Several brocade-clothed guards with big shoulders and round waists came out in response, rolled up their sleeves to reveal their thick forearms, and took out black and red mulberry sticks from the long cloth bag on the side of the prisoner cart, which was the execution artifact of the brocade guard yamen; The two brocade-clothed guards pressed Shi Lian's head and neck, and the other waved a dagger to cut through Shi Lian's belt and stretched out his hand to pull it down, and suddenly the audience was buzzing, and Shi Lian's white ass was exposed to everyone's eyes.

"According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the crime of adultery is punished with ninety rods, and the fight will begin!" Wang Yong raised his chest and belly and shouted.

The execution captain spat and foamed at the palm of his hand and rubbed it, the calluses in the palm of his hand rubbed and made a stinging and stinging sound, and he picked up the mulberry stick and held it in the air, Shi Lian has never suffered any flesh and skin in his life, he was slapped a few times last night and still has a terrible pain on his face, and at this moment his buttocks are cold and piercing, and there is a mulberry stick hanging on his head.

Just as he was about to faint, a familiar cry came from his ears.

"And slow the execution."

Shi Lian almost burst into tears, but it can be regarded as coming, the prince did not abandon himself, although he himself did not arrive, but this voice is the voice of the governor An Weixue, it must be the prince who ordered him to come to rescue him; In the midst of tears, Shi Lian saw the commotion of the crowd at the entrance of Dongjie, and dozens of officials from the governor's yamen gathered around one person and came quickly, Shi Lian raised his body and raised his hands trembling and shouted: "Governor An, save me!" ”

The person who came was An Weixue, and he was indeed ordered by King Anhua to stop Song Nan, Jinyiwei's intention to punish Shi Lian on the street with great fanfare is naturally not difficult to guess, originally learned the news that Shi Lian was captured by Song Nan, King Anhua was still terrified, because he was afraid that Shi Lian would faint and say something under Song Nan's forced confession, but after Sun Jingwen's analysis, King Anhua was immediately relieved.

Sun Jingwen is right, if Shi Lian has already cooperated with Song Nan, how can Song Nan scold him as a street stick, he will only quietly let him go silently, and it may even be possible for Shi Lian to inquire about more news; Now humiliating Shi Lian on the street, obviously Shi Lian didn't say anything, and Song Nan was annoyed and ashamed to make such a fuss on the street.

Shi Lian must be saved, otherwise it will chill the hearts of these people around him, but Shi Lian's deeds are really unbearable, King Anhua will naturally not go to this troubled water, the most suitable candidate for the horse is Governor An Weixue, and it is logical that An Weixue appears here.

An Weixue glanced at Shi Lian who was lying on the ground with disdain, this guy usually relied on the power of the prince and did not respect himself very much, if An Weixue thought that he would never save him, but it was a pity that it was the life of the prince, An Weixue didn't want to make King Anhua unhappy.

"Master Hou, please suspend the execution." An Weixue raised his hand and shouted.

Song Nan stretched out his hand to signal the suspension of the execution, stood coldly and said, "Governor An, what are you doing?" ”

An Weixue arched his hand and smiled: "Master Hou is really a busy man, he came to my Ningxia Town to work hard to rectify the security of the town, and the officials are ashamed; Under the nose of this official, Wei Xue chair Shi Lian committed adultery with others, corrupted the atmosphere, and insulted Sven, this is not a trivial matter, how can the lower official not come in person? ”

Song Nan nodded and said, "Then please ask Governor An to watch the execution." Wang Yong, let's do it. ”

An Weixue hurriedly smiled and said: "Slow down, after all, this matter is within the jurisdiction of my governor's yamen, how dare you work brocade clothes to guard the brothers of the yamen, the intention of the lower officials is to ask the Marquis of Song to hand over Shi Lian to the lower officials to bring back to the yamen, and the lower officials will strictly handle it according to the law after finding out the facts." ”

Song Nan waved his hand and said: "No need, my Jinyiwei also has the right to rectify public security, this matter is not to be asked by the governor's yamen, if you think there is a discrepancy in the case, I will ask someone to hand over the confessions drawn by Shi Lian and Wan's handwriting to you, if Governor An thinks that my Jinyiwei is not clear about handling the case, but please hold him accountable, Song will not say a word of nonsense." ”

