Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 669 Sancha Valley

The smell of burning corpses is obviously different from the smell of burning other things, especially on this sunny and windless day, even though the Daqing Hall is three or four miles away from the incineration site in the back garden, the charred corpses The bad smell is still faintly audible.

In fact, things like burning corpses happen almost every day in the palace these days.

The imperial palace seems to be the most heavily guarded place in the world.But the so-called 'no airtight wall', some news will always be spread outside the palace through various channels, ordinary or weird, or someone intentionally.Therefore, stories about His Majesty's extremely violent behavior and his penchant for killing eunuchs and maids with sticks have begun to spread quietly in Kaifeng City.

Zhao Pu attaches great importance to this matter, so today he entered the palace to persuade His Majesty not to execute the servant again.Zhao Dezhao agreed in person. Unexpectedly, as soon as Zhao Pu left the imperial study and walked near the Daqing Hall, the black smoke from the incineration site was burning again, and the black smoke became thicker and thicker.While Zhao Pu was angry, he also felt very helpless. He found that following the shocking changes in the Daqing Palace more than ten days ago, His Majesty the Emperor was greatly stimulated, and his personality became more extreme, so he could not be controlled or dissuaded any more. .

"For my sake not to be buried in the hands of the tyrant, maybe this old man should control the government..." Zhao Pu thought to himself, and walked outside the palace.

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Gyeongju in the northwest, the General's Mansion.

"What a Ye Chen, what a guts, to insult His Majesty in such a way, forcing the court and His Majesty to split the soil and seal the king."

Gao Huaide, commander of the Northwest Frontier Army, looked angry, with murderous intent looming in his eyes.

"Marshal, don't be impulsive! It is clearly written in the prime minister's secret letter that His Majesty has been poisoned by Ye Chen. Only Ye Chen can detoxify it. If the Marshal uses troops to deal with Ye Chen without authorization, His Majesty may misunderstand you." Staff Liu Xianhua Said.

Gao Huaide let out a cold snort and frowned tightly. Liu Xianhua, the aide, said how could he not know, just watching Ye Chen break ground and build a country from under his nose.

"If the commander-in-chief has to deal with Ye Chen, there is nothing he can do." Another aide named Chen Hongshi said.

Gao Huaide lifted his spirits and said, "What way?"

Chen Hongshi smiled slightly and said: "Commander, Ye Chen came to the Northwest at the beginning of the year, but he harmed the party members, and even almost wiped out the seven tribes of the party party. The party members should hate Ye Chen to the bone. In addition, I also heard that the government The Zhe family in Zhou and the Yang family in Linzhou have a big feud with Ye Chen. So, why don't we use the hands of party members or Fuzhou and Linzhou to deal with Ye Chen."

Gao Huaide was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said, "You mean to reveal Ye Chen's whereabouts to the party members, Fuzhou, and Linzhou?"

Chen Hongshi said: "Not only to reveal Ye Chen's whereabouts, but we also need to shrink the border guards to make it easier for the party members. And Ye Chen led the Huaxia Guards to escort more than 1 women and children all the way. They have lost their mobility and cannot escape at all. "

Liu Xianhua, the staff member who spoke first, said: "If Ye Chen is killed by them, wouldn't it be that no one can cure His Majesty's poison."

Gao Huaide waved his hand and said: "You can rest assured about this, Ye Chen will not die so easily. When the party members have almost killed the Huaxia Weifu, I will lead the army to appear as a rescuer, drive the party members away, and by the way Ye Chen arrested and sent to Kaifeng to detoxify His Majesty."

"Congratulations to Commander-in-Chief, as long as this matter is successful, Commander-in-Chief will be able to save His Majesty's life, and the position of Privy Envoy will be available at your fingertips." Liu Xianhua said.

"It's not just the position of privy envoy, don't forget that Your Majesty hates Ye Chen to the bone now, as long as the commander can catch Ye Chen, it is very possible to be crowned king even during his lifetime." Chen Hongshi said.

Hearing the words of the two staff members, Gao Huaide was quite moved, and a flash of determination flashed in his eyes, and he said, "Okay, that's it. Chen Hongshi! You go and arrange to disclose the news to the party members, Fuzhou Zhejia, Linzhou Regarding the matter of the Yang family. Liu Xianhua, go and pass on the order of the commander, and let the battalion commander and the generals come to the general's mansion to discuss matters."

Liu Xianhua bowed and said yes, and then left.Chen Hongshi said: "Commander, I think it's safest to reveal the news in Sancha Valley."

