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

Chapter 93: White Light Appears in West Lake in June

Tong Guan said hesitantly: "Your Highness, this humble servant, this humble servant, disguised as a young master?"

Zhao Ti asked, "Are you unwilling?"

Tong Guan hurriedly shook his head: "Yes, yes, but I have never been a prince."

Zhao Ti smiled and asked, "Did you go to the Guanpu store over at Zhouqiao before entering the palace?"

Tong Guan said: "I have been there before, but only three or five times. I have been poor since I was a child, and I don't have many copper coins in my pocket. I mostly went there to see the fun, but I couldn't afford to go."

Zhao Ti said: "Just look at the one who wins the most, is the most high-spirited and energetic, that's you, young master. Just learn it and use it."

Tong Guan's mouth twitched: "Yes, I will think about it carefully and learn it."

Zhao Ti nodded: "Let's do it."

Ah Zhu, with a gloomy face, began to perform the magic of disguise on the three people. Because it was not a simple disguise, it took a long time, and it was not until nearly the Youpai hour that it was completed.

Zhao Ti looked at the three of them, and they looked completely different. He asked, "Azhu, can you recognize them yourself?"

Ah Zhu said, "Your Highness, I can recognize them naturally. No matter how magical the disguise is, it is impossible to make them look exactly the same. There are also height, weight and body shape to consider. However, if you don't know them too well, or if you look at them in the dark, you may not be able to tell."

Zhao Ti thought for a few breaths and said, "That's enough, let's go back to Mantuo Villa."

By this time, the water pavilion had been cleaned up and there were not many traces of the fight left, so they went out and got on the boat, returning to the depths of Taihu Lake.

Along the way, the setting sun shines obliquely, and the water surface is covered with layers of golden light, as brilliant as golden scales. Fishermen sing in the evening and tired birds return to their nests. It is a beautiful sight.

Zhao Ti stood at the bow of the boat, his expression neither happy nor worried. He only felt that the sky was high and the water was vast, and his state of mind was even better.

When he returned to Mantuo Villa, he said to the three people, "Go and meet A-Bi girl."

Upon hearing this, Ah Zhu rolled her black eyes, glanced at Zhao Ti, lowered her head and made a slight face.

Entering the courtyard, Tong Guan walked in front, followed by Zhou Tong and Wang Chengzong.

It was getting dark at this time, and there were candles lit in the house, causing some dim shadows.

Then Ah Bi asked in surprise, "Why is the young master here? Big Brother Deng, Second Brother Gongye is here too?"

Tong Guan put his hands on his hips and said in a loud voice: "I come when I want to, and leave when I want to. I will go wherever I can win money!"

Ah Bi was stunned for a moment, rubbed her eyes, and stepped back with a frightened "Ah!": "Who are you and why are you pretending to be my young master?"

Tong Guan said: "Who said impersonation? I am Mr. Murong, absolutely genuine!"

Zhao Ti brought Ah Zhu in. Ah Zhu stepped forward and said, "Sister Ah Bi, I changed their appearance for them. Don't panic."

A-Bi was at a loss whether to laugh or cry: "I knew it was Sister A-Zhu, you..." She wanted to ask why she did this, but when she remembered that Zhao Ti was there, she quickly stopped talking.

Zhao Ti said: "This disguise technique is quite good. Ah Zhu, you can continue to stay here. I will ask you to leave in a few days."

Ah Zhu and Ah Bi looked at each other and said happily, "Yes, Your Highness."

Zhao Ti returned to the study to practice martial arts, planning to stay for a few days to finish reading the secret book of Langhuan Jade Cave.

That day, Wang Yuyan came over to change the water in the vase, took out all the old flowers, and replaced them with newly picked white camellia flowers, the fragrance of which was refreshing.

Zhao Ti put down the book in his hand and asked, "Miss Wang, do you have any new works?" Wang Yuyan became more familiar with him, and her nervousness was relieved a lot. She said, "I am writing a new poem. At present, I only have half of it. It is not yet completed."

Zhao Ti nodded and said, "I will be heading south soon. Please compose a few more poems. I will come back to see them when I pass by."

Wang Yuyan asked, "Your Highness, are you leaving? Is there something urgent?"

Seeing her asking, Zhao Ti couldn't help but smile: "There is indeed an important military matter, and I can't stay any longer."

"I am sorry for being rude." Wang Yuyan realized she had said something wrong after she asked the question. Her cheeks turned slightly red and she lowered her head.

Zhao Ti glanced at her and said, "Miss Wang, go get your mother to come over. I have something to tell you."

