Chapter 45 Returning to Hometown is Majestic and Honorable, and the Four Clans are punished on the execution platform
Zong Wusheng rode majestically on the firescale horse, slowly driving past waves of kneeling crowds. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a woman, holding a child in her arms. This person is not a saint, and it is the Yao family, the wife of Elder Zong Qingheng, before the Zong family declined.
In Zong Wusheng's childhood, without the company of his mother, before the age of six, Yao was undoubtedly the best woman for him, and in addition to managing the cloth workshop, Yao would always bring some delicious food to visit Zong Wusheng.
Since the decline of the Zong family, Zong Tianchi dismissed all the members of the family, there was no one left, sold the mansion in the city, and after distributing the silver to the original Zong family, he left with Zong Wusheng and went to live in the broken temple on the Fluttering Peak.
Since then, Zong Wusheng has rarely seen the Yao family.
What I saw today, Yao's eyes were filled with indescribable relief, and tears of joy were shedding tears, and Zong Wusheng understood in his heart that this was the expression of Yao's true feelings. Zong Wusheng has finally become an adult, he has finally made great achievements, and now that he has become a big hero, he will always be the pride of the Zong family.
The team did not stop because of Yao, Zong Wusheng nodded slightly to Yao, and a grateful smile appeared on his face. Such a smile was naturally seen by many people, who looked at the women and asked, "Who is this young man, do you know him?" ”
"After he fell into the sect family, the sect has no saint!"
Yao's categorical responses to everyone with no doubt in his tone immediately caused an uproar.
"It turned out to be a descendant of the Zong family, and it was really the ancestral tomb that was smoking!"
"Aren't the descendants of the sect family unable to cultivate? Is it the Zong Wusheng who was scolded as a waste? ”
"It's him, I've seen him before, but I didn't dare to be sure just now."
The crowd was talking one after another, wave after wave. One spread ten, ten spread hundreds, and the people kneeling along the way all learned of the identity of Zong Wusheng for a while, and praised Zong Wusheng for fighting for the sect's family.
Listening to everyone's discussions, Zong Wusheng silently recited in his heart: Dad, have you heard, our clan is about to revitalize, and your lifelong wish will soon be realized.
The large army slowly marched forward, but in fact it was a parade, so that the people could take a good look at the fate of the rulers who had oppressed them for many years. The parade lasted nearly two hours, and finally came to the gate of the city lord's mansion near noon. The City Lord's Mansion had already received the news, the gate was opened, and all the samurai lined up to greet him.
Zong Wusheng signaled to stop, and placed the five prisoner carts side by side at the front, guarded by all the members of the Tiens Regiment.
The people also gathered around at this time, and hundreds of thousands of people gathered, and there was no edge in sight. With so many people gathered, it stands to reason that there should be a lot of noise and noise. At this time, there was no sound. Everyone, countless pairs of eyes stared at the young man in front of them, waiting for the statement.
Zong Wusheng turned his horse's head, sat upright on the fire-scale horse, and said loudly: "The declining Zong Wusheng has won the appreciation of the emperor and the king, and has been appointed as the imperial superintendent, and his duty is to observe the people's feelings, crack down on local evil forces and help the city lords who are abusive, and these few people you see now are the targets of our attack." ”
"Good!"
"Well played!"
The earth-shattering cheers suddenly rang out, rising wave after wave like ocean waves. Zong Wusheng waved his hand and signaled everyone to be quiet, and the crowd immediately became extremely quiet, so quiet that countless people's heartbeats could be heard. Zong Wusheng continued to announce: "There are two things to explain to all the people of Danzhou today. First, announce the new lord of the castle ......"
Before the words were finished, the crowd couldn't help but start whispering, wondering if the new city lord would be the same as Zheng Heyuan.
"There is no saint in the sect, you should be our city lord."
"Yes, if you are the lord of the city, we will not be bullied."
"We support Zong Wusheng as the city lord!"
This time, Zong Wusheng couldn't control the noise, even if he shouted loudly, it didn't help.
This is public opinion!
"Roar~"
The Jihad Alliance's Heavenly Lion Regiment sent out a heaven-shattering "Wild Lion Fury", and the people's cheers were stopped.
