On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 104 Execution to Establish Prestige

Author: He Tiantian from Lotus Picking

Chapter 104 Execution to Establish Prestige

"Ambassador! I wish Zhang Ze, the magistrate of Ah County, has twelve stones of official millet hidden in his home! It is not from his salary!"

A cavalryman came from the city on horseback and shouted.

Cui Che glanced at Zhang Dianshi, who was shaking like chaff, and said calmly:

"kill!"

Zhang Ze couldn't even stand firmly. He collapsed on the ground and cried:

"Ambassador, spare my life! I am willing to return double the amount. I beg the ambassador to spare my life."

But Cui Che turned a deaf ear. Zhang Ze was dragged to the front of the high platform by two cavalrymen like a dead dog. Cavalryman Wang Qing raised the steel knife in his hand and slashed it towards Zhang Ze's neck.

"ah!"

Zhang Ze was in pain and let out a shrill scream.

Zhang Wu, who was accompanying Cui Che, glared at Wang Qing fiercely.

Wang Qing stuck out his tongue and thought, this knife is too blunt.

It turned out that the knife did not cut off Zhang Ze's head directly, but was stuck in his neck.

"If you bear with it a little longer, I'll give you a treat."

After that, Wang Qing pulled out the steel knife, and Zhang Ze screamed again, but when Wang Qing slashed at the bloody gap on Zhang Ze's neck again, Zhang Ze finally made no sound.

A head rolled down the high platform, and the people in the audience burst into thunderous cheers. They picked up Zhang Ze's head and threw it as a hydrangea.

The county government officers and subordinates who were being guarded aside were all horrified when they saw Zhang Ze's miserable state. Huang Baiji looked even more miserable. He had to be beheaded for twelve stones of corn, so wouldn't he have to be cut into pieces?

Huang Baiji wanted to resist, but Cui Che led three thousand cavalry to suppress the formation, and he had great righteousness. All his people were restrained, and the majestic man named Zhang Wu also stood between him and Cui Che intentionally or unintentionally, with his arms

The sword guard made it clear that he was letting himself go violently to hurt others.

"Ambassador! I wish A County Inspector Li Fang embezzled fourteen dan of grain for disaster relief and the evidence of his crime is conclusive!"

Another cavalryman came to retaliate by beating his horse.

"kill!"

Cui Che's cold word decided a person's life or death without any hesitation.

He was a decisive person, otherwise he would not have insisted on eradicating the roots and killing Cui Lu's entire family.

"Cui Che! You will not end well if you kill indiscriminately! I will wait for you on the road to hell!"

Li Fang knew that he would not be spared, so he struggled and screamed, and continued to curse Cui Che, but his jaw was removed by the knight Zhang Heng.

Dragging Li Fang to the front of the high platform, Zhang Heng whispered to Wang Qing:

"Let him hurt a little longer."

Wang Qing glared at him in return:

"I still need you to teach me, but you dare to speak harshly to the owner of the family. It's not that easy to die."

Li Fang listened to the conversation between the two, his eyes widened with anger, but his jaw was removed and his speech was unclear. No one knew what he was talking about.

In full view of everyone, Wang Qing slashed Li Fang's neck seven times, and there was still a piece of flesh connected to his head, causing his head to hang on his chest.

It wasn't until the eighth knife cut off the piece of flesh that Li Fang's head rolled down.

The audience burst into enthusiastic cheers again. They didn't care how horrible Li Fang's death was. No matter how painful it was, could it be more painful than Yi Zixiang's eating?

When the atmosphere was rising, a knight ran onto the stage with an embarrassed look on his face and whispered:

"Master, the master named Wang was scared to death."

Cui Che said unconcernedly:

"It's okay. Once we find out the evidence of his crime, we can bring him in and behead him."

Huang Baiji, who eavesdropped with his ears pricked up, his heart skipped a beat, and he begged in a tearful voice:

"Ambassador Cui, we can't kill anymore. If we continue to kill, there will be no one in the Yamen to do anything."

Cui Che looked at the cheering victims in the audience and smiled:

"Aren't they just human beings? We can always find a few who can read."

