Chapter 621: Mass Grave (continued)

With the arrival of Lu Mahong with two garrison brigades and five battalions of Dongfan soldiers, the balance of Qingzhou Mansion and Yanzhou Mansion was greatly tilted in the direction of the Southern Guangdong Army. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The local gentry who were originally entrenched in various towns and villages, or who resisted stubbornly in the corners, and most of the armed forces in the townships they relied on were gathered and annihilated under the city of Linyi, and the soil walls and villages in various places became ripe fruits on the trees.

On the night of arriving at the city of Linyi, Lu Mahong ordered more than a dozen battalions of soldiers and horses to go to various prefectures and counties to clear those earthen enclosures, and be sure to plow the court and sweep the holes to eliminate the evil.

A few days later, outside the city of Linyi.

The crowd in the wilderness has expanded considerably. Prisoners brought in from various states and counties have become a new blood in the ranks of prisoners.

These people have been imprisoned for several days and have been walking hundreds or hundreds of miles in a row, braving the wind and cold, without food and clothing, and they are even more frightened. These people, who are pampered and majestic on weekdays, have only half a life left at this time, and many of them are dying. If it weren't for the soldiers of the Nanyue Army who supervised them with guns and scabbards, they would have been playing dead dogs on the road a long time ago, and they wouldn't have left anything.

But the more frightening things are just beginning.

At this moment, if you look down from the sky with a drone, you will see clusters of small dots of yellow hats and red clothes dancing, but unfortunately it is not butterflies, but some ruddy and murderous girls, their excited faces are beading with sweat, and the hot air is steaming above their heads, shuttling back and forth in the crowd, like falcons looking for hares, pulling out those rebels and their families one by one, and gathering them. When Wu Xing came to inspect their results, he was presented with a huge crowd of about 10,000 people.

When Wu Xing came to the vicinity of the crowd, he found that common sense did not seem to be enough, because he actually heard a deafening soft whimper and a tsunami of breathing. Is this a delusion? It seems to be, and it doesn't seem to be. However, their mood Wu Xing can understand, if you are found out like this, it is estimated that you will be frightened.

Seeing these people so frightened, Wu Xing smiled kindly and said, "Folks, celebrities, here is Wu Xing." Don't worry, but the legendary red-eyed, green-eyed, jagged and fanged demon looks like below? It's not the demon king who eats five children a day as rumored. I am also an authentic Qilu child, and I am also a native of Shandong, and my home is in Yishui County, Qingzhou Prefecture. ”

Wu Xing's words made everyone inexplicable, what do you want to do when you talk about fellow villagers at this time? Although some people are very keenly reminded of another celebrity who is also from Yishui County, thinking of the Heavenly Killing Star Black Whirlwind Li Kui, they can't help but tremble again. God knows if this Wu Xing will be the second Heavenly Killer Star?! But since Wu Xing said so, people still can't help but have a little fantasy, hoping that the next words can give them a little hope. Unfortunately, the words of the Chinese are often after the but, and the next words give them not hope, but despair.

"Folks, since we are all a family, then I won't talk about two families. As you all know, I arrested you because of your rebellion. As the saying goes, turn your elbow outward, turn your cannon inward, and the more you are in the family, the more you have to fight to the death. So, since we are a family, you can't escape a crime of rebellion. ”

Unfortunately, although Wu Xing made enough noise, the crowd quickly calmed down after a short commotion. The reason is that some backbone elements seem to have a bottom in their hearts, and they secretly say to their surrounding family members or doglegs: "Don't be afraid, the so-called law does not blame the public, there are so many people here, and there are tens of thousands of people who are afraid of being singled out!" Throughout the ages, all dynasties and dynasties have been on the royal road and benevolent government. I don't believe Wu Xing can kill us all! He put on this posture today, at most, to scare us, let us find a few people to take the blame, and then he will have a good reputation. ”

It seems that someone may have accidentally made someone's voice too loud for Wu Xing to hear these words, so Wu Xing nodded and said, "Folks, it seems that you don't trust me Wu Xing very much." But it doesn't matter, what do you think it is? As he spoke, Wu Xing pointed with his finger, and everyone followed Wu Xing's finger to take a look, and suddenly found that about a hundred steps away, I don't know when a few particularly large pits appeared.

The pit was apparently newly excavated, and the fresh loess was steaming in the cold wind, and from the mound of earth piled up on the edge of the pit, everyone could imagine that the pit was very deep.

Wu Xing smiled and explained to everyone: "This pit has a name, it is called mass graves, which means that each pit can hold at least 10,000 people!" I counted, there are only 10,000 of you in total, and there are three pits, how can you be relaxed and comfortable on the road. How's that.,I'm a fellow.,Interesting enough.。。。 ”

At this moment, the crowd can be completely fried, the so-called trapped beasts are still fighting, and there are those who are short-tempered and want to rush over and die with Wu Xing, these people are naturally stopped by the iron fist of the soldiers of the garrison brigade and the watch team. But most people are like ashes, some of them have dull eyes, some are in tears, some even cry and call for mom, and some unconsciously spill some liquid on the ground.

