The Song Dynasty was the king for thirteen years before he knew that he was Tianlong.

Chapter 71: Changing the reign title to Shaosheng
They got off the bus at Quyuan Street in the southwest city. The area around the Bazi Water Mouth was guarded by layers of imperial guards. Zhong Pu, Wang En and others came forward to greet them.

Zhao Ti said: "Prepare the soft shield short crossbows, assign two thousand soldiers, and go to the passage to take a look."

A few people agreed, and soon gathered their troops and entered the underground of Tokyo from this water outlet.

At this moment, all the bodies of the thieves in Guifan Tower had been cleared out, and there were soldiers guarding every few steps inside to prevent any thieves who were still alive and hiding from us from appearing.

But after a few days, nothing happened. Apparently, no bandits were left alive. Even if they were not choked to death by the kerosene at the time, they would have died of thirst and hunger after five or six days.

The only uncertain thing is the ancient tomb where Little Butterfly Cui Chong confessed. The soldiers cleared the way and headed straight there.

Zhao Ti walked in the middle of the team and looked around. He felt a cold wind and a creepy atmosphere. It was indeed an evil place.

As they went deeper and deeper, the wind whistled, as if sobbing, but the soldiers were not afraid of this. They all stared around with fierce expressions on their faces.

Zhong Pu said: "Your Majesty, Yin Lake is just ahead of us. Do you want to stop and take a look?"

"Dark Lake?" Zhao Ti nodded. Zhong Pu had said before that there was a dark lake underground, but he thought it was impossible for someone to hide in the lake for a long time, so he ruled out any investigation and only left soldiers to guard it.

Sure enough, a fork in the road appeared after a while. There were imperial guards guarding the intersection. Zhong Pu led the way in front, and when he passed the road, he saw a small lake.

The soldiers lit torches all around the lake, making it as bright as day. The clear, emerald green water looked like a mirror, and the light from the torches allowed them to see what was happening underwater.

There is a half-palace standing faintly at the bottom of the lake. I don't know how many years it has existed, but it is still colorful and vivid. The lake water looks like glass stars, and the palace is quite mysterious, which makes people feel inexplicably solemn.

Zhao Ti looked at it for a long time, calculating the refraction of light, and felt that it must be very deep below. It was probably not the thing from the previous generation that Zhong Pu had mentioned before. It might be already several layers underground.

It's impossible for anyone to hide here. Even a top master doesn't have the ability to hold his breath underwater for so many days. Li Qiu Shui of the Xiaoyao Sect has a skill called Turtle Breathing, but he probably couldn't hold his breath for so long. Zhang Shun, the White Shark in the Waves, was able to stay underwater for three days and three nights without taking a breath, but that was only three days, so it might be an exaggeration.

Zhao Ti thought for a moment and left. The soldiers continued to move forward. Gradually, the underground passage became chaotic, with no signs of artificial construction. All were natural traces washed out by floods.

After walking a little further, they arrived at a hidden cave entrance. Chong Pu said, "Your Highness, this is it. Cui Chong said that the passage to the ancient tomb enters from here."

Zhao Ti said: "Let him lead the way. We don't need so many people. Twenty soldiers with shields in front, followed by a hundred crossbowmen, and a hundred swordsmen behind them will be enough."

Jong Pu went to pass on the order and then entered the passage. It was quite narrow at first, but gradually became wider as it went down, and three or five soldiers could walk side by side.

Zhao Ti looked at the cave walls on both sides and saw bluestone protruding from them, towering like horns, and he didn't know what kind of stone carvings were buried in them.

About a quarter of an hour later, the view suddenly cleared up, and the soldier reported back: "Your Majesty, we found a nice open space."

Zhao Ti walked forward and saw that he had reached the end of the passage. Soldiers were holding torches and he could vaguely see stone men and stone beasts standing in a disorderly manner. In the distance, a huge bulge was vaguely visible at the back, which seemed to be the front end of a large tomb.

Zhao Ti squinted his eyes and watched. It was dark, gloomy and uncertain.

At this time, the soldiers walked towards the big tomb. After a while, someone shouted, "There is a body here."

