The collusion between Kong Qingnian and Zhao Ying, even within the Kong family, there are only a handful of people in the know. After three days of harsh inspection, the small town of Yankou has become a hell on earth.

At the beginning, at the request of the Kong family, the object of "chasing stolen goods and helping the resound" was only a few big businessmen who had been opposed to the Kong family for many years, but later, the Kong family's appetite was getting bigger and bigger, not only demanding that all the slightly powerful people in the other three business gangs be slaughtered, but also including several rising stars in their own business gangs who were faintly threatening to their own families.

"People are not satisfied, they are peaceful, and they look back at Shu."

Afterwards, shuttling through the streets and houses of Yankou Town, Liu Xiaohong shook his head and sighed. Yang Shaoting followed behind him with his head bowed, not daring to squint at all, since he was born, he had never imagined such a tragic scene, he was afraid that if he squinted, he would see those stumps and broken arms, those terrifying corpses that had turned blue and black.

Because Zhao Dangshi had greeted him in advance, Liu Xiaohong was one of the insiders in the negotiations with the Kong family. Zhao Dangshi let him know that this matter was intended to prevent him from obstructing the "recovery of stolen goods", he listened to Zhao Dangshi's reason at that time, and promised not to interfere, but how did he know that the situation would eventually develop into a large-scale massacre of Yankou Town.

Military orders are like water that has been spilled, and it is difficult to take them back. After staying in Zhao Ying for so long, Liu Xiaohong found that he had changed. He was no longer as indignant and uncompromising as he was when he first entered the Zhao camp, he began to learn to retreat and learn to retreat. Sometimes, he even weighs the pros and cons of saying a word and doing a thing. He thinks about a lot of things, and slowly learns to think about himself, for his young juniors such as Yang Shaoting, but for the "justice" and "kindness" that he insisted on at the beginning, he has less consideration. For countless nights, he lay in bed for a long time and couldn't sleep, constantly questioning himself from the bottom of his heart whether he still firmly adhered to the bottom line and guidelines of being a man, but the result was that he was always white in the east sky, but he still did not find the answer.

The sinister and greedy hearts of the people are best reflected in the Confucian family. Perhaps from Kong Qingnian's standpoint, he will tell everyone that he is doing this all to ensure the future of nearly 100 people in his clan, and if he does not kill these people, it will be his Kong family who will eventually expose their bodies to the streets. The hundreds of businessmen and their families who could be killed were people, and the nearly 100 members of the Kong family were also people, and in terms of human life, Liu Xiaohong would not use the number of people to judge who was right and who was wrong, so he was confused. He didn't know which side to take. It is wrong to stand on the side of the deceased, and it is also wrong to stand on the side of the Kong family. Could it be that in troubled times, there is really no right or wrong, good or evil?

The Kong family is light and clever, and Zhao Ying is also light and dexterous with a wave of the blade, and the landing is hundreds of heads. When the bloody smell of Yankou Town spread, it dawned on him. After slapping himself twice, he figured it out - instead of endlessly dwelling on the rights and wrongs of the two parties, it was better to save a few more innocent lives before the butcher's knife was unsheathed. In his opinion, the two sides of the struggle in Yankou Town were limited to adult men, and had nothing to do with women and minor children, and let them die tragically in this whirlpool as victims, which would definitely incur great karma.

He was in a hurry now, and because he heard the news, he rushed to the riverside to save people.

Yankou Town is not big, and from where I lived, I rushed to the river, and it was not enough time to burn half a stick of incense. Under the winter sun, the gently flowing Jialing River is sparkling, but as far as the eye can see, there is a blood-red color rippling in the river water near the shore.

As the distance shortened, Liu Xiaohong's ears could already hear bursts of mournful cries coming from the riverside. There were rows of prisoners, estimated at about two hundred. Their hands were tied behind their backs, and they knelt down facing the river. In the first row, there were countless headless corpses, some of which were still convulsing on their own, and blood was shooting out of the cavity. And their heads were already up and down in the river, flowing downstream. Beside each corpse stood a soldier, all of whom were concentrating, wiping their bloody knives with rags, as if they had just begun the execution.

The general who presided over the execution was Wu Mingfeng. His old army left battalion suffered heavy casualties, and now there are less than 500 people left, and the combat effectiveness is completely empty, and there is no replenishment for the time being, Zhao Dangshi saw that he was idle, so he let him be responsible for cutting off his head by the river.

