Inside and outside the Yamen Courtyard of Jingzhao Mansion, there was chaos.
Thousands of traders and ordinary people were captured and crowded everywhere. All the cells except those on death row were put together so that the cells could be freed to imprison these traders. But even so, the cells were still far from enough.
The government officials divided the captured traders into several groups and wanted to send them to prison cells in Chang'an and Wannian counties.
Cheng Wuting came out and saw the messy scene. He immediately shouted: "Stop working, just tie them all up with ropes and throw them on the street! It's curfew time now. All the doors in every city are closed. I want to run away."
There’s no place to run!”
Youyi walked closer, wiped the rain from his face, and said worriedly: "Joining the army, even so, if these people escape, it will be troublesome to catch them again."
Jingzhao Mansion has limited manpower, and it has to detain prisoners and interrogate them all night long. If they go all over the streets to catch fugitives, these government patrols will not be able to do it!
Cheng Wuting rubbed his forehead, with a fierce look in his eyes, and gritted his teeth and said: "Go and shout loudly to me, anyone who dares to abscond in fear of crime will be beaten to death if caught!"
He could also see that the situation tonight was very serious for Fang Jun, and if he was not careful, he would be doomed. Since Fang Jun wanted to make things worse, what was the big deal if a lot of people died? With such strict orders,
I don’t believe that these traders, who have always been slick and treacherous, are not afraid of death!
If there are really those who dare to take advantage of leopards and dare to run away, then kill a few of them to scare the monkeys!
"Here!"
The yamen officer responded loudly, turned around and called several colleagues to give instructions, and then each of them held a gong and banged it randomly, attracting the attention of the prisoner, and shouted loudly: "The governor has an order, whoever dares to abscond
Those who are caught will not be beaten to death!"
"Anyone who dares to abscond will be beaten to death!"
"Beat to death or not!"
…
Thousands of prisoners could hear the shouts one after another clearly, and they were all scared to death...
If someone else had said such words, everyone would be right to say it. We were just gathering a crowd to make trouble. We neither killed anyone, nor committed rebellion, so how could we commit a capital crime? Even if we were beaten to death, who were we trying to scare!
But it was Fang Jun who said this...
You have to believe it even if you don’t believe it.
A master who dares to beat the prince or beat up the ministers, what can't he do once he is provoked? With Fang Jun's current official rank and the emperor's favor, even if he really beat to death a few prisoners who fled in fear of crime...
…
It doesn't seem like it's really a big deal.
All the prisoners were so frightened that they fell into silence. Even those who had been thinking of escaping while the guards of the Jingzhao Mansion were not watching over them all now calmed down their thoughts.
Will he risk his own life to kill someone with a stick like Fang Jun?
As long as they are not fools, no one will do it...
As a result, the scene that was noisy just now suddenly became quiet, and the prisoners stayed obediently in the distance, staring at the Jingzhao Mansion officials who tied them up with ropes.
Cheng Wuting was also a little panicked, there were really too many people! But when he saw that his threatening words were effective, he breathed a sigh of relief. He was secretly glad that the title of "Bang Chui" in his house was so effective that it could almost stop the crying of children at night.
Already...
But before he could take a breath, another subordinate came to report with a sad face: "Joining the army, there is not enough rope..."
"..." Cheng Wu was speechless.
Whose yamen can prepare thousands of ropes?
Wang Xuance hurriedly walked in from the gate, his whole body soaked by the rain. When he saw Cheng Wuting, he hurried over and lowered his voice and said urgently: "Why haven't these people been tied up? What if these guys are encouraged to attack the Yamen?
That’s a bad recipe!”
Cheng Wuting smiled bitterly and said: "The rope is not enough, what can I do?"
Wang Xuance was also speechless...
There aren't that many cells to lock them up, and there aren't that many ropes to tie them up... There's nothing we can do about it. I'm afraid we haven't arrested so many people at once since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.
After thinking for a while, Wang Xuance said: "This is simple, just let these guys take off their pants, cut all their pants with a knife, and tie their hands with rope instead."
Cheng Wuting's eyes lit up and he clapped his hands and said: "What a great idea! Haha! Without pants, even if these guys really ran away, the target would be extremely obvious! Besides, where can he run if all of them are naked?
go?"
Immediately ordered all prisoners to take off their pants.
The prisoners murmured some reluctance, but the situation is stronger than the people. They are prisoners now. If they fall into the hands of Jingzhao Mansion, it will be fine if they don't peel off your skin. Pants are nothing. They have to take them off if they don't.
…
As for human rights?
There is no such thing these days...
Of course, some people don't want to take it off.
Hu Chong stood in the middle of the crowd, holding his belt tightly with both hands, pulling his neck and shouting: "Why? We just gathered together to petition. Dongshi is where we live. Now we can tear it down."
The messy business has been greatly affected, and the family can't open the pot. Why don't we say a few words? Do you have to take off my pants? Absolutely not! A man is born in the world, with ambition first and face second. The ancients starved to death without eating.
