Chapter 13: The Execution Ground
Three days later, Baiyang County, the execution table.
Today is the day when the new county commander is going to execute the condemned prisoners, and early in the morning, the officers put out a notice, which attracted many onlookers.
"The new official has taken office with three fires, and the new county lord has just arrived, and he is going to kill people!"
"He's the wrong person. Kill a few homeless people and beggars, and no one cares about him. He wanted to kill, but the descendants of the Bai family and the Yang family angered these two families, how could he still mix in Baiyang County? ”
"Don't forget, how did the last county magistrate die! When I went to mediate a dispute, I was beaten to death directly! ”
The people were discussing, but they heard someone shouting: "Master Yang is here, get out of the way!" ”
They saw a group of tall and mighty men, with sticks in their hands, hugging a solid wooden sedan chair.
"It's the head of the Yang family, Master Yang's sedan chair!" The people hurried out of the way, for fear of blocking his path.
The servants washed the road around the execution ground and put on fur blankets, and Yang Shan, the head of the Yang family, walked down slowly and sat on the chairs prepared by the servants. A group of domestic servants surrounded fiercely, and no one dared to approach.
Before the tea, someone shouted: "Master Bai has arrived!" ”
Bai Liangpu's style is even worse than Yang Shan, he not only came in a sedan chair, his sedan chair is twice as large as Yang Shan, and there are tea tables and maids in it.
"I heard that carrying a sedan chair for Master Bai can't shake it in the slightest, if he lets his tea spill, he will be beaten!" When the people saw this, they were both afraid and envious.
The maids stretched out the paper fans to block the sun for Bai Liangpu, and then he sat down.
Seeing this, Yang Shan sneered: "Isn't the Bai family known as a military family? Why, are you still afraid of the sun? ”
Bai Liangpu smiled contemptuously: "Whether it's a military family or not, don't you know?" Last time in the fight, who lost? Have you forgotten? ”
At the mention of this, Yang Shan's forehead faintly had green tendons, and he scolded: "Last time, your Bai family hurt dozens of my children, and I haven't settled this account with you yet!" ”
Bai Liangpu said coldly: "I don't have the time to quarrel with you today." Let's take care of the matter in front of us first! ”
The two looked at the execution table, and at this time, Ah Da and the others had already escorted four prisoners to the execution table.
Among the four, two are from the Bai family, and two are from the Yang family.
The prisoners, who had no fear, felt that they had been captured and that they would be released in two days. But when they heard that the new county magistrate was going to execute them, they panicked.
Seeing Yang Shan and Bai Liangpu under the execution table, the four of them hurriedly shouted.
"Patriarch, save me!"
"Grandpa, save me, they're going to kill me!"
"Patriarch, father, mother, second uncle, save me!"
There were still many relatives in Bai Yang's family, and when they saw them shouting, these people hurriedly begged Bai Liangpu and Yang Shan: "Family master, save them!" ”
"Shut up, I'm in my own way on this matter!" Bai Liangpu scolded.
"Don't worry, with me Yang Shan here today, none of them will die!" Yang Shan snorted coldly.
They waited for a while, and Zhang Beichen arrived.
Around the execution table, the people of the two families of Baiyang had already surrounded the place, and they all looked fierce, staring at Zhang Beichen and the others.
The chief bookkeeper Liu Wen's legs were weak, and he saw that the patriarchs of the two families of Poplar were here, which was not a joke. They really dared to do it, Liu Wen had seen them kill the previous county commander with his own eyes!
Zhang Beichen walked to the execution table in no hurry, Yang Shan and Bai Liangpu looked at him, they both sat on the chair and did not get up.
When they saw Zhang Beichen's young appearance, they did not hide their contempt at all.
Yang Shan even said out: "Zhang Beichen, you are just a duke, and the title is below the two of us, why don't you worship when you see us?" ”
Zhang Beichen said: "In addition to being a public servant, I am also the county magistrate of this county, and I will deal with official affairs at this time, regardless of title!" ”
Zhang Beichen stood on the execution table and said to everyone and the people who were watching from afar: "Fellow people of Baiyang County, this official is the new county commander of Baiyang County, Zhang Beichen!" ”
"What this official is going to do today, I think everyone must have known." He pointed to the four people kneeling on the ground and said, "These four people, in broad daylight and in full view of everyone, beat the previous county commander to death. ”
"Therefore today I will behead them here, and the law may be corrected!"