There is no snow today, the sun is very warm, Wu Mingfeng sits by the river, holds a cup of tea in his hand, blows the river breeze, looks at the river view, and occasionally scares the rows of kneeling people who are dying, so it is not leisurely.

He looked at the blood-soaked riverbank, his face did not fluctuate, he beckoned, and a soldier standing on the side picked up the teapot to replenish his cup of water, and said: "Mr. Qian, this first batch has been killed, when will the next batch start?" ”

Wu Mingfeng took a sip of tea, waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I still have something to ask." After that, he glanced at a general manager who was in charge of the execution not far away, and the general manager immediately rushed up and obeyed.

"And he told them that if he had any valuable goods on him, and had taken them out, and the amount was sufficient, he would have spared them their lives." Wu Mingfeng's eyes rolled, "By the way, if there are hidden goods in some secret passages and cellars in the town, it would be better to say it!" ”

The hundred always agreed, trotted back to the trembling captives, and turned around, without the sycophancy in front of Wu Mingfeng, on the contrary, he was very arrogant, and said loudly: "Wait a minute, my family always has a word, if you have any surplus wealth, quickly take it out." Thousands of people are always compassionate and compassionate, and the Bodhisattva's heart is moving, maybe he will be merciful and spare your life! ”

As soon as these words came out, it immediately caused a commotion among the captives, and one of the old men said in a dumb voice: "Don't hide it from the military master, two days ago, even if I tortured two days ago, I picked out all the teeth with gold and silver in my mouth and handed them over to the public, and there is really no money left." ”

As soon as he spoke, several people around him began to cry miserably, and a few of them couldn't untie their hands, so they slammed their heads lifelessly, and couldn't stop saying: "The military master is merciful, let me wait for a way to live!" A few of them were crying so violently that they were all women, and their young children were tied behind them, and they were speechless.

Mr. Bai was so impatient and scolded: "A rich person like you is the best at crying and pretending to be poor, thinking that Lao Tzu will listen to your lies?" In a word, if you can't take out the money, you will pay for it with your life! ”

Zhao Ying's task of "chasing stolen goods and helping the resound" was first taken over by Hou Dagui. Such a labor-saving and popular fat difference, Hou Dagui let others get involved, and he had to fight for it with all his might. As soon as he exited, naturally no one dared to compete with him, but later, Zhao Dangshi thought that the progress of collecting money and grain was too slow, and sent Xiong Wanjian and Zhang Miaoshou to assist. Therefore, when these people fell to Wu Mingfeng, they had actually been exploited at least three times, but Wu Mingfeng didn't care so much, others had benefits, of course he refused to suffer, no matter what, he had to squeeze it again.

That Bai always had the heart to behave in front of Wu Mingfeng, and he didn't want to end up like this, thinking about it, he felt that he still had to get off the horse, so he didn't say much, he walked over, grabbed the old man who had just spoken, dragged him out of the crowd, and cut off his shriveled head without waiting for the other party to call for a knife.

The captives burst into exclamation, and when they saw their families being killed, several of the women fainted on the ground, and the rest of them threw themselves on the ground and wept loudly, and their hearts were like ashes.

The Bai Zong casually threw his head into the river water, thrust the knife into the ground, and said angrily: "Who else doesn't want to give money? Now I'm going to kill the next row of people, row after row of people, and when the time comes, I will be beheaded, and if you want to redeem your life with money, it will be in vain! ”

He finished speaking, when a roar suddenly flew in: "Beast! ”

The Bai Zong thought that someone among the captives was scolding him, so he pulled out his knife in anger and looked forward, but saw a halberd pointing at him in the distance, scolding as he ran.

Wu Mingfeng also saw the person coming at this time, he was sleek, and he knew Liu Xiaohong, a famous "Wenmian Zhang Fei" in the camp, how dare he be lazy, and immediately got up to greet him: "Inspector Liu is coming, there is a loss of welcome, there is a loss of welcome!" ”

"Brute!" Liu Xiaohong came close and scolded loudly again.

Wu Mingfeng Muran pointed at himself and said, "The inspector said about me? ”

Liu Xiaohong glared at him, gritted his teeth and said, "You are also a beast!" ”

Wu Mingfeng was speechless, he had heard that Liu Xiaohong had a hot temper but had never seen the real body, and now he experienced it himself, and he knew that Liu Xiaohong's nickname of "Wenmian Zhang Fei" was really appropriate.

"Why did the inspector say that?" Wu Mingfeng often has a smiling face, but he is not without a temper, he has no head and no brains to be scolded as a beast, and his heart is naturally unhappy.