Zong Wusheng said angrily: "I also have to go to other county towns to observe the people's feelings, and today I specially recommend a new city lord with high moral integrity for you, I dare to guarantee that during his tenure as the city lord, no one will dare to bully you." ”
Zong Wusheng waved his hand, and Ji Tianyi came to the front of the crowd and bowed his hand to the people. When the people saw that this man was kind, their dissatisfaction eased a little.
"This is your new city lord Ji Tianyi, he will protect you well in the future, and after the trial of these bullies, let the city lord Ji have a good chat with you."
Zong Wusheng signaled to Ji Tianyi, and Ji Tianyi took the order, and succeeded Zong Wusheng and announced loudly: "Zheng Heyuan, Huofeng, Meng Xianhe, Yan Bin, and Yang Minglong The five-person public trial meeting starts now. ”
The crowd was boiling, and the new city lord had avenged them. In the midst of applause, Ji Tianyi first came to the Huofeng prisoner car and pulled it out of the prisoner car.
Huo Feng was locked up in the dungeon of the Holy Courtyard for a few days, not a drop of water entered, no grains were eaten, and coupled with the fear in his heart, he had already collapsed.
After being pulled out, he fell to his knees and shouted at Zong Wusheng: "My lord, I didn't do it right before, take my life." ”
"Spare our lives." Hearing that Huofeng begged for mercy, the other patriarchs of the three clans begged for mercy in the prison car.
It's really thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, how could they have thought that Zong Wusheng, who was bullied by others in the past, would actually become a supervisor? In fact, when they saw Zong Wusheng, their hearts were already dead, and when they recalled what they had done to the Zong family back then, they knew that Zong Wusheng would not spare them.
"Hang them all up for me." Zong Wusheng shouted angrily.
Qin Tian received the order, stepped forward, followed by three members of the Holy War Alliance, and dragged the four people from the other four prisoner cars down separately, dragged them to the execution ground next to them, and hung them on the torture pillars one by one.
Zheng Heyuan saw that this was going to be real, and shouted: "Zong Wusheng, my brother is the imperial court captain, you dare to kill me?!" ”
"Naturally, you don't need me to take your life, someone will come to collect your dog's life." After that, let Zheng Heyuan roar, and Zong Wusheng no longer paid attention to it.
In the crowd, two teenagers stared coldly at the field, and one of them said, "Wufeng, you said that Zong Wusheng really dared to resist the decree and kill your uncle?" ”
"Humph!" Zheng Wuqian snorted coldly: "Look at it, forgive him for not having the guts!" ”
The two are Zheng Wuji, the son of the Zheng family, and his nemesis Mo Zheng, the son of the Mo family. Zheng Wujian was ordered by his father to come to observe the situation.
The five people were hung from the torture pillar, and the people held their breath, their faces were excited, and they quietly watched the field.
"Wronged, my lord, we have never oppressed the people."
"Yes, my lord, we really didn't oppress the people."
Meng Lie, who had not spoken, interrupted the four of them with a loud shout, and said coldly: "You are wronged? In front of all the people in Youzhou, do you still dare to shout injustice? Meng Lie's words caused a chain reaction, and countless insults came from the people, if the five people were handed over to the people now, it was estimated that there would not be even scum left in an instant.
"Papapapa"
The members of the Holy War Alliance, who were guarding by the side of the five people, were slapped countless times, and the eyes of the five people who were beaten were full of stars, and they suddenly did not dare to complain about grievances.
"Your Excellency, cultivators oppress the people, according to the laws of the Imperial Kingdom, what should we do?" Ji Tianyi saw that the execution ground was ready, and asked.
"According to the laws of the Imperial Kingdom, cultivators oppress the people, first cut off their meridians, and then beat them to death!" Meng Lie responded.
Hearing that they were about to be punished, the five of them couldn't suppress their fear again and began to beg for mercy, but in exchange for Zong Wusheng's angry shouting.
"Spare you?" Zong Wusheng recalled the persecution of the Zong family by the City Lord's Mansion and the four major families for more than ten years, gritted his teeth and said, "When you occupied the Zong family's cloth workshop, did you ever think of sparing us? ”
"Fire Patriarch, when you occupied the people's daughters and killed the father and mother of the girl from the good family, did you ever think of sparing them?"
