Gao Shun looked at the carts of grain, and the dazzling jewelry and money, his face showed excitement, but when he looked at the trembling captives of the family on the side, his face turned cold again.

Gao Shun asked slowly: "This city has been destroyed like this, but you are waiting for a masterpiece?" ”

Hearing Gao Shun's questioning words, the captives of the family knelt down one after another to excuse themselves.

"General Hui, this is all forced by Cao Jun, and I have no choice but to wait for it, so I ask the general for mercy."

"The general spares his life, I don't want to wait, but it's hard to disobey Cao Jun's orders!"

……

Looking at the people who begged for mercy with your words, Gao Shun said coldly: "Okay, since you all say that you are innocent, then you will just go to the city to distribute food, and you will go together, if the people point out that one of you has committed evil deeds, kill them in public!" ”

Gao Shun didn't talk nonsense with them, and directly let the trapped soldiers escort the money and grain into the warehouse, and let the soldiers escort these people from the family and go with him to distribute the grain.

The people who sat on the street all night had no choice but to accept this reality, with no hope on their faces, numbly tidying up their houses and rummaging inside, trying to see if there were any preserved items.

At this time, a horse passed slowly, beating gongs and drums and shouting: "General Mugao of the state has ordered all the people to go to the government to receive daily rations, and find the culprit who burned down the house......"

Hearing this shocking news, the people who were already preparing to starve to death on the streets, with a glimmer of hope on their faces, whether it was true or not, set off one after another.

In front of the palace, more and more people gathered, Gao Shun saw that it was almost the same, and explained the matter simply and clearly, which roughly means to severely punish the arsonist and ensure the daily rations of the people.

In fact, these people have long been accustomed to it, whether they punish the murderer or not, they don't care too much at all, the only thing they care about is whether they can send food, whether they can live.

Gao Shun also knew their thoughts very well, so he chose to send food first to stabilize the people's hearts, but let the soldiers intercept those who received food and wanted to leave.

With the arrival of no more people and the distribution of food, Gao Shun glanced at the families who had been sweating, and then looked at the slightly uneasy people, and said slowly:

"Murder and arson, a felony since ancient times, no matter how it was dealt with before, but under the rule of a general, it is a capital crime."

"The people who have lost their homes, now take a serious and careful look, among these people, there were those who participated in the sabotage last night, rest assured, Ben will definitely keep you safe, and give a satisfactory explanation."

Hearing Gao Shun's words, most of the people did not dare to speak, because in their impression, what the officials have always protected is the rights and interests of these high-ranking families, and they will never think about them as ordinary people.

Even if Gao Shun has sworn to promise in front of him, no one dares to guarantee that if this is a small deal of thunder and rain, then their future life situation can be imagined.

Seeing the people like this, Gao Shun was not in a hurry, but waited, he believed that it would not be long before someone would stand up.

Sure enough, after about a cup of tea, one person finally couldn't help it, remembered his father's tragic death, squeezed through the crowd, knelt down and cried:

"General, that person is the villain who killed the villain's father and burned down the villain's house, and I hope that the general will punish him severely and give the people justice."

Following what the man pointed to, Gao Shun looked coldly at the freshly dressed family and asked slowly, "Do you still have anything to say?" ”

The fingered person's legs were cold, he couldn't stand Gao Shun's cold gaze, bowed his head tremblingly and knelt down and prayed: "The general spares his life, all this is the master's order, the villain is just a housekeeper running errands, then there is a choice, I hope the general will leave the villain's life, the villain has an old mother and a ...... below"

With the sound of continuous prayer in his ears, Gao Shun's face improved slightly, after all, he is just an executor, sin does not lead to death, and it is the person behind him who really deserves to die.

Gao Shun asked in a slightly slower tone: "Okay, then where is your master's house, point him out, and Ben will spare your life." ”

Hearing that Gao Shun wanted to spare this person's life, the crying people's faces stiffened, and finally gritted their teeth and shouted: "General, don't listen to him, this person has always relied on his identity as a steward to bully men and women in the city, and those who have been bullied by him will never be villains." ”

When the steward, who was already happy, heard this, his face was red and white, and he trembled and shouted at the people: "You spew blood, I, I ......."

Seeing that the steward was slurred and didn't know how to explain, Gao Shunna didn't know that he had been deceived, his face showed anger, and he drew his sword fiercely and slashed off his head.

"Choke!"

"Puff ......"

"Gollum ......"

The steward's head flew into the air and rolled to the ground, the blood of the headless body spurted straight out, splashing all over the people of the family who had been sunburned, and the people who were close to it were half bloody.

Some timid people, seeing this scene, couldn't help but close their eyes, or pee out in fright, trembling and almost kneeling.

Gao Shun slowly withdrew the bloody long sword, and said coldly: "Continue to point out, if there are still lucky people, this is the end." ”

Gao Shun's words were true and he ruthlessly enforced the law, which made the people who had recovered come forward one after another, pointing out the family bullies who had hurt them.

Gao Shun personally interrogated them one by one, and with the lessons of the past, these people did not dare to conceal it at all, and confessed to the facts, and as for the false accusation, they cried and shouted that they were wronged, for fear of unjust death here.

Gao Shun adheres to the idea of distinguishing between public and private, and punishes those who frame the people to ensure that no one is wronged, and those who do commit great evils will be beheaded in public, and those who commit minor crimes will also be punished.

Gao Shun acted in this way, and the ruined Huaicheng was restored to better law and order than before, and everyone had hope for the future, and began to obey the arrangement and rebuild their homes.

Because of the interception of the food and other goods carried by the family and the Cao army, Gao Shun had the capital to continue the attack, but in order to restore Huaicheng as soon as possible, he only led the trapping camp and left the rest of the soldiers and horses to Tian Feng, so that he could settle everything and then lead the army to follow.

And the rest of Hanoi and other places, when Xia Houyuan and the two arrived, they were dealt with urgently, and everything that could be taken away was taken away.

Xia Houyuan's move was equivalent to a strong wall and a clear field, which caused great trouble to Gao Shun, because every time he went to the city, there were headaches about the placement, which made him unable to advance quickly.

But after thinking about it, Xia Houyuan must have given up these cities when he acted like this, and Gao Shun was not in a hurry, settling down one city before moving on to the next.

Here Xia Houyuan was beaten and abandoned the city, trying to ensure the minimum loss, and Tongguan at this time, is also facing the pressure of the army.

When Jia Xu received the news from Li Huiyi, he led the Qiang soldiers and horses to quickly capture the remaining Xiliang and other places.

But in the face of Jia Xu, Zhong Xuan couldn't be defeated at all, but after a few battles, he completely lost the only remaining control of Xiliang, and could only defend it according to the danger.

(End of chapter)