of Wuyue Kingdom."

Hu Sanguang respectfully said yes, then quickly turned and left.

Ye Chen waited for a while, then nodded to the shopkeeper of the rice shop, expressing his satisfaction, and went back to the front hall under the shopkeeper's ecstatic gaze, bid farewell to the shopkeeper like a businessman, still holding the bag in his hand Hangzhou rice.After seeing the businessman go out, the young man jokingly said, "Boss, are we really going to enter Suzhou rice?"

The shopkeeper looked at the only clerk in the store, smiled and said, "Yes, there is a big deal."

The guy thought to himself, with his own rotten rice shop, could it be like those rice merchants on the main street, doing big business with a few boats or a few carts?The business of a few hundred catties is called big business, and this guy can't help but look down on the shopkeeper and don't want to make progress.

On the way, Ye Chen carefully disposed of the bag of rice in his hand. He didn't dare to give it to beggars on the street, and he didn't dare to throw it away, because the code of conduct of Huaxia Weifu's secret agents is a very important one, which is not to underestimate the opponent's ability .

After disposing of a bag of rice cleanly, Ye Chen embarked on the road back to Hangyuan. At this time, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the pedestrians on the road were becoming less and less. When passing an arch bridge not far from Hangyuan, Ye Chen was in the rain. Peng Nei rubbed his face a few times with his hands, and wiped off all the powder and rouge on his face.Squeeze into a small ball of yellow-red dirt in the palm of your hand.

His palm lightly touched the lion on the stone arch bridge, and clusters of powder fell from his palm, silently mixing with the river water under the bridge, and no one could find the slightest trace.

(End of this chapter)