The west wind was chaotic, blowing the yellow sand, flying in the sky, covering the sun and the moon, making it dull, and its blood permeated the sky. Seeing this scene, the county commander Chen Zizhen hurriedly ran into the county office and knelt in front of Gongziqi, his clothes were not good enough to tidy up, and he looked a little messy, perhaps because he was too anxious or in a hurry, and he ran to Gongziqi to be out of breath.

"Childe, Childe, there was a private fight outside the city, and hundreds of people died in this private fight, you better go outside the city and take a look, the current situation is miserable."

"What? Private fight," Gongzi Qi immediately stood up, stunned, looked into the distance and said, "Quick, quick, take me there." ”

Childe set off to the river, shocked by the tragic situation in front of him, the river was full of corpses, and walked to the wilderness, where corpses were everywhere, and they were deeply saddened to see this scene. Gongzi Qi said to Chen Zizhen beside him: "Order the officials and soldiers to salvage the corpses, count the number of their deaths, and gather these corpses together for cremation, so as not to spread the epidemic and endanger the people in the city, and those who participate in the private fight will be arrested and punished according to law." ”

"Yes."

Gongzi Qi called Zhang Jidao and said: "Sir, you will count the number of people who participated in this private fight and their names, arrest them one by one, and then comfort the families who died in this private fight, go to the county office to receive the consolation money, and go to handle it immediately." ”

Zhang Ji walked out and stood in front of Gongzi Qi and said, "I will definitely handle this matter well in the next place and live up to the trust of Gongzi." ”

After Gongziqi returned to the county office, he rushed to the western suburbs of Pengcheng, that is, Li San's house, Li San opened the gate and saw Gongziqi standing at the gate, lowered his head and said: "Childe," Gongziqi saw that he was injured, and he was very sad.

"Li San, you also participate in this private fight, right?"

"Yes."

"Li San, Li San, I don't know what to say about you," Gongzi Qi sighed with his back to Li San, looked up at the sky, closed his eyes, and tears slid down the corners of his eyes.

"Childe, I am ashamed of my high hopes for you," Li San knelt in front of Gongzi Qi and wept bitterly. Xiuniang ran forward and knelt in front of Gongzi Qi, looked at Gongzi Qi and cried: "Childe, you just went around my husband, my husband knows that he is wrong." ”

"I'm sorry, Li San defended the law, the law does not tolerate personal feelings," Gongzi Qi turned around and helped the embroidery girl to stand in front of Li San and said: "Li San, Li San, have you ever thought about the serious consequences caused by this incident, have you thought about the embroidery girl, thinking of this family, if you are so sad for you, do you know?" ”

Li San turned around and knelt in front of Xiuniang, and said, "Xiuniang, I know that I was wrong, I'm sorry Xiuniang, I'm not a good man." Li San turned around and knelt in front of Gongzi Qi, crying: "Childe, I am willing to obey the law, Xiuniang will entrust you to take care of it, find a good family for her, I saw Xiuniang Xinfu under Jiuquan, and I will be satisfied." ”

Xiuniang knelt in front of Gongzi Qi and looked at Gongzi Qi and cried: "Childe, Xiuniang will not marry anyone, Xiuniang is born as a member of the Li family, and death is the ghost of the Li family, so let Xiuniang die instead of her husband." ”

Li San knelt down and cried: "Embroidery Niang." Xiuniang looked at her husband, tears had wet her face at this time, and said, "Xianggong." ”

People who participated in this private fight were arrested everywhere on the streets, and the city was full of wind and rain, and the people were panicked. Yang Kun hid in his house all day and entered his father Yang Bingrong's room.

"Father, officers and soldiers are arresting people all over the streets, and the county government jail is full of people."

"It's none of your business to arrest people, what are you anxious about?" At this time, Yang Bingrong continued to sit at the desk and quietly looked at his book, at this time Yang Kun was restless in Yang Bingrong's room, pacing around, Yang Bingrong raised his head and looked at Yang Kun and said, "You also participated in this private fight." ”

Yang Kun just nodded and looked at his father, Yang Bingrong's face showed a look of horror and said, "What? You also participated in this private fight, and how many times did your father persuade you, telling you not to associate with these people, and to read more books at home quietly to serve the court, but you just didn't listen. You gathered these wealthy children to resist the law because you wanted to move your head, do you know? ”

Yang Kun knelt down and said, "Father, you want to save me!" ”

Yang Bingrong stood up and walked down, stretched out his finger and pointed at Yang Kun and glared angrily: "How can you save you as a father, hundreds of lives outside the city." Gongzi strictly enforces the law, does not tolerate family affection, do you remember last month, his own uncle is the younger brother of the king, Gongzi sold the official and sold the knight, relying on the favor of the king in the court is how majestic it is to call for wind and rain, all the officials bribed him with money in order to protect himself, embezzled two million taels of silver, and finally ended up with something, Gongzi confiscated his family property and sent all the small families to the frontier to fill the army, and finally died of illness on the way to the distribution, don't you still learn a lesson? ”