When Huang Baiji heard this, he fell completely into despair. All he wanted now was to be happy and kill him with one knife, unlike Li Fang who didn't know whether he would be hacked to death or die in pain.

Riders kept beating back a minor official from the city. The officer was pushed onto a high platform and beheaded, and the cheers from the audience lasted for a long time.

When the Royal Lord Bo, who had been frightened to death for a long time, was killed by Wang Qing, Huang Baiji was the only one left in the entire Zhu'a County Yamen who was heartbroken.

Soon, another cavalryman came on horseback, but instead of shouting loudly, he quickly climbed up to the high platform and whispered to Cui Che.

Huang Baiji saw Cui Che looking at him, thinking that his death was imminent, but unexpectedly Cui Che ignored him and took a few steps forward, walked to the front of the high platform, stepped on the blood stains, and shouted:

"Huang Ming Mansion was deceived by a group of villains, so what happened today happened. Fortunately, all those who were greedy for ink were punished.

"Later, the Huangming Mansion will reorganize the county government, select personnel from among you, and set up a porridge farm outside the city to provide relief to the people.

"I will keep this in mind for all those who want to seek employment in the county government. I, Cui Che, will chop off the head of anyone who makes the people of Zhu'a hungry!"

As soon as these words came out, not only the people in the audience cheered, but even Huang Baiji felt that Cui Che was exuding holy light.

Huang Baiji knew very well whether his butt was clean, and he didn't think it was because Cui Che didn't dare to kill him.

Although I don’t know why the other party wanted to remove me, I don’t care why if I can save my life.

In fact, Cui Che had no choice but to stay in Zhu'a County for a short time and killed Huang Baiji. Who would replace him and temporarily take charge of the affairs of the county?

Cui Che is really short of people. Now that so many states and counties are affected by the disaster, who knows if there will be Zhao Baiji and Li Baiji behind? If they really want to kill them all, Cui Che will really not be able to find so many people to fill the hole for a while.

Cui Che somewhat knew Huang Baiji. After all, Zhao Wen had met Cui Che in advance.

Capable, spineless, and extremely greedy.

Killing the chicken today to scare the monkeys, I will try again later. I dare not say what will happen to Huang Baiji in the future, but at least in the short term, I will not have the guts to reach out again.

Huang Baiji survived the disaster, and as Cui Che said, he selected literate people among the victims as subordinate officials, arranged for them to set up a porridge, and hurried back to the county seat. Cui Che was waiting for him in the official residence of the county government.

"The Huang Ming Mansion is a good trick. When Cui was a long-term official in the Jin Dynasty, his annual salary was only 960 dan. I never thought that Huang Ming Mansion's one-year income was Cui's two years of hard work."

Cui Che flipped through an account book and marveled.

Huang Baiji's forehead was covered with sweat, and what Cui Che held in his hand was the account book where he recorded every income.

The handle was in someone else's hands, and the other party had the power of life and death. Huang Baiji endured his heartache and said with a smile:

"I am willing to donate all my family savings to the Ambassador."

Cui Che shook his head and said:

"A gentleman loves money and gets it wisely. Cui has no interest in such ill-gotten wealth. If Huang Ming Mansion is serious, why not donate all the corn in the house to provide relief to the people."

Huang Baiji felt relieved when he heard this. Fortunately, it was just corn, and he could keep the rest of the money, so he quickly agreed, fearing that Cui Che would regret it:

"That's how it should be! That's how it should be! Tomorrow, no! Send people to transport all the corn at home to the porridge now."

Cui Che saw that he was so polite, and finally showed a smile and shouted outside the house:

"Zhao Wen!"

Zhao Wen responded and brought a brazier into the door. Just when monk Huang Baiji and Zhang Er were confused, Cui Che threw the account book in his hand into the brazier.

There will be more in the evening.

In the Han Dynasty, Mingfu refers to the prefect, and in the Tang Dynasty, it refers to the county magistrate. Considering that the Sui and Tang Dynasties are of the same strain, Mingfu is referred to as the county magistrate in this article.

(End of chapter)