(Four thousand) Book 10, Chapter 27: Severe Punishment
Xiao Yu's family was very grateful in their hearts when they saw Sheng Yu Ember coming back, but they naturally heard the screams before, and looked at the blood on Sheng Yu Ash's body, and couldn't help but be a little scared in their hearts, the Yu family and his wife looked at each other, and they didn't know what to say, or Xiao Yu said softly:
"Sheng Gongzi, thank you for avenging our great revenge and letting the beasts ambush ......" Sheng Yuyan nodded and said nothing.
Jiang Xiaoshu looked at him and said in a low voice:
"I told you, you won't be disappointed." Sheng Yuyan naturally understood what he meant - before coming, the two had a discussion on whether to let Wang Kui go, Jiang Xiaoshu said that he had lost the opportunity and had to make some compromises, while Sheng Yuyan resolutely said that he would not compromise.
Jiang Xiaoshu saved some of the hostages in his own way and obtained a lot of information; And Sheng Yu Ember punished the sin, and both of them can be regarded as seeking benevolence.
Sheng Yuyan heard Jiang Xiaoshu's words and slowly shook his head:
"I'm still a little disappointed - for Wang Kui, this ending is too cheap......" Wang Jinwei heard this, a little trembling:
"Sheng Gongzi, Wang Kui ......"
"Dead." Sheng Yuyan said it lightly, and then walked aside without saying a word. For a while, everyone was silent.
Sheng Yuyan lifted Wang Jinwei's knife bag from the table, and there were only a few knives left in it, which were lifted by Sheng Yuyan, making a rattling sound.
Sheng Yu Ember silently walked to the remaining knives. It was Xiaohong, who used all kinds of knives to kill her, and opened countless piercing holes in her body, like shackles, nailing her to the ground, and even involuntary struggles would become torture.
He knelt down beside Xiaohong, and reached out to grasp the sharp boning knife in Xiaohong's heart. The light of the fire flickered and shone on Yu Shen's hand, and everyone present saw that at one moment his hand trembled violently.
"Whew-" The boning knife was pulled out, and the sound it made was somewhat strange, like the sound of a rusty door hinge falling off, muffled and heavy.
There was no blood flowing out, Sheng Yuyan wiped it repeatedly on his sleeve with the blade of his knife, until the blood stain was completely gone, and then gently put it back into the bag, his movements were very careful, as if he was afraid of waking Xiaohong.
In fact, everyone knows that Xiaohong will never wake up again. Everyone just watched Sheng Yu take the knife, and I don't know how long later, the last knife on Xiaohong's body was removed, this one was nailed into her ankle, and after accurately breaking the hamstring, it pierced into the muddy ground.
Then Sheng Yu Ember slowly turned over her body and took off the hemp core in her mouth for her, her tongue had already been bitten off, and the hemp core was removed, and the blood flowed silently.
"Sheng Gongzi, I don't blame you."
"I've been twenty years old, and only today can I really live."
"It's here, if you are free, Sheng Gongzi can come and taste my pears." Maybe these words were what she wanted to say, but now there is only silence left, this miserable woman, everyone doesn't even know her real name, they don't know how sweet her pears are, she is already dead.
Sheng Yuyan took out the stack of silver tickets from her arms, which were already soaked in blood, Sheng Yuyan stared at the silver tickets, stunned.
As long as the silver ticket is issued, regardless of the wind and sun, water and fire erosion, as long as the silver ticket is issued, the silver ticket will be brand new as before, that is, it will live for dozens of hundreds of years, and it can also be exchanged for silver in Wanqin Qianzhuang.
Thinking of this, Sheng Yu Ember shook slightly, blood splashed, and the silver ticket really rattled, and when he looked at it, it was very new, without the slightest trace.
It turns out that money is such a thing, no matter what filth and filth it has been tainted with, it only takes a little touch of the hand to become what everyone loves, and no matter how much pickles it has seen or heard of it, it becomes irrelevant at this moment.
Sheng Yushen began to admire the man who invented the process of making silver tickets. So he felt his stomach cramp violently and wanted to vomit more than ever.
After closing Xiaohong's eyes, Sheng Yu got up and galloped towards the depths of the dense forest, leaving only one sentence:
"It's burning." Looking at Sheng Yuyan's strange behavior, Wang Jinwei was a little flustered:
"Jiang Gongzi, what is he?"
"He may have understood a truth - money is not as lovely as he thinks."
"What does that mean?"
"Go and pick up your knife bag," Jiang Xiaoshu smiled and patted Wang Jinwei lightly on the shoulder. So Wang Jinwei handed Jiang Xiaoshu to Xiaoyu to support, and went to pick up the knife bag, Jiang Xiaoshu looked at his back, thoughtfully, and suddenly heard Xiaoyu whispering to himself:
"Laughing bookboy."
