The first drum of the execution ground has sounded, the hour of noon has arrived, and the three drums are over, and the execution will be carried out.

At this time, there were already soldiers carrying wine bowls up to the execution platform, before the prisoner was sentenced, if he was always given a bowl of wine to let him go on the road, the wine came to the old prisoner in his fifties, the old prisoner sniffed with his nose, then spat on the wine bowl, and laughed: "It stinks so bad, the wine in the government is also stinky, there is no clean place, the old man does not drink such stinky wine, so as not to dirty himself." ”

When the prisoners heard this, those who had not drunk spit on the bowls, and those who had drunk immediately spit out, shouting, "It stinks, it stinks." ”

The onlookers also secretly admired these prisoners in their hearts.

Except for the turmoil and riots that often occur in Tongzhou, not all other places are peaceful, and there are often riots among the people in various states, but Qiao Mingtang has handled it well, and most of the riots can be quickly calmed down.

In the past few years, the taxes of the imperial court have been increased again and again, even if the local government does not levy tyranny, and the taxes apportioned by the imperial court have also made the people of Daqin miserable.

Naturally, the West Mountain Road is not immune.

Qiao Mingtang, as the governor of Xishan Road, when he first took office, he really did a lot of measures to benefit the people, building water conservancy, rewarding wasteland, developing agriculture and commerce, and he was also quite successful in the governance of officials.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, the Great Qin Empire was in ruins, and the imperial court introduced a series of measures, which was to restore the stability and prosperity of the country after the war.

At that time, the army of the Great Qin Empire was extremely powerful, and the Western Liang Kingdom in the northwest and the Goryeo State in the northeast did not dare to have the slightest intrusion on the Great Qin Empire, but the army of the Great Qin Empire often entered their borders.

In the 16 years since the founding of the country, the imperial court has not increased the slightest amount of taxes, and although there is no shortage of local officials who are traitors and corrupt and accept bribes, on the whole, the atmosphere in the officialdom is still relatively good.

At that time, every citizen of the Great Qin Empire felt that the prosperous era was coming, and they all felt that His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Qin Empire was a saint of the ages, and they were all proud to be a part of the Great Qin Empire.

It's just that no one thought that since four years ago, the taxes of the imperial court began to rise sharply, the imperial court used various reasons, taxes were added again and again, and the means of collecting taxes were very violent, if there were tax arrears, they usually had to suffer violent treatment, the so-called upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, the imperial court is like this, the local officials are naturally taking advantage of the fire to rob, using the momentum of the imperial court to increase taxes, cleverly set up a name, and try their best to exploit the ability, the original Guotai and the people are thriving in the Great Qin Empire, just like entering the devil's way, in just a few years, Then began to decay rapidly, and the people everywhere were not able to make a living,

Those local gentry even took the opportunity to use various means to oppress the people, annex land, and do everything in order to maximize profits.

The officials and gentry colluded, and the entire Great Qin Empire was almost a miasma.

Although there is still no shortage of capable officials, in the face of the rapid decline of the entire country, it is difficult to prevent this trend from declining again and again.

The people who can make a living are patient, but a group of people who have nothing in the world and can't even fill their stomachs are naturally unable to endure such a predicament.

In this way, there are not a few reckless rogues who accumulate strength and wait for an opportunity, and they will burst out quickly like a spark at any time.

Today, the people in the onlookers who beheaded the rebellious party naturally had few people who were dissatisfied with the government, and even some people knew that the people on the torture platform were all "rebellious parties" who were fighting against the government, and they felt sympathy in their hearts.

At this time, the tough guys on the torture platform were all laughing and scolding, and they were not even afraid.

They are all people who have been tortured and have no fear in the face of death.

Some of them already laughed and said: "Today, we will go on the road together, and we will come to the world together in twenty years, if this bullshit court has not perished at that time, our gang will marry Jin Lan and pull the dog emperor down." ”

Someone next to him immediately laughed and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for that time." In less than three or five years, what kind of bullshit Qin State no longer exists, we are afraid that we will not be able to see it. ”

"I just don't know which man will be able to cut off the dog emperor's dog head at that time." Someone sighed: "It's a pity that I can't meet him." ”

The old prisoner, who refused to drink, said loudly: "Whoever it is, he is a good man worthy of admiration, and there will definitely be this man." ”

This group of prisoners knew that they would die today, and they spoke without fear.

