Li Hao smiled secretly, and suddenly raised his head and shouted: "Bring it up!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw that the crowd suddenly separated, and Lu Yun pushed and shoved a person with a big tie up, this person was wearing a Taoist uniform, his hair was unkempt, covering his face, but everyone still recognized it at a glance, wasn't it that Liu Banxian.

When Wu Daniu saw Liu Banxian, he immediately became angry and roared: "You demon Dao has hurt us!" As he spoke, he rushed up and kicked Liu Banxian to the ground, and then punched and kicked, Liu Banxian rolled on the ground, screaming in pain, everyone saw their intuition and was relieved, and they shouted: "Hit hard, kill him, kill this liar!" ”

Li Hao watched quietly from the side, and after a while, he saw that Liu Banxian was beaten and vomited blood at the corner of his mouth, and raised his hand and said, "Wu Daniu, stop!" ”

Wu Daniu stopped his hand when he heard this, and took a sip at Liu Banxian before retreating.

Li Hao asked Lu Yun to help Liu Banxian sit on the ground, and asked with a smile: "Divine stick Liu, it's noon in one moment, and at that time, everyone will be waiting for you to ask for rain." ”

Liu Banxian was already beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, and when he heard this, his expression became even more ugly, Li Hao continued: "You have to remember our gambling agreement, if you can't ask for rain, I will cut off your tongue." ”

Liu Banxian's face turned pale with fright when he heard this, and he hurriedly called: "Spare your life, your lord's life......"

Li Hao suddenly smiled, glared and shouted: "You want me to spare my life?" Then you have spared the lives of the villagers of Shanghe Village! ”

Liu Banxian was speechless for a moment, he knew that he didn't even have the feeling to beg for mercy, so he could only wail the pain in a vain attempt to win sympathy.

Li Hao saw his dead appearance, and sneered: "Since ancient times, there have been many great traitors and evildoers, do you know what kind of people can be regarded as great evils?" ”

Liu Banxian was silent, and Li Hao turned his head to the others and asked, "Do you know what kind of person is a traitor?" ”

There was a lot of discussion in the crowd, and after a while, someone shouted: "Raid the house and rob the house!" ”

Another humane: "Murder and arson!" ”

Someone else said: "**Plunder! ”

There were different opinions, but Li Haoquan shook his head, and none of the answers satisfied him.

Even Lu Yun and Du Hong were very curious, and finally Lu Yun couldn't help but ask: "Then young master, tell me, what is a big traitor?" ”

Li Hao said lightly: "I think there are two kinds of traitors, one is to betray the country and seek glory." ”

All the villagers were at a loss, the word betrayal for glory was too far away from them, and some people even heard it for the first time, and they could roughly understand the meaning of treason, but others did not know.

Lu Yun was a knowledgeable person, and nodded when he heard this: "One person's treason is very likely to plunge the whole country into a crisis, and this kind of evil behavior is indeed the first. ”

Li Hao continued: "The second is to bring disaster to the country and the people. ”

Lu Yun frowned when he heard this: "What you said is a corrupt official." ”

"Not really." Li Hao pointed at Liu Banxian and said, "This person is a person who has brought disaster to the country and the people." ”

Liu Banxian hurriedly shouted: "No, the poor road is not ......"

Li Hao glared at him, so frightened that he hurriedly shut up, and Lu Yun asked curiously: "Why did he bring disaster to the country and the civil law?" ”

Li Hao said: "At present, the drought in Guanzhong is gradually becoming, this is the time of national disaster, but all the people of the Tang Dynasty should work together to fight the disaster, this person is good, taking advantage of the opportunity of the natural disaster to swagger and deceive everywhere, so that the victims are even worse, the original little money and food was deceived by him, the most hateful thing is that he actually bewitched the public, instigating the villagers to destroy my wind-powered waterwheel, that is the life-saving windmill of thousands of acres of farmland in Shanghe Village, this is not a disaster to the country and the people. ”

Lu Yun couldn't help but nod when he heard this: "The young master is reasonable, this person is indeed not a pity to die." ”

"Dead?" Li Hao shook his head helplessly, "I don't have the qualifications to execute him yet, after all, he only committed the crime of deception, if he is handed over to the government, he can be released after a day at most, maybe he can escape the famine, how about it, ironic." ”

Lu Yun's expression suddenly became so exciting, and he said in disbelief for a long time: "How can this be, can you let such a person get away with it?" ”

"Getting away with it?" Li Hao snorted coldly, "Do you think I will let him get away with it, although I don't have the right to kill him, but I made a bet with him, as soon as noon comes, you will cut off his tongue and see how he will swagger and deceive in the future!" ”

"Good! Lord Lee is wise! When the crowd heard this, they cheered, and it was heartening news that the wicked would be punished.

Liu Banxian trembled with fright when he heard this, and crawled to Li Hao on his knees and begged bitterly: "Lord Li, you spare me this time, I know that I am wrong, I will never dare to do it again in the future, you spare me, I will be a cow and a horse in my life to repay your kindness......"

Li Hao glanced at him lightly, but said, "I can spare you, you ask the villagers, are they willing to spare you?" ”

"Cut off his tongue, cut off his ......" The villagers shouted one after another, and the people in Shanghe Village shouted the most fiercely.

Seeing this, Liu Banxian also knew that this time he was in a catastrophe, so he sat down on the ground with a loveless expression on his face.

