The melting firelight was reflected on everyone's faces, and Song Ting and the other seven talked around the bonfire with Chen Bao and his wife.

"The thieves will open a warehouse to release grain, and they will kill a group of officials, and when the time comes, we can take advantage of the chaos to escape from the water gate......"

"Well, I also heard that the prefect, the general judge, the Xuanfu envoy and others have all been arrested, and it is estimated that they will all be beheaded......"

"It is said that even the prefect's family members have been arrested."

"What are your plans as a couple?" Song Ting glanced at Chen Bao and Zhou Yun and said. The couple had been unhappy, dull, and apparently still in grief.

Chen Bao shook his head with a sad expression.

Glancing at the corpse of the Li family, which was covered by several clothes, Song Ting understood Chen Bao's pain of losing his mother at the moment.

"Do you want to consider escaping the city together?" If Chen Bao and his wife were willing to run away together, he would be willing to take in the husband and wife as servants in the Horse Mansion. After all, those subordinates in the Horse Mansion were all sent from the palace, and he still couldn't trust it, he wanted to cultivate his cronies.

"I want to go home first and bury my mother before ......I make plans," Chen Bao said sadly. His wife, Zhou Yun, snuggled up to his shoulder, also looked sad.

If Chen Bao and his wife insist on going home, Song Ting is not reluctant, and it is not suitable to say their identity at the moment. Lu, Yan, and Hu, as well as Chen's bearded master and apprentice, and Lao Liu, all knew that officials were being arrested all over the city, so they naturally did not dare to call him "Master Horse" in front of outsiders, so as not to be killed. So Chen Bao and his wife don't know his identity yet.

Song Ting had no choice but to persuade the young couple to stay a few more days, wait for Fang Lajun's city cleansing turmoil to pass before going home, and distributed a lot of food to them, after all, they can take refuge under the same ruined temple, and they can be regarded as "the same fallen people at the end of the world".

The detailed plans and routes for escaping from the city were drawn up, and the time was waiting for the time to come.

…

The time came to the seventh day of the ninth month, the day of Fang Lajun's "opening the warehouse to release grain" and "sacrificial conference".

Early in the morning, Liu Ming was called to the tent of the criminal administration, who was dressed in dark red armor, wearing a blood-colored cloak, and black leather boots, his brown eyes always seemed to be slightly confused, and his eyes seemed to be looking at others at any time, giving people the momentum of a superior person.

Liu Ming gave a salute: "Villain Liu Ming, see Marshal!"

The criminal administration straddled the waist knife, looked at Liu Ming, squinted his eyes and said: "Captain Liu, you captured the three dog officials of the prefect, the Xuanfu envoy, and the general sentence for Ben Shuai, and Ben Shuai not only rewarded you heavily, but also gave your credit to the Holy Father."

- On the night of the destruction of the city of Suzhou, Liu Ming led his subordinates to stop the two official ships of the prefect and others who fled, and after killing the four soldiers on the official ship, he captured the prefect, the general judgment, the Xuanfu envoy, the two family members of the prefect, and the chief attendant of the Xuanfu envoy and others, and handed them over to Fang Lajun, and he himself surrendered to Fang Lajun.

When Liu Ming heard that the criminal administration said that he wanted to reward himself, his resolute face was not moved at all, and he shook his head and said: "Marshal, the villain doesn't ask for any reward, he just wants to see Gao Qitang, a dog thief, die, and seek justice for my deceased wife!"

Criminal Zheng smiled and stepped out of the account, "Captain Liu, today is the sacrificial meeting, and it is also the day to open the warehouse and release grain, but there will be a wonderful play later!" Oh yes...... I also need Captain Liu to bring your people to help maintain order, I wonder if Captain Liu is willing to help with this? ”

"The villain takes the order."

Liu Ming knew that although the criminal administration said it nicely, saying that it was helping, it was actually just an order to him.

There were about 500 troops in Suzhou City, and these troops were all entrusted to him, and on the surface he was a lieutenant who had the right to command 500 soldiers, but in fact, he had to obey the command of the criminal government in everything.

Liu Ming led more than 100 soldiers to the altar, the stage that had been built for the "Oiran Conference" performance, and the soldiers were arranged around the altar, while he himself stood in a corner and watched quietly.

The altar is surrounded by the local peasants of Suzhou City and the peasant army of Fang La's army, and over the altar through the pool, along a long staircase up, you can see rows of short tables, sitting criminal administration, Fang Xiang, Liu Yun, Bao Daoyi and Fang Lajun generals, except for Bao Daoyi, a Taoist robe, all of them are fully dressed in military uniforms, and the armor is dignified.

The generals on the long steps looked down with a smug look on their faces, and there were twenty or thirty officials of Suzhou City kneeling on the altar, with shackles on their bodies, their hands and feet tied with iron chains, and blood stains drawn from whips everywhere on their chests and backs of their prison clothes, obviously suffering a lot of flesh and skin.

