Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 483 Returning home and suspicion

In addition, no matter what the people and ordinary officials in Kaifeng City and even the Great Song Dynasty think, the assassination incident that happened at the gate of Nancheng just now reached the ears of Emperor Zhao Kuangyin. I believe that some Zhao Pu and Shen Yilun have this motive and intention.

Because Zhao Kuangyin has been extremely dissatisfied with Zhao Pu and Shen Yilun's involvement in corruption recently, especially Prime Minister Zhao Pu, which made Zhao Kuangyin extremely angry. The construction of all aspects of the Song Dynasty and the stability of the court have made indelible contributions. In addition, Zhao Pu has never had a second heart for Zhao Kuangyin and has always been loyal. Zhao Kuangyin also knows this. If it is more serious, wipe it to the end directly, or even go to prison.

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that the Heyun Tisi who was executed by Ling Chi more than three months ago and found 10 taels of silver in his home has something to do with Zhao Pu. He is the brother of a concubine of Zhao Pu. .The most important thing is that there are various indications that this Heyun commissioner has given Zhao Pu money and goods in recent years.

And at this juncture, Zhao Pu and Shen Yilun's personal guards assassinated Ye Chen, what would the emperor think?Whether the emperor believed it or not, as long as the emperor knew about this, he would instinctively feel suspicion and disgust towards Zhao Pu and Shen Yilun.

This in itself is an ingenious calculation of human hearts and human nature.Of course, except for the most special 'non-human' occupation in the world, such a calculation is based on the fact that Ye Chen himself does not have a deep friendship with Zhao Pu and Shen Yilun.For example, if this calculation is applied to Cao Bin and Ye Chen, it will definitely not have any effect.

The biggest beneficiary of this matter is naturally Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi. I believe that after this incident, Zhao Pu is not far away from being dismissed from the prime minister and leaving the capital, and Shen Yilun's position as deputy privy envoy may not be long before he will be vacated.

Regardless of the original history or Ye Chen's current experience, Zhao Puruo's final sad departure has always been the result of Zhao Guangyi's years of hard work, but who will be the biggest beneficiary of Shen Yilun's abdication, or who will be the direct beneficiary?Ye Chen thought of Pan Mei.Regardless of Pan Mei's merits, ability and qualifications, or her position in the heart of the emperor, she is the perfect candidate.

For a long time, although Zhao Kuangyin knew that his younger brother was not very secure, he had been able to tolerate him. Apart from family affection, there were two reasons for this. First, Zhao Guangyi was indeed very capable. Under his management, the internal government affairs are well organized, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the law and order are good.The other reason, and the main reason, is that Zhao Kuangyin believes that he holds the army firmly in his own hands. His experience tells him that if he does not have military power and has an army under his hands, he will not be able to accomplish anything, so he I've never been too worried about some things.In the same way, Ye Chen knew that Zhao Guangyi was bound to do some treasonous things in history, but he was not very vigilant about the army, and because he knew the historical allusion of candlelight and ax shadow, the focus of prevention was never on This part of the army.It is also for this reason, but Ruo Panmei secretly has something to do with Zhao Guangyi

Ye Chen's thoughts turned, and there was a shadow in his heart. He had already decided that Pan Mei's next step would be the focus of the Huaxia Weifu's surveillance and investigation.

"Three birds with one arrow!" Ye Chen sighed in his heart. When Zhao Pu and Shen Yilun's faces were ashen, and they were explaining how to explain to Ye Chen, Ye Chen took the initiative to bow to the two again and said, "Let the thief lurk in the two adults. By my side, it was my Huaxia Weifu's dereliction of duty to discover and kill him today."

Zhao Pu and Shen Yilun were taken aback when they heard the words, and their expressions looked a little better, but just as Ye Chen thought just now, these two people will never fully believe that Ye Chen believes that they are not the mastermind read it twice).

The injured subordinates who returned to Beijing with Ye Chen were taken away for treatment as early as halfway. There were not many people behind him at this time. Even Lian Jicheng and Wu Batian brought a dozen black-clothed killers, and Xu Fangyi had already been taken away by him. Arrange to do things.

In this way, he walked quietly and solemnly into the depths of the capital, and soon came to the avenue leading to the inner city.Ye Chen originally wanted to use the heads of the soldiers who assassinated him to do something, but just now, for some reason, he changed his mind and asked someone to pull the carriage with the heads out of the city to find a place to bury them.

At this time, it has already been spread in the market that Xiangfu King Yechen was a lucky man and survived a catastrophe. He just returned to Beijing, but was ambushed by strong men outside Beijing.

Since 12 years ago when today's son Chen Qiao mutinied, added a yellow robe, seized the country from the orphans and widows of the Later Zhou Dynasty, shed some blood when sitting on the throne of God, and died, Kaifeng, the capital of Kyoto, has been immersed in peace. Nothing so shocking had happened in many years.

Ye Chen sat upright on the horse and walked forward, frowning slightly, not knowing what to think about.

