Xie Ming

Chapter 58: Three Quarters at Noon
Xiao Jingchuan's visit to the village was originally for the purpose of communication between the military and civilians, which would also be helpful for establishing a base in the Sanpo area in the future.

But now, one bad apple has spoiled the whole barrel!

Qi Dayong caused this incident, which had an extremely bad impact. Moreover, I had just issued Seventeen Prohibitions and Fifty-four Military Orders of Execution two days ago, and this kid knowingly violated the rules. How could I let him off!

Besides, Xiao Lang couldn't help being partial in the current situation. The villagers present were watching him eagerly. Xiao Jingchuan was already being held there in full view of everyone. It would be unreasonable not to deal with him!
"Gu Changting, you are deaf!"

"Drag Qi Dayong to the village entrance and tie him up!"

When Gu Changting heard his general's order, he hesitated and couldn't move his feet.

Qi Dayong had had experience with them before, but they were comrades-in-arms, and after spending so much time together, they had some feelings for each other.

Now, the general actually ordered to behead him at the entrance of the village. For a moment, how could Changting accept it happily!

But, soldiers are soldiers!

At all times, obeying orders is our duty!
So after Xiao Jingchuan continued to yell and curse, he could no longer care about anything else and gritted his teeth and stepped forward from behind Qiu Zhizhong.

"Yes!"

Chang Ting shouted loudly, without any more hesitation. He took a few big steps, picked up Qi Dayong from the ground, pushed him and walked towards the village entrance.

Xiao Lang was also in a state of confusion at this moment. He sent Chang Ting to drag Dayong to the village entrance. After returning to the camp to report the news, he took a long breath, stood there, and tried hard to find a solution.

After a while, Xiao Jingchuan came back to his senses, turned around and whispered something in Qiu Zhizhong's ear. Qiu Zhizhong understood, raised his eyebrows, nodded secretly, and disappeared from the crowd alone.

"Ah! This old man!"

"It doesn't matter if it's me, Xiao, who leads the troops, but it doesn't cause such trouble!"

"I, Xiao Jingchuan, apologize to you on behalf of all the soldiers in the army!"

As he spoke, Xiao Lang turned toward Wan Niang's grandfather and bowed to him.

"Folks, don't panic!"

"I, Xiao Jingchuan, am a general commanding troops from the Left Battalion of the Shenji Battalion of the Ming Regular Army!"

"Today, I passed through your precious place and caused trouble!"

"I, Xiao, will never protect my own children!"

"A country has its own laws, a clan has its own rules, and the army has its own discipline!"

"Since ancient times, killing someone means paying with your life, and debts must be paid back. This is only natural!"

"Anyone who willfully abuses or rapes women will be executed without mercy in our army!"

"Right now, that criminal Qi Dayong has asked me to tie him up and take him to the village entrance. All the uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters in the village, you can all go to the village entrance to supervise his execution!"

"I, Xiao Jingchuan, and my Xiao family army will definitely give you justice!"

Xiao Lang shouted loudly with the villagers present, bowed his hands and saluted. It seemed that he was awe-inspiring and righteous. The villagers also nodded in approval.

After saying that, Xiao Jingchuan turned around and walked back to the old patriarch.

"Clan leader, do you think it's ok for me to deal with it this way?" Xiao Lang said with hidden meaning.

"Haha, General Xiao is good at commanding the army. I admire him!" replied the village chief.

"I am sorry for being rude, I hope you, the old clan leader, can go to the village entrance to help manage the situation!" Xiao Jingchuan hurriedly said.

"Well, I am old, so I won't join in the fun. General Xiao can handle it!"

The old patriarch evaded the question. Although his eyesight was old, it was not blurry. He knew very well that Xiao Jingchuan was trying to use this as an excuse to put on a show.

He was unwilling to get involved, firstly because he did not want to be manipulated by the younger generation, and secondly, only by staying out of the matter could he know when to advance and when to retreat.

So he answered in an evasive manner to leave himself a way out.

"Haha, this is in your village, how dare I, a junior, take over the reins!"

"Chuanwu!"

"exist!"

