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Chapter 1508 The Sudden Change in Suzhou - The End

But after hearing Zhu Ying's words, Cao Ziyu did not obey. Instead, he stepped forward and said, "I think it is better for the prince not to interrogate the prisoners personally."

After Cao Ziyu said this, he paused, and Zhu Hengshi hurriedly stepped forward and bowed to leave. After he left, Cao Ziyu said again: "Your Majesty, the causes and consequences of someone's rebellion in Suzhou must be reported to Your Majesty. Even if Your Majesty does not report, Suzhou will

Li Qianshi from Wei, Zhang Tuiguan from Suzhou Prefecture, and Zhao Qianshi who came here will also report to His Majesty; not to mention that Your Majesty may also send officials to Beijing, we can't hide it."

"Of course your Majesty will see the mistakes made by everyone in Suzhou Mansion, and there will be decrees to issue instructions; but your Majesty will also know about your inappropriate actions."

Hearing these words, Zhu Ying took a breath. Seeing him like this, Cao Ziyu continued: "Your Majesty must have thought of it. What your Majesty did was not very in line with His Majesty's wishes, nor was it in line with the court's regulations.

The reason why the Dan family rebelled is related to the prince, and your majesty must be angry. Even if he will not issue an order publicly, he will definitely rebuke the prince privately. This is not a good thing for the prince. Even if the prince does not want to be sealed overseas, his majesty will

It's not good to reprimand him."

"So, Your Majesty, you should act more safely. The clan should not interfere in major rebellion cases without Your Majesty's will. It is better to leave the interrogation of the rebels to relevant officials instead of interrogating them personally. Most of the Jinyi guards in Suzhou Prefecture died in the line of duty, and there were also collaborators who did not die in the line of duty.

Suspects, don't hand over the captured rebels to them for the time being; although the police in Suzhou Prefecture also suffered many casualties, there are always a few officials still there, such as Li Jiucheng, the recorder of the Xicheng Police Station who came with more than a dozen police officers last night. He

Since he brought people to the rescue last night, he and his police officers can be trusted, and the prince can hand over the captured rebels to him for interrogation."

"You're right!" Zhu Ying said. Even if he is not entirely responsible for causing such a big mess in Suzhou this time, he still has part of the responsibility. I don't know how he will be scolded when he returns to Jingyun, but he can't make the same mistake again.

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"These rebels are taking advantage of them! If the officials are willing to hand over the task of dealing with them to Gu, Gu will definitely make their lives worse than death!" He said again through gritted teeth.

"If the prince wants to deal with these rebels personally, he can ask His Majesty for an order after returning to the capital. Although Your Majesty is angry with the prince, he will probably agree." Cao Ziyu said again.

"I hope so." Zhu Ying said, soothing his mood, and then added: "I will hand over all the errands that should be done by the local officials according to the Ming Law to the local officials."

"Your Majesty, this is not appropriate." Cao Ziyu said again: "The Suzhou Guards and Suzhou Police Station are just here to pay it back. Now I am the prefect of Suzhou. I know that I have devoted my loyalty to the country and committed suicide. The official is a guilty person, and everyone above and below him has committed suicide."

There are no officials of sufficient rank, and I can't even find a suitable person to act as an agent. I think it would be better for the prince to take care of the affairs of Suzhou for the time being. Fortunately, Suzhou is very close to the capital, and your majesty will know tomorrow morning. Today is

On the twenty-fifth of the twelfth lunar month, the newly appointed Suzhou magistrate or the officials in charge of Suzhou government affairs will arrive in Suzhou on the twenty-eighth of the twelfth lunar month at the latest, and the prince will be able to return to Beijing. We cannot leave the prince to celebrate the New Year away from home."

"It's up to you." Zhu Ying said again. As the leader of the guards of Prince An's palace, Cao Ziyu was of course his confidant. Since he felt that Cao Ziyu was right and he had a headache now, he agreed without thinking.

After discussing all this, Zhu Ying sat down again, and the young eunuch serving beside him hurriedly came over and rubbed his head. Upon seeing this, Cao Ziyu was about to leave, but Zhu Ying stopped him. "Wait a moment, I'm alone with you."

Let’s go out together and take a look at the bodyguards and corpses who were injured while protecting me.”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Cao Ziyu was stunned for a moment and then agreed.





"Xingxiao, you!" Li Jiucheng's eyes were filled with tears as he looked at his eldest son's missing left arm and injured thigh.

"Brother!" Li Xingjian also said with a crying voice.

"It's nothing, it's better than death." Li Xingxiao just smiled lightly.

The three of them, father and son, dispersed after the courtyard wall was lost and got into a melee. They fought separately against the rebels. Later, the rebels were defeated. It was already dark and they had to guard against the martial arts masters of the White Lotus Sect who might be hiding and planning a sneak attack. They stayed until dawn.

Only then did they allow them to look for their relatives and friends. Li Jiucheng then came to look for his two sons, but he didn't want to see his eldest son who was missing his forearm.

