Recently, the people of Zhuoxian County have been looking forward to the bloody scene of hundreds of heads falling to the ground at the same time, but to their disappointment, this scene has not been staged for a long time.

It is undeniable that there is always an evil and cruel side hidden in human nature, even some ordinary people who have nothing to do with the Shengshui River incident, after learning the truth of the matter, they are looking forward to the eldest prince raising the butcher's knife this time for such and such purposes, and it is best not to let go of the women, children and children of these criminal families. It seems that this is the only way to conform to the hearts of the people, or rather, it is just for the convenience of everyone to watch a thrilling and lively scene that has nothing to do with themselves.

People didn't wait for hundreds of heads to land at the same time, but waited for the official formation of the Youyan Army.

Because of the previous interception incident, the flag awarding ceremony of the Youyan Army, which was originally planned to be held on a small scale, was carried out by Zhang He, Xu Miao and others, and the momentum was very huge.

Liu Yu, who was in Jicheng, didn't know where he learned about his son's distress, so he left Jicheng for the first time and came to Zhuoxian with Youzhou Mu Hanfu! Accompanying Liu Yu to protect Liu Yu was the lead move of the deputy general of the Youyan Army, and he brought out all the remaining 1,500 people in the Dragon and Tiger Guard Guard Battalion this time.

Since Liu Yu returned to Jicheng from Macheng four years ago, even when facing the enemy army besieging Jicheng twice, he never left Jicheng, but this time because Liu He was in distress, he mobilized his army and specially rushed to Zhuoxian to support his son.

Zhang Zhan, the general of the Wuruan Guard, learned that the lord Liu Yu had come to Zhuo County in person, and quickly sent people to Zhuo County, asking Liu He to quickly send someone to replace him, so that he could meet Liu Yu in person. Liu He solicited Zhang He's opinion, and then sent Zhao Zhao to lead 4,000 infantry to replace Zhang Zhan, and asked Zhang Zhan to bring the veterans of the Guannai to watch the ceremony and go to work.

Liu Yu and Zhang Zan met in Zhuo County, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious. Zhang Zan learned that the eldest prince was intercepted and killed on the way to Zhuo County, and immediately stated that he served as the Taishou of Zhuo County. We must vigorously rectify the strong in the county, so that these guys who don't know the height of the sky know what it means to be powerful.

Liu He smiled and said nothing, without telling Zhang Zhan that this matter had already been arranged, and when the time came, he just sat in the seat of Zhuojun Taishou and watched the big show.

On the day of the flag awarding ceremony, the whole Zhuo County with a head and face was invited to Zhuo County, only to see the open and majestic colonel field with flags unfurled, soldiers wearing brand new military uniforms in fresh clothes and angry horses lined up neatly, among which the high fluttering Liu Zi banner reminded everyone in the field all the time that the nearly 10,000 tiger and wolf soldiers who went out today all belonged to a person surnamed Liu, and there were no less than 100,000 such soldiers behind this surnamed Liu......

This Liu is not the other Liu. Compared with Liu Deran of Zhuoxian County, who committed a big crime, Liu Shiren of Youzhou is like Haoyue compared with Fireflies, and he is no longer on the same level.

Liu He, who was dressed in gold armor, walked up to the high platform in high spirits, read out the order to form the Youyan Army in Zhuo County, Youzhou, in public, and then announced the promotion of Zhang He to the general of Sanpin Pingnan, and then handed over the banner embroidered with the two golden characters of "Youyan" in his hand to Zhang He.

The soldiers in the audience suddenly shouted in unison: "The eldest prince is mighty, and the Youyan army is victorious!" ”

After the flag was awarded, Zhang He commanded the army to line up in a neat formation and march around the city wall of Zhuo County. Along the way, the slogans continued to be chanted, and the momentum was extremely huge. Zhang He is younger than Xu Rong, but older than Zhao Yun and Xian Yuyin, and was previously named the fourth rank of General Zhenwu by the imperial court. General Pingnan, who is now at the bottom of the third rank, is at the same level as Xu Rong.

After the day's work, Liu He returned to Jicheng with his father Liu Yu, and the deputy generals of Longhuwei Murong Ping and Sun Li. The military advisor Guo Jia walked with him, and the soldiers of the 2,000 guards battalion were sharp with knives and guns, closely guarding the front and back of the Liu father and son.

Youzhou Mu Han Fu and Xu Miao, director of the Department of Culture and Propaganda, did not accompany Liu He. They want to stay in Zhuo County to witness a big confiscation led by Zhang He and Zhang Zhan.

Soon after Liu He left, a unique public trial meeting of 10,000 people was held in Zhuoxian County, Youzhou Mu Hanfu and Youyan Army Chief General Zhang He personally came to supervise the scene, Zhuojun Taishou Zhang Zan presided over the trial, and all the criminals who had participated in the interception and killing of the Shengshui River were escorted to the public trial table by Wuhua Da, and the chief envoy behind the scenes was also brought to the scene.

According to the trial process, starting with the ordinary minions, these people had pleaded guilty before the public trial, and at this time, they just recounted the events of the day according to the interrogation officials' questions, but it also attracted tens of thousands of people from the audience to exclaim.

When Liu Deran was interrogated, the scene was silent and silent.

Zhang Zan asked Liu Deran: "Everyone and everyone confessed to the big rebellion they did, Liu Deran, as the mastermind of this interception, what do you say?" ”

Liu Deran stood proudly and replied loudly: "Liu Shiren is hypocritical, deliberately bullying my famous family in Zhuo County, if we don't get rid of him, we won't have a way to live!" ”

Xu Miao, who was on the jury, never spoke, waiting for Liu Deran to refute Liu Deran in public at this time, he got up and came to the center of the high platform, holding a trumpet-shaped copper object, and then said loudly to the people who were hearing the trial outside the venue: "Just now, Liu Deran said that the eldest prince Liu Shiren is hypocritical and righteous, and deliberately oppresses the famous families in Zhuo County, if you don't get rid of the eldest prince, the famous families in Zhuo County will have no way to live!" ”

Using the amplification effect of the copper loudspeaker, Xu Miao's words spread far away, and the people who were hearing the trial outside the venue could hear it clearly, which immediately attracted a buzzing discussion.

