Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 624 Secret Meeting with Zhao Pu
Just when Zhao Guangyi summoned his confidantes to deal with Ye Chen, two silk businessmen, wearing hats, and using very formal and reasonable documents and road guides, entered Kaifeng City from the West Gate and walked to a corner of the West City. Lived in the inn.

Through the window of the inn, one can vaguely see the Ye Mansion surrounded by heavy soldiers.The two businessmen took off their hats and looked at the mansion in the distance. Finally, their eyes fell on the layers of imperial guards outside the mansion and the countless masters hidden in the dark, their faces full of murderous intent.

After several autumn rains, there is a strong sense of autumn outside the window, and the well-arranged noble houses in Kyoto are lightly bathed in the dampness.

Ye Chen withdrew his gaze from the window, and said to Lian Jicheng behind him: "Go and find a way to contact Hu Sanguang, I will find a way to enter the mansion and get something, or let the mansion find a way to send it to me. come out."

Lian Jicheng respectfully agreed, and exited the room. Of course, the appearance of the two of them at this time is quite different from their original appearance. Even if they are acquaintances, it is difficult to recognize them for a while.

This inn can be opened near Xiangfu Prince's Mansion, so it is naturally very classy. The mattress of this bed is not thick, but it feels very good.Ye Chen subconsciously slid his palms on the fabric, and sighed in his heart——it took nearly a month and experienced a narrow escape to remove the poison. In the end, the poison was successfully removed, but his mind was controlled by the black blood Gu mother , left Ye Mansion and Kaifeng in a daze, and encountered three shocking events in Baiyun Mountain. It can be said that he escaped from death several times. Looking at the familiar street scene in Kyoto at this moment, he couldn't help but feel a little bit like a world away. .

Ye Chen and Lian Jicheng left Baiyun Mountain. For the sake of prudence, the two of them were very careful not to contact the subordinates of the Huaxia Weifu. Ye Chen didn't have much confidence in human nature after two lives.

Ye Chen's scruples are justified. Although ordinary people can't see the current situation of the court clearly, he believes that everyone in the Huaxia Weifu can easily see the current situation. Everyone knows that as long as Ye Chen doesn't submit to Zhao Guangyi, who is about to become the emperor , the latter will definitely do everything possible to kill him.At this time, how many people will continue to be loyal to him, Ye Chen, regardless of the life and death of their whole family and their own lives?
Hearing that two-thirds of the Huaxia Weifu who was besieged by the army did not choose to listen to Xu Fangyi's words, Ye Chen was very pleased, but Ye Chen was unwilling to test human nature, even those subordinates of the Huaxia Weifu who seemed to be extremely loyal to him .Now he will only trust those subordinates who are controlled by him with Gu worms.

There is a half-dead labyrinth in the Ye Mansion, and with the existence of the ghost doctor, Ye Chen doesn't have to worry about the safety of his family in a short time. He wants to get a thing hidden in the mansion because he needs to use his own resources in the next plan. The ultimate killer weapon - the heavy sniper rifle brought from later generations.

After he and Lian Jicheng entered the city in disguise, they went to many places. All the key points in the city, including the Yongle Guild Hall, have been controlled by the Cloud Cavalry Army and the Wu Cavalry Army. The general elite imperial army, at the same time, he felt the existence of many masters. He knew that there were many masters in the army. King Jin had also recruited and trained some masters secretly over the years. In addition, there were also masters from the holy hall who were also used by Zhao Guangyi.Therefore, even with his lightness skills and strength, he didn't dare to enter the mansion rashly, or find a way to get in touch with the people in the mansion.

Although he didn't dare to contact people casually, but with Ye Chen's keen six senses, especially his perverted vision and hearing, it is not difficult to figure out the current situation in Kyoto.

At this time, what he thought about the most in his mind was... Is the emperor really dead?In the end, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty failed to change the original fate of history because of Ye Chen's arrival - he was killed by his younger brother.Ye Chen knew that it was because he was poisoned and something went wrong, so Zhao Guangyi and Shengtang took advantage of this gap to act.Otherwise, Zhao Kuangyin will never be killed if he is watching.

Ye Chen's mood at this time was very complicated, some were shocked, some were depressed, some blamed himself, and some were weird.Now that His Majesty is really dead, what should I do next?
He knows better than anyone that Zhao Guangyi actually did well when he was emperor, because in the original history, Song Taizong was not much less talented than his brother Song Taizu. strength itself.Khitan is now in its heyday when its soldiers are strong and horses are strong. Although the Song Dynasty unified the Central Plains and Jiangnan, its military strength is still far behind that of Khitan, which has hundreds of thousands of cavalry.

Compared with King Wei and Zhao Guangyi, the former is far behind, but under the guidance of his own training, the little prince Zhao Defang has shown a very good talent, whether it is the manifestation of mind, character, or specific abilities, but after all, he is still young. , What will happen when the emperor is still unknown.

From the perspective of the overall situation of the Song Dynasty, it would be the best result for Ye Chen not to avenge the emperor, but to be loyal to Zhao Guangyi, to assist the latter in recovering the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and even to conquer Khitan in his lifetime.

