In the second year of Chongzhen, the 19th day of June in the lunar calendar.

The vegetable market entrance of Yuzhong City, in the execution ground, and even around, was crowded with people, the voices of people were boiling, the heat was in full swing, the sun was getting higher and higher, the temperature was rising sharply, and still no one left, but gathered more and more, and there were many discussions, noisy and noisy.

There are a large number of soldiers around the high platform of the execution ground, responsible for guarding and maintaining the order of the scene, everyone is holding a big knife or spear, standing there majestically, even if the sweat is like rain, it is still immovable, the brows are not wrinkled, and the whole body is full of a fierce atmosphere, which makes ordinary people fearful. In this case, the crowd of onlookers did not dare to take a step beyond the thunder pond and kept a certain distance from the high platform.

On the high platform, rows of condemned prisoners knelt there, their hair was messy, sweating profusely, and their faces were pale and bowing their heads, waiting for the execution of the knife and axe hands behind them, and they no longer pleaded in despair.

At this moment, Li Zicheng was sitting on the judge's beheading platform in the back, familiar with the lively crowd of onlookers and the dead and silent execution platform, and he didn't look at it, but just lowered his head and was tinkering with something, hehe smiled.

Li Guo, Tian Jianxiu, Liu Fangliang and other five people stood behind him, standing tall and tall, with a heroic atmosphere between their eyebrows, and the whole person looked very strong and burly, with a bit of evil spirit.

Relatively speaking, although Tian Jianxiu is also wearing a military uniform, but it is much more elegant, seeing that the boss has been silent for a long time, just caring about a few pieces of paper alone, as if he is doing some gadgets, completely ignoring the fact that the sun is getting higher and higher, the temperature is getting hotter and hotter, and the soldiers are bound to faint if they stand like this for a long time, not to mention those ordinary people.

At that time, no matter how much the people hate the local tyrants and bullies on the execution platform, they will leave one after another, there will be fewer and fewer onlookers, and the effect that the boss wants will be greatly reduced.

As soon as he thought of this, Tian Jianxiu stepped forward, leaned over Li Zicheng's ear, and whispered, "Boss, it's almost, right?" There are already a lot of people here, and if we wait, there will be fewer and fewer people. ”

"Haha, it's finally done!" Li Zicheng did not pay attention to Tian Jianxiu's reminder, but excitedly played with the things in his hand, which were made of pieces of paper into loudspeakers, which were very large, one size bigger than the broadcast speakers in the 80s.

After confirming again, there was really no problem with the loudspeaker speaker, and then he glanced back at Tian Jianxiu and smiled: "Okay, I know, let's start talking." ”

When Tian Jianxiu returned to his original position, Li Zicheng also stood up, held a megaphone in one hand, put it to his mouth, and shouted loudly: "Folks, folks, be quiet and listen to me." ”

The sound was like thunder, which scared everyone, and they were all surprised, what was Li Zicheng holding in his hand? In a moment, the surrounding area of the execution ground was silent, as if fearful, or fearful, except for some whispering voices. In this situation, Li Zicheng is more and more satisfied with his DIY amplifier.

Immediately afterwards, straightening his chest, tucking his abdomen, and lifting his buttocks, Li Zicheng put on a posture that he thought was very kingly, standing proudly, holding a megaphone in one hand and pointing at those condemned prisoners with the other, and said majestically: "Fellow villagers, these people on the execution table must be no strangers to you, and they are very familiar. Many of you have been poisoned and plagued by them. ”

The tone was paused, his eyes narrowed slightly, the corners of his mouth rose, revealing a wicked smile, and his voice raised a few points: "Folks, please believe your ears, we are not only killing these harmful spirits and bullies in the township today, but also giving you dividends." ”

However, it was still quiet below, and no ordinary people believed Li Zicheng's words, and the latter was not discouraged, let alone disappointed, and continued: "Fathers and fellow villagers, now is the time for revenge and resentment. As long as you line up, enter the arena one at a time, and obey the order, you can go up to the execution platform and take revenge on these scourge spirits. ”

Suddenly, the crowd of onlookers exploded in an instant, such an execution situation can be said to be unprecedented, and I have not heard that the common people can execute the prisoners instead? Even if the prisoner committed a heinous crime, was full of evil, and was heinous, no family of the victim executed or beheaded the prisoner.

Because, the execution of a person has always been a power, or a symbol of the power of the court, to deter others.

Although some did not believe it, there were many people in the crowd of onlookers who had great enemies, but they hesitated for a moment, and then stood up decisively, and began to line up, ready to take revenge.

At this moment, seeing that some people were actively participating, Li Zicheng's nervous heart was still relieved, and the five people in the rear were even more sweaty, but they didn't expect the boss to be so able to toss and make such a set.

It is not difficult to imagine that if the people were still afraid and did not dare to step forward, the boss would be embarrassed and lose his hair, or in full view.

