Chapter 178 The dust has settled

"Minister Chen, take his body to the tower. The 50,000 soldiers were ordered by him. Tell them to withdraw. If they don't listen, they will be punished with the nine clans."

Yun Hongxiao sighed. Today's situation was also caused by him. If he didn't give Yun Xinglu a chance, there would be no abdication today, but the hidden danger would exist for a long time.

"Minister Feng, you will handle the aftermath of the palace. I'll go see the fourth brother." Yun Hongxiao ordered again. "I

obey your order."

The imperial doctors kept bandaging the injured soldiers.

The ministers and their families who were injected with the softening medicine gradually regained some strength after so long.

Catch those who should be arrested and release those who should be released.

No one had a good New Year's Eve, and they all left the palace in fear.

Feng Zuwen, Gao Qiming, Yuan Yinan, the Minister of Justice Cao Zhongliang, and the Vice Minister of Justice Zhong Zhi investigated the people involved in the palace coup.

The dancers were also the focus of the investigation, as well as the palace servants.

This busyness basically did not stop this year.

Feng Zuwen had already fully armed the imperial guards with the best weapons and equipment, otherwise a few thousand people might not be able to defeat Yun Xinglu's 2,500 elite soldiers.

The exits of the tunnels were also investigated separately, but it was unexpected that Yun Xinglu had already started to have people dig this tunnel, and it had been dug for at least two years.

Starting from the Prince of Lu's Mansion, the main road leads directly to the palace.

There are five branches under the palace, and there are several rooms inside. Each room can accommodate hundreds of people at the same time.

That's why 2,500 people can enter the palace quickly in a short time.

It's really thoughtful.

Feng Zuwen was very glad that they knew it in advance, otherwise they couldn't make such full preparations. Feng Tianxing

said that Yun Xinglu died at the hands of the second prince in his previous life.

Now I know that the second prince also knew that Prince Lu was going to rebel, and prepared sleeve arrows in advance, and used three-peak snake venom, so he could kill Yun Xinglu with one shot.

And in this life, with Feng Tianxing's prediction, he still couldn't avoid the second prince's arrows, and ended up shooting at the Ming King.

Chen Zhizhong and Chen Jiming, father and son, brought the bodies of Yun Xinglu and several soldiers he brought to the north tower.

The city gate had been closed tightly.

A thousand guards were standing guard there, waiting in a serious battle formation.

Fifty thousand Yanyan soldiers were just outside the city, and they did not attack the city. They were all waiting for the signal from the palace.

They were just here to help. If Yun Xinglu was doing well in the palace, they would not be needed at all.

When Chen Zhizhong went up to the tower and hung the bodies of Yun Xinglu and several generals on the tower, the crowd below immediately became excited.

There were also two thousand five hundred elite soldiers trained by Yun Xinglu.

When they saw that their general was dead, they were suddenly excited.

They were about to attack the city, but the guards on the city wall each had ten crossbows in their hands, and they stopped their madness by shooting.

"You are all flaming soldiers, born to protect the country, why bother to participate in the rebellion? Now the King of Lu has been executed, and the emperor has ordered that if you return to the barracks now, you can forgive the past, but if you resist, you will be killed without mercy."

Chen Zhizhong shouted loudly.

The 50,000 people followed Yun Xinglu for a short time, and soon put away their weapons and returned to the barracks, but the 2,500 soldiers were reluctant to leave.

"Why, can you attack the imperial city with just over 2,000 people? Your master is dead, no, he is not your master, your master should be the emperor.

Everything that King Lu has is given by the emperor. He does not think of repaying the emperor, which violates the ethics between the emperor and his subjects.

You are all my sons and daughters of Yanyan, you all have families, wives and children, do you want to be exterminated? Think about your mothers waiting for you to go home, and think about your wives and children looking forward to your safety."

Chen Zhizhong tried his best to persuade.

