Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 606: Meeting in the Prison
Although Zhao Mu had ridden in the emperor's sedan chair many times, this was his first time riding with someone else.

However, looking at Queen Wang beside him, he felt a different feeling.

A moment later, Zhao Mu's imperial sedan stopped in front of the gate of the Heavenly Prison.

The Heavenly Prison of the Song Dynasty was located in the Ministry of Justice. It was guarded by experts recruited by the imperial court and the army, and was extremely tight.

Moreover, not everyone is qualified to be imprisoned in this place.

Any prisoner who was imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison was a serious criminal who had angered the emperor.

Gao Qiu and Prince Consort Wang had both been imprisoned before, but one of them was executed by slow slicing, and the other was beheaded by execution.

Now, the only one left in this prison is the fake Emperor Duan Wang.

In fact, Zhao Ji was supposed to be imprisoned in Zongzheng Temple, but Zhezong didn't want to see him again, so he was directly imprisoned in Tianlao.

Although he was also imprisoned in Tianlao, Zhao Ji lived a good life in the last days of his life. At least no one tortured him, and he still had fine clothes and delicious food.

Zhao Mu and Queen Wang got off the imperial carriage, and then they saw the imperial envoy who came to convey the decree to sentence Zhao Ji to death.

This imperial envoy was Eunuch Hu, the new chief eunuch of Zhezong.

When Eunuch Hu saw Zhao Mu, he immediately bowed and said, "Your servant greets His Majesty the Emperor Zhong!"

Zhao Mu said casually, "Stand up."

Zhao Mu looked at Eunuch Hu and said, "Eunuch, are all the things ready?"

Eunuch Hu stood up and lifted the cloth covering the tray held by the eunuch behind him. Inside was a small jade bottle, a piece of white silk, and a golden bean.

Eunuch Hu said, "Reporting to His Majesty Zhongdi, according to the will of His Majesty and Zhongdi, everything has been prepared. As for how to set off, it all depends on the choice of Prince Duan himself."

Hearing this, Queen Wang couldn't help but get a little excited. Although Queen Wang came to see Zhao Ji for the last time and was mentally prepared, she still felt a little overwhelmed when she saw these things that were about to kill him.

Looking at Queen Wang in her wedding dress, Eunuch Hu asked, "Your Majesty, what is she doing?"

Zhao Mu said, "Princess Duan wants to see Prince Duan for the last time. I think it would be more humane. So I allowed her to go with me. But don't worry, eunuch. I know what's going on. If anything goes wrong, I will explain it to Your Majesty in person."

After getting Zhao Mu's guarantee, Eunuch Hu said nothing more. Then everyone slowly walked into the prison.

After turning a few corners, they finally saw the cell where Zhao Ji was imprisoned.

Zhao Ji now looked ashen as he sat in the cell. Even though the table was filled with wine and delicacies for the farewell party, he had no appetite.

Seeing Zhao Ji, Queen Wang could no longer hold back her tears and ran over to him. She grabbed the bars of the cell and shouted, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! I am here to see you!"

Hearing her address, Eunuch Hu was about to correct her, but Zhao Mu waved his hand.

Zhao Mu then ordered, "Put the things that conferred death upon you, including the imperial edict, on the table. All of you go out. You can come back to examine the body later."

Eunuch Hu said: "But."

Zhao Mu glanced at him and said, "It's nothing to worry about. He can't run away here anyway. Besides, with my martial arts skills, it would only take a snap of my fingers to kill him, so nothing will happen. After he dies, I will invite you to come in and examine the body and bury it."

Eunuch Hu and others were unable to persuade Zhao Mu, so Eunuch Hu, along with the prison manager and others, all went out, and everyone waited outside the prison gate for news from Zhao Mu.

Zhao Ji, who was waiting for death with a dead heart, suddenly heard his wife calling him and woke up. He saw his wife in her wedding dress outside the cell. He couldn't believe his eyes and shouted, "My beloved! Is that you? My beloved!"

Queen Wang was outside the prison, constantly reaching out to Zhao Ji, saying, "It's me! It's me! I'm here to see Your Majesty!"

Zhao Ji also stepped forward at this time and quickly grabbed his wife's hand.

Seeing them like this, Zhao Mu sighed and shook his head.

Then he raised his hand and pointed, and a stream of Six Meridians Sword Qi shot out. The Six Meridians Divine Sword directly broke the iron chain that bound the prison door.

Zhao Mu said, "Go in!"

Only then did Zhao Ji notice that Zhao Mu was also here.

But now that he saw his wife again, his joy outweighed everything else, so he ignored the man who wanted to kill him.

Queen Wang quickly opened the prison door and walked in. Then the couple hugged each other tightly.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhao Mu couldn't help but sneer.

If it were someone else, Zhao Mu might be very touched and even go to Zhezong in person to ask for pardon and forgiveness. Even if he had to be demoted to a commoner and exiled to Lingnan, he would still ask for this favor.

But he had no sympathy at all for Huizong Zhao Ji, the emperor in front of him.

After all, the crimes of Zhao Ji and his son were no less than those of Sima Yan and Sima Zhong, father and son, who laid the roots of the Rebellion of the Eight Kings.

He even felt that his current ending was a hundred times better than being captured in Wuguo City. At least this time he only lost his own people instead of the entire country.

Zhao Ji built the Genyue Project and the Flower and Stone Project, which was a waste of money and manpower, and he also believed in the nonsense of "Six Dings and Six Jias" and "Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals". This led to the fall of Bianjing City, and the Song Dynasty was completely nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

His good son, Prince Kang Zhao Gou, although he saved half of the country and continued the legal system of the Song Dynasty, but he favored treacherous officials, killed loyal officials unjustly, and even paid tribute to the golden dog, which was just like the majesty of the emperor.

Zhao Mu would rather forgive Gao Qiu, Prince Consort Wang and the like than spare Zhao Ji and his son.

However, Zhao Ji also noticed Queen Wang's flat belly at this time. He quickly asked, "My beloved! How come your belly is so big? When I was imprisoned, you were already three months pregnant. Although it is not time for delivery yet, our child should be five or six months old. Why are you..."

Queen Wang had tried her best to control her emotions, but now that Zhao Ji asked about the child, she could no longer hold back.

Queen Wang burst into tears, as if she had vented all the grievances she had suffered in the past few days.

At this time, Queen Wang knelt in front of Zhao Ji and cried, "Your Majesty, I would rather die than surrender. I am so sorry to Your Majesty and I am so sorry to you!" As she spoke, Queen Wang began to cry.

He saw Queen Wang's tearful face, and then saw Zhao Mu slowly walking into the cell.

Zhao Ji seemed to understand something, and he quickly comforted Queen Wang: "My beloved concubine, please stand up. I am still in prison, how can you escape alone?"

Zhao Ji looked at Zhao Mu with anger and shouted: "Zhao Mu! You are still immoral and have taken someone else's wife by force. I..."

Zhao Mu looked at Zhao Ji's hysterical expression and laughed, "What about me? Are you trying to say 'even if you become a ghost, you won't let me go'?"

As he spoke, Zhao Mu cleared a space on the dining table and placed all the items used to execute Zhao Ji on it.

Zhao Mu sat on the armchair, then looked at Zhao Ji and said, "But before you let me go, I can send you to be a ghost first!"

(End of this chapter)