Before life and death, everyone is equal.

At the moment of life and death, no matter whether he is the prefect of the fourth grade or the county magistrate of the seventh grade, he can no longer deal with it indifferently, and he patted his swollen hands and shouted hoarsely......

Hearing that the prisoners said that there were still major cases to report, the little flag officials guarding the prison cells did not dare to conceal it and not report it, so they reported the situation in the prison to Yang Ge layer by layer.

Yang Ge had to take time out and go to the prison in person.

When the jumping firelight illuminated the bright red four-clawed python robe on his body, all the prisoners who ate three dishes and one soup went crazy in an instant, banging on the cell door frantically, desperately shouting who they were, and what major cases to report, lest others take the lead and miss the last chance to live.

"Silence!"

Yang Ge was full of true anger, and a roar of anger suppressed all the roars.

All the prisoners shut up, only opened their frightened eyes wide, looked at Yang Ge pitifully, and some even took advantage of their age to forcibly rub their eyes red and wipe their tears......

The world is finally quiet.

Yang Ge exhaled lightly, pressed Shang Fang's sword and said unhurriedly: "I don't know, do you really have a major case to report, or do you want to live and delay time...... But I'm going to say ugly things in front of me, the merits and demerits are not comparable, and the damned man, no matter what he reports, he has to die! ”

When the words fell, the prison was about to fry again.

Yang Ge once again used his true anger and forcibly suppressed their objections: "The ranks are all scholars who read sage books and seek fame, how to interpret the eight words 'killing to pay for life, debt repayment', I don't think Yang needs to talk more!" ”

"You don't have to accept your fate, or you don't!"

"Anyway, your retribution has arrived, and it's time to hit the road."

"But what I want to say is that to this day, I still want to believe that when I read the books of the sages and sages in the past to seek fame, I thought about being the master of the people and benefiting the party."

"It's just because of a mistake in thought, a mistake in action, just because officialdom is muddy, and it can't be mixed with dirt......"

"That's where we end up today."

"At the last moment of my life, I hope that I can look back on the past and summarize my life."

"Dan Fan...... But if there is still a trace of conscience in the ranks, he will spit out the sewage and dirt hidden in his heart and then go on the road, so that he can walk briskly, and those who come after him can also take them as a warning. ”

"Not to mention the antecedents, at least in the last moments of your life, this difficult world has become a little better because of your repentance."

"Maybe it's not much, but it's definitely getting better!"

"It can be regarded as the last time I look back at the self who studied hard in the cold window and was determined to serve the country and the people......"

"The road is that you have come step by step to today, Yang can not do much, just play the most regrettable performance of the rank to His Majesty, and for the sake of the conscience of the rank, give the descendants of the rank a light punishment."

"Yang Mou's words are all about this, whether he says it or not, the ranking is measured by himself!"

After speaking, Yang Ge turned around and shouted, "Someone." ”

A small flag officer stepped forward in response: "Humble duty!" ”

Yang Ge: "If any adult is willing to repent, you can find him a clean place alone, give him paper and pen, and get a pot of wine." ”

The little flag officer shouted the order: "Obey the order!" ”

Yang Ge waved his sleeves and hurriedly left surrounded by a group of embroidered wrestlers.

There was a long silence in the prison.

The convicts who were driven crazy by the great terror between life and death seemed to be sucked away by Yang Ge's words at once.

After a long time, some people laughed madly, and some people sat on the ground in despair and wept......

There are also people huddled in a dark corner, their eyes red and clenched their fists for a long time, and finally stood up and slammed the cell door vigorously: "Lao Tzu wants to drink, get me a pot of wine for Lao Tzu!" ”

When someone saw that he wanted to be picked, he was shocked and helplessly whispered and persuaded: "Brother Jifu, think twice!" ”

"Think twice about your!"

