Chapter 234 Reward (Part 1)

Jiaozhou, Genting County

The sun rises at noon, and it is approaching summer, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter.

At this time, there were not many pedestrians on the road.

In addition, it was lunch time again. In the small mountain village, smoke was already rising from the cooking stove, and the smell of food was also pouring in.

The tragic incident that happened a month ago has gradually faded out of sight.

In addition to the occasional mention of the disaster between the He family and the Li family, not many people continue to pay attention to this matter.

In the past month, in the first few days, the people of He Li and his family were extremely sad. Their bloodlines and main laborers died. However, with the infiltration of He Niu and Li Xiaomen, no matter how painful their families are, their feelings will become numb under the fatigue day by day.

The sad atmosphere gradually dissipated, but the deep scars left to the two families were lingering.

As time went by, the villagers who had lunch all left their homes one after another and continued to be busy.

Some of them were just at the door of their homes, doing things like weaving baskets, needlework, and threading, while chatting with neighbors. They were all the way to rest after dinner.

Some, they took farm tools and went to the fields to work.

On the dirt road in the village, the sound of two people greeting each other from time to time, giving this remote mountain village a little more vitality.

But what happened last month was so scary. Even after a month, the grief gradually faded, but most people who went out to work were in groups to prevent accidents.

Occasionally, there are villagers passing by the door of He Li’s two houses, and their eyes look at them with sympathy.

The two houses were not far away, both of which were standard adobe houses, small courtyards, fence walls, and dilapidated wooden doors. They were all tightly closed at this time, and there was a faint sound of speech in the adobe house.

Since the trouble happened between the two families, the family has become deserted. The wives of both families are a little thin. Just talking about the men in both families, they have lost several times. Their bloodlines have been so big that they die in vain. How can they not feel sorry for them?

Everyone in the same village expressed sympathy for this, but soon new things came into view, which attracted their attention.

"Huh? Look, there are so many people coming!"

A villager walking at the intersection saw the dust flying in the distance and exclaimed.

The villagers who were walking with him looked over with their voices and were stunned.

As they approached, they could see very clearly, bringing up a large area of ​​dust. It was a group of officers and soldiers, and there were also dense flags and ceremonies. The noise made the villagers' faces change, and their bodies trembled involuntarily. This was the power and majesty that penetrated into the hearts of the people.

"Oh my God, is something wrong? Are the officers and soldiers coming to our village to arrest people?"

"Go home quickly! Something big is going to happen!"

"Is someone in the village causing a lawsuit?"

"Who knows! Could it be that these officers and soldiers came for the incident last month?"

Seeing a large number of officers and soldiers coming, they were noisy and powerful again, the villagers were so scared that they trembled and rushed back home.

In just a while, there were no one in the fields on the road.

Every family closed their doors, and there was only someone flashing through the crack in the door, peeking at the situation outside.

The guards of honor rolled in and stopped in front of the village.

"Go and call the inner chief here." Seeing this, the magistrate of Genting County frowned and ordered a yamen runner to say.

The county magistrate Bai Fanqingqing and looks about thirty years old.

"No!" Someone immediately responded and said, this was the matter of the county government.

At this time, Wang Xingzhen was different. He was wearing a Thousand Household Official Uniform, with sixth-grade embroidery patterns on it, and an exquisite bronze medal around his waist. His eyes were calm and his face was majestic.

There is a hundred households behind, wearing ninth-rank official uniforms, but they are the original general flag.

Kanze and Zhanghu each wore public uniforms with small flags. Although they were not officials, they stood with a knife and had a sense of public authority, but everyone was promoted and made a fortune.

At this time, the villagers hiding at home heard the familiar inner-skin outside shouting: "My fellow villagers! Don't be afraid of the people coming from the government. It has nothing to do with you. It's just that the official has something to read in public. You all come out soon! Come to the open space in the east of the village to gather!"

After shouting several times, the families who closed the door and closed their conversations made some noises.

"What are you hiding? Master Guan can eat you? Why don't you go quickly!" Seeing that they were still hesitating, the village chief could no longer help, and cursed at the few people who were lying on their heads: "If you are still delaying, let me deal with you in the future!"

The people are naturally afraid and they all come out.

"The village chief, something big happened? It looks really scary!" At this time, someone came over to inquire about the situation.

The inner lady said angrily: "Ask me, who am I going to ask? Why don't you ask your wife to go to the east of the village? You will know what happened when you get there! I've been late and I've misled the affairs of the official. Be careful of your skin!"

It is the local master here, and the words in the village are very useful. In addition, they promised that they had nothing to do with them. Soon, the villagers who had shrunk and hid were all walking towards the east end of the village in groups.