"Patriarch Meng, when you forced laborers to forge weapons for you, and you didn't give a penny, resulting in a hundred families having no food to eat, did you ever consider sparing them?"
"Yang Minglong, when you forced Liang to become a prostitute, and forced women to pick up customers in the Qinglou you opened, did you ever consider sparing them?"
"Yan Bin, you colluded with the city lord Zheng Heyuan to injure sixty-seven members of the Zong family and kill nine people when you seized the Zong's cloth workshop, have you ever considered sparing them?"
"Zheng Heyuan, you took bribes from the four major families, turned a blind eye to their oppression of the people, betrayed the trust of the imperial kingdom in you, and put the people in dire straits, have you ever thought of sparing them?"
Zong Wusheng's incriminating evidence came out one by one, and the five of them were terrified when they heard it, and their legs trembled. Danzhou is a remote county town, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, even if you kill a hundred people, as long as the city lord does not pursue it, there is nothing to do. Therefore, in their eyes, killing people is not enough, and no one will be held accountable if they spend some money on Zheng Heyuan.
Today, hearing what they did with my own ears really shocked Meng Lie and Xiang Wentian, who were accompanying them. Being in Zhongzhou, there are a lot of people in the surrounding counties, but on the surface, the wind and rain are smooth, the people are simple, and the relationship between cultivators and ordinary people is also harmonious, but I didn't expect the families of the marginal counties to ignore the laws of the imperial country like this. After listening to Zong Wusheng's accusation, the two fell into deep thought. It seems that it is necessary for the county town to be thoroughly investigated, and the relationship between the cultivators and the common people should also be reversed.
After listening to Zong Wusheng's accusations against the five people, Ji Tianyi walked up to the execution platform, his anger surged, he glared at the five pale scum and asked, "Supervision envoy, can you start?" ”
"Execution!" With a wave of his hand, Zong Wusheng announced the start of the execution.
"Yes."
Ji Tianyi received the order, hugged his fists in his chest, pressed the palm joints to "gurgle", and walked towards the four of them like a god.
"Spare your life!"
Ji Tianyi first came to the most fierce fire wind, held a palm, and broke it with a "click", and then came to the other side, using the same cruel means to break the other palm alive.
Firewind fainted to the sound of a pig-killing howl. Looking at Huofeng's treatment, the four of them were already frightened, and yellow urine fell from their crotches. But the people did not feel pity and applauded. When they oppressed the people, they did not show the slightest compassion.
"Wake him up and waste his legs."
Zong Wusheng didn't intend to spare Huofeng so easily, the scene of his brutal murder of the father and mother of a girl from a good family was suddenly in front of him, but Huofeng didn't frown.
Ji Tianyi "snapped" more than a dozen slaps, and finally woke up the fire wind, looked at his drooping palm, and begged for mercy again. Ji Tianyi didn't give him a chance at all, picked up the fine iron rod prepared for him, slammed his knees at Huofeng, and slammed it down. There was another hysterical scream, and Huofeng's legs were completely useless, and he fainted in pain again.
The four of them hung on the torture pillar, looking at the shocking and tragic situation of the fire and wind, knowing that it was about to be their turn, they couldn't hold back the fear in their hearts anymore, and cried loudly, but they couldn't exchange a trace of pity. If God gives them another chance, I believe that they will not dare to bully the people if they are killed, but God will not give them another chance.
Ji Tianyi is like an executioner, after abolishing the fire wind, he concocted the same method and abolished the other three patriarchs one by one. Of course, Zheng Heyuan can't be killed now, and his life and death should be carried out by the imperial state.
After the four were deposed, dozens of members of the Holy War Alliance, each holding a fine iron rod, in groups of four or five, surrounded the executed people.
Zong Wusheng stared coldly and shouted: "Fight!" ”
"Bang ......"
Countless sounds of bones breaking came out, and the four family patriarchs who had once dominated Danzhou were beaten to death, and all the bones on their bodies were shattered. The members of the various families hidden in the crowd, watching the tragic death of the patriarch, were shocked, and their legs trembled and squeezed out of the crowd, and they decided that they would never dare to bully the people again.