The melodious bell rang throughout the county, making the people of the county relax after the arrival of reinforcements and the enemy being driven away. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info listened attentively, and found that the twelve bells were extremely long and long, and there was no sense of urgency and tension, so he put his mind at ease again, and gathered together in twos and threes to discuss what had happened.

Since the Han Dynasty, the city of the world must be built with a tower. The huge bell is hung in the tower, and the morning and dusk hit, and the people are sure of the time. And whenever there is an emergency, the bell may sound quickly or slowly, but most of them are very simple, so that the illiterate people can clearly understand the meaning of different bells. Just like this time, the twelve slow bells must have happened in Nexian County, which will not affect security, but is quite important.

"If you want me to say, it must be the county lord who wants to cut off someone's head, so that the people can be mobilized like this!" Some men who like to brag are already spitting at this time, extremely excited, as if they know the inside story, and said triumphantly, "Just like a few days ago, the one who was beheaded was called Deng, Deng or something?" When the knife falls, a man's head falls to the ground, which is called happy! ”

Hearing him say this, the other person retorted unconvinced: "But the last time I cut someone, I didn't ring the bell!" ”

was questioned about his guess, the man's eyes were like copper bells, his face was red and his neck was thick, as if he was about to quarrel with someone, and his voice was louder I don't know how much: "When was the last time?" The enemy has surrounded us outside Nie County, and naturally the war is the most important, how can we ring the bell casually? Now it's different, the enemy has been beaten by us and there is nothing left, how can there be a reason not to let people see this killing? ”

Although his words were a little too strong, the expectation in his heart was fully revealed, after all, for them, the ordinary life is too boring, and it is particularly interesting to cut off the head and execute the like once. Even if you know that it is bloody, you don't dare to do it, but when it really comes to this moment, the people will rush over one after another to watch the excitement. Besides, Nexian County defended the city, although there were not many deaths, but in the end there were casualties, for the enemy, they hated it so much, and even more looked forward to seeing the enemy's tragic end.

Just as these people were arguing about to quarrel, one of them said proudly: "Don't quarrel anymore, you want to kill people, but you don't kill the enemy, but those big families who have fornicated with the enemy and plan to open the county gate and take refuge with the enemy!" ”

"How do you know?"

"Is this true?"

“……”

Seeing that everyone's eyes were looking at him together, the man was obviously very useful, and deliberately cleared his throat to satisfy everyone's appetite before saying: "My cousin's wife's brother is a servant of the county government, so he naturally knows some news. I heard that a few days ago, the county lord ordered people to demolish many gates and unwanted buildings, and when every household collected vegetable oil, some big families thought that they couldn't hold it quickly, and they were worried about the situation of the people outside the city and their wives and beautiful maids, so they gathered together to take refuge in the enemy, so as to grab a piece of credit. Unexpectedly, the county lord was clever, knowing that they would have such thoughts, he had already sent someone to keep an eye on them and guard them all, and now that the general is coming, he will naturally have to settle these accounts! ”

Speaking of this, the man smacked his lips and said enviously: "I heard that those big families are crying for mercy and are willing to sacrifice their property to save their lives. The general was as cold as iron, and without hesitation, he sentenced the leading few big households to be executed, and they will be executed in a few days. But it's no wonder that their idea of property, how can the general look at it? The general is a descendant of the Xu clan of the Shangdang, and if we say that the assets of the big families in our county are this-" This person pointed his finger down, compared, and thumbs up, "Then the general's wealth is this." ”

The hatred of the rich and the schadenfreude when they see the rich in distress are in the hearts of the vast majority of people, and when they hear the words "kill the big families", everyone holds their breath for a while, and then one of them says with some disbelief: "Those big families, all day long looking at the sky, are so clean and simple...... Killed? ”

Seeing that someone questioned him, the "intelligence officer" who said the news was unhappy: "If you don't believe it, let's go to the south of the city together!" Besides, the general was benevolent, and said that all the land, assets and other items of these large families would be distributed to the soldiers who defended the city, and the families of the soldiers who sacrificed would get a lot of fields. These days, the scribes of the county government are counting the assets of the big households, just waiting for the big ones to be cut down and divided! ”

Probably holding their breath in their hearts, and the people still didn't believe it, this person simply threw out the last piece of news, and said unhappily: "Not only that, but after they are beheaded everywhere, the wives and servants of these big families will have to be pulled to the south of the city to sell." When the time comes, maybe for half a penny, you can buy a beautiful girl like flowers......"

As soon as this news came out, many people's breathing was a little heavier, but thinking about their deflated purse, the life of breaking a penny into two petals, he shook his head helplessly, and walked to the south of the city together.