Wang Yuyan replied "OK" and turned to go out to call Li Qingluo.

After a while, Li Qingluo arrived. Zhao Ti asked her to close the door and then gave her some instructions. The more Li Qingluo listened, the more frightened she became. Finally, she nodded repeatedly and left in a trance.

Two days later, Zhao Ti led the army back to Suzhou with Duan Yu, Azhu and A Bi, leaving Duan Yu and A Bi in Suzhou under temporary custody, and A Zhu stayed by his side. The army headed straight for Hangzhou.

Suzhou and Hangzhou are not far away, three miles outside the city. Hangzhou prefect Chen Boyong led officials to pick them up. He is the Right Counselor and the prefect of Hangzhou, and will be transferred back to Tokyo to serve in the Privy Council soon.

He was a member of the New Party. Wang Anshi once wrote a poem to him and sent it to Chen Boyong at Shigu Temple. Wang Anshi rarely wrote poems for others in his life, which shows how much he valued him.

After entering the city and sitting in the prefectural office, Zhao Ti asked Chen Boyong to fetch the files of the Ming Cult over the years for review. The Ming Cult originated in the Central Plains and moved southward from the northwest. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, it has been centered in the south of the Yangtze River and has spread to various places. The largest branch of the Ming Cult outside the city is in Hangzhou.

Guangmingding is the holy place of the Mingjiao. All the orders for recruiting followers and various other matters are issued from the Hangzhou branch.

However, no one knows the exact location of the Hangzhou branch, whether it is inside or outside the city, above the West Lake, or beside the Qiantang River. Even Yang Yunchong does not know because he does not have enough status. The Hangzhou branch is led by the Right Envoy of the Ming Cult.

Yang Yunchong had already returned to Guangmingding at this time. Zhao Ti asked him to act as an insider and find out the specific location of the Hangzhou branch.

If one wants to completely wipe out the Ming Cult, it is not enough to just destroy Guangmingding. The Hangzhou branch must also be eradicated. Otherwise, even if Guangmingding is destroyed, the Hangzhou branch will still be able to issue orders everywhere, and even command Ming Cult believers in various places to hide and wait for an opportunity to act.

After reading all the files of the Ming Cult, Zhao Ti couldn't help but frown. Over the past hundred years, Hangzhou has cleared out the Ming Cult more than once, but each time it ended in a hasty manner. The fundamental reason was that they could not find the location of the branch temple.

There was no clue about the branch temple in the file. Sometimes it said it was in the east, sometimes it said it was in the south, sometimes it said it was on the mountain, and sometimes it even went as far as to talk about the bottom of the West Lake. It said there might be a secret palace under the West Lake, which was the branch temple of the Ming Cult. But even after sending thousands of soldiers to look for it, they couldn't find the entrance.

Zhao Ti saw that it was getting dark and Chen Boyong came to invite him to a banquet, so he got up and left.

The next day he spent another half day reading and carefully pondering the confessions of some Mingjiao believers. A strange idea came to his mind. The confessions of each believer were difficult to match, and they could not be found after so many years. Was it possible that this branch temple was not fixed, but moved to a new location every few years, months, or even every time the temple was opened?
Zhao Ti made some guesses in his mind, put down the files and walked out of the door. At this time, the sky was covered with clouds, and the sun was blocked, making it cool. After a moment of hesitation, he asked Tong Guan to call Zhou Tong and Azhu, intending to go out for a walk and get familiar with the city of Hangzhou.

After a while, we left the prefectural government office and found that the city was as lively as Suzhou, with even more Jiangnan style. We encountered some things we had never seen before, and Ah Zhu explained them to us with witty remarks, which was quite interesting.

Then we walked towards the West Lake. There were many tourists by the lake, the willow-lined bank was beautiful, and the vast water surface was rippling with green waves.

Zhao Ti looked at the vast waves and thought to himself, Hangzhou is a big city, and the Ming Cult branch temple may not be in the city. If he searches aimlessly, it will be like looking for a needle in a haystack. He still has to think of a way to find clues before he can proceed.

As we walked, we came to Baoyou Bridge, which is the Broken Bridge. There were many people on the bridge at this moment, all of them were looking into the lake and waving their hands, as if they were feeding something.

Zhao Ti and a few others also went up. Ah Zhu looked under the bridge and said, "There are so many fish."

Just watch the fish in the water begging for food, and some even jump out of the lake, which is quite clever.

Zhao Ti watched for a while and was about to get off the bridge when he suddenly saw a white shadow flash across the water like a rainbow.

(End of this chapter)