Chapter 228 Take action
Chapter 228 Action

"If you retreat quickly, you may be able to save your life. But if you wait for the general's army to arrive, I will chop you into meat paste!" Fei Ju said sternly, holding a big knife in his hand.

Listening to the shouting and screaming outside, Ye Xuan didn't bother to say any more words. He made a gesture to Qian'er, and the two of them immediately pounced on him.

Fei Jueneng followed Zhu Yuanzhang in conquering the world. His martial arts skills were not that high, but his bravery in wielding a sword and his fearless attitude gave people a headache.

However, Qian'er was very skilled in martial arts, and with the monster Ye Xuan as the main force, she was not afraid of Fei Ju's big knife at all. After a while, an arm holding a big knife flew into the air, Ye Xuan grabbed Fei Ju's hair and dragged him out of the door.

At this time, some Jinyiwei had already arrived here, and when they saw Ye Xuan, they immediately stepped forward to protect him.

Gradually, the number of Jinyiwei around Ye Xuan increased. Those guards who came to stop them saw that Fei Ju had been captured, and they became discouraged and their morale dropped.

Ye Xuan shouted twice more that he would not kill them if they surrendered, and slowly the guards dropped their swords and knelt down in surrender.

Those who still wanted to resist were attacked by Ye Xuan and a large number of Jinyiwei, and were killed instantly.

The whole process is a long story, but in fact it only took less than a quarter of an hour, and the entire Pingliang Marquis Mansion was filled with deaths or surrenders.

On Ye Xuan's side, more than a hundred Jinyiwei have also gathered together.

Ye Xuan ordered everyone to take the bodies of the soldiers and the injured brothers, and immediately go out of the gate and ride on the fast horses prepared in advance, and rush towards Yingtian Prefecture at full speed.

Although this can be said to be a great victory, the entire Pingliang Marquis' Mansion has lost the ability to resist, but Fei Ju still has a large number of troops outside the city. If they continue to stay in the Marquis' Mansion, they will surely be surrounded and suppressed by the army.

Even if Fei Ju was in his hands, the other generals in the army who participated in the treason might kill himself and his Jinyiwei to silence them in order to clear themselves of any connection with the matter, regardless of Fei Ju's life or death.

"Hurry, we must rush back to Tianfu as quickly as possible!"

Ye Xuan called out, and everyone waved their whips more rapidly.

Sure enough, not long after, a large number of cavalry in the army followed closely in Ye Xuan and his men's footsteps and caught up with them.

Ye Xuan and others dodged left and right along the way, and finally after leaving the territory of Chenzhou Prefecture, they got rid of the pursuing troops.

It’s not that Ye Xuan is so fast, but if they continue to pursue, they will enter Nanzhili. At that time, these soldiers and horses that have crossed the border will not only be unable to explain why they left their posts without permission, but they may be informed by Ye Xuan in advance to the local leading generals, and thus be surrounded and suppressed in advance.

So he could only look at the backs of Ye Xuan and others unwillingly, turned his horse's head angrily and hurried back to the territory of Chenzhou Prefecture.

Now the rebellion is bound to be exposed. Although most of the ordinary soldiers are unaware of it, the few generals who know the inside story have to hurry and pack up their belongings and prepare to escape.

Ye Xuan and his group finally escaped from danger safely. Along the way, he specially dispatched several Jinyiwei to report to Zhu Yuanzhang at an urgent speed of 800 miles on how they captured Fei Ju and Lu Zhongheng, as well as the fact that Lu Zhongheng recruited the Communists to rebel.

The remaining dozens of people led the wounded soldiers and the bodies of the dead, escorting Fei Ju, and returned to Yingtian at a speed that the wounded soldiers could accept.

More than ten days later, Ye Xuan and others finally arrived in Yingtian Prefecture.

Everyone disguised themselves and sneaked into Yingtian secretly.

Because Hu Weiyong had spies throughout the court and the country, if Hu Weiyong knew in advance that he and his men had arrested Fei Ju and Lu Zhongheng, it would likely irritate this old fox and lead to unpredictable events.

After imprisoning Fei Ju in the prison, Ye Xuan discovered that Lu Zhongheng had also been escorted back. Song Zhengshan and his group escaped unharmed, which made Ye Xuan quite relieved.

Then, Ye Xuan immediately started interrogating Fei Ju.

At first, Fei Ju gritted his teeth and refused to say anything, but when Ye Xuan took out Lu Zhongheng's confession, Fei Ju's psychological defenses were completely broken. In order to avoid implicating his entire clan, he even blurted out some questions that Ye Xuan himself had not thought of.

Now, Ye Xuan not only had the secret letter from Wang Guangyang, but also Fei Ju and Lu Zhongheng as witnesses. This was enough evidence to arrest Hu Weiyong.

So Ye Xuan did not delay and immediately rushed to the imperial city with the evidence.

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Imperial City, Wuying Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang held the confessions of Fei Ju and Lu Zhongheng, his hands trembling slightly.

He never imagined that one was one of the twenty-four founding generals he signed, and the other had been following him to conquer the world since he was seventeen years old.

It was these two people who actually colluded with Hu Weiyong and wanted to rebel against him!
The reason was simply because he had punished them both for some trivial matters, which caused them to hold resentment!

Although Zhu Yuanzhang had deprived Fei Ju and Lu Zhongheng of their titles, it was only to warn others and to impose severe punishments.

Moreover, their titles were quickly restored, and there was no real intention to deprive them of their status. However, the two felt it was unfair and wanted to rebel. How could Zhu Yuanzhang not be sad!

"Have you found out everything?" Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Ye Xuan, who was standing in the palace with his hands hanging down, with the last glimmer of hope.

Ye Xuan didn't look up. He knew that Zhu Yuanzhang's face must be very ugly at this time.

He just nodded silently, and said with a folded hand: "Your Majesty, everything has been verified. The two prisoners are now in my Jinyiwei prison. If Your Majesty is unfortunate, you can personally interrogate them."

After these words were spoken, Ye Xuan hadn't heard Zhu Yuanzhang speak for a long time.

Only a sigh gently floated to his ears, and after a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang's voice came: "Catch Hu Weiyong immediately!"

"Yes!" Ye Xuan lowered his head to accept the order, then strode out of the hall.

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"You lackeys of the Imperial Guard, others may be afraid of you, but I, Old Liu, am not! Do you know where this place is? How dare you come here and act wild!"

Outside the Prime Minister's Mansion, Ye Xuan specially borrowed three hundred Jinyiwei from Mao Xiang. Together with more than one hundred of his own men, a total of four hundred Jinyiwei surrounded the Prime Minister's Mansion tightly.

However, Hu Weiyong's doorman was not the one that Ye Xuan brought back last time, but an old man in his sixties who seemed to have a very stubborn temper. He was standing on the steps, pointing at Ye Xuan and the others and cursing at them.

Ye Xuan sneered and lightly hooked his finger, and more than 400 Jinyiwei behind him rushed forward.

Old man Liu wanted to stop them, but was instantly drowned in the crowd.

(End of this chapter)