In the center of the south of the city, there is a small square, which is a place for the people to relax and enjoy the cool on weekdays, or set up some small stalls to sell some embroidery made by their own ladies, and for men to get firewood and prey, but at this time it was emptied by the officials and soldiers, and a platform that was not a big platform was temporarily built. After getting the news, the people who rushed here seemed to be in twos and threes, but after half an hour, they were standing all over the square, and the second floor of the surrounding teahouses and wine shops was also full of people who almost squeezed out half of their bodies. Obviously, they couldn't see anything at all, at most they caught a glimpse of a vague black spot, but they were still excited.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper of the teahouse restaurant smiled with his eyebrows, even if he was distressed and used as a table and chair for his feet, he turned a blind eye to the rich income.

At the end of the day, only in the distance, there was an excited voice of "coming, they are coming", everyone stood on tiptoe, stretched their necks to look, and saw that under the escort of the sergeant with a neat appearance and a cold light on the tip of the spear, seven prisoner cars drove slowly by, holding the lords of seven large families in Ne County, and behind the prisoner carts, the children of their families.

These men, who are usually pampered, high-spirited, and have never suffered the slightest grievance, and think that they can be rich and carefree for the rest of their lives, are now firmly leaning on the wooden flail, and under the whipping of the sergeant, they are extremely heavy and move forward.

They didn't want to leave, they didn't want to die, and they wept many times when they were in prison. Crying father and calling mother, scolding Xu Hui, and groveling and begging for mercy...... All the tricks have been used, who expected Xu Hui's heart to be as cold as iron, and he made up his mind to kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys, no matter who begged for mercy, it was useless, not only the Lang of the big family would kill, but the men of their direct line, as well as the side members who participated in this matter, did not let go of any of them.

Not only that, but for the old and weak women and children, she did not have the slightest mercy, except for a few big families who had "great merit" to intercede and took away their own daughters and granddaughters, the rest of the prisoners' daughters, Xu Hui directly ordered, they were recorded as lowly people, and future generations, unless they made great contributions, they would be the lowest lowly slaves in all their lives.

After determining the identities of the other party one by one, Xu Hui ordered people to lock all the female dependents in one place, and the generals went in to select a few according to their merits and grades, and they had to take them away directly, and the rest were sold directly. Everyone has no doubt that if there are no big kilns and prostitutes in Ni County, there are Taoist nunnery, and everyone knows that there are male thieves and female prostitutes, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a secret prostitute, but it is not good to put it on the bright side and put it out to talk about it. Xu Hui didn't want the family members of these sinners to become "outsiders" in the name of "monks", so he broke off this idea. If there is a workshop in Ruone County, Xu Hui promised not to sell these women, but to send them directly to the workshop.

If you don't use thunderous means, how can you suppress the luck of the waiters? Only by letting everyone know that if you follow me, you will be able to get benefits, if the yang is against the yin, these people will be your end, and they will weigh a few more points before doing things.

"I heard that the first one in front is the lord of the Wang family!"

"Really? The Wang family is very rich, and nearly a thousand lands in the east of the city belong to their family! I've worked on their estates, and that's ...... Even their dogs eat much better than ours! ”

"The county lord treats the Wang family well, I heard that he has also instructed the Wang family a few times, and he didn't provoke them on weekdays, who would have thought that they would have such no conscience. The head of the Chen family, however, donated all his family property, and even demolished the beams of one of his mansions and used them as rolling wood. What is it called? Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them? ”

"you, it's clear that when you're in trouble, you know people's hearts."

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The people are chattering, but they don't smash rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves indiscriminately as described in the book, after all, during the war, everyone is frugal, how can such a thing be left to let it break? Besides, even if there were, they wouldn't dare to smash it, who made the soldiers' formation too solemn, and no one dared to disturb the order?

Although Xu Hui did not go to the prison, he found a good position to stand on a high place, looking coldly at the fanatical expressions of the people, and after a while, Fang showed a light smile with a satisfied look. Obviously, she was extremely satisfied with her hand.

Su Can was behind her and nodded imperceptibly.

In this way, it can not only beat the restless big families and make an example of them, but also incite the fanaticism of the people, save some means that have to be done in wartime, and arouse the people's feelings of resistance.

When it should be tough, it is extremely tough, when it is time to scatter wealth, it is not distressed to feel about the huge amount of wealth, and when it is time to plan and buy people's hearts, it is never ambiguous, and he is well versed in the way of trade-offs, and he is also above board. (To be continued.) )