The results of the rebels' interrogation were not long in coming, and two hours later, Chen Ping came to his death with a thick stack of confessions. "Your Highness, there have been results. The mastermind behind these people is the eldest prince who defected and ran away that year. ”

Chen Ping's words confirmed Yun Lin's guess. Yun Lin took the stack of confessions with a smile and looked through them slowly, these were all rearranged by someone, and they didn't look so tired.

There are some things that can be gained from these confessions, but there are not many that are really useful. The mastermind of this incident, as Yun Lin guessed, was made by the eldest prince. The eldest prince defected to the sea that year, went to Dongyi, and colluded with the general of Dongyi. However, he was unwilling to spend the rest of his life in Dongyi like this, thinking about returning to Da Zhou and regaining his throne.

On the one hand, he united with the general of Dongyi, and took advantage of the general Dongyi's original attempt to invade Gao Li and Da Zhou, and encouraged him to send troops. On the other hand, he secretly sent people back to Da Zhou to unite with the forces that originally had something to do with the Xiao family in the southeast. In the name of exterminating pirates, let the soldiers he brought overseas return again.

Then, under the operation of multiple parties, there was tonight's palace change. It's just a pity that it fell short and didn't succeed.

These confessions, except for being able to know the mastermind behind the scenes, the rest of the things are not very useful. However, Ma Shilong, who was seriously injured by Shen Hongjun, revealed a piece of news, that is, he occasionally heard the strategists around him say that it seemed that the eldest prince had come to the capital half a year ago. This time, the eldest prince was in command of the Beijing Division.

It's a pity that the strategist died, and when he was in the Qianyuan Palace, he was hacked to death. In this way, the clue was broken, and there was no way to know where the eldest prince was.

"Lord Wang, these soldiers are just big bosses, and it is impossible for them to know too confidential things." Chen Ping stood beside Yunlin and said softly.

"Well, this king also knows, but he finally knows who is behind the scenes. This is already very good, so let's check it out slowly. Pass my order to let people copy a few more copies of the portrait of the eldest prince, and when Tianfu and others search, they must always pay attention to whether there is anything similar to this person. Portraits were also sent to various gates to carefully examine pedestrians. Yun Lin sneered.

"In short, the four cities are closed, and no matter who goes out of the city, they must be inspected, and they must have a guarantee issued by the security guard of the place where they live. The capital is indeed very large, but this time, let him have great ability, don't think about going out of the capital. Also, let Shen Fu take some people to conduct a door-to-door investigation, no matter who it is, no matter how big an official it is, it must be investigated. All members of the family must have identity documents, household registration books, slaves and maids, etc., and must have official records, and once suspicious people are found, they will be arrested immediately. ”

Yun Lin was also ruthless this time. He will never do anything about letting the tiger return to the mountain, this time, he has to find this great prince.

"Yes, my subordinates will go." Chen Ping agreed and went to do it immediately.

On this night, almost everyone was not able to rest. In the whole capital, all chickens and dogs are jumping, and ghosts are crying and wolves are howling. Tianfu and Shen Liang brought three thousand sergeants, and first searched the homes of those ministers according to the list sorted out.

Because they got the news that the eldest prince might be hiding in the capital, so when they searched, Tianfu and others held the portraits in their hands and compared them one by one. In addition, according to the list of servants of these families, one by one, as long as there is a hidden population, they will be arrested first. At the same time, some of the subordinates of these families were also separated and interrogated, and clues were probed from them.

Not to mention, this trick really works. There are several families who say that in recent times, there have been unknown people in the house who have often come. Such a person, Tianfu They will search thoroughly, and as a result, they really found some abnormalities.

Of course, there are also many people who insist on refusing to cooperate. In this way, Tianfu directly let a group of sergeants break in, and then arrested everyone and examined them carefully.

At this time, in the Ci'an Temple in the southwest of the capital, in a meditation room in the backyard, there was a slight sound with a little panic. "Master, the matter has been revealed, 30,000 soldiers in the southeast, and 20,000 people who were ambushed in the capital in advance, all of them were annihilated. At this moment, martial law has been imposed in the entire capital, and officers and soldiers are searching from house to house. ”

In the meditation room, a tall man knelt on the ground, his body lying very low. He whispered, "At this moment, the four doors are closed, and no one is allowed to enter or leave, master, you better think of a way." ”

Behind the table, a man sitting on a futon, about forty years old, wearing a monk's robe and a bare head, was obviously a monk. At this moment, the rosary in his hand had been torn off because of too much force, and the beads rolled in all directions.

"Waste, a bunch of waste, this king has arranged so carefully and calculated, why did it fail? Why? The man, dressed as a monk, shouted excitedly.

