Chapter 1350
I will take you there safely.
Chapter 1350 I will bring you back safely.
Bang bang bang bang!
The sound of Shi Luoliu Yunfan and the other three falling to the ground.
"Tie them up quickly, lest they wake up and cause trouble," Commander Lin ordered, and his Wei troops immediately carried it out.
Not long after the five men were tied up, they woke up and burst into tears: "Waaah, sir, we were wrong, we dare not work for the main culprit Zheng anymore, please let us go... We are willing to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and perish together with them, we just beg you not to let us stay with the main culprit Zheng, we are scared..."
We don't want to get venereal diseases, we don't want our faces to be covered in festering rashes, and we certainly don't want to end up like eunuchs!
“We’re recruiting…” The five people’s voices stopped abruptly.
What are you hiring for?
Their evidence could only uncover the chief stewards of powerful families and the owners of merchant guilds, but it couldn't even implicate a direct descendant like Master Zheng.
Moreover, their situation will not improve after they confess; it will only worsen.
The five men were deflated and gave up struggling, only moving their bound bodies as far away from Master Zheng as possible.
Tsk, Lin Baihu glanced at them... Well, every cause has its effect, this is their karma, they'll have to accept it.
Boom boom boom!
The war drums sounded loudly, and the King of Ye sat high on the execution platform, while the Qi envoy announced: "All prisoners have been identified. General Chu, please lead the troops to carry out the execution!"
"Understood!" General Chu personally carried out the execution, fully supporting the King of Ye, appearing as if the imperial army and the royal family were united.
"Tong, the ringleader, Tong Fengli, behead him!" General Chu gave the order, and the guards beside him moved quickly, snapping off Mr. Tong's head.
Mr. Tong died with his eyes closed, which can be considered a peaceful death.
What followed was a series of snapping sounds, so sharp they made people's scalps tingle. Heads rolled to the ground, and blood flowed everywhere. After all, hundreds of people were being snapped.
Liu Qingxiu suffered a more tragic fate; he was cut in half at the waist and it took him more than half an hour to finally die.
Upon seeing this, the criminals, including Instructor Shen, Landlord Xie, Su Wenlu, Bai Peijian, and Old Master Bai, fainted from fright.
Instructor Shen died from the shock of having his tongue cut out and suffering a stroke while in prison.
"Ugh!" Madam Shen cried out in alarm, pushing her stepsons to go and see Instructor Shen.
Shen Da remained motionless and even spat at the corpse of Instructor Shen... If it weren't for this bastard's restlessness and his lifelong scheming, which led them to follow suit, the Shen family wouldn't have ended up in this state.
Zheng Qianming and Zheng Qianjia were even more terrified than Madam Shen. They kept fainting and waking up, then fainting again. Their minds were almost turned to mush, and they nearly confessed their crimes.
They stubbornly kept their tongues shut, enduring the pain, to prevent themselves from revealing Young Master Ming's identity.
More than fifteen minutes later, the sound of beheading finally stopped.
"Reporting to the King of Ye, the execution is complete. Please give your instructions, Your Highness!" General Chu reported back.
The King of Ye nodded: "General Chu, you have worked hard. Please rest for a while."
"Thank you, Your Highness, Prince of Ye." General Chu stepped aside.
Qin Xiaomi: It's already half dark! Hurry up, stop dawdling.
Boom boom boom!
The drums sounded again, and this time Lord Yan came out to pronounce the verdict: "The Prince of Ye, the government, and the Wei army shall pronounce judgment on the remaining criminals... All of them shall be exiled to the army to fight the enemy on the battlefield. Those who perform meritorious service shall have their crimes commuted and their lives spared, and those who die in battle shall also have their crimes commuted!"
"You won't have worked for nothing! You'll be pardoned whether you die or live. You're really lucky! But you must die in battle. Those who desert in the face of the enemy will be executed along with their entire families!" Uncle Qin shouted.
Qin Xiaomi and Grandpa Qin really wanted to give him a good beating. Couldn't you just shut up? What's it to you?
But when the prisoners heard this, they really felt: "It's not all for nothing. As long as we do it, they'll get our sentences cleared. We still have hope. If we keep fighting the enemy, we can continue to live openly and honestly!"
Boom boom boom!
"Please, Wei army, distribute the criminals according to their crimes and abilities," King Ye ordered, and Qi Tian repeated the order three times in his divinely bestowed voice.
