▁heads ▁were ▁cut ▁off ▁and ▁hung ▁outside ▁X ing ' an ▁Gate . ▁ ▁Their ▁relatives , ▁no ▁matter ▁how ▁dist antly ▁related , ▁were ▁executed , ▁including ▁children , ▁and ▁some ▁who ▁had ▁somehow ▁initially ▁escaped ▁death ▁were ▁conf isc ated ▁to ▁be ▁government ▁slaves . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁said ▁that ▁during ▁these ▁few ▁days , ▁none ▁of ▁the ▁dec isions ▁being ▁made ▁in ▁Emperor ▁W enz ong ' s ▁name ▁were ▁actually ▁made ▁by ▁Emperor ▁W enz ong ▁himself ▁( or ▁even ▁known ▁by ▁him ); ▁rather , ▁Q iu ▁and ▁Yu ▁Hong z hi ▁were ▁making ▁all ▁of ▁these ▁dec isions . ▁ ▁On ▁December ▁ 1 8 , ▁Gu ▁Sh iy ong ▁was ▁arrested , ▁even ▁though ▁the ▁ed ict s ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁draft ed ▁ordering ▁that ▁the ▁six ▁e un uchs ▁sent ▁out ▁to ▁survey ▁the ▁circ uits ▁be ▁forced ▁to ▁commit ▁suic ide ▁were ▁ignored ▁by ▁the ▁six ▁circ uits ▁receiving ▁the ▁ed ict s . ▁ ▁Meanwhile , ▁Zh eng ▁Z hu , ▁una ware ▁of ▁Li ▁X un ' s ▁actions ▁and ▁still ▁acting ▁on ▁the ▁original ▁plan , ▁had ▁taken ▁his ▁gu ards ▁and ▁depart ed ▁F eng xi ang . ▁ ▁When ▁he ▁got ▁to ▁F uf eng ▁( , ▁in ▁modern ▁Ba o ji ), ▁the ▁magistr ate ▁of ▁F uf eng ▁County , ▁Han ▁L iao ▁( ), ▁became ▁aware ▁of ▁Zh eng ' s ▁plan , ▁and ▁therefore ▁refused ▁to ▁supply ▁him ▁and ▁fled ▁to ▁W ug ong ▁(