"Dad, save me!" Several people on the stage shouted.
At this time, Yang Shan stood up, and he scolded Zhang Beichen: "Zhang Beichen, my two Yang family disciples just touched the county order once or twice, when did they kill him?" What evidence do you have? ”
Bai Liangpu also looked around and asked, "Did anyone see that the county order was killed by them?" ”
The people of the two families shouted one after another: "No, they have been wronged!" ”
The people naturally didn't dare to speak, and now the people of the two families became even more arrogant, shouting one after another: "They have been wronged, let them go!" ”
"Let go!"
They shouted together, the servants didn't dare to speak, even the Ah Da and the others brought by Zhang Beichen didn't dare to move easily, so many people, if they really made a fuss, they really didn't have enough to see.
Zhang Beichen's face was grim, and his gaze swept over Yang Shan and Bai Liangpu.
He shouted: "These four people killed people, and the officials of the county government witnessed it with their own eyes. Not only that, General Che Yang, who led the troops that day, has also confirmed that the evidence is conclusive, how can he say that he is wronged? ”
Che Yang was a general under King Qin, and he was the one who led people to deal with this matter at that time.
Zhang Beichen moved out of him, and the Baiyang family was not directly opposed.
Bai Liangpu said: "Zhang Beichen, even if they see it, it can't prove that these people killed the county order. They just injured the county commander by mistake, maybe it was just that the county commander was already weak and died of illness. ”
"Ridiculous!" Zhang Beichen scolded: "Bai Liangpu, you are also a prince of the Qin State (a kind of title, three levels higher than Gongshi), how could you say such ridiculous and uninhibited words?" ”
"Opening your eyes and talking nonsense and ignoring the law is really a shame on your ancestors!"
Bai Liangpu was surprised, he didn't expect Zhang Beichen to dare to scold him and humiliate the ancestors, in this period, it was a very insulting thing.
The previous county order, when they saw him, they were all cowering, but Zhang Beichen's attitude made Bai Liangpu furious, and he scolded: "Zhang Beichen, you are a little public servant, dare to insult me? You're looking to fight! ”
The momentum on Bai Liangpu's body exploded, forming a powerful coercion, and the people of the Bai family and the Yang family cooperated together, they were all people who practiced martial arts, and their momentum converged, beating like a tide.
The first few officers couldn't resist it, and were directly overturned by this wave of anger, seeing that this coercion was about to oppress Zhang Beichen, Hu Cheng scolded: "This is the execution ground, the place where public law is enforced, are you going to rebel?" ”
With his scolding, a more powerful energy burst out from Hu Cheng's body, and the coercion of Bai Liangpu and the others was like a wave hitting the mountain, and it was directly bounced back.
A group of men around were shaken, and some even suffered internal injuries.
Bai Liangpu and Yang Shan were shocked and asked, "Who are you?" ”
Hu Cheng said coldly: "The Black Armor Army is a nobody, and now he is Lord Zhang's guard. ”
"Black Armor!" When the two heard this, they were even more surprised. If others don't know, how can they not know? The Black Armor Army was the personal soldiers of the previous King of Qin!
With this person's strength, he is definitely not a nobody.
Bai Liangpu looked at Hu Cheng's face carefully, and suddenly his face changed greatly, he seemed to recognize it, Hu Cheng was King Qin's personal guard!
The King of Qin actually sent his own guards to protect Zhang Beichen, and it seems that they really can't act rashly.
Thinking of this, Bai Liangpu sat down silently. Yang Shan had never seen Hu Cheng, but when he saw Bai Liangpu like this, he also knew that he couldn't make trouble at this time, so he sat down with him.
Although Hu Cheng showed his strength a little, they would not stop there.
They are all members of the old clan, and in the Qin State, the power of the old clan is greater than that of the Qin royal clan.
Bai Liangpu calmed down and said to Zhang Beichen: "Zhang County Order, although they have hurt people by mistake. But I think sin is not unto death. You enforce the law strictly, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public in the future! ”
There was a faint threat in his words, even if he didn't do anything to Zhang Beichen today, if Zhang Beichen killed his clansmen, he would definitely retaliate!
Yang Shan also spoke: "My Yang family is a good son, although they have made mistakes, they must also be given the opportunity to correct them." Zhang County Order, you can watch it! ”
The two of them sat on chairs, and behind them, there were hundreds of strong men and family members. There are also many people, watching from afar.