Xu Miao coughed dryly, cleared his throat, and then said: "Zhuoxian folks who are here today, and listen to me tell how the eldest prince oppressed the famous families of Zhuo County!" ”

"In the winter of the second year of the first peace, the Xianbei thief chief Kebineng led an army of 20,000 to invade Youzhou, and the eldest prince sent troops to the counties to collect grain in order to support the front-line soldiers and horses. Afterwards, Zhang Yide led his troops to invade Zhuo County, killing more than a dozen officials, including the county order, and the Zhang family moved out of Zhuo County. After this incident, in order to prevent the future situation of non-payment of grain resistance, the eldest prince punished the large households in Zhuo County that year and paid the grain due to ordinary farmers in the county on their behalf. ”

"In the first year of Xingping, the traitor Gongsun Zan led the army to invade Youzhou again, passing through the territory of Zhuo County, and many large households secretly provided them with military grain and grass, among which Zhuo County was the most. After the eldest prince killed Gongsun Zhan, in order to punish these big families who helped and abused, he demanded that the Youyan Academy, which was about to open, should not admit the children of the big clans of Zhuo County within three years, but the number of places allocated to Zhuo County was not less than that of other counties, and all of them were replaced by children from poor families. ”

When Xu Miao said this, he asked the people in the audience loudly: "Fellow villagers, do you think the eldest prince should punish the wealthy families in Zhuo County like this?" ”

"Should!"

"That's right!"

"The punishment of the eldest prince is too light!"

"Kill these black-hearted people!"

The people in the audience and outside the arena were full of emotion, overwhelmingly supporting Liu He.

Liu Deran, who was originally still upright, looked at the thousands of pairs of eyes staring at him fiercely not far away at this time, and felt a little chill in his heart, and suddenly felt that his truth did not seem to be so easy to stand.

Zhang Zan asked Liu Deran again: "Intercepting and killing the servants of the Son of Heaven and the officials of the imperial court is a great crime to exterminate the whole clan, do you want to admit in public that you are the mastermind of this case?" ”

Liu Deran replied without changing his face: "A good man is a good man, I am the mastermind in this matter, and please send it quickly!" ”

Zhang Zan then picked up a verdict that had already been written, and read it aloud: "There is a criminal Liu Deran from Zhuo County, who has secretly colluded with Cui Ji, Zhang Feng, and Zhao Yu from this county...... On the 24th of this month, hundreds of murderers were ambushed at the Shengshui River ferry to attack the ...... of General Huben Zhonglang and Liu Shiren, the Imperial History of Embroidered Clothes, and after careful investigation and evidence collection, a public trial meeting of 10,000 people was held today, and the prisoners confessed to the crimes! ”

"According to the law of the Han Dynasty, those who murder the officials of the court should be punished by the whole clan; The murder of the Son of Heaven is a complicity in the crime, and the nine tribes should be destroyed; The punishment for several crimes will be combined, and the heaviest punishment will be taken, so all prisoners who participated in this interception and killing should be sentenced to exterminate the nine clans! ”

When the Zhuoxian Commander read this, there was an exclamation from the audience, obviously the people who came to hear the trial were frightened by such a harsh sentence.

If the punishment is really judged according to this standard, it will not be a matter of hundreds of heads falling to the ground, but thousands of heads falling to the ground at the same time!

The effect of intimidation has been achieved, Zhang Zan then continued: "However, the sky has the virtue of a good life, fortunately, Lord Liu Shiren has not suffered, in line with the purpose of punishing the former and the future, Lord Liu specially confessed to this official website before leaving Zhuo County, only punishing the first evil, not involving the innocent." After repeated deliberations, this official today announced the following verdict on behalf of the Zhuo County Government Office in the Shengshuihe case: All those directly involved in this matter will be sentenced to death by hanging; The family involved confiscated ninety percent of the property of the clan and confiscated all of it; All males from the families involved who are over 15 years old and under 50 years old will be assigned to Diping Tuntian ......"

Zhang Zan finished reading out, and the trial meeting ended.

The people left in disappointment, for the final punishment seemed to them to be a little light. Only a few dozen people directly involved were executed, and it was a dignified hanging, which meant that there was no chance to see the bloody scene of human heads falling to the ground......

In ancient China, hanging was not the lowest form of capital punishment. Conversely, in order to preserve the whole body, high-ranking royal families would usually ask for self-hanging or hanging, rather than beheading, which would lead to a different head. For example, Lu Bu, who was executed by Cao Cao outside the White Gate Tower, was hanged by a rope. If it weren't for Lu Bu's noble status, Cao Cao would probably have someone directly push him out of the body to behead, that is, his body was in a different place.

However, when all the wealthy families involved in it received the judgment document from the government, it was like falling into an ice cave. Killing people is not too much, Liu He did not give them a good time, but easily took ninety percent of the wealth they had accumulated for generations as his own.

That's not all, the male-minded eldest son still wants to let all the men of these big families go to the bitter cold and dangerous Diping Tuntian, which is tantamount to depriving these children of the wealthy family of their qualifications to study and become famous in the future, which is even more hateful than digging people's ancestral graves!

Don't kill people, keep your family to torture slowly, let you watch me get stronger and stronger, watch your family become more and more decayed, is such a vicious punishment Liu He came up with? (To be continued......)