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Chapter 36 36. It’s noon!

The magistrate handed over the affairs of the Partridge Village to Mo Hao, and Mo Hao's idea was very simple and direct - to behead the captured bandits of the Partridge Village as a warning to the public.

Firstly, there was the fact that the people of Partridge Village had rebelled, and secondly, he served as the executioner to improve his own qi and blood.

Given the chance, Mo Hao would never miss any opportunity to improve the strength of his qi and blood.

At the same time, his behavior was also intended to force the leader of the Partridge Village for a second time to see if he would show up.

The medicinal materials transported by Renxintang only forced out half of the troops of Queqiao Village. It can be seen that the leader of Queqiao Village values ​​himself more and will not show up until his injuries are healed.

So what Mo Hao wants to target is the hearts of the people in Partridge Village.

Mo Hao just wanted to see whether you, the boss, still wanted the people of Partridge Village to have their hearts and minds.

Ordinary bandits can be given up at will, but can the boss give up those armored horse bandits?
Mo Hao presented a dilemma, asking the boss to consider whether to come to the execution ground or continue to hide in the dark and wait.

No matter which one the boss chooses, Mo Hao will not lose.

The news that the bandits of Partridge Village would be beheaded in public in three days began to spread and continued to spread.

A hidden corner outside Hanyun County.

In the darkness, a tall figure can be vaguely seen, and in front of him a pot of medicine is boiling.

I don’t know why, but that pot of medicine gave off a pungent smell of blood.

"How's your search for information going?"

It was difficult to see in the darkness. I could only vaguely see a few curled up figures, exuding an aura of extreme fear.

"The second in command was beheaded on the spot, and more than a dozen other brothers were arrested. The government said that the others would be beheaded in public for treason in three days."

The voice of reply was so calm that there was hardly any emotional ups and downs, which was totally inconsistent with the figures who were huddled together and shaking, emitting an aura of fear.

"Three days. My medicine will be ready soon."

"It's exactly three days later. Let's go and pick up a few brothers."

As he spoke, the tall figure stretched out his hand, grabbed something and threw it directly into the pot.

The smell of blood became stronger in the darkness.

"It will be fine soon. Once the medicine is ready, there will be no problem."

In this place, there was only one voice muttering to itself.

……

A few days later, at the execution ground.

It is called an execution ground, but in fact it is just an open space near the city gate in the county town.

Mo Hao leaned against the city wall, closed his eyes and quietly waited for the time to come.

There is a saying that beheading on the execution ground has a specific time. It is usually carried out after the autumn, and the time of beheading is fixed at noon.

The crime of treason will not be delayed until autumn, but the time period for beheading will not be changed significantly.

Next to the execution ground, there were already more than a dozen corpses tied to the city gate, exposed to the sun.

Those were the horse bandits that Mo Hao and others had killed before. Their armor was stripped off, but the county magistrate ordered their bodies to be exposed to the sun for ten days.

Exposing the corpse to the sun is not a big deal, but Mo Hao is worried that if the corpse is not buried, it may cause an epidemic due to the hot weather.

But considering the large number of clinics and pharmacies in Hanyun County, as well as the obvious signs of treatment by the coroner on the body, this should not be something to worry about.

There was not much time left until noon, and students from the three schools were standing alert in all directions with weapons in hand. There were too many people on the execution ground today.

This is an inevitable scene. In order to deter the people, beheading for the crime of treason must be carried out in front of the people. At the same time, in some aspects, the people are also willing to watch this kind of beheading project.

In addition, some people believed that using steamed buns dipped in the blood of executed prisoners could cure diseases, so even more people gathered together.

This inevitably led to the execution ground being packed with people after the news spread.

When there are more people, there will inevitably be crowding and people trying to take advantage of the situation. Fortunately, the students from the three schools are able to handle the civilians who have little armed power and are still capable of doing the task.

Amid the noise, time gradually came to the appointed time. A group of bandits were tied up and taken to the execution ground. Even Mo Hao couldn't help but look at this scene a few more times.

After all, this kind of scene appeared before my eyes in reality for the first time, except in TV dramas.

Even if you are the executioner.

The magistrate finally finished reading his speech, which was all about the crimes of the horse bandits, but few people at the scene were interested in it.

I don't know if it was the rule of giving prisoners a full meal before the execution that gave these prisoners, who had been hungry for several days, some strength. However, this strength was obviously not enough for them to break free from the ropes and escape from the execution ground.

Seeing that they could not escape, these bandits simply shouted at the top of their lungs, "I will be a brave man again in 18 years," in an attempt to save some face for themselves before they died.

But the subsequent execution method determined that they would not be able to retain their dignity at all.

"It's noon, execution!"

Following the magistrate's order, Mo Hao took out a stick, a solid stick made of iron, as thick as a bowl.

There is no blade, nor any fancy decorations. It is just a completely solid and heavy stick.

It is also the execution tool chosen by Mo Hao.

Without any hesitation, Mo Hao smashed the stick down from top to bottom. As he swung the stick, it seemed as if there was a roar of a tiger, and the murderous aura was terrifying.

Ghost slaying!

When the iron rod and the head collide with each other, the former will definitely not fail.

The bandit's head shattered immediately, red blood and white brain matter splattered everywhere, and the headless body slowly fell forward, stirring up a large amount of dust.

silence.

The noise of the onlookers and the slogans of the prisoners waiting to be executed to save their dignity were now shrouded in silence.

Beheading, these people may have seen it or not.

But they had never seen or even heard of this method of execution, that is, smashing a person's head with an iron rod.

This was the execution method that the magistrate and Mo Hao had agreed upon the night before. Now that the charges of treason against the Partridge Village had been confirmed, they needed to use the death penalty as a deterrent.

However, the magistrate himself did not expect that Mo Hao would use such a bloody method to intimidate.

The county magistrate, who had watched Mo Hao's cruel execution from a close distance, now had a look of regret on his face and even turned blue.

If it weren't for his good skills in cultivating his Qi, he would have wanted to find a place to vomit it out.

Soon, more than a dozen bandits were executed. Mo Hao smashed their heads one by one with the iron stick in his hand, leaving no complete bodies behind.

After dealing with the bandits, the only ones left were the horse bandits.

Their execution was another way.

Due to the county magistrate's request, Mo Hao spent a lot of time to come up with a method that would be enough to intimidate others.

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