Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 730
Seeing Zhang Bo coming back, the gatekeeper rushed to greet him, Zhang Bo waved his hand, and went in three times by himself, but instead of going to the main room for dinner, he went to the side room next to it, where a thick curtain was hung on the window .

He hesitated at the door, then knocked rhythmically a few times.

"Come in!" A male voice came from inside.

Zhang Bo pushed open the half-covered door, the light inside was dark, and the bright light outside cast his own figure on the ground, forming a shadow.

Zhang Bo walked in slowly, and then closed the door.

A figure came out of the shadows inside, walked up to Zhang Bo and raised his head. This person was wearing a clown mask, which looked extremely funny but also very mysterious.

"What is the important matter of the court of Xiangfu Kingdom today?"

"Same as a few days ago, nothing important..."

"Zhang Bo, don't play these tricks in front of me, otherwise I will ask someone to send Li Yu's ears and fingers to you next time for you to take a look."

Zhang Bo looked up coldly at the clown in front of him. This person was a high-ranking official from the Intelligence Department of the Song State and Song Weifu. Feelings, secretly contacting Zhang Bo, using Li Yu's family to blackmail Zhang Bo, has already obtained a lot of information from him, and his appetite is getting bigger and bigger, even asking him to go to the Military Shufu and Zhongshu Province to steal documents.

Countless thoughts flashed in Zhang Bo's mind. Li Yu had the kindness to save the people, the kindness to know each other, and the kindness of the monarch and ministers to him. He valued love and righteousness all his life, but he couldn't bear to watch Li Yu's family get killed.But now he is an important minister of Xiangfu Kingdom and a subject of Ye Chen. He has already made up his mind to be loyal to Ye Chen and to Xiangfu Kingdom.

The contradictions and struggles in his heart these days have been tormenting him so that he cannot sleep.He wanted to confess to Zeng Shangfei and Lian Jicheng, who are in charge of Xiazhou's armed forces countless times, but each time he hesitated at the last moment.Today, he wanted to appeal to Han Xizai, who was also a former minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty, but when he thought about it, with Han Xizai's character, he would not care about the life and death of Li Yu's family at all, and would lead someone to arrest the clown in front of him without hesitation.So, in the end he dismissed the idea again.

Zhang Bo looked at the clown, his eyes were flickering, hesitating in his heart, feeling extremely painful.

The clown had a keen sense. He looked at Zhang Bo coldly and said, "Don't have any other thoughts. Even if you don't care about the life and death of the old master Li Yu's family, you still have to think about your family. Since I have appeared in your house, Naturally, he won’t come alone, to tell you the truth, your whole family is already under the control of this official, if you dare to betray this official, just wait for your family’s corpse to be collected!”

Zhang Bo was already extremely angry, but in the end he suppressed the overwhelming anger in his heart, cupped his hands and said to the clown: "Your Excellency is serious, the villain just has one thing that I can't understand, and I, His Majesty of Xiangfu Kingdom, must also understand the ability of my lord. Fu Guo has been around for a long time, can't you see that as long as a few years pass, no matter if it is Song or Liao, the national power will eventually be surpassed by our Xiang Fu country. I heard that the emperor of the Song Dynasty was fatuous and violent, the prime minister Zhao Pu was monopolizing power, and officials were corrupt. It is bound to be difficult for a long time. You have never thought about changing the stage to sing an opera? Why bother hanging on a tree. As long as you are willing, the old man can personally recommend to His Majesty Your Mightiness."

The clown smiled slightly and said lightly: "Everyone in the world knows that the emperor of Xiangfu Kingdom has great supernatural powers, but what does it have to do with me! If I can be bribed by you, Mr. Zhao will not send me here to Xiangfu!" Fu Kingdom's Tiger and Wolf Lair."

Zhang Bo shook his head and stopped talking.

Knowing that Zhang Bo was still afraid of him, the clown turned around and found a chair to sit on, and said to Zhang Bo, "Okay, now answer the question I just asked."

"The demand for food and grass on the front line has increased a lot these days..."

The clown left through the side door of Zhang Bo’s house, but Zhang Bo didn’t come to see him off. A servant who didn’t know any details came to close the door. The clown mask had been removed from the clown’s face, but he was wearing a northwest dust cap on his head. The fringe is pulled low to hide the hair on the ear temples.

He was wearing a very common Taoist robe coat. When he came to the street, he bowed his body and lowered his head slightly, playing a fortune-telling guise. Suspect.

This area is now the most high-end living area in Xiazhou City, and all the civil and military officials of Xiangfu Kingdom live here.The clown mixed in with the crowd, peeking at the mansions on both sides without any trace.According to the clown who came here for more than half a month to inquire, Xiangfu Kingdom follows the policy of high salary support and honesty. Officials are slaves. Xiangfu Kingdom allows officials to hire servants, but it is absolutely forbidden to keep domestic slaves. Apart from the two old servants brought from the Southern Tang Dynasty, Zhang Bo's house now only employs two servants and two maids.

