Chapter 573, Buying People's Hearts
Every larger city in the Great Shang Kingdom has a place called Caishikou, of course, the Caishikou in Yong'an, the capital is the most famous. The emperor said that if he pushed so-and-so out of the noon gate and beheaded him, of course he would not really use the knife outside the noon gate, but in fact, he would be pulled to the entrance of the vegetable market and cut down. When the Great Shang Kingdom usually kills people, it is reported to the county by the county, and the county reports to the Yamen, and then reports to the Criminal Department for approval, and the Criminal Department also reports to the emperor and waits for the emperor's approval and signature. After the emperor approved and signed, he waited for the autumn queen to start the knife and behead.
Of course, if there is the kind of official who the emperor is directly going to pull out and cut off the head or someone who has some great crime, it is not so troublesome, and sometimes there is no need for the criminal department to intervene, and the emperor Long Yan can be angry and can push this kind of criminal official or thief out of the vegetable market and behead him. Although the Criminal Department still has the responsibility to check how many laws the offender Niu Mandi has committed, and then sentence him according to the law, the emperor has long wanted to wait.
Tang Jiusheng didn't think about escorting Niu Mandi to the capital Yong'an and handing it over to the emperor and the criminal department to be executed by Ling Chi, originally this kind of great crime of rebellion was to be executed by Ling Chi. However, now it is an eventful season, send someone to escort Niu Mandi back to the capital, there are too many uncertainties on the road, in case someone robs Niu Mandi on the way, it will be a big trouble. Yin Quan, Yin Ao, or Niu Mandi's die-hard subordinates could all do this kind of thing, Tang Jiusheng didn't want to take this kind of risk, so he decided to push Niu Mandi to the vegetable market entrance of Luye City and behead him.
Dashang Jingyuan winter November 17, the weather is good, the sun is hanging in the sky, it is very mild. More than a dozen prisoner cars slowly drove away from the Luyecheng County Yamen Prison, and in the front prisoner car stood a red criminal dress and skirt of the former Jiannan Daojing slightly made the cattle full of cattle, and in the second prisoner car was the master Luo Bingshang who was full of cattle. After Luo Bingshang was captured by Cheng Rugao, the captain of Jiangzhou, he has been secretly imprisoned in the regimental training office.
Ox's hands and feet were shackled to the prisoner cart, his unkempt hair, and a pair of big triangular eyes no longer had the spirit of the past, and he looked straight ahead with an expressionless face, as if everything in this world had nothing to do with him. Under the pull of mules and horses, the wheels of the prisoner cart rolled over the bluestone ground, rumbling, and two white seals were pasted on the side of the prisoner cart on which the cattle were riding, which read: Jiannan Province Luye County Shoufu Seal, and the county guard's big seal was covered below. The front and back are the word "prisoner" in black letters on a white background.
Since Zhang Yuanyuan fell into the grass in Jiejia Mountain and made Kou the king of the mountain, Huo Renhong, the county guard of Luye County, who did not listen to Niu Mandi, and Cheng Yi, the county governor of Sanhe, were all over the place, resulting in Huo Renhong and Cheng Yi being dismissed by the first emperor Huizong, Huo Renhong, who was worried about the country and the people, was so angry that he vomited blood and died, and Cheng Yi also returned to his hometown in Jiangnan Province to avoid trouble, but as early as half a month ago, the national teacher Tang Fulong personally visited Cheng Yi's house at the request of Tang Jiusheng, the king of Wei, and asked Cheng Yi to return to Jiannan Road and prepare to take over as the county guard of Luye City in Luye City.
The seal on the prisoner car is written by Cheng Yi himself, feng shui takes turns, Niu Mandi participated in Cheng Yi's book at the beginning, but he didn't expect that the seal on the prisoner car would be done by Cheng Yi himself. Five hundred elite soldiers were armed, armed with knives and guns, and under the leadership of three generals with bright armor, they gathered around the prisoner carts of Niu Mandi and others, and slowly marched all the way to the direction of the vegetable market. The road was already crowded with people, and the people in the city came to watch the scene of cattle being slaughtered all over the ground, and many people spat on the prisoner car, throwing rotten vegetable leaves, rotten tomatoes, and rotten eggs.
