"Why is there no news? Where have the third brother and the others floated? It shouldn't be still in the palace, right?" Zhao Xu walked around anxiously in front of a huge fire, and kept muttering in his mouth. From time to time, he would look up at the dark sky, but he always showed a look of disappointment.

After Zhao Xu left the palace, he did not return to Shangjing immediately. Instead, he knew that Zhao Yan was going to land on the east side of the palace, so he sent some people to light the fire at night. So in this case, Zhao Xu also came to the east to find these people and personally guarded one of the fires. Before he saw Zhao Yan and the others landing safely, he would not return to Shangjing alone no matter what.

At this moment, suddenly there was a burst of rapid horse hooves coming from the south. Then a knight rushed over and saw Zhao Xu throwing his saddle off the horse and reporting: "Your Highness, the five fires in the south have been asked, Your Highness did not land there!"

"I understand, you go down!" After hearing the knight's report, Zhao Xu waved irritably. In order to help Zhao Yan and the others, they had a total of ten large fires higher this time, almost covering the east side of the palace. As long as the hot air balloon passes over the sky, they will definitely see a fire, and they can land nearby. The people guarding the fire will also rush to rescue in time. However, now they have been waiting for the middle of the night, but there is still no news. For this reason, Zhao Xu specially sent people to check out the other nine fires.

Just when Zhao Xu was in a bad mood, another knight suddenly rushed from the north and jumped off his horse to report to him: "Report to Your Highness, no trace of His Highness the Prince was found in the four fires in the north!"

"Go down!" After hearing the knight's report, Zhao Xu became even more irritable and walked even bigger. In fact, Zhao Xu had already discovered that the direction of the wind had changed. However, now the moon was dark and the wind was high, and he had no time to send people to other directions to search, so he could only stay here, waiting for Zhao Yan and the others to arrive with hope. Unfortunately, there is no news yet, and Zhao Xu even had some bad premonitions.

Although he had not waited for Zhao Yan, Zhao Xu did not give up. When the sky in the east turned white, Zhao Xu was still waiting for the fire. However, at this time he knew that Zhao Yan and the others must have encountered an accident, otherwise they would have been here long ago.

At this moment, another rapid sound of horse hooves came. Then Huang Wude rode on his horse. When Zhao Xu saw him, a hint of joy immediately appeared on his face. He then took a few steps forward and asked loudly: "How is it, is there any news from the third brother and the others?"

Huang Wude jumped off his horse and quickly walked to Zhao Xu, but said helplessly: "Your Highness, the old slave has already launched everyone's hands and searched for traces of two hot air balloons along the way, but there was no result. However, there is news about the rebellion in the palace. Do you want to listen?"

"Oh!" Zhao Xu heard that even Huang Wude had no news, and stomped his feet fiercely. However, he also knew that although Zhao Yan's affairs were important, the most important thing was the current situation of the Liao Kingdom. This not only concerns the safety of their Song Dynasty missions, but also concerns the future situation of the Song Dynasty towards the Liao Kingdom.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xu forced himself to calm down, then looked up at Huang Wude and said: "What is the situation in the Liao Kingdom now? Who won yesterday, Yelu Chongyuan and Yelu Hongji?"

Seeing Zhao Xu's current expression, Huang Wude couldn't help but nodded secretly. He could put the overall situation first. This was a qualified emperor. He immediately told the information he had just received this morning. As a result, although Zhao Xu was worried about Zhao Yan's safety, he couldn't help but show a hint of joy on his face after hearing the situation in Liao Kingdom.

It turned out that according to the information obtained by Huang Wude, Yelu Chongyuan and Yelu Nelugu's troops were divided into two groups yesterday, attacking the east and south sides of the palace. Among them, Yelu Nelugu led 2,000 people to attack the Nancheng, and launched the first attack in order to attract the troops in the palace. As a result, Yelu Hongji was indeed deceived and transferred the two thousand guards of the palace to the south wall, making the defense of the east wall empty. So Yelu Chongyuan led 2,000 people to capture the palace gate in one fell swoop and then killed the palace.

Originally, according to Yelu Chongyuan and his plan, after Yelu Chongyuan captured the East City, he would immediately enter the main hall and control the Liao nobles who attended the birthday party, especially to capture Empress Xiao and a group of princes and princesses to threaten Yelu Hongji to surrender. In fact, this plan went very smoothly at the beginning. Yelu Chongyuan rushed into the hall with his troops and controlled most of the nobles, but Empress Xiao brought the princess and the prince to hide in other places in the palace. The palace originally occupied a large area, and Yelu Chongyuan did not dare to divide his troops to search for it, so he could not find Empress Xiao and others for a while. This was the first accident in his plan.

However, it was just a small accident that prevented Empress Xiao and others. Yelu Chongyuan's main target was Yelu Hongji. So after controlling the nobles of the Liao Kingdom, he immediately rushed from the main hall to Yelu Hongji, intending to attack the opponent on both sides with Yelu Nelugu. At that time, as long as he captures or kills Yelu Hongji, he will be more than half of the coup he launched.

