I saw the villagers who had fled the night before kneeling at the entrance of the market.

The villagers who came back by themselves were stunned for a moment.

Although they were bound with ropes, the ties were much looser than those of the kneeling villagers.

Walking in the front, Cao Shuo didn't say a word.

When he came to the entrance of the market, he turned to face the villagers who were kneeling on the ground, and his face was no longer as kind as before.

Cai Ji, who was following Cao Shuo, looked at him.

Seeing Cao Shuo nodded, Cai Ji took two steps forward and shouted loudly: "A few days ago, there were armed fights in several villages because of grabbing water. Now that the first evil has been brought to justice, Childe originally planned to give them a chance to atone for their sins, but some people were obsessed and ignored Childe's kindness and tried to escape. ”

When Cai Ji shouted, the onlookers held their breath one by one, but they didn't dare to say anything.

Since Cao Shuo won Huainan, this is the first time that so many people have been killed on the street.

In the past, when people were killed at the entrance of the market, they were all killed by killing some death row prisoners who had done a lot of evil.

This is the first time that people have been killed in such a concentrated manner.

Next, Cai Ji told the onlookers what happened and why these people had to be killed.

The people were talking to each other about whether these people should be killed or not.

Cao Shuo's face was always gloomy.

When Cai Ji finished telling what happened, Cao Shuo stepped forward and said: "I let them go last night, and my intention was to ask them to go back and explain the future to their families. But there are some people who just take a chance and want to escape punishment. ”

Looking at the villagers who had just been escorted over, Cao Shuo said, "And some of the others have really come back." It is because of their honesty that I can see their remorse. If they do not break their faith and flee, I have no reason why I must kill them. ”

When the villagers who had just arrived at the entrance of the market heard what Cao Shuo said, they immediately understood that their lives were unexpectedly saved......

"Childe......" The villagers knelt down one after another, crying bitterly one by one: "We are guilty......"

"Of course I know you're guilty." Cao Shuo said: "However, you have chosen a way to live for yourself, and the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime is inescapable. Prison cells are in short supply, and when you return to the village, you must go to the village where you used to fight every day, and work for the families of the villagers who died in the fighting. For a period of three years, if there is any violation, there will be no forgiveness! ”

"Thank you for your life!" picked up a life, where did the villagers dare to complain, and kept kowtowing.

His eyes fell on the faces of the villagers kneeling there with five flowers, and Cao Shuo's face became a little ugly: "As for you people, you know that you have committed the past, but you refuse to accept punishment calmly. If I let you go, I will do harm to one side in the future. ”

The villagers who fled the night before, when they heard that the villagers who did not flee had picked up a life, kowtowed one by one and shouted: "Son, spare your life, we know that we are wrong......"

"I have spared you, but unfortunately you did not cherish it." Cao Shuo looked up at the sky, waved his hand and said, "Let's execute." ”

Leaving this sentence, he didn't say anything more, but turned around and stopped looking at the villagers.

More than a dozen villagers cried and were dragged to their knees by the guards.

As the executioner's sword fell, the heads were cut off and fell to the ground.

The crying stopped abruptly.

Cai Ji clenched his fists and said to Cao Shuo: "Son, kill them all!" ”

Cao Shuo nodded.

Cai Ji asked again: "What about those people?" ”

"Let them go, let them go back on their own." Cao Shuo said: "Let Xia Cai send officials to the villages where there have been armed fights, one is to supervise them, and the other is to promote intermarriage between several villages. Let them turn from enemies to their own families, and from now on there will be no more fighting. ”

"And!" Without waiting for Cai Ji to respond, Cao Shuo continued: "Urge the local government to dig canals and build waterwheels for these villages as soon as possible." Tell the officials, don't think that if you are not greedy and do not be evil in the place, I will not do anything to them. If you don't do things for the people, you don't in a pit, you will get out of your position for me! ”

"I'll give the order." Cai Ji responded with a fist.

The villagers who were let go by Cao Shuo left step by step.

Before returning to Shouchun, each of them thought about dying.

But they didn't expect that when they really went to the entrance of the market, they only watched the villagers who had fled the night before being killed, and they were released unharmed.

Cao Shuo did not intend to let people detain them, but the county commander arranged for the county lieutenant to escort them back with more than a dozen soldiers.

On the way home, a villager who had injured the county lieutenant with a stone said to him: "I was ignorant before, and I hurt the county lieutenant......

"It's over." The county lieutenant waved his hand generously: "You also know the temperament of the son, he will treat the people as his own, but he can't tolerate someone being a traitor and a turbulent party, and if you encounter something in the future, you will first find the government to solve it." If the government can't solve it, it will mediate for you, and there will always be a way to solve it. ”

"We got it." The villagers responded with sincere fear.

The county lieutenant continued: "Because of you, the previous county order was also taken by the child, and now he has gone down to be the pavilion chief." Childe is different from others, and even more different from the places where you lived earlier. Whether it is Hebei or Jingzhou, all they want is to take advantage of you. But what Childe wants is for you to recuperate and reproduce. ”

"In fact, when we returned to Shouchun ourselves, we also thought that if we left here, there would be no place suitable for our families to survive." The villager who smashed the county lieutenant sighed and said, "I didn't expect it, but I saved my life because of this." ”

The county lieutenant did not say anything.

Cao Shuo came to Xia Cai this time, and he pinched a cold sweat up and down.

The officials, in particular, were silent one by one, for fear that bad luck would befall them.

Fortunately, Cao Shuo did not make a big move, and withdrew the county order and killed more than a dozen people, and the matter was pressed.

After solving the matter of Xia Cai, Cao Shuo returned to Shouchun with everyone.

On the way, Pang Tong said to Cao Shuo: "I was going to be a wicked person, but Gongzi stopped the matter......"

"It is indeed appropriate for Shi Yuan to be a wicked person." Cao Shuo replied: "If I hadn't come, you would have to do this wicked man." Since I'm here, of course I'll have to be the wicked. In charge of Huainan, if I don't dare to kill a few people, how will I serve the public in the future? ”

"That's what Childe said." Pang Tong said: "With this matter, there will definitely be a lot less fighting in the Xia Cai area. ”

"It's not Xia Cai." Cao Shuo said: "Let people let out the wind and spread what happened in Xia Cai all over the place, so that the people know that there is a price to be paid for doing something wrong." Under my rule, there is no law that does not hold the people accountable. If you dare to disturb the law, you will be severely punished! 2k reading network