"Hmm."
"Why is this happening?" When Jiang Xiaoshu heard this, he looked around, and everywhere he saw was corpses all over the field, blood flowed like a river, and the blood was so bloody that it had attracted many crows to fly down and peck at the corpses, quacking and chirping.
The group of prostitutes who were killed and killed seemed to be the most decent of all the dead present, but the life has passed, what is the important thing whether it is decent or not?
Jiang Xiaoshu let out a long sigh:
"Why is this happening? That's a really hard question to answer...... You tell me? Xiao Yu thought for a moment before saying:
"Sheng Gongzi did a great job."
"Huh?" Jiang Xiaoshu frowned, this answer seemed to be incorrect.
"If someone commits a heinous crime and goes unpunished, then he will become an example - if Wang Kui is spared today, there will be more Zhang Kui, Zhao Kui, Sun Kui in the future, ......"
"Then there will be more Xiaohong, Xiaobai, and Xiaoxia...... Died in vain. Jiang Xiaoshu let out a long sigh, and then said:
"Please help me over, burn Xiaohong's bodies, and let them be buried in peace." The two of them dug a big pit, and the bodies of the prostitutes were cremated in this big pit, and the flames devoured their clothes, hair, and faces, and the flames soared into the sky, so bright that people could not open their eyes, and the little fish could no longer bear it, and began to cry loudly.
The top of the fire showed a strange white, Jiang Xiaoshu suddenly felt that under the baptism of fire, their defiled bodies, suffering, and inner pain were all extinguished at this moment, and the white at the top of the flame was the color of their souls, a bit like snow, with holiness and nobility.
When the flames burned most violently, Sheng Yu Ember came out of the forest, and his expression became calm again, but his pale face and the sweat on his forehead were so striking that anyone who saw him knew that he had just vomited, and he vomited so darkly.
Sheng Yushen took out the silver ticket and walked towards the fire pit.
"Sheng ......" Wang Jinwei wanted to hold Sheng Yuyan, but as soon as he said a word, he was stopped by Jiang Xiaoshu:
"Let him go." Walking to the fire pit, Sheng Yu stood in silence for a long time, the wind blowing his clothes and hair, and the people behind him looked so desolate in front of the fire.
Sheng Yu Ember stretched out his hand, and the silver ticket rattled, crumbling, as if it would be swept up in it in the next moment.
But Sheng Yu Ember suddenly stopped, he took back the silver ticket, turned around and ran towards the outer circle, and when he came back, he had already carried more than ten sharp swords.
He threw his blade into the fire pit and walked back, never to look back.
"Wang Kui is also over there, and knives are more useful than money." He only said this inexplicable sentence, and then he never spoke again.
The fire was burning, and the people around the fire, Jiang Xiaoshu's eyes were lowered, and he didn't say a word, Wang Jinwei's face was full of unbearable, the Yu family and his wife sighed at each other, and Xiaoyu covered his mouth and cried bitterly.
In the eastern suburbs of the wasteland, everyone fell silent at the same time, and the flames occasionally crackled and crackled; The crows overhead are constantly circling and quacking; Occasionally, there was a foul wind, like a whimpering and sobbing sound.
It's a bleak scene. After a long time, the flames were extinguished, and the ashes of the little red were also a strange white, much like snow.
A handful of soil was pushed down, and everyone buried them, Jiang Xiaoshu originally wanted to erect a monument for them, but after thinking about it, he gave up - they are in another world, they will use swords to seek justice for themselves, and before that, they should never use tombstones to announce their deaths.
This is exactly what it is: officials and bandits are involved in the next work, and prostitutes are helpless but peaceful. Everyone left, and the one leading the way at the front was Jiang Xiaoshu, who was supported by Xiaoyu.
When passing by the porcelain pile, Xiao Yu couldn't help but stop and saw the long bloodstain, which was left by Jiang Xiaoshu kneeling.
Jiang Xiaoshu stretched out his hand and shook it in front of her eyes, and chuckled:
"Is it that pretty? So obsessed? ”
"It's a lot like the colors that come out of the sky when the sun sets."
"It's a good analogy, but it's a bit of a fly in the ointment."
"A fly in the ointment?"
"Yes," Jiang Xiaoshu said, pointing to the top of his head:
"I think it's more like a sunrise." The little fish looked in the direction of his finger, and found that after a night of twists and turns, the sky had shown to be bright, blue and blue, and it seemed that it would be a good weather.
"The sun will rise again." ………… Zhijiang County Ya, Ma Zhongguo had just changed into an official robe and sat down, when he was pointed at his throat by a long sword.