An Weixue scratched his head and leaned in and whispered: "Master Hou, how about giving Xia Guan a thin noodle?" After all, this Shi Lian is a person with a face in my Ningxia Town, and if you come like this, his reputation will be ruined, and the prince will not be happy. I won't tell you, this person has something to do with the prince, and this matter is actually not a big deal, how about the Hou Ye let go? ”

Song Nan sneered, and then laughed loudly: "Governor An, as an official of the imperial court, how can you say these words?" I'm ashamed of you. You are the dignified governor of the Yamen, and your mouth is the prince of heaven, the prince and the prince, are you a dog raised by the king of Anhua? ”

"Lord Song, what are you talking about, although this official is not as high as your Lord Song, but the size is also an official of the imperial court, I am afraid it is inappropriate to insult this official like this."

"It's still light to scold you, I'm here to handle the case, you are rambling nonsense, do you think you have a big face? Today, I have done it, don't say it's you, it's the prince behind you who comes, and Song won't give him face. ”

An Wei trembled angrily, and sneered: "What an arrogant Lord Song, don't forget that this is Ningxia Town, but it is not a place where you Lord Song can do whatever he wants." ”

Song Nan reprimanded: "Isn't Ningxia Town under the jurisdiction of my Ming Dynasty? Governor An, you have to reflect on it, after curing this Shi Lian, I still want to find you trouble, you don't go to investigate the attack on me in the lamp market last night, but run to take care of this idle matter, if you can't find out the identity of the assassin last night after three days, I will go to the court to impeach you for dereliction of duty and incompetence, and the crime of chaos under your jurisdiction! Cherish your governor's black gauze hat, I won't be able to wear it for a few days. ”

An Weixue couldn't care about the image of Sven anymore, and shouted loudly: "Song Nan, Hugh has to be shameless, what if I decide to take Shi Lian away today?" ”

Song Nan squinted and said, "It's up to you?" ”

An Weixue raised his hand and clapped it a few times, and after a while, the crowd outside the streets of the four directions was full of voices and chaotic footsteps, and the people fled in panic, but they saw that the officers and soldiers were densely pouring out from behind the streets on all sides of the crossroads, and the number was seven or eight hundred.

"It turns out that Lord An wants to use force with me, and you don't inquire, how can I, Song Nan, ever be afraid of this, Wang Yong, Hou Dabiao, someone wants to use force against me Jinyiwei, you should know how to do it."

Wang Yong and Hou Dabiao shouted loudly: "Are the straight thieves going to rebel? Lined up. ”

Two hundred brocade guards quickly gathered to form a formation, one hundred guards with fire guns standing on the periphery, eighty archers in the inner circle bent their bows and arrows, and twenty guards in the innermost circle held embroidered spring knives to protect Song Nan. An Weixue did not show weakness, and with a wave of his hand, nearly 800 officers and soldiers of the guard station rushed into the middle, and the sword was unsheathed and the bow was wound to surround Song Nan and the two hundred brocade guards.

An Weixue sneered after the officers and soldiers: "Master Hou, you only have two hundred, but I brought seven or eight hundred, are you sure you want to use force with this official?" ”

Song Nan laughed and said, "Have you forgotten who I am?" Tens of thousands of Tartar soldiers in the first battle of Xinpingbao were helpless to get me, not to mention that you have only seven or eight hundred people, but you have to think about the fate of using force with me, don't know how to die when the time comes. It's time for you to see what we're capable of. ”

Wang Yong shouted: "Zhao Baisheng, show them how powerful." ”

Zhao Baihu immediately issued a loud order: "Prepare the fire gun, shoot." ”

With this order, hundreds of shotguns were fired at the same time, but the target was the open space three feet away from the feet of the officers and soldiers who surrounded the Jinyi Guard, and after the deafening roar, the stone chips and dust splashed and cracked, and a huge burst of smoke rose in the center of the cross street, and the smoke dissipated, and the bluestone ground three feet in front of the officers and soldiers was shot out of a mottled ravine, and the flying gravel jumped everywhere, and the air was filled with a scorched smell of gunpowder.

The officers and soldiers and the people were first panicked, and then dumbfounded, the power of this fire gun is too terrifying, the bluestone slabs have been shot out of the shallow pit, if this is shot at people, then it will not be a honeycomb?

