This execution was so strange that even the people outside the execution ground could tell something was wrong.
They have seen executions in the past. Before they die, it is common for prisoners to cry like ghosts and howls, and there are also many who shout injustice and even curse.
But this time, there were no howling ghosts or loud curses. The execution platform surrounded by screens was completely quiet. More than 20 people died generously and calmly. The silence was eerie.
Soon, the cheers of the people overshadowed the silence.
"Good kill!"
"They are all the sinners who wronged Mr. Li back then!"
"These people deserve to die!"
"Master Li, you can rest in peace..."
In front of the crowd, Li Qing held Li Mu's hand tightly and said, "Let's go."
The two turned around, and the people took the initiative to make way for them. They walked slowly, and the people behind them watched them leave, cupping their fists and saying, "I wish Mr. Li and Miss Li a happy marriage for a hundred years..."
"Let's grow old together..."
"Have a son soon..."
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More than twenty criminal officials were beheaded, and the people all applauded. In addition to being the accomplices who framed Master Li Yi, these people themselves also committed numerous crimes and were full of evil. Their deaths were a good thing for the country and the people.
.
After the execution, when some people left the execution ground, they would spit on the execution platform with a look of joy on their faces.
King Shou sighed softly and said to a servant beside him: "Don't remove the screen yet. Inform their families to come and collect the bodies."
The servant nodded and said, "Yes."
King Shou clasped his hands behind his back, shook his head, and walked away, saying in a low voice: "It's good to die, it's good to die, there will be no worries after death, it will be a hundred after death..."
Zhang Chun walked behind him and said: "The crimes of these people are too numerous to describe. It would be too easy for them to die like this."
Although these guilty ministers died, they all believed that this was a situation until they died. After today, they will reappear in the divine capital with a new identity.
Although they died eventually, at least before they died? They did not feel fear or pain.
King Shou said leisurely: "There are some things in life? Don't take it too seriously? That's almost enough..."
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The news that more than 20 officials of the old party, including the prince of Nanyang and the concubine's brother, were really executed on the street, quickly swept through the capital, shocking countless people.
"Are they really dead?"
"No one saves them?"
"Ms. Xiao didn't take any action? Just treat them like abandoned children?"
"What are they afraid of, what are they afraid of..."
"Don't you understand? What they are afraid of and afraid of? It's obviously Li Mu..."
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In the Zhou family? At the dinner, Zhou Chuan's face turned a little pale.
Chen Jian is dead, Gao Hong is dead, and Xiao Yun, the king of Nanyang County, is dead. The seven principal criminals back then are now the only ones left, including him and Zhongyong Hou Ping'an Bo. Li Mulian has not spared the accomplices, so how could he let them go?
These main culprits?
Especially the death of Prince Nanyang made him even more frightened.
Not even the Xiao royal family could escape Li Mu's punishment, let alone him?
Zhou Chen lowered his head to eat, but his forehead was covered with cold sweat.
He knew what his father was worried about. Prince Nanyang and those people were all dead. Maybe his father was his next target.
More than half a year ago, Li Mu was still a small official in a remote county. Unexpectedly, only half a year later, he had grown into a being that even the old party did not dare to provoke. The Xiao royal family was not afraid of their Zhou family, but they did not treat Li Mu.
So strong.
And just before he came to Shendu, Zhou Chen had tried to send a killer to kill him, but ended in failure.
If Li Mu knew that the killer was sent by him, wouldn't he also fall into the same fate as those people this morning?
While the Zhou family, Zhou Chuan and his son were in shock, Li Mu was also hesitant in the Li Mansion.
As of today, most of the people involved in the case have received the punishment they deserve.
There are no more accomplices who have slipped through the net, and four of the principal criminals are still in Shendu.
These four people are Zhongyong Hou, Ping'an Bo, Yongding Hou, and Zhou Chuan of the Zhou family.
The top three dignitaries of the divine capital were involved in the scheme by Zhou Zhong. They had no grudge against Li Yi. It was Zhou Zhong who deliberately lured them into the game in order to calculate the three death-free gold medals in their hands after knowing that he could not change the overall situation.
Before Zhou Zhong seduced them, Li Yi's fate was already doomed. These three people were just Zhou Zhong's pawns. Although they had bad deeds, there was no need to kill them.
As for Zhou Chuan.
Although Li Mu also wanted him to pay the price he deserved, there were two problems before him.
First, the booklet given to him by Zhou Zhong contained incriminating evidence against old party officials, but nothing about Zhou Chuan. Li Mu could not use the law to overthrow him.
Second, Zhou Chuan was the queen's uncle. Li Mu had already killed one of her brothers. If he killed another uncle of hers, he didn't know how the queen would feel.
Even though she has left the Zhou family, the blood flowing in her body is suitable for the children of the Zhou family. The queen cares about him so much that Li Mu cannot care less about her feelings.
He pondered for a long time, walked to the courtyard, and said to Liu Hanyan and Li Qing: "I'm going to the palace. You don't have to wait for me to eat today."
After talking to them, Li Mu left the Li Mansion and came to the palace. He first went to the imperial kitchen and cooked a few side dishes that the queen liked, and then carried the food box to Changle Palace.
In Changle Palace, Zhou Wu looked at the extremely sumptuous meal on the table, and finally looked at Li Mu and said, "If you have anything to do, tell me."
Li Mu shook his head and said, "It's okay."