Under the siege of saliva and rotten vegetable leaves, rotten eggs, rotten tomatoes and other things, Niu Mandi still had empty eyes and expressionless faces, and he was about to be stabbed, his life was going to end, what was the point of saliva, rotten eggs and tomatoes? In the second prisoner car, Luo Bingshang had a painful smile on his face, and Lord Niu did not take his advice on several key matters, such as making a move too late to Tang Jiusheng, the king of Wei, not paying attention to the defense of Jianzhou, and so on, which led to today's failure. Luo Bingshang firmly believed that if Lord Niu had followed his advice at the beginning, the situation in Jiannan would never have been so bad.
In the more than a dozen prisoner cars in the back, several important officials of the puppet palace were imprisoned, as well as several housekeepers such as the two-room side room full of cattle and An Debao. Tang Jiusheng wanted to kill a few fewer people at first, but he was persuaded by everyone, and only beheading Niu Mandi was an extrajudicial mercy, and some abusive officials have reached the point where not beheading is not enough to make the people angry, no matter how merciful you Wei Wang is, you can't be a bad person, right? Tang Jiusheng saw that his subordinates were angry, and he had no choice but to conform to the will of the people, if the killing can alert some people, then kill!
Next to the entrance of the vegetable market, there are crowds of people, and several large and small restaurants such as Zhulu Building, which is a mile away near the law field, have long been full, especially the second and third floors of the restaurant, which have been booked in advance after the notice of beheading the cow was posted three days ago. In those two days, the shopkeeper Hu, the owner of Zhulu Restaurant, looked at the glittering gold and silver in front of him, and Le's eyes narrowed. Zhulu Building, if you don't know, you will definitely think that it is a bullish sect name, but in fact it is just a relatively ordinary restaurant.
On the second floor of Zhulu Restaurant, near the window of the street, there are three men in black clothes and hats, two single knives and a pair of water-milled steel whips are placed against the wall, and there are seven or eight appetizers on the round table in front of them, which are nothing more than dishes such as chicken, duck, fish, winter bamboo shoots, fresh shrimp, etc., and there is a pot of fine Jingquan wine on the table. When Xiao Er served the food, through the black veil hanging down the hat, he felt the murderous aura on the three masters. The second child of the restaurant really felt creepy about these three guest masters, and quickly withdrew every time he put down the dishes, for fear that these masters would suddenly burst out and kill people.
The man closest to the window rolled up his sleeves, revealing the bronzed skin on his arms, looking extremely strong. The man said in a low voice: "Fuck, those unrighteous boys under the King of Pingxi heard that the guards inside and outside the law field were heavily guarded, and the masters were like clouds, so they all retreated like this, and there were less than ten of us left, what effect could it be? Even if we were lucky enough to rob Lord Niu, I am afraid that we would not be able to get out of Luye City! Alas, we are still a step too late!"
The man sitting opposite him lifted the black veil on the hat, narrowed his small eyes and looked at the crowded street outside the window, and said in a cold voice: "Long Er, we can only do our best in this matter and obey the fate of heaven! Second Brother Chongbao died in Jianzhou, we couldn't help, and now Brother Debao has also been arrested, and he will be beheaded today, if we don't make a move, it will be too unconscionable! Not to mention that there is also a Niu Wang Ye who is also in the prison car? Since our prince can send us here, let's not embarrass the prince! Fuck Tang Jiusheng!"
The man with his back to the box door sneered: "Zhang Biao, Long Er, the two of you, plus me Ye Qinghe, the three of us can't kill a Tang Jiusheng, not to mention that there are still many masters under him to help in the past few days? I heard that even Wu Shiyun was beaten away by them four days ago, and I heard that it was still the hand of two girls who used the piano, not to mention that there are still people like Puxuan, Puji, and Zhu Jiafu, I think the cattle are going to be cold today! Even if Gu Qingyan and Long Jinbiao have arrived, we are afraid that there is nothing cheap!"