These are Yanyan's soldiers, not Yun Xinglu's private property. He is also a soldier and knows the loyalty of soldiers, but in the face of greater justice, small justice can be abandoned.

Slowly, some of them put down their weapons.

But they still stared at Yun Xinglu's body on the tower with some pain.

The prince had saved their lives, how could they betray him?

At least they had to take back the prince's body and bury him in peace, instead of just hanging him on the city wall.

"General Chen, we are all soldiers, and soldiers have their own loyalty and pride. Please give us the prince's body, and we will leave." A general thought for a long time and said. "

Put down your weapons and return to the countryside. The emperor will show mercy and let you live. If you are still willing to fight for the flames, return to the barracks and fulfill your mission as a soldier." Chen Zhizhong knew that these people were good men, and tried his best to persuade them.

If they really don't listen, as long as they behave like ordinary people and don't cause trouble in the future, they will still be the people of Yanyan.

He has already recorded the information of these people, so he is not afraid of them causing trouble.

Besides, Yun Xinglu is dead, and he has no descendants, so they have no one to be loyal to.

In the end, most ordinary soldiers chose to return to the barracks, and only some generals chose to leave.

Ordinary soldiers all obey the orders of the generals, and they don't have a very clear position.

This palace-forcing storm ended like this.

The subsequent trial will proceed slowly.

On that day, many families in the capital were surrounded by the imperial guards, and those who should be arrested were arrested.

The Prince of Lu's Mansion was turned upside down.

And of course his Yue family suffered the same fate.

They have been in cahoots with each other for a long time. Let's

talk about Yun Hongxiao again. After giving a few instructions to Chen Zhizhong and Feng Zuwen, he hurried to the palace where Yun Ranqing lived.

He saw with his own eyes that the arrow shot through the body of the Fourth Prince, and there was also a mountain of poison.

Even if he took the elixir, it would not be cured immediately.

"How is the Fourth Prince now?" He asked impatiently as soon as he saw Wu Miaozhen.

Wu Miaozhen didn't know what to say, and hesitated.

Seeing that the empress didn't say anything, Yun Hongxiao went in directly and saw that the fourth prince had changed into clean clothes and was sitting on the bed, with Yun Ran sitting next to him.

"Father, how come you are here so soon?" Yun Ranqing's voice didn't show any sign of weakness.

Yun Hongxiao was shocked. Even if the medicine given by the Feng family was magical, it couldn't be that there was nothing wrong, right?

When the eldest prince carried him away, he saw that the blood-stained clothes were very dazzling red.

But seeing the fourth prince sitting on the bed very energetically, what was going on.

"Father hurriedly gave a few instructions and came here. Father is very worried about you. Big brother, help your fourth brother take off his clothes and let father see his injuries. The arrow went straight through his body. You must have been in pain at that time, right?"

Yun Hongxiao couldn't imagine how painful it must have been for such a young child to suffer so much. Thinking about it, he felt even more sorry for the child.

"Father, I don't feel any pain now. The medicine given by Sister Feng is very effective." Yun Ranqing replied with a smile.

Just now, the three of them were discussing how to keep it secret. Before they could think of a solution, they heard Eunuch Ren outside shouting "The Emperor is here."

They didn't expect that the emperor would come so soon

. "Well, the medicine she gave can cure the snake venom on the mountain. The effect is really good. Fortunately, she is here today, otherwise I would have lost you. At that time, father's heart was in his throat. Second brother, I have already punished him."

But Yun Ranzheng did not listen to Yun Hongxiao's words and undress Yun Ranqing, but looked at his mother for advice.

"Big brother, what do you see your mother doing? Take it off quickly and let me see."

"Father, your son..." Yun Ranzheng didn't know how to stop it, the person was right in front of him.

Yun Hongxiao saw that the expressions of the others were not right, and he was full of doubts. He

took two steps forward and did it himself.

Yun Ranqing had no choice but to sit still.

When the clothes were taken off, Yun Hongxiao's eyes bulged like cow eyes.