Chapter 342: A Farce in the Capital
The city gate order quickly found out that the person who was shot was not a Lingshan horse bandit at all, but a member of the merchant groupI thought it would be a troublesome matter, but the strange thing was that the people in the merchant group insisted that killing Lin Benjian's soldiers was manslaughter, and they didn't plan to pursue it.
This made the soldiers and the city gate order very happy, and they expressed their gratitude to the people of the Lin family merchant group again and again, and also gave Lin Hongyi a token, claiming that as long as he continued to be the city gate order, the people of the Lin family business group could enter and leave Dong'an City casually in the future.
Everyone returned to the inn, and before they could sit down and drink a saliva, Lin Die couldn't help but ask, "Chen Xiao, how do you know that Lin Benjian will definitely be shot by the soldiers in the city?"
"I'm blinded. The little marquis shrugged.
"Meng, how is it possible, why is it so accurate?" Lin Die's eyes widened.
The little marquis took two sips of tea and explained: "There has been no war in Gyeonggi for several years, and the quality of the soldiers in peacetime is extremely low, in fact, I am not sure whether the soldiers in the city will release arrows. Facts have proved that their quality is very low, and as soon as they heard that they were horse bandits, they involuntarily pulled the crossbow machine, and they deserved Lin Benjian's bad luck. ”
For such an answer, it is obvious that the eldest lady is not satisfied.
She said: "Then you pointed out Lin Benjian before, won't you also be blinded?"
"Hehe, that's right, it's blind!"
“......”
At noon on the third day, the Lin merchant group successfully entered the emperor's capital, as soon as they entered the city, the shopkeepers of the major businesses greeted them, they were not the first time to deal with Lin Hongyi, they knew that the goods he brought were all of the best quality, and they might be snapped up after a while.
However, the number of goods brought by the merchant group this time was beyond the expectations of all the shopkeepers, and it is estimated that the merchant group will have to stay here for a few days before the goods can be sold.
Looking at the busy people, Xiao Chen felt that he couldn't help much, and after asking Lin Hongyi where he lived these days, he got up and said goodbye.
The prosperity of the imperial capital is beyond the imagination of the little marquis, and there is a lively scene everywhere.
On the street, in the tea shop and in the restaurant, the most talked about is still the Blood Shadow Hall, and it can be seen that the last batch of flyers of the little marquis has played a great role.
He walked into the tea shop on the street, ordered a pot of Biluochun, and pretended to be casual, but in fact, he pricked up his ears to listen to the tea customers' discussions.
After a long period of peace, there was always no shortage of indignant youth, and the few who were talking loudly were obviously in the middle of the road, and they vigorously attacked the management system of the imperial court, as if they were the most suitable people to govern the country.
The guests at the other table seemed very quiet, drinking tea and sipping melon seeds, if I guessed correctly, these guys must be from the imperial court.
The more they talked, the more energetic they became, and they didn't know that they had been targeted by eagles and dogs, and they could put you in a big hat for talking about national politics at any time and throw them into a cell for ten days and half a month.
At this moment, the street outside was noisy, and someone ran in and said: "Why do you still have time to drink tea, the vegetable market is going to kill people again, it is said that this batch is also the leader of the Blood Shadow Hall, and it has just been caught and sent to the imperial capital from all over the country." He also said that he would publish a list of the victims, nobles and officials. ”
A group of people hula stood up and rushed outside.
The little marquis settled the account unhurriedly, and after everyone left, he slowly walked out of the tea shop.
Hurry up, the head cutting at the entrance of the vegetable market pays attention to three o'clock in the afternoon, and now it's just past noon, so you have to wait if you go early.
By the time he walked to the entrance of the vegetable market, it was already crowded with people, but with the strength of the peak of the little marquis's qi martial realm, it was very easy to squeeze in.
A few minutes later, he stood in the front row, and saw two rows of unkempt men kneeling side by side on a square stone platform, their arms tied behind their backs, wearing dirty prison clothes, staring blankly at the ground.
Behind each of them stood a man with a ghost-headed broadsword, and these executioners were equally expressionless.
On one side of the table was a bookcase, and a man in a red official mansion sat in the back, looked up at the sky, and immediately someone shouted: "It's three o'clock in the afternoon, and the execution can be carried out." ”
In the Great Chu Dynasty, officials had strict rules on clothing, such as this supervisor and beheader, and the red official uniform was only allowed to be worn by second- and third-grade officials.
He took out a small wooden sign with the word "order" written on it from the lottery holder, and threw it to the ground in front of him: "Wait for the remnants of the Blood Shadow Hall, there are more than innocent people who have done many evil things, His Majesty the Emperor has an order to kill without forgiveness, comfort the hundreds of heroic souls who were killed, and execute them!"
More than a dozen ghost-headed knives were raised at the same time and fell suddenly, and in a sword light, more than a dozen human heads fell to the ground in response, plasma gushed out, and the air was immediately filled with a smell of blood.
The common people applauded, and immediately some people shouted such compliments as the emperor's wisdom.
The Sanpin Supervisor stood up, picked up the fold on the table, opened it, and read aloud: "There are fourteen criminals from the Blood Shadow Hall, who were beheaded at the entrance of the Emperor-Ducai Market, and they committed heinous crimes, and they died innocently. The emperor has a decree to reveal the list of killed nobles, officials and specific processes to the world, and the specific matters will be seen in the list posted by the government. His Majesty the Emperor also issued an edict asking officials from all over the country to arrest the other leaders of the Blood Shadow Hall and send them to the Emperor-Capital to be beheaded for public display, and these people will not be tolerated. ”
With that, several soldiers began to paint the paste on the wall not far away, and a few others pasted a piece of paper with dense large characters written on it.
The people flocked towards that side, and the little marquis's eyesight was extraordinary, and he could see clearly when he stood there.
There are more than 210 names of the victims on it, ranging from the duke's prince to the lowest-ranking marquis, from the general to the ordinary captain.
After reading the names of those people, a sneer appeared on his face.
Emperor, Emperor, seeing that the hardships you suffered last time were still not enough, he still used a bunch of scapegoats to fool the people.
Why are you so sure? It was because of the fourteen people who had just been killed, although most of them were soul warriors with soul power, their level was too low, and the highest was no more than the seventh level of the Chemical Martial Realm.
You must know that the main leaders of the rudder of the Blood Shadow Hall are all above the Immortal Martial Realm, and the so-called leaders are only in the Chemical Martial Realm, and most of them are just the Condensing Martial Realm, what about the ghosts?
Moreover, the quaint of the beheading officer characterized these fourteen people as members of the Blood Shadow Hall at the state capital level, and the thirteen states of Great Chu plus an emperor-capital, just enough to gather fourteen people.
In other words, the supreme leaders of the Blood Shadow Hall in these fourteen places all died.
Fourteen heads, coupled with the list of "the truth is revealed", many ordinary people once again chose to believe in the imperial court.
And among these people, there are many nurseries placed by the imperial court, who stand under the list and praise the emperor for his wisdom with shy faces. What's more, he began to repent, saying that he should not doubt the wise and martial emperor, and it turned out that the imperial court did not intend to be soft on Xu Yingtang from the beginning, let alone fool the common people.
The warden in the red official uniform smiled, and involuntarily reached out his hand to stroke the short beard on his chin, thinking about how to write a beautiful compliment to the emperor's majesty.
He even wondered if he wanted to visit the printing office of the imperial capital, believing that the craftsmen here must be stronger than the daimyo's mansion.