At that time, the street entrance of Baiyu Jingdong City.

Today's Dongshi Street is crowded with people, and the roads are blocked by crowds, and the city rarely presents a kind of empty alley.

"I've heard that, it seems that a big man is going to be executed today!"

"Nonsense, it's obvious that the princess is going to get married!"

"What did this adult do?"

"What adult, do you think that adults will be like you? People have money to pay for their lives, and I think the young master of which family spent money to find someone to take the blame for him. ”

"I heard the old king in our alley say that the person who is going to be killed today has killed someone!"

"It is said that this man is a powerful monster with three heads, six mouths, and eight legs!"

"You've listened to too many storytellings, and you're still a monster with three heads and six mouths......"

"Really! Our dog said he saw it with his own eyes! The monster was bound in chains and covered with strange yellow paper. ”

"Die well, die well, this kind of person dies one more is one. ”

People are talking about the purpose of their gathering here, and there is no consensus among them. Everyone blushed and argued, saying that they "said it was true" and "saw it with their own eyes".

It's as if they've really seen it with their own eyes.

After a short time, a group of vicious military attaches carved a path from the crowd to the execution ground. The group of military attachés formed in a circle, escorting several men and executioners dressed as civilians, as well as a grizzled prisoner with a grizzled face and ragged clothes, a wooden yoke on his head, a rope at his wrists, hemp ropes on his body, and shackles at his ankles—it was unknown what a felony it took to be so tightly wrapped in torture instruments.

This prisoner has fine skin and tender flesh, and his appearance is acceptable, and at a glance, he knows that he is the son and brother of a large family - the children of ordinary people have been working since childhood, and it is difficult to raise such a rich young master. But this young master, who usually shows off his martial arts, saw the executioner, the beheading knife, and the black crowd at this moment, and finally lowered his head high.

He thought that He Nan didn't have the courage and courage to kill himself, he thought that his brother Jiang Wenbing could use all his forces to save him, and he thought that he could sit back and relax under the protection of the name "Hussar General", but everything in front of him had to make him realize the reality - he was destined to die here today. Jiang Chen no longer has the arrogance of being domineering and domineering, but hangs his head like a defeated rooster and does not dare to make a sound, only silently praying in his heart that his brother will have time to save his life before his head is cut off.

Jiang Chen's hands and feet were cold, shaking like chaff and shaking violently, and every step closer to the high platform of execution, his spirit became more and more sluggish, and he was almost carried to the high platform by several military attachés. As soon as the military attachés placed him on the cold ground of the execution ground, he struggled to escape from the purgatory-like scene before him. Just because he was so frightened, his whole body was as limp as boiled noodles, his limbs were curled together, but his body kept arching towards the edge of the stage, squeezing, almost using all his strength.

At this time, it is the season of the scorching spring and summer, and the hottest noon of the day. But in Jiang Chen's eyes, everything was so cold and barren, he was like a maggot rolling desperately, and finally had to fall into the bottomless stench pit.

Seeing that Jiang Chen arched to the edge of the high platform and was about to be planted, a military attache closest to him hurriedly stretched out his hand and pulled him back.

"Don't touch me!" the mad-like man howled suddenly. It was the bleakest and most tragic cry of his life.

But no one around him reacted to his screams.

The officials of Shanhe Mansion have been executed countless times, and they have long been accustomed to seeing the various expressions of many people before they die; the people in the audience have no sympathy for him, and their eyes are full of curiosity -- what kind of person is going to be beheaded today, and what exactly has he committed?

Jiang Chen finally collapsed - the torture of Shanhe Mansion made him miserable, and the punishment of He Nan made him desperate, but he always maintained a glimmer of hope for life. Until now, he had read indifference in the eyes of all of them—like looking at a dead man, or an animal like a pig or a sheep. His body didn't shake anymore, but completely relaxed, and a violent stench came from the crotch of his pants.

"Hey...... He...... Incontinence. The military attache who pulled him up couldn't help but frown, and at the same time let go of the hand that was holding him. The air was suddenly filled with a foul smell, and the vast crowd around him instantly dispersed more than a few feet back, lest feces and urine squirt out and splash on himself.

"Alright, the hour is coming. The civil servant with the paperwork in his hand said. "Pull him in the middle. ”

Several military attachés looked disgusted, but they had to do so. They pulled Jiang Chen's limbs respectively, dragged Jiang Chen to the center of the high platform, and put his body in a kneeling position. Jiang Chen has completely lost the ability to control his body, and can only be at the mercy of others, not so much that he is kneeling on the ground, but that he is "piled up" there.

It was three o'clock in the afternoon, and the official holding the document walked to the front of the crowd, spread out the document in his hand, and shouted at the noisy crowd: "Silence!"

Seeing this extraordinary adult shouting, the crowd gradually quieted down from near and far, waiting to hear what the adult had to say.

"Jiang Chen, the nephew of the former household department member Wailang and the hussar general, brutalized the people in the capital, bullied and raped the good family, and died because of rape and coercion. Today, he will be beheaded in public in the East Market outside the Pleiades Gate, and he will be punished in the name of the main punishment. This civil official was speechless, especially in the part that stated Jiang Chen's evil deeds, almost gritting his teeth, and obviously he was quite resentful and hated this person. He finished chanting the edict aloud and waved his hand at the executioner behind him, signaling that the executioner was ready to carry out the execution.

