From the beginning of Yecheng Mu's order to punish the corrupt officials of the former Qi, Yecheng was shrouded in a peculiar atmosphere, if it was said to be panicked, it was only those former Qi gate lords and nobles were frightened, Yecheng law enforcement sergeants kept walking the streets and alleys and shuttled back and forth between the mansions of various nobles, but they did not commit any offense to the common people, But two or three days later, the people who were originally frightened and did not dare to go out really understood the intention of the punishment order issued by the young Yecheng pastor, and walked out of the door one after another and began to make a scene. Seeing that the law enforcement sergeants strictly abide by military discipline, and the officials in charge of punishment also strictly enforce the law, the people of Yecheng will understand:

It turned out that Ye Chengmu was really going to do something to those corrupt officials!

Soon, the list of convicts and their crimes was publicized in front of the public office, and different names were recorded every day, until the 13th day of the first lunar month, the list of convicts sentenced to beheading reached 138, and the former Qi officials who were dismissed, exiled, and forced labor were also 227 people, and the list of crimes was clear.

Such a large-scale case of disposing of the gate lord aristocratic officials in accordance with the law has never been done in the history of the Northern Qi, Northern Wei, and Chen States for hundreds of years, and many people of insight have slightly discovered in this big case that this young court celebrity of the Northern Wei Dynasty nobles has the concept of governing the country according to law and unshakable determination, and this Dongshi punishment is an excellent opportunity to legislate for murder!

On the thirteenth day of the first month, Yecheng Mu Gao Chen led a group of judges and law enforcement supervisors to hold a three-day court in the official office, accepting the law enforcement supervision and grievance appeal of the people of Yecheng, many unjust, false and wrongful cases accumulated and suppressed by the official office were revised and peaceful, and under the strict supervision of Yecheng Mu, the judges were particularly strict in the examination of the criminals who were listed as "beheading and decided", and did not dare to slack off.

On the sixteenth day of the first month, Yecheng East City was punished!

At noon today, there was no wind and no snow, in the execution ground of Dongshi, Ye Chengmu led a group of civil and military officials to respectfully worship the god of law, and then ascended to the high platform of the execution ground, and all around were surrounded by the people who came to watch the execution, and some people wore linen and filial piety, for their relatives who were about to die, and they were in pain.

The convicts who were betrayed and beheaded were escorted to the execution ground one by one to verify their identities, and the swords and axes were in place one after another, and after the prison officials read out the charges and sentences of the convicts one by one, they waited for the chief supervisor Ye Cheng Mu Gaochen to show them.

Today, the sky is still a little gray, and for some reason, when I hear the cry and look at the white banner hanging in the air, I am slightly distracted.

In the audience, seeing that Ye Chengmu had not given the order for a long time, he couldn't help but be a little worried about whether what he had done was a deviation in the procedure, and he raised his head slightly and peeked at Ye Chengmu with some anxiety, and then asked again with more respectful words.

"Childe ......"

Luo Qing, the law enforcement captain who was guarding beside me, hurriedly lowered his body and whispered in my ear, I immediately came back to my senses, waved my hand, and signaled to the prison officer:

"The family of the prospective offender went to the execution ground to say goodbye. ”

This is probably the last mercy that can be given to these prisoners.

The prison officer received the order, and immediately ordered the family members of the prisoners to be released into the execution ground to say goodbye to the prisoners, and the family members wept and rushed into the execution ground to say their final goodbyes to their relatives.

Seeing the scene of life and death in front of me, I can feel more and more that death is the fairest for everyone, no matter whether this person is noble or low, poor or rich, and death is sometimes extremely cruel, just like at this moment, these people who have always been high and think they have everything, when they are about to die, in addition to feeling the fear of imminent death, they are also more deeply feeling the warmth and coldness of human feelings, and the hearts of the people of the world......

Some of the prisoners wept for it, but most of them did not have a single person who collected the body for him, what a sad and pitiful life!

The value of a person is not to see how many people followed your glory and honor during your lifetime, but to see how many people will shed tears and sadness for you after you die, and remember you.

......

I silently looked for him among the prisoners, he was very conspicuous in the crowd, just because his figure was still tall and stubborn, a rough prison suit looked quite neat and clean, and his long hair was also well coiled up by a wooden hairpin, and he was so calm in the face of death, this was his last wish, he came alone, and in the end he had to leave cleanly without staining the dust.