"Spare your life! Spare your life! Ma Zhongguo was caught off guard and shouted in panic. Jiang Xiaoshu looked at the funny image of his fart and urine, and said coldly:
"Keep begging for mercy, you'll die faster." Only then did Ma Zhongguo see who the person who threatened him was, and he was shocked:
"Jiang, Jiang Xiaoshu!"
"I'm not dead, you're surprised?"
"You're not dead? That, that Wang Kui ......"
"You seem to have a lot of questions."
"I, of course I have a problem." Ma Zhongguo saw that Jiang Xiaoshu didn't seem to have too strong killing intent, so he plucked up his courage:
"Jiang Xiaoshu, you are bold, do you know what you are doing now? You're pointing your sword at the Seven Rank Officials of the Imperial Court! Are you going to rebel? ”
"It turns out that you still know that you are a seventh-rank life officer," Jiang Xiaoshu nodded, then took something out of his arms and slapped it heavily on the table.
When Ma Zhongguo saw the appearance of that thing, he immediately felt like someone had had had his bones removed, collapsed limply, and stammered:
"God, God! How could you be? You, you're just a lifter...... Y-Why didn't you say it earlier? "The Heavenly Absolute Order can be cut first and then played below the fifth grade, where does Ma Zhongguo dare to have the slightest idea of resistance, he simply regretted his intestines, and almost cried.
"It turns out that in your eyes, the life of the Heavenly Absolute Envoy is the life, and an ordinary person doesn't need to worry too much, as for ordinary people, their lives are like mustard in your heart...... You unconscionable dog officer! The more Jiang Xiaoshu spoke, the more angry he became, and his hands became more and more vigorous, and Ma Zhongguo immediately felt a sharp pain in his throat, as if he was going to see the king of Hades in the next moment.
"Ma Zhongguo! Your three major crimes, the evidence is conclusive - first, colluding with the Jiang Yue gang villain Wang Kui, oppressing the good, causing Yu Xiaozhi and Xiaohong to stoop to the thieves, and the family is ruined, according to the laws of Daqin, your head should be cut off; second, acting as a shelter umbrella for Jiang Yue to help Zhijiang divide the rudder, reversing black and white, and despising the royal law, but Wang Kui alone, you approved countless illegal lands for him, and there are as many as twenty or thirty marriage contracts with different women, which is also a capital crime; Third, as a heavenly envoy, I came here to investigate the case, but I was almost harmed by you, if it wasn't for a coincidence, I would have lost my life, and killing Qin Linzhong was a big crime of the Zhulian family, and the crime was unforgivable! Listening to Jiang Xiaoshu's angry scolding, Ma Zhongguo's face turned pale, but he couldn't say half a word of rebuttal, so he could only let Jiang Xiaoshu count his crimes, and the best result for him could only be to cut off his head, he cried bitterly and begged for mercy:
"I was wrong, the lord spared me, it is better to be a pig and a dog, ask for forgiveness, ask for for......giveness, ask for forgiveness" Jiang Xiaoshu raised his eyebrows, cut off a sword, and cut off one of Ma Zhongguo's fingers, Ma Zhongguo covered the severed finger and cried loudly, there was no half of the court official's Sven.
"Where is the Zhijiang Station?" Jiang Xiaoshu asked.
"Zhijiang, there is no post station in Zhijiang......" Ma Zhongguo said in a trembling voice.
"Fart! Since the founding of the Great Qin, post stations have been passed to all counties to convey the law, and you dare to say that there is no post station! ”
"Return, Lord Hui, there was originally a silver that could maintain the post station, and I gave it to ......" Jiang Xiaoshu was even more furious - the maintenance of ordinary post stations is less than a thousand taels a year, and a pair of shoes of Ma Zhongguo, a dog official, is worth two or three hundred taels, but even such an important silver has to be embezzled!
Jiang Xiaoshu raised his hand and slapped Ma Zhongguo to the ground:
"You now have one more felony, embezzlement of funds for the maintenance of the inn, which is also a capital offense! Ma Zhongguo, you'd better count how many heads you have! Ma Zhongguo didn't dare to say a word, but kept kowtowing and weeping bitterly:
"The lord forgives the sin, the lord spares his life, and the lower officials will never dare to ...... again" Jiang Xiaoshu flicked his sleeves:
"Where's the station?"
"Xiaguan, Xiaguan doesn't know."
"Is there anything in Wuling County?"
"There is probably yes, oh no, yes, there must be, there must be Lord Zhou there is an official, there must be."
"I will write a letter to the capital, explaining all the situations I have seen, and you, I will give you the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, there have been great changes in Zhijiang in the past few days, if you handle it properly, I will intercede for you, although you will not get rid of the crime, at least you can suffer less flesh and skin......"
"Lord Xie, Lord Xie......" Ma Zhongguo looked up, but found that Jiang Xiaoshu had long since disappeared.