In July of the fifteenth year of Chuizheng, the southern suburbs and the two counties of Chengyang surrendered, and Jinzhu Pass, Jiange, and Yangping Pass all fell into the hands of the Duke of Shu.

On the 21st, Wang Hongyi sent 40,000 troops to Chengyang, and Chengyang was too guarded by Sun Qingzhi to welcome ten miles, and Wang Hongyi personally encouraged him to continue to serve as the guard.

"My head hurts!", when a ray of morning light shined through the crack in the window, into the room, and there was movement on a bed.

Xue Yuan only felt that his head was a little heavy, and the feeling of hangover was not very pleasant.

"I really couldn't drink so much yesterday!" Xue Yuan sat up from the bed with some regret, "The clothes are still the same as yesterday, but they smell sour."

Xue Yuan got out of bed, put on his shoes and walked out of the house.

The dazzling sunlight on his face made him can't help but raise his palm and block it in front of him.

I squinted my eyes, and it took me a while to get used to it.

"My lord, you're awake" in charge of this courtyard, a maid "saw him come out" and hurriedly stepped forward to say hello.

"Get me some hot water!", Xue Yuan didn't need to smell the smell on his body, he could already smell the sour smell, and if he didn't wash it, there was really no way to see the lord.

"Yes, please wait, sir. Seeing Xue Yuan like this, the maid immediately understood, "Busy to prepare."

Not long after, a large bucket of hot water and a large bucket of cold water were carried to Xue Yuan's room.

After the maid went out, Xue Yuan closed the door, took off his clothes, and entered the big wooden barrel that was mixed with heat.

Comfortable, the slightly hot water made the pores of the whole body open all at once, Xue Yuan wanted to sigh comfortably, but he was contemplating in his heart.

This time he was ordered to summon Wang Hongyi, and Xue Yuan had a pimple in his heart.

Very simply, Lai Tongyu and Xue Yuan are both Liupin Mansion Cheng, acting as the official affairs of the second county, and after a year, "Lai Tongyu has become familiar with political affairs and has been promoted to Taishou."

But Xue Yuan himself, "Although there is no big mistake, there have been repeated problems at work, if it weren't for Xue Yuan himself being an old minister who follows the lord, he would have been unable to do it a long time ago."

This is also strange, and it is not a problem of ability, but it has repeatedly come out of the problem, either a murder by a wicked slave, or a series of bloody cases" or a fire in the grain depot.

As a result, now Chai Maosen has been promoted to Liupin Mansion, but he still came to the side of the lord.

This is a real disgrace, so at yesterday's feast, I was very drunk.

After soaking for a while, Xue Yuan came out with a clean body, worried about whether he had lost his manners in front of the king.

"My lord, my lord!" suddenly sounded the voice of Ye Qian, a trusted servant, outside.

Xue Yuan had no choice but to stop dwelling on this question, and asked outside, "Ye Qian, what's the matter?"

"My lord, Mr. Wei asked me to ask you, "It's almost time" to go to the execution ground to supervise the execution. ”

"Oh" You go back to him, and say wait a while, I'll go right away. Xue Yuan said, and now he received a task, "That is, to supervise the beheading."

Some people in Chengyang Mansion who wanted to resist were all cleaned up, and they were not disposed of first, and when Wang Hongyi came, he asked, Wang Hongyi said without hesitation: "Beheaded." ”

and ordered Xue Yuan to behead.

"Yes, sir. Ye Qian answered outside, and the footsteps gradually faded away.

Xue Yuan hurriedly washed up, changed into official clothes, and went out.

When he arrived at the front, he found that Ye Qian was already waiting, looking refreshed, with five or six personal soldiers.

"My lord, Sixth Brother Luo has already gone to the execution ground to maintain order...... Ye Qian smiled slightly, "looked at Xue Yuan" and said.

Xue Yuan coughed twice and said, "Let's go directly, it's not early!", "Yes!", Ye Qian went out to discuss the matter of travel, and after a while, he took a sedan chair and went all the way forward.

