Volume 1 The Storm in the Capital Chapter 42 Ask and Kill

"Your Majesty has changed, Your Majesty knows everything about what happened in the morning, and you know the situation of our own yamen before us!"

"Yes, the former majesty only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, where did he care about national affairs?"

"Be quiet, you don't want to die! I heard that His Majesty has been looking for good talents recently, and the Zhou family will soon be activated! ”

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At the end of the early dynasty, the officials gathered in twos and threes and discussed in whispers.

"Mr. Wang, what about the bookkeeper of the Taishi Mansion? Come and see me," Zhao Yizhi rubbed his forehead and said to Wang Zhenliang.

Wang Zhenliang answered, and hurriedly went down to lead the people.

"There are so many things that the king of a country has to worry about, and he even has to ask how many palace maids and eunuchs are used to arrange this kind of thing for the Mid-Autumn Festival, alas... The vassal king outside is still about to move, and the capital has not been cleaned yet..."Zhao Yizhi felt a headache when he thought of many complicated things.

Yi Xiaodao and the three of them came to the entrance of the vegetable market, and after Yi Xiaodao asked the location of the execution ground, he and He Yue'er and Xianglian'er found a teahouse, ordered two pots of fragrant tea, and picked a private room by the window on the second floor, drinking and waiting.

"Yi Xiaodao, are we here too early?" Xiang Lian'er looked down from the window, and the crowd on the street was coming and going, and it was very lively, and there was no appearance of being used as an execution ground at all.

Yi Xiaodao filled the teacups of the three of them and said: "You don't know, if you look at the head, you have to come early, if you come late, you can't squeeze it at all, you will look at it later, this teahouse is full of people." ”

Xianglian'er was suspicious, but He Yue'er was not arrogant or impatient, picked up the fragrant tea on the table in front of her, took a sip, and the three of them chatted with each other.

"Yi Xiaodao, is the injury on your face better?" He Yue'er asked.

"It doesn't hurt too much, I don't know if the bruises have gone away, my natural cheap bones can't hurt." Yi Xiaodao touched the bruises on his face and said with a feeling.

He Yue'er continued to ask, "You seem to know some kung fu?" Although I was beaten in the morning, when you rushed up first, you gave the fourth son a punch, but I saw it. ”

Yi Xiaodao smiled: "It's just Wang Baquan who fights on the street, I only have a little strength, I can't talk about kung fu, if only I could learn kung fu." ”

"How did you catch the leopard? His martial arts shouldn't be low, right? "Xianglian'er is also interested in the topic of He Yue'er.

Yi Xiaodao thought for a while, looked around, and whispered to the second daughter: "Do you remember the old beggar in Wucheng?" I suspect that he slapped me and passed me something, and I can't tell what it is. ”

He Yue'er grabbed the clue and didn't let go: "Let's take a closer look, how did you find out?" ”

"It's when I caught the leopard, I couldn't hurt him, so I could take advantage of it. Later, he pressed him to the ground, and when he was about to punch me, he mentioned Zhang County's order, and I was very angry, and I punched him in the past, and somehow, I felt that there was a fire in my body running around, and when the punch went out, even with that fire was punched out. Yi Xiaodao described it miraculously.

"Hahaha, you just blow it, and a burst of anger is out, so can't you be angry in the future?" Xiang Lian'er giggled.

He Yue'er said angrily: "Lian'er, you didn't interrupt, what else?" Do you still feel this way after that? ”

"Yes, last night. You don't know, I met a strange man last night, this person can operate mice, and he is about to assassinate the emperor, and I caught him. At that time, a large number of rats crawled on me, I was in a hurry, the fire rose again, I don't know what was going on, I was so frightened that I closed my eyes, and when I opened it again, there were a bunch of dead rats around me, all of which were burned to death by the fire. Yi Xiaodao recounted what happened last night.

He Yue'er nodded: "This feeling first appeared three times and twice after the old beggar slapped you, right?" Maybe it taught you a certain ability, you can try to explore it, if you can master this ability, the next time you meet a master like Sigongzi, you won't be beaten so badly. ”

Xianglian'er didn't care what abilities they discussed, seeing is believing, and what they didn't see was regarded as Yi Xiaodao's bragging: "Hey, tell us what happened last night?" Why didn't you come back all night? ”

Yi Xiaodao told him about the discovery of Mr. Wu and the fourth son last night, ignoring the fact that he was knocked out in the middle, if he was beaten three times or twice, it would be too embarrassing, He Yue'er was still there, but he couldn't always be ashamed.

The three of them were chatting, and the downstairs began to be noisy, and the teahouse was gradually crowded with people, and the surrounding windows were all full, and even there were many people standing in the hall on the second floor, looking down from the windows.

Yi Xiaodao hurriedly leaned to the window and stretched out his head to look, and He Yue'er also helped Xianglian'er to the window and looked out.

A prison officer rode a tall horse in front, Chen Yu, Kong Bao, Kong Fang, Kong Jie and others were pressed on top of the prisoner car, followed by a dry Kong Leopard's relatives of the three clans, the prisoner car was escorted by guards on both sides, more than a dozen executioners followed behind the team, and a group of people came to the entrance of the vegetable market.

"Decapitation, decapitation" A group of scoundrels applauded excitedly, shouting on both sides of the team, only they dare to shout like this at this time, the best time to "show off".

