On the outskirts of Dongcheng, the weather is clear.

I heard that the prisoners were going to be executed here, although I was afraid, the people of Jingxiang had not seen blood and rain in the past ten years, but they couldn't help but be curious, and they still came, plus the refugees in the southern suburbs, it was already crowded.

Watching a bunch of children of the clan being escorted into the execution ground, some clapped their hands, some looked blank, most of them were a spectator mentality, pointing fingers at those children of the clan.

Qu Lingchen was also in the crowd, Liu Zhang's slaughter again, and he saw it with his own eyes, but his mood calmed down a lot.

"For whom to kill, for whom to kill."

The words cruel and ruthless are intertwined with every word and action Liu Zhang said to himself, and Qu Lingchen can't tell right from wrong.

Just quietly watching.

Xu Zhaoxue followed Xiao Furong to the high platform, sat on the stone bricks, grabbed Xiao Furong's hand, and said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid." Xiao Furong looked at her and whispered in her ear, "I'm not afraid." ”

"Uh-oh." Xu Zhaoxue took her hand back in embarrassment, grabbed it on her thigh, and the hem of her clothes was pulled together.

Cai Wei stood quietly aside.

A large number of cavalry arrived, and Liu Zhang, escorted by his own soldiers, rushed over, and said to Huang Yueying as he walked: "You could have stayed out of the matter, and gave the order to flood, I am afraid that the Huang family will be isolated by the family, and you will also be reprimanded by the family." ”

"Since I have served the lord, I am dedicated to the Sichuan army, I have so many concerns, what kind of military adviser should I be, but the lord, take Gao Peifan Lixiang to give me Liwei.

Gao Pei is nothing, but he is a general of the Sichuan army, and he is used to give me prestige, Gao Pei is at most aggrieved, and he can't even notice it at all, what should Fan Lixiang do? That's a smart woman. ”

Liu Zhang said with a smile: "It's because she's smart that she has a smart way to treat her, Fan Lixiang is good at mental skills, single-minded, and she sees through it, but it makes her suspicious, and she is angry, but she will feel that she is the same as Gao Pei, she is a descendant general, and she has not been excluded." ”

Huang Yueying smiled heartily: "I think the lord is more insightful than Fan Lixiang, so does the lord regard her as a general in his heart?" ”

Liu Zhang pondered and nodded: "Sort of." ”

Liu Zhang couldn't find a reason, after drinking that night, he saw the common ground with Fan Lixiang, and unconsciously found that he was much closer to Fan Lixiang.

At this moment, Liu Zhang and Huang Yueying passed by the prisoner's escort place, and a cry came, and some shouted: "Liu Zhang, you are cruel and murderous, and you can't die well." ”

"I'm waiting for you underground."

And most of them are shouting: "Uncle Huang spares his life." ”

Rows of well-dressed people in the world were pressed to kneel on the ground, they may be former officials, or former landlords and gentry, or local celebrities, all of whom are in the upper echelons of this era.

Never thought about death.

And now in the face of death, they are also afraid, the rows of knife and axe hands, the big knife and long-handled axe held in front of their chests, the surface of the metal glows with a little cold light, some of the children of the family finally did not hold back, and began to shout, they can no longer consider whether this shouting is in vain.

Liu Zhang walked over with his own soldiers, Huang Yueying smiled, didn't follow, and stepped to the high platform, and some shouts came from behind: "Miss Huang, save me, I am the second son of the Zhang family." ”

"Miss Huang, have you forgotten that I also went to your house to mention marriage?"

"Miss Huang, please Uncle Huang spare me, please beg you."

Huang Yueying didn't hear it, her face was calm, and she said to Li Yan who was walking beside her: "Master Li, are you going to read the message later?" ”

Li Yan nodded.

"Show it to me."

Li Yan hesitated, and so far, he was still a little uncomfortable with Huang Yueying, a military advisor, and handed over a bamboo slip.

Huang Yueying stepped down the steps on the high platform, looked at the message, swept it up and down, and threw it down.

"This ......" When Li Yanzheng was surprised, Huang Yueying said lightly: "Lord Li, please get me pen and ink." ”

Liu Zhang walked up to the escorted Shi clan, the Shi clan's shouts for mercy became louder, and Liu Zhang walked straight to two middle-aged people, one in his forties and the other in his thirties.

