Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 659
When Ye Chen heard the news of Zhao Defang's death and Li Junhao's assassination three days ago, he had already guessed that this was a conspiracy by the holy hall. To that idiot Zhao Dezhao.But after reading Mrs. Huarui's confession just now, I realized that Zhao Dezhao himself wanted to mutilate his own brother Zhao Defang, and even once had a murderous intention towards Zhao Defang.That's why Mrs. Huarui used it. Otherwise, if Zhao Dezhao had not summoned Zhao Defang to the palace, so that the defense forces around Zhao Defang were not around, how could Zhao Defang die.

Ye Chen originally thought that Zhao Dezhao was just a little weak, timid and lustful, and at most selfish and ruthless. Although he was disappointed, he was not angry.However, he did not expect that Zhao Dezhao's cold-blooded ruthlessness was beyond his imagination.

Zhao Dezhao wanted to break Zhao Defang's legs and become disabled. To some extent, this was more cruel than killing Zhao Defang.In fact, if he was not worried about angering Ye Chen, Zhao Dezhao would have killed Zhao Defang, the only person who threatened his throne.

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Ye Chen was really conflicted at this time, because Zhao Kuangyin, the first emperor, had only one son left, Zhao Dezhao.But today's Song Dynasty is very different from that of Hou Zhou.Zhao Kuangyin could easily win the Chai family's world when Chen Qiao rebelled and added a yellow robe when the Chai family was orphaned and widowed, but no one in Song Dynasty can do this now.Even if it is Ye Chen, if he does not want the Great Song Dynasty, which had managed to unify the world, to fall apart and return to the troubled times of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms more than ten years ago, leaving the people displaced and corpses everywhere, he cannot conspire to usurp the throne.

Because, guarding the north with an army of 15, Li Jixun, the commander of the northern battalion, Gao Huaide, who guards the northwest with [-] troops, Zhao Zan, who guards the south of the Yangtze River, and even Cao Bin, who sits in the capital and other military leaders. Everyone is loyal to the Zhao family of the Great Song Dynasty.Moreover, these bigwigs will definitely not sit back and watch them struggle and struggle all their lives, and the country they conquered will become torn apart again.Even Cao Wei and Luo Yaoshun, two close friends who are as close to Ye Chen as brothers, most likely would not follow Ye Chen to rebel.

What's more, although Ye Chen has the ability to kill the emperor, in the territory of the Song Dynasty, except for the three thousand Huaxia Guards, two thousand secret agents, a hundred killers, and tens of thousands of peripheral spies, Ye Chen has no direct control. army.Zeng Shangfei has an army of [-], and it is also the city defense army responsible for the defense of the capital.But Zeng Shangfei has not been in charge of this ten thousand army for a long time, only about a month.But the officers and generals of the city defense army are the most loyal group of people in the Song army to the royal family.Zeng Shangfei didn't have two or three years to run the business, and it was impossible for him to lead his generals to rebel.

it is good!Even if Ye Chen, with the cooperation of Zeng Shangfei and Shangguan Bingyun, killed Zhao Dezhao, Zhao Pu and a series of people, he took control of the imperial city and the capital.So what!Every district, state, and county in the world will listen to him, Ye Chen.The [-] forbidden troops outside the city will listen to Ye Chen.Well, even if Ye Chen repeats his old tricks and kidnaps the family members of the generals of the Forbidden Army, and even directly controls these generals with Gu insects.But would Li Jixun, Gao Huaide, Zhao Zan, thousands of local officials and city defense generals in hundreds of states and cities listen to Ye Chen?
After more than ten years, the orthodoxy of the Song Dynasty royal family has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, which is completely different from the situation in the troubled times of the Five Dynasties more than ten years ago.

King Jin conspired to become the emperor, and was recognized by the court, the central government, and most civil and military officials in the army. The last edict and last wish left by Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Guangyi's mother.

Not to mention Zhao Dezhao, he is the eldest son of the first emperor, and Zhao Dezhao took the throne as a matter of course since Zhao Kuangyin did not leave a will to let Zhao Defang inherit the throne.

Therefore, except for Jin Wang, Zhao Dezhao, Zhao Defang brothers, and Zhao Guangmei, it is extremely complicated and troublesome for anyone else to seek power and usurp the throne no matter how high their prestige in Song Dynasty is.

Even Ye Chen, who has a very high status in Song Dynasty now, and his prestige is as high as the sun, if he wants to rebel and usurp the throne without having military power or a large army in his hands, if he is ruthless, he will disregard the life and death of the people in the world and the stability of the Song Dynasty Safety, maybe there is still a small possibility.But it's a pity that Ye Chen is not that kind of person, so it is doomed that Ye Chen cannot rebel.

In short, Ye Chen is very clear that it is impossible for him to have the strength and conditions to seek power and usurp the throne, and he will not let the Song Dynasty, which has finally unified the world, fall apart again for his own selfishness, and gradually live and work in peace while the people are displaced and corpses are everywhere .