After a long time, I saw a beautiful woman dressed in sackcloth, wearing a white scarf and holding the Qixuanqin in her arms, slowly walking to his side, and for the first time, I saw his cold face, showing a gentle smile that was common when I was a teenager.

I know, this woman should be the one who makes my senior brother's heart move!

......

She slowly knelt beside him, handed him the piano in her arms, stroked his face very gently, and said to him, "Play the song "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix" for me again!

He said, OK.

Back then, there was a rumor in Qidu Yecheng, a white Ding cloth song "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" piano picked a daughter of an official family, just because of the different identity, he was teased by the servants and beat out of the stick, he swore to marry this woman as his wife in this life, and later he was in a high position, ruined his marriage contract, and forced her to marry her through the door as a concubine......

No one can tell the grievances and entanglements in this, only they know that the love and hate between them are only known to them.

......

The axe-bearer untied the rope for him, and he sat upright and took the lyre from her, and in a few moments, the song "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix" slowly flowed from his fingertips and floated throughout the execution ground......

The phoenix returns to his hometown and travels all over the world to seek his phoenix.

When I haven't met anything, I don't know what to do!

There are beautiful ladies in the boudoir, and the room is poisonous to my intestines.

What is the fate of the neck for the mandarin ducks, and the beards and cheeks soar together!

The phoenix and the phoenix are from me, and they have to be entrusted with the tail as a concubine.

Friendship and harmony, who knows each other in the middle and night?

The wings are flying high, and I don't feel that I think about the remaining sorrow.

......

At the end of the song, everyone is scattered.

He said that in the future, he will cherish it more.

She just smiled and reached out to stroke his eyebrows one last time, and said with a smile:

In the afterlife, on the Mingbo Bridge, I will wait for you......

After speaking, he took the lyre from his bosom, got up, looked back, and slowly walked away as he came.

......

Hearing this song, I couldn't help but feel sad, even my eyes were a little sour, and I glanced back at her who was standing upright not far away in a military uniform, but I saw that her eyes were also looking at me so gently, and I looked a little dazed for a while.

Not daring to look at her again, he hurriedly withdrew his gaze, waved his hand, and motioned to the prison officer to let the prisoner's family withdraw from the execution ground.

The prison officer received the order, and the sound of drums sounded in the execution ground, and all the sergeants took all the prisoners' families out of the execution ground, and the sound of crying and farewell was endless.

I reached out and took a token from the table, but my hands trembled slightly, once this token fell to the ground, the lives of the one hundred and thirty-eight people in front of me came to an end.

When I raised my eyes, I saw that my senior brother had a gentle smile on his face, and he looked at me quietly and bowed slightly, I knew that it was time for me to make a decision.

I clenched the token in my hand, and the drum beat stopped abruptly, and I threw the token in my hand......

"Slash!"

At the sound of an order, the token fell.

The warden received the order, and immediately announced loudly:

"One hundred and thirty-eight prisoners, including the convicts, have been verified, and they have given the order to be executed......!"

Immediately, after the 138 knife and axe men took off the wooden plaque behind the prisoner, they raised the knife and axe in their hands high, and waited for the prison officer to give an order, and the knife fell in their hands, and the head fell to the ground......

He Qian smiled and looked up at the sky for the last time, only to feel that his short life was like a big dream.

"I didn't expect that you and Zichen would give me a ride in the end, and God would treat me well!"

The knife and axe hand behind him showed the cold long knife in his hand, and there was a faint smile on his heroic face, only to hear him say:

"Senior brother, don't worry, Ziwei will go down with a knife, his motivation will be neat, and there will never be any pain!"

When the husband dies, he dies, where do so many sorrows come from?

He Qian smiled and said:

"Okay, senior brother believes in you, in the future, Zichen, I will leave it to you!"

Gao Wei raised his eyes and looked at the thin figure standing on the high platform, then retracted his gaze, nodded, and said:

"Senior brother, don't worry. ”

......

Seeing that the swords and axes were ready to be put in place, the supervisor immediately shouted, saying:

"Slash!"

In just a moment, there was a blood-red pestle on the execution ground, and the blood continued to seep into the snow from the execution ground, blooming one after another bewitching blood-red flowers, which were instantly soaked in a large area of red, and the air was filled with a thick bloody atmosphere......

......

My face was pale, and I felt that my center of gravity was unstable, and I was busy leaning on the table to stabilize my body, gritting my teeth and biting out a full body of blood, as if only in this way could I recover a little bit of consciousness.

"Now that the criminal has been punished, the quasi-family members will collect the body and return to the burial!"

