Wang Lei stood on the high platform, took out a bamboo slip and read it aloud rhythmically: "The earth is thick and virtuous to carry all things, Tianbo Huai is righteous, there is a way in the sky, people follow Lunchang, and the minister Liu Zhang guards Yizhou on behalf of the Son of Heaven, scrupulously and faithfully, and punishes crimes on behalf of the sky, and there are 26 officials such as Zhang He, Yuan Kui, and Han Chang in Jiangzhou, who skillfully take the people's fat, cheat the officialdom, steal the wealth of the Han Dynasty, and destroy the reputation of the Son of Heaven. ”

Zhang Ren pulled out his sword and raised it to the sky, and immediately a sergeant escorted Zhang He and others to the center of the square, and twenty-six swordsmen raised their big knives in their hands, Zhang He and others knew that Liu Zhang was playing for real, when death was imminent, the usual arrogance was gone, and his face was all white with fright, and he wanted to shout something, but found that his throat could not make a sound.

Zhang Renmeng put the sword under his command, twenty-six swordsmen cut off the big sword, twenty-six heads rolled to the ground, Deng Heng and Fei Zhao closed their eyes, and the surrounding people booed.

The patriarch of the Yuan clan and the patriarch of the Han clan were raised by Old Man Zhang's words, and as the twenty-six human heads fell to the ground, his body trembled under the scorching sun, and he kept asking Old Man Zhang next to him, asking a question that they knew the answer to.

"Old man Zhang, what is Liu Zhang doing? What is he doing here? Will we be okay? You speak. ”

Old Man Zhang's lips began to tremble, and there was only Zhang He's bloody head in his eyes, and he kept muttering: "This is impossible, this is impossible, Liu Zhang must be scaring us, he must be scaring us, forcing us to support the four imperial examinations, we are fine, we are fine." ”

Wang Lei picked up a bamboo slip again: "Taishou remembered Deng Chang, skillfully robbed, embezzled treasury silver, the amount was huge, the common people Deng Chao, robbed the people's daughters, forced debts and killed people, according to the law of the Han Dynasty, should be beheaded." ”

Deng Chang and Deng Chao, the children of the Deng family, were escorted forward by four Dongzhou soldiers, and seeing the swordsman and the big sword raised, the two of them shouted together: "The patriarch save me, Brother Deng Xian save me, I don't want to die......"

The tragic shouts spread throughout the execution ground, except for Liu Zhang, who closed his eyes and leaned on the back of the chair, everyone else was worried, Deng Xian held the hilt of the sword tightly, his eyes were motionless and looking straight ahead, originally thought that Deng Heng did not distinguish current affairs and trapped the Deng clan in a catastrophe, but now this result is already the best, what else can I say, Deng Heng didn't dare to open his eyes, and only thought in his heart, for the sake of the whole clan, I can't save you.

The two heads rolled down again, and the heads of people on the grass were scattered like watermelons in the watermelon field, and many people did not dare to look at them anymore, but they were reluctant to leave, and more and more people gathered.

Wang Lei changed another bamboo slip: "The Liu Hippo family ran rampant in the township, forcibly occupied the peasants' land, bullied the tenants, connived at the children of their own clan to plague the township, followed the Zhang family, the Yuan family, and the Han family, gathered people to make trouble, confronted the pastoral government, colluded with Zhao Wei's rebellion, and according to the laws of the Han Dynasty, the Zhu clan." ”

"Wow." The two words of the Zhu clan came out, the audience was in an uproar, and the whispers of tens of thousands of people gathered together, shaking the heavens and the earth, and the people who were being escorted were even more frightened and all the discoloration, their bodies trembled like fallen leaves in the wind, and infinite fear welled up in their eyes, the patriarch of the Yuan clan and the patriarch of the Han clan were speechless, and only one thought kept flashing in their hearts, the clans who followed them to make trouble were all Zhu clans, so what would happen to them?

More than 200 people were divided into two groups, the first batch was escorted into the knife hand and big knife, women and children, old and young cried heartbreakingly, some saw the cold light of the blade fainted directly, and was dragged forward by the Dongzhou soldiers.