At the same time, Li Zicheng became excited, as if he was singing, and shouted loudly: "Folks, you can shoot casually, it doesn't matter how many hands you have, as long as you leave them alive!" ”

Whether it was his own people or the onlookers, when they heard these words, they were all stunned, what idea did this master have? Anyway, these bastard bastards are all dead, so it's better to kill them directly without letting people vent.

Without waiting for everyone to continue to think and complain, Li Zicheng's voice sounded again: "Folks, if the people in front of you beat these turtle bastards to death, relieving anger is relieving anger." But what about the people behind you? After all, it's not your family that has a grudge against these people. Anyway, you have to get the others out of your breath. ”

"And you can't let these bastards die like that, that's too cheap for them. We must let their corpses be separated, cut in two, let them taste the pain of the beheading, and get a bad retribution for their incomplete bodies, so that they can relieve the evil qi in everyone's chest! ”

In an instant, there was a boil below, and cheers jumped up, all in favor of the proposal. The five people in the rear were in a cold sweat, looked at each other, and couldn't help sighing: "This is too ruthless, this is also too vicious and insidious." If a person dies, he will die, and he will let his family suffer before he dies, be deprived of his last dignity, be beaten beyond recognition, and be scarred, and he will be given such a knife in the end. Such a vicious trick, dying in humiliation, can only be imagined by his own boss. ”

No matter what the five people behind him thought, seeing that the people were angry and grateful to themselves, Li Zicheng felt satisfied, and felt more and more accomplished, and even hit the railroad while it was hot: "Also, fellow villagers, there must be many of you who have been persecuted by these harmful spirits, who have been seized of fertile land and family property, or persecuted wives and widows. ”

"Here, I, Li Zicheng, can promise you that as long as what I say is true, someone is willing to testify for you, and the fields, houses, cattle and sheep that have been invaded by these bullies and evil spirits can all be returned."

"Of course, if someone cheats and fraudulently takes other people's things, once discovered, don't blame me Li Zicheng for being ruthless and ruthless!"

The promise just now is only the welfare of a small number of people. After all, it is not the people of the city who are poisoned and harmed. Now it is different, due to the great corruption of the Ming court, the fertile land in Shaanxi and other places has been greatly annexed, and almost every family has been more or less occupied.

It's definitely a wave of dividends, and one wave is bigger than another. Who wouldn't be excited that land and houses, but the foundation of people's shelter and survival, can now be reclaimed? Who is not happy?

However, some people are happy, some people are unhappy, and there is no pure best of both worlds in the world, this is an eternal truth.

At this moment, for example, Li Guo and the other five people, they were very unhappy, dissatisfied with Li Zicheng's decision, Liu Fangliang couldn't help it at first, hurriedly stepped forward, lay on Li Zicheng's ear, and said anxiously: "Boss, you can leave some and return halfway." If you really have to do that, return those good fields, and what will the brothers eat in the future? What do you live on? Moreover, we didn't snatch it from them, but from the homes of those bullies. ”

However, Li Zicheng didn't listen to it, he still looked very excited, and just said: "Look at your bear-like, button-and-noose, stingy like that, you can only be a centurion for the rest of your life, and you can't do big things." Stay honest and see what the boss teaches you to do! What is openness and benevolence? ”

Liu Fangliang was stunned, pointed a finger at himself, a little hard to believe, and then muttered indignantly: "The loser's thing, who wouldn't throw money to win people's hearts?" However, you also have to have a degree, right~? Can't just take care of the momentary pleasure, the momentary spirit, and push it all out, and it will not be a long time in the future? There are still a lot of mouths to eat, and there are still troops to recruit. If you don't have money or food, how can you do this? ”

However, although he was stunned and reckless, Liu Fangliang still did not continue to insist on his opinion, and retreated abruptly, feeling very depressed and innocent, and was scolded for being a bloody dog.

Li Guo and Liu Fangliang thought the same way, and they also had this view. However, seeing Li Zicheng's resolute attitude, Liu Fangliang was scolded for being a bloody dog, so he stopped one after another, looked at each other, controlled his feet that were about to move, and just kept praying in his heart: "Boss, it's okay like this, it's already interesting enough, don't make any more indiscriminate promises, everything is given to the people, we are worried about eating and drinking, and there is no money to recruit troops!" ”

However, things in the world are so speechless, if you want something, you just want something, but I saw Li Zicheng promise it again, which made the five people anxious and secretly anxious.

"Fellow villagers, I, Li Zicheng, can still promise you here, as long as the family really can't open the pot and break it, you can come to us to get some food and a little silver, tide over this difficulty, and persist until the autumn harvest."

"Moreover, if my soldiers dare to bully you, I can go to the yamen to sue them, or I can find a patrol team. If they don't do well, they can come to me directly. I will severely punish all the soldiers who cause trouble, make trouble, or harass you, and if the consequences are serious, they will be beheaded directly! ”