Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 49 Past Events and Rumors
"What! Ye Chen will borrow his life!" Zhao Kuangyin's expression changed, and the shock in his heart was hard to add.

"This kid is so capable, so what kind of master is his master?" After a long time, Zhao Kuangyin regained his composure, his eyes flashed, and he muttered to himself.But he remembered a past event.

At that time, when Chai Rong was emperor in the later Zhou Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin was the commander of the Xiangdu. He had just become a senior general, and once followed a large army to fight in Guanzhong.By chance, he met a Taoist priest who called himself "Chaos" and also called "Zhen Wu".

The two got acquainted, and during the conversation, they hit it off very well, and they drank and chatted freely, almost getting drunk.

After the Taoist drank, he danced, sang and laughed, and often sang a few lines without thinking, and the lyrics were nondescript, which made people puzzled.

When Zhao Kuangyin broke up with the Taoist priest, the Taoist priest set up a drink to see him off, and the two of them were drinking together by the side of the wild road.The Taoist priest got drunk again, and after getting drunk, he reverted to his old ways and sang loudly.But what was strange was that although the two were close to each other, the singing sound seemed to come down from mid-air, instead of singing from his mouth.And the singing was soft and thin, with the breeze coming from a distant place, only Zhao Kuangyin could hear it, and the other guards and passers-by were unaware of it.

There are two lines in the lyrics that are quite special: "The golden monkey and the tiger have four heads, and the real dragon gets its place." After hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin didn't know what it meant.After the Taoist priest woke up, Zhao Kuangyin questioned him several times, and the Taoist priest said: "The emperor would rather have kindness, and the ears of those with strong soldiers and horses are the ears!"

After saying that, the Taoist priest drifted away, Zhao Kuangyin's complexion changed, but the seeds of wanting to be an emperor were planted in his heart, so that not long after that, when the mysterious force came to him, he didn't hesitate too much, and came here With the secret support of other forces, he embarked on the road of mutiny against the emperor.

Since then, Zhao Kuangyin has never met the Taoist priest.Until the first year of Jianlong, Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne and became the emperor.Afterwards, he suddenly thought that this year is the year of Geng Shen, with heavenly stems facing the five elements, Geng Xin is gold, and the twelve zodiac signs Shen monkey, which happens to be a golden monkey, and it happens to be the fourth day of the first lunar month. The Taoist prophesied that "the golden monkey and the tiger have four heads, will the real dragon get its place?"

Only then did Zhao Kuangyin know that this Taoist priest known as "Chaos" or "Zhen Wu" turned out to be a master of the world, a master of Taoism and immortality.

Over the past few decades, Zhao Kuangyin sent people to look for him countless times, but it was "up to the poor and down to the underworld, and the two places were gone." Not only was there no trace, there was no sound at all. Really nothing".

Now this Ye Chen can draw blood to renew the immortal art, which seems to be about the same as this 'True Essence' Taoist priest.Go back and send someone to check Ye Chen's life history, if under investigation, like this 'Zhen Wu' Taoist priest, there is no trace of his life in the world...

With the end of the war, the city wall of Jinyang was repaired, and various shops in the city opened one after another.

In the south of Jinyang City, at a crossroads, there is a restaurant named 'Shenjian Restaurant' which has just opened.

The original name of this restaurant is not the word "Shenjian", but because when Jinyang City was captured that day, the emperor of the Song Dynasty took Cao Bin and other civil and military ministers upstairs to watch the battle, and the upstart of the Song Dynasty, Ye Chen, the legendary disciple of the master So upstairs, he shot a knife with a hundred steps, and shot down the suicide knife of Liu Jiye, a famous general of the Northern Han Dynasty, with one arrow.

I don't know who passed on this process. These days, it has been widely circulated inside and outside Jinyang City. Someone with a unique vision bought the restaurant, changed its name, and used this as a signboard to spread it widely.No, on the first day of opening, the tense atmosphere of the war has not yet completely ended, and it was full of guests.

The owner of the restaurant did not know how to contact Jia Xian, and through Jia Xian, invited Ye Chen, the person involved, to be a guest.

Just as Ye Chen came out of Cao Bin's tent, he was thinking about asking some questions after Cao Bin calmed down, but Jia Xian pulled him aside, told him about it, and said that Ye Chen wanted to give him an answer. face.

Ye Chen has seen a lot of this kind of marketing tactics of inviting celebrities in later generations, and knows that now he has become the celebrity that is used to make money.And he guessed that Jia Xian must have received a lot of benefits for this, but he pretended not to know.

Ye Chen has recently learned some information about Zhao Kuangyin's character from Jia Xian and Luo Yaoshun's side-talking. He knows that Zhao Kuangyin is a master who clearly distinguishes rewards and punishments. As long as he makes great achievements, he will be rewarded heavily. If he made a big mistake, he would definitely be punished heavily. If Zhao Pu hadn't knelt down to plead for mercy and let Jia Xian make meritorious deeds, he would have been executed at that time.

Recently, although Jia Xian has worked hard to make up for his mistakes, it is a pity that he does not have Ye Chen's ability and luck. When it comes to failure in accountability, he will definitely be punished, and it is very likely that he will be dismissed from office, and his future in officialdom will be ruined from then on.That's why I let go of my identity, collect benefits from merchants, and plan for my future livelihood.