"Master, now the Imperial City of Miyagi is all heavily guarded, no one is allowed to move around, and subordinates can't find out what went wrong. I just heard that the army returning from the Northeast seems to have entered Beijing to save the driver. I'm afraid that it was Shen Hongjun's men who broke out of the siege and moved rescue troops outside the city. The man kneeling on the ground replied in fear.

The man dressed as a monk slapped hard on the table, "Damn, damn Shen Hongjun, this king still underestimated him." At first, he pursued all the way, but he never caught up with the king, so that the king fled to the sea. I thought he was just like that, but I didn't expect it to be in his hands. ”

However, even if he sent people out to ask for help, the palace was strictly forbidden, from the palace to the outside of the city, there were countless city gates, how did the people who asked for help get out? Could it be that Qin Wenhao's damn thing wasn't poisoned? Did he make a holy decree? Without a will, no one would be able to break through those gates? The man muttered, as if asking someone else, but in fact he was asking himself.

"No, no, that poison is very domineering, as long as you drink it, you will definitely have no way to live. The person who poisoned him was a eunuch who served Qin Wenhao closely, and he would never miss it? What the hell is going on? What's going on? The man shouted unwillingly.

"Master, please also ask the master to calm his anger, in the dead of night, if the master's voice comes out, it will not be good to arouse the suspicion of others. At this moment, you have to be extremely cautious. "Fortunately, few people know about the master's hiding in this Ci'an Temple. The few people who originally served the master with him all pretended to be monks, and many times they came forward to contact others. Tonight, these people went to lead everyone to attack the imperial city, and I am afraid that they are already dead at this moment.

So no one will know that the master is hiding here. "As long as the master hides in the temple and waits for a few days, the wind outside is more relaxed, and the subordinates will go out to find a way." The kneeling man hurriedly persuaded.

That monk is obviously the eldest prince that Yun Lin wants to capture. It's just that no one would have imagined that the prince of a dignified country would hide in a temple, shave his head bald, and become a monk.

The monk closed his eyes and opened them for a while, "Heaven is going to kill me, heaven is going to kill me." Second brother, you have a spirit in the sky, why don't you bless your brother, avenge your mother's concubine, and avenge the Xiao clan. He was so grief-stricken that tears kept flowing, but he didn't dare to cry out loud for fear of revealing his whereabouts.

The man kneeling on the ground didn't dare to persuade him anymore, but just knelt there, quietly waiting for the monk to calm down.

After a while, the monk stretched out his hand to wipe the tears from his face, "That's it, since this thing can't be done this time, this king will hide here for the time being, and wait for the time to leave." Fortunately, there are still more than 10,000 people hiding in the Zhuangzi outside the city, as long as the city gate is opened, the king can leave this place when he goes out of the city to meet them. ”

The monk sighed, "God does not bless this king, and this king has nothing to say." There are still tens of thousands of soldiers and generals attached to this king in the southeast, so it's a big deal to take these people back to the island and live our leisurely life. These words were uttered, but there was a strong unwillingness.

"This king doesn't believe it, that poison is extremely powerful, can Qin Wenhao still survive? As long as he is dead, this time it can be regarded as a gain. These words are just a psychological comfort, but at this moment, he can only coax himself like this.

"Get up too, it's got to such a point that it's none of your business. Even if you and I are clever, what can we do? If God does not protect this king, the time will not be with me, and it will be in vain. The monk waved his hand at this time, "You go out, rest well, don't go out easily these days, wait for the wind to pass, let's go out of the city together." ”

The man who knelt on the ground dared to get up at this time, and then withdrew from the house.

After a thrilling night, the entire capital is once again bathed in the early morning sun. The orange sun, with warmth and light, shines on the earth, but it does not drive away the chill in people's hearts.

Tens of thousands of people died in the fierce battle last night, and there were so many corpses that they couldn't all stay in the city. In desperation, it could only be transported out of the city to be buried. The Zhong family's eldest man, with countless guards, loaded the corpse in a cart and pulled it out of the city.

The corpses were all disposed of separately, and the rebels simply burned them down, who was patient to dig a pit for them and bury them? A rebellious man is not worthy of a grave. And those soldiers who bravely resisted the enemy could not be buried one by one, so they could only dig a few big pits and bury people in them. Eventually, several huge tombs were formed.

"Brothers, go all the way, your family will be taken care of. Rest assured. "All the soldiers stood silently in front of these huge tombs.

The autumn wind blew through the forest, bringing a whirring sound, and when you listened carefully, it looked like a sad woman, crying in a low voice. Crying about the loss of loved ones, telling of a lifetime of loneliness. The wind blew off the red leaves on the trees, like fluttering butterflies, and landed on the huge tomb. The red leaves, like the blood and tears in the eyes of the woman, are all missing.