As soon as Ye Qinghe's words fell, suddenly a fragrant soft and tender hand was on his shoulder, and a strange fragrance mixed with the fragrance of medicine entered his nostrils, Ye Qinghe smelled this fragrance, and his body stiffened instantly, and he didn't even dare to come out. Immediately afterwards, a young woman with a graceful appearance, plump body, fair skin, wearing colorful embroidered clothes, wearing a necklace inlaid with gold beads, sapphires and silver, carrying a single knife on her back, and tinkling silver bells on her body and wrists, sat on the chair to the left of Ye Qinghe. When I saw the beautiful woman's outfit, she came from southern Xinjiang.
The beautiful young woman from southern Xinjiang hooked Ye Qinghe's neck with her arm and threw a flattering look at him first, Ye Qinghe looked at this beautiful young woman who was only twenty-five or sixteen years old, but she felt cold in her heart. Ye Qinghe smirked and said, "Oh, sister of the Gu family, you are really here, I am thinking about you two!"
As soon as Ye Qinghe's words fell, an extremely strong and powerful arm on his right side also wrapped around Ye Qinghe's neck, Ye Qinghe almost lost his breath, this arm was too strong. Then a tall and mighty man wearing a black homespun cloth shirt and pants, wrapped in a black bandana, and holding a cooked copper stick, sat on the chair on Ye Qinghe's right, and the chair was squeaked and twisted by the big man, making people feel that the chair could be broken at any time. Even if you sit down, you will be as tall as Ye Qinghe.
This man and woman are Gu Qingyan and Long Jinbiao from southern Xinjiang. A few months ago, when Zhu Juxian and Ye Qinghe went to Liuquan County, Lingnan Province, to arrest Shui Ruyue's father, Shui Yundong, they were both injured by Shui Rulong. Then the two people from southern Xinjiang fell from the sky, and the big Han Dragon Gold Standard, which is known as the invincible god fist of southern Xinjiang, injured Shui Rulong with three punches and two feet, and captured Shui Yundong alive. After going back, Lingnan Wang Yinchun was full of praise for the couple.
It's a pity that the two of them then went back to southern Xinjiang because of something, and as a result, when Tang Fulong and Tang Jiusheng, father and son, took 500 cavalry horses to the Lingnan palace to recapture Shuiyundong's family, the two sides missed each other, otherwise there would definitely be a wonderful battle. Gu Qingyan withdrew the arm that hooked Ye Qinghe's neck, and chuckled: "Guard Ye, the two of us are in a hurry, and we finally came in time, when are you going to start?"
Ye Qinghe is very afraid of this beautiful and bewitching woman in southern Xinjiang, this woman has no less than dozens of poisons hidden everywhere, and the fragrance of that body is wrapped in the fragrance of medicine, the last time he drank in the Meijia Restaurant in Meizhou City, there was a captain who did not have long eyes and stepped forward to tease this seemingly very coquettish girl, and then he was killed by the poisonous mouth spitting black blood, and there were ruffians and hooligans on the street to tease this girl, and she was also poisoned and jumped into the river, Lingnan Wang Yinchun not only blamed the couple, but also specially warned his subordinates, generals and captains, etc., not to provoke the couple, otherwise they will bear the consequences。
Even the tall and mighty Long Jinbiao is very afraid of his own daughter-in-law, in the Central Plains dialect, he is afraid of the inside. It's just that Ye Qinghe's name has a green character, and this girl also has a green character in her name, and one is called Qinghe and the other is Qingyan, both of which are birds, so the girl smiled and quipped, saying that she and Ye Qinghe are a couple. How dare Ye Qinghe take it seriously?
This coquettish and ruthless girl likes to tease men the most, and then ruthlessly cut off the lives of those lustful heart thieves. Ye Qinghe has no plans to enter the palace as a eunuch at present, so he has always maintained the most basic respect for the couple, but he has always kept his distance, which is almost respectful.
Opposite the Zhulu Building is the same three-storey Zhongle Building, which is also a restaurant, and those who don't know it think it's a brothel. At this time, there were also three people sitting on the table by the window on the second floor of Zhongle Building, one of them near the window was full of spring breeze, purple brocade robe, a carved ebony hairpin pinned to his head, and a huge jasper wrench on his fingers.