The woman who passed by hurriedly recalled her doll, picked it up, and rushed home in a hurry, for fear that it would run slowly, so that the child could see the beheading and leave a bad impression.

The middle-aged man and some old men and women pointed and counted the date and number of people who were killed last time, in order to show their "knowledge" to the people around them.

The whole street is bustling with activity.

Only the people in the prison car, one by one, bowed their heads, knew in their hearts what was going to happen next, and they were silent.

Kong Bao broke a hand, and at this time he also untied the sackcloth, let it hang casually, and followed the prisoner car to the ground, if someone got closer, he could hear Kong Leopard's muttering: "I'm sorry, mother, I'm sorry mother, I'm sorry..."

"I wish I could be the executioner!" Yi Xiaodao said hatefully.

Xiang Lian'er also nodded on the side, the two of them had experienced the bloody battle on the city wall, although they didn't see it at the most tragic time, but they could see it clearly when Kong Leopard ordered to kill the people. The villagers who greeted each other warmly on weekdays and helped each other fell under Kong Leopard's butcher's knife, how could they not be resentful at this time.

He Yue'er had never experienced the bloody battle on the city wall, and she only knew that the guy who was chasing after her when she fled for her life was Kong Bao, and even when Kong Bao appreciated Yi Xiaodao and revealed the intention of soliciting, He Yue'er secretly sighed in her heart that she was quite discerning. At this time, seeing Yi Xiaodao and Xiang Lian'er gritting their teeth, He Yue'er didn't know what to say, so she just watched quietly from the side.

A group of people escorted Kong Bao and others to the entrance of the vegetable market, Kong Bao was pressed to the ground by the executioner, and the muttering Kong Bao seemed to have regained his senses at this time, looked at his relatives behind him, and kowtowed three times: "Kong Leopard deserves to die, and it will affect everyone." ”

Kong Leopard didn't care whether the relatives were crying or abusive, and looked up in the crowd. He was looking for Yi Xiaodao, and he knew that at this time, Yi Xiaodao would definitely come.

"Here!" Yi Xiaodao saw Kong Leopard looking around, understood what he meant, and couldn't help but make a gesture in the teahouse.

"Yi Xiaodao, I can't fight you, I admit it!" The leopard shouted. The executioner on the side knew that these were the prisoner's last words, and he was very tolerant and generous to wait for him to finish.

"Admit it, don't do so many bad things in the next life." Yi Xiaodao saw that Kong Leopard bowed his head and softened, and his anger disappeared a lot.

Kong Bao smiled: "You are very powerful, I Kong Bao is not ashamed to lose to you, is there anything you want me to bring to Zhang Fatzi?" ”

"Go on the road in peace, you won't see him." Yi Xiaodao rejected Kong Bao's questioning.

Kong Bao nodded with a wry smile, and said solemnly to an old woman: "Mother, children are not filial." After saying that, he closed his eyes. The old woman wept all over the world, but because she was in chains, she could not move, but she cried vigorously.

After the warden and the executioner verified their identity, the executioner sprayed a mouthful of water on the blade, and the knife fell in his hand, and the head of the leopard rolled down with a clatter.

"It's a character, but it's a pity that I followed the wrong person and did the wrong thing." Yi Xiaodao watched the decapitation of the leopard with his own eyes, so he sat back in his position, and there was a cadre of the clan of the leopard behind him, so it had nothing to do with him, but he was not interested in looking at them one by one.

"Enjoyable! The thought of showing off my might on the city walls made me angry, and I finally let out this breath. Xianglian'er breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had really held her breath for a long time.

"It's the first time I've seen a head kill, and it turns out that head killing is like this." He Yue'er said with emotion.

At the entrance of the vegetable market, Chen Yu was silent, after the execution of Kong Leopard, it would soon be his turn, he had already asked someone to settle down at home, and he had no more worries.

"Husband! Husband! A woman squeezed through the crowd and stumbled to run to Chen Yu's side, but was stopped by the guard.

"Madame, why are you here? Is Kang'er okay? Chen Yu recognized that the woman was his mother-in-law, and hurriedly asked about the situation at home.

The woman nodded again and again: "Everything is fine at home, you don't have to worry, it's just you..."

Chen Yu lowered his head in shame: "For the husband is dull and has taken the wrong path, after you go back, you will urge Kang'er to study hard, if Your Majesty is not guilty of the past, let him serve the country well, if not, be a common man and take care of his livelihood, if you... It's okay to remarry..."

The woman had already cried into tears: "Don't worry at home, Brother Chen..."

Chen Yu saw that Chen Jing was talking about him, and sighed: "Chen Jing and I are at odds with each other, this time he lost his official position for me, and I don't know where he went." There is only one old mother in his family, who is my aunt, and she walks around more in her spare time, and helps me to greet me, so I'm sorry for you. ”

"What is not troublesome between husband and wife... Husband, I can't see this meeting, I'll avoid it first..."The woman sobbed.

Chen Yu nodded: "Spend some money and hire someone to help me collect the body..."

After the woman evaded, the same process was still the same, the executioner raised and fell, and Chen Yu was cut at the entrance of the vegetable market. After Chen Yu, Kong Bao's relatives of the three clans were cut down one by one, and none of them were spared.

"Okay, let's go, Kong Bao's matter is over, and we'll go back to Anhui City when Xianglian'er recovers from her injuries." Yi Xiaodao said, helped Xianglian'er with He Yue'er, got up and went back to the inn.