However, what Yelu Chongyuan never expected was that just behind him and his army had just arrived at Yelu Hongji, he received a bolt from the blue, that his son Yelu Nelugu was actually killed, and he was rebelled by his personal guards. At the same time, the two thousand Xi people led by Nelugu were also defeated by Yelu Hongji. It can be said that Yelu Hongji had already controlled the situation in the south.

Yelu Chongyuan could not believe the death of Yelu Nelugu at first, but when he rushed to Yelu Hongji's back, he happened to see his son's head hanging high on the city wall, which made Yelu Chongyuan's eyes dark, and then he was overwhelmed by a huge anger. He immediately ordered his two thousand rebels to attack Yelu Hongji's guards desperately.

Speaking of which, Yelu Nelugu was only responsible for attracting palace guards, so the two thousand Xi soldiers led by him were not strong in combat. The two thousand guards led by Yelu Chongyuan were the real main force, and they were all loyal to Yelu Chongyuan and his son, especially the one thousand guards in the palace of Yelu Nelugu. After seeing his master being killed, he was extremely angry and desperately killed Yelu Hongji.

Speaking of which, although Yelu Hongji used his identity to make the two guards around Yelu Nelugu turn against each other on the spot, killing each other and easily defeating the two thousand Xi army, his side also suffered a lot of losses. At this time, he could not resist Yelu Chongyuan's crazy attack. As a result, he was defeated by Yelu Chongyuan, with two thousand casualties and injured. In the end, even Yelu Hongji was seriously injured and fell into a coma on the spot.

Fortunately, Yelu Jun, who was the crown prince at that time, was also beside Yelu Hongji, so after seeing his father's coma, Yelu Jun decisively took over the command and then commanded his remaining troops to break through, but he actually escaped.

"Your Highness, the situation in the Liao Kingdom is very chaotic now. Yelu Jun blocked all the news about Yelu Hongji, so now, no one except him and some people around Yelu Hongji knew about Yelu Hongji's life and death. As for Yelu Chongyuan, although Yelu Chongyuan occupied the palace, because Yelu Hongji's life and death were unknown, Yelu Jun, as the crown prince, also escaped. Therefore, Yelu Hongji did not dare to stay for a long time. Now he has voluntarily abandoned the palace and took some hostages to flee south. The army in the south has always been controlled by their father and son, and there are many of their supporters there. It is estimated that Yelu Chongyuan also wanted to use these supporters to compete with the orthodox of the Liao Kingdom." Huang Wude finally concluded.

"Where is Empress Xiao and the princesses, the third brother and the others should be with them before leaving the palace, right?" Zhao Xu immediately asked when he heard this.

"Yelu Chongyuan failed to catch Empress Xiao and others, and I don't know where she hid with her people, but she should still be in the palace. As for the news about His Highness of the Prince, we have also found out that when the rebels entered the palace, someone saw the Prince's hot air balloons lifted off the air. Many people were scared at that time, so the Prince should have escaped from the palace. However, the wind suddenly changed last night, and the Prince and the Prince were blown to another place." Huang Wude reported again at this time.

When Zhao Xu heard that Zhao Yan and his other hot air balloons took off successfully, he felt relieved. The palace was in chaos last night. He was really afraid that Zhao Yan would encounter danger in the chaos army. Now he heard that Zhao Yan had left safely when the rebels arrived. This should be the only good news he heard about Zhao Yan.

But then he thought of another thing and immediately ordered Huang Wude: "Five Destinies, the wind direction changed yesterday, so the hot air balloon must have been blown to another place by the wind. Have you followed the wind direction to find the traces of the third brother and the others?"

"Don't worry, your highness, I have sent people to search for it, but there is no result yet. However, according to our estimate, your highness and the others are likely to be blown to the Huanglong Mansion." Huang Wude replied with a frown at this time.

"Huanglong Mansion?" Zhao Xu couldn't help frowning when he heard this place. This Huanglong Mansion is the northernmost prefecture among the six prefectures of Liao Kingdom. Moreover, there are complex ethnic groups. Not only are there Khitans, Xi people, Han people, but also a large number of Jurchens living there. Although the Liao Kingdom stationed a large number of troops there, its rule was not stable, and even rebellions occurred from time to time. If Zhao Yan and the others really landed there, they would likely encounter danger.

Seeing the expression on Zhao Xu's face, Huang Wude immediately advised him with clarity: "Your Highness, you don't have to worry. The prince is a good person and a heavenly figure. He will definitely not encounter any danger. And as long as they can find the Liao garrison in time, there will definitely be no danger."

Zhao Xu also knew that Huang Wude was comforting himself, but now he really had no choice but to sigh and said, "I hope this is the case, otherwise if something happens to my third brother, I will really have no shame to go back to see my father!" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!