The prisoner car passed one after another not far from the viewing platform, but Chu Huan also saw clearly at this time, the first car was imprisoned a prisoner in his early fifties, unkempt, gray hair, with his head up, but his eyes were closed, and there were several blood marks crisscrossing his face, but his expression was calm and indifferent, and he did not panic about going to the execution ground to be tortured.

These prisoners have changed into brand new snow-white prison clothes, and as they pass through the crowd just now, people throw things at the prisoner carts, and many of the prisoners' prison clothes have become very sloppy.

When they saw the officials on the platform, the prisoners in the cart were all angry and resentful, and a few of them spat at the platform.

Chu Huan watched the group of prisoner cars go to the torture platform not far away, and then asked Ai Zong, the head of the Criminal Department on the side, "These officials were beheaded today, how will their families deal with them?" ”

"Back to the words of the adults, the court will approve and destroy the three clans." Ai Zong said: "Their families are in the midst of the war, many of them have been scattered, and those who can be found are now locked up in prisons, and after all the main culprits are executed today, they will be pulled out for execution tomorrow...... Fourteen beheaders will be executed today, and two hundred and thirty-seven beheaders will be executed tomorrow, and adults will be able to come tomorrow to watch the execution! ”

"I see." Chu Huan sighed, shook his head and returned to his seat, only then did he open the secret letter of incriminating evidence in his hand and look at it.

Gongsun Chu and other prisoners were dragged out of the prisoner cart at the sound of people's shouting and scolding, and then they were pushed by the soldiers to the execution platform, which was built very high, and the people around could clearly see everything that happened on the platform.

Gongsun Chu and other fourteen officials were escorted to the execution platform, lined up, behind each prisoner were two soldiers, one on the left and one on the right, these officials were just standing at first, but Ai Zong made a few gestures to the execution platform over there, and the soldiers immediately dragged and dragged the officials to kneel down, and some officials resisted slightly, so they punched and kicked, without mercy, and one of its officials had already scolded: "You have framed Zhongliang, despicable and shameless, and you will not die a good ......death!" Without scolding a few words, a soldier kicked the prisoner in the mouth according to the above meaning, and suddenly there was a miserable scream, his lips were bloody, and his teeth were kicked down.

The drum rumbles, that is the drum that conveys the time, the first drum means the first quarter of noon, the second drum means the second quarter of the noon, and when the third drum sounds, it is the time of execution.

When the first drum sounded, I saw a group of executioners coming out of the crowd, all shirtless, with turbans wrapped around their heads, and holding the ghost head knife of execution in their right hands.

This group of executioners, exactly fourteen, walked up from the steps on the side of the torture platform to the execution platform, and walked behind the prisoners in turn, with their legs spread apart, holding the knife in one arm, and carrying the other arm behind them, looking already murderous.

Chu Huan's attention at this time was not on the torture platform, he seemed to be very interested in the secret letter in his hand, and read several letters in a row, Dongfang Xin and Dong Shizhen saw that Chu Huan was so concerned about the letter, and couldn't help but glance at each other, the corners of Dongfang Xin's mouth showed a trace of disdain, and finally said: "Lord Chu, is the groveling words on this secret letter disgusting?" ”

Chu Huan also didn't lift it, it seemed that he was still studying the secret letters, and asked very casually: "General Dongfang, have you read all these secret letters?" ”

"Nature."

"In this way, General Dongfang has also asked about this case?" Chu Huan still didn't look up, as if he asked unintentionally.

Before Dongfang Xin could answer, Dong Shizhen had already preemptively said: "General Dongfang naturally didn't ask about this case. After these secret letters were discovered, Governor Zhu sent people to detain Gongsun Chu and other cadres, and then presented the matter to the imperial court, begging the imperial court to show it, Gongsun Chu was still nominally the governor of Yuezhou at that time, so he always asked the court to show it. ”

"What reply did the court give?"

"Oh, this matter belongs to the joint management of the Criminal Department and Dali Temple, and the two yamen have been approved, and they will be handed over to Xiguan for trial at this time." Dong Shizhen explained: "Ai Zongai is the head of the Criminal Department, and Governor Zhu transferred the case to Lord Ai for trial...... All this incriminating evidence was also forwarded to the Criminal Department...... In order to ensure the fairness and fairness of the trial, the Criminal Department once posted several of its secret letters of incriminating evidence and told them to the public, not to mention the Dongfang General, and the people in the market also knew what these secret letters were about. ”

"I see." Chu Huan understood, "When Gongsun Chu saw these incriminating evidence, was he stupid? He finally raised his head and smiled, "Are they gone?" ”

"They also try to quibble." Ai Zong sneered beside him: "It's just that the evidence is ironclad, no matter how they argue, they can't escape." ”

Chu Huan frowned, shook the secret letter in his hand, looked at Ai Zong with a very strange expression, and asked, "This...... These letters are ...... Is that what you call ironclad evidence? His tone was very strange, and he seemed to find something strange.

