Chapter 174: The Execution Begins
"I've heard that! The Imperial City is going to execute the disciples of the Loose Sect!"
"What's all the fuss, didn't it happen a lot before?"
"This time is different! Tens of thousands of people will be killed at once!"
"Tens of thousands!How is it possible?!"
"I heard that there is also a disciple of the head of the Loose Sect!"
"When?"
"Three days later!"
With Mu Tianyang's order to publicly execute 10,000 disciples of the Easy Sect, countless cities in the entire Sakura Country were in a sensation.
From the lord of the city, the powerful nobles of various places, to the businessmen who do small business, women, children and children, all of them are discussing in the streets and alleys.
Executing tens of thousands of people at the same time is unthinkable in Sakura no Kuni, a small country with only two or three million people.
......
Three days are fleeting!
At this moment, in the Imperial City of Sakura, there was a boiling and noisy scene, and countless nobles and leaders of small sects of Sakura Country rushed to the gate of the main city as if they had received some instructions.
The peddlers and pawns on the street, and the common people stretched their necks one after another, looking at these high-spirited and high-minded old men and big men on weekdays, impatient and hurried, and discussed in private:
"Are you going to start?"
"I heard it's three o'clock in the afternoon!"
"It's still early!
"Don't talk nonsense! I heard that it was the one who gave the order, and everyone must go and see it!"
"So we've got to go, too?"
"Not really!"
"Alas!!, so many dead people, don't ......"
With the dispatch of the big names in the imperial city, countless people put down the things at hand and also merged into the flow of people and went to the gate of the main city.
At this moment, the city gate was already crowded with people, and rows of majestic and solemn guards stood on the left and right, controlling the endless flow of people, separating a huge open space, strictly prohibiting anyone from approaching.
A pit was dug in the clearing, more than a foot deep, and I didn't know what to do.
At the huge city gate dozens of feet high, the bustling crowd craned their necks, stood on tiptoe, and looked out of the center.
On the tower of the city gate, more than ten figures of different heights are lined up, standing quietly on it, hunting in robes. There is only an old figure, sitting on a recliner in the center, drinking tea leisurely, like the stars holding the moon.
"Isn't that the one in the brocade robe the king!"
"It seems to be a general on the side!"
"The others are tied with the monarch, who are they?"
"Aren't those the Popes of the Flower God Cult and the Poseidon Sect!
"Who is that old man? The face is too big! The king has to serve on the side!"
"Be quiet! That one must be the one who stabbed the sky a few days ago!"
"Immortals!!"
The lowly people whispered, and their eyes swept over these Sakura Nation from time to time, the current top.
Around the city gate, in addition to the original residents of the imperial city, there are also people from the surrounding cities and even other islands.
For these onlookers of unknown origin and mixed crowds, the guards did not distinguish between them, and allowed them to gather.
Crash!
Dense footsteps were heard in the distance, and groups of ragged, yellow-skinned prisoners were driven by the guards from a distance.
Each prisoner had a strong hemp rope tied to his hands, which implicated each other to form a long dragon.
"Hurry up, give me the fuck!"
Smack!
The vicious guards, constantly whipping the prisoners with long whips, made them speed up.
"Woo!
"Please, stop fighting, he can't stand it anymore!"
"Master, I'm a farmer, I'm not a freelance faction!"
"I want to go home!"
Among the prisoners, there were many honest farmers, fishermen, and a large number of old and weak women and children, who knew at a glance that they were not free-spirited people.
The men were bruised and pleaded loudly, but in exchange for a severe beating.
"Give me a damn quibble, hurry up!"
The guards didn't listen to any explanation at all, and those who didn't obey were punched and kicked.
"Damn, these people are too much!"
"That's not the old Li who grinds tofu! How can he be a free-spirited person!"
"Look at the appearance of the daughter-in-law of the Liu family! I'm afraid that she will be harmed in prison!"
"Don't even let go of a three-year-old child, what a brute!"
"I don't want to live!
Some of the onlookers around couldn't bear it and closed their eyes. Some of them turned red with anger and clenched their fists.
Others gloated and applauded.
"The people of the Loose Sect deserve it!"
"That old horse leader robbed me of business, and he was really a demon!"
"It's a pity to kill it like this, and it should be reduced to a slave!"
"If it weren't for these damn cadres, our country would have had no worries about food and clothing!"
"The woman at the front of the queue is really good-looking! I should send her to let me have a good hehe!"
"That's the head disciple, of course it's energetic!"
The people who gloat and applaud loudly are basically the indigenous inhabitants of Sakura Country. The influence of the Celestial God Sect in the past forty years is still very large.
Let these natives, who originally admired the Daqian culture and regarded the Daqian people as saviors, have a strong rebellious mentality due to the change of identity.
During the period of the rule of the Loose Sect, the Daqian people were high, and everyone who came from the Daqian seemed to be a natural nobleman. As long as you have a relationship with Daqian, people who are related by blood seem to be superior.
Later, the rule of the Celestial God Sect reduced the Great Cadres to mortal beings and turned them into beings like them, or even even lower.
