Early the next morning, the Chung Ling Army posted notices in various conspicuous places in the city, announcing that Guo Deng would be executed at noon today, and the person responsible for supervising the execution was Xu Xiling.
As soon as this notice was posted, it immediately caused quite a stir in the city. Everyone could have guessed that the Chung Ling Army would execute Guo Deng, but Xu Xiling would be the supervisor and executioner, which no one expected.
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Firstly, Xu Xiling, the eldest daughter of the Xu family, actually joined the Zhu Tiandu tribe, which was surprising. Secondly, Xu Xiling and Guo Deng had a grudge. This was something that many people knew. The incident caused a storm in the city at first.
Xu Xiling is now responsible for supervising the execution of Guo Deng, which may not be revenge for Guo Deng. Moreover, looking at the content of the notice, Guo Deng will be sentenced to castration first, and then beheaded. This makes people naturally think of the incident two years ago.
The news spread in the city and naturally reached Liao Mansion.
After hearing the report from his disciples, Liao Heng was so angry that he burst into flames. He struck the table and said through gritted teeth: "Dieying Pavilion is going too far! How dare you, a lowly slave like Xu Xiling, insult our Baisongmen like this!"
As the saying goes, killing can only be done with a nod of the head, but beating a dog depends on the owner! First castrated, then beheaded, Xu Xiling not only humiliated Guo Deng, but also humiliated the entire Baisongmen!
The disciples of the Baisong Sect who were present all said, "Deputy Sect Leader, this is intolerable. I, the Baisong Sect, will never suffer such a shame and humiliation!"
"Back then, we had Guo Deng in Huyang and successfully suppressed Dieying Pavilion. Now Dieying Pavilion has found Zhu Tiandu as its backer, and in turn bullies us. If we sit idly by and allow Xu Xiling to bully us, we will not be able to do anything in the future.
The disciples of the Song Sect are traveling around the world, but they can no longer hold their heads high and be a human being!"
"Yes, deputy head, we will never tolerate that bitch Xu Xiling bullying Guo Deng like this, and bullying my Bai Songmen like this!"
All the disciples of the Baisong Sect were filled with indignation, their eyes widened, and they looked like they wanted to eat Xu Xiling alive.
Liao Heng clenched his fists, turned to look at the two middle-aged men sitting next to him, and said, "Elder Lu, Elder Guan, what do you two think?"
The elder named Lu is Lü Ning, and the elder named Guan is named Guan Ying. Lü Ning lowered his eyes, raised the corners of his mouth, and said with a sneer: "Xu Xiling doesn't know whether to live or die, we will help her today!"
Guan Ying frowned and said: "Obviously, Xu Xiling has defected to Zhu Tiandu's tribe, and there are still some capable people in Zhu Tiandu's tribe. If they can't compete with him, I'm worried that it will be difficult to succeed!"
Liao Heng nodded, calmed down and thought about it, he felt that what Guan Ying said was reasonable.
On the execution ground where Guo Deng was beheaded, the soldiers and horses of the Zhutiandu tribe must be indispensable. If there were only a large number of people, it would not be terrible. The key is that there are so many fierce generals in the Zhutiandu tribe. Not to mention others, a single horse
Wu, it's already a headache enough.
He murmured: "If we want to rob the law field by force, the hope of success is indeed very slim!"
Lu Ning smiled and said: "Deputy leader, I have already considered it. We can divide our troops into two groups, one in the light and the other in the dark. The bright group will lead away the soldiers and horses of Zhu Tiandu, and the dark group will take advantage of the opportunity.
To kidnap Guo Deng, if possible, we can also capture Xu Xiling, who is in charge of supervising the execution!"
Hearing what Lu Ning said, the disciples of the Baisong Sect present nodded their heads one after another and said, "Elder Lu's plan is very clever!"
"Light all the way, dark all the way, two-pronged approach, double insurance, the Chongling rebels never imagined that we would have such a deployment!"
"That's right! Let the Chongling rebels go to the battlefield to fight, and the campaign may still work, but when it comes to Jianghu means, they are still far behind us!"
Almost no one of the disciples of the Baisong Clan objected, and all agreed with Lu Ning's idea.
In fact, it is easy to understand their thoughts. Whether Guo Deng can be saved this time has far greater significance than the incident itself. It is related to the reputation of the Baisong Sect and whether they can raise their heads in the world in the future.
Liao Heng looked at Guan Ying and asked, "Elder Guan, what do you think?"
Guan Ying still felt that Lu Ning's idea was unsound and the risk was too high, but seeing that everyone present almost unanimously supported Lu Ning, if he spoke out again and blocked it, he would probably lose his popularity and prestige.
After thinking about it, he nodded slowly and said, "You can give it a try."
After hearing this, Liao Heng made up his mind and said resolutely: "Okay! We will follow Elder Lu's idea this time. We will divide our troops into two groups, one in the dark and one in the dark. We will attack on both sides!"
As he spoke, he said to Guan Ying: "Elder Guan, take fifty disciples and lead the way!"
Guan Ying said nothing, raised his hands and said: "I obey!"
Liao Heng looked at Lu Ning again and said, "Elder Lu, you and I will take the other brothers and make a secret route to wait for the opportunity."
"Yes!" Lu Ning agreed simply.
Xu Xiling didn't know much about military affairs, but she was very familiar with the behavior of Jianghu people. Almost every move of Bai Songmen was within her expectations.
At noon, Guo Deng was brought to the execution ground by a large number of Chung Ling soldiers.