Zhou Wu picked up the chopsticks and said, "I only give you one chance."
Li Mudao: "Among those who killed Master Li Yi, Zhou Chuan, the former Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was also an important mastermind."
Zhou Wu was silent for a long time and then said calmly: "If you have evidence of his crime, you can deal with him according to the law. I will not protect him just because he is my uncle... If one day, the person who breaks the law is
You, I will no longer protect you."
Li Mu cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."
He walked out of Changle Palace and breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhou Chuan was different from others. No matter what, Li Mu could not bypass the Queen and attack him, so he needed to ask the Queen's opinion first.
After obtaining the Queen's consent, only one problem remained unresolved.
That's how to collect Zhou Chuan's criminal evidence.
The new party has only been established for three years, and the officials of the two parties are also very different. The old party has mostly powerful officials, while the new party has mostly emerging officials. In comparison, the powerful have more misdeeds. Collect evidence of the crimes of the old party officials.
, it is also easier than collecting evidence of the New Party’s crimes.
Moreover, compared to the old party, the new party has stronger restrictions on officials, which is one of the reasons why Zhou Zhong has not collected evidence of Zhou Chuan's crimes for many years.
What Zhou Zhong has not been able to do for so many years, Li Mu doesn't think he can do it in a short time.
He walked out of the palace gate, stood outside the palace gate for a quarter of an hour, and then walked towards Beiyuan.
This time, he did not go home, but stopped in front of another high gate.
Li Mu stepped forward and knocked on the door knocker.
Soon, the door opened a crack, and a servant stuck his head out from behind the door and asked, "Who are you, sir? What's the purpose of your visit to the Zhou Mansion?"
Li Mu looked at the concierge of the Zhou Mansion and said calmly: "Please go in and tell me that Li Mu from Zhongshushe is here to visit."
A moment later, in the Zhou family, Zhou Chuan frowned, paced anxiously in the hall, and murmured: "Li Mu, why did he come to the Zhou family? If he doesn't see you, let him go back!"
Zhou Xiong stretched out his hand and said, "No, if word spreads, outsiders will think that our Zhou family is afraid of him, Li Mu, and let him in."
Zhou Chuandao: "Second brother, but he..."
"It's okay, let's see what he wants to do first." Zhou Xiong waved to him and said, "His target may be you, third brother, you should avoid it first."
After Zhou Chuan left, Zhou Ting followed: "I also avoided it first."
His only son died in Li Mu's hands, and he could not face Li Mu calmly.
After a while, Li Mu, led by a servant, passed through two doors, walked through several long corridors, and arrived at a hall.
Zhou Xiong was the only one in the hall.
Li Mu walked into the hall and Zhou Xiong said calmly: "Master Li, please sit down."
"There's no need to sit down." Li Mu shook his head and said, "I have only one thing to say when I come today."
Zhou Xiong picked up the teacup and asked, "What's the matter?"
Li Mudao: "Among those who framed my father-in-law, Zhou Chuan of the Zhou family was one of the main culprits."
Zhou Xiong said solemnly: "That case is over!"
Li Mu said: "Prince Nanyang and Gao Hong also think so."
Prince Nanyang and Gao Hong had just been beheaded, and this was already a naked threat. Zhou Xiong slammed the tea cup on the table and shouted: "Li Mu, what on earth do you want to say!"
Li Mu said calmly: "Let Zhou Chuan request for military service and let the matter end here."
After Zhou Xiong was stunned for a moment, he became furious, stood up, and gritted his teeth and said: "You are dreaming!"
Li Mu shook his head and said: "If it weren't for His Majesty's sake, I would do it myself. When the time comes, it won't be as simple as expelling the army and issuing troops. Don't force me."
Zhou Xiong wanted to throw the tea cup in his hand at Li Mu's face. He ran to the Zhou family and asked the Zhou family to request for military service. Who was forcing whom?
Zhou Xiong said angrily: "What qualifications do you have to say that?"
Li Mu looked at him and said: "When I was in Beijun, I was assassinated. Don't think that I don't know that the man behind the assassin was Zhou Chuan's son Zhou Chen."
Wow!
Zhou Chen, who was hiding in the back hall and eavesdropping, was shocked when he heard Li Mu's words. He couldn't help but take a few steps back, knocked over a chair, and lifted the chair up with a pale face, his body trembling slightly.
In the front hall, Zhou Xiong said flatly: "You are slandering!"
Li Mu smiled and said: "Whether it is slander or not, we will know when we get to Zongzheng Temple. I still have a lot of evidence of your Zhou family's crimes. By then, it will not only be Zhou Chen's case, but also Zhou Chuan, Zhou
No one in the court, including other officials of your new party, can escape. The fate of those officials on the execution ground today is your fate..."
Zhou Xiong's face turned red, he pointed at him and said angrily: "You, you..."
Li Mu looked at Zhou Xiong and said calmly: "Grass has grown on Chen Jiande's grave, and the bodies of Gao Hong and Prince Nanyang have just cooled down. I only asked Zhou Chuan to be sent to the army for his majesty's sake. I don't care whether you are old or new.
The two parties are fighting, but Zhou Chuan cannot be dealt with, and I cannot avenge my father-in-law. I can't explain it to my wife. Zhou Chuan's request to be expelled from the army is the limit of my concession. I will give you three days to think about it, so you can do it yourself..."