The person who knocked on the door turned around angrily and roared at the persuader: "If it wasn't for the others who dragged Lao Tzu into the water, Lao Tzu would not have ended up in this step!" ”

The face of the person who persuaded changed, and he immediately said in a strange way: "Shall I wait to pull you into the water?" If you are really the loyal minister, can I move you? When you made money, you only hated me and waited for you to get less, but now it's to blame us? Your conscience has been eaten by dogs? ”

The person who knocked on the door roared with bruised muscles on his face: "If it weren't for you dogs who suppressed Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu would have been able to collect your pickled money?" Lao Tzu's conscience fed the dog? Does your conscience feed the dogs? ”

The person who persuaded angrily rolled up his sleeves to carry out physical persuasion, and the prison door opened at the right time, and several embroidered wrestlers with big shoulders and round waists walked in with a smirk with their wrists moving: "Is this official in good spirits?" Let's go, go out and chat with my brothers! ”

The face of the person who persuaded changed greatly, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "This official ...... No, I was wrong, I shouldn't have spoken, my lord, spare my life, spare my life! ”

A few people with big shoulders and round waists didn't care what he said, and they pressed the ground with a "snap" and dragged them out like dragging dead dogs.

In front of the convict who named the door, a small flag officer stood in front of the cell door with a smile and made a "please" gesture to him: "Lord Song, let's go, I have long heard that the clouds in Yangzhou are sweet and clear, and today I will be blessed by Lord Song, and we can also taste it!" ”

The prisoner who slapped the door stepped out of the prison door in one step, strode forward, walked forward without squinting, and said loudly as he walked: "Drink a dick liquid, Lao Tzu is from Shanxi, Lao Tzu wants to drink Fenjiu!" ”

The little flag officer followed behind him, and said with a headache: "Yes, yes, let's send someone to find Fenjiu for you......"

The prisoners in the rest of the cells looked at him fixedly.

Some people are cold-eyed and unmoved.

There are also people with red eyes, as if they are intent on moving......

There are clouds in the Analects: The bird is about to die, and its song is also mourning; When a man is about to die, his words are good.

Yang Ge's seemingly stupid and naïve words really pierced the cold and cruel hearts of some people.

It's like waking up from a big dream, with a big belly, fat head and big ears, and a dirty body, I suddenly saw the young man with red lips and white teeth, white clothes and snow, and high spirits.

The crowd looked for him thousands of times, but suddenly looked back at the man, but he was in the dim light......

Life is too short, and it's a dream!

……

"The guilty minister Yangzhou Mansion in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province is sentenced to Song Shen and asked for Sheng'an."

The night wind was howling, a light was like a bean, and Song Kun, the general judge of Yangzhou, spread out the whole dark and narrow hut, trembling and writing down the head of the love letter.

There were only a dozen words, but it seemed to have exhausted his life's strength, and after the last word "An" was written, he had no choice but to use your brush, lift the wine jug on the desk and pour a big sip into the spout.

With the help of wine, he lifted the brush again.

But as soon as he was about to put down the pen, his emotions collapsed again, and he threw the pen and cried "woo".

In the last moments of life, the magnificent wine-colored wealth and high spirits of the past dissipated like smoke in the twilight.

Instead.

It is the call of children when they are young.

It is the simple and warm smiling face of his wife.

It was the old father's reprimand who secretly wiped his tears when he said goodbye.

It was the old mother's intermittent nagging in the heat of the big iron pot.

It is the crooked-necked jujube tree in front of the door of my hometown, which is full of sweet dates.

He suddenly realized that he had come so far over the years......

He knew he was wrong.

But there's no going back.

The cry of "woo" echoed again and again in the dark prison into the night, blended into the wind, and reverberated in the dark prison.

Countless prisoners who couldn't sleep all night were also in tears......

It was only at this moment that they finally stripped off the armor of power and revealed their original appearance.

Some people are thinking that if time can be turned back, if life can be regretted, what must he do......

There are also people who think that if he gets another chance, he must do things more rigorously and climb higher......