This feeling of stepping on the tall characters under your feet makes the natives of Sakura Country have a sick mentality.
How humble it was, how brutal it is now.
They want to get back all the self-esteem they have lost before.
However, they forgot that the reason why the Daqian people had their original noble status was because the Daqian people brought civilization here, so that they could live a prosperous and healthy life after drinking blood.
When lust overwhelms reason, ingratitude becomes the norm.
The persecution of the great cadres can not only bring pleasure to the soul, but also benefit from a large number of benefits.
After the death of the great cadres, the wealth they created will naturally enter their pockets.
Who wouldn't love something for nothing?
Driven by the guards, the prisoners, who had been branded as freespirits, all walked into the central pit.
Beiming Qianxue and Luo Feng, who were sealed with internal strength, and Zhang Shiyi stood at the forefront of the crowd.
"Shopkeeper Zhang, I'm sorry!"
Seeing Zhang Shiyi, who was affected by herself, Beiming Qianxue was full of guilt.
Zhang Shiyi, who was sitting on the ground with his eyes closed, sighed and shook his head weakly.
Zhang Shiyi, who was abolished by Mu Tianyang for his martial arts, is now like ashes, and he has no heart to blame Beiming Qianxue anymore.
Seeing Zhang Shiyi's appearance, Beiming Qianxue gritted her teeth, and she was embarrassed to say anything. At this time, no matter how guilty she is, no matter how much she apologizes, it is obviously useless.
"Uncle Luo Feng, have you found out?"
Instead of looking at Zhang Shiyi, Beiming Qianxue turned his head to ask, looking around at Luo Feng, who was looking at the crowd.
"I didn't see the hall master, I didn't see familiar faces!
"That's good!" Chiyuki secretly congratulated.
After seeing Mu Tianyang's strength, she no longer had any hope of being rescued. I only hope that the people of the Loose Sect will not make senseless sacrifices for her again.
And the boss!
Don't be impulsive!
Beiming Qianxue secretly prayed in her heart, hoping that Song Yifei would not know about this matter and not come over to her.
Maybe I'm being sentimental!
How could the boss take me to heart!
"Pour oil!"
After all the prisoners had been hurried into the pits, the guards used wagons to pull buckets of white grease and pour them into the pits in the prisoners' station.
"It's whale oil! Damn, they're going to burn us!" Luo Feng said through gritted teeth.
They are all natives of the island, and they are familiar with whale oil. So much whale oil, once ignited, is almost impossible to extinguish.
When the time comes, those of them who have lost their cultivation and are tied with hemp rope will only end up being burned alive.
"Woo!"
"These bastards are so vicious!"
"Dad, mother, I don't want to die!"
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid!"
The inhabitants of the island have all used whale oil, and the moment the other party poured the oil, they realized what was going to happen next.
Most of the prisoners were dead-faced, their eyes full of fear, and many timid women and children were already sobbing in fright.
Burning at the stake is one of the most brutal punishments in any era.
When the pit was filled with whale oil, torches were lit above the city gates.
"Your Excellency, you're all set, aren't you?"
Onizuka Hachiro stood respectfully beside Mu Tianyang and asked softly.
Akihiro Endo, the monarch of Sakura no Kuni, and Takeo Harada, the general of Sakura no Kuni. Flower God Sect Pope Sakuraki Ikegami and Pope Miyagentaro of the Sea God Sect all stood silently on the side, waiting for Mu Tianyang to give an order.
Although they sound high-status, they are all puppets. Mu Tianyang called them here just to make a show and prevent the people from rioting and affecting his plan.
Seeing the torches lit on the city wall, the onlookers unconsciously retreated more than a dozen steps, afraid of being affected.
With so much whale oil lit at the same time, if you get a little closer, you're afraid you'll be roasted to death.
Whales have a faint sweet smell, which is completely different from the fishy whale oil used by ordinary people.
It is a refined, spice-blended royal whale oil that is normally used by the womb, dignitaries and royalty.
It is ironic that this precious whale oil is now used to kill people.
"Hmm!"
Mu Tianyang stood up, and his original old aura quickly faded, turning into a handsome young man.
"Immortals!"
"Sure enough, it's an immortal! The Loose Sect has offended the immortals!"
"They have offended the immortals, they are innocent of death, they are innocent of death!"
The ignorant people, seeing that a miraculous scene had happened to Mu Tianyang, all fell to their knees and kept kowtowing.
A few days ago, Mu Tianyang's sword qi was overflowing, and ordinary people had already regarded him as a god, and now that he saw such a miraculous thing, the thoughts in his heart became even stronger.
Even if some people know that this situation may be due to the changes brought about by the exercises, they don't dare to risk the world's condemnation and jump out to explain it.
Whether they wanted it or not, everyone fell to their knees.
Looking at the crowd who knelt on the ground and kept worshipping him, Mu Tianyang's handsome face had a faint smile.
"Huh?"
Mu Tianyang was just about to give an order, but his eyes were attracted by a young man in the crowd.