The yamen servant handed Zhao Xun his hand and reported it.
"Get some water and splash it to wake you up!"
Zhao Xun ordered coldly.
This He Liancheng was really a loser. He passed out after being beaten ten times.
The yamen servant obeyed the order, scooped up a ladle full of water from the water tank at the entrance of the lobby, and poured it towards He Liancheng.
He Liancheng was jolted awake by the cold water.
He looked around and realized that he was still in the yamen.
"Ah, have mercy on me, my lord, have mercy on me!"
At this moment, He Liancheng no longer looked as arrogant and domineering as before, and he gave in and begged for mercy.
How could Zhao Xun let him off easily? He ordered in a deep voice: "Keep fighting."
The government officials shouted slogans and started beating them again.
He Liancheng kept crying and his face was covered with snot and tears.
After thirty spankings, He Liancheng's buttocks were already bloody and bloody.
The yamen officials pulled up his trousers, dragged him up and knelt down to reply.
"I'll ask you again, what are you doing mining saltpeter?"
Governor Liang had broken his heart and no longer had any scruples.
He slapped the scarecrow, which scared He Liancheng to the point of trembling.
A playboy who had been raised in a deep house since childhood, how could he have ever been frightened like this? He told the whole story in a bamboo tube like pouring beans.
"It turns out it's really for making gunpowder..."
Zhao Xun murmured.
But the reason why the He family made gunpowder is really strange.
They are here to rob graves.
Hanzhou is an ancient city with a very long history.
Nine hundred years ago, it briefly served as the capital of the Qi Dynasty.
There are so many underground tombs in this ancient city that you can dig out ancient tombs with just a shovel.
But if you want to dig the tombs of princes and emperors, it is undoubtedly unrealistic to rely on manpower.
Either a powerful practitioner used magic to enter the tomb, or gunpowder blew open the stone door to enter.
Although the He family is a local wealthy family, it does not have such strong practitioner resources.
You can only rely on gunpowder to blow open the tomb door.
According to He Liancheng's confession, the He family has robbed more than a hundred large tombs over the years.
Zhao Xun was shocked when he heard this.
The He family is already one of the top wealthy families in Hanzhou. They have a big business and no shortage of money to spend.
But under this situation, the He family was not satisfied, and even started robbing tombs, a crime that was outrageous to both humans and gods.
What is even more frightening is that the local government did not take care of it, or did not dare to take care of it.
Zhao Xun looked at Governor Liang and found a look of shame on Governor Liang's face.
It's terrible, it's really terrible.
However, Governor Liang was considered an accomplice at most, and his issues were left to the court to investigate.
But the He family's crimes must be punished immediately, otherwise, if everyone follows suit, there will be no justice in the hearts of the people.
"President Liang, what do you think should be done about this case?"
Zhao Xun wanted to see if Governor Liang still had any shame in his heart.
As long as he has some sense of shame, he will not protect the He family.
Sure enough, Governor Liang cleared his throat and said, "The He family has committed a heinous crime. They dare to rob tombs and disrespect our ancestors. Come on, please seal up the He family and put all the men, women, and children in jail."
Zhao Xun nodded and said: "Prefect Liang is fair and strict. This imperial envoy will report truthfully to the court. As for these evil villains, those who deserve to be killed will be killed and those who deserve to be exiled will be exiled. There is no need for any mercy."
Zhao Xun's words were meant for Governor Liang.
The meaning couldn't be more clear, don't take any chances and think about protecting the He family.
Zhao Xun will stay in Hanzhou City until the case is thoroughly understood.
Zhao Xun would not leave until he saw the head of the He family's criminal lying on the ground.
Governor Liang naturally understood what Zhao Xun meant. He had been immersed in officialdom for many years and had long formed his own set of judgment standards.
When you see people, you talk about people, when you see ghosts, you talk about ghosts.
At this moment, he could never protect the He family. If he wanted to minimize the loss, he could only try to distance himself from the He family as much as possible.
It can be said that the more ruthlessly he treats the He family, the higher the chance of being given a lenient sentence.
After all, he did not directly participate in the He family's mining of saltpeter to make gunpowder to explode tombs. If he could enforce the law impartially and serve his crimes, the Imperial Envoy wouldn't hold him back, right?
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"Brother Mingyun, I never thought that a mere local family would be so bold as to rob more than a hundred tombs in a row."
Wangcai was shocked when he heard about this strange case.
"The human heart is like an abyss."
Zhao Xun said with emotion: "Human greed is infinite, and when there are benefits, greed will be more stimulated. Some people can restrain themselves, so they become saints. Some people cannot restrain themselves, so they fall into darkness."
Wangcai tilted his head and listened. Although he didn't quite understand the meaning, he thought it made sense.
"Brother Mingyun, do you want to go see the execution? Caishikou is already full of people."
"No need, I'm not interested in this kind of situation."
Zhao Xun has always believed that torture is not an end, but a means to teach people to be good.
Punishing evil and promoting good is the purpose of the law.
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execution ground.
More than a dozen of the principal criminals of the He family were pressed on the guillotine, looking in a daze.
They really didn't expect that their fate would be so ups and downs.
Not long ago, he was well clothed and well-fed, but now he was taken to the execution ground and made to be a beheaded ghost.
Regret, they regret it so much.
If they were given another chance, they would never mine saltpeter to make gunpowder and rob graves.
But they had no chance.
You only have one life, and if you lose it, there is no chance of it coming back.
"Kill him, kill these evil gentry!"
"Son of a bitch, he bullies men and women and does all kinds of evil. He's not satisfied with bullying the living, he even doesn't spare the dead."
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the dead are considered great.
The status of the dead is often higher than that of the living.
Being disrespectful to the dead and ancestors is absolutely not allowed.
"Cut their heads off!"
"Kill them!"
The onlookers were so excited that they threw rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs into the execution ground.
The prisoner of the He family was hit all over his face, but his expression was numb and he showed no reaction.
The poor executioners had a look of disdain on their faces and subconsciously stepped back.
However, some rotten vegetable leaves and rotten egg residues still fell on them.
"The time has come for execution."
The supervisor looked up at the sky and saw that it was already three quarters past noon in the middle of the sun. He threw out a dark red bamboo stick and gave a stern order.
The executioners then pressed the prisoner's head on the chopping block and slashed at the prisoner's neck with their swords.
But there were popping sounds, and the criminal's neck was cut off.
The head rolled to the ground like a ball, and blood spurted out and splashed on many people who were watching.
The executioner raised the severed head to show the public, while the body was left aside and ignored.
The people were suddenly stimulated and fell into ecstasy.
"Kill the evil gentry, kill them all!"
"Kill well, kill well!"
"The Governor is wise, and His Majesty the Emperor is wise!"
To these melon-eating people, they don't care who they kill.
As long as you can get continuous stimulation, that's enough.