Chapter 72 He Will Find Her
Everyone present was shocked.
Even Gu Yuanjia did not expect that Prince Chang'an would chop off Huo Kang's head with his own hands.
Prince Chang'an Huo Zheng has always been known for his virtue. In the capital, he has always been cautious and respectful to his brothers.
Only after arriving in Nanzhou did he reveal his ruthless methods.
Gu Yuanjia didn't want to think of Huo Zheng as a man who would lose his mind for a beauty, but he followed Chunzhi and jumped into the river, and the Nanzhou navy was mobilized to salvage along the river day and night. This matter was really hard to explain.
Fortunately, Huo Zheng did not delay his important work. While dispatching the Nanzhou Navy to search and rescue Chunzhi, he led his troops to surround Prince Ning's Mansion.
Gu Yuanjia hoped that his new lord was a wise man. He also wanted to go to Chang'an in order to paralyze Prince Ning and his followers, so he used the seemingly absurd excuse of searching for Chunzhi to transfer the navy of Nanzhou.
But seeing that Huo Zheng was now anxious and crazy, Master Gu knew very well that mobilizing troops to search and rescue Chunzhi was more than just an excuse.
After Prince Ning's followers realized that Prince Chang'an had killed Prince Ning himself, their legs went weak and they all fell to the ground, "Your Majesty, spare my life, spare this humble official!"
Prince Ning had already died at the hands of Huo Zheng, so the lives of his subordinates were not worth mentioning.
Huo Zheng turned around and threw the long sword in his hand to the nearest secret guard, and ordered in a deep voice: "Ning Wang's followers, don't spare a single one."
"Yes!" The soldiers immediately responded and did as they were told.
"Your Highness." Gu Yuanjia stepped forward and wanted to persuade Huo Zheng.
Huo Zheng raised his hand to signal Gu Yuanjia not to say anything more.
Ning Wang Huo Kang has been causing trouble in Nanzhou for many years. If all his followers are not killed, it will be difficult to eradicate the ills in Nanzhou.
In the past, Huo Zheng would have taken a more gentle approach, but now...
He doesn't have that much patience or time.
After he finished these things, he went to look for Chunzhi.
Haruji was still waiting for him.
That night, Prince Ning's mansion was almost massacred.
The heavy rain continued for seven days.
After Huo Zheng killed Ning Wang Huo Kang, he uprooted his followers, and the entire Nanzhou was in a state of panic.
When Lu Jingyun learned the news, the officialdom in Nanzhou had already been cleaned up.
After Huo Zheng finished the most important thing, he led his men back to the Lishui River to continue searching for Chunzhi's whereabouts. He handed over the follow-up matters to Gu Yuanjia, Jiang He and others, as well as the newly appointed prefect of Nanzhou.
Lu Jingyun also wanted to find Chunzhi, but Ji Ruzhen was watching him closely.
Ji Ruzhen said to him, "Prince Chang'an has caused such a big stir in Nanzhou. He has both merits and faults. We don't know what his situation will be like after he returns to the capital. As an official assisting in the investigation, you should focus on your work now."
Ever since Chunzhi, Lu Jingyun's heart has been in turmoil. As a woman, Ji Ruzhen is sensitive and can naturally feel the abnormality of the person next to her.
But no one can argue with the dead.
Ji Ruzhen knew this best, so even though she was extremely unhappy, she did not show it in front of Lu Jingyun. She only advised him to focus on the real thing.
Prince Chang'an killed Prince Ning with his own hands. After returning to the capital, there will inevitably be endless disputes in the court. The emperor is likely to use the co-investigating officials as a shield for Prince Chang'an.
Lu Jingyun had not been able to help Prince Chang'an in any way in the first place. If he did not clean up the mess properly, he would be held accountable after returning to the capital.
Lu Jingyun knew that Ji Ruzhen was right, but when he found out that Chunzhi might have died, he felt confused and didn't want to do anything. He just wanted to find her as soon as possible.
Now Huo Zheng led people to search along the river every day, and Lu Jingyun would only cause more trouble if he went there again. He suppressed his messy thoughts, said a few words to Ji Ruzhen, and then privately sent people to continue looking for Chunzhi. He plunged into the officialdom of Nanzhou and was busy every day with Gu Yuanjia, Jiang He and others.
