On this day, the Dongshi Execution Platform was surrounded by a dense crowd, waiting for the drum to sound at three o'clock in the afternoon, and watching the executioner with thick waist and arms raise his knife and cut off the head of the condemned criminal. Most of these onlookers were of course ordinary people dressed in cloth and brown, but there were also white-clothed scholars mixed in, and there were even many fresh-clothed nobles.

There seemed to be a commotion, a lot of pushing, it turned out that a middle-aged man dressed in a blue brocade shirt with a black gauze stretched horns crowded forward, and saw that he was about to reach the fence, and finally attracted a round-faced angry idle man in the market, stared at the man fiercely, and spat on the ground: "If you want to see the excitement, you have to occupy a place as soon as possible, what is the crowd in this morning!" ”

These words attracted the attention of the two soldiers, and when they saw that the middle-aged man had a long knife hanging from his waist, he seemed to be a ranger, so he became even more vigilant, drank a sentence of "no trouble", and stared at the crowd with fierce eyes.

The man stood still, ignoring the idler's still fierce gaze, and raised his eyes to look at the death row prisoner kneeling on the execution ground, his hair was ragged and naturally embarrassed, but his face and body did not show any scars, and it did not look like he had been tortured to extract a confession.

I also heard a lot of discussion from onlookers: "The imperial court issued a special notice three days ago, and this person seems to have committed a serious crime." ”

"You don't know? The announcement made it clear that this was an important leader of the Emergency Guild! ”

"I'm illiterate, how do I know to be so careful."

"I heard that the Guild is full of heroes who kill the rich and help the poor, and they have won the hearts of the people over the years."

"Don't talk nonsense, the Guild is a bandit, but the court strictly orders to chase and suppress him, you say that he is a good man, and he is carefully regarded as an accomplice."

"The leader of the Duchuan Emergency Guild is omnipotent with three heads and six arms, and the leaders below are also brave and invulnerable, why does this dead criminal look very thin and weak, not like a person who dares to kill people and cross goods."

"If you are really invulnerable, how can you be captured by the imperial court, those grass robbers live in seclusion in the mountains, they can't eat enough, they suffer from hunger and cold, where can they have three heads and six arms and are tall and strong."

The blue-robed man listened to these discussions expressionlessly, and seemed to not mind, but he held the hanging knife on his waist tightly in the palm of one hand, and his tendons were violent, obviously trying to endure his indignation.

Finally, at three o'clock in the afternoon, the execution drum sounded, the official who was beheaded by the prison held the arrow and rebuked it, the white swaying Mo knife was raised high and fell, as the executioner shouted heavily, the head of the condemned prisoner fell to the ground, blood splattered three feet, some people inhaled, some applauded, and even the good deed person shouted on behalf of the death prisoner that he could not speak, "Twenty years later, he will be a good man again"! Burst into laughter.

The onlookers gradually dispersed, but the man in the green robe remained on the spot, his eyes fixed on the abrupt and erect torture pillar, and the fingers pressed on the saber were weakly released.

"Brother Ziyu." But hearing this greeting, the man turned around a little dazedly.

I saw a young man dressed in white slowly hugging: "A few days ago, I had a drink with Yuwenjun, and I heard him mention that Brother Ziyu temporarily left Kyoto because of family matters, and I accidentally saw Your Excellency just now, and I thought it was a clumsy mistake." ”

Zhu Ziyu took a deep breath, and then returned the salute, but his movements were still a little stiff, and he lost his chic nature in the past: "It's okay to say goodbye." ”

This is not a suitable occasion for Xiao Bei to meet again and gossip and talk, so Lu Li invited Zhu Ziyu to a nearby wine shop, and after taking a seat, he asked, "I don't know when Brother Ziyu will return to Beijing?" ”

"I only arrived in Chang'an today." I didn't want to hear that one of the first henchmen of the club was captured by Zheng Xiong and escorted to Kyoto to be executed in public.

"I just happened to rest today, and I had to be idle during the next day, and I happened to meet Brother Ziyu, and this seat was used to catch the wind and wash the dust." Lu Li said with a smile, but he had already noticed that Zhu Ziyu's mood was not very happy, so he poured wine for him as a salute, and asked directly: "Brother Ziyu is worried, but the family affairs are not very smooth?" ”

Zhu Ziyu is now the owner of the altar in Kyoto, but a few days ago he went to Tongzhou, not a family matter, but for help, and it was handled very smoothly, but he got Yu Wensheng's secret letter, only to know that a congregation was arrested, and rushed back in a hurry, and it was determined that the arrested person turned out to be the head of the guild and the confidant, and there was such a big event, but he, the altar owner, was unconscious, of course, he would be worried, I don't know what happened to the guild, how could the head of the guild ignore his henchmen.

But these words, of course, can't be honest with Lu Li, Ziyu had to recite a reason for family troubles, and couldn't help it, so he asked Lu Li: "The person who was executed earlier is really a guild bandit?" ”

"Indeed." The matter that was made public was naturally not a secret, and Lu Li didn't mind saying in detail: "This criminal was arrested in Hengzhou, and I heard that it was an attempt to assassinate Zheng Tingshi, because he couldn't stand the heavy punishment, he confessed to many accomplices, and the gangsters in Hengzhou were in a hurry, and they were all wiped out by Zheng Tingshi." ”

Zhu Ziyu's face was even more solemn, unusual, he didn't talk to Lu Li, who was close to him, and he didn't want to drink bitterly, and after hurriedly finishing lunch, he even refused Lu Li's invitation to talk, and left in a hurry, without noticing his whereabouts, and fell in the eyes of a certain chief of Lu Li.