"But, what will you do in the future?" Li Jiucheng continued to cry: "There are people in our department who are missing arms and legs. They lost their arms and legs in previous years. Although they are paid as errands, they can't do daily errands.

It is also very laborious. And your daily life, this... You are only twenty-three years old this year, and now you are like this, how will you live in the next few decades?" Li Xingxiao not only lost his forearm, he just looked at it

The blow to his thigh was not light, and he may have injured his bones. Not only will he lose his hands, but his legs and feet will also be inconvenient. How will he live his life?

Li Xingjian was even more sad when he heard his father's words, but he just sat aside and looked at his elder brother with tears in his eyes, unable to say a word.

"Dad, don't worry." Li Xingxiao just said with a smile: "My son was injured on the job, and the government will always provide him with a salary, so don't worry about not having enough to chew on. Now my son's wife is married and has a child. What's more,

There’s nothing to worry about.”

"You." Li Jiucheng could no longer speak. He just unwrapped the gauze covering his thigh wound with red eyes, carefully cleaned the wound with salt water, rewrapped it with clean gauze, and unwrapped him again.

Clean the cloth strip on his left arm.

"By the way, where is the Tang Guard in Prince Zhou's Mansion? He saved the lives of his son and younger brother this time. My son wants to thank him again." Li Xingxiao was in great pain when he was cleaning the wound with salt water. In order to divert his attention, he thought of this

Asked when something happened.

"Tang Shiwei was not seriously injured, so of course he will not be in the wounded soldiers' tent." Hearing his son mention Tang Jingyu, Li Jiucheng frowned and said, "Since he saved your life and Xingjian's life, of course our family must take good care of it."

Thank him. But don’t have any more contact with him.”

"What? What's wrong with him?"

"I heard from the guards that Tang Jingyu seems to be involved with the Dan family, the rebel thief who rebelled this time. I don't know how he was involved. Therefore, although he fought hard with the rebels last night, it is hard to say how he will be dealt with in the end. Our family is still

Stay away. Wait until the court handles the matter and then try to thank him." Li Jiucheng said.

As the father and son were talking, the curtain of the tent was opened, and a young eunuch walked in and shouted loudly: "His Royal Highness King An has arrived!"

"The prince has come to see us?" a guard suddenly shouted in surprise.

"I'm here to see you." Zhu Ying, who had just walked in, happened to hear this and replied, then said to the young eunuch: "Why are you so loud? Be careful not to disturb the people who are already sleeping."

Having said this, Zhu Ying signaled to those who wanted to salute not to worry about disturbing the sleeping people. Then he slowed down and visited the injured people from bed to bed.

Although Zhu Ying took the imperial doctors with him when he went out, and these imperial doctors also brought some pills and ointments, but who would have expected that someone would rebel in Suzhou City? These pills and ointments were certainly not enough; although medicines were collected from doctors all over the city, many of them had already been used by Suzhou

The soldiers of the guards took them away, and they were all used to save lives. Zhu Ying could not ask the soldiers of the Suzhou guards to hand over the medicine again. Therefore, these guards did not have enough medicine, and many people could only get a small amount of ointment, regardless of pain relief.

Even treating the injuries is not enough. Many people are in terrible pain even when they are lying in bed, and they just pretend that nothing is wrong.

Seeing them like this, Zhu Ying became even more sad. When he saw the seriously injured people, he softly comforted them. The disabled people even had red eyes and whispered softly. After turning around in this way, he came to Li Xing's bed.

When he saw Li Xingxiao, he looked startled. Cao Ziyu hurriedly stepped forward and whispered a few words. Only then did he realize that he was a local policeman from Suzhou. He knelt down on the bedside and whispered a few words of comfort. Thinking that he was a local from Suzhou, he added: "

Policeman Li, don’t worry, since you were injured because of Gu, Gu will not treat you badly. Ziyu, bring me a thousand dollars, Gu wants to reward Policeman Li."

"In addition, I must go up to the table and request His Majesty to grant you a hereditary title, at least one from the sixth rank." Zhu Ying added.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Li Xingxiao and his father Li Jiucheng hurriedly thanked them. Although this could not make up for the pain of Li Xingxiao losing his arm, it at least meant that the prince did not abandon them, and he felt more at ease.

Zhu Ying was about to say something more when he glanced around the tent and saw that most people were awake and almost no one was asleep. They seemed to be staring here because they heard what he just said to Li Xingxiao.

Zhu Ying then stood up and said loudly to everyone: "The guards in Gu's mansion who die in battle will be compensated. Just wait until you return to the capital to see Gu's actions. I won't say much. Anyone with a disability will have to eat double meals from now on."

Salary, when the sons grow up, they can work as errands in the palace. If they don't want to work as errands in the palace, find other errands for them, and there will be other rewards when they return to the capital. Those who are injured will receive an additional half-year's salary, and they will be promoted to one level."

