Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 563 Confusing
After many days, Long Xuan finally came back.

"Your Majesty, I'm back!" Long Xuan rushed in directly.

Seeing Long Xuan coming in, Zhao Mu hurriedly walked out from in front of the dragon desk and asked, "How is it? Any news? Have you seen His Majesty?"

Zong Longxuan shook his head and said, "Although I didn't see His Majesty when I returned to the capital this time, I brought back an envoy."

Zhao Mu was not concerned about the messenger's affairs, but asked, "Is His Majesty still here?"

Cong Longxuan smiled and said, "Still alive! Still alive!"

Zhao Mu asked again, "What about the incident in the capital? Earlier, the spy from the Yipintang under Master's wife reported that the martial law in the capital was due to the rebellion of the Dragon Guards. Is this true?"

Upon hearing this, Cong Longxuan frowned and said, "It is true. I was really blind. I didn't even see him!" As he said this, Cong Longxuan couldn't help gritting his teeth.

Zhao Mu frowned upon hearing this, and then said, "Could it be him!?"

Seeing that Zhao Mu had also thought of it, Cong Longxuan stopped keeping him in suspense and said, "Yes! It's Huang! Ah! Bah! It's Fang Shisan. Your Majesty treated him well and gave him an official position, but he turned out to be a traitor and turned a vengeance against you. No wonder the information source of Cong Longwei was cut off. These guys took the opportunity to rebel."

Zhao Mu asked quickly, "What's going on? Sit down and tell me slowly."

Then Zhao Mu asked Cong Longxuan to sit down, and he sat opposite Cong Longxuan.

Long Xuan walked to Zhao Mu's dragon desk, picked up the jade pot on the table, and took a sip of herbal tea. Finally, he sat opposite Zhao Mu and continued to answer: "It's like this. I heard from the eunuchs in the palace that your majesty fell ill due to overwork in state affairs some time ago. A group of dragon guards and officials of the Imperial City Department headed by Fang Shisan took the opportunity to rebel and assassinate your majesty. Fortunately, your majesty is blessed with great fortune and was only stabbed. He is not seriously injured and is just recovering from his injuries recently."

"Fang Shisan fled the imperial city after stealing the imperial seal from His Majesty. The martial law in the capital was also issued by the Taiwei Mansion and Kaifeng Prefecture to capture them. The reinforcement of troops sent by the Song Dynasty to other places is not aimed at these countries, but to seal off the country's borders and prevent these rebels from escaping."

Zhao Mu couldn't help but clench his fists. He said, "So that's how it is!" Then Zhao Mu put his hands together and said to the sky, "God bless you, Your Majesty. I feel relieved now."

Zhao Mu then said, "Master Xuan, I order you to lead the people of Lingjiu Palace to assist the Song Dynasty in arresting these rebels!"

Cong Longxuan also said at this time: "Your Highness, we should first pay attention to the rebellion in the palace. Madam Musa and Mr. Meng who is guarding Gaochang are all members of the Ming Cult. I think it is better for us not to alert the enemy now."

Zhao Mu thought for a while and said, "Okay, Musa is fine. But Master Meng is a problem. It seems that we should remove their official titles first."

Zong Longxuan nodded and said, "Well! There is no rush for this matter. I brought back His Majesty's envoy, and he is now outside the palace. He brought His Majesty's imperial edict. Let's go and receive the edict first."

Zhao Mu heard this and said, "Oh? The envoy has arrived? Why don't you go and greet him?"

After Zhao Mu tidied himself up a bit, he followed Long Xuan to the front hall to receive Zhezong's imperial edict.

When he arrived at the front hall, Zhao Mu saw that the man was not a stranger, but Eunuch Liu who was beside the Queen Mother.

Zhao Mu looked at Eunuch Liu and asked, "Oh? I thought the envoy who delivered the decree was Eunuch Cui beside Your Majesty, but I didn't expect it to be you, Eunuch Liu."

Eunuch Liu was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and then he said, "Oh! That's right. Eunuch Cui was assassinated by the traitor because he was protecting Your Majesty. Your Majesty couldn't find a suitable companion for the time being, so the Queen Mother transferred me to serve Your Majesty." Then Eunuch Liu shook the whisk in his hand and said, "Okay. Prince Qi, I'm here to convey your order. Please accept it, Your Majesty."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Mu immediately bowed respectfully and said, "Your humble servant Zhao Mu accepts your order!"

But Eunuch Liu did not take out the imperial edict, but said casually: "Your Majesty's oral order, I have been ill recently and unable to manage state affairs. I hereby ask my uncle Zhao Mu to return to the capital to report on his duties and accompany me. He will share my worries. I hereby order~!"

Although Zhao Mu felt a little strange that the summons to the capital was just a verbal order, without an imperial decree, he still replied, "Your humble servant Zhao Mu has received the decree."

Then Zhao Mu stood up straight.

Eunuch Liu then said, "Since Your Majesty has received the order, then Your Majesty should prepare to return to the capital as soon as possible. Your Majesty is a little ill this time, and he was injured in the assassination attempt. I'm afraid he won't be able to govern for a year or so. Please return to the capital as soon as possible to share His Majesty's worries."

At this time, Cong Longxuan noticed something strange. She looked at Eunuch Liu and said, "Oh, by the way, Eunuch. Why did His Majesty give an oral order without an imperial decree? I remember that before the prince left the Song Dynasty and came to Qidi, His Majesty issued a strict decree. He ordered that our prince could not return to the capital without being summoned. Where is the imperial decree now?"

Hearing Cong Longxuan's question, Eunuch Liu was startled. But he continued calmly, "Oh! That's right. Cong Longwei had rebelled before and took away the imperial seal in the palace, along with the seal used by your majesty. Now that the seal is gone, there's no need to write an imperial edict."

After hearing Eunuch Liu's explanation, Zhao Mu and Cong Longxuan looked at each other, but neither of them said anything.

But at this moment, a voice shouted, "Your Highness, don't believe the lies of this old eunuch! The imperial seal is in my hands now! This group of rebels plotted a rebellion and framed us. Today, they tricked your Highness back to the capital to kill us. They are really shameless!"

Hearing this voice, Eunuch Liu couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

When Zhao Mu and Long Xuan looked up, they saw a bearded man with tattered clothes, disheveled hair and covered in mud walking in, carrying a bag mixed with blood and mud.

Although he looked very embarrassed, Zhao Mu and Cong Longxuan still recognized him. This person was none other than Fang Shisan, whom they had not seen for a long time.

Following Fang Shisan was his mother-in-law and sister-in-law, Pasha, the Right Envoy of the Ming Cult. However, Pasha did not look as embarrassed as Fang Shisan, she was still dressed in the elegant and noble attire of a Xixia concubine.

Seeing Fang Shisan in such a state of embarrassment, and the guilty looks of Eunuch Liu and the eunuchs around him, Zhao Mu and Cong Longxuan looked at each other again. They were even more confused.

Zhao Mu looked at the embarrassed Fang Shisan and Pasha and asked, "What on earth is going on?"

As soon as Fang Shisan approached, he immediately knelt in front of Zhao Mu, crying out as if he was extremely wronged: "Your Majesty! I finally see you!"

Faced with Fang Shisan's behavior, Zhao Mu couldn't help but be stunned.

Zhao Mu looked at Long Xuan and asked, "Master Xuan, what is going on?"

Cong Longxuan looked at Fang Shisan and asked, "Huang! What happened? How did you become like this? And! Didn't you fail in your assassination attempt on His Majesty, steal the imperial seal and flee? Why are you here? And with the Princess of Xixia?"

(End of this chapter)