Bury alive......

Wei Zhongquan understood that he was very familiar with this kind of punishment, because sometimes on the battlefield in order to steal the enemy's information, he often used the means of burying prisoners alive, but instead of simply pushing them into the soil pit and burying them, he dug a vertical pit as high as his chest, just enough for a person to stand, and then buried the soil little by little, so that the buried person could experience the fear of death a little bit.

When the earth is buried in the ground, the buried person will have difficulty breathing and will suffer for several hours until the chest cavity is ruptured and blood foams from the mouth, and then the buried person will slowly die. If it's a little more cruel, it's also common to show tricks on the exposed head, and it's common to and pee.

Therefore, this is a very cruel punishment, and sometimes the people who stand on the side and torture cannot bear it, which can be said to make people talk about it.

Is it true that Your Majesty wants to apply this punishment to those who are in trouble?

Wei Zhongquan wanted to ask, but he couldn't help it, although he was a general of a legion, but after all, he was only a military general, and this kind of punishment for traitors has always been the most taboo thing for the emperor, so it is not good to ask too much.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Mu explained some of the aftermath of the treatment, ordered condolences to the families of some people who died in the chaos, and then asked Wei Zhongquan to step back and look at Shen An instead.

The latter also realized something, bowed his head and said: "Thanks to Your Majesty's blessings, the slave is fortunate not to be dishonored." ”

"Don't talk about the useless ones." Yang Mu looked serious and asked, "You tell me what is going on first, how can you be so fast!" ”

Shen An hurriedly lowered his head, looked left and right, and said softly: "Your Majesty Mingjian, it's not that the slave walks fast, but that the secret road is actually a downhill road, and there is a dark river flowing down the river in the middle, leading directly to the camp on the outskirts of the city!" ”

"The dark river that goes down the river leads directly to the camp...... Yang Mu muttered, only then was he relieved, he was still puzzled, Shen An went for less than an hour, back and forth, such a little time is definitely not enough, it turned out that the secret road leads directly to the military camp outside the city, this can be explained, the army is in a hurry, and the time is just right.

It seems that this secret path cannot be underestimated in the future, and we have to take some time to go around, and it may be able to play a big role at a critical moment.

That night, the entire palace stayed awake all night, the eunuchs and palace maids and the guards performed their duties, cleaning up the traces of the war, and even the queen mother sent someone to inquire about the situation, and after learning that Yang Mu was safe and sound, she was relieved.

As the emperor, Yang Mu's affairs were the least, and he went to Yuling Palace to rest at night, even coaxed and deceived, took a mandarin duck bath with the shy queen, was served by a beautiful woman, lay on the soft big bed, and slept comfortably.

Early the next morning, a team of flying horses entered the city, and the border was urgently reported.

When the report was presented to Yang Mu, he was drinking a bowl of porridge with vegetables and lean meat made by the queen herself, and when he saw the content of the report, he was immediately furious.

Because, just last night, Zheng Guo's army raided Jiangshun City!

About 20,000 troops took advantage of the night to cross the river and almost surrounded the Xuanwu Legion, fortunately, during this time, the new military training method achieved good results, and the 5,000 soldiers were very vigilant and reacted quickly, otherwise it would have to be a big battle.

The two armies confronted each other all night, and the Zheng army did not give up, putting on a posture of attacking on a large scale, but in the second half of the night, the army suddenly withdrew, and the general Zhu Xi did not know the situation, so he sent two reports one after the other, asking Yang Mu to decide.

"Let's drink the porridge first." The queen watched from the side, picked up the small porcelain bowl, spooned two mouthfuls of porridge and fed it to Yang Mu's mouth.

Yang Mu swallowed two mouthfuls, and there was a sense of anger in his heart.

Cangguo, it's so easy to bully?

Obviously, this raid is part of the conspiracy, as long as the rebellion is successful, taking advantage of the fact that the hearts of the former army officers and soldiers are shaken, Zheng Guo will take Jiangshun City in one go, and after learning the news of the failure of the rebellion, Zheng Guo's army quickly withdrew and retreated to the country.

No matter how you look at it, it looks like a business without capital, full of contempt and disdain of the strong.

Immediately, Yang Mu didn't have the heart to drink porridge, hurriedly tidied up his clothes, drove the Zichen Palace, and planned to issue an edict condemning the Xuanwu Army general Zhu Xi's camp for unfavorable defense, and asked a little eunuch to bring it with him, and rushed to Jiangshun City with a team of flying horses that played the military intelligence.

At the same time, Yang Mu planned to issue an edict, announcing that at noon the day after tomorrow, the traitors and rebels would be executed on the outskirts of the imperial city, and all court officials would watch the execution, and the three main officials of the local government and county order, county cheng, and county lieutenant would also arrive, and if there was a delay, they would be regarded as accomplices of the thieves.

For a time, the three departments of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of War have been put into operation, and a huge propaganda has been launched in the entire country, and the people have cheered one by one, and experienced a night of thrilling, and there is nothing more relieving than this.

Therefore, early in the morning of August 23, the entire imperial city can be said to be empty of thousands of alleys, and the demarcated site is surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside.

Fortunately, the Criminal Department had long anticipated today's situation, so when choosing the venue, it specially chose a place similar to a valley, surrounded by slightly higher terrain, no matter where it stands, it will not be blocked by the people in front of it, affecting the field of view of the execution.

This is the largest gathering in the history of Cangguo, with the imperial city as the center, the common people in a radius of dozens of miles rushed after hearing the news, and it is roughly estimated that there are nearly 100,000 people, accounting for one-seventh of the population of the entire Cangguo!

The rebellious nobles such as King Pan, King Yi, King Ze, and Shangguan Mingwen were pressed by the soldiers and knelt on the torture platform in the middle.

Then, there were more than 1,600 descendants, including those of Zheng Guo and those of Cangguo, all of whom were bound by ropes and knelt in more than 20 rows.

At the outermost end were the families of the rebellious courtiers, both men and women, none of whom were pardoned.

Combined, there are more than 2,000 people to be executed!

In the face of death, it can be said that all living beings are in various states, some people are motionless like dead corpses, some people are crying, some people are frightened, and some family members of traitors are crying out for injustice.

However, none of the 100,000 people watching from the sidelines sympathized with them.

Conspiracy to start a rebellion, what is there to be pitied? What's more, the object of the rebellion is His Majesty the Emperor, who is loved by the people and is as holy as a saint!

Even those traitorous clansmen, this is their fate, the family has given them the privileges they enjoy, and they must also bear the corresponding responsibility, compared to those ordinary people who have been ruined by the nobles, their experience is not necessarily so miserable.

Of course, among the 100,000 people, there are also family members of the rebels of Cangguo, so they have to secretly hide in the crowd and wipe their tears, and there is not much resentment.

Around noon, Yang Mu's Luan drove slowly arrived, surrounded by thousands of guards and personal guards, the guard of honor followed, the front and the back cluster, the car and the car were linked, the flag was displayed, and the pomp was magnificent.

"Knock on Your Majesty! Long live my emperor, long live, long live—"

"Hooray, hooray, hooray—"

"Hooray, hooray, hooray—"

"Hooray, hooray, hooray—"

In an instant, 100,000 people knelt down to greet each other like a tide, and the mountains roared and the tsunami was endless.