"For the soldiers of the Baiyi Guard, those who died in battle were given a thousand gu as a reward. Those with young children were also given a gift. After the death of their only son, whose parents were left alone, they were taken to the palace to be taken care of until their death. The disabled people were also given a reward.

Each of them will be given a thousand guan of money, and Gu will ensure that they can find another job; the injured will be given a year's salary, and Gu will mention it in his memorial to His Majesty, so His Majesty will definitely reward him!"

"Thank you, Your Highness." The injured among the people present hurriedly thanked them, but the disabled ones did not respond much and just thanked them in a routine manner. Some people thought of their relatives and friends who died in the war and thought that no matter how you reward them, you can't get them back.

His life couldn't help but feel gloomy again.

Seeing their expressions, Zhu Ying once again thought of the guards who died in the battle, and felt uncomfortable. He wanted to say something, but felt that it was meaningless, so he could only sigh, turned around and left the tent.

"Your Highness." Cao Ziyu hurriedly chased him out and wanted to comfort Zhu Ying. But before he could say anything, he heard Zhu Ying scolding angrily: "What are you doing here! Seeing so many people dying is sad but happy!

"

Cao Ziyu hurriedly looked up and saw Tang Jingyu and Mo Li standing not far away with cloths attached to their feet, under the "guarding" of several Suzhou policemen. After the rebels were repulsed last night, Zhu Ying

They were ordered to tie up the two of them, and after listening to Cao Ziyu's advice, they were handed over to the custody of the police in Suzhou Prefecture. However, although they were under custody, they were indeed criminals, but because they had committed crimes and meritorious services, it was hard to say how they would be dealt with in the end.

The police didn't make it too difficult for them. They also had blood stains on their bodies and were injured. They probably wanted to see a doctor for medicine to treat their injuries. After hearing Zhu Ying's words, they didn't know what to do, so they could only kneel down.

Zhu Ying wanted to say something more, but Cao Ziyu quickly stopped him and persuaded him: "Your Majesty, although they were originally members of the White Lotus Sect, they have woken up in the past two days and have reformed. Your Majesty, it is better not to scold them anymore." He whispered again.

: "Your Majesty, only Your Majesty can decide how to deal with them. If they commit suicide because of your words, Your Majesty will definitely blame them. Don't make any more mistakes."

"Humph!" Hearing his low voice of comfort, Zhu Ying stopped talking and walked around two or three feet away from the two of them. Cao Ziyu quickly followed.

After they were far away, Tang Jingyu stood up, rubbed his knees, and said with a bitter smile: "Fortunately, we are not kept kneeling here, otherwise we would have suffered another injury."

"Brother Tang, you can still laugh!" After Tang Jingyu killed Xiang Yuanhong last night, although Mo Li reconciled with him, he could not compare with before, and his speech was no longer respectful. "Prince An is so angry with us,

Sooner or later we are going to be tortured to death, so we might as well commit suicide."

"I will never commit suicide." Tang Jingyu said: "Even if it causes such a big thing, I will probably be executed in the end, but I will never commit suicide. As long as I am alive, there is hope. Even if I am relegated to the most desolate place.

There is hope too.”

"Then don't commit suicide." Tang Jingyu didn't want to commit suicide, and Mo Li would not commit suicide alone. He glanced at the tent not far away and asked, "What should I do now? Go in and ask for medicine?"

"His Highness has already said that, how can we ask for medicine? Fortunately, our injuries are not serious, and we can take care of ourselves." Tang Jingyu said this, and then said to the police behind him: "We are going to place the corpse.

Let’s take a look and ask some of you to take us there.”

Several policemen discussed it and decided that it was not an important place, so they agreed and led them towards the place where the body was laid.

When he got there, he saw several people putting some bodies into coffins and throwing other bodies into a car. The car was full and was about to be pulled out. Seeing this, Tang Jingyu hurriedly shouted

:"slow!"

The driver looked back and was a little surprised to see that he was still able to move around in this attire. He was unsure of his identity, but he still stopped.

"Thank you." Tang Jingyu thanked him, walked to the car and started to pull out the corpse. After a while, he pulled out a corpse.

"Brother Xiang, I have no choice. I know that Cao Ziyu was outside at that time. If I don't take action immediately, I won't even have a chance to plead guilty and make meritorious service. Then my wife and daughter will not survive. And since you said you don't care about your wife,

I probably won't be able to persuade my son, so I can only do that. Don't blame me."

Tang Jingyu said a lot to Xiang Yuanhong's corpse, and finally said: "I will find a way to bury your corpse; if your wife and children are exiled to the same place as me, I will also take care of them. As for the others,

After I die, let’s talk about it together again.”

After saying this, he told the police that he wanted to bury the body. The police were in some danger, but seeing that he had been talking to the body for such a long time, they were afraid that not agreeing would lead to serious consequences, so they nodded and agreed.

Tang Jingyu breathed a sigh of relief, then thought of his wife and daughter in the capital, and thought to himself: 'I don't know how they are doing now, and what your Majesty will do with them.'


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