Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 564 The Imperial Seal
Fang Shisan stood up and pointed at Eunuch Liu and said, "This old eunuch is talking nonsense. Your Majesty was seriously ill, and the Queen Mother wanted to make Prince Duan the heir. Your Majesty refused, so they plotted a rebellion. Your Majesty handed over the military seal and the imperial seal to me and Eunuch Cui respectively, but Eunuch Cui was unfortunately killed, and the tiger seal was also taken away by General Wang."

"Even the Queen Mother falsely passed on the imperial edict of His Majesty, slandering us for treason. She ordered the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple to hunt us down throughout the country. I escaped from the capital only after the brothers of the Dragon Guards fought desperately to protect me. Tian, ​​Zhou, and Hong died, and Di, Huang, and Yu are now missing in order to protect me."

"Many of my former followers in the Ming Cult were also imprisoned and killed. I tried my best to escape from Nanzhong to Dali Kingdom, and then I fled from Tubo to Xixia, and finally came to the prince."

Zhao Mu looked at Fang Shisan and said, "No wonder you are in such a mess!"

At this time, Zhao Mu glared at Eunuch Liu. When Eunuch Liu saw Zhao Mu's murderous eyes, he was so scared that he staggered and fell to the ground.

Zhao Mu asked, "You old eunuch! How is His Majesty now?"

Long Xuan even pulled out his own golden sword. She walked forward and said, "How dare you lie to me. You almost made me commit a big mistake!"

Seeing the knife gradually approaching from Long Xuan's hand, Eunuch Liu and several young eunuchs were all frightened.

Eunuch Liu said at this time: "Please spare my life, Your Majesty. When I left the capital, His Majesty was just seriously ill, not dead. The Queen Mother only put His Majesty under house arrest to let him recover from his illness. But when the Queen Mother saw that His Majesty was seriously ill, she wanted to make Prince Duan the crown prince in case of an emergency, but His Majesty refused. So she sent someone to hand the seal to Your Majesty, and the Queen Mother found out about this, so what happened today happened."

Eunuch Liu was so frightened that he finally finished speaking while trembling.

Zhao Mu looked at Eunuch Liu and said, "Are you serious? If you dare to lie to me, I will make you suffer a thousand cuts."

Eunuch Liu knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "Your Highness, calm down. I dare not lie. I dare not lie. This time, I am following the order of the Empress Dowager. I want to trick Your Highness back to the capital and capture him on the spot. After His Royal Highness Prince Duan is completely enthroned, I will release Your Highness."

Fang Shisan said at this time: "Nonsense. You clearly want to lure the prince back to kill him." Fang Shisan looked at Zhao Mu and said, "Prince, before the prince left, His Majesty repeatedly ordered the prince not to return to the capital without being summoned. This is the reason. At that time, His Majesty felt that he was seriously ill, and he was afraid that the prince would be framed by villains and repeat the fate of Shen Sheng and Li Jiancheng. Therefore, the prince was sent to Qi to be the king."

After hearing Fang Shisan's words, Zhao Mu was deeply moved. He originally thought that his Majesty was afraid that he would seize the imperial power, so he kicked him away so that the crown prince could succeed to the throne with peace of mind. He did not expect this to be the case. He really judged the emperor by his own meanness.

Zhao Mu then waved his hand at Long Xuan and said, "Take these damn eunuchs away first!"

Long Xuan then waved his hand, and the guards at the door temporarily detained Eunuch Liu and others.

Fang Shisan took the bag from under him, then knelt on one knee in front of Zhao Mu and presented it to him.

Fang Shisan said, "Your Highness! This is the imperial seal of the Song Dynasty that His Majesty entrusted me to give to you. Now I have finally fulfilled my mission and delivered it to you. Before I left, His Majesty also gave me an oral order, saying that you can open the brocade box that His Majesty gave you before leaving."

Zhao Mu looked at the bundle covered in mud. Even though it was very dirty, Zhao Mu did not dislike it at all. He stretched out his hands, bent down and took the bundle.

