Rebirth As a Fatuous and Self-indulgent Ruler

Translator: Peggyan

It didn’t sound coming from far away, but it would still take some time to get there.

In a word, by the time Long Xiaoyuan and Shi Qingzhou got there, there were already some people crowding around.

Besides, there were several people lying there. It seemed that they were injured by the explosion.

Later, many soldiers carried the injured people away.

It could be seen that those injured were also soldiers, who were guarding outside First Wangyeh’s mansion earlier.

Those people were ordered by Long Xiaoyuan to guard the place. How could there be an explosion when there were so many people guarding outside?

Damn it! These people were good for nothing!

Soon, a lot of people were attracted there. Some soldiers went to drive away the rubbernecks.

With more people around, Shi Qingzhou caught sight of a man going into First Wangyeh’s mansion.

“Someone’s sneaked in,” Shi said immediately.

“Let’s go to have a look,” Long said at once.

Shi nodded and jumped inside swiftly with Long, followed by a Shadow Guardian.

Shi ordered the Shadow Guardian to closely follow the person who had sneaked in, while he and Long slowed down a bit.

“Qingzhou, did you see what he looked like?”

“No, but he was wearing a cloth gown, not a dark cloak.”

“It’s daytime. Maybe he doesn’t think it’s necessary to wear a dark cloak.”

“Dark cloaks are not only for the sake of not being seen at night, but also for the convenience of action. In addition, they can be used for hiding people’s identity. If that man had come here specially, he wouldn’t have ignored this.” Shi explained simply.

Long blinked. “That’s it… What you mean is that man decided to come here afterwards, instead of lurking here in the early morning?”

Shi nodded.

Long was confused and said, “Is it possible that he just disguised himself as an ordinary person and stayed here earlier? He couldn’t wear dark cloak and had to wear a cloth gown because no one would doubt in that way. After the explosion, he just came in like this.”

After hearing his words, Shi gave him a strange look.

Long asked, “Any problem? Am I wrong in my analysis?”

Shi replied, “It’s not that you’re wrong, but… Your Majesty, the guards were all outside. There were also patrollers.”

Long felt embarrassed. “So, it’s not necessary for him to disguise himself?”

“Right. Besides, the residents in the neighborhood are all familiar with each other. If he kept strolling around, he’d be arrested as a suspicious person.”

Long realized that he seemed to have made another stupid mistake.

So, he couldn’t help touching his chin. “Well, forget what I said.”

Shi smiled lightly, and just then, a fight inside was heard.

Long and Shi were alerted and then they hurried there.

When they arrived, they found that the Shadow Guardian was fighting against the man in the cloth gown, but that man was so powerful that the Shadow Guardian couldn’t defeat him.

Soon, two more Shadow Guardians went to help.

After the two Shadow Guardians joined them, that powerful man gradually couldn’t take it and was about to lose the fight.

However, that man was extremely calm.

Under the siege of three Shadow Guardians, the man could still find a chance to escape.

Seeing that the man had jumped on the wall, Long’s eyes widened. How could he just escape?!

Just then, a foot suddenly appeared in front of that man. Later, he was surprisingly kicked down!

“Great!” Long was amazed. When he took a closer look, his eyes widened more.

Because it was…Shi Qingzhou who kicked that man!

Long looked at Shi who landed from the air in the distance. His movements were so elegant that anyone around would be amazed and even applaud him.

However, after the exclamation, Long immediately felt worried about him.

So he ran to him. “Qingzhou, you shouldn’t have done it yourself.”

Shi smiled. “Don’t worry. I know what I’m capable of.”

“I didn’t see how you got up there,” Long muttered.

Shi paused for a second, and then said, “I’m sorry for not telling you.”

“Right!” Long stared at him. “You should’ve told me.” It was so dangerous that he wouldn’t allow his Qingzhou to do it.

It was no big deal if that man ran away, but if his Qingzhou was hurt, he would go mad!

Shi blinked, looking innocent.

Long gave a long sigh and stopped saying anything. Since some outsiders were there, he’d talk about it later.

The Shadow Guardians took the man over.

The man in the cloth gown said immediately, “I’m innocent. Why did you arrest me? I just came here to have a look.”

“Have a look?” Long raised his eyebrows lightly. “Can anyone come in here randomly? Do you know what place this is?”

That man was still young. He looked like 20 years old or so and his eyes were rolling cunningly.

“This place? I don’t know. What place is this?”

“You don’t know what place it is? It doesn’t matter. Someone will tell you later.”

After saying that, Long didn’t want to talk to him anymore and took Shi to go outside.

That man’s facial expression changed. “You’re not qualified to arrest me, are you? I didn’t break the law! You’re abusing your power!”

The Shadow Guardian hit his acupoint directly.

That man’s facial expression changed again. Then, it became quiet around Long, because that man had been taken away. Just then, a group of guards ran in.

Obviously, they must have heard the noise here.

Although First Wangyeh’s mansion was large, the sounds of fighting could still be heard.

What’s more, all the guards were good at martial arts.

When they heard the sounds, they naturally went there.

Shi looked at Long. “Are we leaving?”

Long shook his head. “No, I’ll figure out what’s going on here.”

Shi nodded. The Shadow Guardians were going to take that man away, but Long stopped them.

“Wait a moment. Let’s see if anyone knows this man.”

The Shadow Guardians stopped and let that man lie on the ground. However, they still stood by his side and were ready to attack at any time. Although that man’s acupoint for sleeping had already been hit earlier, there were so many powerful people in the martial arts world and some of them might be able to crack it by themselves. Therefore, it was necessary to take precautions.

Those guards didn’t know Long Xiaoyuan, but their chief knew him and was greatly shocked.

When seeing the emperor, the chief guard began to yell, “Long live Your Majesty!”

The other guards were also stunned and began to yell with him.

Long said lightly, “Get up, all of you.”

Everyone got up and the chief guard was very nervous.

Long looked at him. “How come there was another explosion here?”

The chief guard’s face turned pale with a quiver of panic. “I deserve to die!”

Long frowned. “Say it!”

The chief guard trembled with fear and said immediately, “We were all guarding outside and my men were all around the mansion, but no one found anything suspicious. It seemed that the bomb had been planted here for a long time and the criminal detonated it in other places.”

No wonder that the chief guard turned pale when he said that.

In that time and space, how could a bomb have been planted there long ago, but detonate far away?

If it was in modern times, Long would say for sure, “Yes!”

However, it wasn’t in modern times and he didn’t believe that someone could control bombs from a distance.

The First Wangyeh’s mansion had been burned down in a big fire. What was the point of blasting it again with explosives? After asking the chief guard a few questions, Long didn’t punish anyone and told them to leave.

He was the emperor. In terms of identity, even if the chief guard had done something wrong, the one who should punish him should be his immediate superior, instead of him.

Long had asked if anyone knew the man in the cloth gown, but no one did. Later, Long ordered three Shadow Guardians to take him away and there were still five Shadow Guardians left.

Although the guards who were asked to leave had left temporarily, they were not far from there.

If there was any accident, those guards were still able to respond in time.

Most importantly, after seeing Shi’s martial arts, Long felt secure staying by his side.

Therefore, Long and several Shadow Guardians, together with Shi whom he was holding, began to “stroll” in First Wangyeh’s mansion.

In fact, Long had ordered people to search in First Wangyeh’s mansion since last night, but except for some gold, silver and antiques that had not been burnt, nothing else had been found!

Long didn’t believe it, so he decided to search by himself.