Chapter 1507 The Sudden Change in Suzhou - Persuasion
"It's finally over." Seeing that the sky was getting slightly brighter, Cao Ziyu lowered his hands holding weapons, sighed, and fell to the ground. The eight hours from yesterday's evening to this morning were really torturous, although the time
It wasn't long, but he felt as if countless days and nights had passed. When he relaxed, he felt very tired and almost fell asleep.
"Brother Cao." Zhu Hengshi relaxed when he saw it was dawn. Just as he was about to say something, he saw Cao Ziyu fell to the ground, as if he was about to lie down again. He hurriedly reached out to hold his arm and asked: "Brother Cao, what are you doing?"
What's going on, but you were injured just now and you can't hold on anymore? I'll report back to His Highness right away and ask a doctor to treat you." After these eight hours, he and Cao Ziyu worked together to defend against the enemy. They shared the same sorrow and their friendship was better than
Things have gotten much better in the past, and we are much more approachable when talking to each other. We are not as businesslike as before.
"No, there is no need to alarm the prince." Cao Ziyu said hurriedly: "Brother Zhu, I'm just tired and sitting on the ground to rest for a while."
Hearing what he said and seeing that there were no wounds on his body, Zhu Hengshi was relieved and said with a smile: "Even if you don't want to alarm His Highness, His Highness will summon you right away. Although His Highness was gone after all the rebels ran away in the middle of the night last night
I'm going to bed, but it's time to get up at dawn, and I will definitely see you, Brother Cao."
Cao Ziyu smiled and was about to answer when he saw a young eunuch running over. He bowed to Zhu Heng and said to Cao Ziyu, "Master Cao, the prince wants to see you."
Zhu Hengshi smiled at Cao Ziyu, as if to say, 'See what I said is right.' But before Cao Ziyu could agree, the young eunuch said to Zhu Hengshi again: "Commander Zhu, the prince also wants to summon you."
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"Yes." Zhu Hengshi was a little surprised, but still agreed. Cao Ziyu stood up with the help of another guard, and followed the little eunuch with Zhu Hengshi to meet Zhu Ying.
Inside the house, Zhu Ying was also sitting on a chair listlessly. Although he went to sleep after not shouting kill outside to show his calmness, he had never experienced such a thrilling thing since he was a child. As soon as he closed his eyes,
How could I sleep in this scene of blood and flesh? I tossed and turned in bed for two or three hours. When it got up at dawn, I ate something and summoned Cao Ziyu and Zhu Hengshi.
"Your Highness, Cao Ziyu, has met." "Zhu Hengshi, commander of the Baiyi Guards, has met Your Highness." The two of them knelt down and saluted.
"Get up, there's no need to be polite." Zhu Ying said softly, not talking nonsense. He first asked the two of them whether they had any injuries and whether they needed treatment. The injured guards and soldiers had been treated. After receiving a positive answer,
He also asked how many people had died and how many were seriously injured or disabled.
"Your Majesty, there are a total of thirty-seven guards in the palace, twenty of them died in the line of duty, and five others were seriously injured and disabled; there were one hundred and ten Baiyi Guards who guarded the prince, sixty of them died in the line of duty, and thirteen others
He was seriously injured and disabled." Cao Ziyu choked and said. He knew all of these more than a hundred people and had good relations with many of them, but most of them died in the battle last night. When he thought about this, he couldn't help but shed tears.
Tears came. Not only him, Zhu Hengshi couldn't help but have red eyes when he thought of the soldiers who died in the battle.
Zhu Ying couldn't help but burst into tears. The Baiyi Guardsmen paid it back. Each of the guards who accompanied him on this tour of Southeast Asia was personally selected by him. They were the people he trusted the most and the guards with whom he had a deep relationship.
, twenty people died in the battle, and five were disabled. 'How will I explain to these people's families after I return? How can I see them?' When thinking of this, Zhu Ying couldn't help but burst into tears.
The eunuch hurriedly wiped his tears and stepped forward to persuade him. After a while, Zhu Ying stopped his tears and loudly ordered: "The corpses of all those who died in the battle must be put into coffins and brought back to the capital! We must not let their corpses go to Gu Gu."
Stay in Suzhou!"
"Don't tell Jingli who died. Let the orphans tell their families when they are ready." Zhu Ying sighed again.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Cao Ziyu choked with sobs and agreed.
Zhu Ying calmed down for a while, the expression on his face was gradually replaced by anger, and asked again: "Have all the rebels been dealt with?"
"Your Majesty, I have ordered the officers of the Baiyi Guard to search the house and all the corpses on the ground. No living persons were found. But after all, it is difficult to see clearly at night, so I immediately ordered the officers to
Search again."
"As for outside the mansion, Suzhou Guard Commanders Li Zhiliang and Xiao Zhuo reported that all the dead bodies outside the mansion had been inspected, and those who were still alive had been tied up; order in Suzhou City had also been restored, but they were unable to do so in their eagerness.