Everyone around was shocked, the people no longer had a sound of discussion, many people around the execution ground closed their eyes, and the children of the clan who were detained now couldn't do anything except fear in their hearts, only looking at the two hundred big knives in the center, and the cold light pierced the heart from the eye membrane.

Zhang Ren's long sword was raised, and at this moment, two Jiangzhou officials stood up together, knelt under the stone steps and said: "Lord, the crime is not as good as the wife and the young, and the law does not punish the old and weak, please let the lord be gracious, only punish the evil, and let those innocent women and girls go." ”

The two kowtowed together, although they were usually oppressed by the officials of the clan, but now seeing such a tragic scene, they couldn't help but stand up and intercede, and more than a dozen people struggled to squeeze away the spears of the Dongzhou soldiers, knelt behind the two subordinate officials, and pleaded for the children of the clan.

When the subordinate officials pleaded for the big clan, Liu Zhang's face did not change, but when the people desperately squeezed out to intercede, Liu Zhang's eyebrows trembled, did he really become Wang Mang, kill the clan, and even the people should be my enemies?

A young man cried and begged: "Lord Zhou Mu, please let Ma Xiaolian go, their family is a good person, the grass people dare to guarantee with their lives, they have not done a bad thing, and often help the township, Lord Zhou Mu should not kill innocents indiscriminately." ”

A good-looking woman also cried: "Please let my fiancé go, let's grow up together, I know best what his character is, and he will never be a traitor, please be gracious." ”

A crowd of people prostrated their heads.

Zhang Ren hesitated with the sword he raised, and looked at Liu Zhang inquiringly: "Lord, this ......"

"Kill." Liu Zhang slowly and heavily squeezed out a word.

Zhang Ren was about to swing his sword, but the young man and woman were terrified when they saw that the long sword was about to be cut off, and the young man shouted: "Lord Zhou Mu, I am Ma Xiaolian's fiancé, if you want to kill me, you stupid official who kills people without blinking." ”

"Dare to be rude to the lord." Leng Bud was about to step forward with his sword, but was stopped by Yang Huai next to him.

"Wu Jun." A woman's shout came from the execution ground: "What stupid things are you talking about, my father looks down on you at all, and will not marry me to you at all, you should die, Lord Zhoumu, I have nothing to do with him, nothing to do with him." Then there was a woman's sobs.

The people around them were all moved, and some of them began to shout, "Let them go, let them go." ”

Zhang Ren's sword froze in the air, Liu Zhang's hand held the armrest, and after a long time, he held his breath, "Zhang Ren, I asked you to kill, didn't you hear?" ”

Zhang Ren felt that the sword in his hand was so heavy for the first time, and finally couldn't help but close his eyes, the long sword was violently commanded, two hundred human heads fell to the ground in an instant, and there was a cry and shouting from the execution ground, Yang Huai beckoned, and let the soldiers pull the people out.

"The Huang family in Linxiang connived at the lawlessness of the family...... According to the law of the Great Han Dynasty, the Zhu tribe. ”

"The Wu family in Yangjiang connived at the lawlessness of the family...... According to the law of the Great Han Dynasty, the Zhu tribe. ”

………………

As a sealed bamboo slip was read, the heads fell to the ground, and the wide execution ground was full of heads, and the blood flowed into the moat along the ditch of the meadow, and the water of the moat and the grass turned bright red together, and the sun shone on it, and the air was full of blood, and the people around were silent.

The blood flowed like a stream in front of the Han family patriarch, and the Han family patriarch's eyes went black and he fainted.

"We support the four imperial examinations, we support the four imperial examinations, and the state pastor spares his life."

Many clans began to cry out loudly, they were pampered, death was too far away and terrible for them, but now, the blood on the field made them dizzy, and the taste of waiting for death made them collapse, they couldn't care about anything anymore, no matter what the conditions, they were willing to agree, as long as they let them live, even if they were ruined.

However, it was too late.

As Zhang Ren's long sword was cut down again, two hundred heads fell to the ground again, and the number of human heads in the execution ground had already exceeded a thousand.

Fei Zhao now finally knows how Liu Zhang will suppress the voices of opposition to the Four Examinations within his clan, these heads are here, even if he Fei Zhao wants to oppose the Four Examinations, no one in the clan is willing to follow him.