On the morning of the 25th day of the first lunar month, the shops in the city that do breakfast business open their doors at dawn, and the number of pedestrians on the streets gradually increases, most of them are pawns of peddlers who are busy for three meals and one night. In an agrarian society, it is not only the peasants who work at sunrise and rest at sunset, but also most people in the city.

At the moment, the market is full of stalls selling vegetables, but many stalls are unattended because the vendors have gathered in front of a notice at the entrance of the market.

This notice was just put up by the officials, and the vendors were curious to gather around to see the excitement.

"What's written on it? Hey, it's strong to sell fish, take a look at what the notice says!! ”

Most of the vendors didn't know how to read, so they asked the literate sellers.

The fish seller was about thirty years old, and had been to school for a few years, but he knew a few words, and while scratching his itchy buttocks for a long time, he came to the notice surrounded by street vendors.

"I'll see...... Sizzle!! The seller looked up at the notice, and suddenly gasped in shock and said: "My obedient man, the general sentence is to cut off people's heads, a full two hundred and thirty-five heads." ”

There was a sizzling sound of cold air all around.

Someone said suspiciously: "Selling fish is strong, you didn't deceive people, did you, cut off two hundred and thirty-five heads?" ”

The fish seller pointed to the notice and said loudly: "I can make money by deceiving you, the notice is clearly written." At three o'clock in the afternoon today, a law field was built outside Beicheng, and the general judgment was to personally supervise and behead 235 thieves. ”

"Oh my god, more than two hundred heads, how high are they?"

"Amitabha, God has the virtue of a good life, and it is too cruel to judge adults."

"Hey, Tofu Hua (the old woman who sells tofu, surnamed Hua), if these thieves killed your man's son, he wouldn't say that."

"But no, I heard that these thieves came all the way to chase and kill the governor, and what a good person Governor Sun was, he was killed by these beasts. Moreover, these thieves burned and looted along the way, and even Fei Ge's hometown was killed hundreds of people, among which many maidservants were ruined by these animals. According to me, if you kill them well, you should have their heads cut off. ”

"Yes, good killing, I also heard that most of these thieves were originally water thieves in Poyang Lake, and there were also prisoners released from the prison, all of whom were bad embryos with sores on the top of their heads and pus on the soles of their feet."

"No matter what you say, this excitement must be made up, tsk, more than 200 heads are cut off at a time, I'm afraid I won't have the opportunity to watch it for the second time in my life."

At the same time, a notice was also posted outside the gates of the four cities of Leadshan County, and the news that the newly appointed general sentenced Lord Xu to try to cut off people's heads outside the north of the city instantly spread like thunder throughout the entire Leadshan County, shaking all the officials and gentry, especially those who had a wait-and-see attitude.

As the so-called three fires for new officials to take office, if extinguishing the 1,000 rebels who attacked the Fei family is the first fire that Xu Jin has lit, then cutting down more than 200 people at a time today is the second fire.

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Chunmingju is a relatively high-end teahouse in Leadshan County, and several scholars are sitting by the window, eating refreshments while talking about it in a high-minded manner, and the topic of discussion is naturally the matter of cutting off more than 200 heads at noon. Now this matter has become the focus of the whole city.

"King Ning rebelled, and everyone was punished for such rebellious ministers and thieves, but the general sentence was that the adults cut so many people without reporting to the procuratorate and the envoy, isn't it a bit authoritarian?"

"Brother Wang's words are wrong, now Nanchang has fallen into the hands of the anti-thief King Ning, the deputy envoy Xu Kui is sentenced to death, and Yang Zhang, the thief, is a thief. Why don't you send someone to send 800 miles to urgently send documents to Beijing, waiting for the approval of the Criminal Department? ”

"Well, what is said is extreme, as the old saying goes: troubled times should be re-enacted. Now the Ning thieves raised 100,000 troops to storm Nankang and Jiujiang, and the bandits Wu Sanba plundered the prefectures and counties all the way, and they were menacing. The situation is critical and erosive, and Xu Sanyuan must use thunderous means to deter the small group in order to stabilize people's hearts. ”

"That being said, the method of slashing and killing hundreds of people is too brutal to be done by a benevolent person."

While......

The scholars were chatting when suddenly the sound of cups and saucers breaking suddenly sounded, interrupting their talk.

Several scholars turned their heads unhappily, only to see a rich young master put a piece of silver on the table, and led a group of slaves out of the gate of the Spring Tea House in embarrassment.

