Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 755 Han Xizai's Sophistication
In the afternoon, when Zhang Bo returned home from the Ministry of Agriculture, the door greeted him. He was very respectful at the door. When he entered the door, he put away his smiling face and said coldly, "Why did you come back so early today? I asked you to inquire about the matter." Have you figured it all out?"

"I said, I only know that the heavy treasure that can manufacture plate armor is called the screw rod. It is in the equipment production base. It is the most heavily guarded place in Xiangfu. I am a minister of the Ministry of Agriculture. I went there last time. Coincidentally, you want me to find out how to make heavy treasures."

"We have already found out that it took three master craftsmen more than two years to forge this treasure. You just need to find out the names of these three master craftsmen for us. If you can't find out about this, Don't blame us for cutting off Li Yu's limbs."

Zhang Bo trembled with anger, pointed at the door and cursed, "You...you are despicable and shameless."

The eyes of the two men intertwined, and they were equally ferocious. Zhang Bo was frightened every day, and he was already on the verge of a collapse of pressure. Now he saw this door and threatened him, and his heart was filled with unknown anger.

His name is Ge Zhilin, and he is a confidant of the high-level Song Wei Mansion code-named Clown. He has always been brave and ruthless. Park's family.

Ge Zhilin leaned in front of Zhang Bo and said with a sinister smile, "Don't believe me if you dare to speak like that in front of me."

Zhang Bo interrupted Ge Zhilin with a sneer, and said with a sneer: "You can decide the life and death of the disobedient Marquis, or do you want to coerce the old man and announce to the world what the old man has done for you these days, or just kill the old man?" Family, these things can be decided by you, a warrior who can only fight hard?"

Ge Zhilin narrowed his eyes. Although what Zhang Bo said in front of him was harsh, he was telling the truth.These things are really beyond his control.

Ge Zhilin held back his anger, pushed Zhang Bo away, and said in a cold voice: "Zhang Bo, I won't fight with you, but you are disrespectful to me, I will write it down here, and I will settle accounts with you later. I am only talking about business today, you When will we be able to find out the names of those three master craftsmen?"

Zhang Bo knew the names of the three craftsmen a few days ago when he went to the Weapons Research Department of the equipment production base with Ye Chen, but he also knew the importance of the screw to Xiangfu Kingdom. Song Guo, or Song Guo got the blueprint of the screw from the hands of three craftsmen, the consequences would be disastrous.So these days, I was struggling in my heart, but deep down in my heart, I didn't want to say the names of the three master craftsmen, so I was vain and submissive.

However, Zhang Bo knew that conflicting with this martial artist would not benefit him at all, so he took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said lightly: "The Security Department of Xiangfu Kingdom has probably noticed your existence, and specially provided weapons and equipment a few days ago. The base issued a circular to arrange special protection for the three master craftsmen who built the treasure. Therefore, it is too difficult to find out their names. But the old man will try to find a way."

Before the words finished, Zhang Bo turned around and walked towards the courtyard. Ge Zhilin asked from behind, "You think of a way? Give me an accurate time."

Zhang Bo left a sentence: "Maybe two or three days, or maybe one or two months, it's not up to me."

As soon as Zhang Bo returned to the backyard, the old butler hurried forward, looked left and right, and then whispered something in Zhang Bo's ear.

Zhang Bo's face changed drastically, and he said, "Is this really true?"

The old butler said: "There should be no mistake. I asked several merchants from Kaifeng in Song Dynasty, and they all heard about it. They all said that the emperor of Song Dynasty coveted Xiao Zhou's beauty. Dead and disobedient."

Zhang Bo's complexion fluctuated. After hesitating and struggling for a while, a look of determination flashed in his eyes. He didn't care about dinner, so he hurried out, got in a carriage and headed for the palace.But walking in front of the gate of the imperial city, he hesitated again. After thinking for a while, he turned the carriage around and walked towards the house of Han Xizai, the Prime Minister of the Right.

Since Han Xizai came out of the palace in the afternoon and returned home, he scolded Zhang Bo countless times in his heart. Today, the civil service system of Xiangfu Kingdom is roughly divided into two factions, one is the faction of the old ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty represented by him, and the other is the faction of the left minister Ma Wentao. Representative of the Northwest local civil servant faction.Generally speaking, the power held by both parties and the degree of favor with His Majesty are comparable, but after Zhang Bo’s treason, it will inevitably affect the degree of favor of the old ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty. How can this not make Han Xizai angry .

"Master, Mr. Zhang, Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, please see me." Just as Han Xizai was thinking about how to minimize the influence of Zhang Bo's treason, the housekeeper suddenly came to report.

Han Xizai was stunned, and muttered to himself: "With the means of Hu Sanguang's Security Department, the rumor of Li Yu's death should have been spread to Zhang Bo's ears at this time. This idiot didn't enter the palace immediately to plead guilty to His Majesty, but He came to me, what an idiot! This idiot came to see me at this time, he must want to tell me the whole truth, and then let me make up his mind for him. No, his whereabouts must be under the surveillance of the Ministry of Security, Absolutely not let him enter the mansion, otherwise, if His Majesty has doubts about me, it would be extremely bad."

