Day 9.

Noon.

The southern suburbs of Yanping County, on the bank of the Gu River.

On weekdays, the wilderness is crowded, but today it is crowded with men, women and children from Yanping County.

Because, as soon as three o'clock in the afternoon arrives, Qiu Zhennong will be here to the ground!

The common people want to see with their own eyes how this bully, who has caused countless harms in the township, has finished his life.

In the crowd, some people have already prepared gongs, drums and firecrackers in advance, and when the execution is completed, they will beat gongs and drums, set off firecrackers, and celebrate.

At this moment, it is close to the time of execution, the guillotine has already been prepared, and the officials have taken their seats.

This time, the Criminal Department did send a reminder of the imperial history.

The Imperial History is also called the Criminal Officer, who is mainly responsible for reviewing serious, important and unjust cases in various places.

It's just that, to everyone's surprise, this mention of the imperial history is both crisp and low-key, and as soon as they met, he expressed his intentions, emphasizing that he only came to supervise the case, and would not put forward any opinions, let alone make any decisions.

Therefore, in the following time, this Tidian Imperial Historian completely looked like a bystander, and only symbolically checked the case information and all the approvals.

In addition, he lived in seclusion and seemed to avoid contact with local officials as much as possible, and Sima Xin invited him to take good opportunities, but he was politely refused.

As a result, Sima Xin and others gradually understood the wisdom of others.

Yes, behind Qiu Zhennong, the servants of the Ministry have always existed.

No matter what decision this imperial historian makes, it will inevitably make people think, will he represent the meaning of the servant of the ministry?

However, this case is a case hand-picked by the Holy Lord, and the Holy Lord's intention is obviously not to want this case to be interfered with.

Therefore, it is not easy for him to mention the imperial history, not only can he not disobey the will of the saint, but he also needs to try not to offend the servants of the ministry.

Therefore, it is undoubtedly the best choice to come here as a dumb spectator!

It seems that the officials from the holy capital are indeed human spirits.

However, since they understood what they meant, Sima Xin and Cai Jin naturally couldn't carry this cauldron, and in the end, they all returned it to the county commander Song Zhili.

At this time, Song Zhili still had the heart to care about Qiu Batian's life and death, and he wanted to find his son and daughter as soon as possible, so he immediately made a decision to set the execution date as today.

Instead of disagreeing with this decision, officials at all levels are very supportive, because no matter who they are, they want to end this ordeal as soon as possible.

As three o'clock in the afternoon approached, the five condemned prisoners had already realized their lives and were taken to the guillotine.

In addition to the culprit Qiu Zhennong, there are also Kuai Peng and Qiu Bin, who participated in the Pan family's extermination case, and two other Qiu Batian's subordinates who were responsible for many murders.

As for Qiu Batian's other accomplices, they also made corresponding judgments according to the nature of their crimes.

However, Pan Wending, who killed Ailian, and Mrs. Saina, who killed the third lady of the Wei family, have not yet been tried because they belong to different cases.

The county government has so many things, and it can't take care of them first.

The guillotine was a little far away from the audience, and no one could see what Qiu Zhennong's expression was at the moment.

I saw from a distance that when he was guillotined, his feet were almost hanging in the air, but fortunately the executioner was strong enough.

Soon, the final preparations were made.

Song Zhili took the death penalty token, first looked at the officials, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Unexpectedly, the one who lost this death penalty card in the end was the youngest official in the scene!

Song Zhili closed his eyes and thought in his heart, okay, the matter has come to this point, and there is no turning back.

Since there's no turning back, let's do it!

So, he suddenly opened his eyes and threw the token out.

The token landed, and the soul chasing cannon exploded instantly.

The executioner swung his knife downward, and the head fell to the ground......

"Good!"

"Okay!!"

"Wow......"

The crowd boiled instantly, gongs and drums shook the sky, firecrackers rang out, and the people were excited, singing and dancing, and rejoicing.

During this period, there were also a large number of victims who were deeply poisoned by Qiu Batian, who spontaneously knelt down far away in front of the officials, kowtowing while shouting "Song Qingtian" in a loud voice......

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Two hours later.

The follow-up matters of the death penalty have all been dealt with.

The prison envoy of the Criminal Department also resigned with great interest, saying that he was busy with official business and had to go back as soon as possible to resume his life.