Li Hao was silent for a moment, and then suddenly said: "Shenzhu Liu, I'll give you another chance, so let's do it, I'll give you two ways to choose, the first one, that is, cut your tongue, and the second one, that is, tie you to a pillar, be exposed to the scorching sun for three days, and don't eat dripping rice, if you can survive the disaster, then I will spare you this time." ”

"Ahh Liu was dumbfounded when he heard this, and the two paths given by Li Hao felt like dead ends.

The villagers agreed when they heard this, after all, the weather is so hot, the sun is like fire, and if you are exposed to the sun for three days, you will definitely die, which is more cost-effective than cutting your tongue, how can they object.

Li Hao saw him stunned, and reminded with a smile: "Shenzhu Liu, have you thought about it, do you want to spend the second half of your life like a dumb dog, or endure three days of hardship to fight for a glimmer of life?" ”

Further into the abyss, take a step back...... It's a swamp, anyway, no matter how you look at it, there is not much hope, and in the face of the biggest choice in life, Liu Banxian hesitated and didn't make a choice.

Li Hao saw that he was delayed, raised his eyebrows and said: "I kindly remind you, if you don't choose, then at noon, you won't have to choose, just cut your tongue, and now there is probably a stick of incense before noon, Du Hong!" Incense! ”

"Yes!" Du Hong answered, took out a stick of incense stick out of nowhere, lit it, and then inserted it on the ground.

Liu Banxian looked stunned when he saw this, daring Li Hao had already prepared everything, and even the incense stick was brought, this kind of person ...... It's scary.

The incense stick is burning little by little, the wind is strong outside, the incense burns quickly, and most of the effort has been burned in a while, only a small section of the fingertips are left, Li Hao reminded again in a friendly way: "God stick Liu, time is running out, don't you still make a choice?" If you don't choose, you don't have to choose. ”

Liu Banxian's forehead was covered with sweat, as if he had just taken a bath, fear, fear, excitement, and anxiety...... All kinds of complicated emotions filled his mind, causing his mind to be confused.

Li Hao shook his head in disappointment: "It seems that you don't plan to choose, Lu Yun, prepare a knife." ”

"Yes." Lu Yun responded lightly, and pulled out a bull ear sharp knife from his waist, the silver light was shining, and it was chilling to look at, Liu Banxian saw Xueliang's sharp knife, and suddenly shuddered, and his body trembled like sifting chaff.

Lu Yun walked up to Liu Banxian with a sharp knife in his hand and grinned, that expression was like a regional devil to Liu Banxian. Lu Yun grabbed his hair with his left hand, put the tip of the knife to his mouth, saw him close his mouth, and said with a hideous smile: "You can not open your mouth, then I will cut off your lips first, then pry off all your teeth, and finally cut off your tongue." ”

Lu Yun's words were like a magic sound in his ears, Liu Banxian couldn't control it anymore, and collapsed and shouted: "I choose, I choose to be exposed to the sun for three days, and I am exposed to the sun for three days, woo woo...... Don't cut my tongue......" Liu Banxian burst into tears, that look was really a little pitiful.

Li Hao was unmoved, waved his hand to let Lu Yun retreat, nodded and said: "Okay, since you have made a choice, then let's start executing, Du Hong, go to the windmill tower to erect a pillar, make it a little firmer, and then tie him up, you send someone to guard it personally!" ”

"Yes." Du Hong was ordered to retreat.

"Lu Yun, the rest will be handed over to you." After speaking, he turned around and rode on the donkey's eggs, and walked away, all the villagers knelt down in unison, and shouted loudly, "Send Lantian County man." ”

In the evening of the same day, the windmill blades were installed again, and the wind-powered waterwheel began to work normally again, and the villagers gained this confidence and rejoiced, and everyone praised Li Hao.

Not only that, Li Hao also sent Lu Zhi to Xiahe Village to build a wind-powered water wheel, Xiahe Village is low, and some ditches can lead to the farmland, so the drought in the farmland is not too bad, at least it can last for ten or twenty days, but that is the limit.

It is said that Liu Banxian was tied to a wooden pillar under the windmill tower, facing south, only one day and one night, his lips were chapped, life was worse than death, the whole person was in a trance, and he didn't even have the strength to speak.

The next night, a figure appeared under the windmill tower, the bright moonlight illuminated his face, it was Lu Yun, Lu Yun held a military kettle, came to Liu Banxian, Liu Banxian heard the footsteps, looked up with difficulty, saw that it was Lu Yun, weakly asked: "You...... You...... You ......"

Lu Yun made a silent gesture, then unscrewed the military kettle, poured water into his mouth, and fed Liu Banxian all the water to drink, and then left.

With the replenishment of this pot of water, Liu Banxian's condition was much better, but after another day of exposure, he entered a half-dead state again.

In the night, Lu Yun came again, just like the night before, feeding Liu Banxian a pot of water, and leaving after feeding.

On the evening of the third day, Liu Banxian's three-day exposure time had passed, and many villagers came to watch, only to see Liu Banxian like a dying lamb, at the mercy of others, not moving, if it weren't for his eyes opening from time to time, everyone was afraid that he was dead.

Li Hao ordered Liu Banxian to be carried back, and as soon as he arrived at the house, he asked Shi Xiaoyun to go to the kitchen to boil a pot of porridge, and then brought it to feed Lu Yun, feeding a small bowl every half an hour, not much, and then he went to sleep.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, Li Hao rarely got up early the next morning, and just opened the door, but saw Liu Banxian kneeling in the corridor, like a wooden stake there.

Before Li Hao could speak, Liu Banxian fell to the ground and said with a crying voice: "Thank you for saving your life." ”