The one sitting at the window on the second floor of Zhongle Building is none other than Zhu Juxian, the ranger general of the Lingnan Palace. After Zhu Juxian and Ye Qinghe exchanged a look, Ye Qinghe was determined in his heart, what Zhu Juxian meant was that the competent people had already arrived and could move with the camera.
As for whether or not to save the cattle all over the ground, then do their best to obey the fate of heaven, and the Chun Yuanzi and the Bone Dao people from the Pingxi Wangfu all think that it is not feasible, so they refuse to rob the Dharma field to save the cattle all over the ground. Zhu Juxian scolded with a smile: "Originally, they were all on the same boat, but in the end, they didn't pay attention to righteousness, and let our gang of people who traveled the farthest way take action." Alas, there is no way, who let Lin Guanqin defect to our prince, and our prince wants to buy people's hearts?"
Behind Zhu Juxian, there was a man with an ugly face, dark complexion, tall body, and a black coat, it was the Rakshasa Ghost Night Cry, but he didn't carry the Demon Lord Giant Sword when he cried at night, because the Demon Lord Sword had been stolen by someone, and Night Cry only carried an ordinary steel sword. Without the Demon Lord's Sword, Night Cry felt that his strength had been greatly reduced. Ever since the Oiran of Chunfeng Tower was killed and the Demon Monarch's sword was stolen, he was sad when he cried at night, and he never went to Chunfeng Tower again, even if Zhu Juxian and Ye Qinghe invited him, he didn't go.
On the opposite side of the night cry, there was a middle-aged man with a yellow face, like a tuberculosis ghost, this middle-aged man was wearing a purple dress, looking at the back and Zhu Juxian looked like brothers, just as soon as he turned his face, he was going to scare people half to death, this tuberculosis ghost-like man was Yin Chun's subordinate Yi Weichen, a second-grade peak master. It's really difficult for Zhu Juxian, who looks like a dog, to take two ghosts out to hurry.
Ye Cry spoke, his voice was like coming out of hell, extremely gloomy but erratic, "General Zhu, King Pingxi's people have made it clear that they will not make any more moves, we are a dozen or so, I'm afraid it's not enough to see! After all, Tang Jiusheng's subordinates are like clouds, and if they punch someone, they must also guard against people, even if we succeed in robbing people, it is unknown whether we can go out of Luye City!"
Before Zhu Juxian could answer, Yi Weichen, who was like a tuberculosis ghost, laughed, and said in a hoarse voice: "Night Commander, you are a real first-grade master, and I, the person who stands at the threshold of the first-grade product, am not afraid, what are you afraid of?"
A cruel smile appeared on Ye Cry's face, and he said coldly: "It's easy to eat ashes, your light skills are good, it's a big deal to escape, a first-class martial artist like us, in the eyes of mages and other masters, is more eye-catching than ordinary people! If it weren't for me deliberately suppressing my own martial realm, I'm afraid that those bastards in Puji would know where we are from hundreds of miles away! You don't have this kind of trouble!"
Yi Weichen ignored the night crying and asked Zhu Juxian: "General Zhu, should we start on this road, or wait until they arrive at the law field?"
Zhu Juxian turned the wrench in his hand, and said with a smile: "I have already sent someone to step on the law field last night, and the people who entered the Dongwei also came with news, the law field is heavily ambushed, and going is equivalent to death, we can only do it on this road, otherwise we have fewer people, there are many of them, and they also have many soldiers and crossbows, let's go to the law field and do it again, I'm afraid that the bow and arrow on the opposite side alone is enough for us to drink a pot, so there is only a dead end, and we can't take that kind of risk." Let's do it here, and even if we fail, we can escape!"
Far away, there was a sound of the officials sounding the gong to open the way on the street downstairs, the three of them looked at each other, Zhu Juxian put his head out of the window of the restaurant and looked in the direction of the gong, and saw the officials opening the road in front of him from a distance, and in the middle were soldiers and prisoner cars, Zhu Juxian's face appeared a sneering smile, and he looked back at the black and yellow ghosts and said softly: "The prisoner car is here, let's get ready to do it!"