Quanzhou wharf, full of busy figures, before Li Zhang in order to arrest people, had to block the wharf, as a result, this also led to many ships and goods backlogged at the wharf, fortunately the blockade was quickly lifted, which made the merchants are also working overtime to send goods, a ship from the wharf to the sea.

However, today's busy wharf is a little different, except for those coolies who are busy earning food money, most of the people who have time have followed to a clearing in the middle of the wharf, only to see that a high platform has been erected here, and rows and rows of Hu people are escorted behind the high platform, all of them are dejected and refuse to raise their heads.

"Look, that seems to be a sea merchant?" At this time, one of the onlookers pointed to one of the Hu people who was surprised.

"It's not like, it's just that, don't you see that the one next to you is Mahler, and there are also Kegler and others, it can be said that all the Hu merchants in the entire Quanzhou City are here, and all their subordinates and families are behind!" At this time, a well-informed person directly corrected.

"A few days ago, people were arrested everywhere in the city, are they arresting these Hu merchants?" At this time, some people also inquired curiously, although the movement when arresting people was big before, but in order to avoid too much turmoil, Li Zhang still asked people to block the news, of course, for the upper echelons, this kind of blocking the news is useless at all, but it is enough for ordinary people.

"You don't know this, the other day I arrested people not only to arrest these Hu merchants, to put it mildly, these Hu merchants are just a bunch of small shrimps, and the real big fish were all caught that day." I saw that the well-informed guy also replied with a smile again, and at the same time enjoyed the awe of others.

"Silence!" At this moment, I suddenly saw the officials on the high platform shouting together, which also made the people who were talking about it slowly quieted down, and then saw an official come forward, and someone recognized that this official was the Quanzhou judge Ren Fang, and only then did Ren Fang cough dryly at this time and said solemnly, "The big food merchant A Varie, Mahler and other thirteen people......

Ren let go held the testimony in his hand, and read out aloud the crimes of Ah Gese and others word by word, including the tragedy of the Dong family's annihilation, which also made many people show a sudden expression, after all, the Dong family, the first maritime merchant, was suddenly wiped out, this is a strange case, and there are a lot of speculations among the people, and now the truth is finally revealed.

In addition to the case of the Dong family, Ah Gese and these people usually do not do less evil acts of bullying and dominating the market, and even conniving at their subordinates to hurt people, and their family is powerful, and they collude with the government behind their backs, not to mention the ordinary people, even other businessmen dare not provoke them, and they can only endure the losses.

"In view of the heinous crimes of Ah Gese and others, this official hereby pronounces the verdict, and Ah Gese and the others will be beheaded immediately!" In the end, Ren Fang finally loudly announced the verdict against A Geise and others, which also surprised everyone below, because there are not a few Hu people in the audience, so many people have all been beheaded, doesn't it mean that hundreds of heads have landed?

The next act of the officials on the stage also proved the conjecture of the people below, only to see that the first batch of prisoners of Ah Gese and Mahler were escorted to the high platform, and then the executioner took the stage, holding a ghost-headed knife in his arms, and with Ren Fang's order, these executioners also raised their knives and fell, more than a dozen human heads fell to the ground, blood also spurted out, and the people who were close were sprayed, which made many people scream in fright, and the onlookers were also frightened and retreated.

However, this execution had just begun, and the next row after row of prisoners were escorted to the high platform, and then one after another heads fell to the ground, and they were also picked up by the officials with bamboo poles and stood on the pier to warn those who came after.

Don't think this kind of behavior is cruel, in fact, in ancient ports, almost every port would have a kind of means of standing up, in order to deter those merchants who returned from the sea, after all, the sea is a lawless place, no matter what they do, no one cares, but on land, they must obey the law, otherwise those demonstrators will be their example.

With the beheading of Ah Gese and others, although some of his family members are innocent, this era pays attention to continuous seats, so the families of Ah Gese and these people are either exiled or sold as official slaves, which is also empty of Hu people in Quanzhou, even if there are a few fish that have slipped through the net, they have already quietly escaped from the sea at this time.

However, Quanzhou is only Li Zhang's first stop, after the execution of A Varise and others, Li Zhang also immediately set off to Guangzhou, and accompanied by in addition to the wild dogs and those forbidden troops, as well as the Hangzhou Navy Division and a part of the water division drawn from Quanzhou, there is also Dong Qing, the bitter master, originally after the trial of the Dong family's annihilation tragedy, most of the Dong family's property was also returned to Dong Qing, it can be said that now Dong Qing can completely rebuild the Dong family, but he insists on following Li Zhang.

"Don't you want the Dong family's business?" Li Zhang sat on the bow of the boat and looked at the skyline in the distance, and then asked Dong Qing behind him, although the Dong family's business has been returned, but Dong Qing wants to regain control, and he also needs to install and cultivate his henchmen, it can be said that it is his busiest time, but he chose to follow Li Zhang south to Guangzhou at this time.

"Master Hou, my parents, brothers, wife, and children are all gone, even if the Dong family's business is restored, what's the point?" Dong Qing replied with a depressed expression at this time.

Dong Qing's biggest motivation to live before was to avenge his family, but when he really saw that Ah Gese and others were killed, and Sun Li and others were also escorted back to the capital for trial, and he would definitely not be able to escape the end of death, he suddenly felt confused, and he didn't even know what he should do next, let alone where the future was?

"You're not too old, it's not too late to marry and have children now, maybe in a few years, you will have a new home." Li Zhang said lightly.

"I ...... I can't forget my dead wife and children, and I don't want to marry and have children for the time being, maybe I might change my mind in a few years, right? Dong Qing was confused again at this time, in fact, he didn't know why he wanted to follow Li Zhang, maybe it was because the other party helped him avenge himself, so he wanted to repay the favor, but with Li Zhang's status, he didn't know what to do even if he wanted to repay the favor?

Hearing this, Li Zhang couldn't help but turn his head to look at Dong Qing, who was confused, and at the same time had an idea in his heart, so he spoke again: "If you don't know what to do, I can arrange one thing to do!" ”