I said this coldly, and when my body was stable and my strength had regained somewhat, I waved my sleeves and turned to leave.

All the generals saluted each other.

Luo Qing saw that my body was a little unstable, and glanced at my young marshal quite uneasily, as if waiting for the young marshal's instructions.

Seeing this, Xiao Yu only shook his head slightly silently.

Luo Qing knew that what Childe wanted at this moment was to be quiet alone.

......

I don't know how I got out of the execution ground step by step, but when I was standing alone in the snow, the sky suddenly began to fall again.

I couldn't help but stretch out my hand and watch the snowflakes fall quietly into my palms, turning into drops of water in a moment, thinking, maybe it only takes one night of heavy snow to cover the bright red all over the ground!

It's over, everything in Northern Qi is finally over......

......

The body of the senior brother was collected by his concubine Tang alone.

When I learned of Tang's safe place, I changed into civilian clothes and secretly searched for it with Wan'er and Ziyu.

The small courtyard where Tang's mother and daughter live is remote but quiet, and Tang's mother and daughter live here, although their lives are harder, but they can be free from the interference of the world.

The senior brother had dismissed all the slaves in the house before entering the palace to ask for sin, and he drove the Tang mother and daughter out of the house a long time ago, but he secretly placed the mother and daughter here, and found one or two loyal slaves to take care of the mother and daughter.

Because he offended so many people, he had to do this in order to save the mother and son.

When Wan'er and I found this small courtyard, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, now that we have found the widow of my senior brother, there is no reason to let this mother and son go out again, I want to bring this mother and son back to the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, so that they can be taken care of!

Wan'er took my hand, I looked at her gratefully, Wan'er understood my intentions, and I didn't need to say anything more.

Immediately, the two entered the small courtyard side by side.

The body of the elder brother was laid in the main hall, and the two loyal servants wept and hung white lanterns and curtains in the courtyard to show that the family was in mourning.

In the main hall, a mother and daughter dressed in linen clothes and wearing white scarves knelt next to the mourning hall and were guarding the spirit of their husbands.

The mother did not cry because of the tenacity of the heart, but the child did not cry because of the young age, look at the child's cute appearance, about three or four years old, Xu is tired of kneeling, the whole small body curled up in the mother's arms, is quietly asleep.

I was emotionally unstable, and I wanted to personally go forward to give my brother a pillar of incense, but I just walked a few steps, but I saw Wan'er also walking in step with me.

I took her hand, shook my head slightly, and said:

"Wan'er, no!"

The courtesy of the monarch and the minister cannot be abolished, and my salute to the senior brother is to fulfill the same affection between us, but the princess is the body of a daughter, how can the princess bow to the minister?

Wan'er's gaze was firm, and she said softly:

"I am your wife. ”

At this point, I felt tears in my eyes, knowing that I had no reason to stop her, and nodded a little excitedly.

When the servant saw that someone had come to pay homage to the master of the house, he hurriedly invited us into the main hall and offered fine incense, and Wan'er and I took the fine incense and bowed to the spirit, and I said with great sorrow:

"Senior brother, Zichen is here to give you a ride. ”

The servant took the incense from our hands and placed it in the censer, and bowed to us.

I hurriedly helped Wan'er to get up, and then the two walked side by side to Tang's mother and daughter to salute.

Tang Shi, who was kneeling next to him, heard what I just said, his body was slightly stunned, and after glancing at us, he immediately kowtowed in return.

I hurriedly clenched my fists and said:

"Sister-in-law doesn't need to be polite, please take care of your body. ”

Tang stood up, her beautiful face was a little more pale and haggard, and in the future, this family still expected to carry it by herself, how could she show even a little bit of grief and weakness?

But he never thought that at this time, there would be people to pay tribute to his late husband. ”

Tang said with some emotion while caressing the child's back, not wanting to wake up the sleeping child easily.

Looking at this pair of mother and daughter who depend on each other, I want to persuade them to go back to Kyoto in the Northern Wei Dynasty with us as soon as possible.

"I have something important to discuss with my sister-in-law. ”

When Tang heard me call her sister-in-law, she generally knew who I was, Zichen, and I thought it was the same disciple that my husband had mentioned to me.

Tang Shi looked at the child in his arms, only to feel that it would be inconvenient to talk about other things at this time.

"If the lady can trust Wan'er, can she temporarily leave the child in Wan'er's care? ”

Wan'er beside her saw Tang's difficulties and took the initiative to make this suggestion.