Looking at their appearance, Wu Xing still did not change his kind smile, but in the eyes of everyone, this smile was more terrifying than the fangs of the devil. Wu Xing didn't care much, he continued: "Song Qiaomei, you first read the list collected by your classmates, since it is a murder, there must be an order, these people will be at the bottom of the pit in a while." ”

When Song Qiaomei heard Wu Xing call her, she came to these people with a firm step and a cold face, and then began to name them. As the names were read out by Song Qiaomei in a cold voice, everyone's hearts seemed to be pulled out of their chests, and then hung in the air. However, most of the people whose names were read did not react, because these people were all gentry and celebrities, and the backbone of the rebellion, they had long expected that they would definitely die, although their legs still couldn't help but tremble, but their waists were still trying their best to barely straighten.

As Song Qiaomei kept chanting aloud the name like a talisman, a team of watchmen carried dozens of utensils and placed them in front of the crowd. Suddenly, there was a slight commotion in the crowd. It was found in the manors of the gentry, and the guillotine used to feed the horses on weekdays. Of course, there are also many adults and gentlemen who have used it for other purposes, such as dealing with disobedient tenants or something.

After Song Qiaomei finished reading the list, Wu Xing said to Song Qiaomei: "Qiaomei, you can announce the punishment decisions of other people." Song Qiaomei nodded and said, "Sir has decided that anyone who is screened by us will be punished with a minimum of twenty years of hard labor!" ”

Twenty years? Not a headshot? Some of the people with active brains suddenly felt as if things had taken a turn for the better, and the next words seemed to confirm their suspicions, and they said them according to their train of thought.

"Sir believes that since he was directly involved in the rebellion or was a family member of a rebel, then this punishment is the minimum punishment for rebellion, and no punishment is not enough to correct the law of the country. In addition, there are some people who want to add crimes, for example, the father rebelled, the crime of the concubine and the daughter was added to the first degree, the crime of the concubine was added to the second degree, the crime of the concubine was added to the second degree, and the crime of the wife was added to the second degree. However, if there is a punishment, there is a reward, if the son-in-law can expose the father's crime, it will be reduced by two, and the concubine's daughter can expose the father's crime, and the child will be reduced by one. If the credit for exposing the crime is significant, not only can the punishment be removed, but also the reward can be obtained. Of course, there are only about 500 places, and those who report first come first. After speaking, Song Qiaomei actually showed a mischievous smile, full of charm like a demon's whisper.

After Song Qiaomei's words were finished, the crowd was silent for five minutes, but everyone could see what was brewing in the crowd. And those backbones who were named early seemed to see something, and they began to panic, looking at the children and wives around them vigilantly, as if they were not their relatives, but bloodthirsty beasts.

After a while, a timid voice was quite cowering, but there was a subtle hint of hope in his tone: "My lord, I just said that the first complaint of someone in the family can reduce the charge, and even make meritorious service. So, what should we do as minions? ”

Wu Xing fixed his eyes and followed the sound, in fact, he didn't need to deliberately look for it, looking at the position where the prisoners turned their heads to look, he easily found the source of the sound.

Hundreds of eyes were there, but it was a person dressed as a house slave. Around him, too, were people dressed as house slaves. It is thought that the house slaves of the various gentry are imprisoned in one place.

"A domestic slave who denounces his master's crime of unlawful rebellion can be cleared of his own sins. If there is a major meritorious service and there is no other culprit, the owner of the family can be rewarded with a piece of wealth! ”

These powerful slaves and evil servants were originally a group of people who forgot their righteousness for the sake of the tiger, where is there anything loyal and righteous in their hearts, but now I heard that as long as they report their masters, they can be exempted from the charge of participating in the rebellion, and if they have major meritorious performances, they can even get a share of the master's house silver bitch, then, the little thing about Xiaocui in the room of me and the third young master is nothing! You can also get the master's seventh aunt together and live the master's life for a few years!

However, they forgot the bones buried in Wu Xing's words, and reported their own master, which can exempt you from the charge of participating in the rebellion, but you have not been exempted from other crimes. These slaves and evil servants are indispensable for extortion and lawlessness, and many people are afraid that they still have blood debts. Wu Xing didn't plan to stay with such a person.

However, the meat and bones given in front of him were too big, which made the eyes of these vicious dogs suddenly red. jumped out to report their masters.

For a time, from the master's big fight to the small fight, how to run rampant in the township, how to collude with all kinds of gods and horse thieves, how to cover the lawsuit, how to collect taxes, how to exercise the right of the first night to the daughter of the tenant family, etc. Some even took the old man and several daughters-in-law to pick up the ashes, and the dirty things that were communicated with the monks in the nunnery and Taoist temples on the spiritual and physical level.

However, there are also many valuable clues, and inadvertently, many murder and mystery cases that have not been solved for many years have been easily found by the real culprit.

Some people even reported that when his lord was in Abatai, he colluded with the Wenxiang Sect and secretly funded the Dongnu soldiers and horses to collect money, grain, cloth and other things to take in the important businesses of the Dongnu and the bandits. There are countless gold, silver, knives and guns stored in the cellar!

