Zhutian: Starting from the Space-Time Merchant

Chapter 73 The Imperial Seal
Yecheng, West Palace, Pixiang Hall.

"Princess, please don't say too much."

Wang Lang (a Jie), with a fierce look on his face, shook the ring-handled knife in his hand and said, "If you are willing, you will die with it."

After saying that, he snatched the six-year-old Duke of Qi Shi Shi from Princess Anding's arms.

After glaring fiercely at Princess Anding, who was in tears, Wang Lang carried the crying Shi Shi away.

If it weren't for the concerns, killing his mother in front of Shi Shi would have a bad impact.

Wang Lang didn't waste any time talking and just killed him with a single blow.

"Anu~~~"

Seeing her only son being taken away, Princess Anding Liu fell to the ground and burst into tears.

Princess Anding Liu was the youngest daughter of Liu Yao, the last emperor of Former Zhao (Han Zhao).

The Former Zhao was destroyed by Shi Le. More than 3,000 princes, nobles, civil and military officials were executed. Only the women were exiled as slaves and survived.

The beautiful Princess Anding was favored by Shi Hu and taken as his concubine.

Later, she gave birth to Shi Hu's youngest son, Shi Shi.

Historically, Princess Anding was eventually made queen, and Shishi was made crown prince.

After Shi Hu's death, Princess Anding became the empress dowager in charge of power, and Shi Shi became the fourth emperor of Later Zhao.

Wang Lang held the ring-handled sword in one hand and Duke Shi Shi of Qi in the other.

He also had a very securely tied package on his back.

"Don't cry, Duke Qi." Wang Lang led a group of Jiehu soldiers and walked quickly through the huge palace complex.

He whispered to comfort the crying Shi Shi, "The Heavenly King has decreed that Duke Qi be appointed as the Crown Prince Regent."

"Touring Guanzhong."

"Once we reach Guanzhong, Duke Qi will immediately ascend the throne."

"From now on, you will be our emperor~"

How could Shi Shi, who was only six years old, understand all this?

All he felt now was panic and fear of leaving his mother, and he kept crying all the way.

"Hateful." Wang Lang, who was walking quickly, gritted his teeth in frustration. "If we hadn't been delayed when setting the fire, we would have left the city by now!"

Wang Lang was Shi Hu's confidant.

The retreat plan arranged by Shi Hu was also left to him to carry out.

When he went around setting fires, some of the Hu people under his command who were greedy for wealth became greedy and started a fire, stealing a lot of treasures.

This delay resulted in a significant reduction in manpower and wasted time.

Not only did many places not have time to be set on fire, but it also delayed the time to pick up Shi Shi and leave the city to connect with the reinforcements hidden outside the city.

"I just hope that while the beggars are busy looting, they can still get a chance to leave the city."

As he was speaking, a burst of dense footsteps was heard.

A large group of people emerged from the corner in front of the palace road.

They held weapons, moved quickly, and many of them even wore armor.

The two sides suddenly faced each other and stopped.

"It's Li Sikong." Wang Lang sneered. "Where are you going in such a hurry?"

Where to go?

Li Nong was busy fulfilling his promise and went to capture the queen and present her to Marshal Lin.

"Duke Qi?" Li Nong narrowed his eyes when he saw the child in Wang Lang's arms. "Where are you going?"

Wang Lang did not want to cause any trouble and delay his journey.

After all, his most important task now is to escort Duke Shi Shi of Qi to escape from Yecheng and ascend the throne in Guanzhong.

"Li Sikong."

"If you still have any loyalty to the Heavenly King and the Great Zhao, then say goodbye now and don't say anything more."

"Loyalty?" Li Nong laughed absurdly.

"I'm a fucking guy who jumped ship, what loyalty do I have!"

"I still have a trace of loyalty to the Heavenly King and the Great Zhao. Wouldn't it be a waste of my life to jump off this ship?"

Li Nong raised the hammer in his hand and said, "Kill!"

The retainers behind him raised their crossbows and fired a volley of shots, then raised their weapons and rushed forward.

The two sides collided with each other and fought fiercely in the slightly narrow palace passage.

