Zong Taiji felt a faint pain in his heart, Kong Rong was such a loyal minister, but he wanted to kill himself, it was really helpless, seeing the smug look on the face of the envoy of the five countries, his face suddenly turned cold, and he said sharply: "However, killing Kong Rong requires your five witnesses to sign the certificate here, and I will have a piece of evidence from Ji Tianzi in the future." ”

While speaking, Zong Taiji gestured to the eunuch beside him to glance, and the eunuch immediately understood, took out a piece of parchment from the coffin beside him, and presented it to Zong Taiji's bookcase.

The faces of Sowo and the envoys of various countries changed suddenly, but they didn't expect Zong Taiji to have this hand.

Sowo thought to himself, this time he came to the country of Pilu to force Kong Rong to kill because he was entrusted by Zheng Hesheng to exchange a thousand Ugin chariots from each country.

Thinking of this, Sovo refused without hesitation, "We are only special envoys, and we are not obliged to sign the certificate of meeting, and we are gone." ”

Staring at the five people who turned around and left, Zong Taiji said sharply: "The five envoys entered the door and claimed that you had come to supervise Pilu's execution of Kong Rong, and this time they said that they were only envoys and had no obligation to sign, isn't it inconsistent?" ”

Hearing this, the five people stopped, and Sowo glanced at Zheng Hesheng silently, but seeing that one of his palms showed two fingers in his big sleeve, Sowoden understood what Zheng Hesheng meant, if they were willing to sign, they would get 2,000 Ugin chariots.

Two thousand Ugin chariots is already a huge military force for a vassal state, and now Zheng Hesheng wants to send two thousand, what a powerful battlefield force will these two thousand build?

However, the people's hearts are not enough to swallow the elephant, and Suo Wujue's 2,000 Ugin chariots are not enough for the five envoys to take the risk, so he deliberately raised the price, turned to Zong Taiji and responded: "I can see it, you didn't plan to kill Kong Rong from the beginning, obviously you intended to protect Kong Rong, and it is not difficult for me to think that Kong Rong's change may be advocated by your Pilu, so I will go back and pass on the letter to my king, and see you on the battlefield then!" ”

Sovo made his position clear at this time, and Zheng Hesheng heard what he meant, obviously dissatisfied with the current requirements, and ruthlessly added another finger to change it to three thousand chariots.

Glancing at the three fingers sticking out of Zheng Hesheng's sleeve, Sovo was satisfied. Three thousand chariots is his most ideal number, if he wants more, I'm afraid Zheng Hesheng won't be able to get it, so he didn't wait for Zong Taiji to speak again, glanced at the four people around him, nodded slightly and responded, "Okay, in order to maintain Ji Tianzi's regime, our five envoys will be witnesses and sign this certificate, but it will be signed after the execution is completed tomorrow." ”

Zong Taiji glared at the five of them, and said coldly: "Okay, then see you at the execution ground tomorrow!" ”

Sowo really left this time, Zong Taiji had a frightening coldness on his face, and he didn't speak, he threw his big sleeves and left directly, seeing the king leaving, the eunuch announced: "Retreat from the dynasty-"

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The news that Kong Rong was going to be killed spread like wings in the streets and alleys of Zhongzhou, and the people were shocked.

Some time ago, the people also heard from time to time that the five countries wanted to join forces to march into the country of Pilu to kill the secretary Kong Rong, Kong Rong asked for prison for the safety of the country of Pilu, and the king had to kill Kong Rong for the safety of the country of Pilu.

Although the news spread well, the people still firmly believed that the king would not kill the loyal minister Kong Rong. Besides, when was the kingdom of Vilu afraid of war? It is not the first time that the tactics of the five-nation alliance to march into the country of Vilu have been played, and they can fight if they want to, and the people of the country would rather die on the battlefield than be scared to death by the forces of the five countries.

The people firmly believe that the king is definitely unwilling to kill Kong Rong, and the last time Kong Rong was arrested, the scene of the people "handing over the peasants" has been brewed, and in order to suppress the riot, the people have been killed and injured countless times, does the king still want to brew such a bloody case?

So, the people came spontaneously, and even the people on the outskirts of the city and outside the city also came. The people were in an extremely conflicted mood at this time, they didn't seem to know whether they came in a hurry to pay tribute to Kong Rong, or to ask for Kong Rong's life? Or maybe the people just wanted to demonstrate to the other five countries and let them see how much the people of Pilu loved Kong Rong.

Regardless of the purpose for which the people came, one thing was clear. Kong Rong is a loyal minister of the Pilu country, and is the initiator of the abolition of slavery for the people, and now Kong Rong is going to be executed, and the people have decided to come to see Kong Rong off even if they sacrifice their lives, and then look at the face that makes the people love, kind and kind.

Kong Rong's execution ground was set up on the rootless riverbank, it was in the middle of the dog days of summer, the scorching sun hung high in the sky and volatilized the heat, and on the saline-alkali ground of the rootless riverbank, countless cracks were opened by the scorching sun, and countless white salts were scattered on the dry ground, reflecting dazzling light.

The rootless riverbank, which used to be empty and lofty, is now awakened by the footsteps of hundreds of people, showing a hustle and bustle that has not been seen for many years.

Whenever a big man dies, it will be accompanied by celestial phenomena, and the people look up at the scorching sun and curse, "God, are you deaf?" Shangqing is about to be executed, and you are still so jubilant, won't you cry? ”

It seemed that the curses of the people were heard by God, and the sky where the sun was originally high suddenly became cloudy, and thunder and lightning fell one after another.