"Help the old patriarch and slowly move to the village entrance!"

"Supervise the execution together with the villagers!"

"Yes!" Wang Chuanwu accepted the order.

The old patriarch had an unhappy look on his face, but he did not dare to refute anything. He had to obey Xiao Lang and follow the team to the village entrance.

Three quarters past noon!

Thirty steps before the village entrance, there is a row of wooden stakes for tying animals.

At this moment, Qi Fan Dayong was tied to a thick stake at the front, with his back facing the scorching sun!

More and more villagers gathered, forming a semicircle from the village entrance, looking out and waiting to supervise the execution. Not far away, more than 500 soldiers under Xiao Jingchuan's command came from the valley entrance and rushed over here, raising clouds of dust. Such momentum made the villagers in front of the village somewhat panicked and uncomfortable.

After a while, all the soldiers and horses arrived!
Xiao Jingchuan and the old patriarch stood on a rammed earth platform about ten steps away from Qi Dayong. Xiao Lang stepped forward and began to lecture him.

"At this very moment, my entire army and hundreds of villagers from Bairui Valley are gathered here. What is going on?!"

"It's because of this Qi who committed a great crime! He disregarded military orders, sneaked into the village, and raped women!"

"There are laws above, and there are military regulations in the army!"

"I don't care what you did in other teams before!"

"When you're here, you have to follow my rules!"

"Gu Changting!" Xiao Lang yelled.

"exist!"

"Seventeen prohibitions and fifty-four executions, the ninth one, recite it and the whole army listen carefully!"

"Yes!" Chang Ting also roared back.

"Ninth of the fifty-four beheadings: Anyone who abuses the people and rapes women in the places he visits will be considered a traitor and will be executed immediately!"

"Okay!" Xiao Jingchuan replied loudly.

"Did the whole army hear that?!"

"Anyone who abuses his people and rapes women will be executed immediately!"

"Wang Chuanwu!"

"Here!" Chuanwu Yu Xiaolang stood behind him, and the old patriarch beside him responded loudly!
His shout was so unexpected that it startled the old patriarch so much that he almost collapsed to the ground!
"Go, use my knife to chop Qi Dayong down for me!"

As he said that, Xiao Jingchuan pulled off the sword from his waist, turned around and threw it into Wang Chuanwu's arms!
Chuanwu swallowed his saliva, his expression painful, gritted his teeth and answered "yes" reluctantly, then slowly walked down the platform and ran towards Qi Dayong!

"General, general!"

"General Xiao, spare his life, spare his life!"

Seeing that Xiao Lang was serious, Li Huchen, who was standing in front of the soldiers' formation not far away, could no longer stay and hurriedly ran towards the rammed earth platform!

"General Xiao Xiao!"

"This is all because of me, it's all because of me!"

"I usually love to drink. I feel uncomfortable after not drinking for a few days. That's why I asked Qi Dayong to go to the village to buy wine!"

"I know this kid well. He has always been a decent person. He must have gotten greedy and drunk to have caused such a disaster!"

"General!"

"This matter is definitely not his fault alone. If you want to punish him, punish me as well!"

Li Huchen, a burly man, ran up, knelt on one knee in panic, his face full of regret.

Now, seeing that his close follower Qi Dayong was about to be beheaded, how could he not plead for mercy?

If I had known this would happen, I would never have encouraged him to enter the village. It’s too late to regret now!

"Captain!"

"What are you doing?"

"This matter has nothing to do with you, it has nothing to do with you!"

Seeing his captain humiliating himself and begging for mercy on his behalf in such a servile manner, Qi Dayong, who had just acted as if he didn't care, suddenly veins popped on his forehead and he started to speak angrily in agitation.

"Xiao Jingchuan!"

"I am responsible for all my work!"

"I did it, I admit it today!"

"This matter has absolutely nothing to do with our General Li!"

"If you want to kill me or chop me up, come at me alone!" Dayong said proudly before his execution.

"it is good!"

"He's a man!"

"Wang Chuanwu!"

"So what the hell are you waiting for?!"

Xiao Lang also roared!

(End of this chapter)