The officials on the main stage were already frowning, their expressions were ugly, and Xu Congyang, Qiao Mingtang, Lan Tingyu, the head of the Criminal Department, and other officials, all of them had their faces sinking.

Qiao Mingtang couldn't imagine that these people would be so arrogant and presumptuous, and he was also angry in his heart, so he made a look, and some of his subordinates made gestures, and the soldiers on the stage immediately raised their hands to slap the prisoner's mouth and prevent them from speaking.

These people all looked at each other angrily, and some people laughed and said, "I'm afraid, they're afraid." We don't need to use knives, as long as we move our mouths, the government will be afraid. ”

"It can block our offense, but it can't stop the hearts of people all over the world." Someone roared, "You will be punished sooner or later for your actions for the tiger." ”

Many prisoners' mouths were cracked, blood was dripping, and some even had their teeth knocked out, but they did not stop scolding, and at this time the second drum had sounded, and it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.

The soldiers strangled the prisoners with ropes, which made them speechless.

Qiao Mingtang breathed a sigh of relief, and then his heart came up again, it was already two o'clock in the afternoon, and there was still calm all around, and there was no sign that someone was going to rob the Dharma Field.

With the sound of the drums, the knife and axe hand had stepped forward to wash the knife with wine, and the big knife was cold and cold, and the sky was full of dark clouds, and it seemed that it was going to rain at any time.

Xu Congyang was also a little puzzled at this time, and asked in a low voice, "Master Qiao, could it be that we all miscalculated?" ”

Qiao Mingtang also frowned, and said softly: "Scholar, if there is really no one to rob the Dharma Field, let's ...... Are we going to do it again? After a pause, he said in a low voice: "Do you want to behead these people?" ”

Xu Congyang sneered: "Since there is no one to save them, it means that they don't care anymore, so there is nothing to stay." ”

At this moment, he saw the cold light of the crowd of onlookers flashing suddenly, and the hidden weapon from the crowd suddenly hit the torture platform, and a Praetorian Guard soldier guarding on the torture platform couldn't dodge, was hit by the hidden weapon, and fell to the ground.

Someone in the crowd was already shouting, "Brother Chen, let's save you." From the crowd, five or six tightly wrapped assassins had already burst out, showing their hidden knives and brazenly killing at the torture platform.

Qiao Mingtang's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "They are here." ”

The crowd immediately stirred, and the six Assassins had already slashed down several of the soldiers with their swords and rushed towards the torture platform, while the Praetorian Guards, well-trained and armed with swords and guns, surrounded them.

These five or six people faced the Praetorian Guard, fearless, their swords flashed, and they fought with the Praetorian Guard.

On the torture platform, there were already people shouting: "Brother Huang, you go quickly, go quickly...... Don't be implicated by me! ”

"We drank blood wine together and swore to God." One of the Assassins shouted: "Live and die together today." ”

The Assassins were not bad at martial arts, but their numbers were too small, and they were soon surrounded by the Praetorian Guards, who killed several Janissaries, but three of them fell in a pool of blood.

Qiao Mingtang frowned and said, "Scholar, it seems to be ...... Wrong. ”

Xu Congyang sighed: "They are not the people we are waiting for. It's another group of people. ”

The assassin who suddenly appeared was not the person the government was waiting for, and this time a total of more than a dozen prisoners were executed, but the assassin who came out first was to rescue other prisoners.

They were few in number, and they rushed out knowing that they were going to die.

Xu Congyang saw the assassins fall one by one, shook his head, and sighed lightly: "They are all strong men who are generous to death and righteousness, but it's a pity that ......!" "It's a bit painful.

Under the chaotic knives of the Praetorian Guards, this wave of assassins did not even get close to the execution platform, and they had already fallen in a pool of blood, and Brother Huang was pierced through the chest by several spears, and before he died, he looked at the torture platform and sighed: "Brother Chen...... Brother Chen, elder brother...... Brother goes first...... Go ahead ......! A mouthful of blood sprayed in the face of one of the Praetorian Guards, laughed twice, hung his head, and died.

On the torture platform, a prisoner cried loudly, roared angrily, and suddenly fell to the ground, and a soldier stepped forward to check, and then got up and said, "My lord, he has killed himself by biting his tongue." ”

The prisoners on the stage and the people in the audience trembled when they saw such a tragic scene, and several people secretly wiped tears as they watched the bodies of several assassins being dragged over.

"This is the righteous." The old prisoner looked up to the sky and roared: "There are such righteous people in the world, and they will not die well!" ”