Chapter 438 Entering Beijing
Huo Yang met Huo Zheng's gaze and knew that he was not trying to scare him, and his expression suddenly became even uglier.
At this moment, everyone in the hall started to speak out: "Huo Yang has committed countless evil deeds. Even a thousand deaths cannot atone for his crimes. He deserves to be tortured to death by three thousand cuts!"
"Killing the king and the father, bringing chaos to the country, this kind of person deserves to be cut into pieces!"
“Death is not a pity!”
Jiang Hao stood up and walked in front of Huo Yang. "Still not telling me? Do you want to experience severe punishment?"
As he spoke, he raised his hand and signaled his men to bring up all the torture instruments.
Huo Yang was used to sitting back and enjoying the fruits of others' labor, letting his subordinates do all the dirty and tiring work. He had not only experienced those tortures and bloody scenes, but even just looking at them for a second was disgusting to him.
Today, Jiang Hao wanted to use all those horrifying torture instruments on him.
As the eighteen instruments of torture were brought up one by one, before they could be used on Huo Yang, he fainted on the spot.
The rivers and streams allow people to splash snow water on them.
But this time, even the snow water couldn't wake Huo Yang up.
Everyone present looked at each other in bewilderment upon seeing this.
Huo Zheng didn't expect Huo Yang to be so irresponsible, so he immediately asked someone to call a doctor.
The doctor arrived quickly upon being summoned. He took the pulse of the unconscious Huo Yang and said that he had been pierced through the heart and lungs by a sword, and had broken his leg. He was also extremely angry and frightened...
In short, the situation is very complicated and his life is in danger.
"Huo Yang can't die here." Huo Zheng said to the doctor, "Treat his wounds first."
In order to change the public opinion, Huo Yang had people write many manifestos saying that Prince Chang'an and the Ninth Prince were the ones who killed the king and seized the throne. Now rumors are spreading. If Huo Yang died in Jiangyang City, even if he was the culprit, there is no guarantee that they would not make a big fuss about it in the future.
We can't let him die like this.
The doctor immediately said that he would do his best, but whether the man's life could be saved in the end was up to fate.
Jiang He and Jiang Hao's interrogation methods were no longer effective, so they had to order the torture instruments to be removed.
Huo Zheng had Huo Yang carried to the wing room for treatment, and then discussed the affairs of the place with the officials of Jiangyang City.
He ordered half of the Xizhou army to return to Xizhou, and the remaining half reorganized the troops originally belonging to King Rui, and set off for the capital the next day.
The doctor worked all night, but Huo Yang didn't wake up, so Huo Zheng had him put in a carriage and taken back to the capital.
After Prince Rui was captured, Huo Zheng had a smooth journey from Jiangyang City to the capital, arriving in just ten days.
Huo Yang woke up on the way back to Beijing. He probably knew that he would not live long, so no matter how Jiang He and others questioned him, he refused to say anything. It seemed that even though he knew he was going to die, he was still determined to ruin Huo Zheng's reputation.
The people under Huo Zheng were so angry that they wanted to tear Huo Yang apart, but Huo Zheng didn't care at all. Instead, he tried to comfort everyone. If Huo Yang didn't speak now, he would naturally find a way to make him speak when they returned to the capital.
There is no need to impose severe punishment and make such a mess.
Moreover, Huo Yang's body could not withstand any punishment now.
On the day they arrived in the capital, Huo Zheng and the others had already prepared themselves for the possibility that the Rui Wang party who remained in the capital would fight to the death and that they would resort to armed force to attack the city.
But when they arrived in the capital, the city gates were wide open, and the person guarding the gates was General Zhao, who was very familiar with Huo Zheng.
When General Zhao saw the Western Province Army arrive outside the capital, he immediately led his troops out of the city to greet them. "This general respectfully welcomes the King of Chang'an! Long live the King of Chang'an!"
Everyone shouted in unison: "Welcome King Chang'an! Live King Chang'an a thousand years!"
Huo Zheng rode forward and asked General Zhao, "What's the situation in the capital? My mother..."
General Zhao also seemed to have just been in a fight, his body still covered in blood. He said, "We have captured all of Prince Rui's followers. The Empress is waiting for you in the palace. Once you enter, she will explain everything to you."
When Huo Zheng heard him say this, he immediately led his men into the city.
The city is in a mess. After an internal conflict, the mess is still being cleaned up.
Huo Zheng went straight to the palace. Mu Kaiji was anxious to save his parents and asked for permission to go to the prison to rescue the ministers who were imprisoned by Prince Rui on various false charges. Jiang Hao took people to Prince Rui's mansion.
The rest of the people had their own things to do and soon got busy.
In order to prevent the Rui Wang party from lurking in secret and waiting for an opportunity to counterattack, the Xizhou Army took over the patrol and guarding of the capital after entering the city.
The imperial palace was exceptionally quiet today. Huo Zheng rode his horse into the palace and headed straight for Qiwu Palace.
There have been rumors for the past few days that Queen Wang is seriously ill and will not live long. Huo Zheng has always been skeptical because his mother has always been in good health and would never fall ill just because of hearing the news of his father's death.
But Huo Yang controlled the government, and there was no guarantee that he would not harm his mother in order to seize the throne.
Huo Zheng quickly arrived at Qiwu Palace. He walked in quickly and saw Queen Wang sitting by the window playing the piano.
The Queen Mother looked thinner, but she did not look sick, and she did not feel any pain at the loss of her husband. She was just calm and composed, as if she had everything under control in order to counter the Rui Wang Party.
"Mother..." Huo Zheng stepped forward, not knowing what to say for a moment.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Queen Wang stopped playing the zither and asked him to sit down. "It's rare to see you so anxious. Wipe your sweat."
The Queen said this and handed Huo Zheng a handkerchief.
Huo Zheng took it, wiped his forehead, and sat opposite Queen Wang.
Soon a palace maid brought hot tea.
Queen Wang picked up one of the cups and took a sip slowly. "I've already seen the emperor's body. It's fake."
Huo Zheng listened to her talking about the emperor's corpse, but he didn't show any grief at all, and there was even a smile on his face that he couldn't suppress.
It seemed that the one who died was not her husband, but her enemy.
But it’s not surprising that Queen Wang did this.
She and the emperor were a young couple, but their love had worn out many years ago. Over the years, if it weren't for Qilang and Yanran, or if she hadn't wanted to preserve the dignity of the Wang family and the honor of the queen, Queen Wang would have broken off all ties with the emperor long ago.
The emperor died at the hands of Huo Yang, it was his fate.
Huo Zheng didn't immediately ask how the emperor's body could be fake, where the real one was, and what Huo Yang had done... Huo Zheng didn't ask any of these.
He just looked at Queen Wang and said with heartache: "My mother has suffered a lot these days."
When Queen Wang heard this, she paused holding the teacup, then smiled slightly and said, "As expected, those who have married and have children know how to care for their mother."
She said, "My Queen Mother hasn't had a hard time these days. She just pretended to be sick to deceive Huo Yang and the others. I have been the Queen for so many years, how could I be harmed in the palace? As soon as you take Jiangyang City, I will immediately counterattack the Rui Wang Party and Concubine Shu and control the situation in the court-"
Huo Zheng whispered, "My mother has lost so much weight, how could she not be suffering?"
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