Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 63 Refuge
It's not that Ye Chen never thought of handing over the Heavenly Star Jade Pendant to avoid disaster.But this celestial star jade pendant is the direct reason for him to travel through time and space to come to this era, and this celestial star jade pendant is his family heirloom, he faintly feels that there is some kind of inexplicable connection between this jade pendant and him.He even thought in the deepest part of his heart that perhaps he could rely on this celestial star jade pendant to return to the afterlife.No matter how slim this possibility is, as long as there is such a possibility, he doesn't want to lose it from his hands easily.

Of course, if it really came to the last moment that was a matter of life and death, he would hand over the Heavenly Star Jade Pendant without hesitation in exchange for his own life.However, ever since the strange incident happened in the temple outside the border city of Yongle last time, he had a faint feeling that even if he handed over the Heavenly Star Jade Pendant, no matter whether it was Taiyi, Taiping Sect, or the power represented by Yudaoxiang, he would still not let it go I want to get something from myself that I don't know.

After Ye Chen took a shower, he called Ma Gangzi and asked him to divide the guards into four shifts, taking turns to guard and rest. Otherwise, in the middle of the night, before Si Luoyi came, all the guards would be exhausted and would even knitting.

The whole night was spent in Ye Chen's fear. I don't know if it was because the whole Kaifeng Mansion's police and the city defense guards were arresting and patrolling, but Si Luoyi didn't show up again.Of course, Ye Chen didn't expect the Kaifeng Mansion's police and the city defense guards to catch Si Luoyi.

As soon as the day dawned, the door of Ye Mansion was knocked one after another.

Back then in Jinyang, Ye Chen helped Dang Jin, Li Jixun, Zhao Zan, and Gao Huaide to match poems. These four each promised to pick five elite veterans for Ye Chen, but now they sent someone to send them over.And each doubled, sent ten veterans.Apparently the four bosses have also heard about Ye Chen's assassination last night.

Ye Chen received them personally, took them in, and expressed his gratitude to the people sent by the four veterans to visit the four big shots at another day.

It can be seen that these four old guys are quite capable in speaking and doing things. The veterans selected for Ye Chen are all experienced soldiers, no worse than the 20 people sent by Cao Bin.And because of Ye Chen's reputation in the army, although the loyalty of these forty veterans is still far behind that of Ma Gangzi, they are at least willing.

After the forty veterans, Jia Xian also came with 27 military craftsmen.

These are the military craftsmen who made salt-making tools outside Jinyang City.According to Zhao Kuangyin's instructions, those salt merchants with royal background accepted five hundred soldiers involved in salt production, but they did not want these military craftsmen.In order to keep the salt-making technology secret, and Jia Xian promised Ye Chen at that time, he sent these more than 20 military craftsmen to Ye Chen.

These military craftsmen are mainly blacksmiths who manufacture weapons such as knives, guns, bows and arrows, and carpenters who manufacture siege equipment.Now even if it is given to Ye Chen, the salary is still there, but from now on, it will all belong to the Earl of Xiangfu.

Thinking that these people are all technical talents today.Although they were classified as inferior and low in social status in the current world, in Ye Chen's view, all of them are treasures.It will be of great use in the future.So Ye Chen happily accepted it.

And for these military craftsmen, being able to receive their salaries without having to be busy all day in the military inspectorate, and being able to become a member of the Earl's Mansion, is a hundred thousand wishes in their hearts, and I don't know how envied they are by other military craftsmen.

Of course, it is impossible for Ye Chen to support these people for nothing. Some ideas these days can also be realized slowly through these people.

Ye Chen originally planned to go to Xiangfu County today to accept inspection of his [-]-acre fertile field, but considering his own safety, he still didn't dare to go out.Ye Chen knew that this was not going to work, but he couldn't do anything about it.With the ability of a person like Si Luoyi, perhaps only the palace or the military camp in Kaifeng City are safe.

In addition, he saw a certain degree of panic from the expressions of the servants in the mansion. After discussing with Ma Gangzi and Li Junhao, he decided to do something to calm people's hearts.

Today is the first time that the head of the family called all the people in the mansion to meet. The male servants and maidservants in the mansion stood in the front hall with their heads bowed. On both sides, the cold murderous intent made the servants in the front hall tremble. Ye Chen knew that in this era, he could not talk about human rights with them. In this era, we must conform to the crowd, and the fittest can survive.

"Look clearly, I am the head of the family, Ye Chen, uncle of Xiangfu County. I have the final say in this family. Ma Gangzi has the final say when I am not here. The superiority and inferiority must be clearly distinguished. In addition, the Shui'er family is also the master of this family. Don't let me hear that someone is neglecting you. Once you find out, you will never forgive me lightly. No matter what you have experienced before, I have served those masters. Since you have come to my Ye family, you are a member of the Ye family. I will treat you equally and have merit Those who have done wrong will be rewarded, and those who have done wrong will be punished. This is the family rule of the Ye family."

Ye Chen was still very satisfied with his speech. While seeing the awe-inspiring hearts of the servants, all of them were overjoyed, and the panic on their faces had disappeared.

Seeing this, Ye Chen announced on the spot that each of them would be rewarded with two hundred coins, which made everyone happy.