General Chu received the order to lead his troops to assign tasks to the thousand criminals. He was to take them away, imprison them for a few days, and use torture to instill fear of the Wei army before assigning them tasks.
Even while they work, they will be bound; they will not be untied. "Commander Gan, take the soldiers of the Death Squad and lead the Tong family's bodyguards and martial artists away. Teach them how to be honest people, and release them after they have been taught!" General Chu ordered.
Commander Gan: "Yes."
The bodyguards and martial artists looked at Commander Gan, who was sharpening his swords and laughing like an enemy soldier, and only two words filled their minds: We're doomed!
Zheng Qianjia also felt that she was doomed.
Although he and Zheng Qianming were not sentenced, they were even secretly taken away by Wei Qianhu himself when Wei Jun went to distribute the prisoners.
But Zheng Qianjia knew that his fate would be even worse than that of the bodyguards.
Zheng Qianming, that idiot, was actually happy, thinking they had escaped a disaster.
"Mmm-mmm-mmm!" Upon arriving at the foot of the platform and seeing Elder Qiong, Prince Ye, Lord Yan, and Magistrate Zheng, Zheng Qianming kept making muffled noises, his eyes full of anticipation and sincerity.
Mr. Qiong, Prince Ye, Lord Yan, Uncle Zheng, I know I was wrong. I will correct my mistakes, be a good student, and contribute to the nation!
*Slap!* Uncle Qin slapped him on the back of the head and slid up to him: "What are you so happy about? Do you think you can pretend you didn't do anything wrong just because you're not sentenced? Don't dream."
Well?
Zheng Qianming, bewildered, fearful, and grief-stricken, wept as he looked at the Prince of Ye, Elder Qiong, and Prefect Zheng.
Old Qiong looked at the two of them and said, "You came to the Northeast State to study at the invitation of the Duke of Yan. When you came, I promised Tai Zhou Academy that I would bring you back safely, so I will do my best to keep you from dying."
"However, there are witnesses and physical evidence proving that you are involved in the Zheng Tong case, so from this moment on, you will be detained in the house next to Master Zheng. After the war, the government troops will send you back."
Sending us back with Zheng Si would be telling the world that we're in cahoots with him.
Old man, you're deliberately ruining us!
"Ugh! Ugh! Ugh!!" Zheng Qianjia was furious. Her eyes bulged out, and she leaned forward towards Qiong Lao, yelling incessantly like a demon. Even Uncle Qin was so frightened that he retreated behind Qin Xiaomi.
Qin Xiaomi said disdainfully, "Second Uncle, aren't you brave enough to hit Zheng Qianming? Why are you avoiding Zheng Qianjia? Why don't you hit her too?"
Uncle Qin said, "Do you think I'm stupid? This guy is different from Zheng Qianming. He's the kind of person who would actually kill someone. Let's all stay away from him. Someone else will take care of him."
Sure enough, Qi Tianshi spoke up: "Guards, beat this thief with a stick!"
The imposing little eunuch came out, raised his stick, and began to press down and beat the eunuchs one by one.
Bang bang bang, a few blows and Zheng Qianjia was knocked unconscious.
"Ha, what a piece of trash!" Qi Tianshi shouted again towards the spot where Mr. Tong's body lay, "This kid is the rat you've been talking about, a poisonous rat at that!"
Which of these scions of powerful and wealthy families hasn't benefited from the world from birth until death?
It's one thing to eat, but to abuse his power and commit evil deeds is another!
Ying Zilin and Si Pei said: We are innocent.
If Mr. Tong were still alive, he would say two words: one-sided.
Uncle Qin said, "Angel Qi is right. He truly deserves to be His Majesty's angel."
"Sycophant!" Qi Tianshi was truly disgusted with Uncle Qin and turned to leave.
Uncle Qin: "..."
Damn it, nobody stop me, I'm going to beat this damn eunuch to death!
"Waaah!" Zheng Qianming cried out, which eventually turned into sobs... "Teacher, I really regret it. Please give me another chance. I will make amends."
But when this guy saw Lu Fenxu, his eyes turned red with rage, and he turned his head towards Lu Fenxu, shouting with all his might, "Ugh ugh ugh!!"
Lu Fenxu was also involved in the case, so why wasn't he publicly shamed? Why wasn't he detained? Why was he being carefully protected by the Imperial Guards?
We are not convinced! We are not convinced! You are biased towards Lu Fenxu! The Lu family is not as powerful as the Zheng family, yet you favor the collateral branches of the Lu family! Are you stupid?!