This rich young master is none other than Fang Tianyou, the third young master of the Fang family who had a conflict with Xu Jin last year. And Fang Sanshao's face was pale at the moment, his steps were vain, and he was scared in his heart.

Fang Tianyou never dreamed that Xu Jin, who had a beam with him, would turn into a general judge of Guangxin Mansion, who held the power of life and death, and controlled the soldiers and horses of various counties, and the most important thing was that he also set up a government office in Leadshan County.

A few days ago, Fang Tianyou was warned by his father Fang Tianfu, and during this time, he stayed honest and didn't cause trouble, because even his second uncle Fang Tianlu, who was the head of the county government, was "wearing small shoes". So Fang Tianyou has been much more honest these days, and he doesn't go to the Dou Gym where he likes to go the most, but just comes to the teahouse to drink tea.

However, not long after this thing sat down, he heard the news that Xu Jin was going to try to cut off people's heads on the spot today, and there were more than 200 people at the same time, so Fang Dashao was so frightened on the spot that his liver fluttered and jumped, and his surname was Xu!

Fang Tianyou didn't dare to wander around the street anymore, so he went home with the slave directly, but as soon as he entered the hall, he ran into his father Fang Tianfu and his second uncle Fang Tianlu talking.

When Fang Tianfu saw his son coming back from outside, he was in a bad mood, and immediately shouted angrily: "The rabbit cub went to the street to make trouble for Lao Tzu again?" ”

Fang Tianyou shrunk his neck and said aggrievedly: "Dad, the child just went to the teahouse to drink tea and came back, but he didn't cause trouble!" ”

Fang Tianfu's expression slowed slightly, and he scolded: "Get in, try not to go out to show off during this time, and don't go to the academy for the time being." ”

Fang Tianyou immediately slipped back to the inner courtyard with all the slaves on the occasion of amnesty.

Fang Tianfu picked up the teacup with a cold face, took a sip of tea, and asked, "Second brother, the surname Xu hasn't criticized you these days, right?" ”

Fang Tianlu coughed lightly and said, "That's not true, maybe I'm too careful." ”

Fang Tianlu was the county magistrate, in charge of the paperwork in the prison, and because of this, Xu Jin was the first to find him that day to interrogate the prisoners.

At that time, Fang Tianlu thought that Xu Jin was deliberately wearing small shoes for him, but as soon as today's beheading notice came out, Fang Tianlu realized that Xu Jin's request to take out the prisoner roster within three days did not seem to be intentionally making things difficult, but to be executed on the day of the governor's first seventh.

Therefore, at this time, Fang Tianlu faintly felt a trace of regret in his heart, the relationship between the Fang family and Xu Jin was not harmonious, but he also pushed the first errand sent by Xu Jin to him, I am afraid that he will hate the other party even more.

Fang Tianlu said solemnly: "Big brother, although this Xu Jin is young, his methods are fierce, let's not provoke him in the future." ”

The corners of Fang Tianfu's mouth showed a sneer: "Big brother, I'm not an idiot, people now have a lot of power, it's uncomfortable to provoke him!" ”

Fang Tianlu frowned and said, "Big brother, why don't you drive the little concubine out of your family, so as not to be caught." ”

It is said that Fang Tianfu has a concubine daughter who married Ke Zheng, the Tongzhi of Nanchang Mansion, as a concubine, and now Ke Zheng rebelled with King Ning, Fang Tianlu was naturally worried that the Fang family would be implicated, so he suggested that the eldest brother drive the daughter's biological mother out of the Fang family in order to clear the relationship.

Fang Tianfu said disapprerovingly: "Second brother, don't worry, Xu Jin can't use this to pinch me." Fei Cai, the second eldest member of the Fei family, has a brother-in-law relationship with King Ning, and if he wants to move, he will be the first to move. If Xu Jin dares to use this reason to move our family, he can't stop the mouths of the people.

Hey, what's more, now that General Wu under King Ning is leading a large army to kill, it is uncertain who will kill the deer in the end. There's no need to take sides so early. ”

Fang Tianfu nodded when he heard this: "What the eldest brother said is extremely true, then let's wait and see what happens." ”

Just like the Fang family, at this moment, the officials and gentry in the county town of Leadshan County are re-examining their position and positioning, you must know that although the new general judge is young, he is not a fuel-efficient lamp......