Gao Huaide pondered for a while, and said, "That's right, such news can only be believed by the party members if it spreads from the Sancha Valley."

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Chen Hongshi left the General's Mansion with the four guards Gao Huaide sent him, and he was going to a place where he could disclose the news to the Seventh Department of the Party.

Since Yongle City, a small border town, was occupied by Khitan three years ago, a similar place appeared soon.

The Sancha Valley, thirty miles northeast of Xiazhou City, is naturally far incomparable to the original Yongle Border Town, because it happens to be at the junction of the Song, Khitan, and Party forces, and because the interests of all parties, large and small, It is necessary to gradually form such a three-way zone.

Any place like this is usually a place where filth is hidden, a shelter for murderers, thugs, robbers, horse thieves, and bandits, or some people who can't get along after committing crimes in Song Dynasty, Khitan and other places will also come Take refuge here.

Of course, some thieves who sit on the ground and share the stolen goods will also come here to sell their stolen goods. The Khitan people are not willing to sell war horses, medicinal materials, and Haidongqing to the Song Dynasty. can be sold.

In short, a thriving black market has formed in Sancha Valley.There are naturally Dangxiang people in such a place, so when Chen Hongshi told Gao Huaide to disclose the news to the Dangxiang people in Sancha Valley, Gao Huaide strongly agreed.

Ever since Ye Chen led the Northwest Frontier Army at the beginning of the year, conquered Xiazhou, and entered the Hengshan Grassland and almost wiped out the Dangxiang clan, the influence of the Northwest Frontier Army in the Northwest has increased a lot.If they were not forced to a dead end, under normal circumstances no one would dare to provoke soldiers of the Northwest Frontier Army.Chen Hongshi naturally knew about this, but he still had to ask some questions.

Chen Hongshi looked around suspiciously, and asked the four guards, "I heard that bandits, bandits, and Jiangyang thieves are rampant in the boundary of Sancha Valley. Why haven't we encountered any robbers yet?"

A soldier said with a smile: "Master Chen doesn't know something. The commander sent four of us to follow Mr. Chen to Sancha Valley. It is because the four of us often come here to help the commander with some private affairs. There are various hills here. The identities of our four brothers are known to everyone, and as long as we are not unlucky enough to encounter party members like hungry wolves, they will not dare to offend us."

The staff of the General's Mansion all have official positions in the Northwest Frontier Army, but they are all civilian positions, so the soldiers call Chen Hongshi an adult.

When Chen Hongshi heard the words, he suddenly realized something, nodded and said: "So that's the case, then the four brothers will be troubled by my safety along the way. I hope I don't run into the party."

The four soldiers quickly clasped their fists together and said politely: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, Mr. Chen is being polite. There are not many party members in Sanchagu, so Mr. Chen doesn't have to worry."

As soon as the words were finished, there was a loud shout from behind the short hills on both sides of the road, and two horsemen rushed out from behind the hills shouting, scaring Chen Hongshi into a cry of surprise, and almost fell off his horse.

The thieves blocked the way, and saw a big man wearing an old sheepskin jacket, who looked and dressed as a member of the party, came out of the group, pointed at Chen Hongshi who was riding on the horse with a huge sword in his hand, and shouted : "Han dog, die!"

"No, it's a party member."

"Damn it, those bastards in Balipo, Shipingzhai, and Shilipu were sent to Sancha Valley by so many party savages."

The four soldiers secretly called unlucky, while gritting their teeth and cursing.While drawing out his weapon, he turned his horse's head and protected Chen Hongshi to retreat in the direction of Sancha Valley.It is less than five miles away from Sancha Valley, and it takes at least ten miles to get out of the mountain if you go back.There are many Han forces in the Sancha Valley, as long as they reveal their identities, a large number of people will rush to help them kill these damn party barbarians.

However, just as they were about to turn their horses around, a group of party members rushed up from the hillsides on both sides behind them, blocking their retreat and their advance.

The four soldiers thought they were going to die today, but at this moment, a group of Han horse thieves they knew suddenly passed by here, and the four soldiers immediately asked for help. He rushed over without hesitation.

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After Yichen's melee, two of the four soldiers died, and the other two desperately protected Chen Hongshi. With the help of the horse thief, they fled to the Sancha Valley, and Dangxiang retreated.

