After Duan Xiuwen finished speaking, dozens of people behind him started shouting: "Change the Water Temple into the Temple of the Locust God! Change the Water Temple into the Temple of the Locust God!"
During the appeal, Qi Hongxin did not move, but his face became more and more gloomy.
"Duan Xiuwen, since you are a judge, you should know the laws of the court and the harm of prostitution temples. It is excusable that the foolish man and woman behind you are being used by others to force the government to compromise. As a judge, do you really not know that today
If I agree to change the Water Temple into the Locust God Temple, what harm will it cause?"
"Not to mention, you are still holding weapons, and your behavior is close to treason." Qi Hongxin persuaded in a deep voice, looking at several people holding steel forks: "I cherish my talents, and I don't want you to be promoted at a young age.
Duan Xiuwen, if you are convicted for this kind of thing, if you turn around now, I will let bygones be bygones..."
This was to be polite before fighting, but it was obvious that Duan Xiuwen was determined, and even felt that the prefect's persuasion was because he had no other choice but to adopt a gentle approach.
He smiled half-heartedly and said: "Sir, the student has made up his mind, so you don't need to persuade him any more! As for being convicted for this matter... Sir, instead of worrying about me, the student, you might as well think about it, if this matter gets too big,
Can you, the prefect, get away with it?"
Qi Hongxin looked at it with dark eyes. He was not afraid of this revision and looked back.
Qi Hongxin knew that it was impossible for this man to change his mind.
Looking at the restless crowd outside, as well as the people who were gradually losing their timidity due to Duan Xiuwen's overwhelming momentum and shouting louder and louder, Qi Hongxin shook his head.
Then he shouted to the captain: "Send me the order to capture all the troublemakers. If there is any resistance, I will kill them without mercy!"
"Sir!" There were also officials from the city who followed. When Qi Hongxin suddenly ordered the captain to suppress him, his eyelids jumped immediately.
“This is absolutely impossible!”
Then he hurriedly said to the captain: "Wait a moment! Don't act rashly yet!"
When Duan Xiuwen saw this, he immediately took several steps back and was directly protected by the crowd behind him.
Qi Hongxin stood on the steps, listening to the official's urgent advice: "Sir, if we suppress it, we have to kill people, but there are so many people, this, it takes a lot of killing to suppress it! Killing people in peacetime
, killing too many people, even if there are extenuating circumstances, will hinder your official reputation! You must not give such an order!"
However, Qi Hongxin pointed at the common people who were being ordered to retreat with the tips of their swords by a group of county soldiers, but they were still aggressive and even shouted loudly because of their large number of people. He said, "Do you know? Even if you are common people, people
If there are too many people, especially when they find that the government does not dare to suppress them, they will turn into wolves. They must be suppressed in one fell swoop before there are many people, and they will turn into sheep again... If there are more people gathered, thousands or even thousands
It’s too late if we try to suppress it if we have more than 10,000 people.”
When encountering something like this, if you can frighten these people from the beginning and make them timid to retreat, as long as there are no more troubles in the future, things will calm down.
Otherwise, if their arrogance is initially high and they taste the sweetness, they will just grow like weeds in the wind and be difficult to suppress.
Qi Hongxin did not pay attention to whether the officials around him could listen to what he said, and once again ordered the captain: "Get it for me. Anyone who incites the crowd, holds a weapon, and refuses to kneel down to beg for mercy will be killed without mercy. What responsibility do you have?"
, I’m responsible for it!”
After saying this, I felt a sweetness in my throat.
This is an old problem for him. Especially in the past month or two, he can obviously feel that he has run out of gas and has coughed up blood more than once. But under the current circumstances, he cannot cough up blood, otherwise, this will happen.
The intimidating power will soon be reduced.
Thinking of this, Qi Hongxin swallowed another mouthful of blood.
Because it was night, under the firelight, although his face looked a little ugly, no one could see it.
Besides, the official who just persuaded Qi Hongxin realized what he said after hearing what Qi Hongxin said: "This new prefect is obviously a broken man. Also, because of his background, no matter how well prefect Qi does,
It is impossible to be promoted again. Since it is never possible to be promoted, why should we worry about the lack of official reputation?"
"Yes, sir!" At this time, the captain got the order and rushed forward with his men.
In fact, no one was killed at first, but some people did try to resist. However, the so-called weapons held by these people were actually hoes, poles or kitchen knives, and elite county soldiers who could immediately go to the battlefield to kill the enemy.
In comparison, it's like a child dueling with an adult, not at the same level of power at all.
A man tried to stab him with an iron fork, and then he stabbed it out. A soldier suddenly stopped holding back. He only heard a "pop" sound, the long knife fell, and there was a scream. The knife slashed hard from the shoulder to the chest, blood spattered, and suddenly
Fell to the ground.
"A murder has been committed, the government has committed a murder." The people who had been so angry suddenly fell into confusion.
Duan Xiuwen, who had already retreated into the crowd, saw the chaos in the crowd and shouted: "Don't be afraid, don't run, we are not doing it for the locust god, we are doing it to protect our descendants from harm..."
As soon as he said this, the eyes of several people inside suddenly flashed red, and they immediately raised their arms and shouted: "Don't be afraid, don't run, we will fight with the dog officer..."
Seeing that the situation was about to get worse, Qi Hongxin's eyes flashed coldly: "Take down that Duan Xiuwen immediately."
"Yes!" the captain promised, and with a wave of his hand, five or six soldiers rushed towards him, and the crowd dispersed. Duan Xiuwen wanted to escape, but was caught by the captain and pulled towards the steps.
"I am a judge, you can't do this to me..." Duan Xiuwen, who was dragged away, screamed: "I have a good reputation, and I can kill and not humiliate the soldiers."
"You also know that a scholar can be killed and not humiliated?" Qi Hongxin stepped forward and sneered, seeing several people in the crowd raising their arms: "Fight with the dog officer, fight with the dog officer."
There was no longer any hesitation: "Did you know that if you lead the crowd to rebel, let alone raise people, even if you are a regular official, I have the power to execute you on the spot."
"If anyone comes, behead him immediately as a warning to others."
"Sir, you can't do it, you can't do it!" One official finally couldn't bear it anymore and stepped forward to stop him. He heard a "snap" and a heavy slap in the face, and his black gauze hat was swept off.
Qi Hongxin roared: "The current situation is like this, and if you dare to block it, you must be an accomplice of the traitor. I will immediately remove you from your post."
Then he said to the captain: "You haven't executed yet?"
"No, no..." Seeing the situation take a turn for the worse, Duan Xiuwen was so frightened that he burst into tears and pee. He wanted to crawl away, but was cut down by the captain with a cruel smile, and blood spurted out three times.
When there was more than a foot, the head fell to the ground, and Gulu went far away.
At this time, the people who were still resisting were stunned into silence.
This, this is a great master!
For ordinary people, those who can succeed in the examination are those who have come down to earth, can see officials without returning, and can chat with the county magistrate. Although they are not as good as those high-ranking officials, they still belong to the great master, and can even be said to be
, it is precisely because he has not been an official and raised people to cause trouble that he is more detached.
It is precisely because the leader is a Juren that these people feel that they will succeed this time. But who would have thought that a dignified Juren would be cut down with a knife so casually?
Even the master of Juren was beheaded. If they continue to make trouble, where will there be any good fruit to eat?
No matter how much more than a dozen people with red eyes incited them, the situation gradually cooled down. All they heard was the soldiers and government officials shouting: "Kneel down, everyone kneel down!"