In charge of escorting Guo Deng, in addition to the supervisor Xu Xiling, there were also Ma Wu and Gai Yan. These two generals were both tall and majestic, wearing bronze helmets and armor, and riding yellow geldings. Their golden light was dazzling.
One person is holding a nine-eared eight-ring sword, and the other is holding a Yanyue sword, walking in front of the team, like two door gods.
There was no need to shout. As soon as the two of them approached, the nearby people who were watching automatically stepped back.
Xu Xiling was dressed as usual, wearing a white skirt underneath and a tulle outside. Her face was also covered with a gauze scarf, making it difficult for people to see her appearance clearly.
When they arrived at the execution ground, Xu Xiling naturally sat in the position of the supervisor. Beside her, there were two county government officials. Behind her, stood four maids, plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum.
After sitting down and waiting for a while, Xu Xiling said to the two officials beside him: "Chief Li, Wang Cao, please lead the prisoners!"
The officials of Huyang County Government were all newly replaced. After hearing Xu Xiling's words, Director Li bowed to her and then sang loudly: "Bring someone to commit Guo Deng!"
Following his words, two soldiers drove Guo Deng to the execution platform and forced him to kneel on the ground.
At this time, Guo Deng was no longer the same as when he was a county captain. His hair was disheveled, his eyes were distracted, and his expression was dull, as if he had lost his soul. He only wore a white tunic, but there were blood stains and stains on the tunic.
The original white color can hardly be seen anymore.
Chief Li picked up the official document from the table and read Guo Deng's charges aloud.
During his tenure as Huyang County Lieutenant, Guo Deng did good things, but he also did bad things. He read them out one by one without adding any exaggeration. The various crimes added together were enough to kill Guo Deng several times.
Back and forth.
The people who were oppressed and persecuted by Guo Deng in the past have now found an outlet to vent. While Chief Li read out Guo Deng's charges, people were shouting: "Kill this dog official!" "Kill this dog official quickly!"
After finally waiting for Master Li to finish reading, Guo Deng had a lot of gravel scattered around him.
Xu Xiling raised her eyes and looked at the sun. She felt that the time was almost up. She took a deep breath, took out the command arrow, threw it outside the table, and said in a deep voice: "The time has come for the execution!"
Following her words, two soldiers approached Guo Deng again and pressed him to the ground. Another soldier pulled off his pants and took out a small scimitar shaped like a goat's horn.
Scenes of beheadings are very common, but scenes of castration are rare. Seeing that Guo Deng was about to be executed, people stopped shouting and cursing, and everyone stared at the stage with their eyes wide open.
Just when the soldier holding a small scimitar was about to cut with one blow, suddenly, two sleeve arrows flew out from the crowd in the audience.
These two sleeve arrows were as fast as lightning. One was nailed to the soldier's neck, and the other was nailed to his temple.
The soldier who was executing the execution did not even say a word. He fell to the side and died on the spot.
The scene was silent for a moment, and then, there was a bang, and the crowd in the audience was in chaos. The people were so frightened that they ran away in all directions.
While the people were panicking, dozens of masked men dressed as ordinary people jumped out of the crowd. They held long swords and rushed straight to the execution platform.
Just when they were about to rush to the execution platform, they heard the rapid sound of horse hooves, and a horse came running from the left and right of the execution platform. The generals sitting on the horses were none other than Ma Wu and Gai Yan.
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When the Mawu people arrived, the swords were also drawn. The nine-eared eight-ringed swords made a harsh whistling sound and struck hard at a masked man who rushed to the execution platform. The man hurriedly raised the Qingfeng sword in his hand.
Block Ma Wu's heavy sword.
There was a clanging and clicking sound in the helix of the ear. Ma Wu's sword directly knocked the sword from the opponent's hand, and then the blade continued unabated, cutting the masked man in half.
Killing an enemy with one sword, Ma Wu didn't pause for a moment, and swung the sword outward again, ding ding ding. The three masked men jumped up and drew their swords at Ma Wu in the air. They were all knocked back.
After the three masked men landed, they took a few steps back before stopping. Looking at the three of them again, the hands holding the swords were trembling, and blood flowed down his palms.
On the hilt of the sword.
Ma Wu sneered and yelled in a loud voice: "Young people, you dare not show your true face to others, so I will let you hide your face and act like ghosts!"
As he spoke, he urged his horse to rush towards a masked man. Before the man could reach him, the knife came first, and the nine-eared and eight-ringed knife stabbed straight into the chest of the masked man.
Zhima's force was so shocking that the masked man did not dare to resist its sharp edge and hurriedly stepped aside to dodge.
Ma Wu's man and his horse flew past him, and the masked man didn't even see what was going on. Ma Wu's knife cut across his neck in an incredible way.
At this moment, it was already too late to dodge or block. With a click, the masked man's neck shortened and his head flew up high.
Ma Wu, who is known as the God of Martial Plague, is really capable of killing people and killing Buddhas. Even among the disciples of the Baisong Clan who are highly skilled in martial arts, there are very few people who can survive even one and a half moves under his sword.
Just as Ma Wu was getting ready to kill, the masked Guan Ying rushed towards him and took the sword directly from Ma Wu's crotch to the yellow gelding.
Ma Wu snorted coldly and swung his broadsword outward. With a clang, Guan Ying's long sword was blocked. Then, Ma Wu swung his arm and swept out the nine-eared eight-ringed sword, grabbing Guan Ying's waist.
It was so fast! It was so fast that Guan Ying couldn't help but take a breath, and secretly exclaimed in his heart. Ma Wuguo was truly worthy of his reputation. No wonder Lü Ning was defeated so miserably in his hands. I'm afraid even if he and Lü Ning worked together to fight him,