Sancha Valley is actually a very dilapidated place as a whole, full of mud houses with dry bases, and the roofs are all half houses unique to the north, one end is high and the other end is low. According to the leader of the horse thief, this should be the trace left by the Khitan army who came to pick up cheap.

However, when the Khitans came to Sancha Valley, they didn't kill the people here every time, but put their main force on robbery.

Therefore, some people living in Sancha Valley would even open their gates when the Xixia people came, and kneel outside the door to wait for the Khitan people.

As long as the Khitan people get a satisfactory harvest in Sancha Valley, they will leave like a gust of wind just like when they came.It's just that sometimes the Khitan people who come here are murderous, and if they have to kill some people, it will cause some people in the valley to resist desperately.

Under normal circumstances, the Khitan border generals are not fools. If the damage to Sancha Valley is too serious, the bandits and black market here will be scattered, and Sancha Valley will completely become a dead place, and they will be extinct. Fork the road to wealth.

There are no special circumstances, Sancha Valley is very lively.Chen Hongshi even saw four or five grain stores, six or seven taverns, and a dozen restaurants here. The largest number were of course cobbler's shops, extending from the street to the end of the street.

When the windows of a relatively large house were opened, Chen Hongshi recognized that it turned out to be a large-scale casino.

The most impressive part of the house is a small two-story building called Sanchalou. More than a dozen burly men stood at the entrance of Sanchalou with their arms folded. One person winked and waved the embroidered cloth in his hand.

Chen Hongshi kept looking at them along the way with great interest, his eyes often lingered on some corners, wooden pillars or boulders, as if he was looking for something.

The name of the leader of the horse thief was Zheng Yan. According to the knowledge of the four soldiers, Zheng Yan killed a family of officials in Jingzhao Mansion.He committed a serious crime and had nowhere to go, so he went to Sancha Valley to ask for a living.

The two brothers died, and the faces of the remaining two soldiers were very ugly. Zheng Yan knew that these two soldiers were personal soldiers of the General's Mansion in the Northwest Frontier Palace. To him, they were very thick thighs. People, naturally, will not let go of the opportunity to continue making friends.

"Three brothers, this brother treats guests, take the two brothers to eat flower wine, and find a woman to warm the bed." Zheng Yan said courteously.

Chen Hongshi also said: "When we go back, I will invite brothers from a battalion with the commander in chief to kill all the party members here and avenge the two brothers who died."

The two soldiers looked better when they heard this. After thanking Chen Hongshi, they followed Zheng Yan to Sanchakou to drink flower wine.

After a few glasses of wine and a full stomach, Zheng Yan spent a lot of money to call the three youngest and most beautiful girls from Sanchakou, and accompanied the two soldiers and Chen Hongshi into a room.Before entering the room, Chen Hongshi said to the two soldiers: "You two brothers, just go and have fun, and after you have finished having fun, you will go out to do business."

The two soldiers were thinking about the task given by the commander in chief, and obviously they still had the task of monitoring Chen Hongshi, so they didn't drink too much, and immediately said that when they would leave, they would call them together to protect Mr. Chen.

After Chen Hongshi thanked him, he carried the alluring woman in his arms and entered the room assigned to him.

The woman in Chen Hongshi's arms is a young woman in her 20s. She is wearing Wan Yunfei's narrow-sleeved double-breasted gown, her red tube top is exposed, and the two trembling meat mountains are half-hidden and half-exposed. On the one hand, the raised eyebrows were thinly drawn, and even with a big mouth in Chen Hongshi's arms, he still kept flirting with Chen Hongshi, but when he entered the room and said it, Chen Hongshi was shocked.

"Chen Hongshi, the envoy is waiting for you in the inner room, you go there by yourself! I will leave this place to my old lady to cover for you."

As the young woman spoke, she jumped out of the arms of Chen Hongshi, who was stiff, and there was already a strong man waiting for her on the bed in the room.In front of Chen Hongshi, the two began to take off each other's clothes and began to fight hand-to-hand.

Seeing this scene, Chen Hongshi couldn't help smiling wryly, but then he remembered what the young woman said just now that the envoy had come in person, he couldn't help being shocked, he tidied his clothes slightly, took a deep breath, and pushed away nervously. The inner door went in.

Hu Sanguang has been waiting here for Chen Hongshi for two days.He is now the head of the Intelligence Department of the Huaxia Weifu, and Ye Chen's most important assistant. To allow him to come to such a small place like Sancha Valley in person is naturally under Ye Chen's order, and there must be something important that needs him. do it.

(End of this chapter)