After Prince Ning died, the news reached the capital.
The eldest prince, Prince Rui, and the supporters of the ninth prince took the opportunity to use the death of Prince Ning to make an accusation for Huo Zheng's lawlessness and indiscriminate killing. The emperor issued three imperial edicts in succession, summoning Huo Zheng back to the capital. However, Huo Zheng was reluctant to return to the capital in order to find Chunzhi.
In early June, Lu Jingyun returned to Beijing to report.
In mid-June, the emperor sent the eunuch Xu to Nanzhou with the imperial guards to bring Huo Zheng back to the capital.
At this time, Huo Zheng had been looking for Chunzhi for more than a month.
He searched the thousand-mile-long Lishui River from beginning to end several times, but found no trace of Chunzhi.
When Huo Zheng returned to Beijing, he had Chunzhi's tofu workshop moved back to the capital, and also took her donkey named "Laicai" back from Aunt Li's house.
There was also the bag that Chunzhi left on the boat, the clothes she had worn, the gold and silver notes hidden in the bag. Huo Zheng helped her keep everything in safekeeping.
Huo Zheng believed that Chunzhi must still be alive in this world.
She loves the beauty of this world so much that she will never die easily.
As long as she was still alive, he would find her.
He will look for it at the end of the mountain, the end of the water, and the corner of the world.
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In late June, Huo Zheng returned to Beijing.
Gu Yuanjia, Jiang He and others stayed in Nanzhou and continued to search for Chunzhi's whereabouts.
The emperor was furious because Huo Zheng repeatedly disobeyed the emperor's orders and refused to return to the capital. The Rui Wang faction and the Ninth Prince's faction added fuel to the fire. The officials in the court argued endlessly about whether the Chang'an Prince's trip to Nanzhou, the killing of Ning Wang and the bloodbath in Ning Wang's mansion were more merits than faults, or whether the faults outweighed the merits.
The common people cheered for Prince Chang'an, saying that Prince Ning deserved to die, and those corrupt officials who harmed the people also deserved to die. Prince Chang'an put the people first and was a good prince.
However, many members of the royal family said that Huo Zheng should never have killed his uncle with his own hands. Some even said that if he killed his uncle today, he would dare to kill his father tomorrow!
In order to punish Huo Zheng and appease the royal family, the emperor ordered Huo Zheng to be whipped 100 times, confined to his room for half a year, and forced to reflect on his mistakes facing the wall.
Huo Zheng received these one hundred whips in his life, and every time he received one, he thought of Chunzhi.
If he had taken action against Prince Ning and his son earlier, Chunzhi would not have been found by Huo Yu, and she would not have left.
Huo Zheng thought: He deserves these hundred lashes.
Chunzhi must have been very sad when she left Linshui Town.
She loved Linshui Town and the people there so much that she would never choose to leave if she wasn't forced to do so.
The pain he feels today cannot offset Chunzhi's pain.
After receiving a hundred lashes, Huo Zheng was in a coma for three days with a high fever.
Queen Wang summoned all the imperial physicians to treat Huo Zheng.
Even when he was sick, Huo Zheng kept calling Chunzhi's name.
No one dared to spread this matter.
The imperial physician told Queen Wang that Prince Chang'an had a heart disease and injuries, and that he needed to use both internal and external medicines, including heart medicine.
Queen Wang didn't know what kind of heart medicine Huo Zheng was going to use.
However, after Huo Zheng woke up, he immediately returned to Nanzhou with his illness.
He asked someone to pretend to be him and reflect on his mistakes in the palace, while he continued to search for Chunzhi without stopping.
I have been looking for it, but I can't find it.
Huo Zheng was exhausted and fell seriously ill on the way, almost dying.
They struggled to hold on, and with Nanzhou as the center, they continued to expand their search in the four directions of east, south, west and north for half a year without stopping for a single day.
Summer passed quietly as Huo Zheng searched day after day, autumn saw the yellow leaves fall from the branches, and winter arrived...
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