Reborn in Liangshan: I built the strongest lineup

This time, Shi Qian has caused quite a stir.

After inspecting the scene, the Imperial Palace Guard initially believed it was just an ordinary fire incident that had not caused any impact on the Imperial Palace.

They even considered just letting it go, writing a regular memorial and submitting it to the authorities to settle the matter.

The problem is that after the fire was extinguished, the Imperial City Guard immediately inspected each hall to prevent any further fires.

They dared to say anything about the other halls, but when they investigated the Rui Si Hall, they found something was wrong!

Because the Ruisi Hall was brightly lit, but the eunuchs on duty did not give them any response!

"not good!"

The Imperial City Guards' expressions changed drastically, and they immediately broke down the door, only to find the eunuch sitting motionless in a chair.

"Sir, this man has been knocked unconscious. The blow was quite severe, and he hasn't woken up yet."

Immediately, a subordinate stepped forward to examine the eunuch.

"Oh no! Search!"

The commander of the Imperial City Guard immediately realized that thieves might have broken in, and ordered his men to search the Ruisi Palace!

Of course, they found nothing; Shi Qian wouldn't leave any trace of himself.

However, they found Fang La's rebellious poem on Zhao Ji's desk!

Moreover, they found traces of scraping on the screen, except for Fang La's name!

"Fang La! That damned traitor!"

The leader of the Imperial City Guard gritted his teeth. Fang La was truly audacious! Not only did he sneak into the palace and place a rebellious poem, but he even dared to scrape his own name off the screen!

This is simply disregarding the Imperial City Guard!

If that's the case, then the fire in that palace just now was very likely started by Fang La!

"Search! Close the palace gates at the same time. From this moment on, no one is allowed to enter or leave the palace! In such a short time, this person should still be in the palace. We must find him!"

"Boss, should we go and report this to the Emperor...?"

A subordinate reminded the leader.

"Report? How should we report? Report that there are rebels here, and that we haven't caught them?"

Although the commander said this, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go to report it.

Fortunately, he didn't see anyone.

The palace guards reported that the Emperor was sleeping soundly in the inner palace and had not been awakened because of the distance. They advised against disturbing him now, as doing so would only cause more trouble.

The commander of the Imperial City Guard was overjoyed. "Great! That's good! Anyway, I've come to report, so this matter can't be blamed on me!"

Without making a sound, he slipped a small, bulging bag to the eunuch and gestured for him to put in a good word for him. The eunuch weighed the bag in his hand, a satisfied smile spreading across his face, and nodded to him.

Upon receiving this clear instruction, the commander of the Imperial City Guard immediately ordered his men to divide their tasks: one group would strengthen defenses in the inner palace to protect the emperor, while the other group would conduct searches in various palaces to see if they could capture any of Fang La's men.

Meanwhile, Shi Qian had already left the palace with the help of Er Niu's oxcart and successfully arrived at the designated location by the river in the city.

Here, many large boats are moored, all transporting goods to the riverside restaurants. Although it's not brightly lit at night, there's still a considerable flow of people.

Shi Qian had already disguised himself as a porter and secretly sneaked in.

"Boatman, your boat has been on the road for quite a while now, is it sturdy?"

Shi Qian found the designated ship and began exchanging coded messages.

"Sturdy. You can try hitting it with a hammer if you don't believe me, but you'll have to pay first."

"I have 120 coins, how do I type them?"

"One big hammer plus one small hammer, or three small hammers."

"Okay, I'm coming up now."

After confirming the code, Shi Qian boarded the ship, where he was received by Liangshan's spies in Tokyo.

"Chief Shi, the master asked me to tell you that everything is arranged and we can set off immediately."

The boatman said to Shi Qian.

"Okay, the sooner the better. Please give my regards to your employer."

The owner, also known as Tie Jiaozi Lehe, has become the manager of a famous restaurant in Tokyo, receiving goods by boat several times a day. He also occasionally performs operas at the restaurant and is currently a very popular opera singer in Tokyo.

Yes, in order to go into hiding, he even changed his name to Le Ping.

They didn't change their surname because the surname Yue was not uncommon in Bianjing (Kaifeng). (According to data, there were approximately 10 people with the surname Yue nationwide at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty.)

With such a stronghold in place and Gao Kan as a thorn in their side, Liangshan's intelligence on Tokyo has finally seen a qualitative improvement!

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the large ship set sail, and Shi Qian followed the waterway, leaving Tokyo and preparing to return to the mountains under the starlight!

At this moment, Zhao Ji was still enjoying himself in his dream!

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The next day.

Emperor Huizong stood in the imperial study, once again transforming into a desktop cleaning master!

"Ren Yuan just caused trouble! Tian Hu hasn't stopped causing trouble! Wang Qing also has rebellious intentions!"

"Now look what's happened! Fang La is coming to join the fun too!"

"What does this mean? What is the Ming Cult trying to do? What is Fang La trying to do? Is he trying to emulate Huang Chao? Then who am I? Does he even respect me?"

Zhao Ji cursed and angrily smashed things!

He simply couldn't understand how the bandits these days were all so daring!

Fang La actually dared to openly come to his own study, scrape off the four characters "Fang La of Jiangnan" that he had written, and even left a rebellious poem!

"The fragrance of incense fills the air above Bianliang!" What are you thinking! What are you doing!

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

Led by Grand Tutor Cai Jing, a group of high-ranking officials quickly bowed and hoped that Zhao Ji would calm down, especially the commander of the Imperial City Guard who was on duty last night, who did not want to lose his head.

"Has the Imperial City Guard found anything?"

Emperor Huizong originally intended to target the Imperial City Guard, but because the eunuch on duty last night had accepted bribes and spoke well of him, downplaying the seriousness of the matter, and because Emperor Huizong had indeed enjoyed himself on the dragon bed last night, he decided to let the Imperial City Guard commander off the hook since he hadn't disturbed his enjoyment.

"Your Majesty, after the incident, the entire Imperial City Guard worked diligently and tirelessly to seal off the palace and thoroughly investigate all personnel inside overnight. They found no clues whatsoever. This person must be one of the rebels from Fang La's Ming Cult, someone with exceptional lightness skills!"

The commander of the Imperial City Guard replied.

"Hmph, your Imperial City Guard has failed in its duties. You're fined three months' salary! Starting today, launch a full-scale manhunt! You must catch this man!"

Emperor Huizong was furious that he hadn't been able to catch anyone, which made his Imperial City Guard seem utterly useless!

"Report! Report!"

Just then, soldiers from the Imperial City Guard rushed in from outside and immediately knelt down before Emperor Huizong!

"What kind of behavior is this, all flustered and disrespectful! Speak!"

"Your Majesty! Something terrible has happened! When we searched the royal treasury, we discovered that...it's gone, it's gone..."

This soldier from the Imperial City Guard seemed to have discovered something terrible; his voice was trembling.

"What's missing? Tell me quickly!"

Upon hearing that something had been stolen from his own royal treasury, Zhao Ji immediately became anxious!

Those are all treasures of the Zhao family!

"Your Majesty, the Emperor Taizu's dragon robe is gone..."

"What??"

Emperor Huizong was greatly alarmed! He immediately led his men to the royal treasury!

That was the dragon robe of the founding emperor! The symbol of the Song Dynasty!

Damn Fang La, what exactly are you trying to do?