Liu Zhang looked at the two of them, squatted down, and shouted in a deep voice: "Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue, why did you betray me?" ”

The two were silent and did not speak, Kuai Liang was quite calm, Kuai Yue's mouth moved, his kneeling thighs trembled a little, and his bright clothes were full of mud dots.

"This official remembers that after I entered Xiangyang, it was the household registration and Xiangyang map submitted by Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue reported the government affairs of Jingzhou, the money and grain taxes, the size of the population, all of them are familiar with the chest, talents, this Jingzhou is governed by you, how much worry can I save? I have not excluded you, I have not divided your rights, why have I rebelled against me? ”

Kuai Liang took two heavy breaths, raised his head and said, "Liu Zhang, you are cruel and unkind, harsh to the world, and anyone with insight will betray you." ”

"Hahaha, backbone, much stronger than those jumping clowns." Liu Zhang glanced at the children of the family who begged for mercy, laughed a few times at Kuai Liang, and said in a deep voice: "Harsh government? I don't know what Mr. Kuai Liang thinks is benevolence? Is it that the government has to keep you up and connive at your continuous expansion, and if this momentum is curbed, it will be considered harsh?

There is a fish in the pond that is not full, and the owner feeds every day, one cup on the first day, two cups on the second day, and ten cups on the tenth day.

Kuai family, a Xiangyang half-surnamed Kuai, your Kuai family's property is equivalent to the sum of all the people in Xiangyang, and the land is connected into Qianmo, are you still not satisfied? Do you want to continue to expand? Do you think that all the common people will become your tenants and long-term workers, and you will only be benevolent if you take what you want?

The Kuai family originated from the famous minister Kuaitong, he is really a descendant of Zepi, just his merits, thinking of the brilliant achievements of the Kuai family today, he should also wake up with a smile, right? This official has not deprived you of any assets, so why did he take the risk to betray me? ”

Liu Zhang whispered to Kuai Liang: "I know, I am not satisfied, that fish wants to jump out and bite the master, my method is to make soup with a knife." ”

Kuai Liang was silent, the family had fallen into a strange circle, and every successor patriarch of the clan was shouldering the heavy responsibility of the Everbright clan, and every child of the clan must serve the Everbright clan, otherwise, the patriarch would be a sinner in the clan, and the clan would be disobedient and unfilial.

In this case, both the patriarch and the clansmen must do everything possible to make the family grow and grow, regardless of how far it has developed.

Following Liu Biao back then, the Kuai family made the right bet and became the richest family in Jingxiang with the most acres, second only to the Cai family in power, and this rebellion, the Kuai family made a wrong bet, and the whole clan was destroyed.

However, even if Kuai Liang was given another chance to choose, he would still choose so, because the heavy responsibility of the Guangda family has no end.

Liu Zhang was about to leave, and Kuai Yue suddenly said: "Emperor, Uncle Huang, if ......"

"Shut up." Kuai Liang scolded.

Liu Zhang glanced back at Kuai Yue and smiled at Kuai Liang: "Mr. Zirou, don't be in a hurry to scold, the children of the family will be honored by the family all their lives, and they will also be bound by the family for a lifetime, and they are not allowed to say a word in their hearts when they die?" I know what your brother is going to say.

Civil officials are not military generals, it is normal to be afraid of death, and only by pitying their own lives can they know how to pity the lives of others.

But I've given you a lot of opportunities, everything that can be forgiven, the Cai family, the Huang family, and those families who didn't participate, I forgive you, you must go all the way to the dark, who can pull you back? ”

"Uncle Huang said this well, huh?" Suddenly, a slightly immature voice came, Liu Zhang turned his head and saw that it was a white-eyed young man, the white-eyed young man looked at the grass in front of him and said: "Everyone is going to the black in one way, the emperor wants to go in the opposite direction, kill those who go to the black, the emperor is lonely, can he go on?" ”

The young man turned his head and glanced behind him, a large number of sergeants were holding the children of the clan, there were thousands of people, and he turned around and said: "Here are all Jingzhou elites, you killed us, I want to see what is the use of Uncle Huang getting Jingzhou, the land of four wars." ”

The young man said and smiled, very relieved, not a little pretentious, in his heart, Liu Zhang got Jingzhou, but he couldn't use the Jingzhou family, just like a big house built on a bamboo pole, as long as the wind in Jiangdong or the north blows, it will collapse immediately.

