King Zhenbei looked at the situation and wondered if Shen Jie could survive. He understood and comforted from the perspective of an outsider.
"I heard that the lady was buried alive by Yan Jin. Is there a possibility that she was conscious while unconscious and was rescued by someone? When she woke up, she mistakenly thought it was you who did it and hated and blamed you. The female corpse with blisters we saw might have been a trick she used to escape."
Chen Jie suddenly came to his senses, this was truly a plan that Du Yaoyao could come up with.
The body only had clothes and evidence, and the flesh could not be identified at all.
I'm not entirely sure whether she really died or faked her death.
"Thank you for your advice, Your Highness." Hope rose in his heart.
He wanted to find her, no matter if he had to climb mountains or cross seas, or dig rivers or dig the ground. He wanted to see her alive, or dead... he wanted to see her corpse with all its features.
With this unyielding determination, Chen Jie's health improved day by day. After resting in Jindu for dozens of days, he set out for Beijing.
He took back Du Yaoyao's clothes and evidence, and left the female corpse in Jindu for the time being. Find a Feng Shui-good location for burial and send soldiers to guard it day and night.
His injuries had not yet healed and the remaining poison had not yet been cleared. After Shen Jie reported his duties to the crown prince, Chu Zheng ordered him to rest for three months and sent an imperial physician to accompany him in the Shen residence.
During his recovery, he simply did not bother with the official duties of the Censorate and analyzed the ambush in Jindu one by one.
First, through Chu Zheng, the King of Nanzhao was held accountable and the King of Wuhuan was contacted.
The two small countries clearly pushed the responsibility. Nanzhao stated that Hong'e was a married princess and what her subordinates did had nothing to do with the motherland. Wuhuan said that Hong'e assassinated the envoy and disrupted the peace between the two countries. The position of queen has been abolished, and her life and death are at the discretion of the Emperor of Da Chu.
Shen Jie also contacted two cities around Jiannan to investigate Ruan Hu's movements. Contact the new governor of Jindu and uncover the bandits' hideout.
March passed quickly, the summer lotus flowers were dyed with autumn, and the pond was filled with withered leaves.
In early October of that year, the emperor passed the throne to the crown prince, regarded himself as the emperor emeritus, and moved to the royal garden on the outskirts of the city to spend his remaining years.
When the prince ascended the throne, he issued a general amnesty and named his younger brother Chu De as King of Fu, which means happiness and health, and granted him a fiefdom. The minister Chen Jie was appointed as prime minister, commanding all officials and assisting in government affairs. Among them, dozens of officials, both large and small, were promoted or demoted, causing turmoil in the court.
As a former counselor of the Eastern Palace, there is no doubt that Chen Jie is a popular figure in front of the new emperor.
The new prime minister asked the emperor for permission at the end of October of the same year, and led his troops to recapture Jiannan and kill Ruan Hu.
From spring to autumn, the Chu government issued three summonses, ordering Ruan Hu to return to the capital. Ruan Hu delayed his departure on the pretext of handing over military affairs, and assassinated the spies sent by Chu Zheng in the city.
This was intolerable, so Chu Zheng sent 100,000 troops to follow Chen Jie in the expedition. Together with the 100,000 troops led by King Liangchuan of Zhennan, a total of more than 200,000 people marched towards Jiannan in a mighty force.
Chen Jie informed the two cities next to Jiannan in advance and besieged Jiannan together with the generals. In order to show that his country had no connection with the traitor Ruan Hu, Wuhuan Khan sent a large number of horses and cotton clothes to comfort the Chu army.
Within a month, Jiannan City was captured, the soldiers threw down their swords and surrendered, and the people opened the city gates and lined the streets to welcome them.
They were unwilling to follow a rebel, they recognized the orthodoxy of the Great Chu.
Ruan Hu was escorted to the capital by the King of Liangchuan, and Chen Jie led the remaining troops to attack the bandit den in Jindu.
The bandits were strong, but they were no match for the well-trained soldiers.
In just seven or eight days, hundreds of bandits were killed or injured. Shen Jie picked out the criminal who raped the woman in early June and interrogated him personally.
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