Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, more than a day has passed since the day of worship in the Taimiao.

On December 28, inside the palace martial arts arena.

Zhao Yu was holding a spear and practicing with Zhang Xiu.

In the battle with Huang Jingming, he found that although he had the cultivation of the Nine Rank Grandmaster Realm, he had less actual combat experience, and his strength could be exerted at most eighty percent, unlike Zhang Xiu and Wang Xiongdan, who could give full play to their strength.

Therefore, in his spare time, he will bring Zhang Xiu as a sparring partner, in order to be able to give full play to his strength as soon as possible.

And Zhang Xiu, in the face of such a great opportunity to get closer to the king, naturally will not refuse.

In the past few days, he has almost fed Zhao Yu hand-in-hand.

At this time, Gao Lishi hurriedly walked in from outside the martial arts arena, looked at Zhao Yu who was practicing martial arts, and stopped talking on his face.

When Zhang Xiu saw Gao Lishi coming, he knew that the big red man in front of His Majesty must have something important to report, so he hurriedly collected his gun and retreated, arched his hand towards Gao Lishi, and showed a little smile on his dark face, and said:

"Your Majesty, Gao Diao is here."

Zhao Yu laughed, threw the spear in his hand to the little eunuch standing aside, and turned to look at Gao Lishi.

Gao Lishi hurriedly walked to Zhao Yu's side and said in a low voice:

"Your Majesty, the confessional platform has received a total of more than two million taels of bearer money in the past two days, totaling more than two million taels ......."

When Zhao Yu heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Hmph, none of these officials in Da Chu are not corrupt, just how much they are corrupt! Even the so-called clean officials are just less greedy than ordinary people!

The water is clear and there are no fish, and people are observant but there are no fugitives, so let's stop here.

Gao Lishi, you have someone take out 50,000 taels of silver, distribute them to the soldiers in Beijing, and then send 500,000 taels into my inner treasury. You have been by my side for the past few days, and you have done a lot of work, and you yourself will go and share a thousand taels with those attendants, which can be regarded as my reward to you. The rest was to be transported to the treasury by the Ministry of Households. ”

"Slave, thank you, Your Majesty!"

When Gao Lishi heard this, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and thanked him loudly.

"You palace people, because you are disabled, love money and greedy for power, I can understand, but there are some things that can't cross the bottom line and lose proportion. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind chopping off some of my outstretched claws! ”

Zhao Yu said lightly.

When Gao Lishi heard this, his heart palpitated, and a layer of cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead.

He didn't know that this was Zhao Yu beating himself.

"Slave, I know. Please rest assured that the slave will never disappoint Your Majesty! ”

"I know that you have great ambitions, and I think you can distinguish the difference between the small profits in front of you and the name before and after your death." Speaking of this, Zhao Yu said again, "I remember that tomorrow is the day when Taihe Wang rebelled against the party and beheaded the public, Gao Lishi, you can go to the Dharma field on behalf of me, which can be regarded as a send-off for these former ministers." ”

In the face of Zhao Yu's pressure, just yesterday, the results of the triage of the three divisions have been released.

All the rebels who were arraigned were beheaded for public display, and the time was set for tomorrow, December 29.

According to Zhao Yu, we must pay attention to a sense of ritual when doing things. It's better to put the unlucky thing of beheading in the year before. After the first day of the first lunar month, it is the new year, and if you do these things again, it will be a little bad.

As if remembering someone's arrogant and domineering face in the past, Gao Lishi nodded heavily and said with a cruel smile:

"The slave will bring His Majesty's greetings to them."

For nearly 100 years, the execution of death row prisoners has been held at the entrance of the Wumen Caishi in the east of Shenjing City.

Some Taoist masters said that in this way, they could use the first wisp of Yang Purple Qi at the beginning of the great sun to eliminate the resentment and hatred of death row prisoners accumulated in the Dharma field.

Whenever someone was about to be executed, the people who heard the wind and came to see the excitement would surround the court on all sides early in the morning, scrambling to be the first, rubbing shoulders one after another, and thousands of heads were surging.

That scene was even more lively than the temple fair on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Although everyone knew in their hearts that killing people was definitely not such a fun thing, let alone beautiful to look at, everyone just had to wait, watching the fresh and exciting energy when the executioner's hand rose and fell, and the human head fell to the ground.

Seeing those corrupt officials being beheaded one by one, the onlookers were so happy that some couldn't help but applaud.

Perhaps, this is the last vestiality left in the depths of everyone's heart......

"It's coming, it's coming!"

"The prisoner van is here!"

Accompanied by one exclamation after another, one after another, under the escort of the soldiers of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, drove towards the Dharma field from far and near.

"That's a lot of people!"

Looking at the prison cart with no end in sight, in the crowd, a middle-aged man with a stiff face couldn't help but gasp.

There are at least 1,000 death row inmates this time!

"Dude, as soon as you hear it, you know that you are not a native of Shenjing. In this execution, His Majesty had already issued a notice, and the backbone of the Taishi rebelled against the party, and none of the three clans were left! After all, there are at least two or three thousand people, right? ”

A person next to him said with a smile.

"So much? Isn't Your Majesty afraid of accidents? ”

The middle-aged man asked again.

"What's wrong? These corrupt officials deserve to die! A few days ago, the Governor's Office found countless gold and silver from the residences of these ministers, and there were thirty or forty trucks that pulled these stolen goods alone, and it took a whole night to pull them all away! Hmph, the eyes of the people of Shenjing City are not blind! In my opinion, the three tribes of Yi are all His Majesty's grace! ”

Seeing that the prisoner cart was about to go to his side, the person who spoke closed his mouth, took out a small bag of rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs from his arms with an excited face, and threw it at the death row inmates in the prisoner cart with his head and face.