Dong Shizhen frowned slightly, and Dongfang Xin had already sneered beside him: "It's an undeniable fact!" ”

Chu Huan sighed: "Is it possible that these so-called incriminating evidence are all fake?" ”

Dong Shizhen and the others suddenly changed color, and Dongfang Xin had already said coldly: "Lord Chu, you can eat indiscriminately, you can't talk nonsense, you are the governor of Xiguan Dao, you must be cautious in your words and deeds, these incriminating evidence were originally found from the Governor's Mansion, how can it be fake?" His eyes were cold, "No one can do this kind of fake, and no one dares to do this kind of fake, the handwriting on it has been checked, and it is written by Gongsun Chu himself...... Master Chu, do you suspect that these secret letters are all fake, I don't know what they mean? ”

Chu Huan let out a long sigh and said, "General Dongfang is so determined? According to what you mean, the handwriting on this is written by Gongsun Chu himself, and it was searched from Xiao Tianwen's original residence, which is indisputable ironclad evidence? It is also with these that it is determined that Gongsun Chu and these people have ...... treason and defection to the enemy! "Oh, on top of this secret letter, Gongsun Chu mentioned the names of many officials, Lord Dong, some of these officials mentioned in the secret letter should be on the execution ground now, right?" ”

The corners of Dong Shizhen's eyes twitched slightly, but he was still very calm: "Back to the words of the adults, the officials mentioned in the secret letter are all Gongsun Chu's henchmen, after interrogation, most of them have already admitted the fact that they followed Gongsun Chu to join the Xiliang people, these letters are ironclad, and they can't ...... if they want to quibble!" ”

Chu Huan groaned slightly, and at this time, he heard the rumbling of the drum, and the second drum had begun to sound, Chu Huan suddenly stood up, pointed to the execution table, and said in a deep voice: "Suspend the execution!" ”

Dongfang Xin sneered beside him: "Suspend the execution? Lord Chu, you're not kidding, are you? The law of the country is like a mountain, the execution period has been set, and there is still the last moment left, how can it be said that it will be postponed! ”

Chu Huan stared at Dongfang Xin, his eyes flashed, and he said lightly: "General Dongfang, you are the general of the Pingxi Army, in charge of the Pingxi Army, military affairs, this governor does have to discuss with you a lot, but this governor doesn't know, when will it be the turn of the Dongfang General to ask about the government affairs of Xiguan?" Beheading officials, this is Xiguan government affairs, which has nothing to do with military affairs, and the Dongfang General has intervened several times ......! A sneer crossed the corner of his mouth, "After the establishment of the Holy State, each province has a governor in charge of government affairs, and the commander of the Guards Army is in charge of military affairs, and the military and government are separated...... You and I both know very well what the saint means, but you, General Dongfang, were originally in charge of military affairs, but now you have interfered in government affairs several times, could it be ...... Do you want to grasp the military and politics? ”

Dongfang Xin's face suddenly changed greatly, and he opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he didn't know what to say for a while.

The officials next to him also changed color slightly, and they also saw Chu Huan and Yan Yuese, many people thought that Chu Huan had just arrived, and he had learned the next step yesterday, and he would not dare to act rashly in a short period of time, and he would definitely shrink his tail to be a man, but no one could have imagined that just now he was still harmless to humans and animals, and in an instant, he was already sharp-tongued, pointing directly at Dongfang Xin.

It is necessary to know that after the establishment of the Great Qin, in order to prevent the local feudal officials from being too powerful, the emperor implemented the strategy of separating the military and the government from the beginning, the official management of the government, and the military attache governing the army, which is already the custom of the Great Qin, but there are ultra vires interferers, the light ones ask for a transgress involved, and the heavy ones will be beaten into ill-intentioned and attempted rebellion.

Chu Huan pointed out that Dongfang Xin was meddling in government affairs at this time, although Dongfang Xin was arrogant, but he was also cold, even if he was a little flustered, he was more annoyed, and he didn't know how to refute it for a while, although he was the general of the Pingxi Army before, but Dong Shizhen was also obedient to him, he really regarded himself as the boss of Xiguan, although the military was handled by him, he really interfered in this political matter, at this time Chu Huan asked coldly, Dongfang Xin really didn't expect Chu Huan to be crazy at this time, and he was a little caught off guard.

Ai Zong saw it on the sidelines, and already said: "Your Excellency the Governor, the Dongfang General does not want to meddle in political affairs, your Excellency should know that the military and civilians in Xiguan have not yet completely settled down, this Gongsun Chu was the governor of Yuezhou, selling his reputation and reputation, and deceived many people...... The meaning of General Dongfang's speech was just to let the execution not be delayed, not to meddle in political affairs, and ...... The lower official thought that what General Dongfang said was not at fault, the sentence had been set, and now there was still a moment to be executed, at this time, there was no reason for a suspended sentence! ”

Chu Huan sighed: "Do you think that this governor has the intention to reverse right and wrong here and destroy the law of the country?" He glanced at Dong Shizhen, then at Ai Zong, and finally said: "This governor has a good intention, since you insist on execution, this governor will not stop you, but this governor finally reminds me that if you really want to execute the traitorous thieves who defected to the enemy today, not a dozen people will die, I am afraid that many people will die!" His expression was calm, his voice was slow, there was not the slightest hint of joking, and he seemed to be calmly stating a very simple fact.