The clown saw the responders at the intersection, one pretending to be a bearer and the other pretending to be a tea customer. The clown passed in front of them, and after making sure that they saw him, he went to the avenue into the city.

Dan Lang was the first to get up and followed behind the clown. The tea guest observed for a while and followed after seeing that there was no suspicious person.The three of them walked back and forth, and turned south before Sanyang Bridge. The roads here are dense, and the losses during several wars were relatively small. The houses are quite complete, and they look old, some years old.

The clown seemed to be very familiar with the terrain, so he went straight into an alley, which was rarely visited by people on weekdays. Dan Lang stopped at the entrance of the alley, just blocking the road. After the clown changed his clothes at the corner, he coughed and informed the dan Lang, and then Exit from the alley on the other side.

At this time, he has changed his appearance, wearing a square hat on his head and a green skirt on his body, he looks like a gentleman. There are many such people in Xiazhou City. They are either wealthy merchants or local grain gentry, and they are not eye-catching.

He turned east and west in Nancheng, came to Xiangyangmen Street near the South Gate, and came to the back door of a two-entry courtyard from the back alley.

In front of the courtyard is a shop selling charcoal, which is on Xiangyangmen Street, and behind it is the courtyard with two entrances. The clown knocked rhythmically on the door. There was no delay in the door, and the door opened almost immediately. The door creaked. It opened with a sound, revealing a fierce face, it was the clown's subordinate. The clown walked into the courtyard and let out a long sigh of relief.

Every time he goes out, there is a risk, because the anti-espionage methods of the Xiangfu National Security Department are too powerful.To be honest, if it weren't for the current war, Hu Sanguang led the main force of the Ministry of Security on the frontline battlefield.He really didn't dare to enter and leave the mansion of a high official of the Xiangfu Kingdom like Zhang Bo so recklessly.

He didn't go to the store, but directly went into the main room of Erjin, and the subordinate followed him in, poured him tea, and whispered to the clown: "Your Excellency has been away for two days, and this subordinate is very anxious."

The clown didn't care that the tea was still hot, he took a sip impatiently, and then raised his head and said, "Zhang Hu, what's the matter with you, I told you not to call me a master or a subordinate, remember it in the future, don't be overwhelmed by these trivial matters. lost his life."

The subordinate named Zhang Hu agreed, and at this time a man who looked like a businessman came from the shop and said to Zhang Hu: "Dong Liu's family reminded me well that this Xiangfu country is no better than my colleagues in the Song Dynasty. Our Song Wei Mansion is too strong, and our Song Wei Mansion is just learning from others. Six days ago, the eleven strongholds we finally established in Xiangfu Kingdom were taken away from six places. I heard that Xu Bo Xu My lord was almost caught too, and he escaped after being seriously injured. He hid in one place for many days, and only showed up after recovering from his injuries. It seems that those idiots still use the old method to spread rumors in various teahouses and restaurants, or engage in assassination They were destroyed, they were targeted on the way home, and six places were seized the next day. More than 40 people including Mr. Xu escaped and only six escaped. Therefore, now that we have arrived at their lair, we must be more careful all the time."

The clown lay on the chair, squinted his eyes and said, "Old Gao is still sensible, Zhang Hu, you have just been here not long ago, so you should listen more to Lao Gao."

Then the clown talked about the information he had obtained, and then said to the two of them, "Tell me, let's see if there is anything we can do?"

Lao Gao bowed and said: "The villain first, the villain arranged for two people to mix with the errands in the Xiangfu State Yamen and the army. One was old man Zhu brought by the capital. More than a month ago, the Xiazhou Yamen Recruited some people to clean the streets on a regular basis. The villain used some means to get the old man Zhu to successfully get this job, and tried to get him to regularly clean the streets near the Xiangfu National Army Headquarters. The villain asked him to collect the military headquarters every day. A lot of things can be seen after bringing them back and putting them together. The other person is a local shabby household developed by a villain. The villain saw that he was quite strong, so he conscripted [-] people from the Xiangfu Kingdom's military department three months ago. When he was an engineer, he was asked to join the army. He is now in the engineer battalion of the Black Wolf Army. As long as he can come back alive this time, he will be asked to write out all the training of the Xiangfu country's engineers. Just what Dong's Liu said, Xiangfu The country has increased the food and grass on the front line, but their number on the front line has not increased, which is likely to be the reason why the army has to go a long way, and it is necessary to notify the party commander as soon as possible to prevent him from being ambushed."

Zhang Hu said: "Would you like to go to the large workshop in the west of Xiazhou City, which is called an arsenal by the people of Xiangfu Kingdom?"

The clown and Lao Gao shook their heads at the same time, and Lao Gao said: "Don't go there, it is the most heavily guarded place in Xiangfu Kingdom except the palace, go to every intersection there and check repeatedly, you just walk over there with a strange face , Let alone inquiring about information, you can’t even get in. And maybe someone will come to interrogate you, if you can’t handle one, you will have to get in yourself.”

(End of this chapter)