Tang looked at the white-clothed boy with a handsome face in front of him, and when he mentioned his child, Tang didn't feel a little vigilant in his eyes.

In order to prevent misunderstanding, I hurriedly explained:

"This is Zichen's wife, Wan'er. ”

Tang was slightly stunned, these two people are really a pair of beautiful people, from the words and deeds of this young couple, temperament and conversation, it can be seen that they must also be from a famous family.

"This is my son Baixue, and I have my brother and daughter-in-law. ”

Tang let down his guard and took the initiative to give his daughter to Wan'er.

Wan'er and I couldn't help but show joy, Wan'er carefully took Xiao Baixue from Tang's hands, and hugged it in her arms, Wan'er looked at this child so well-behaved, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but have a smile, and I looked at the child's lovely sleeping face, and my heart also cherished this child more and more.

Tang saw that my husband and wife loved Bai Xue so much, and there was a little more relief in his eyes.

"Sister-in-law, I want to take my senior brother and your mother and daughter back to the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, I don't know what you think?"

Tang's face was bitter, but he also knew that returning to his hometown was his husband's last wish, and replied:

"It's okay, my husband was originally from Wei, but now that the leaves have returned to their roots and their souls have returned to their hometowns, they must be comforted under the nine springs. ”

When I heard this, I was overjoyed and said:

"So, my sister-in-law is willing to go with us?"

Tang Shi bowed slightly, slowly stood up, saluted Shi Shiran to us, and looked at his child with great affection, then smiled faintly, and said:

"If you wish, please allow me to go into the inner hall and clean up a little. ”

I nodded in agreement, and then watched my sister-in-law slowly walk into the inner room.

......

My eyes turned to this child, the little person was sleeping quietly in Wan'er's arms, looking at the shadow of the senior brother between the child's eyebrows, I couldn't help but sigh that this child was the Xue'er mentioned by the senior brother!

She was snowy.

"Cher's ......"

I couldn't help but whisper the child's name.

Wan'er smiled slightly, signaling me not to wake up this child, I didn't feel a bitter smile, look at this situation, Wan'er likes this child very much.

Wan'er and I looked at the child like this for a long time, but we didn't see my sister-in-law come out of the inner room.

Wan'er noticed something was wrong, and hurriedly called Ziyu over, and carefully handed the child into Ziyu's hands.

An ominous premonition rose in my heart, and I glanced at Wan'er uneasily, and then hurried to the inner room, but I never thought that my sister-in-law would be so affectionate to my senior brother, and after leaving a letter, she lay on the bed, and then used a dagger to die for herself......

I looked at the pen, and the tears in my eyes could no longer be suppressed, and I cried:

"Why, why is this happening?"

......

Wan'er's eyes were also covered with a layer of mist, and she hurriedly leaned over to caress my face, trying to calm my somewhat out-of-control emotions.

"Morning ......"

"Wan'er ......"

I hugged Wan'er tightly, kept calling her name, suddenly so scared, so afraid that I would lose her one day, sister-in-law's martyrdom suddenly made me realize that if two people love each other too much, it is really the day of life and death, if one of them cannot be saved, then how can the other live alone?

I pleaded with a trembling voice:

"Wan'er, you promise me, do you promise me? No matter what happens in the future, you must live well and live......"

Wan'er hugged the body that was trembling because of her emotion, wanting to comfort her, but when she heard the words of the enemy, she fell into silence......

No matter what happens in the future, you have to live well......

......

No matter how hard the enemy pleaded, for some reason, Wan'er could not easily give this promise to the exit.

Wan'er pulled my collar, and there were two lines of tears on her face, with a sad face, and she said to me very resolutely, saying:

"Gao Chen, the poor and the yellow spring fall, you will never want to leave me alone, never think about it!"

Hearing this, I was bitter and unbearable, which is probably the so-called cocooning and self-restraint.

I really deserve to die, and I even provoked Wan'er to cry for me!

Reaching out and hugging Wan'er tightly, I kissed her lightly between her eyebrows, and kept comforting her in her ear:

"I'm sorry, Wan'er, I'm sorry, no, I will never leave you alone, no......"

Wan'er buried her face deep in my arms, and cried bitterly and happily......

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This chapter is a little sad, well, let's silently clean up my mind first.

Xue'er will become the child of the colt and the princess, everyone still likes it, remember what Ye Zi said, they will let them have a child, Bai Xue is, this line has really been buried for a long time, hehe, the matter here in Northern Qi is almost over, it's time to go back to Northern Wei to clean up the internal problems......