Shuoquan City is also divided into four cities, the sun is shining, the weather is a good weather, the Dongcheng Execution Ground has also been built, the government has issued a notice a few days ago, to behead the traitor Gongsun Chu and his henchmen in public today, so many people in the city gathered early to the edge of the Dongcheng Execution Ground, waiting to watch the execution.

When Chu Huan came to the execution ground, there was still a period of time before noon, but the officials of all departments arrived early, not far from the edge of Xingtai, a special torture viewing platform was set up, tables and chairs were set up, Dongfang Xin and Dong Shizhen were already seated, and Ai Zong, the director of the Criminal Department, was the parent and child supervisor and served as the chief criminal officer this time.

Chu Huan went to the execution platform, Xuanyuan Shengcai and Qi Hong were in armor, following left and right, and the officials got up to greet them, Chu Huan knew that these were false courtesies, and returned the salute with a smile, and after sitting down, Dong Shizhen, who was the head of the left, had already said with a smile: "Did the Governor sleep well last night?" ”

Chu Huan smiled and said, "Thanks to Lord Dong for sending someone to clean up in advance, it was clean and I slept very soundly." ”

Dong Shizhen hurriedly smiled: "I just sent someone to clean it up, but my lord didn't know that when the Xiliang soldiers withdrew, they burned and destroyed the city, and the governor's mansion was almost burned!" ”

"Fortunately, it was not completely burned down, and if the Governor's Palace was really burned, the evidence of many people's incriminating crimes would be annihilated." Chu Huan said with a smile: "I heard that Governor Zhu led his troops to recover the land of Shuoquan, and found a lot of incriminating evidence in the Governor's Palace, if the Governor's Mansion is burned down, those incriminating evidence will not be found, and some people will be able to get away with it." ”

Dongfang Xin, who was sitting on Chu Huan's right, turned his head and glanced at Chu Huan, and said lightly: "The sky is magnificent, negligent but not leaky, if you want people not to know, unless you don't do it, collaborating with the enemy and treason, such a big crime, you can't escape if you want to." ”

Chu Huan laughed and said, "What General Dongfang said is true. Yes, the general's emergency military affairs yesterday can be handled? ”

Dongfang Xin was stunned, but quickly said: "It has been dealt with, otherwise I wouldn't have time to come over to watch the punishment today." ”

Dong Shizhen had already smiled and said: "Your Excellency, you should have prepared all the items needed by the Governor's Mansion in advance, but the lower officials didn't know what the Governor was particular about, so the tables and chairs and other things were not purchased in advance, but after the adults came, they allocated some silver from the Household Department and bought them according to the preferences of the adults." ”

Before Chu Huan could speak, Dongfang Xin had already said, "Lord Dong doesn't have to worry about this now." The Governor came to Xiguan to take up his post, and many Xiguan gentry rejoiced, and heard that several carts of things had been pulled and sent to the Governor's Mansion last night......! Glancing at Chu Huan, he said meaningfully: "Those things are very exquisite, and they are worth a lot of silver, right?" ”

Chu Huan also turned his head to look at Dongfang Xin, and said with a smile: "When General Dongfang was dealing with military affairs, he was still so concerned about the Governor's Mansion? Could it be that General Dongfang has been to the Governor's Palace today? ”

Dongfang Xin frowned and said, "I haven't been there." ”

"Since you haven't been there, how do you know that those things are very exquisite, and how do you know that they are worth a lot of silver?" Chu Huan touched his chin and asked lightly.

Dongfang Xin was a little embarrassed and said, "I listened to what others said!" ”

Chu Huan sighed: "It seems that General Dongfang really cares about the Governor's Mansion, and even what the tables and chairs in the Governor's Mansion look like, you also send people to pay attention to ......!" There was a light in his eyes, but his expression was still calm: "If General Dongfang is interested, the Governor would like to invite General Dongfang to take a look at the Governor's Palace...... We can sit down and talk about the tables and chairs......! Seeing that Dongfang Xin's face was not good-looking, he still smiled and said: "Oh, I almost forgot to tell General Dongfang that the governor and Mrs. Su are relatives and have a family relationship, and he sent some daily necessities over, just to take care of his family, General Dongfang must not think that this governor is taking bribes, on the first day of his arrival, if he is misunderstood that this governor is taking bribes, then he can no longer stay in the northwest...... ”

Dongfang Xin laughed when he heard Chu Huan, his face was a little gloomy, and he said lightly: "How dare you, the governor said that he laughed." ”

"Lord Dong, I heard that the person who was beheaded today was the former Gongsun Chu of Yuezhou?" Chu Huan looked at Dong Shizhen, "This governor has heard of this person's reputation before, and he seems to be a capable official...... How did you become a traitor? ”

"My lord doesn't know, Gongsun Chu is sanctimonious, and although he is loyal to the monarch and serving the country, he is doing shameless things behind his back to betray his ancestors." Dong Shizhen said solemnly: "When the Western Liang Army came over, he obviously had the opportunity to withdraw, but he deliberately pretended to fight with the Western Liang Army to the end and stayed in Shuoquan City...... Later, we learned that this Gongsun Chu had no intentions, and the purpose of his stay in Shuoquan City was to dedicate Shuoquan City to the Xiliang people, begging the Xiliang people to give glory and wealth ......! ”

"I see." Chu Huan sighed, clenched his fists and said, "Such a traitorous thief, everyone will be punished...... Yes, this governor heard that Gongsun Chu guarded Shuoquan City, but he resisted the Western Liang army for more than ten days...... Lord Dong, is Gongsun Chu cowardly and fearful after the city is broken, so he took refuge in the Xiliang people? If he had taken refuge in the Xiliang people earlier, he would not have had to hold on to the city for more than ten days, and it would be ...... to surrender early! ”