Liu Xiaohong was full of anger, and his face was swollen red because of excitement: "Killing defenseless innocent women and children, what are you not a beast?" Is it still a saint? ”

Wu Mingfeng defended: "This is a military order issued by the lord, and I just execute it according to the order." ”

Liu Xiaohong had no intention of backing down: "The lord just asked you to get rid of the people who are not good for the Kong family, how can these old and weak women and children be unfavorable to the Kong family?" He added a sentence of heartache, "You touch your conscience and look at it, there are still drooping children among the kneeling people, what sin do they have to die together?" ”

Wu Mingfeng shook his head and said: "Inspect this statement, don't you hear that it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years." These children are young now, but in ten years they will be strong men. I'm just taking precautions. ”

When Liu Xiaohong heard this, he suddenly looked up to the sky and smiled, Wu Mingfeng saw that he looked strange, angry and laughing, and was very puzzled: "Why is the inspector laughing?" ”

"I laugh at the lord, why did you use such a wreck!" Liu Xiaohong sneered, he laughed, and the discomfort that brought Wu Mingfeng was stronger than when he was angry, "It's a shame that you can still say that 'it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years'." What will be the world like ten years later, and what will you or Zhao Ying do at that time, can you tell clearly? Ten years later, even if they are all looking for revenge from you, and Zhao Ying from me, why are you afraid? Shame, shame! ”

When Wu Mingfeng heard this, he blushed to the base of his neck, he just naturally excused himself, but he didn't want to give Liu Xiaohong a merciless mockery. But then again, he is also a general with hundreds of troops in his hands, and it is indeed embarrassing to be afraid that the news of a few drooping boys seeking revenge will spread in the future.

"The lord even dares to kill people like Luo Shangwen and Tuo Pangao, but have you ever heard a word from him that he is worried that his relatives, friends, and henchmen will come back to seek revenge? Amusing. Kill those who deserve to be killed, with a clear conscience, what is there to fear? Only if you wantonly kill innocent people like this, will you have ghosts in your heart and worry about the sky! Facing the embarrassed Wu Mingfeng, Liu Xiaohong's mouth seemed to keep spitting out words to crusade against him, "Don't mention it first." You say that you are acting on orders, then let me ask you, is there an order for you to collect the money of these people in the order of the lord's army? ”

This sentence poked Wu Mingfeng's weakness, just now he sent someone to ask the captive for money and was arrested by Liu Xiaohong, he couldn't rely on it if he wanted to, he was ashamed and annoyed in his heart, his lips trembled, but he couldn't say anything to refute.

"I, Zhao Ying, do the right thing for heaven, and I have always resisted rape. It's good that you were beaten all over the battlefield, but you came here to show off your might? Liu Xiaohong is a reasonable and unforgiving personality, and he is too indignant at this time, so he doesn't care how embarrassed Wu Mingfeng's face is, and he is pressing step by step.

Wu Mingfeng said that he couldn't say Liu Xiaohong, but it was not good to turn his face on the spot, thinking about it, there was only a life-saving straw, and he said: "But this is the lord's order, and the people on the list are not allowed to let go, I have no instructions, so I can only act as ordered." Saying that, he added with a whim, "If the inspection is to obstruct it, then according to military discipline it is to obstruct official business." Before you spray it, you need to tie yourself up! ”

Liu Xiaohong secretly scolded Wu Mingfeng for being shameless, but after thinking about it, his words were not unreasonable. If you violate military discipline first by virtue of a momentary will, the gains will outweigh the losses at that time.

"You wait, I'll go to the lord to change the order." Liu Xiaohong said with anger in his endurance.

Wu Mingfeng said with a smile: "The inspection is slow and will not be sent, but there is something to remind the inspector of the next thing." The lord ordered that the execution of this group of prisoners should be completed before noon, and that it would be noon in half a quarter of an hour, and that if there was no change in the order at that time, they could only act immediately. ”

Liu Xiaohong was furious when he heard this, this Wu Mingfeng's words were obviously revenge for being humiliated by using official business. A rough estimate is that from the riverside to where Zhao Dangshi is, he ran with all his might, and there must be more than half an hour between the back and forth. He wanted to save people, but Wu Mingfeng deliberately stumbled.

Is it possible that if we want to save these innocent people today, we can only defy the law?

Liu Xiaohong couldn't help but smile bitterly at the corner of his mouth, he never dreamed that one day this set of military discipline would also be used on himself.