Jong-Puk ran back: "Your Majesty, we found three bodies, all in front of the tomb."

Zhao Ti nodded: "Let's go and take a look."

He slowly stepped into the space ahead and looked at some stone sculptures of people and animals. They were all burial objects. It was unknown which dynasty they were from, but judging by these things, the specifications of this tomb seemed to be very high.

Not far away, he saw three bodies, surrounded by soldiers. Zhao Ti only took one look and frowned. Why did these three bodies all fall forward?
No matter whether these three people were choked to death by the kerosene seeping out or died of hunger and thirst here, it is unlikely that they all lay on the ground with their heads facing outwards, unless the three of them died while walking out together.

He said in a deep voice: "Turn over."

The soldiers immediately stepped forward and turned the body over. It was cool here, and the skin of the body was not too swollen or rotten, and its appearance had not changed much.

Zhong Pu asked Cui Chong to identify them. Cui Chong looked at them for a long time and said, "General, the one with half of his face covered by the mask is the evil villain of Wuyou Cave Master. The other two are his followers."

One of the corpses was burly and broad, with a half golden mask on his face, but half of his face and chin were exposed, so he could be identified.

Zhao Ti took a look and said, "Take off the mask."

The soldiers took off the mask, only to see dense scars underneath. For some unknown reason, the Lord of Wuyou Cave was disfigured.

Zhao Ti narrowed his eyes and said, "Carry them all out."

Then he looked at the large tomb at the back. The entire tomb was pressed into the earth wall, with only the front edge exposed. There was a half-person-high tomb-robbing hole in the lower right corner.

After a brief thought, he said, "Dig the soil and fill up the hole, and block the entrance to the passage outside. When you're done, the soldiers below will withdraw from underground and only need to guard the water outlet outside."

Zhong Pu said yes, and Zhao Ti immediately returned to the ground and went into the palace to report.

In the next few days, every time he proposed abolishing the old law and restoring the new law in the court, the previously dormant New Party gradually spoke up and began to argue with the Old Party.

It is mid-April now, the weather is getting warmer, and summer has arrived.

Zhao Xu proposed changing the reign title and named the new name Shaosheng. Shao means inheritance and continuity, and Shaosheng means inheriting the thoughts or actions of a saint.

Zhao Xu chose Shaosheng as the reign title, and his meaning was clear: he would continue Shenzong's reforms.

The old ministers opposed this, but the New Party had shown signs of revival due to Zhao Ti's entry into the court. The two sides attacked each other for three days, and finally Zhao Xu decided to keep the new year's name unchanged.

He then reorganized the court officials, starting from the bottom and replacing the old party bit by bit. He then began to demote the ministers and chancellors, and finally even replaced two prime ministers. Within half a month, the court had undergone a major reshuffle.

On the ninth day of May, Zhao Xu issued an edict to posthumously posthumously honor Wang Anshi and summoned Zhang Dun, Cai Bian, Zeng Bu and others back to the capital. From then on, abolishing the old and restoring the new was a foregone conclusion and could no longer be changed.

In the evening, Zhao Ti entered the palace and saw Zhao Xu holding a memorial and thinking: "I asked Liangjiang Road and Liangzhe Road to investigate the Mingjiao before, but they were lazy and perfunctory. At this time when the new law is changing, there must be no unrest in various places, otherwise the old party will use it as an excuse to disrupt civil affairs, and the new law will inevitably fail to be implemented effectively."

Zhao Ti said: "Your Majesty's intention..."

Zhao Xu sighed, "This is a big deal, and it involves the military. The new ministers in the court don't have anyone to use right now. How about the Prince of Yan go there?"

Zhao Ti smiled and said, "I have nothing to do at the moment, so I can take it."

Zhao Xu said in a deep voice: "If you can see through the den of Mingjiao thieves, then destroy them all at once, so that they won't continue to deceive the people."

Zhao Ti said, "I understand."

Zhao Xu thought for a moment and said, "Let's go visit the descendants of Lord Wang Wen on the way and give my regards to them."

(End of this chapter)