Leaving Kyoto, you can enter Liangzhou, transfer to Lizhou, and connect to Shannan West Road, then go down the Yangtze River and go directly to Yizhou. The Shunan Palace is in Yizhou!
This is the fastest route, and everyone thinks that Bu Shulin is most likely to choose this route. Only this route can shorten the journey.
Emperor Youning and Xiao Huayong received the news that Bu Shulin was attacked and missing at almost the same time. Liu Sanzhi lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, Prince Bu was attacked just after leaving Kyoto, and now he has disappeared without a trace."
"We were attacked when we left the capital?" Emperor Youning was reviewing memorials at his desk without raising his head. "That's a good idea."
He wanted to kill Bu Shulin, and Bu Shulin knew it. I'm afraid everyone in the court knew it, and his good sons would not miss this opportunity. Whether Bu Shulin could return to southern Shu safely was related to the inheritance of the title of king of southern Shu and the control of tens of thousands of southern Shu troops.
It was not just a threat to him. Because Bu Shulin had openly sided with the Shen family, any good son who had any interest in the chair under his butt would not be happy to see it happen.
If Bu Shulin's return to southern Shu was not a matter of great importance that could not be taken lightly, he would have wanted to stay out of it completely and just see how strong the wings of his good sons were.
The move outside of Kyoto could only have been arranged by two people, one was Bu Shulin himself, and the other was Shen. Apart from these two, no one else would come to his front and do something thankless, so this move could allow Bu Shulin to temporarily hide in the city.
"Qizhou, Fengzhou, Liangzhou, Jinzhou, Shangzhou, and Bingzhou, the brave army divided into six groups to encircle and suppress the enemy, all of which are to guard the entrances." Liu Sanzhi reported again.
Emperor Youning had anticipated such a plan. He had raised a brave and valiant army and was not afraid of having no one to use them. This road just happened to cover Kyoto, and Qizhou and Shangzhou were on both sides of Kyoto, which was not the main gate of Kyoto that Bu Shulin could take.
Bingzhou is located to the north of Kyoto, in opposite directions from southern Sichuan.
So what? Emperor Youning never thought that the people he raised would be reluctant to take a detour, not to mention Shen. He had suffered three losses at the hands of this little girl, so he would rather cast a wide net than let Bu Shulin escape.
"Please report to the emperor tomorrow morning." Emperor Youning did not intend to deal with this matter publicly so early.
The Prince of Southern Shu was ambushed outside the gate of Kyoto. His whereabouts are unknown at the moment. The news will soon be reported to Jingzhao Yin, who will then pass it to the Shizhong. As soon as Wei Song received the urgent news, he got up and knocked on the palace gate late at night to ask for a meeting.
News came from the palace that His Majesty had caught a cold and had taken some medicine to rest. Wei Song knew that this was an excuse, that His Majesty was trying to delay time and secretly find out the direction in which Prince Bu had escaped, so that he would not rush to deal with it.
If this news was handed to Cui Zheng or Tao Zhuanxian, even if the emperor really had caught a cold and was unwell, the two would insist on seeing him in an emergency. However, he was promoted by the emperor, so only he could do this evil thing.
Out of consideration for His Majesty, he took the memorial and returned to his residence, but he could no longer sleep. He sat in the study waiting for dawn and the morning court.
Wei Song had just handed in the news during the morning court session, and the Censorate immediately stood up and accused him of not distinguishing between priorities. Such an important matter was left aside overnight. If anything happened to Bu Shulin, he would also be to blame.