On the morning of the 25th of the first lunar month, the breakfast shops in the city opened for business at dawn. There were gradually more and more pedestrians on the street, most of them were peddlers who were busy looking for three meals and one night. In a farming society, not only farmers

People work at sunrise and rest at sunset. Even most people in the city are like this.

At this moment, the vegetable market is filled with various stalls selling vegetables, but many of the stalls are unattended because the vendors are gathered in front of a notice at the entrance of the vegetable market.

This was a notice that had just been posted by the government officials. The vendors gathered around curiously to watch the excitement.

"What does it say on it? Hey, fish seller, look at what the notice says!!"

Most of the vendors did not know how to read, so they asked the fish sellers who could read.

The fish seller was about thirty years old. He had attended a calligraphy school for several years and he knew a few words. He scratched his itchy buttocks in a leisurely manner and came to the notice surrounded by other vendors.

"Let's see...sss!!" The fish seller looked up at the notice, and suddenly gasped in shock: "My dear, Lord Tong San wants to chop off the head, a total of two hundred and thirty-five.

Human heads."

Suddenly there was a hissing sound of cold air all around.

Someone said doubtfully: "The fisherman, you are not lying, are you, cutting off two hundred and thirty-five heads?"

The fish seller pointed at the notice and said loudly: "I'll make money by lying to you. It's clearly written on the notice. Today at 3:00 noon, a law field will be built outside Beicheng. The judge will personally supervise the execution of two hundred and thirty-five people."

You are a thief, tsk tsk, what a big deal, we in Qianshan County have never tried to kill so many people at once."

"Oh my god, there are more than two hundred heads. How high are they piled up?"

"Amitabh, God has the virtue of good things, but what Tong San is doing is too cruel."

"Hey, Tofu Hua (the old woman selling tofu, surnamed Hua), if these thieves killed your man and son, you wouldn't say this."

"No, I heard that these thieves came all the way to hunt down the governor. Governor Sun was such a good person, but he was killed by these beasts. Moreover, these thieves burned, killed and looted along the way. Even Fei Ge

Hundreds of people were also killed in my hometown, and many of their maidservants were raped by these beasts. In my opinion, if the killing was done well, all of these beasts should have their heads chopped off."

"Yes, good killing. I also heard that most of these thieves were water thieves from Poyang Lake, and there were also prisoners released from the prison. They were all bad guys with sores on their heads and pus on their feet.

"

"No matter how you say it, you have to join in the fun. Tsk tsk, chop off more than two hundred heads at one time. I'm afraid I won't have the chance to see it a second time in my life."

At the same time, notices were also posted outside the gates of the four cities in Qianshan County. The news that the new general magistrate Mr. Xu was going to behead people at the court outside the north of the city instantly spread like thunder throughout the entire Qianshan County, shocking all the officials and gentry.

Especially those who sit on the fence with a wait-and-see attitude.

As the saying goes, there are three things that a new official should do when he takes office. If exterminating a thousand rebels who attacked the Fei family was Xu Jin's first thing, then today's killing of more than 200 people at once was the second thing.

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Chunmingju is a relatively high-end teahouse in Qianshan County. Several scholars are sitting by the window, eating tea and talking eloquently. The topic of discussion is naturally the matter that Lord Tongpan will behead more than two hundred people at noon. Now this

The incident has become the focus of the whole city.

"King Ning raised an army to rebel, and all these rebellious ministers and traitors were punished. It's just that the Lord Tongjian killed so many people without reporting it to the prosecutor. Isn't it a bit authoritarian?"

"Brother Wang, what you said is wrong. Now Nanchang has fallen into the hands of the rebel king Ning. Xu Kui, the deputy envoy of the prosecutor, is willing to die for justice, and Yang Zhang, the deputy commissioner of the prosecutor, is a thief. How can the master Tongxuan report it? Is it possible?

Send someone 800 miles away to rush the documents to Beijing and wait for the approval from the Ministry of Punishment?"

"Well, what is said is absolutely true, as the old saying goes: In troubled times, heavy codes should be used. Now the Ning bandits have raised hundreds of thousands of troops to attack Nankang and Jiujiang. The bandit Wu Sanba has been plundering prefectures and counties all the way. The situation is critical and corrupt, and Xu Sanyuan must use it.

Only by using thunderous means to shock the crowd can the people's hearts be stabilized."

"Having said that, the method of killing hundreds of people is too cruel and is not the work of a benevolent person."

when……

The scholars were in the middle of chatting when suddenly there was a sudden sound of breaking cups and plates, interrupting their eloquent talk.

