Chapter 165 Let’s just let it go in a muddle
Seeing General Feng die in front of them, Deng Youning and the others who had spent a few days with General Feng were all stunned.
They couldn't believe that General Feng died just like that!
Wu Yanei was also blood-thirsty and attacked two or three more people in succession.
Not until the blood splattered all over him did he feel as if the distortion in his heart was finally satisfied.
"Mr. Wu, give me your life!"
Deng Youning uttered these words with difficulty, and her voice gradually became hoarse.
The calmness on his face was instantly torn apart, revealing a sharp murderous intent.
When Wu Yanei's knife was about to hit the next villager, Li Tianzhuo suppressed the emotions in his heart, threw out a dagger, and knocked the knife out of Wu Yanei's hand.
Deng Youning quickly stepped forward and stabbed him in the chest with his sword.
Fearing that one stab of the sword would not be enough to kill him, Deng Youning stabbed him four or five times in a row, wishing he could turn him into a hornet's nest.
As soon as Wu Yanei died, the Wu family's assassins immediately became confused.
Jun Chenyi, Deng Yan'an and others rushed forward, captured him and kept him alive.
It’s a pity that in the end, only a handful of villagers were left among those they rescued.
The melee of swords and sabers ended. Amidst the blood, the wailing cries of the survivors finally filled the dark forest, sounding terrifying and mournful.
Deng Youning walked to General Feng's body with uncertain steps and closed his eyes.
Li Tianzhuo also came over, knelt down and kowtowed to him respectfully.
If he hadn't passed on his skills to himself, he wouldn't have been captured by the Wu family.
He owed it to General Feng.
For so many years, the entire Nanxin royal family owed General Feng.
Deng Ren brought a part of the Deng family army and escorted the Wu family's death squad and the Zhennan army back to the capital to meet the emperor.
Before Li Qinghuan brought Wuyinglou to support, she threw down everything in the arms. Now that the battle here is over, it is time for her to go back and deal with her own affairs.
Deng Yan'an took another part of the Deng family army and transported the sacrificed Silver Dragon Guards and Jun Chenyi's secret guards back to Beijing.
Everyone dealt with the body in silence.
When dealing with the bodies of the Nanxin villagers, Deng Youning wanted to bury them on the spot, but Li Tianzhuo stopped him.
"We in Nanxin have a tradition of burning the bodies of the deceased, leaving only the ashes, which are placed in a container filled with scriptures to pray for the soul to be reborn."
"Since these villagers are all from Nanxin, why don't we follow Nanxin's rules and burn them all..."
Li Tianzhuo was heartbroken when he made this suggestion.
The few remaining villagers did not refuse his suggestion.
"After this incident, we can no longer stay in Dongji Capital."
"We discussed it and decided to bring back those people working in the city and go back to Nanxin together."
"As time goes by, we will take their ashes back home after their bodies are burned."
They can't bear such a trauma again!
They were even more afraid that their identity as Nanxin people would bring more trouble to the Deng and Han families.
"Okay, Dongji is not peaceful now, it's better for you to go back!"
Jun Chenyi agreed immediately.
Today's experience also made him realize his own strength.
He is not even close to his grandfather and has no ability to protect these people!
Deng Youning didn't say much the whole time, just did things silently.
Collect firewood, build a bonfire, move the bodies, and before cremation, give their remains a final tidying up.
It would take several days to burn so many people.
We couldn't stay here all the time, so we left the cremation of the bodies to Deng's army and the few surviving villagers.
When they rushed back to the capital, it was time for the morning court session.
Li Tianzhuo and Jun Chenyi didn't even have time to change their clothes, and they entered the palace directly wearing these dirty, bloodstained robes.
They fought with the Wu family all night, and the emperor also waited for them in the palace all night.
Like them, I stayed awake all night.
The Golden Palace.
When the emperor learned of the horrific massacre of the village, he was furious and wished he could carry Wu Yanei's corpse and whip it.
He threw the memorial on the table, pointed at Tutor Wu angrily, and demanded an explanation from him.
"Your Majesty, please understand. This rebellious son has done such a heinous and treasonous thing, and I, this old minister, had no idea at all!"
"However, if a son does not teach his parents well, it is the fault of the father. The fault is also entirely on this old minister. I am willing to reflect on my mistakes for a year, be fined three years' salary, and from now on, I will eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures to atone for my son's sins."
Tutor Wu was a smart man. He punished himself directly to calm his anger.
Prime Minister Jian saw this and pleaded for him, "Your Majesty, Master Wu is old and has many children at home, so he naturally cannot take care of them all."
"Since the instigator, Wu Yanei, is dead, and Taifu Wu has punished me, why not make a big deal out of this matter?"
He naturally knew that some people would not accept it, so he glanced in the direction of Li Tianzhuo and the others and warned:
"After all, Wu Yanei massacred the village because he didn't want too many Nanxin people to infiltrate our Dongji territory, especially the Nanxin captives from the battlefield thirty-five years ago."
"If we look closely at the identities of those people, perhaps no one can tell whether they are from Nanxin or not."
"Alright, most of the people are dead now, let's just let it go like this. The court won't investigate their identities, and they won't be able to come to the court to mourn again."
He is worthy of being the prime minister. With just a few words, he made the emperor compromise.
Jun Chenyi clenched his fists in dissatisfaction, his teeth itching with anger.
But what he said was not entirely unreasonable.
If the identities of the villagers were found to be different, the entire Han family would be held accountable and executed.
"Father, I think what Prime Minister Jian said makes sense."
Jun Chenyi bowed and after he finished speaking, he turned around and smiled at Prime Minister Jian.
Prime Minister Jian also smiled at him proudly.
In fact, a silent and inactive tug-of-war has already begun.
The emperor agreed to their request and did not pursue the matter any further. He left the court without any conclusion.
Deng Youning had been guarding the palace gate because she was worried about them. After the court session ended, she saw the court officials all coming to the gate and looked inside anxiously.
"What is your Majesty's final verdict?"
Seeing Li Tianzhuo, Jun Chenyi and others coming, Deng Youning asked hurriedly.
Jun Chenyi frowned, the anger on his face still not gone away.
Deng Yan'an kept calm and told Deng Youning the result.
Although Deng Youning was also angry, her face was mostly calm, as if she had already expected this outcome.
"Even if Prime Minister Jian hadn't said that, Your Majesty wouldn't really punish the entire Wu family for the mistake of Wu Yanei alone."
"That's the Queen's maternal family after all!"
"I originally wanted to save the queen's life and not report the matter of Aunt Han and Dai to the emperor for the time being."
"But now it's time to go!"
The Wu family and the Queen are going too far!
Deng Youning felt that he couldn't wait any longer and had to fight back.
Perhaps if the fact that the Queen hired someone to set the fire was made public, the person who actually poisoned Han Shaoyi would be alerted and would reveal his true identity in a panic.
Deng Youning asked Deng Yan'an to go to Changnanying and pick up Miss Qi as a witness in the arson case.
As soon as the witness arrives, she will take the existing evidence to the palace and file a complaint!
Jun Wenying, who was in the deep palace, also heard the news that something happened to General Feng, but the Queen had been keeping a close eye on the palace recently, so she couldn't even come out to pay tribute to General Feng. She could only be alone, trapped in the palace, secretly wiping away her tears.
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