Wang Lang's soldiers were even more elite, and they were all Shi Hu's personal guards.

But Li Nong had more men and powerful crossbows at hand.

At close range, even the armored soldiers could not withstand the powerful crossbows.

As time went on, a hill of corpses soon piled up where the two sides fought.

Seeing that his side was about to be defeated, Wang Lang gritted his teeth, hugged Shi Shi and turned to run.

He is not afraid of death, because he has a more important mission to accomplish.

Just as he was about to run out of the palace, a crossbow arrow whizzed over and cut half of his neck.

Blood spurted out instantly.

Wang Lang fell to the ground and raised his hand to cover the wound on his neck.

Turning around, he saw Li Nong personally leading people to chase after him.

He gritted his teeth, took off the package from his back and stuffed it into Shi Shi's arms.

"Duke Qi! Run!"

After saying that, Wang Lang, with bloodshot eyes, rushed forward holding the ring-handled knife to cover Shi Shi's retreat.

After killing several of Li Nong's followers in succession, Wang Lang, who had lost too much blood, was already on the verge of collapse.

Li Nong took a few steps back, and a group of retainers armed with powerful crossbows came forward and pointed at Wang Lang.

Wang Lang smiled bitterly, "My Lord, I tried my best~~~"

Wang Lang, with more than a dozen crossbow arrows stuck in his body, fell to the ground.

He burned the last of his life force, raised his head and looked behind him, and his whole body instantly became cold.

The young Duke Shi Shi of Qi, holding the package in his arms, stood there in a daze, not trying to run away at all.

"Da Zhao, it's over~~~"

Li Nong, covered in blood, stepped over Wang Lang, who died with his eyes open, and strode to Shi Shi.

Looking down at Shi Shi, he said, "Duke Qi, please come with me."

Seeing that the package in Shi Shi's arms looked a little strange, he reached out and took it and opened it.

"Hiss~~~"

When Li Nong saw what was in the package, his eyes widened instantly.

"The Imperial Seal?!"

What was contained in the package was actually the most precious treasure in the world, the imperial seal.

It makes sense. If he ascended the throne to become emperor, how could he not have his imperial ID card? "Master," a retainer asked, "are you going to look for the empress?"

"What a bullshit queen!" Li Nong laughed loudly towards the sky.

He leaned over, picked up Shi Shi, and held the imperial seal in his hand. "Let's go and find Marshal Lin!"

Xianyang Hall.

Lin Dao turned the jade seal in Mosuo's hand over and over again.

The texture is smooth and slightly cool.

"Imperial Seal~~~"

Lin Dao really didn't expect to find this thing.

He raised his head and looked at Li Nong with a smile on his face. "Li Sikong, you have done a great job."

Li Nong bowed his head and said earnestly, "This is the will of heaven, Marshal~"

As a hero who had led a palace coup, Shi Hu had arranged a retreat in advance.

Let his loyal subordinates escape with his youngest son and the imperial seal to continue his bloodline and the imperial throne.

Unexpectedly, Wang Lang was delayed because he was busy setting fire.

In addition to his bad luck, he was bumped into by Li Nong on the way to escape.

The arrangements for a fallback were completely shattered.

"Go and rest."

Lin Dao gently instructed, "When the time comes to reward your merits, I will reward you."

Although Li Nong had previously worked for the Jiehu.

But he jumped off the boat on his own initiative, and at this time he found the imperial seal.

These achievements are enough to save his life and even get him good treatment.

Li Nong bowed calmly and took his leave.

After leaving the hall, I felt nervous.

This is the imperial seal~
With such a great contribution, he would definitely be reused, not to mention being included in the ranks of immortals.

But Marshal Lin~~~
It seems that the Marshal is still dissatisfied with himself.

Since you have already jumped ship, you should serve the new captain loyally.

Only in this way can you enjoy the good life on the new ship.

Otherwise, you never know when you might be kicked into the sea.

But it is not easy to achieve merit.

Didn’t you see that at this time, the whole city was filled with soldiers of the Qihuo Army, who were frantically searching for the traces of the Hu people.