The open space at the east end of the village is usually drying crops, and the place is quite spacious, even if there are hundreds of people, it will not appear crowded.

At this time, most of the villagers who could get here arrived.

However, the villagers who arrived at the open space were all shocked.

I saw fifty people wearing public uniforms and holding long swords. The queue was not messy at all. They were all straight, their eyes were not squinted, and their expressions were calm.

There is another ninth-rank executioner.

The person who executes the execution is just a clerk in the county, and the county is just a clerk in the county. The ninth-rank executioner is the provincial executioner.

The executioner brought five executioners.

The county magistrate led a group of yamen runners, with a total of nearly hundreds of people.

Seeing that the person coming was almost done, Wang Xingzhen took a few steps forward, signaled the people to calm down, and shouted: "Today, we have summoned everyone here, and we have been ordered by the King of Chu!"

Suddenly, the crowd, who were already whispering, immediately calmed down.

The village head, who had been calm, also showed an incredible expression at this time.

"Come on!" After saying that, Wang Xingzhen waved his hand and immediately pushed the two men to the people.

I saw that one of these two looked ordinary and gentle, and the other was of medium figure, with a rectangular face and triangular eyes under the dark eyebrows.

Even if he was pushed in front of everyone, he lowered his head and said nothing.

"Are these two... aren't they the officials in the yamen?" Someone who had been to the yamen of the Shaofu in the crowd couldn't help but exclaim.

"What's going on?" Someone started to talk again.

"Silent!" Kanazawa and Zhanghu sniffed with swords, and the people suddenly became quiet.

"Have you sent someone to invite the He family and Li family?" Wang Xingzhen looked at the crowd coldly and asked Li Zheng.

"When you say that, I have sent someone to invite you... Ah, they are here." Li Zheng said quickly.

"Please invite them over and read the imperial edict." Wang Xingzhen whispered.

"No!" Then, Fanzi brought the He family and Li family members who were invited alone to everyone.

Wang Xingzhen said a few words softly, then sniffed: "Imperial Order!"

At this time, all the people knelt down with a "snap". Some children were ignorant and were still looking around, but were quickly suppressed by their parents.

This imperial edict was written in vernacular to make these illiterate people understand it. Halfway through hearing it, everyone understood it.

It turned out that He Niu and Li Xiaomen did not encounter bandits that day, but were killed by officials. The two officials tied up by five flowers on the side!

"God killed me! You guys give me my cow! I give me my cow!"

"You are so unfaithful! I want to kill you and avenge my little family!" The mother of He Li's family who lost their son screamed like crazy, trying to pounce on and bite.

But the men from the two families hurriedly suppressed their faces, covered in sweat, afraid of blame. If they were not facing the people who were facing the law and did not understand the rules, they would make noise when reading the imperial edict, they would be beaten to death on the spot!

"Silent!" Kanazawa and Zhangdo sniffed with their knives, which scared the audience to calm down again.

Wang Xingzhen paused and continued to read out the order. Not only did he announce that he would behead the two people in public to give the people an explanation.

It was also announced that He Niu and Li Xiaomen each received the title of eighth-rank official, and the parents of both families received the positions of ninth-rank official and ninth-rank lady, and each gave 100 acres of land and 100 taels of gold.

He Niu and Li Xiaomen are allowed to enter the Baozhong Temple!

This was a comfort to the two families. Hearing this, both families couldn't help crying loudly, but more people were stunned at the things they brought out.

The official uniforms of the ninth grade and the clothes of the ninth grade lady. Of course, the two plates of gold ingots attracted people's attention.

One golden ingot is ten taels, and ten ingots are shining with golden light on the plate.

At this moment, the village chief heard someone whispering: "Hey, it's really good to exchange for these two lives. The He Li family is so lucky!"

The village chief stared at him fiercely, and the villager was so scared that he never dared to say more.

However, in the mind of the village chief, he actually thought that the villagers' lives actually have a price, and ten taels of silver are about the same price, so the price for those who go to sea to buy their lives.

Now I have gotten 100 taels of gold, 100 acres of land, and even more official positions. No matter what, it is all right. The village chief is thinking about it.

"It's not too early, just use torture!" Seeing this, Wang Xingzhen sighed and said instructed.

At this time, the two executioners dragged Lu Tai and He Ping up and pressed them down.

Lu Tai struggled desperately, but couldn't move.

He Ping did not move, so as not to suffer.

With an order, the beheading sword was swung down, blood splattered, and a ruler-high blood fountain spurted out of the mouth of the neck, and two heads rolled down.

At this time, Kanazawa and Zhanghu were both slightly cold. They could be said to have personally sent them to death. They touched the small flag public uniform on their bodies, and they looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

But the two coffins have been prepared, and they both pay for them.
Chapter completed!