These officials, who usually accept the worship of the people in Suzhou City, today kneel in front of the peasants, and they all bow their heads. Behind them was a board with a number of words written, one of which was particularly striking in scarlet with the word "chop", and the executioners stood behind them with sharp broadswords.

"Kill these dog officers!!" The peasants were furious and shouted loudly. These lowest-level people, who are usually oppressed by officials, seem to have become fierce beasts with their fangs baring at this moment.

Liu Yun came to the stage and read out the crimes of these officials, and then with an order, the soldiers removed the shackles of the officials, and the executioners cut down with big knives, and twenty or thirty heads immediately rolled to the ground.

"These are just the petty officials of Suzhou City, next, let me show you the big officials of Suzhou City......"

Liu Yun slapped his palm, and the soldiers immediately brought the prefect, the Xuanfu envoy, and the general judge to the stage, these three people were also shackled and entangled in iron chains, their faces and bodies were covered with blood, and the pain of flesh and skin looked heavier than the batch just now.

Liu Ming, who was standing in the corner, saw the prefect's resentful gaze, he also looked at him fiercely, clenched his hands into fists, and wanted to go up and cut off the prefect's head in person.

"Gao Qitang, Gao Qitang, you killed my Rou'er, you are all to blame for today......"

"You made me lose Rou'er and my children, and I also let you lose my wife and children......"

Liu Ming secretly gritted his teeth, his eyes were deep, at that time he captured Gao Qitang's whole family, and decided that in addition to letting Gao Qitang die, he also wanted him to taste the loss of his wife and children, so he also captured his concubine and eleven-year-old eldest son, and finally thought of benevolence, or let his wife and youngest son go.

At that time, the tip of the gun was against Gao Qitang's neck, and his eldest son and concubine were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy, but his wife did not kneel, and at that moment he chose to let go of his wife and youngest son, and hid these two people in a dry well.

He knew very well how Fang Lajun would treat the official's family, this was the last bit of kindness he made for his mother, who said that "there is a debtor who is wronged", he hates, he wants to take revenge, but he also does not want to implicate innocent people. Gao Qitang made him lose a wife and son, and he chose to make Gao Qitang pay the same price instead of killing his whole family - this can be regarded as accumulating a little virtue for the old mother who is sick in bed.

On the stage, Liu Yun loudly announced the crimes of the prefect, the general judgment, and the Xuanfu envoy, and said very carefully, especially the prefect Gao Qitang, who listed more than 20 articles, and even when he received what bribes, when he embezzled what kind of money, and even the incident of insulting his wife was clearly stated, it seems that several generals of Fang Lajun did spend a lot of effort on this matter.

Liu Ming waited for the executioner to cut off Gao Qitang's head, but unfortunately, after the executioner killed the Xuanfu envoy and passed the sentence, Gao Qitang was not beheaded after all.

At that time, he only heard a flute sound coming from the sky, and then he saw three people flying from the sky, two women wearing Miao costumes and a person in a snow-white dress and a white curtain cloak flying from the sky.

When Criminal Zheng, Fang Maung, Bao Daoyi, Liu Yun and others saw the comer, they all knelt down, and all the soldiers in the audience also knelt down, and he also knelt down, and then heard a neat shout.

"Welcome to the Holy Maiden!"

Liu Ming's eyes quietly looked over, and he thought to himself: "It turns out that the woman wearing a cloak and a snow-white dress is the Holy Maiden of the Ming Sect, and she actually flew into the air, it is really amazing......"

I saw the holy maiden fly down to the highest place, slowly stand still, and one of the Miao girls beside her said, "Get up!"

But she wouldn't speak. Criminal administration, Fang Xiang and others seemed to be accustomed to it and stood up.

The saint called the criminal administration and Fang Xiang to her, and she didn't know what to say, but the criminal administration and Fang Xiang nodded submissively, and then the criminal minister turned to Liu Yun and shouted: "General Liu, take Gao Qitang into custody for the time being, and escort him to Hangzhou to be handed over to the Holy Father!"

"What, don't kill?" Liu Ming was taken aback, and the crowd in the audience was also surprised.

"Kill him! Kill this dog officer! The crowd in the audience was furious and filled with righteous indignation.

And Liu Yun just asked the soldiers to put the shackles back on, and then escorted Gao Qitang into the prisoner car, as if he was going to leave for Hangzhou today.

Liu Ming only felt that his head was buzzing, and when he saw Gao Qitang showing the luck of the rest of his life, he really wanted to rush up and kill him with his own hands, at this time he only had one voice in his heart: "I knew that I would kill him with my own hands......"

After escorting Gao Qitang into the prisoner car, the saint flew away with two maids.

(End of chapter)