Everyone knew each other that he wanted to leave the land of right and wrong as soon as possible, and immediately sent him out of the city, and then returned to the county office.

However, as soon as they entered the yamen, Sima Xin and Cai Jin suddenly changed their faces.

Before he even had time to enter the inner hall to speak, Sima Xin impatiently took out a letter and almost fell on Song Zhili's face.

"Take a good look! Are you satisfied? Sima Xin snorted coldly, "I told you a long time ago that Cui Xiaotian is not Qiu Batian, you can't afford to mess with it!" ”

Song Zhili naturally knew that the situation was not good, and immediately opened the letter tremblingly, but saw that it was an urgent secret letter written by Lord Thorn Shi himself!

The content of the letter is only five words: "Quickly release Cui Xiaotian!! ”

The fewer words, the more indicative of the seriousness of the situation.

"This ...... This ......" Song Zhili held the secret letter, his legs were paralyzed, and he was at a loss.

Chen Houlu hurriedly took advantage of the situation to take a look, and after seeing the five big characters clearly, he was also frightened.

Assassin Shi is the biggest official in the state capital, and even he speaks in person, so this Cui Xiaotian ...... Naturally, it is impossible not to let go!

"It's beautiful now, isn't it?" Cai Jin reprimanded with his hands behind his back, "I can tell you, you must not play word games with us, let you release Cui Xiaotian, you will only let him go."

"His sons, his men, not one of them is missing, let them all go!"

"Alas, when you meet a bastard county order like you, it can be regarded as eight lifetimes of mold," Sima Xin pinched his waist with both hands and kept complaining, "I killed so many people in Cui Xiaotian, and I don't know how to explain it back!"

"Say it in advance, I don't care, I have to push it all on you for this misunderstanding, you take it yourself, hum!"

"The two...... The two adults ...... "Finally, Chen Houlu couldn't listen anymore, and begged, "Song County ordered him, after all, he was tied up by someone, please help him say a word, ask for a favor!"

"We ...... We are also forced to do this, and we are also ...... It's also a moment of confusion......"

This time, Chen Houlu did not shirk and used the word "we".

And then, he made a pop and knelt down for the two senior officials.

"I beg you, Song County ordered him to save his son, there was a place to offend the two adults before, we ...... We can't afford to lose......"

"Oops! What are you kneeling for? Cai Jin waved his hand, "It's useless to say anything now, you have also seen the letter of Lord Assassin Shi, hurry up and release people!" ”

"Yes, yes......" Chen Houlu quickly got up and nodded, "Let's go, let's go!" ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly dragged Song Zhili and asked him to go with him to release people.

However, he pulled twice, only to find that Song Zhili did not move.

Well?

Chen Houlu hurriedly looked at Song Zhili, and was taken aback, because he found that Song Zhili at this moment seemed to be a different person!

But seeing that Song Zhili's face was flushed, his fists were clenched, and his body was still trembling......

"Hey," Cai Jin glared at Song Zhili and urged, "What are you still doing?" Go and release them! ”

However, Song Zhili didn't realize it, and turned around like a walking corpse and faced the two big officials.

"...... you" Sima Xin and Cai Jin were all stunned, not knowing whether this county order had a stroke or an evil spirit.

"Heaven is ......" Suddenly, Song Zhili's eyes widened, staring like copper bells, and he lamented with grief and indignation, "There are clouds in the Xuandao: there is a way in the world, and he died with the Tao; There is no way in the world, martyrdom!

"This official ...... The official wants to see if the Tao is in heaven or in people!? Hahahaha......"

In the next second, Song Zhili looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, laughing wildly, as if the entire county hall was dim, rolling up the hunting wind.

"Hahahaha......"

Song Zhili laughed fiercely, but tears fell into the air. His face was distorted, but his tears were shining......

Sima Xin and Cai Jin not only looked stupid, but also looked a little hairy.

They could never have imagined that a weak civil official could laugh with such a powerful aura and laugh so wickedly and crazy!

"He's ......," Chaikin muttered, "isn't he really crazy!?" ”

"Hahahaha...... Two adults," Finally, Song Zhili suppressed his wild laughter, his head tilted strangely, and his eyes were fierce and fierce, "Cui Xiaotian...... I won't let it go!! ”

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