"Went to Zhongnan Villa to meet Ju Shinan?" Lu Li muttered to himself, his eyebrows frowning slightly.

Zhu Ziyu clearly paid special attention to today's death row prisoner, and hurried to see Ju Shinan, could it be said that Zhu Ziyu and Ju Shinan had known each other for a long time?

As far as Lu Li knows, after Zhu Ziyu entered Beijing, Fang was introduced by Yu Wensheng to get to know Ju Shinan, but the ordinary contacts are not frequent, today this person has just returned to Beijing, that is, he rushed to the execution ground to watch the execution, and his worry is too conspicuous, making Lu Li suspect that he has a great connection with the Emergency Guild.

What about Yu Wensheng? The one who secretly eradicates the evil officials for him, is it also an urgent guild?

Since there are clues, then follow this clue to investigate, maybe He Zhan will be able to gain something.

Lu Li secretly made up his mind, planning to enter the palace on duty the next day, so he spoke to He Zhan.

However, if Ju Shinan is really a person from the Guild, then Yuan Dezhi, who introduced him to the palace, will be ...... Lu Li lightly tapped the tea case, and a very subtle smile appeared at the corner of his lips, Yuan Dezhi, the minister of state, this time may have been ruthlessly used by thieves, although this matter is beneficial to himself, but because of Pei Liuniang, Wu Dan is bound to do everything in his power to protect Yu Wensheng, and I don't know how much Yu Wensheng is involved with the Urgent Guild, and how big the ambition of the Urgent Guild is.

Over the years, the Guild of Urgency has indeed helped many people to avoid hunger and cold, Lu Li actually has little ill will towards them, but of course he understands that no king will condone thieves to run rampant and threaten the regime, whether it is the current Queen Mother or the future He Ye, they will quell the banditry, not to mention that Ju Shinan is still a major suspect of murdering He Yan, the Queen Mother doesn't know, but Lu Li knows that Ju Shinan is absolutely incapable of summoning the soul of Wu Dan to comfort He Yan's remorse!

If Pei Liuniang and Yuwen Shengzhen secretly colluded with the Urgent Guild......

Lu Li's brows furrowed even more, and for a while, he couldn't think of any way to resolve it.

Now is not the time to be open and honest with Yuwen Sheng, if he really has the intention of aiding the foreign surname to seize the throne, and the king of Jin will be incompatible, then, it is friend or foe!

Then it is even more impossible for Yu Wensheng to be aware of his true position.

What's more, at the moment, Xiao Jiulang is also involved in Ju Shinan, if Ju Shinan is really a bandit, the situation will undoubtedly be more complicated.

I hope that He Zhan can find out the roots of Ju Shinan as soon as possible, so that he can think of a plan as soon as possible, at least let Xiao Jiulang and Yu Wensheng get out.

In the Zhongnan Garden, in a four-corner pavilion, Zhu Ziyu, who was full of solemnity, was really asking Ju Shinan: "What did you say?" Will he really order the troops to stand still, and see that there is a wide death? Youkuan is the one who has high hopes from his father-in-law! Why did the head of the council give such an order? ”

"Lord Jiangtan betrayed the alliance, resulting in a huge loss to Hengzhou altar, how could the leader of the association let more congregations be in danger for this traitor?" Ju Shinan said categorically.

"How could Youkuan really betray the Alliance?" Zhu Ziyu raised his eyebrows, and his clenched fist pressed hard against the tea case.

"Zheng Xiong is ruthless, this kind of minions have many torture methods to extract confessions, Jiang Youkuan must not be able to withstand the heavy punishment, and he can't seek death, so he will confess."

"If this is the case with you, will the identity of the head be revealed, and even many altars will be exposed?" Jiang Youkuan is a confidant and important member, of course, he knows a lot of help, and it is by no means limited to the congregation in Hengzhou.

"Not really." Ju Shinan denied it: "The court didn't know that Jiang Youkuan was the head of the meeting, but he was one of the leaders, and although Jiang Youkuan was captured, he still had a wife and a child, if the identity of the head was really exposed, his wife and child would not be protected, so although Jiang Youkuan confessed because he couldn't bear the torture, he still had a sense of proportion, and he knew that the death penalty was inevitable, so he had to try his best to keep his wife safe." ”

Zhu Ziyu still didn't believe that Jiang Youkuan would really betray the alliance, frowning for a long time, Ju Shinan had no choice but to say again: "The altar master trusts the leader of the alliance to be wrong?" But do you doubt that the leader of the alliance will bear the will of the old alliance leader? ”

"Sir, doesn't this put Ziyu in a place of faithlessness and righteousness?" Zhu Ziyu was very anxious: "How could Ziyu question the leader of the alliance?" ”

"Then, the Lord of the Jade Altar should firmly believe in the leader of the alliance, and any decision is to eradicate the evil and eliminate the traitors and protect the poor and weak!" Ju Shinan said resolutely, lowering his eyes to hide the sadness in his eyes.

Jiang Youkuan did not betray, he was ordered by the alliance leader, for the sake of the future of the guild, for the sake of 100,000 congregations, and for the sake of the people of the world, he killed himself and sent himself to the enemy's sword!

But these words, of course, can't be told to the Jade Altar Lord at this time, the Jade Altar Lord is good anywhere, but his heart is too soft and lacks decisiveness, and if the Guild wants to develop, it can only rely on the guidance of a far-sighted, decisive and wise leader like the Alliance Leader.