At this time, there were many officers and soldiers outside the gate, and they rushed through the door, and the leader was Zhang Ji. Yang Bingrong stepped forward and said, "You guys, what are you doing here?" I am the official doctor of the imperial court, do you have a son's edict? ”

"Pass on the son's message, arrest the son, and ask Lord Yang not to hinder the official errand." Zhang Ji said to the left and right: "Go in and search." Officers and soldiers broke into the house one after another to search, Yang Kun hid in the inner room panicked, escaped from the back door, did not expect that there were officers and soldiers in front of the door, after escaping from the back door, these officers and soldiers were pressed to the ground, walked in and stood in front of Zhang Ji.

"Father, save me!"

"I want to see Childe."

"I'm sorry, Childe is busy with affairs, so I don't have time to see you."

Gongzi Qi led the county orders of Pengcheng in various places, as well as the county lieutenant and the state pastor Qingzhang Pengcheng's land in various places, recorded its area data, and stayed overnight in the mountain temple in Suishan, the county commander Chen Zizhen stepped forward and said: "Childe, the land measured in a day today is very small, and the journey is a little slow. ”

Chen Zizhen took out the map he drew and put it on it, Gongziqi took the map and hung it on the wall, Gongziqi stepped forward and looked up at the map hanging on the wall and said: "This map is still not detailed enough, it is good to be able to think of drawing a map on this." ”

Chen Zizhen stepped forward and stood next to Gongzi Qi, looking up at the map drawn on the wall. Gongzi Qi smiled and said: "Yours is right, we have a limited place to go, ask these local officials to go back, and tomorrow will distribute the instruments for measuring the land to everyone." Remember to make it privately, if there is a private maker who lies about the land data, once verified, it will be severely punished and will not be tolerated. ”

"Yes."

"We have already measured the land here, and there is a lot of land that has been barren for a long time, and tomorrow we will lead the local people to reclaim the wasteland, remember not to cut down these trees, if there are fewer trees around the field, there will be less life."

Zhang Ji chose a vacant land on the outskirts of Pengcheng to build a torture platform, and escorted these private fighters to the execution platform at noon tomorrow, on which hundreds of people knelt on the execution platform, and there were knife and axe hands standing behind them, and vultures were hovering in the sky. Zhang Ji walked up the stairs to the high platform, sat down at the desk and said, "What else do you have to say before you are executed?" ”

"Childe works day and night for our people, although he has no regrets in death, he is just ashamed of Childe, Childe, take care of our bodies for the sake of us ordinary people," Li San knelt on the torture platform and cried.

"Childe, we are not afraid of death and are willing to surrender to the law, you have to take care of yourself!" Hundreds of people kneeling on the torture platform said in unison.

"Okay, I'll bring your words to Childe, execution." The axeman raised his broadsword and was about to fall. Gongsun Sun Chou stepped forward and said, "They are all people, and they can't be killed." ”

"Why can't you kill, if the law is not strict, how can you obey the world and those dead souls."

"Governing the country by force will not last long, although the people are obedient on the surface, but what about their hearts? If you are not convinced, you will win the hearts of the people and the world. You Zhang Ji, brutal and unkind, for the sake of strict laws, do not hesitate to kill the lives of innocent people, will you lose your trust in the world, how can you obey the people of the world? Have you ever asked them why they participated in the private fight, they were instigated or coerced by these nobles and wealthy families to participate in the private fight, and you did not ask the reason for the private fight, and you wantonly killed them, which is really unkind? ”

"If the law does not blame the people, it will hinder the reform of the son, can the law of the previous king control the chaos? No, the troubled times should be the focus, and the law is not ruthless. If the law is not strictly enforced, or because they are the people, they will not be severely punished or if you use the benevolence of your actions, there will be people who defy the law in the future, and more people will die, you know? ”

"The people are innocent and can't be killed, I'll go and report to Gongzi and wait for Gongzi's order."

At this time, Gongzi Qi held a hoe in his hand and led the local people to reclaim wasteland. "Childe, Childe," a person ran forward to Gongzi Qi's body, this person took out Gongzi Sun Chou's letter and handed it to Gongzi Qi's hand, Gongzi Qi took this person's letter, put down the hoe in his hand, looked at it seriously, and said: "The people are not guilty, the coerced people will be released home without guilt, and those who take the lead in participating in private fights and do not have the slightest remorse will be killed, and the law should not be strict with the public." ”

The county ordered Feng Qingmao, Yang Kun and more than 10 or 20 people to be killed on the execution platform, and the rest of the people who were coerced by him were released. The sword and axe men on the torture platform stood behind them, their knives rising and falling, and blood splattered on the platform.