Song Nan shouted loudly: "Listen, everyone is riding here to handle the case, and if anyone obstructs the movement, he will be killed; Wang Yong, execution. ”

Wang Yong agreed loudly, waved his hand and ordered, the execution captain raised the mulberry stick again, Shi Lian's face was covered with dust, crawled on the ground and shouted: "Lord An, save me." ”

"Hit." Wang Yong shouted.

"Pap, papa, papa!" The raised mulberry stick fell heavily and rested on Shi Lian's white buttocks, and within a few blows, the flesh had been split. Shi Lian screamed miserably, and while asking for help, he scolded Song Nan with foul language in his mouth.

"Disrespectful to Shangguan, twisted his tongue." Hou Dabiao ordered.

The two flag schools stepped forward, one grabbed Shi Lian's hair and pulled his head, the other grabbed Shi Lian's throat with one hand, and the other held a dagger in Shi Lian's mouth, stabbing Shi Lian's tongue to pieces.

Shi Lian made a loud noise, spurted out a mouth full of blood and minced flesh, and fainted.

"Hit!" Wang Yong showed no mercy, and said that it was ninety mulberry sticks, even thirty sticks, which Shi Lian couldn't bear, and after the ninety sticks, Shi Lian had already lost his breath and became a puddle of rotten meat.

An Weixue looked at this qiē in horror, Shi Lian's mournful cry for help echoed in his ears, but he never dared to give the order to really rob people, he had exhausted his courage to turn his face with Song Nan today, and he also privately mobilized the officers and soldiers of the guard without consulting with the chief soldier Yamen and the Chinese officer Li Zeng, which was originally a threat, and he didn't plan to really do it at all; What's more, after seeing the power of Song Nan's fire team, he couldn't even think about it.

"The adulteress Wan Shi, who does not abide by the way of women, is corrupt and moralized, and is punished by the Da Ming Law Staff for ninety, or killed by her own husband according to the law, where is Zhu Changshun, you can choose to understand Wan's life with your own hands, or you can be ninety of my brocade guard staff." Wang Yong said loudly.

Zhu Changshun, who had just returned home early in the morning and was arrested, walked out with a pale face, staring at Wan Shi who was spread on the ground, Wan Shi cried: "Husband, ......!" ”

"Adulteress, my Zhu family treats you well, but I didn't expect you to do such an ugly thing." Tears fell into Zhu Changshun's eyes.

"The slave family is innocent of death, but I beg the husband to see you and me as husband and wife, and give the slave family a refreshing." Wan Shi was so frightened that he was incontinent when he saw Shi Lian being beaten to death, and he just wanted to die quickly at the moment.

"Adulteress, I am not as you like, I want you to be punished and die." Zhu Changshun scolded.

Wan's thoughts were all gone, tears fell like rain, and he lay on the ground and wept and wept.

"Zhu Changshun, have you decided to let Jinyiwei carry out the punishment on your behalf?" Wang Yong shouted.

Zhu Changshun nodded slightly, Wang Yong didn't ask any more, waved his hand and ordered, the execution captain waved a dagger to cut Wan's belt, and reached out to pull off Wan's pants; Zhu Changshun suddenly raised his hand and shouted, "My lord, let's let the villain do it." ”

Wang Yong glanced at Zhu Changshun, stretched out his hand and handed over a steel knife, Zhu Changshun walked slowly up with the steel knife, Wan Shi looked up at Zhu Changshun and bowed slightly: "Thank you Fujun for your success, and the slave family will be rewarded in the next life." ”

Zhu Changshun raised the steel knife, turned his head to grit his teeth and waved it, and when he heard a pop, the steel knife slashed into Wan's neck, blood gushed out, and he died instantly.

Zhu Changshun let go of his hand, and when the steel knife fell to the ground, a person came out of the crowd to support the crumbling Zhu Changshun and comforted him in a low voice, and that person was Zhu Changping, the son of Zhu Zhen.

"Brother, let's go, leave here with me, let's go to Lingzhou, we will never come back in the future, this Ningxia town is not a place for people."

Zhu Changshun nodded Muran, the two brothers supported each other and walked out, and the crowd automatically dodged a passage for the two of them to leave.

Song Nan whispered to Wang Yong: "Order a few brothers to protect them from the city, and don't let the people of the palace retaliate against them." ”