With a decision in mind, Han Xizai said to the housekeeper, "Tell Zhang Bo that I'm not in the mansion."

The butler agreed, then turned around and was about to leave. Unexpectedly, after taking two steps, Han Xizai's voice came again: "Wait a minute, you call the four Fuzhong nurses to see me first, and then bring Zhang Bo in to see me."

After the housekeeper left, Han Xizai said to himself again: "Since Zhang Bo came to see me at this time, if I don't let him enter the mansion, in the eyes of Hu Sanguang of the Security Department and His Majesty, there is a suspicion that there is no silver 300 taels here. The current plan , the most correct course of action can only be this way.”

Zhang Bo followed the steward of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion all the way to Han Xizai's study,
Han Xizai was waiting at the door of the study, and when he saw Zhang Bo approaching, he invited him in. Zhang Bo absently thanked him, pushed the door in, and stopped after taking two steps.

There were four guards standing in the room. The moment he entered, they stepped forward without saying a word, controlled him, and tied his hands with ropes.

"Gag his mouth tightly, if he wants to bite his tongue and kill himself, master, I won't be able to explain."

"Come on, hurry up and take the post of the truth, and invite Mr. Hu from the Ministry of Security and Mr. Li from the Procuratorate to come together."

Han Xizai's voice came from the door.

Hu Sanguang, Han Xizai, and Li Junhao entered the imperial study together, and after some visits, Hu Sanguang said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Bo went to see Mr. Han, and Mr. Han tied Zhang Bo directly, and sent someone to inform the minister and Lord Li, the minister brought people to Master Han's residence, Zhang Bo recruited them all before asking any questions."

Ye Chen was a little surprised, and glanced at Han Xizai meaningfully, which made the latter's heart skip a beat, and Ye Chen said calmly, "What did Zhang Bo recruit?"

Hu Sanguang said: "Your Majesty, as we have speculated before, the State of Song really threatened Zhang Bo with the lives of Li Yu's family, and Zhang Bo had no choice but to pass on the secret news of our Xiangfu State to them. Song Weifu is in charge of contacting Zhang Bo. Zhang Bo's code name is Clown, but I don't know his name, but he only knows that he has a high official position in the Song Wei Mansion."

"These are all confidential messages that Zhang Bo passed on to them, please read them, Your Majesty."

Hu Sanguang took out a prepared booklet, and Xin Shi next to him stepped forward to take it and put it on the desk in front of Ye Chen. Ye Chen glanced at it, heaved a sigh of relief, and said with some relief in his heart, "Zhang Bo is my auspicious Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Fu Kingdom, both the Dachaohui and the Xiaochaohui are eligible to participate. There are more than these secrets. Although the leaking of the secrets written above seems important, it will not cause any substantive harm to Fuguo. loss."

When Han Xizai heard that His Majesty still believed in Zhang Bo's loyalty, he heaved a sigh of relief, but Li Junhao immediately said, "Your Majesty, according to what Zhang Bo said, the clowns asked Zhang Bo to find a way to inquire about the three people who made the screw. The name of the master."

Ye Chen's expression froze, and Han Xizai cried out inwardly.

"Zhang Bo told the clown the names of the three master craftsmen?" Ye Chen asked coldly.

Hu Sanguang said: "Your Majesty, according to what Zhang Bo said, he did not tell the clown the names of the three master craftsmen. But including this matter, all the confessions Zhang Bo said are just his own words. When the clown is caught After interrogation and confrontation, we can determine whether Zhang Bo is lying."

Ye Chen nodded, agreed with Hu Sanguang, and said: "The screw is the top secret of our Xiangfu country. Except for some people in the weapon and equipment production base, the ministers of the DPRK and China are only the three of you and Yu Wen, Yang Jiye, Ma Wentao knew it, and besides that, Zhang Bo just happened to know it. So, quickly caught the clown and his gang, and found out whether Zhang Bo leaked the screw. .”

Hu Sanguang respectfully said yes, and Han Xizai was terrified when he heard it, because what Ye Chen said was mostly true, and the implication could not rule out that he and five insiders Li Junhao, Yu Wen, Yang Jiye and Ma Wentao leaked the matter.Of the five, Yu Wen, Li Junhao, and Yang Jiye were obviously more trusted by His Majesty, while I and Ma Wentao were suspected. Now that Zhang Bo was treasonous, was he already suspected by His Majesty the Emperor?Han Xizai felt heavy in his heart.

Han Xizai glanced at Ye Chen secretly, but the latter ignored him and said to Hu Sanguang, "What else did Zhang Bo confess?"

Hu Sanguang said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Bo once sent his confidant servant to secretly monitor one of the clown's subordinates. According to his account, the clown should not be in the courtyard behind the Pingli shop discovered by the security department, because his servant never watched He has been there, and he suspects that there is a tunnel in the back yard of Pingli Shop, which leads to another hiding place. Because his servant told him that he saw a horse-drawn carriage leaving Pingli Shop, his servant followed it and found several people near the return of the carriage. Pile up new soil. It should be a horse cart to transport the soil in the tunnel out of the city."

(End of this chapter)