However, Ye Chen knew very well that Zhao Dezhao, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and most of the court could no longer tolerate Ye Chen. It was not only the emperor Zhao Dezhao who wanted to kill him, but also a large number of court officials headed by Zhao Pu.Ye Chen estimated that for the sake of the stability of the Song Dynasty, Li Jixun who was in charge of the northern camp and Gao Huaide who was in charge of the northwest camp probably wanted to kill himself to avoid future troubles.Because everyone knew that the conflict between him and Emperor Zhao Dezhao was irreconcilable, and he had the strength and possibility to kill the king.

In such a situation, what would Ye Chen do?How to do?Can he break the current predicament, avenge the dead Zhao Dezhao and Huaxia Wei, and lead thousands of people behind him to find a way out in Song Dynasty?
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The next day, the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, is the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Ye Chen led the army back to the court, forty miles away from the capital, the Imperial Court Ritual Department and the Privy Council held a series of triumphant welcome ceremonies.Ye Chen didn't participate, he left the army ahead of time, and directly took nearly a thousand Huaxia guards and a hundred black cavalry, and headed for Kyoto by detour.

However, when they were on a bridge about twenty miles away from Kyoto, Ye Chen and his party were stopped.What stopped them was a group of forbidden soldiers, led by an eunuch.

The eunuch's surname was Gao, and his name was Dezhi. He was originally the chief servant of Wei Wangfu, but now he is the chief internal servant of the Song Dynasty Palace. Neither the prime minister nor the privy envoys will offend him at will.The most important thing is that he is the true confidant of Zhao Dezhao, the current emperor.Ye Chen had also met this eunuch when he was a guest at Prince Wei's Mansion before. He knew that although this Eunuch Gao was extremely loyal to Zhao Dezhao and capable of handling some chores, he was not a smart person, and had a fatal flaw—— People outside the royal family are extremely arrogant.

Eunuch Gao stood in the middle of the stone bridge, looked at Ye Chen, bowed to salute, and then said proudly: "Your Majesty has a decree, please enter the palace immediately."

Ye Chen was riding on the horse, looking at Eunuch Gao's disgusting face, he looked a little puzzled, and didn't speak.

Seeing that Ye Chen ignored him, Eunuch Gao stiffened his expression, but his voice became stronger, and he said, "Why, King Xiangfu wants to resist the order."

"I see."

Ye Chen said: "I just said that your master is not so stupid."

Hearing this, Eunuch Gao's complexion became extremely ugly, and he shouted sharply: "Bold! You are so disrespectful to His Majesty Gan!"

Ye Chen sighed, and said to himself: "Your master is really cruel, selfish and ruthless. He is willing to send the old man who brought him up since childhood and is as close as family to me, so that I can vent my anger and vent my anger. .”

Eunuch Gao was taken aback when he heard the words, and shouted again sharply: "King Xiangfu, the miscellaneous family don't understand what you are talking about. I think you were inseparable from your majesty back then. Don't be domineering because of taking credit and lose your favor. Our family advises you to ………”

Before he finished speaking, Ye Chen frowned, and said: "I have been delayed for some time, and I can't waste time on these stupid things. Since our emperor sent Eunuch Gao to me to vent my anger, Then don't be polite and break his legs."

Hearing this conversation, Eunuch Gao couldn't help being extremely angry, and shouted: "Bold, the miscellaneous family is an angel. If you, King Xiangfu, touch the miscellaneous family, you will be treason and deceive the king..."

A figure flashed past, Lian Jicheng floated down from his horse, and Eunuch Gao was slapped hard on the face, the slap was extremely clear and loud, like the sound of firecrackers in later generations.

Eunuch Gao was stunned. Just as the fifty imperial guards behind him were about to make a move, a hundred black cavalrymen pulled out their knives from their sheaths expressionlessly and charged them.

With the sound of hoofbeats, a hundred black cavalrymen rushed towards the other end of the bridge with smoke and dust in their arms.At the same time, with a click, Eunuch Gao's legs were directly broken by Lian Jicheng, and with a scream, he fainted to death on the ground.

After a while, fifty imperial guards fled in embarrassment with the fainted Eunuch Gao.

It's just that Ye Chen's heart did not dissipate his anger and murderous intentions as Zhao Pu and Zhao Dezhao imagined, by beating and maiming His Majesty's confidants and servants.On the contrary, the anger in Ye Chen's heart was intensified by this matter.Because Zhao Dezhao once again showed a ruthless and selfish side in front of him, which made Ye Chen, who thought he had paid a lot to this country and had a lot of affection for Da Song, very unhappy.

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When Ye Chen and his party arrived at the post station ten miles north of Kaifeng City, they were stopped again.This time it was not the eunuchs or the army who stopped them, but Cao Bin and Luo Gongming.Therefore, to be precise, it is not to stop, but to welcome.Of course, everyone knows that the purpose of Cao Bin and Luo Gongming's greeting is to have a good talk with Ye Chen before Ye Chen meets His Majesty.

Accompanied by Luo Gongming and Cao Bin, Ye Chen boarded a spacious carriage, and the three of them rode together, and entered Kaifeng City from the south gate, where the sun was about to set.

Hu Sanguang, who had rushed back to Kaifeng three days ago, came in a hurry, saluted Ye Chen, Cao Bin and Luo Gongming, and watched Ye Chen hesitate to speak.

(End of this chapter)