The whole city is on the ropes.”
"Officials who were killed or captured by the rebels have also been discovered. The Suzhou Prefecture and the Suzhou Prefecture's fellow magistrates committed suicide in the government office. The Suzhou Guard Commander and the commander's fellow magistrates committed suicide at home; Suzhou Prefecture Zhang Tui officials went into hiding.
He was not discovered by the rebels and only showed up after seeing the soldiers of the Suzhou Guard beginning to restore order; He Qianhu, the Jinyiwei of Suzhou Prefecture, was seriously injured when the rebels attacked the Jinyiwei Yamen. The rebels thought he was dead and threw him in the Yamen.
He was not taken away, but was discovered by the Suzhou Guard officers who were patrolling the city and was ordering doctors for treatment. The general judge in charge of the police station in Suzhou Prefecture and two commanders of the Suzhou Guard committed suicide in front of the mansion. The remaining Suzhou officials
Most of them are also dead. Your Highness, Zhao Qianshi of Suzhou Guard has been asking to see Your Highness since last night. Can Your Highness summon him?" Zhu Hengshi introduced.
"Haha, commit suicide in front of this mansion." Zhu Ying said with a sneer. This is just a nice way of saying it. In fact, they were caught by the rebels and taken as prisoners. They waited until the imperial troops wiped out the rebels before they could do anything for them.
He would not commit suicide if he did not suffer a greater crime. "Where did these three people die? I will definitely write it down clearly when I give the official a letter."
"The prefect of Suzhou, the commander of the Suzhou Guards, and others were quite courageous. They committed suicide in their own homes. When Gu was writing the memorial, he begged for mercy. He Qianhu was considered loyal to his duties, and Gu would not be stingy with praise. As for Judge Zhang,
Gu just mentioned it casually and didn't say much; the same is true for Zhao Qian."
"But we have found out who rebelled? Is it the Dan family?" Zhu Ying asked again. Although he had received a report from Tang Jingyu before, he still wanted to confirm it.
"Your Highness, it has been found out that the Dan family in the city is rebelling. The Dan family bribed someone in Jinyiwei and learned in advance that his house was going to be raided, so they wanted to coerce Your Highness and flee to Jiangbei or overseas. Now most of the Dan family's strong men have been captured.
The women and children had been arrested. However, Dan Mo, the head of the Dan family, was not dead, but was captured alive by Kuaiji Nan (Xiao Zhuo's title). Not only were Dan Mo, Dan Qing, Dan Bo and other important Dan family members not dead,
He was captured alive by the men from Kuaiji." Zhu Hengshi replied.
"But there is one thing that I am very puzzled about. Although the Dan family usually operates overseas business, they do not have a fleet of ships, but they also have too many martial arts masters, which is not normal." He added.
"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Zhu Ying didn't pay attention to what Zhu Hengshi said next, and said three good words through gritted teeth. "Fortunately, they are not dead. It would be really easy for them if they were dead!"
"Where did the troops led by Xiao Zhuo come from?" He suddenly thought of this matter again. "He only has a few followers around him, and there is no large group of troops. But the scattered guards or police officers?"
"Your Highness, the men commanded by Kuaiji Man are members of the Li family, a merchant in the city. The Li family is a big family and runs many businesses. They have many servants who usually escort goods. Last night, they gathered more than 700 strong men and divided them into
More than two hundred people were entrusted to the male commander of Kuaiji to help the ministers and others protect His Highness."
"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Zhu Ying said three more good words with completely different meanings, and said with a smile: "The Li family has made great contributions this time. I will definitely praise the Li family greatly when I report to the officials.
, I will definitely let the officials reward them with the hereditary title of the Li family. The commander of the Suzhou Guards, Li Zhiliang, is also good, so I must praise him."
"But right now," his face suddenly became gloomy again, and he whispered, "What I want to do is to interrogate these people of the Dan family in person."
Hearing this, Cao Ziyu and Zhu Hengshi looked at each other and were about to step forward to speak when they saw the young eunuch who had just delivered the message ran in again and whispered: "Your Majesty, Xiao Zhuo, the man from Kuaiji, and Li Zhiliang, the commander of the Suzhou Guards,
I want to see the prince. There is another person in the city, Li Xiaoxing, the eldest son of the Li family, who also wants to see the prince."
"Li Xiaoxing of the Li family," Zhu Ying pondered for a moment and said, "Xuan and the three of them are coming in."
The young eunuch agreed and went out to deliver the order. Not long after, Xiao Zhuo and three other people came in and saw Zhu Ying kneeling down to salute.
"Master Xiao, get up quickly! Li Qianshi and Li Zhuangshi don't have to kneel," Zhu Ying said hurriedly. Although he didn't mean to win people's hearts, these three people could be said to have saved his life last night. Of course, he was very grateful.
