Then Fang Jian handed over the 100,000 dust funds he received from the Garrison Office to Yu Censhuang and deposited them in the Night Patrol Mansion's treasury.
Afterwards, Fang Jian summoned all 1,000 soldiers from the Night Patrol to the training ground, told them the news of Prince Yun Hao's murder, and warned them in advance that there might be chaos in Yujing City and that they should be extremely vigilant when patrolling.
After Fang Jian finished his announcement to the soldiers, it was already Youshi. By this time, the news had spread in a small area of Yujing City, while the council table was still in discussion. All the ministers in Yujing City gathered at the council table, and no news was heard.
At six quarters past the hour of You, the five assistants on the council table first asked the chief officials of each ministry to return to their respective departments, and then continued to discuss with the other chief officials.
At the same time, the council officially issued an edict, ordering Si Yu, one of the "Six Armies" of the Dao Court, to lead the right army to the burial cave to transport the bodies of Prince Yunhao and all the junior ministers, ministers, and soldiers of the Jingshan Dao Kingdom back to Yujing City.
Then the Council ordered the Ministry of Rites to send a senior minister as a special envoy to the Jingshan Dao Kingdom to announce the death.
Then the Council issued another decree, ordering the "Left Army", one of the "Six Armies", to march out to the Bone Burial Cave to camp, search for traces of the bandits who ambushed the Jingshan Dao Kingdom troops, and be responsible for clearing out the bandits.
Time quickly reached the end of the seventh quarter of the You hour, and was about to enter the eighth quarter of the You hour (18:45 pm).
When the clepsydra time reached the end of the eighth quarter of the You hour and was about to enter the Xu hour, a hurried and hurried sound of running was heard outside the Night Patrol Mansion.
Fang Jian was inspecting the defenses of the Night Patrol Mansion. Upon hearing the footsteps, he immediately came to the gate of the Night Patrol Mansion.
At this moment, the ten ministers except Su Kuang were ready. They led their soldiers to assemble and walked out of the Night Patrol Mansion. Then they saw hundreds of soldiers from the Day Patrol Mansion on the streets outside, led by their leading minister, running quickly past the Night Patrol Mansion.
Moreover, the officials of the Day Patrol House rushed past the Night Patrol House and shouted to the people of the Night Patrol House, "It's your turn to patrol the streets."
Seeing this scene, Liu Lianqing couldn't help but spit and cursed: "Damn it, these sons of bitches actually left work on time."
When the soldiers of the Day Patrol Office ran past the Night Patrol Office, it was exactly the hour of Xu, and it was time for the Night Patrol Office to take over.
Just when the people from the Night Patrol Mansion were less than ten feet away from the Night Patrol Mansion, they saw a figure running down the street.
When this person saw the Night Patrol soldiers who were about to go on patrol, he immediately shouted: "Wait a minute, everyone from the Night Patrol, wait a minute..."
Fa Zhen and the other ten nobles stopped dead in their tracks upon hearing the voice. When the figure approached, Fa Zhen couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Young Master Yang Han? Why...are you...running for your life?"
"You guessed right. My situation now is no different from running for my life. Let's hurry up and go to the Honglutai." Yang Han said to Fazhen and others with an anxious look on his face.
Fa Zhen and the others were stunned for a moment, then asked, "What happened to the Honglutai?"
Yang Han said, "The Honglutai was surrounded. The nobles and their ministers who were studying in Yujing from the Jingshan Dao Kingdom were furious when they heard the news of Prince Yunhao's murder. They surrounded the Honglutai and demanded an explanation."
Yang Han grabbed Fazhen's arm and said, "The officials from the Honglutai sent me to sneak out through a small door to find you to maintain order."
Hearing this, Fazhen quickly asked, "How many people are there?"
Yang Han thought for a moment and said, "About three or four hundred people."
"So many?!" Luan Xiao exclaimed in surprise, "We only have about 500 people in total."
Yang Han said, "Five hundred is enough. You should go over and maintain order first, otherwise those people will rush into the Honglutai."
Upon hearing this, Fa Zhen immediately addressed the court officials and said, "My Lords, let's go over there immediately."
All the ministers nodded, and then rushed to the Honglutai with Shaoqing Yang Han. As for the task of night patrol, Su Kuang selected 100 people from the 450 people he led, and divided them into ten groups of ten to temporarily take on the task of night patrol.
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When Fazhen and others arrived at Honglutai, the main gate of Honglutai was already surrounded by people from Jingshan Dao Kingdom.
Outside the gate of the Honglutai Palace, more than a dozen Honglutai Shaoqings were guarding there with more than a hundred soldiers, their faces full of vigilance and solemnity.
In front of the palace gate, fifteen junior ministers, twenty-one ministers, and four hundred state officials stood there, shouting angrily, "Give me back my prince!"
The people of the Honglutai were standing guard outside on high alert, and remained indifferent no matter how the people of the Jingshan Dao Kingdom shouted.
At this moment, a junior minister of the Jingshan Dao Kingdom leaped onto the head of a giant stone lion on the left side of the Honglutai Palace gate and shouted to the junior ministers, ministers, and state officials of the Jingshan Dao Kingdom below, "First, Young Master Yundan was killed, and now, Prince Yunhao was murdered. There must be a conspiracy!"
"As a hostage, Young Master Yundan should not have been killed. Now even the Crown Prince of our Dao Kingdom has been killed!"
"It's right here in Jingzhao! It's right here in Jingzhao! Our prince, the crown prince of the Jingshan Dao Kingdom, has been murdered."
"The prince has an army of a thousand men around him. This is a premeditated murder!"
"The Honglutai must give us an explanation!"
"Redress the Crown Prince! The Imperial Household is guilty!"
"Redress the Crown Prince! The Imperial Household is guilty!"
These people were all young people, full of vigor and vitality. As hundreds of people shouted in unison, the streets within a radius of more than ten miles were shaken by these shouts.
At this time, more than 400 nobles and state officials of Jingshan Dao rushed directly towards the palace gate of Honglutai. The junior officials, nobles and soldiers guarding the palace gate were all facing a great enemy.
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