When he saw Zhu Hu, he loved him more than his parents. He pounced on him like crazy and asked to borrow his head.

Even if Li Nong wanted to grab the credit, with his old arms and legs, there was no way he could compete with those lunatics.

Li Nong turned his gaze and fell on Shi Shi who was being held in the corner.

Thoughts raced through his mind, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

Got an idea!

"The jade seal of the country."

Lin Dao had only heard of this thing before, and this was the first time he saw the real thing.

"Among the world's greatest treasures, the Jade Seal is the most revered."

"Without the Nine Cauldrons, who can contend with me?"

As a man from the Middle-earth, seeing the jade seal would naturally make him excited, he would love it and would rub it endlessly.
"Ok?"

Lin Dao, who was touching the jade seal, suddenly felt uncomfortable.

When he took it and looked at it carefully, he was surprised to see that there were words engraved on the jade seal!
Of course there are words engraved on the jade seal.

Everyone knows that it was Li Si who, at the order of Emperor Zulong, engraved the eight characters "Mandate from Heaven, May You Live Long and Prosper" on the imperial seal.

The problem is that these eight words are engraved below the jade seal.

But the place where Lin Dao felt his hand was blocked was above him.

After taking it and examining it carefully for a moment, Lin Dao grinned slightly and said, "Please ask Miss Xie to come over."

He doesn't recognize the words on the jade seal.
Xie Daoyuan held up the hem of her skirt and walked into the Xianyang Palace.

She didn't dress up deliberately, and she was just trying to please others.

She believed in Lin Dao's character and knew that he was not a lustful person. It was impossible for him to do anything to her in broad daylight in this hall.

General Lin has great ambitions and is a remarkable man in the world.

Beauty to him is like floating clouds~
Xie Daoyuan stepped forward to pay her respects, and Lin Dao handed over the imperial seal.

"This is..." Xie Daoyun looked at it in astonishment, and saw the eight words at the bottom: "Imperial Seal?!"

"Help me take a look." Lin Dao pointed to the two lines of words on the jade seal. "What does it say?"

There was a gleam of spirit in Xie Daoyuan's beautiful eyes.

Whoever obtains the imperial seal is the one chosen by heaven.

Even someone like Yuan Shu, a person despised by everyone, would call himself a false emperor if he obtained the imperial seal.

The fake emperor is also an emperor!
Even if he died, history books would record it as his death!

Commander-in-Chief Lin obtained the imperial seal; this was the true destiny!
Restraining the excitement in his heart, Xie Daoyuan respectfully took the jade seal with both hands and carefully read the words.

Even the queens of all dynasties probably never had the chance to hold this imperial seal in their hands.

It really made her heart beat fast with excitement.

"It's ancient text from the Jin Dynasty."

"This sentence is: The Great Wei receives the Imperial Seal from the Han Dynasty."

"This sentence is: Tianming Shishi."

Xie Daoyun explained that "the imperial seal of the Great Wei Dynasty, which was passed down from the Han Dynasty, was carved by Emperor Wen of the previous dynasty."

The predecessor of Jin was Cao Wei, and Emperor Wen was Cao Pi.

Cao Pi, this shameless man, carved this line of words on the jade seal, wanting to express that Cao Wei inherited the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty.

"This line of words here." Xie Daoyun pointed at the shorter part. "Tianming Shishi. It is said that Shi Le ordered people to carve it after he obtained the jade seal."

"Cao Pi is shameless," Lin Dao said disdainfully. "What qualifications does he have to engrave words on the imperial seal?"

In Lin Dao's opinion, only the pioneering and enterprising Qin Shi Huang, Han Wudi, and Tang Taizong Hongwu were qualified to engrave words on the jade seal.

They promoted great unification, created a large living space for future generations, and expelled the Tartars.

Only such achievements are worthy of having one's name engraved on the imperial seal.

As for Shi Le
"A barbarian like you dares to peek at the divine artifact?"

"It's all the Sima family's fault!"

Lin Dao put the imperial seal into Xie Daoyun's hand and said, "Go find a craftsman to grind off these two lines of words."

“They don’t have the qualifications!”

(End of this chapter)