Zhong Bai wanted to help the country wholeheartedly, and his remarks were reasonable.
At this time, Liang Yuan came up, raised his hands and said, "Sir, although the rebels have been destroyed, judging from post-war statistics, the number of people is definitely more than this. Presumably, there must be many thieves infiltrating among the people."
Hearing this, Zhong Bai thought for a moment and said, "Wu Yuan's situation is over. These are expected, and it's not easy to investigate right now."
As he spoke, he also looked at Xiao Yuan: "What do you think, Brother Xiao?"
"Well..." Xiao Yuan pondered for a moment: "Let's seal off the four city gates first. Many places in the palace have been stolen. We will investigate these later. In addition, we will inform Yuyang."
"Yeah." Zhong Bai nodded in agreement.
"drive--"
On the official road from the imperial capital to Yuyang, a fast horse was galloping like hell.
Inside Yuyang City.
Emperor Shangrui was still hosting a banquet and drinking wine. He had already fled south from the palace, but he was still in a good mood.
At the banquet, Prime Minister Dong Hua couldn't help but raise his hands and said: "Your Majesty, you really shouldn't lend the jade seal to Zhong Bai. If you don't succeed, the emperor's seal will fall into the hands of thieves. What will you do then?"
Hearing what he said, Shang Rui also regretted a little, and couldn't help but said: "Oh, this... what Zhong Bai said sincerely, I, I was also impulsive, so I agreed to him, what should I do now?"
"Hey!" Dong Hua sighed.
It is not difficult to see from this how indecisive the emperor was and had no idea of his own.
Fortunately, it was Zhong Bai who asked for the meeting alone at that time, otherwise, Shang Rui might have changed his mind if someone else was present and said something casually.
"Good news, good news~~~~~"
At this moment, a soldier hurried in, knelt down, saluted, and said excitedly:
"Your Majesty, there is a battle report from the capital. General Xiao and Mr. Zhong have successfully entered the capital. Not only did they wipe out the rebels, but they also captured the leader of the bandits, Wu Yuan, alive, Your Majesty!"
"What!?" Shang Rui's eyes widened when he heard this. A moment later, in disbelief, he even asked in a trembling voice: "Is...is this true!?"
"Oh, Your Majesty, how dare you talk nonsense about this kind of military situation." The soldier said, "In addition, two generals are also in the capital to welcome Your Majesty back to the capital."
"This is really great!" After receiving confirmation, Shang Rui first shouted in surprise, and then beamed with joy: "I know, you can go down."
"No!" The soldier saluted and retreated.
After he left, Shang Rui was so excited that he couldn't help but said to the officials in the court: "Did all the ministers hear this? The traitors have been wiped out!"
"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty—" When people heard this, they also shouted in unison.
"Okay, okay, I can finally go back to the capital."
Shang Rui said hello several times, but after a moment, his heart tightened again and he couldn't help but said: "But...could there be any fraud in this..."
Hearing this, Prime Minister Dong Hua smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, you are worrying too much. Zhong Bai and Xiao Yuan risked their lives to rescue the Holy Emperor. If they had evil intentions, let's not talk about rescuing the Emperor. At that time, In such a situation, we can cooperate with the rebels inside and outside, and there is no need to do anything extra, let alone now."
The old man Dong Hua was actually smart for once. After hearing his explanation, Shang Rui immediately felt relieved and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, the Prime Minister is right. I was overthinking it."
"What I didn't expect was that Xiao Yuan and Zhong Bai actually wiped out the traitors. The two of them really dared to fight." Dong Hua couldn't help but sigh.
"Haha." Shang Rui also laughed and said happily: "It seems that I made the right decision by lending them the jade seal before."
"Yes, your Majesty is wise." Dong Hua quickly agreed.
Shang Rui was so excited when he learned that he was about to return to the capital. He did not pause for a moment, and immediately left Yuyang and began to lead a large group of people to the imperial capital.
There is a long way to go from Yuyang to the imperial capital. If we march in a hurry, we can arrive on the same day. But how can Shang Rui and his party, who drive in tall and luxurious cars, bring civil and military officials, and beauties from the harem, so fast? By the time it arrived, it was already the next day.
At this time, Xiao Yuan and Zhong Bai had been waiting at the city gate for a long time. After seeing the emperor's carriage, they took a few steps forward, then saluted and said:
"Your Majesty is welcome back to the capital——"
As he spoke, Zhong Bai held up the Imperial Seal with both hands and said, "I and Xiao Yuan have fulfilled their mission and killed the traitors. I now return the Imperial Seal to Your Majesty."
At this time, Shang Rui also opened the car curtain and walked out. Looking at the two people in front of him, he was filled with joy, nodded repeatedly, and couldn't help but said: "Okay, okay, you two dear ladies, please get up quickly. "
"Thank you, Your Majesty." The two stood up, and the attendant took the jade seal and handed it to Shang Rui.
Later, Shang Rui led hundreds of officials into the city. When he passed the city gate, he looked up and sighed slightly: "As soon as I saw this city gate, I remembered that when I was forced to leave the capital, this traitor is really... It’s too abominable. Without these two beloved ladies, the consequences would be disastrous..."
Xiao Yuan shook his head secretly, while Zhong Bai said: "Your Majesty, the rebels have been eliminated now, but Wu Yuan lived in the palace secretly and ransacked the palace. Every palace is in a mess and is unsightly."
"This thief Wu Yuan! How hateful!" Shang Rui heard this and said angrily: "Where is this person now? Is he dead?"
"Back to Your Majesty, after being captured, Wu Yuan is now on death row, waiting for His Majesty's fate." Zhong Bai returned.
"Why is he still alive?" Shang Rui glared: "This traitor has done me terrible harm. Immediately pass on my decree to cut him into pieces! Exterminate the nine tribes!"
"Yes." Zhong Bai responded.
Later, under escort, Emperor Shang Rui finally returned to the palace. As soon as he entered the palace and saw the situation inside, he couldn't help but jump to his feet and cursed: "This, this, this, this thief, actually destroyed my palace." It ended up like this!”
"Your Majesty, calm down." Dong Hua bent down and said, "The most important thing right now is to clean up the palace and inspect the damage, and then your Majesty will take over again and stabilize the country."
Before Shang Rui could speak, a beauty among the beauties in the harem began to say sweetly: "Your Majesty, we are finally back, but I don't know if the Golden Jade Palace was destroyed by the traitors."
Hearing this, Shang Rui suddenly became nervous and said quickly: "Yes, yes, my concubine is right, come with me and have a look..."
Before he finished speaking, he had already led the people away quickly.
Seeing this, Xiao Yuan and Zhong Bai couldn't help but look at each other.
Their expressions were different.
Zhong Bai sighed quietly: "It is precisely because the emperor has no good ministers to assist him that the imperial power gradually declines. If there were loyal ministers, the empire would not be like this."
"I'm afraid it's difficult..." Xiao Yuan thought to himself.
