Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 621: Preparations before the War, Visiting the Jurchen Tribe Again

However, the matter of uniting the countries to march forward had to be kept absolutely secret. Zhao Mu sent his subordinate Long Xuan to deliver an official letter to Zhezong, and then sent an envoy to summon Zhao Mu to the capital to meet him.

After all, there might not be spies around Zhao Mu, but that doesn't mean there aren't any spies in other places. Maybe the Liao spies have already infiltrated. If the emperor of Qi disappeared for many days inexplicably, it would certainly arouse everyone's suspicion.

So Zhao Mu came up with a plan to escape.

He first asked Zhezong to invite him back to Beijing, and then he lived in the palace. Then he disguised himself and secretly passed through Goryeo and went to the Jurchen tribe. In this way, he could avoid everyone's eyes and ears.

Soon, the imperial edict from Emperor Zhezong summoning Zhao Mu to the capital arrived.

Zhao Mu also began to select concubines to accompany him on this trip. After all, it would take at least three or four months to return, and the journey would be lonely, so of course he had to find a few women to accompany him.

But after Zhao Mu picked and chose, he found that there were not many trusted people he could take with him.

This is because Li Qinglu, Mu Wanqing, Wang Yuyan and others are all pregnant, and now they all have big bellies of five or six months. Naturally, they have to stay in the palace to take care of the fetus.

Mei Jian, Lan Jian, Qiu Shuang and others who are not pregnant have to stay in the palace to take care of them, and also keep an eye on Yelu Yanxiu and Yelu Jinnu to prevent these two Khitan spies from causing trouble at this critical moment.

As for his Uighur concubines, although they were beautiful, their appearance of Semu people was really eye-catching. It was fine to take them to Bianjing, but if they were taken to Goryeo, anyone with eyes could recognize that they were not locals.

Zhao Mu thought about it and realized that she was not pregnant yet. The only reliable and beautiful people were Queen Wang and others.

They are not even twenty years old yet, which is the age when a woman is most gorgeous.

Moreover, Zhao Mu took them to the Jurchen tribe because he had his own bad tastes.

That was Zheng Cairen and Wei Meiren, who were both captured by the Jin people in the original time and space. Wei Meiren even remarried to a Jin man and gave birth to a child. That was the most humiliating history for the Han people.

But this time Zhao Mu wanted them to go with him, but this time they went as honored guests. Zhao Mu wanted them to go with him to the Jurchen tribe to avenge the humiliation!
So when Zhao Mu set out, he brought Queen Wang, Concubine Zheng, and Concubine Wei with him.

The only people who knew the secret of Zhao Mu's departure were the Conglong Guards including Conglong Xuan. Zhao Mu also kept it a secret from Li Qinglu and others. Everyone only knew that he was summoned by Zhezong and went back to Bianjing.

Yelu Yanxiu was also suspicious when she saw Zhao Mu leaving. However, after she inquired with other women in the palace, she confirmed that Zhao Mu had indeed only gone to Bianjing, and her uneasiness gradually eased. Although she was now secluded in the deep palace and could not do anything, she still could not let go of her bad habit of worrying.

But Yelu Jinnu was the opposite. She was now completely Zhao Mu's. She even looked forward to Zhao Mu capturing all the women of the Liao royal family.

The reason is very simple, that is the resentment of this Yue princess towards the Khitan Liao Kingdom.

After all, when she was only 28 years old, the men in her family gave her to an old man who could be her grandfather as a gift to form an alliance with the Uighurs.

Later, Zhao Mu wanted to send her back, but her motherland, the great Liao Kingdom, refused to take her back.

Because the Liao Kingdom refused to take her, Zhao Mu became evil-minded towards her and took possession of her body.

Therefore, Yelu Jinnu did not hate her husband Zhao Mu, but hated her relatives. Besides, Zhao Mu treated her well, and she was also a concubine with a proper rank. Even a noble woman like Yelu Yanxiu was just a female official. In the future, other women from the royal family who were captured by Zhao Mu would also respect her and ask her to take care of them. Yelu Jinnu was filled with joy when she thought that she would have a day to be proud of herself.

There is no need to say much about Zhao Mu's return to Bian Jing to pay a visit to Zhezong and inform him.

After Zhao Mu brought Queen Wang, Concubine Zheng, and Concubine Wei to the palace to pay homage, he was placed in the Eastern Palace by Emperor Zhezong. He announced to the public that the emperor's uncle had come from afar and wanted to get close to him. This was to conceal his true intentions.

After that, the four of them disguised themselves and took six female dragon guards with them, and left the palace through the side door, preparing to go to Goryeo.

Even though we have to hide it from others, the fewer people who know about it, the better.

But Zhao Mu had no choice. After all, Queen Wang and the other two were just three weak women who had been living in seclusion for a long time. There was nothing wrong with them sleeping with him.

But they couldn't carry it on their shoulders, and they couldn't lift it. They would get blisters on their feet after walking a few miles. They had to travel with carriages and horses. If they didn't have someone to serve them, Zhao Mu would have been in a lot of trouble along the way.

Therefore, Zhezong assigned six female dragon guards to Zhao Mu, disguising them as maids accompanying his wives, in order to protect them closely and to provide them with instructions and take care of their daily food, clothing, housing and transportation.

When everyone arrived at the tomb of "Duke Hun De" outside the city of Bianjing, Queen Wang brought Concubine Zheng and Concubine Wei to pay tribute to her "ex-husband" Huizong.

Zhao Mu stood behind the three beauties, looking at Zhao Ji's tombstone with a proud look on his face. The excitement of this victor was truly indescribable.

Although they set out with three bags, the three of them took good care of Zhao Mu along the way.

And now they look like "businessmen".

On the way, everyone tried to hide their identities. Queen Wang pretended to be Zhao Mu's wife, and Zheng Cairen and Wei Meiren were two concubines. When they arrived at the hotel, no one suspected them.

However, Queen Wang and the others were beautiful, which attracted some scoundrels who were looking for death, and they had evil intentions towards them. They wanted to rob and kill Zhao Mu to get both money and beauty. But Zhao Mu was the ancestor of robbery, and Zhao Mu just waved his hand and used two wind control techniques to kill these people.

Many days later, they arrived at Dengzhou Prefecture. Although the previous prefect was not promoted, he was retained in the examination of the Ministry of Personnel due to Zhao Mu's recommendation and remained as the prefect of Dengzhou.

It's easy to talk to acquaintances, and soon after the arrangement of the prefect of Dengzhou, Zhao Mu and his party contacted the Goryeo Chamber of Commerce again. However, the person who received them this time was no longer President Park, but another official of the Chamber of Commerce.

This is because Chairman Park negotiated the marriage between Goryeo and Qi, and has now been promoted by the King of Goryeo. He no longer manages the local chamber of commerce, but has become a special envoy.

Although he was a new person, he was just as capable as Chairman Park. He quickly arranged for Zhao Mu and his party to go to Goryeo.

Queen Wang and the others were also quite excited about going to Goryeo. After all, they had only been out of the capital a few times before, and since they followed Zhao Mu, they had seen a lot of landscapes along the way. Now that they were going to Goryeo, they were even more excited.

Seeing their happy faces, Zhao Mu couldn't help but think of the last time he brought Ju Jian with him. However, things have changed, and in a few months, Ju Jian should have completely shed her youthfulness and become a mother.

(End of this chapter)