The market is full of people, the execution ground is hunting with flags, the sky is full of fishy winds, and the blood of the knife head is rolling. The executioner held his breath, shook his arms, and raised the sword-swallowing ghost head knife in his hand above his head.

Jiang Chen couldn't see the beheading knife above his head, but he could feel the sound of the wind whistling in his ears, and the sound of the wind mixed with the fishy smell of the knife edge rushed to Jiang Chen's face, like a life-urging talisman. The executioner's sword was held high with countless broken heads, as if it was emitting a burst of mourning, and Jiang Chen had already frightened the six gods without a master—he was actually scared to death alive.

Of course, no one knew that the guy who was waiting to be killed had been frightened and died.

At this moment, there was a thunderclap of horses' hooves and a deafening cry from the knight at the corner of the street, "Keep the man under the sword!"

This fast rider is naturally from the Hussar General's Mansion - no matter what deal Qi Dan and He Nan reached, in Jiang Wenbing's eyes, his clan brother has to be saved, at least he can delay it for a while, and it is best to drag it until his father comes back.

The executioner, who was holding the broadsword, hesitated for a moment, and his puzzled eyes fell on the civil official who had just read out the indictment, who was also stunned in place. The civil official's reaction was quite quick, and he immediately looked for Li Mastiff Chun Li Yushi, who was dressed in cloth and hidden in the crowd. Li Mastiff Chun did not intervene silently, but nodded firmly, signaling his subordinates to be executed immediately.

Wrapped in a terrible and strong wind, the big knife slashed down, cutting off Jiang Chen's head and separating his body. Scarlet blood spurted from the broken part of his neck, and Jiang Chen's skull rolled under the torture table.

When the people saw the beheading with their own eyes, they were naturally frightened in their hearts, and the circle spread outward for several feet. The timid one silently turned his head to restrain his words and deeds, and no longer dared to squeak, and the one who was a little bolder covered his eyes and looked at Jiang Chen's death through his fingers.

The cavalryman who passed the word drove his horse to split the crowd and approach the execution ground, but seeing Jiang Chen's head cut off by the five big and three thick executioners, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart - he was a step late, and he was probably punished when he returned to the Hussar General's Mansion this time. But the matter had come to this point, and no one could do anything about it, so he had to bow slightly to the officials who were in charge of the punishment at once, and after informing them that he had been here, he worriedly beat his horse and returned the way he came.

According to common sense, the cases tried by Shanhe Mansion must go through "three trials", that is, "first trial, retrial, and final trial", and there is a complete dossier - divided into four parts: "reported", "inquest", "confession", and "inquest", so that they can be convicted and executed by Shanhe Fu. In other words, Jiang Chen's death sentence can be completed in Shanhe Mansion - as long as Li Mastiff's permission is obtained and the complete file is sealed.

It's just that Jiang Chen's case is a little different - the difference is not from the facts of the case, but from the official who presided over the trial - Shanhe Mansion Cheng He. Before leaving, He Nan insisted to Li Mastiff that Jiang Chen must be beheaded for public display, and the case should be announced to the world in the name of rectification and punishment.

When Li Mastiff asked his apprentice why he had to do this, He Nan gave an answer that made Li Mastiff feel incredible, and if others heard it, they would even be a little stunned and funny: "For the sake of the world." “

For the sake of the common people in the world? What kind of bullshit reason is this? It is reasonable to say that he played a single trick in order to take revenge on Jiang Wenbing, and if Jiang Chen dies or not, why does it have anything to do with the common people in the world? Could it be that if Jiang Chen, a gentleman, does not die, the world will mourn all over the wilderness, and the lives will be ruined?

It is better to climb to the sky than to cross the Shu Road, and it is more difficult for the common people to travel than to walk. The last sentence He Nan said before leaving the house - "How can it be difficult to be He Nan alone" is the truest portrayal of his heart. ”

The most difficult thing is never one person, but this crowd, the people of Li Ming.

Kill Jiang Chen, behead him to show the public, and reveal the case to the world. He Nan's move has its own deep meaning - everyone says, "Confucianism uses literature to mess with the law, and chivalry uses martial arts to violate the ban." But in He Nan's view, it is "officials use power to violate the law, and business violates the prohibition with wealth." "Officials abuse their power for personal gain, businessmen seek only profit, and there is even collusion between officials and businessmen, power and wealth are at odds, and there are countless things that disregard people's lives. In their eyes, the people are just cattle, sheep, chickens, and dogs, and they are just mermaids and meat.

The Shanhe Mansion has always been clear, and Li Mastiff has been asking for the people's lives for decades, adjudicating cases and breaking prisons fairly and strictly, and enacting laws to reward and punish them with faith, so that the government and the opposition will be solemnly weathered.

He Nan has always followed in the footsteps of Li Mastiff. Today's death of Jiang Chen, the manifestation of evil, is the last thing He Nan did for his master and for Shanhe Mansion, and it was also the first thing he did for Li Min's common people.

"The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people. ”

He wants to return the sky to a clear sky and justice to the people, he wants the sky to be clear every day, even if it is only for one day.