After Zhao Mu took the bag, he said, "This trip is all thanks to Master Huang."

At this time, Pasha said, "Yes, I have never seen Thirteen like this. Your Great Song Dynasty court is really powerful. Since Thirteen surrendered to the Great Song Dynasty court, he has really become more and more like a lackey of the court."

Zhao Mu looked at Pasha and smiled, "Haha, since my mother-in-law married my father-in-law, hasn't she become more and more like a princess?"

Pasha murmured, "You are my brother-in-law. Although your title sounds a bit awkward, it is not wrong. I escorted Thirteen here this time. If it weren't for the identity of Consort Hui of Daxia, Thirteen would not be able to enter the palace of Niqi in this state. Well, the rest of the matter has nothing to do with me. I haven't seen my sister for a long time. I'm going to go see Musa."

As soon as Pasha turned around, she remembered something. She turned around and said, "Oh! By the way, thank you for sending me the old witch and the head of the tyrant. It really helped me to relieve my hatred. I have also made the head of the tyrant into a wine vessel. The gems you sent will fit perfectly on his head. But you Han people are very taboo about the dead, so I won't show it to you."

After Pasha finished speaking, she turned and left.

Zhao Mu looked at Fang Shisan's embarrassed look and said, "I'll take this. Brother Fang, go to the inn to take a bath and have a good rest."

Fang Shisan said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

After sending everyone away, Zhao Mu did not delay. He carried the dirty package and ran straight to Ah Zhu's residence.

At this time, Ah Zhu was chatting and laughing with Wang Yuyan and Ah Bi in the palace.

Seeing Zhao Mu walking in with a dirty bag in his hand with a serious look on his face, Ah Zhu asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhao Mu glanced at Wang Yuyan and A Bi, then said, "Yuyan, A Bi, you two should go back first. I have something important to tell A Zhu."

Seeing this familiar scene, A-Bi and Wang Yuyan left tactfully.

Ah Zhu asked after the two men left: "What is it this time?"

Zhao Mu didn't answer. He just put the thing on Ah Zhu's desk and opened it carefully.

After unpacking the bundle, there was a mahogany box locked with a copper lock. Although there was no key, this lock was just a decoration to Zhao Mu.

Zhao Mu just exerted a little force and broke the copper lock directly.

After opening the box, there was another small box inside. But this box was not locked. When Zhao Mu opened the box again, a ray of light flashed, and the imperial seal of the Song Dynasty lay quietly there.

When Ah Zhu saw the imperial seal, she screamed in surprise.

This imperial seal has a great origin. Back then, Li Congke, the last emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, burned himself in the Xuanwu Tower with the Qin Emperor's seal. Since then, the real imperial seal has been lost.

The puppet emperor Shi Jingtang was nicknamed the blank emperor by the princes of the Central Plains because he did not get the imperial seal. Later, Shi Jingtang got another piece of Lantian jade and re-carved the seal in the style of the imperial seal. However, this seal was obtained by the Khitan barbarian Yelu Deguang when the Khitan invaded the Central Plains at the end of the Later Jin Dynasty.

Later, the Khitan tribesmen burned, killed and looted in the Central Plains, causing public outrage. Yelu Deguang was surrounded and killed in the Shahu Forest, and the jade seal was obtained by Liu Zhiyuan. Liu Zhiyuan established the Later Han Dynasty, and the jade seal officially became the imperial seal of the Five Dynasties.

After Liu Zhiyuan's death, Emperor Yin of the Later Han Dynasty became suspicious of Guo Wei, who usurped the throne and changed the country's name to "Zhou". The jade seal then fell into the hands of the Later Zhou Dynasty.

Later, Zhou Taiwei Zhao Kuangyin launched a military rebellion in Chenqiao and returned to Bian Jing to receive the abdication. Since then, this jade seal has become the imperial seal of the Song Dynasty until now.

(End of this chapter)