"Boom."

The rumbling thunder rolls over the rootless river beach like a tidal wave, followed by a torrential rain that "booms" down. In an instant, the people were drenched, and the rain poured down from the top of their heads, and flowed down the sleeves and trouser legs of the people to the dry ground.

The rootless river beach was already a sea of people in all directions, and the people surprisingly did not make a sound, and the silence was as if a group of deaf and mute people had gathered together, only their eyes were fixed on the huge execution ground in front of them.

As the hour passed, there was a sound of rustling in the pouring rain, and the people looked at the source of the sound, and countless carts were slowly approaching this direction, their wheels struggling to turn on the muddy riverbank.

However, Zheng Hesheng, who was in the car, was in good spirits, and even the cold rain could not cool his boiling blood. Zheng He has been looking forward to this day for many years, and in the government and the opposition, Kong Rong has mediated with him for many years, and every time he has made Zheng He Sheng disgraced.

On this day, the former opponent is finally going to the point of no return, how can he calm the churning blood?

Zheng Hesheng's chariot came, followed by Changshi Qiu He and Zheng Hesheng's faction, those courtiers who were inseparable from Kong Rong, their mood at this time was more than Zheng Hesheng's excitement, and from time to time they glanced at the people in the chariot beside them, and their faces were unabashedly revealing schadenfreude.

Today's chief criminal officer is Zheng Hesheng, and Wang Shangzong Taiji personally supervised the execution, but he has not yet appeared at this time. Until the ministers were in place on the execution platform, a six-horse carriage slowly drove in, although the expression of Zong Taiji in the carriage could not be seen, but it could be seen from the slow and heavy carriage that Zong Taiji was in a very low mood at this time.

Finally, the van still came to the execution table, and the groom immediately stretched out the big umbrella to cover the rain and waited for the king to get out of the van. However, after waiting for a long time, I saw the curtain of the van door slowly open, and Zong Taiji, who was dressed in plain clothes, walked out of the van with a heavy face, and waved his hand to signal the umbrella holder to go away.

The eunuch immediately put away his umbrella and retreated tremblingly. Zong Taiji withstood the pouring rain and walked up to the prison table behind the execution platform with heavy steps, seeing that the king did not let people hold an umbrella, Zheng Hesheng and others who followed him to hold an umbrella on the execution table immediately pushed the umbrella holder behind him away, exposing his body to the heavy rain.

No matter how excited they are, they don't have this look. Compared to the death of the enemy, what is the point of a little rain? Still can't extinguish the fire that killed Kong Rong in their hearts.

Zong Taiji walked to the most central position of the execution platform, silently examining the figure of the sea of people in all directions, his heart was extremely complicated, until today, when he really wanted to kill Kong Rong, his mood seemed to be oppressed to the extreme, and his heart was bleeding faintly, secretly calling Zhao Zhao Zhongchen, but today he was going to die tragically in his hands, is it right or wrong?

In view of the pressure exerted by the five countries at this time, if Kong Rong was not killed, as the king of a country, he really would not dare to gamble with the lives of the people of the Pilu country, what if the five countries would really join forces to attack Pilu?

The battle in his heart has not subsided for a long time, Zong Taiji comforted himself: Kong Rong Shangqing, your death is the greatest shame in Lone's life, and in the near future, Lone will use the blood of the Five Kingdoms to pay tribute to your soul!

Zheng Hesheng and the others stood at the foot of Zong Taiji, their eyes glanced at Zong Taiji from time to time, waiting for him to announce that they would take Kong Rong to the execution platform. However, Zong Taiji stood silently and did not give an order for a long time.

At this moment, the envoys of the five countries came in a chariot under a huge umbrella. Their arrival also announced that Kong Rong was about to be beheaded.

The chariot stopped steadily in front of the execution table, and Sovo teased: "The time has passed, please give an order from the king of Pilu." ”

Zong Taiji didn't pay attention to the envoys of the five countries, looked ahead, gritted his silver teeth, and said word by word: "Take, Kong Rong, go, torture, Taiwan-"

When Zheng Hesheng heard this, he didn't wait for the eunuch to announce it, and personally announced loudly: "Take the prisoner Kong Rong to the execution platform——"

As soon as the words fell, another car slowly drove by, and Kong Rong stood straight on the car, still wearing the simple green cloth robe, and his face was still amiable. The people looked at the kind old man, and the sound like thunder resounded through the rootless river, and the thunder in the sky was also eclipsed by the cheers of the people.

"Long live Shangqing, long live the new law!"

Looking at the tsunami of millions of people, Zheng Hesheng's face showed anger, "Hugh is noisy!" ”

However, his voice was as small as a grain of sand in the sea in the face of the tide of the people. Not only did it not stop the people from shouting, but it attracted a reprimand from the king, "How dare Tingwei refute the people's voices? Pass my order and allow the people to sacrifice Kong Rong alive. ”

Kong Rong had already arrived at the execution table at this time, with his hands behind his back and an eternal kind smile on his face. This is Zong Taiji's amnesty, and Kong Rong is not allowed to be tortured, and he is allowed to die with dignity.

When Zheng Hesheng heard that the king actually allowed the people to sacrifice Kong Rong alive, he was very unhappy, this is a ritual that is only practiced for those with immeasurable merits. When a meritorious person is punished, the highest ritual is a living sacrifice, so that the victim can see with his own eyes how popular he is.