Behind the screams, Duan Fei had no intention of taking care of it, he was anxious to call loudly, and even set fire on the boat, there were many boats coming and going on the Yangtze River, they saw that the official ship was on fire, and they rushed over to help, Duan Fei and Shi Bin and the five brocade guards all changed boats, Hua Ming threw the boatman who had been tossed and collapsed aside for his subordinates to take care of, and came to Duan Fei to report: "My lord, I have already asked clearly, they are all post envoys, it's just that they were all bought before we got on the ship yesterday, They thought we were going to Suzhou, and although we temporarily changed to Yangzhou, they still took the opportunity to do it halfway......"

Duan Fei nodded, didn't ask much, and said, "What happened just now?" How did they get their hands on it? ”

Hua Ming said ashamedly: "The subordinates are northerners, rarely take boats, and don't know the speed of the boat, when the day is about to dawn, I feel that something is wrong, so Shi Bin got up and saw that he was surprised, he went to find the post Cheng theory, those people saw that the situation was not good and immediately threw the sail into the river, and the people also jumped, when the boat was shaken by them, the subordinates were incompetent, and only barely caught one." ”

Duan Fei glared at Shi Bin and said: "It's no wonder you, I asked Shi Bin to wake me up every other hour, alas, people are not as good as heaven, Hua Ming, Shi Bin and I are not good at riding, after you go ashore, you take the holy decree and the guard brothers to buy horses and go to Yangzhou as soon as possible, you must stop the execution, please please." ”

Hua Ming nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will make up for their mistakes, and this time I will definitely live up to my mission!" ”

Everyone asked the boatman to dock in Jinshan, Hua Ming and others immediately went ashore and acted separately, one took the boatman of the post boat to report the case, and the other rushed to the market to buy horses, and soon both aspects were done, Hua Ming took four guards, and Duan Fei was full of hope, and rushed to Yangzhou quickly, Duan Fei and Shi Bin also quickly stepped up, but compared to the northerners who have been riding horses since childhood, the speed is far worse, from Jinshan to Yangzhou is not far away, it stands to reason that Hua Ming They can arrive in Yangzhou before noon, but Duan Fei is still very worried, very worried.

……

At dawn, the city of Yangzhou gradually became lively, and the prison of Yangzhou Mansion was also busy, and three death row prisoners were to be beheaded at the same time today, which is rare in Yangzhou.

The executioner and the cell boss walked down the cell together, and the cell boss asked the jailer, "Have you lit incense and toasted it?" Is it true that you are in the right place? Is it okay to take care of the prisoners? ”

The jailer said: "Everything is ready, the foolish prisoners who have never done so smoothly have never been executed, just wait for the cell boss to come and personally put them into the prison car, and then escort them to the streets as soon as the time comes." ”

The cell boss came to the cell where He Sheng and the Yue brothers were imprisoned, looked inside, and saw the Yue brothers and He Sheng wearing wooden flails and other torture instruments, sitting against the wall like clay carvings and wood sculptures, with a dull expression and no expression, the cell boss flashed a trace of coldness in his eyes, and said: "Open the door, load the three of them into the car, the lord has ordered, they are extremely murderous serial murderers, they must be pulled out to parade in the street immediately, and they will be beheaded at the end of noon!" ”

A jailer flattered, "Do you want to strip them naked?" It's a pity that they are not women, otherwise at least half of the people in Yangzhou City would have come to see. ”

A trace of regret flashed in the cell leader's eyes, and he said: "It's cheaper for them, the lord said to give Huashan a face, and there is no need to strip naked and parade the streets." ”

Another jailer sighed: "That's a pity, these two little ones are not worse than the little girls, if they weren't death row prisoners, someone would definitely be willing to pay a lot of money to ransom them back and castrate them as prostitutes." ”

"Stop talking nonsense, adults are waiting for me to reply." The cell boss said impatiently.

The jailers opened the cell door and dragged He Sheng and the Yue brothers out, they did not resist, and followed out of the prison in a daze, and the jailers carried out three wooden standing cages, pushed the three of them one by one, stretched their heads out of the top of the cage with a round hole, and then locked a crossbar, and then stuck the prisoner's head, and the prisoner could not move or squat, but could only stand upright, so this cage is called a standing cage.

The officials sounded the gong to open the way, shouting the trumpet all the way, the servant walked in the middle with a big knife in his hand, and behind him were three prisoner carts, and as soon as the team left the gate of the palace, countless people watched, and after hearing that these three people were murderous serial murderers, the onlookers turned from sympathy to resentment, and some children picked up the stones on the side of the road and threw them at them.