Regardless of the assassination in the valley and the gate of the city today, he had to enter the palace immediately to meet the emperor, but at this time, he was covered in blood, which was not acceptable, so he had to go home and change his clothes first.

Before Cao Bin asked about the specific circumstances of the assassination in the valley in private, he left the mansion after a short silence. Ye Chen knew that he was going back to the palace in a hurry to meet the emperor's stormy inquiries.Because after all, the people who assassinated Ye Chen had an army, and the Privy Council was in charge of all the troops of Song Dynasty.The most important thing is that the assassins used the standard bows and arrows of the Song Dynasty army and the strong crossbows for defending the city.

The palace transferred three imperial doctors from the Imperial Hospital to Ye Mansion, Ye Chen naturally did not need them, and this in itself was just a kind of sympathy and expression from the emperor in the palace.

In fact, although his back was injured, how could there be no poison on the black crow's sword? If it was an ordinary master, even if he was not killed at that time, he would have been poisoned to death at this time. However, Ye Chen's system is special, although there is no real one. It is invulnerable to a hundred poisons, but its resistance to poison is very strong, so it is still alive and can persist like a learner.

After Ye Chen accepted the kneeling worship of the excited mansion guards and servants at the door, he went into the backyard room and had a conversation with Han Ke'er, who was trying not to cry in front of everyone, and hugged him inexplicably excitedly. My daughter who is more than one month old watched it for a while.Then he left the backyard. Hu Zi, who had red eyes but forced himself not to shed tears and pretended to be calm, was waiting at the door. Ye Chen wiped the young man's head, gave a few words of encouragement, asked some questions, and then went to the half-dead labyrinth to see him A ghost doctor.

Shui'er followed Bai Canghai and the others to chase the four black crows three days ago, and he hasn't come back yet.

After seeing Ye Chen's wounds, especially the poison on his back, the ghost doctor lamented that the poison was good and that Ye Chen's physique had changed too much, so he applied medicine on his back to heal his wounds, and the remaining poison should be gone in a few days. , As for the miserable wound on the back, it will heal within a few days.

After talking with the ghost doctor for half a stick of incense, Ye Chen came out of the half-dead labyrinth. He was thinking about changing his clothes and going into the palace to meet the emperor. The palace sent someone to send a decree to let Ye Chen heal his wounds and rest tonight. Enter the palace again tomorrow.

Until now, lying on the warm bed at home, Ye Chen's body and mind finally relaxed completely, and suddenly felt a trace of irresistible fatigue. Even though his back was still in pain, he still fell into a deep sleep hugging the pillow go down.Even with his perverted physique and will, he single-handedly defeated a group of hundreds of elite soldiers, the exhaustion of physical and mental energy had actually reached the extreme.It's just that from Pan Mei's appearance, the situation at that time was complicated and confusing. He hadn't seen many things clearly. During this process, he was not allowed to relax at all. Even though he is resting now, the entire Huaxia Weifu has already started to move.

When I woke up, it was already dark, and a maid went out and brought in a bowl of rice porridge warmed with hot water.Han Ke'er, who had been guarding Ye Chen's bed all the time, took the rice porridge, helped Ye Chen sit up, blew it with a spoon, and fed it slowly.

Ye Chen took a sip, licked his dry lips, looked at Han Ke'er who was carefully spooning the porridge beside him, and found that Ke'er had lost a lot of weight after not seeing him for half a year

"Ker, I made you worry."

Han Ke'er wept softly, but in those eyes filled with tears were deep happiness and satisfaction, as well as distress for her beloved son.

Early in the morning, the sky was bright, and in the living room in the front courtyard of Ye Mansion, the assassination envoys and deputy envoys of Huaxia Weifu Bai Canghai and Lian Jicheng, the envoys of supervision Li Junhao, the envoys of intelligence and deputy envoys Xu Fangyi, Hu Sanguang, and Both Wu Batian and Ye Chen have gathered here to discuss matters.

At this time, several people met each other and exchanged a few words of greetings before they began to discuss serious matters.

Lian Jicheng took the lead in saying: "My lord, this subordinate has neglected his duty, and he is alive. The Privy Council Armament Supervision Supervisor responsible for dispatching [-] assassins and providing bows and arrows and crossbows was dead when we found him. After an autopsy, it was found that He was already dead yesterday morning, that is to say, he died at the same time he was stabbed in the adult's valley."

Ye Chen was not surprised by this, not only was he not frustrated, but he smiled at this time and said: "It would be strange if you could catch the living ones with the means of the Holy Church. Alright! Now that the clues are broken, let's take a good look at them." Let’s analyze it! The Intelligence Department will tell you all the known information first.”

Xu Fangyi nodded respectfully and said yes, then thought for a while, and continued: "My lord, the Intelligence Department analyzed all the evidence collected yesterday, and then, with the cooperation of the Privy Council, conducted a secret investigation into the identities of the five hundred assassins yesterday, and found that Although these 500 people are soldiers, they don’t have military registration, and they don’t even have my Song Dynasty household registration. In other words, they are private soldiers trained by a certain general of my Song Dynasty.”

(End of this chapter)