In this event that shocked the world, Ye Chen had to admit that all the plans of King Jin were very good. As long as His Majesty is dead, and King Jin has the Queen Mother's order and His Majesty's so-called will, then no matter whether it is a courtier or someone who controls the army, Generals and commanders will consider Zhao Guangyi's first choice to sit on the throne of the Dragon Throne based on their own interests or the overall stability of the Song Dynasty.

And once Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne as emperor, after the dust settled, no one would be able to change anything.

But how could Ye Chen do this, how could he just watch Zhao Guangyi's plot succeed?
The mind of Ye Chen, who was lying quietly on the bed, was spinning rapidly. The so-called idea of ​​thinking about the overall situation of Song Dynasty only appeared in Ye Chen's mind for a short time, and then he was resolutely thrown aside by Ye Chen.Apart from Zhao Kuangyin's kindness to Ye Chen, the most important thing is that Ye Chen combined what Zhao Guangyi did in the original history with his current understanding of Zhao Guangyi, so he could easily recognize what Zhao Guangyi was like. A person——extremely narrow-minded, vengeful, and ruthless.If I surrender to Zhao Guangyi at this time, the latter will definitely wait until the position of emperor is firmly established, and then when the time is right, he will destroy his Ye family without hesitation.

Therefore, Ye Chen must kill Zhao Guangyi and rescue the little prince Zhao Defang.

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The city is full of plains and white, just like a heavy snowfall in the scorching heat of July. Snowflakes are scattered around the imperial city, and the streets and houses are scattered everywhere.Not real snow, just white cloth, white paper, white lights, white hangings, white lanterns.

The whiteness is really clean, and the clean people suppress their sadness and crying in their lungs, for fear of disturbing the saddest day in Song Dynasty in 14 years.

After the news of His Majesty's death came out, the people of Kyoto were greatly impacted.It is often the case that people only think of his good after his death.No matter what kind of temperament His Majesty the Emperor of the Song Dynasty is, at least during his more than ten years of ruling the Song Kingdom, the life of the people of the Song Kingdom was the happiest time since the troubled times of the Five Dynasties.

Therefore, there are mostly sad voices in Kyoto these days.

The emperor was assassinated on the top of the Jade Emperor by Bai Canghai, the king of Wei and the assassination commander of the Huaxia Weifu. No matter whether the people really believed it or doubted it, this was the truth that Zhao Guangyi wanted to tell the people of the Song Dynasty, and what was the real truth? , It may take a few years before it will be gradually revealed, and it will rush into the hearts of the people of Song Dynasty like a flood.Those dignitaries will once again take advantage of the hearts and minds of the people of the Song Dynasty to seek their further interests.

Before the day when the whole country mourned, Kyoto had already turned into a white world.

After everyone got used to being sad, they began to feel the absurdity. How could it be possible for His Majesty the Emperor, who had a great ambition to rule the world, to pass away so quietly?It's not that the departure of His Majesty the Emperor is unacceptable, it's just that no one seems to be able to accept this way of leaving.

The great Emperor Taizu has passed away, what will be the welcome of the Song Kingdom?
Is it the collapse after the turmoil?Is it a rebirth from the ashes after a smooth succession?
Seeking stability because of fear, people have peace of mind.The vast majority of people set their sights on the dragon chair in the Chongzheng Hall, eagerly hoping that Zhao Guangyi would ascend the throne quickly and stabilize the Song Dynasty's government.

Whether it is because of the title brought by the Queen Mother's decree and His Majesty's so-called will, or from the perception of the ministers, it seems natural that Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi should inherit the throne.However, rumors have spread a few days ago, so that it is known that His Majesty the Emperor is on a westward tour to worship heaven.The biggest purpose is to lure the snake out, and this snake is Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi...

There is no need for someone to continue to guide, many people think of something, want to understand something, but dare not say anything.Those ministers who entered the palace crying, looked at His Royal Highness King Jin who was crying bitterly while supporting the coffin, and felt incomparable chill and awe in their hearts.

It is rumored among the officials that the young Xiangfu King Ye Chen seems to have sneaked into the capital, but few people think that under the current situation, especially under the premise that King Jin has controlled the [-] forbidden army, the imperial city, and the court, Xiangfu Wang Yechen can also have the ability to shake the sky.In the eyes of most people, if King Xiangfu is not willing to submit to the new emperor, then he can only bury his name in the dark from now on, and the general trend...is decided.

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According to the old customs of Luoyang, the hometown of Zhao's royal family, there is a brass basin, and some paper money used by people in the market are burning in the basin.The yellow paper money gradually burned to ashes, as if it was a sign of the impermanence of life, no matter how glorious a life is, it will only turn into a cloud of smoke and ashes in the end.

King Zhao Guangyi of Jin and Empress Song brought the little prince Zhao Defang, Princess Yongqing, and the emperor's concubines such as Mrs. Huarui to kneel on the ground, either grieving, confused, helpless, or pretending to cry.Xin Shi knelt aside, seeing all this in his eyes, and thought that among these people, only Queen Song and His Majesty's sons and daughters were sincerely weeping for His Majesty's passing.

(End of this chapter)