Guo Wei, Hong Bang, and Jiang Jun came to the yamen early in the morning and waited, seeing this scene, the three of them couldn't help but be gloomy, especially uncomfortable was Guo Wei, he had also experienced the battle of Hai'an Town, and had fought side by side with the three of them, and now seeing that they were about to be slaughtered, Guo Wei was full of grief in his heart, as if their bloody killing of the enemy in Hai'an Town was completely meaningless.

They followed the prisoner cart all the way, and they had no ability to rob the prisoners, so they could only order coffins in advance, and wait for the bodies of the three people to be collected after the execution, and they could only do this.

There is a tavern next to the intersection of Caishikou Street, a man wearing a hat is sitting in front of the door, drinking a sip of wine, he has an iron slingshot in his hand, and a short knife pinned to his waist, he is drinking while looking out with bloodshot eyes, I don't know what he is thinking, several guests who want to come in to eat are scared away by his fierce appearance.

"Alas......" A heavy and distant sigh sounded in his ears, Yang Sen, who was drinking stuffy wine, moved in his heart, he turned his head to see that his grandfather walked out from behind him, sat beside him, and called Xiao Erdao: "Two large urns of good wine, it is best to burn a knife a little spicy, and bring a sea bowl." ”

Yang Sen showed hope in his eyes, but said unceremoniously: "What are you doing here?" Didn't you say it didn't matter? ”

Yang Jian said indifferently: "After all, I've met a few times, it's not bad to see them off, not to mention that you spread the news everywhere that I'm going to rob the Dharma Field, can I not come and take a look?" ”

Yang Sen said angrily: "Whatever you want, don't stop me, you are not afraid of me, it's a big deal that I will go to sea with them to be a pirate and fight the pirates!" ”

Yang Jian sighed: "Fool, how can it be so simple, the Yang family is your only seedling, if you want to go out and fool around, give me a great-grandson first, and then say, if you have nothing to do, you will shout to go to sea, it was all taught by that Duan Fei?" I really regret letting you go with him. ”

Yang Sen said angrily: "Brother Fei is a good official, but also a good big brother, he said, if he was you, he would have broken into the government and rescued people a long time ago, you knew that they were innocent, but you refused to make a move, Brother Fei said, if you don't save you when you die, are you worthy of your conscience?" Can you sleep at night? ”

Yang Jian sneered: "Conscience? My conscience has long been eaten by dogs! ”

Yang Sen was stunned for a moment, not knowing what he meant, and only heard a familiar and good-sounding voice say leisurely: "Elder Yang is talking about those who are officials, right?" Although there are many dog officials in the world, there are also many good officials who have done their best for the country and the people. ”

Yang Sen turned around with great joy and shouted, "Sister Su, why are you here?" Is Phineas here too? ”

Yang Jian also turned his head to look and said, "Does the girl also want to wade into this troubled water?" ”

Su Rong was dressed as a little scholar, she Shi Shiran walked to Yang Sen's right, sat down and said, "Isn't Old Yang here too?" I owe Lord Duan a promise, so this time I will save the three of them, I am alone, if I have Yang Lao's help, it will be much safer. ”

Yang Jian lowered his eyes and said, "The girl's injuries have healed seventy percent, and there is no evil skill to hinder her, is it not a matter of effort to save people?" But has the girl ever thought about the consequences? ”

Su Rong smiled and said, "The consequences? At most, the consequences will be caught and returned to the teacher's façade to think about it, or else he will be killed halfway, and it will be a hundred, which is better than owing someone a promise, right? Yang Lao said that it is simple to save people, I must have never seen the three who were about to be executed, I just came from the yamen, they were pushed out to parade the street early in the morning, I took a look from a distance, the expressions of the three of them were indeed very wrong, just as Shi Bin said, they were obviously cast some kind of evil magic, and they were already delirious. ”

Yang Jian said: "Delirium does not necessarily mean that evil art has been cast, but robbing the Dharma field is an undoubted crime, even if I spend a hundred times my strength afterwards to find out the clues to find out the hidden evil cultist and kill him, I will not save a death row prisoner." ”

PS: That day in Zonghengqun, I said that I would never donate to Yushu, and one author said, 'Do you still have a conscience?' I smiled at the time and ignored him, and Yang Jian's words floated in my heart at that time, yes, my conscience has long been eaten by dogs!