Seeing this, Ye Chen was completely relieved, just kidding, the enemy has not appeared yet, if there is chaos in his home first, then he is really dead.However, even this is not enough.

After lunch, Li Junhao received a message that he needed to go out on urgent matters, and left with an apologetic face.

As soon as Li Junhao left, Ye Chen's sense of security dropped greatly, so he decided to go to Cao Bin or Wang Chao, to be precise, he only needed to go to the barracks.He believed that apart from the palace, the barracks were relatively safe.

Ye Chen left Ma Gangzi to watch the house, and took sixty guards to a barracks of the imperial army in the west of the city.

Of the [-] forbidden troops guarding the capital in the Song Dynasty, only this [-] forbidden troops were stationed in Kaifeng City, and the remaining [-] were stationed in four barracks outside the city, corresponding to the four city gates in the east, west, north, south, and south.

Wang Chao is in the camp in the west of the city.And because there were a lot of beheads in this Northern Expedition, he has been promoted from a school lieutenant to a battalion commander, and he has 500 troops under his command.

When Ye Chen led a group of guards and walked three miles away from the house, Si Luoyi suddenly flew out from the nearby restaurant and rushed towards Ye Chen.

This time, Ye Chen and the [-] guards under his command had already been vigilant. Not only was Ye Chen wearing armor, but he also had a long knife on his waist and a bow in his hand.

This bow is the rare sharp weapon that Zhao Kuangyin rewarded Ye Chen from the treasure house of the Northern Han Dynasty. It is worth five and a half stones.There are very few people in the army who can draw a bow, and there are almost none who can draw a full bow.But except for a few people like Cao Bin and Wang Chao, no one knew that Ye Chen could easily use this bow to kill the enemy.

Si Luoyi was as fast as a ghost, and before the sixty guards could react, he had already come to Ye Chen's side, but after a scream, he flew out again.

Those who haven't experienced it personally don't know how fast Ye Chen can bend the bow and set the arrow, especially when he is always ready, and when there is any movement, he will bend the bow and shoot the arrow. Even with Si Luoyi's ghostly body skills, it is difficult to completely dodge.It's fine if it's an ordinary one-stone bow, even if it's shot at Si Luoyi at close range, the latter's profound skills are enough to resist.But with a bow of five and a half stones, at such a close distance, Si Luoyi was already injured.

Si Luoyi's movement was too fast, and it was just a black shadow in Ye Chen's eyes. Ye Chen shot an arrow based on his feeling, so Ye Chen didn't know where Si Luoyi was hurt, if it wasn't for a few drops of blood on the ground , he wasn't even sure that Si Luoyi was injured.

When sixty guards held Ye Chen firmly with long knives, Si Luoyi went up and down and disappeared.At this time, the people on the side were screaming, exclaiming, and running around.

When a large number of Kaifeng government officials rushed over, Ye Chen had already brought people to the camp in the west of the city.

Seeing Wang Chao come out, Ye Chen breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He held it tightly until he lowered the bow with the arrow wound and threw it to the guards beside him.

Wang Chao didn't talk much, and when he met, he wanted to salute and call him Lord, but Ye Chen stopped him firmly, put his arms around his shoulders, and said with a straight face, "Why? You don't want to be my brother anymore."

Only then did Wang Chao smile awkwardly, the formality on his face was gone.

The [-] Imperial Guards in the Western Day Camp lived in a large area, but when it came to the command of each battalion, it was only a small courtyard covering an area of ​​three or four acres.

Ye Chen followed Wang Chao to the small courtyard of the battalion commander where he was, and said, "Brother Wang! You must have heard about what happened last night. The thief is too skilled to be resisted by ordinary guards. The imperial palace is considered safe in the barracks, so I plan to stay with you for a while, my younger brother."

When Wang Chao heard this, murderous intent appeared on his face, and he said in a cold voice, "Don't worry, Brother Ye, no matter how powerful the person is, even if it's a monster, my brother will lead someone to chop him into meat paste, and let him come and go. "

The early court system of the Song Dynasty was once every five days. Excluding yesterday's celebration ceremony, today is Zhao Kuangyin's first early court after returning from the Northern Expedition.

In the Hall of Wude, civil and military officials are in two classes, with Zhao Pu on the left at the head, Zhao Guangyi, Xue Juzheng, and Lu Yuqing, two deputy ministers (who are in charge of political affairs), standing side by side, followed by Chu Zhaofu and Luo Gongming, the principal and deputy envoys of the third division.

Li Chongju, the privy envoy on the right, stood in the first place, and Cao Bin and Shen Yilun, the deputy privy envoys, stood in the second row.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty impeached Kaifeng's prefecture to prevent and control security, and has become more and more slack in recent days. Last night, the Chunfeng Tower included the three yamen of Lord Yin of Kaifeng, Cao Wei of Lord Cao's yamen, Luo Yaoshun of Lord Luo's yamen, Ye Chen, uncle of Xiangfu County, and ten others. Several yamen were assassinated by unknown men in black, five guards were killed on the spot, and dozens of guards and many yamen were seriously injured. Your Majesty asks your Majesty to order a thorough investigation of the person in charge of urban security in Kaifeng Prefecture." As soon as he came to court, there was Yu Shi jumped out and said with a righteous face.

(End of this chapter)