In his heart, he and Liu Zhang are the difference between early and late death.

"Maleonn." Liu Zhang looked at the young man, patted his forehead a few times, and called out the name of the young man, Liu Zhang is not familiar with the characters of the Three Kingdoms, but because this person has the same name as Ma Liang, the mythical story when he was a child, and he has white eyebrows, so he remembered it.

"I didn't expect that my Ma Liang was only fifteen years old, and if Uncle Huang could know him, he would be regarded as a name, and he would die without regrets."

"Okay, after you die, this official will bury you in the east of Xiangyang, so that you can see how far and how long I can go Liu Zhang."

After Liu Zhang finished speaking, he turned around, and Ma Liang's voice came from behind: "Uncle Huang, where is my brother?" ”

"Dead."

Liu Zhang replied, walked to the high platform, raised his sword, followed by a soldier, the bells and drums on both sides rang in unison, the soldiers shouted, the sound was shocking, Ma Liang looked at Liu Zhang's back: "If it weren't for the difference in the Tao, you should be a real king." ”

"Ho, ho, ho." The Sichuan soldiers raised their spears and shouted in unison, and the sound of their waist knives slapping their shields, mixed with the sound of drums, was slaughtered.

In the cry of the earth-shattering, Liu Zhang stepped on the high platform, with his long sword and pestle on the side, facing the crowd of criminals, soldiers, and people outside.

Li Yan stepped forward and said cautiously: "The original proclamation was thrown by the military advisor, this letter was just written by the military advisor, lord, you can see ......."

"Remember." Liu Zhang said in a deep voice, closed his eyes, and leaned against the Danbi behind him.

Li Yan stepped forward, unfolded the silk cloth, and read aloud:

"In ancient times, there was Ximen Leopard Zhao Guanghan, and now there is Uncle Liu Huang, where there are corrupt officials, where there are bullies, where there are lawless fanatics, there is Uncle Liu Huang......"

Everyone stared at Li Yan strangely, Liu Zhang opened his eyes, slightly surprised, Li Yan felt the gaze, and he couldn't read it, he turned around and glanced at Liu Zhang, Liu Zhang glanced at Huang Yueying, the latter was calm, Liu Zhang nodded to Li Yan.

"Uncle Liu Huang cares for the people, vows to seek the well-being of the people, so that every person can live a good life, not afraid of the powerful, iron-faced and selfless, the existing Xiangyang family, for many years, with despicable and illegal means, plundered the people's property.

For example, Kuaihe, the son of the Kuai family, took advantage of the people's illness and weakness many times, and bought the fields at a very low price, forcing the people to go bankrupt, Zhang Laosan in Liucun, his son was seriously ill, and he borrowed money from the outsiders, but the outsiders had promised, but they were threatened by the Kuai family not to lend money to Zhang Laosan, so that Zhang Laosan had to sell all the land to the Kuai family, and finally bankrupted the family and became a tenant farmer.

Ma Sheng, a son of the Ma family, forcibly demolished Wang Daniu's earthen house to build a canal on the grounds that his field needed to be irrigated by the river, and only compensated 250 yuan, so that Wang Daniu's family of five slept in the wilderness, and finally his wife died of illness on the ......road of Shanshu Village."

Li Yan read on the stage, many civil officials don't know what to say, such an article can also be used as a proclamation?

However, many people listened, or for the parties, or for the insiders, or for the same disease, their eyes were red, and they were always a vulnerable group when facing the world, especially in Jingzhou, a place where the world clan was connived, they were even more justified and had nowhere to complain, and they could not redress their grievances, and they could not open up their grievances.

Thinking of the scenes where they had to bow their heads to the clan because of life, and thinking of the scenes where they were bullied by the children of the clan and no one cared about them in the city, they couldn't help but feel sad, and some people cried when they heard the words.

Those generals finally understood what the civil officials were reading this time, and at the beginning, those: "The husband was ordered by the heaven......s" made them fall into the clouds in an instant, and they couldn't wait to use the knife in their hands to cut open the head of the proclamation to see what was inside.

Qu Lingchen stood quietly in the crowd, although he saw a lot, but it was the first time he heard that the crimes of the Shi clan were so specific, and these were not only staged in Jingzhou, but as the number one clan in Brazil, such things happened almost every day.