Dong Shizhen immediately shook his head and said, "My lord, Gongsun Chu had a secret relationship with Xiao Tianwen, the king of the Southern Courtyard of Xiliang, before the city was broken...... If you have to hold on to the city for more than ten days later, in fact, this is just a trick played by Gongsun Chu. ”

"Oh?" Chu Huan seemed to be interested, "How do you say this?" ”

"Xiaguan was also promoted by Gongsun Chu in his early years, and he had a friendship with Gongsun Chu." Dong Shizhen smiled bitterly and sighed: "Gongsun Chu is familiar with the scriptures and history, full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, likes to sell his reputation and reputation, and is proud of himself...... If the Xiliang army arrived, he immediately surrendered the city, then everyone in the world knew that he was a cowardly and incompetent despicable villain, he deliberately held the city for more than ten days, the city was broken, he could say that he was fighting to the last moment, and the city was captured by the Xiliang people, it was really helpless......! ”

"Oh?" Chu Huan was thoughtful and bowed slightly, "In other words, he not only wants to dedicate the city, but also pretend to stick to it, just to sell his reputation?" ”

"That's nature." Dongfang Xin finally interjected: "Shuoquan City is impregnable, if you really want to defend the city, the Xiliang people will not be able to attack it for more than half a year, and the first city in the northwest will be broken in just ten days, and Gongsun Chu is naturally a traitor." ”

Chu Huan laughed and said: "It's a pity that General Dongfang was not in Shuoquan at that time, if the military power was in the hands of General Dongfang at that time, I am afraid that the people of Xiliang would not be able to defeat it for a year." Without waiting for Dongfang Xin to speak, Chu Huan had already sighed: "Xiao Tian asked a generation of famous generals, it is indeed worthy of the name, the so-called one general has achieved ten thousand bones, in order to cooperate with Gongsun Chu to act in a play, in order to satisfy Gongsun Chu's reputation and reputation, he actually sent his subordinates to death in vain...... I heard that after the Western Liang army broke through the Yanmen Pass, they were invincible all the way, that is, they hit Shuoquan City, and the pace of the march was blocked, in order to cooperate with Gongsun Chu's acting, they attacked Shuoquan City, and the Xiliang people left thousands of corpses ......! ”

Dong Shizhen and Dongfang Xin glanced at each other, feeling that Chu Huan had something to say, and glanced at each other, Dongfang Xin's brows were locked, but Dong Shizhen sighed and said: "Actually, if we hadn't discovered the truth later, we would all think that Gongsun Chu was a good man...... Governor Zhu led the army to recover Shuoquan, as the Governor just said, found a lot of letters in the Governor's Palace, some of which were the secret letters written by Gongsun Chu to Xiao Tianwen, he had already agreed with Xiao Tianwen to surrender to Xiliang, and Xiliang gave him glory and wealth...... If it weren't for the ironclad evidence, we would ...... Hey, it's hard for us to believe that he actually committed treason ...... the enemy! ”

"Are those letters still there?" Chu Huan asked.

Dong Shizhen nodded and said: "That's the evidence of the crime, naturally it's still there, and part of it is in the Yamen of the Criminal Department...... Department!" ”

"Gongsun Chu's defection to the enemy and betrayal of the country is outrageous, and the secret letter must be extremely shameless." Chu Huan clenched his fists and said: "Lord Dong, this governor wants to see what is written in those secret letters, and see what kind of face this villain is like Gongsun Chu, but I don't know if I can take a look?" ”

Dong Shizhen and Dongfang Xin glanced at each other again, and Dongfang Xin had already said: "The approval of the Criminal Department has come down, there is no need to bring up the old matter again, after today's execution, everything will be over." ”

Chu Huan said with a smile: "In this way, this governor can't see it?" ”

Dong Shizhen hurriedly smiled and said: "Your Excellency the Governor said that he was joking, since the Lord wants to see it, the lower officials will send someone to fetch it." "I called Ai Zong, the head of the Criminal Department, to get the secret letter.

Ai Zong did not dare to disobey Dong Shizhen's orders, he personally collected the secret letter, at this time there was still a considerable period of time before three o'clock in the afternoon, Gongsun Chu and other fourteen officials who were to be beheaded, after coming out of the prison, they would first be held in heavy prison and displayed in the streets, and then they would be taken to the execution ground for execution.

Ai Zong presented a stack of letters to Dong Shizhen who greeted him, and Dong Shizhen handed the letter to Chu Huan and said: "My lord, this is the ironclad evidence found from the Governor's Palace, the ironclad evidence is like a mountain, Gongsun Chu and others treason and collaborating with the enemy, it is indisputable. ”

Chu Huan nodded, took the letter, and was about to open it, but he heard a sudden noise from the crowd, and then heard someone shouting: "Kill them, kill these traitors......!" ”

The voices came and went, Chu Huan didn't look at the letter first, stood up, and looked condescendingly at the past on the execution platform, only to see more than a dozen prisoner cars coming to the execution platform under the escort of the soldiers, the black and oppressive people on both sides scolded like a tide, and some people threw things into the prisoner car, spitting on the prisoner car, and the fourteen prisoners were in the prison car, only their heads were exposed, all of them were unkempt, and half of them were already white as snow.

Chu Huan held the letter in one hand, got up, and walked to the side of the execution platform, and the other officials also followed to the edge of the execution platform, and looked at the prisoner cars together, Dongfang Xin saw that Chu Huan's expression was a little grim, and he smiled proudly on the side, and said: "Gongsun Chu was also a famous and famous person in the northwest at the beginning, but if he did something wrong, that human head could not be kept. ”