However, no matter what, Jia Xian has been paying attention to Ye Chen these days, not to mention the courtesy of his disciples, but also has a certain degree of friendship in the matter of making salt.Therefore, Jia Xian still has to give this face, not to mention going to a free banquet!Not at a disadvantage.

Unable to push Jia Xian's face, Ye Chen thought for a while, and then simply asked Jia Xian to call Luo Yaoshun, and Wang Chao, who had taught him a favor, and a group of four came to the Shenjian Restaurant during dinner.

The four of them rode horses, and when they arrived at the Shenjian Restaurant, a short, fat old man who looked like a member of the staff, brought the shopkeeper of the restaurant to greet him at the door early.

After being polite, the four horses were taken to the backyard to be taken care of by a special person, and the four were led by the boss to the second floor, a beautiful box by the window.

Along the way, Ye Chen saw that the restaurant was full of people and guests.And because three of the four were not wearing armor, they were still wearing military uniforms, and Ye Chen and Luo Yaoshun were military officers' uniforms.caught everyone's attention.In addition, the boss of this family had already revealed the news in advance that Ye Chen, the master disciple who rescued the famous Northern Han general Liu Wudi that day, would come, so everyone could easily guess the identities of Ye Chen and the four.

It's just that the Northern Han Dynasty was just captured by the Great Song Dynasty, and the people of the Northern Han Dynasty were still afraid and had some hostility. For a while, the voices upstairs and downstairs were instinctively lowered, and there were a lot of sneak peeks, but no one dared to face Ye Chen and his party. people.

Ye Chen's physique has changed since the strange incident happened in the deserted temple near the border city of Yongle more than a month ago, and his six senses are much sharper than ordinary people. in his ears.

For example, on the table for four by the window on the second floor, four well-dressed young men who seemed to be of some status were discussing Ye Chen in a low voice.

"I heard that Ye Chen is the reincarnation of the auspicious star in the sky, and he is also the disciple of the unborn earth fairy. He is proficient in fairy arts, can turn poisonous salt into good salt, and can calculate the future. They came to help, originally they wanted to retreat, but Ye Chen made a calculation and concluded that the city walls of Jinyang would collapse after pumping water, and that’s why the city of Jinyang was broken and the Northern Han Kingdom fell to the Great Song.”

"Yes! Yes! I've also heard that this Ye Chen is indeed an expert disciple, proficient in fairy arts. Our family was lucky to get five catties of Ye Chen's poisonous salt into good salt. Smack, smack, smack... That is really fairy salt! It is unimaginably white, without any bitter taste, I have never tasted such good salt in this yamen."

"Hmph! You don't know yet! Three days ago, [-] Khitan cavalry fought against [-] foot soldiers of the Song Dynasty ten miles south of Jinyang City. Take precautions in advance, and set up a trap to wipe out the Khitan's five thousand cavalry in one fell swoop, thus turning the tide of the battle."

"Hey! In this way, this Ye Chen is really a disciple of the immortal! Such people are born to help the Song Dynasty. Doesn't this mean that the Song Dynasty won the world? It’s also in accordance with God’s will.”

"Li Yanei speaks carefully! It is better not to mention the word Beihan in the future, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble."

Ye Chen didn't hear what was said later, and the shopkeeper led the four of them to the second floor, the most secluded and elegant box next to the window.

Ye Chen thought about the conversation he had just heard, and smiled bitterly in his heart. The lies he used to cover up his time-traveling identity spread to the people with the few major events he participated in these days, and he didn't want it to spread more and more outrageous.From the original disciples of masters, now they have all become disciples of auspicious stars descending to earth and immortals.

Ye Chen faintly felt that there was a pusher behind this matter, otherwise, it would have been impossible for it to spread so widely in just a few days, and it was spread so outrageously.He thought of the affectionate look Zhao Kuangyin had looked at him recently, and thought that this pushing hand could be Zhao Kuangyin!
Ye Chen has reason to speculate like this, because after the rumors in the conversation between the four of them spread just now, let alone Ye Chen, it will bring unparalleled benefits to Da Song, especially to Zhao Kuangyin personally .

"Brother Ye! This box seems to be the cubicle where you rescued Liu Wudi with an arrow that day. I don't think the box with broken doors and windows was turned into the best box by this profiteer. Come to think of it, this profiteer is using your name You will definitely make a lot of money." When the boss went out to arrange food and drinks, Luo Yao glanced around and said.

Jia Xian was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and drank his tea with his head down, without saying a word. Wang Chao thought that his status was not enough, so he just echoed a few times without saying a word.

Ye Chen smiled noncommittally, and said, "If you make money, you can make money! That's his job."

At this time, a little girl knocked on the door and came in, offering a sumptuous meal, and everyone stopped talking about it.

"Hey! Brother Ye! Speaking of which, you are now a celebrity in front of the official family. In the few days before you return to Kaifeng, you should find an opportunity to say something nice to the old man in front of the official family. So that you can return home When we arrive in Kaifeng, the officials will punish the old man a little better, he will definitely be demoted, but at least he can keep his official position, so that the old man and his family can have something to eat." Jia Xian sighed and offered a toast to Ye Chen Said.

(End of this chapter)