Kindness cannot allow the rise of the world, and the prosperity and rise of a world need to be built on the blood and tears of many people.

The indistinguishable right and wrong in Qu Lingchen's heart gradually became clear.

According to the statistics of the pastoral government, the Kuai family property is equivalent to the income of the Jingzhou pastoral government for ten years, the Ma family is the income of the Jingzhou pastoral government for three years, and the living expenses of the Kuai Liang family of 120 people a day are equivalent to 100 households and a year's expenses.

Through all kinds of despicable and illegal means, the family obtains the blood and tears of the people's property, which is used for unscrupulous squandering and waste, which is not tolerated. ”

Originally, some people looked at those who were escorted and were about to be beheaded, and there was a little sympathy, and the Han people always like to have pity for others when they are in trouble, whether this person is a good person or an evil person.

But at this time, after listening to Li Yan's reading, I also felt hatred, and I only felt that it was a pleasure to cut off those heads one by one.

Without the women and children of the clan and the old and weak, the atmosphere of the execution ground was much more just, and the people looked at the young and strong children of the clan, and the patriarchs and elders who could only see the sedan chair one by one, and at this time they all became bullies who exploited the people, embezzled and lawless, and bullied others.

When the escorted clan heard the report, they were also a little moved, not better than not knowing, one was superior, it turned out that they used to live such a good life, and after getting used to it, they didn't feel it anymore.

Kuailiang Ma Liang was silent, the report was more than smooth, and he did not look up to him, but every sentence was the truth, and unconsciously, it turned out that the children of the family had done so many illegal things.

If someone tells them this, they will also feel disdain for those who are lawless and bullying, but why do they have no sense of being the children of their own family? Are you used to it?

Kuailiang Ma Liang looked at Liu Zhang on the high platform again, and faintly understood why Liu Zhang wanted to attack the Shi clan.

"There are countless corrupt and illegal things in the world, and the most hated one is that in the midst of a disaster, the world is insensitive, and loses its conscience for its own selfish interests.

The emperor's uncle could not bear to set up a soup kitchen in the southern suburbs of Xiangyang to accommodate as many as 200,000 refugees, and sent 80,000 soldiers to maintain order, ensuring that the refugees could have clothes to wear, food to eat, and land to shelter from the wind and rain.

But it was these clans who launched a rebellion when the Sichuan army was transferred to the southern suburbs, Uncle Liu Huang comforted the victims in the refugee camp, and Xiangyang was empty, in a vain attempt to live the previous kind of corrupt life of no king, arrogance and lasciviousness.

Uncle Liu Huang is the people of the world, he is not afraid of breaking his bones, he is not afraid of losing his territory, and the soldiers of the Sichuan Army are spilling blood for the people, and they are not afraid of dying under the knife of the world, but.

However, if these clans take advantage of the disaster to rebel, if they disrupt the order of disaster relief, how will the 200,000 refugees in the southern suburbs deal with themselves? Shall we all starve to death in the wilderness? I'm here ......."

Li Yan was suddenly stunned when he read this, and realized that he couldn't continue to read it, so he turned to the world clans and shouted: "I'm here, ask you, how can you bear it." ”

As soon as the words "How can I bear it in my heart" came out, the people showed angry faces, especially those refugees, and then they thought of their own situation, if there was no Uncle Liu Huang and no soup kitchen, what should I do? What should a family do?

"Kill them, kill them."

"Kill these unconscionables."

"Kill them."

The people began to roar, and the voices became louder and louder, and the deafening voices were deafening, and all the children of the world who were escorted were gloomy, and a man who was accustomed to doing evil things would not feel that when he was judged, he would know how hateful he was.

Kuai Liang and Ma Liang both lowered their heads, and at this moment, they found that they really had nothing to say about being asked and beheaded.

Qu Lingchen was infected by the people around him, and looked at Liu Zhang on the high platform again, the enemy of this family, his enemy, suddenly, seemed to be standing on the bright side, and he, a person with a personal vendetta, seemed to be hiding in a dark corner, despicable and insignificant.

"He's really doing things for the people, should I take revenge?" Qu Lingchen fell into deep hesitation.

Liu Zhang's hand pressed on the people on the periphery, and the people's voices gradually stopped, and they all stared at Li Yan, who was reading the message, and they were angry.

Li Yan continued.

(To be continued)