It's a pity that time can't go back, life can't be regretted, and no one gives them another chance.

The sky will eventually dawn.

What should come will come after all.

When the narrow cells were opened again, the embroidered wrestlers who came to collect the rolls were shocked to find that the officials inside had aged by more than ten years overnight.

There are even people who lose their hair overnight......

……

When the sun is three strokes.

Hundreds of embroidered wrestlers scattered into Jiangdu City, marching along the streets and alleys with gongs and drums, and summoning the people of the city to go to the vegetable market to watch the execution at noon.

The people of Jiangdu, who don't know why, are talking about taking to the streets in droves and flocking to the entrance of the vegetable market.

To this day, there are still many people who question that this is a passing scene, wondering if the old man Qincha has got death row prisoners from elsewhere to replace those corrupt officials......

Corrupt officials are also officials!

That's all the stars in the sky!

Except for the emperor Lao Tzu, who can kill?

In all dynasties, how have you ever heard of a large number of executions of officials in the state capital?

Rumors spread all over the city.

Even Yang Ge, who was in the lobby of the government office, heard no less than ten versions of rumors, and some superb methods of "cultivating plank roads in the bright and Chen Cang in the dark" made him feel like an eye-opener.

He didn't send someone to explain anything......

He knew that 10,000 words of explanation were no match for killing an official to them.

Besides, he doesn't have the strength to fight these rumors.

Yesterday, although he found more than 20 small flag officers to help him verify the case.

But in the end, he was still not relieved, and personally counted the cases of the 456 corrupt officials detained in Yangzhou.

After all, there is only one chance, and he doesn't want to let go of a damn official, nor does he want to wronged a non-damn official......

In the end, it was confirmed that 327 corrupt officials were involved in life lawsuits.

This number, this ratio.

He couldn't believe it, but he had to believe it!

He carefully examined the criminal cases involving human life lawsuits, and found that as long as they amassed wealth to a certain point, they would naturally cross the line of human life.

There are even several big corrupt officials who have amassed huge fortunes and amassed half of the city, and they don't know that they have been involved in a lawsuit for human life, and when they ask, they either have black eyes or a confused face, and it is not until they put all the human and material evidence in front of him that he remembers that he did order that incident.

He did just move his mouth, but the people under him killed others and helped him wipe his ass by the way, he just took the money and the land, and didn't get a drop of human blood on his hands......

Yang Ge felt that it would definitely be unrealistic for these people to say that they didn't know that the people below had caused their lives.

They just don't care, they don't care, they take it for granted, they don't care......

The same people, the same flesh and blood raised by their mother's father......

They seem to be completely different from the poor people.

Obviously, some of them have also suffered......

Yang Ge couldn't understand, he only felt angry, as if there was a fire burning in his heart, which could not be suppressed or extinguished......

Even with the love letter that was covered with tears, sincere in words, and mournful in his hand, he just glanced at it and put it away.

At noon, there was already a sea of people under the law field at the entrance of the vegetable market.

As soon as the hour came, Yang Ge, who was wearing a four-clawed vermilion python robe, a sword hanging from his waist, and a half-face mask of a demon, ascended to the court surrounded by a large number of embroidered wrestlers.

"Bring it on!"

As soon as Yang Ge's ass sat down, he let out a loud shout.

Immediately, two embroidered wrestlers with big shoulders and round waists dragged a prisoner in prison clothes, with rags in his mouth, still struggling violently, and strode onto the court.

"Prisoner Yang Yuting brought!"

Two embroidered wrestlers shouted, dragging the prisoner to the execution table, and one ruffled his long messy hair and shouted, "Verify your identity!" ”

"It's really Lord Yang......"

With just one glance, the crowded Yangzhou people under the court exploded!

They don't recognize others, can they not recognize Yang Yuting?

This guy has been an official in Yangzhou for more than ten years, from the Qipin County Order all the way to the prefect, how could they not recognize it!

Is it so exciting when you come up?

"Silence!"

