Chapter 164: Kill One and Make an Example of a Hundred
The executioner, whose face was full of meat, was already ready, and when he heard that the hour had come, he took a glass of wine in his mouth and sprayed it at the devil's head knife.
Li Canghai knew that this was sacrificing the knife.
With his knowledge of ancient criminal law, this was a simple way of execution.
To complicate matters, the executioner had to rinse his mouth with water before execution, then spray wine and sacrifice knives, and finally drink a cup of tea, and then drag the knife and cut off his head.
The executioner held the Devil's Head Knife aloft, and the bright blade reflected a blinding light in the sunlight.
"Master, I'm waiting for you on the road, you can rest assured!"
After all, Wang Buquan is a person with status, and the executioner was polite to him, and then he shouted, the knife rose and his head fell!
The onlookers, seeing a living person, separated their heads in an instant, and they all changed color.
"If there are any more bullies and wanton murderers, this is the end!" Li Canghai swept over everyone and said lightly.
After a long while, everyone came back to their senses and knelt on the ground one after another, calling them Lord Qingtian.
This goal of killing a hundred people has been achieved, and in a short period of time, Zhengyang City should be very calm, Li Canghai nodded with satisfaction.
As the head of the earth, the king has already subdued the law, and what big waves can be stirred up by those ruffians and hooligans left?
When Li Canghai first arrived, he gave all the officials and wealthy merchants in Zhengyang City a blow with the momentum of thunder.
Now, no one in Zhengyang City knows that Wang Buquan and Zuo Hongji were defeated in the hands of the new county commander.
These two people, one is powerful and the other has a lot of money, but they were turned around by the new county magistrate.
One lost his life, the other lost his family fortune, it was really a failure.
All the rich squires in Zhengyang City have understood a truth, that is, you must not despise this young county magistrate, otherwise you will die a miserable death.
After solving Wang Buquan, Li Canghai took a group of officials to check the disaster relief situation.
Several major refugee gathering places in Zhengyang City have set up large cauldrons, in which rice porridge is boiling, and those refugees are also lining up in an orderly manner to receive food.
Seeing Li Canghai coming, an old man suddenly knelt down in front of him and kowtowed.
"Folks, kowtow to the eldest master, it was the eldest master who saved us!" The old man shouted.
The surrounding refugees knelt down one after another, kowtowing to him and thanking him.
"Kowtow to the eldest master, thank you, eldest master! Thank you, sir! ”
"Sir, you are really our reborn parent, thank you Sir!"
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Li Canghai looked at the refugees who were kneeling down, and felt very uncomfortable, he hurriedly helped the old man up, and shouted: "Villagers, please get up, it is the unfavorable supervision of this official that makes the villagers suffer, and the official is ashamed of the villagers!" ”
"What did the lord say, if it weren't for you, eradicating the bullies and opening the warehouse to release grain, I'm afraid we would have starved to death a long time ago." The old man raised his head, tears were in his eyes, and he said excitedly.
Only then did Li Canghai realize that this old man was the one he met on the way before.
"Uncle, it turned out to be you! What about the little flowers? Li Canghai asked happily.
"Xiaohua and the old woman are resting in the thatched hut over there, do you want to go and have a look?" The old man pointed to a row of thatched huts erected by the city wall, and said tremblingly.
Li Canghai nodded, asked the officials to stay and help, and then walked to the thatched hut under the leadership of the old man.
After Li Canghai's inquiry, he learned that this thatched hut was built by Zuo Hongji in order to give the refugees a temporary place to live.
"This Zuo Hongji is also very good, after saying it last night, he built these many thatched huts today." Li Canghai looked at the rows of thatched huts approvingly, and was quite satisfied with Zuo Hongji's approach.
The two soon came to one of the huts, which was covered with hay and bedding and other things.
The old woman was half-lying on the hay to rest, while Xiaohua was holding the brocade box that Li Canghai had left her to hold the snacks before, and played by herself.
Looking up and seeing Li Canghai, Xiaohua jumped up happily, she spread her feet, and pounced on Li Canghai.
Li Canghai's eyes showed a look of pity, he squatted down and hugged Xiaohua, and said with a smile: "Xiaohua, have you obeyed your grandparents?" ”
Xiaohua blinked her big eyes, nodded vigorously, and said in a childish voice: "Xiaohua is very obedient, Xiaohua left food for her uncle." ”
As she spoke, Xiaohua used her dirty little hands to take out a steamed bun that had been flattened into a ball from her arms and stuffed it into Li Canghai's mouth.
Seeing this, the old man sighed: "The old man doesn't know, since he came to the city last night and received food, Xiaohua kept his steamed buns and said that he wanted to keep them for you." This steamed bun, she hid it for a night, just waiting for the old man to come. ”
Li Canghai was stunned, his nose was sour, and tears suddenly appeared in his eyes.
Looking at Xiaohua's expectant eyes, Li Canghai hurriedly took a bite on the head and said, "This steamed bun is so delicious, my uncle has never eaten such a delicious thing!" ”
Listening to Li Canghai's words, Xiaohua laughed innocently.
"Uncle, I like Xiaohua very much, why don't you move back to the yamen with me?" Li Canghai wiped Xiaohua's dirty face with his sleeve and said with pity.
The old man was stunned when he heard this, and he said gratefully: "Master, we are ordinary people, how dare we go to live in the yamen?" The eldest man likes Xiaohua, which is the blessing of Xiaohua, but going to live in the yamen, the little old man would never dare to think about it. ”
Li Canghai helped Xiaohua sort out her messy hair, and said gently: "It's okay, there are a lot of empty houses in the county government, you can just go and live." What's more, Xiaohua's child is very likable, and with you here, Xiaohua is also more at ease. ”
The old man discussed with the old woman, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you for your kindness, the little old man is presumptuous." ”
Li Canghai asked the official to find a carriage, and then brought the two old men and Xiaohua to the yamen.
Handed them over to Di Qing for arrangement, Li Canghai hurriedly left the yamen again.
Although Wang Buquan's tumor was eradicated, the current situation did not allow him to be at ease.
Although the food and clothing of the refugees have been guaranteed, the livelihood problem needs to be solved urgently.
Zhengyang County is a lower county, which is not very wealthy, and the food and salary can only be given for more than 10 days at most, and the refugees still have to return to their hometowns after all.
He had not been to a flooded area and did not know much about the situation.
However, blocking the breach of the Yellow River is bound to be a problem that needs to be solved urgently.
Chang Feng has led people to the breach of the Yellow River to plug the leakage since last night, and I don't know what the situation is.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little heavy in his heart.
Since ancient times, man-made disasters can be avoided, and natural disasters can be escaped.
Locust plagues, floods, and droughts are three natural disasters that are far beyond the power of man.
Along with such disasters, it is often the common people who suffer, and from what he knows, each disaster has caused a large number of refugees, displaced and homeless.
As a county magistrate, he naturally has the responsibility to protect the people under his jurisdiction.