Very polite too.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Xiao Zhuo and Li Zhiliang bowed again and stood up to serve. Li Xiaoxing slowed down a moment and followed their example to salute and stand up.
"Master Xiao, you were in a safe place last night, but you came to rescue me. I am very grateful. I won't say anything more. I will definitely not treat you badly when I return to Beijing." Zhu Ying said.
"I don't dare to accept it," Xiao Zhuo said hurriedly.
"Li Qian's matter." Zhu Ying said to Li Zhiliang again: "The Suzhou guards are very lazy. Gu Yin thought that there would be no trouble when he passed by Suzhou from the capital to Nanyang and did not report to His Majesty, but he didn't want what would happen on the way back.
Such a thing, but Li Qian, you are loyal to your duties, which is very good. I will definitely ask your Majesty to take credit for you."
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Li Zhiliang saluted very happily. He took risks when he led the troops to fight against the rebels last night. He might have been killed by a cold arrow shot from nowhere. But to be praised by a prince in person,
He also said that he wanted to take credit for him. He felt that what he did last night was very worthwhile. "I can be regarded as saving a prince's life. I must be awarded a title no matter what, and it must be a major title rather than a minor title, at least it is a title."
Baron, what's a good title?" Li Zhiliang had already begun to think about it.
"But what amazes Gu the most is the strong man of the Li family." Zhu Ying said: "This matter has nothing to do with the Li family. The Li family is actually willing to send people to rescue Gu. Such loyalty to the emperor, patriotism, and such kindness makes Gu deeply moved."
"Your Highness,..." Xiao Zhuo felt that it was inappropriate for Zhu Ying to praise the Li family so much. He also saw that Li Xiaoxing himself seemed to be stunned and could not speak. He was beaten by Zhu Ying just as he was about to say a few words for the Li family.
Duan: "..., Gu Shicai also talked to Zhu and Cao, Li Zhuangshi, don't worry, Gu Dingran will praise you greatly in front of His Majesty, and your family will definitely get a hereditary title!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Li Xiaoxing immediately knelt down to salute, with uncontrollable joy on his face. What was the purpose of their family sending people to rescue Zhu Ying? Isn't it just to get the hereditary title? Now there is a prince personally paying tribute to Your Majesty.
Request, he will definitely get the hereditary title, how can he not be happy? How can he not be grateful to Zhu Ying? Li Xiaoxing only felt that his gesture of gratitude was not enough, and wanted to make Zhu Ying feel his gratitude even more.
But when he was about to say something else, he suddenly felt some pain in his side, and his face couldn't help but show a look of pain. Although he immediately changed his expression back, Zhu Ying noticed it, and he immediately asked: "Is this Li Zhuangshi?"
What's wrong?"
"It's nothing." Li Xiaoxing replied: "The grassroots also suffered a small injury when fighting the rebels just now. The wound probably opened somewhere. It hurts a little, but it's not serious."
"This can't be done!" Zhu Ying said: "Since you are injured, you must let the doctor take a look. Xiao Liu, take Li Zhuangshi to see the doctor quickly." He then ordered a young eunuch.
The young eunuch came up to help Li Xiaoxing. How could Li Xiaoxing dare to accept the support of the eunuch? But after His Highness said this, he could not stay here anymore, so he could only thank him again and go down to see the injury. Zhu Ying asked Xiao Zhuo and Li Zhiliang again
Whether you are injured or not, you need to see a doctor. Xiao Zhuo and Li Zhiliang hurriedly shook their heads and said: "Your Highness, the injury I suffered is only a minor injury. There is no need to let the doctor see it." They kept saying this, but Zhu Ying no longer advised them to go see him.
doctor.
It was already daybreak, and Zhu Ying said a few more words to them and ordered: "Li Qian's matter, now it is more important to search for the rebels. It was very chaotic last night, and some rebels took advantage of the chaos to hide in the houses. Now
The policemen in Suzhou Prefecture suffered heavy casualties again, so Li Qianshi could only immediately order the officers of the Suzhou Guard to search the whole city and find all the hidden rebels. If they can be captured alive, that would be great, but if they cannot be captured alive, there is no harm in killing them on the spot."
"Yes, Your Highness." Li Zhiliang agreed, but hesitated and did not step back immediately. He seemed to have something to say. Seeing him like this, Zhu Ying thought about it and understood what he was worried about, and then said: "Don't worry, Gujue
I won’t let Zhao Qianshi bother you.”
"Yes, Your Highness." Li Zhiliang then withdrew.
He said a few words to Xiao Zhuo and Li Xiaoxing and asked them to step back. After that, he showed a sinister smile on his face, and said to Zhu Hengshi and Cao Ziyu, "Hurry up and take Gu to see the prisoners. I want to do it myself."
Interrogate them."
But when Cao Ziyu heard this, he did not obey the order. Instead, he took a step forward and said, "Your Majesty, I think it is better not to interrogate the prisoners personally."