"Corrupt officials and corrupt officials, it's not a pity to die!"

"Stone them to death!"

"Phew!"

"It's cheap to die!"

Listening to the waves of shouts of the surrounding crowd, Rao is middle-aged man has always been arrogant and uninhibited, and he was also a little surprised at this time.

How much public anger has this Huang Jingming party aroused......

"Brother Zhongxiang, how is it?"

At some point, two young scribes appeared beside the middle-aged man, although their clothes were not gorgeous, but there was only a majestic aura on their bodies, which made people feel awe.

"Ziyu, Zishan, this is not the place to talk, you and I will go to the side and talk in detail."

The two young scribes looked at each other and nodded.

The three of them struggled to squeeze their way through the crowd to a corner on the side of the street.

The middle-aged scribe named "Zhong Xiang" looked at his companion and asked first:

"How have you two observed in the past two days?"

"Your Majesty has a high reputation in Beijing, especially in the army, and he is even more popular with the military. The little brother of the Praetorian Guard can't get in, but the little brother of the City Guard and the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division have secretly visited, even if it is a low-level soldier, he is full of praise for our Majesty. ”

The young scribe with a stern-faced face took the lead.

"Brother Zhongxiang, Brother Ziyu, Your Majesty can turn the tables in a desperate situation and destroy the Taihe Wang party in less than half a year after ascending the throne.

But now Da Chu not only has internal worries, but also external troubles. Burma and Qi don't say anything for the time being, there are Huang Jingming's henchmen in the army over there, and Fang Chao still has nearly 30,000 soldiers on the side of the Canglong River.

If the border army learns the news and rebels, the people of Dachu will fall into fire and water. ”

The handsome young scribe frowned and expressed his worries.

The middle-aged scribe with a stiff face smiled and patted the other party's shoulder and said:

"Zishan, if the wind and rain are smooth and the people live and work in peace and contentment, how can you show your ability and mine? The great husband's deeds should be taken from the troubled times! ”

Although some disagreed with the other party's opinion, the scribe named "Zishan" couldn't help but say:

"Brother Zhongxiang, have you decided?"

"Since ancient times, it is easy to put the icing on the cake, but it is difficult to send charcoal in the snow. Your Majesty is now short of manpower, and the three of us are not mediocre people. Ziyu, Zishan, you said that if you serve Your Majesty at this time, will you and I be reused? ”

When the two young scribes heard this, they couldn't help but glance at each other, and they both saw the look of interest in each other's eyes.

Learn to write and martial arts, and sell it to the emperor's family.

The three of them were originally born and raised in Da Chu, and now that they have succeeded in learning and art, the first thing they naturally think of is Zhao Yu, who has just taken power.

"The hour has come!"

With a loud shout from the high platform, the crowd of onlookers instantly calmed down, and even pulled the attention of the three of them back to the law field.

Chu Ziwen, the imperial historian who volunteered to serve as the supervisor and beheader, squinted his eyes and looked up at the sky.

Under the blazing sun, a tingling sensation came from the eye sockets.

Chu Ziwen retracted his gaze and waved his hand.

The judge on the side understood, and shouted: "Bring someone to commit a crime!" ”

A group of death row prisoners were pushed by the soldiers to the bottom of the high platform, and knelt down one by one facing the direction of the palace.

Chu Ziwen looked at Huang Wenbo, Zhang Liuqi and other people who were wearing cloak under the high platform, and there was a faint look of happiness in his eyes.

You Taihe Wang and his party will also be raided and exterminated one day!

"Lord Chu, noon has arrived, it's time to be executed."

Seeing that Chu Ziwen was a little distracted, the judge on the side hurriedly reminded in a whisper.

Chu Ziwen, who came back to his senses, took out the fire sign order from the signing cylinder, and was about to throw it to the ground and order the execution, when suddenly a loud shout came from a distance.

"Lord Chu, wait a moment! Your Majesty has a message! ”

Chu Ziwen looked over when he heard this, but saw that His Majesty's attendant eunuch Gao Lishi was riding on a tall horse and galloping towards this side.

"Grandpa Gao, why are you here?"

Seeing Gao Lishi coming here, Chu Ziwen was a little surprised and said:

"What is your majesty's message?"

Gao Lishi turned over and dismounted, arched his hand towards Chu Ziwen with a smile, and said:

"Your Majesty's dictation, let our family personally send these former ministers a ride on behalf of Your Majesty, which can be regarded as fulfilling the righteousness of the monarch and ministers."

As he spoke, he walked slowly in front of Huang Wenbo, gritted his teeth and said with a cruel smile:

"Commander Huang, Your Majesty asked our family to bring you a word, when you broke into the palace ban and collided with Your Majesty that day, did you ever think that there would be today? Today, our family specially begged for an errand from His Majesty, and made a special trip to see Commander Huang make your head fall to the ground! ”

After that, Gao Lishi didn't look at Huang Wenbo's ugly face, got up and came to the high platform, and nodded at Chu Ziwen.

"Slash!"

The next moment, the fire order landed.

Poof!

With a muffled snort, blood splattered everywhere, completely staining the entire Dharma field red.

On this day, the execution lasted from noon to unitary hour, which lasted for three hours, the executioner changed five times, nearly 3,000 heads fell to the ground, and the pungent bloody aura in the court took a whole month before it was completely dissipated.

(End of chapter)