If you want me to take off my pants and show my shame in front of others, you must not! Unless you chop off my head, I will not take off my pants!"
As soon as he made such a noise, some people imitated him and refused to take off their pants, causing another chaos.
Cheng Wuting was furious. He came to Hu Chong in a few steps, pointed his halberd and said angrily: "Do you really dare not kill someone?"
Hu Chongquan showed no fear, he stiffened his neck and said: "Come on! If you have the ability, kill me. If you don't dare to kill you, that's what I say... Oh! Who will beat me? Alas... If you have the ability, beat me to death!"
"
Fang Jun changed into a set of official robes and came out. He heard someone shouting here, and he suddenly felt angry and evil in his heart!
Do you really think I don’t dare to kill anyone?
He grabbed a water and fire stick from the hands of the general next to him, and ran behind the man in a few short steps. When he saw that the man was still shouting, he hit it hard with the stick.
At this moment, Hu Chong got excited and raised his arm, and Fang Jun hit him on the arm with the stick.
There was a soft "click" sound, and Hu Chong's arm immediately dropped.
Hu Chong screamed, turned around and shouted: "Who beat me?"
Fang Jun gritted his teeth: "I'll beat you!"
Another blow to the head and face. According to his strength, if the gang hit him hard, even if Hu Chong practiced Iron Head Kung Fu, his brain would burst. However, Fang Jun didn't want to beat this man to death.
Sometimes death is too quick and does not bring much shock to people...
So he tilted his hand slightly, and the water and fire stick landed on Hu Chong's shoulder.
"Crack" the sound of broken bones sounded, and the water and fire stick also broke into two pieces.
Hu Chong screamed and was knocked to the ground by the stick. He was sweating from the pain, but he kept saying something harsh: "If you can, beat me to death..."
He believed that Fang Jun would definitely not want to take things too far, otherwise the more serious it was, the fewer options Fang Jun would have to retreat. In this case, how could Fang Jun beat someone to death? So even though it hurt so much, he made a sudden move.
His unstinting look shows his toughness.
As long as he survives tonight, no matter how things end, his toughness in front of Fang Jun will be enough to make the head of the family take a new look at him and put him in a higher position!
But how could he have imagined that Fang Jun was not afraid of making things big, but he was afraid that things would not be big enough!
I don't want to beat him to death with a stick because the shock is too small...
A ferocious smile appeared on Fang Jun's face. He held half of a fire stick in one hand and gritted his teeth and said with a smile: "Okay, you have the guts! I will help you today!"
Hit Hu Chong's thigh with a hard blow!
"Click"
"Ouch!"
The leg bones were broken in response, and Hu Chong let out a miserable cry.
Fang Jun still didn't give up. He gritted his teeth and hit his other leg with a stick again!
"Ouch——"
Hu Chong was rolling on the ground in pain and howling miserably. His screams were so cruel that it made people tremble with fear and make their liver and gallbladder burst!
Fang Jun was tricked today, and he had a lot of anger in his chest. He had no place to vent his worries. How dare a small businessman, a lackey of a wealthy family, and something like an ant dare to scream in front of his face? Stick after stick was hit like raindrops.
It happened to avoid Hu Chong's vital points, thighs, arms, buttocks... there was a banging sound, and he was hit more than ten times in a row. Amidst Hu Chong's wailing, he saw that his arms, legs and feet gradually showed a twisted posture.
Arms, leg bones...all broken.
Light rain fell on the roof and the ground, moistening everything silently.
Inside and outside the Jingzhao Mansion Yamen, only Hu Chong's shrill screams became weaker and weaker, and finally gradually subsided, leaving only the moans of wild dogs panting...
The captured criminals stood obediently against the wall. They were so frightened that their livers and gallbladders were splitting and their souls were shattered. They did not dare to speak out loud, for fear that they would be targeted by this devil and they would be the next to suffer. This man was really
Dare to beat people to death!
What the hell, it’s just a gathering of people to make trouble, is that all?
The officials, scribes, and patrol officers of Jingzhao Mansion were all dumbfounded. Especially those officials who came from aristocratic families, they had done a lot of bad things. They had bullied men and women, and had done things such as seeking wealth and killing people, and they had even killed people.
Quite a few, but when have you ever seen such a tragic scene that seemed to beat a person to death?
Wei Dawu, Dugu Cheng and other officials looked at each other, closed their mouths tightly, and did not dare to say a word. A wave of cold air rose from their hearts and spread throughout their bodies, making them shiver.
Thinking about it, if I could be tougher in the past and confront Fang Jun, I can't even imagine what would happen...
After more than ten blows in a row, Hu Chong on the ground could only breathe out but not in. He was slumped on the ground like a piece of flesh, and only twitched occasionally with a weak moan. His condition was extremely miserable.
Fang Jun lost his temper and threw half of the fire stick in his hand on the green brick floor with a clang. He looked around and said in a sinister tone, "Who else doesn't want to take off their pants? Come forward!"