"Back to Your Highness the Prince, there are three thousand soldiers guarding the city. They have all disarmed and are being held at Caishikou."
Zhang Liang said in a deep voice.
Lin Fan nodded with satisfaction and said: "Don't keep any of these people, kill them all. As a soldier of the Ming Dynasty, he actually colluded with people in heaven and earth. Keeping them will only be a disaster."
"Your Highness, most of those people are small soldiers. Many things are beyond their control. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to kill them all?"
Zhang Liang said in a deep voice.
"Zhang Liang, it seems that you don't understand the truth. Even if they are small people, they still get benefits. If all the soldiers in the army follow their example, wouldn't it mean that any general with a heavy army can rebel?"
"What I want now is not a fair trial, but a warning. Kill these people, shock the government and the public, and let people all over the Ming Dynasty know that I will never tolerate such things!"
"In this way, cities with similar situations in various places will become restless, and we can find out earlier and clean up those places first."
"Also, do you think I just want to kill them?
The Jin Yiwei Anzi in this city will also die, and the prefect of Shunqing City must be beheaded in public!"
Lin Fan said coldly.
Zhang Liang's expression changed slightly at this time. His Highness the Crown Prince was different from the first time he saw him. He became more decisive and looked more and more like an emperor!
"Yes! Your Highness the Crown Prince, I will go and kill all those people right away, including the secret agents of the Jin Yiwei!"
Zhang Liang said in a deep voice.
Zhang Liang left. At this time, the Caishikou was surrounded by people.
"This! Aren't these people the defenders of the city?
Why are they all squatting here, and all their armor has been taken off!"
"Don't you know yet?
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was attacked in the city, and these people did not go to drink and drove, but also prevented the Crown Prince from escaping from the city, so they were punished!"
"Hiss! These people are so courageous! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was attacked, and they didn't rescue him, but they dared to stop him!"
"Hmph! I think His Highness the Crown Prince is just too stingy! These people have the responsibility to defend the city. It was normal that they couldn't react when the incident happened suddenly!"
"Moreover, these people don't know that His Royal Highness is with the wedding party, so what's wrong with routine inspections?"
"What you said makes some sense. However, His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, has a noble status. He was attacked and killed and suffered a great disaster. These people must be punished!"
…
The people were discussing this matter with each other. Zhang Liang appeared here, glanced at the people squatting on the ground, then looked at the people present, and said: "People, you should have heard about what happened today!"
"These people are so ambitious that they conspired with the gangsters to murder His Royal Highness. Fortunately, His Highness is smart, otherwise, he would have died in their hands!"
"You also know that the reason why the Ming Dynasty was able to regain peace again is all because of His Highness the Crown Prince. If His Highness the Crown Prince dies, the world will be in chaos!"
"These people are the ones who want to bring trouble to the world. If they are not killed, the people will not be angry!"
Hearing what Zhang Liang said, the people present were angry: "What! These people actually conspired with those villains to kill His Highness the Crown Prince!"
"Damn it! Your Highness the Crown Prince is our reborn parent. Without Your Highness the Crown Prince, how could we live a peaceful life!"
"Kill! We must kill them!"
"If such a person is not killed, how can he be worthy of the dead soldiers!"
Zhang Liang said in a deep voice: "Did you hear what the people said?
For some benefit, you conspired with the bad guys to assassinate His Highness the Crown Prince. Do you still have a conscience?"
"This! General, we don't know!"
"General, we just accepted the benefits from others, guarded the city gate, and did not allow anyone to leave the city. Who would have thought that it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
"General, we don't know anything about it. It's just that Commander Liu gave us some wine money, and we were greedy for money and accepted it. We don't know anything else!"
"General! I am an old man and a young man. I really don't know anything. I just collected some money!"
…
All three thousand people knelt down and begged for mercy. Zhang Liang would not give them a chance and directly ordered the men of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to behead all three thousand people.
puff!
The sword flashed, heads rolled, and the heads of three thousand people fell to the ground at the same time. Such a spectacular scene was rarely seen in the city. The people were all stunned at this time.
They thought that Zhang Liang would severely punish these people and kill all the commanders and centurions. Who would have thought that not a single person would be left behind.
Zhang Liang saw the panic on the faces of the people and knew that he had killed so many people and the people were frightened.
At this time, if we can't find a way to appease the people and convince them that these people deserve to be killed, it will be difficult for the people to trust the court for a long time.
"Common people, this Shunqing City is filthier than you think. Imagine, have you ever tasted refined salt in the city?"
Zhang Liang asked.
A commoner reacted from his daze and said in a deep voice: "No! We all know that His Royal Highness's refined salt is good, but it cannot be bought in the city!"
"Indeed! There is a court salt shop in the city, but it has not been open for a day. The salt we bought in other cities will also be searched and taken away!"
"These people are disgusting! They deserve to be killed!"
When the people thought about the refined salt, they became even more convinced that these soldiers guarding the city were villains and should be killed!
Zhang Liang said again: "Think about it, have these people ever bullied you or robbed you of your property?"
"Snatch it!"
"They took away a lot of my belongings, and they didn't even let go of my daughter! What a bunch of beasts!"
"They are just beasts. Even if you kill them a hundred times, it won't be too much. Kill them well!"
The people applauded one after another.
Zhang Liang asked the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry to pile up the corpses of these people, and then went to find Lin Fan to revive him.
All the secret agents of Jin Yiwei are imprisoned with people in heaven and earth, and Lin Fan can interrogate them at any time.
Sun Tzu Gong had been hiding in the yamen for a day and a night. Zhao Hu and his four hundred brothers were impatient at first and wanted to go out to help.
However, after hearing that the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry had cleared the entire city, they settled down. With His Highness the Prince's temper, he might have to settle things with Sun Tzu Gong next.
"Zhao Hu! Do you know how much trouble you have caused for me?"
Sun Tzu Gong found Zhao Hu and scolded him.
"Hmph! How much trouble has my eldest brother caused you?
You should tell us and let us hear it!"
One person said coldly, this is Zhao Hu's younger brother.
Sun Tzu Gong pointed at them and said coldly: "Don't forget, you were once bandits and death row prisoners!"