Wu Xing was so drunk with all kinds of charges and clues that he let the officials of the Qin Law Department who were in charge of the record keep shouting: "Say it slowly, say it slowly!" ”

This big whistleblower, or a frenzied tearing activity between family members, masters and minions, lasted for five days. The father was exposed by his children, the son-in-law was reported by the concubine, the long house was exposed by the side branches, the master was exposed by the slaves, and the mask that usually shrouded these interpersonal relationships was completely torn apart.

So much so that many years later, many conscientious intellectuals and conscientious young historians were embarrassed and burst into tears when they mentioned this past. "This is the darkest part of the history of our thousand-year-old country. Father and son cannibalism, sibling persecution, servants who have been raised for many years frantically report their masters, and there is no emotion between people at all! ”

The chairman once said, "A fortress is the easiest to breach from within." "It's not just a tactical skill, it's also a philosophical one. Those who expose each other are people who understand each other, trust each other, know the roots, and even simply commit the same crime, and it is naturally unfavorable to expose and report. With ample incriminating evidence, Wu Xing's verdict is much easier and simpler, and even the most critical, tinted people cannot exonerate these people. You can't say that people who rob men and women, rob people and property, and ***** women don't deserve to die, and say that these people who collude with bandits and horse thieves to rob the people and share the spoils are righteous men and gentlemen, right?!

With enough incriminating evidence, the unusually sharpened guillotines that Wu Xing put out came in handy. The old man who cursed his ungrateful children and nephews and trusted servants who couldn't be tied up became the first to fill in the guillotine.

"Don't worry, wait a little longer and then go to hell, those people," He Fengshan, who was in charge of the prison and beheader, pointed to the crowd standing in the distance, looking either frightened or triumphant, and whispered in the ears of these people: "It will be their turn soon!" ”

Many people from nearby states and counties came to see the excitement, and many of them were so frightened that their crotches were still wet at home. Decades later, when I remembered the scene at that time, I was still in my memory: "That guy! As soon as a guillotine was raised, a person was immediately filled in, and before the old man could scold the street, let alone beg for mercy, the big guillotine came down. At that time, the body and the head were separated! Throw the corpse and head into the pit here, and immediately another one will come over there. Boy! In the words of a scholar, it is like flowing water! In just half a day's effort, thousands of people were cut into two sections by the guillotine! They've all been thrown into the mass graves! ”

"That's it! After killing those old men who took the lead in the rebellion, followed by the sentence of Master Wu, and pulled out the guys who helped the tiger to eat food in each family to pronounce the sentence one by one, those who had human lives and blood debts, as soon as the bitter master pointed out, he immediately filled the guillotine! ”

After this beheading, the people in Lunan area had some different things in their eyes for the old men who used to be powerful on their heads. "Humph! Majestic what?! Stuff stuff with guillotines in the morning and evening! ”

This large-scale beheading has greatly helped Wu Xing to implement the policies and decrees in the Lunan area, implement the new policy, and popularize the planting of new grain varieties. Since the Qin Dynasty, the situation of the Central Plains region being unable to get under the county for more than 1,000 years has been broken. A town-level political power was initially established to carry out mobile management of large rural market towns.

In the pen of conscientious historians, Wu Xing's large-scale beheading action won him the titles of "the tyrant of Yimeng Mountain", "the executioner", and "the big devil of murder". However, this word is a little inappropriate to use on Wu Xing, a guy who can't be called a person. He's just killing for fun! ”

"According to our incomplete statistics, in the few years when Wuxing was a disaster in Lunan, the population of Lunan decreased by at least 300,000! In the mass grave of Linyi City alone, tens of thousands of people were slaughtered by him at one time! ”

"With the bones of countless people, Wu Xing established a brutal but very efficient political system. laid the foundation for his domination in the Lunan region! ”

However, when Linyi excavated the mass grave that discouraged countless people with the needs of urban construction, only more than 1,000 corpses were found inside. It is a far cry from the statements of conscientious young intellectuals. When people looked through the surviving archives, they found that they had only killed more than 1,000 heinous leaders and minions with obvious crimes. Most of the remaining tens of thousands of people were handed over to Lumahong by Wu Xing and sent to various places to engage in hard labor such as building bridges and paving roads, mining, and logging. As for whether they are dead or alive in the process of labor reform, it is impossible to investigate.

These are all afterwords, so let's not press the table for the time being.

On the official road from Baoding to the Daimyo's Mansion, there was a long queue walking slowly and slowly.

In the procession, countless mules, horses, and camels loaded with heavy carts and large and small, carrying heavy cages, came in an influx under the shouting and whipping of the coachmen and grooms.

Before and after the marching baggage that lasted for dozens of miles, the elite soldiers of the two white flags acted as scouts and rearguards in the form of rangers. In the middle of the ranks, Duoduo's gold-woven dragons and generals' banners were guarded by dozens of Baya soldiers, and they were particularly dazzling in mid-air.

Dolgon searched the Gyeonggi area and scraped the food, equipment, gunpowder and other materials he had raised, and handed them over to Dolgon in one go, which became a supply for the army going south.