Several scholars turned their heads and looked displeased, only to see a rich young master put a silver coin on the table and led a group of servants out of the Chunming Residence in embarrassment.

This young master from a wealthy family is none other than Fang Tianyou, the third young master of the Fang family who had a conflict with Xu Jin last year. But now, the third young master Fang was pale, his steps were sloppy, and he was scared.

Fang Tianyou never dreamed that Xu Jin, who was close to him, would suddenly transform into the general magistrate of Guangxin Prefecture with the power of life and death, controlling the troops and horses in various counties. The most terrible thing is that he also set up a military base in Qianshan County.

Yamen office.

A few days ago, Fang Tianyou was warned by his father Fang Tianfu, not to cause trouble during this period of time, because even his second uncle Fang Tianlu, who is the boss of the county government, has been "slipped". So Fang Tianyou has been much more honest these days.

, I also didn’t go to my favorite Dou Guan, I just came to the teahouse to drink tea.

However, not long after this guy sat down, he heard the news that Xu Jin was going to behead people in the field today, and more than two hundred people were beheaded at one time, so Mr. Fang was frightened on the spot, and his heart was pounding. His surname was Xu.

So cruel!

Fang Tianyou didn't dare to wander around in the street anymore, so he went home with his servants. As soon as he entered the hall, he met his father Fang Tianfu and his second uncle Fang Tianlu talking.

When Fang Tianfu saw his son coming back from outside, he was already in a bad mood. He immediately shouted angrily: "You bastard is running out on the street to cause trouble for me again?"

Fang Tianyou shrank his neck and said aggrievedly: "Dad, the kid just went to the teahouse to drink tea and then came back. He didn't cause any trouble!"

Fang Tianfu's expression softened a little, and he yelled: "Get in, try not to go out and show off during this period, and don't go to the academy for the time being."

If Fang Tianyou was granted amnesty, he immediately sneaked back to the inner courtyard with his servants.

Fang Tianfu took a sip of tea from his teacup with a cold face and asked, "Second brother, the person named Xu hasn't been questioning you these days, has he?"

Fang Tianlu coughed slightly and said, "That's not true. Maybe I'm overly concerned."

Fang Tianlu was the county magistrate, in charge of criminal and prison paperwork. Because of this, Xu Jin was the first to ask him to interrogate prisoners that day.

At that time, Fang Tianlu thought that Xu Jin deliberately gave him small shoes, but when today's beheading notice came out, Fang Tianlu realized that Xu Jin's request to produce the list of prisoners within three days seemed not to intentionally cause trouble, but to rush to the governor's head.

The execution will be carried out on the same day.

Therefore, at this time, Fang Tianlu felt a hint of regret in his heart. Originally, the relationship between the Fang family and Xu Jin was not harmonious, but he rejected the first job assigned to him by Xu Jin, fearing that he would offend the other party even more.

Fang Tianlu said seriously: "Brother, although this Xu Jin is young, his methods are fierce. We should not provoke him in the future."

A hint of sneer appeared at the corner of Fang Tianfu's lips and he said: "Brother, I'm not an idiot. He has great power now, so I don't feel comfortable provoking him!"

Fang Tianlu frowned and said, "Brother, why don't you drive that concubine out of your house to avoid being caught?"

It is said that Fang Tianfu had a daughter of a concubine who married Nanchang Prefecture magistrate Ke Zheng as his concubine. Now that Ke Zheng has rebelled with King Ning, Fang Tianlu is naturally worried that the Fang family will be implicated, so he suggested that his eldest brother drive the daughter's biological mother out of the Fang family.

, to clear the relationship.

Fang Tianfu said disapprovingly: "Second brother, don't worry. Xu Jin wants to use this to manipulate me, but he can't do it. Fei Cai, the second eldest son of the Fei family, has a brother-in-law relationship with Prince Ning. If he wants to do something, he must be done first. If Xu Jin dares to use this reason,

If you touch our Fang family, you can't stop the Youyou people from talking.

Hey, what's more, General Wu under King Ning is leading a large army to kill, and it's still unclear who will win in the end. There is no need to choose sides so early."

Fang Tianfu nodded when he heard this and said: "What the elder brother said is absolutely true, so let's just wait and see what happens."

Just like the Fang family, the officials and gentry in Qianshan County are now re-examining their positions. You must know that although the new general magistrate is young, he is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He can behead more than two hundred people.
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