Dozens of embroidered wrestlers who formed a human wall to block the crowd under the stage stood up and shouted.

The boiling crowd quickly quieted down.

Yang Ge waved his hand, a wide-hearted and fat embroidered wrestler stepped forward with Yang Yuting's case, and read aloud at the top of his voice: "The criminal officer Yang Yuting, the former prefect of Yangzhou, since September last year, colluded with Yongtai Grain and Changfeng Gang to control the grain road, raise the price of grain, and seek huge profits and harm thousands of miles. He was beaten into a prison and died of illness......"

In just five or six hundred words, the case condensed 45 bloody human lives, opened his mouth to kill people, and closed his mouth to go to death row.

The more the people under the high platform listened, the quieter they became, and the more they listened, the more their eyes flickered.

Elsewhere, they don't know.

But they have all heard about this case to a greater or lesser extent, and some even recognize the bitter master read in the case and know what is going on......

This Chin Cha ...... Really?

After the official case was read out, Yang Ge raised his hand, and one of the embroidered wrestlers who held Yang Yuting immediately reached out and took off the rags in his mouth.

Yang Ge: "Prisoner Yang Yuting, there are all human and material evidence, what else do you have to say?" ”

Yang Yuting shook his head desperately, and roared with a hideous face: "There is no excuse for the crime you want to add, this official is wronged, this official is the prefect of Yangzhou appointed by His Majesty, and the official is a member of the Sipin Imperial Court, you have no right to behead this official!" ”

Yang Ge didn't bother to listen to his dog barking anymore, so he grabbed a piece of red-headed arrow with an expressionless face and threw it out: "Chop!" ”

"Smack."

The sound of the arrow landing was obviously very small, but at the same time it sounded in the ears of everyone at the scene, and the bodies of hundreds of people trembled with the light sound of this body, stunned.

And when the two embroidered wrestlers who held down Yang Yuting waited for a long time, they would not be stunned!

As soon as the token landed, the two of them quickly pressed Yang Yuting's head into the execution table and plugged in the latch.

Then the two of them retreated together, and an embroidered wrestler "clanged" and pulled out the oxtail knife at his waist.

The snow-bright oxtail knife reflected a dazzling light in the bright midday sun of late autumn, attracting everyone's attention.

Until this time......

There are still people who suspect that this is a passing scene.

There are still people waiting, waiting for the knife to leave someone behind.

"Poof."

Xueliang's long knife swung down, the big head rolled down, and the gushing blood splashed the faces of the melon-eating crowd in the front row of the audience.

"Huh? What a killing! ”

"Oh, they're real!"

"Pee, Lord Yang is really peeing ......"

The exclamations poured from the front row all the way to the back like a tide, and hundreds of people couldn't tell whether they were shocked or excited, clenched their fists, and goosebumps broke out all over their bodies.

Indeed, as Yang Ge expected, killing an official in front of them is more useful than explaining 10,000 sentences......

And on the court field, Yang Ge, who was once frightened by a dead man's head and had nightmares for several nightmares, now stared at the headless corpse that was still spurting blood, but his eyes were as cold as ice, without the slightest ripple.

He waved his hand expressionlessly: "Take the prisoner!" ”

As soon as the words fell, even the powerful man stepped forward and pulled the dead body away from the execution table.

At the same time, two more wrestlers dragged a living dead man with feces and urine on the execution platform: "Prisoner Meiren brought to ......"

There was another shout in the audience: "Ah, it's Master Tongzhimei!" ”

The tidal wave of cries once again spread from the front row all the way to the crowd behind the crowd who couldn't see the Dharma field clearly.

"Verify your identity!"

"The criminal officer Mei Ren, formerly known in Yangzhou, has colluded with Yongtai Grain and the Changfeng Gang to control the grain road and raise the price ......of grain since September last year, seeking huge profits and harming thousands of miles from it."

"Slash!"

Another red-headed token fell into the court.

(End of chapter)