At this time, the weather is hot, "a river meanders southward, thinking back to the process of the past few years, the sound is in the ear" Xue Yuan still sighed in his heart.

In fact, the so-called noon gate beheading, or three o'clock in the afternoon, is all nonsense.

In ancient times, "these two kinds are the time when the yang energy is at its peak, and even the ghost can't be killed if it is killed, and it is generally the time after the autumn, and the time will not be chosen when the yang energy is at its most extensive, unless it is a great rebellion."

It was hot, and there were few killings in the middle of summer, and people from all over the world flocked to the court.

When Xue Yuan arrived, he saw that the army was dense, and his subordinate Luo Liuge secretly arranged surveillance.

When I went up and talked to a few people in the shed, I immediately became nervous when I heard the atmosphere of "prisoners escorted to ......".

Xue Yuan rushed out, only to see dozens of officials side by side, "to open the way for the torture car, and for a while, bring it to the torture pile."

Most of them are men, and some have children, according to Wang Hongyi's orders, the female dependents are official slaves, and the men are all beheaded.

And there was a female dependent, crying and shouting for a while.

"Your Excellency, the time has come!", and after a few moments, someone approached.

"Chop!", Xue Yuan ordered, dropping the order arrow.

Suddenly, five people pulled up and pressed on the torture pile, and five thick-backed knives were raised and fell" "Puff", the muffled sound of sharp weapons cutting flesh and bone was terrifying "The next moment, five heads fell and rolled around on the ground.

The executioner's face turned a little blue, but he stood up, and someone dragged him out, carrying a knife, waiting for the next group of death row inmates.

Behind, there were hundreds of numb and desperate prisoners, their arms were tied behind their backs, Xue Yuan's face was a little blue at this time, and he sat in the right position, and several officials from the county sat side by side behind him.

"The next batch!" Xue Yuantie blushed. Drinking again, there were immediately soldiers dragging the prisoner to the torture pile, two of them struggling and crying, and a few of them were numb.

But whether it was struggling or numbness, the result was the same" The executioner raised his broadsword and rolled his head to the ground.

Gradually, the entire crowd of spectators fell silent, heads fell, corpses lay on the ground, blood flowed all over the ground, and many people turned pale.

Hundreds of people were killed for an hour, and in the end, Xue Yuan felt nauseous, but he pressed it down.

When the execution was completed, Xue Yuan rushed to the Taishou Mansion.

At this time, the Taishou Mansion was where Wang Hongyi was, and Xue Yuan asked the eunuch to tell him.

After a while, there was an order inside: "Let Xue Yuan come in!", Xue Yuan hurriedly agreed and walked into the small hall quickly.

Wang Hongyi's expression was still very relaxed, he was not wearing a crown robe, only a silk robe, sitting very upright, looking casual, but Zhang Yuwen looked a little restrained.

Seeing Xue Yuan coming in, Zhang Yuwen nodded slightly, which was regarded as a greeting.

Xue Yuan is Wang Hongyi's first batch of old ministers, although he is not too proud now, he is also a six-grade official, and he must have this etiquette, but this is it in front of Wang Hongyi.

Biyuan saluted Wang Hongyi and said, "The minister's envoy has been done."

"Have you examined it?", "This is an autopsy, one hundred and seven people, all beheaded." ”

Wang Hongyi took it and glanced at it, then put it on the table, and said: "Some people just have luck in their hearts, or they don't give up until they reach the Yellow River, they always feel that they are lonely and can be bullied, this is the first batch, and when Hanzhong is calmed, there will be a group of people!"

The words are plain, but they are full of blood.

Xue Yuan's heart froze, and he remembered the few big clans in Shu who were under key supervision, and now when he heard this, he knew that these families were already dead, and the clan was wiped out.

At this time, the bell rang repeatedly, but it was eleven o'clock at noon, Zhang Yuwen sighed and said: "What the lord said is that the lord is martial and wise, and he led a large army to come, and these people still think they can stop it? At this moment, the head fell to the ground, but it was too late to regret it, or the lord was merciful, according to the law, it was not the first clan, but the three clans." ”

"The lord's rectification, with the purpose of combining rigidity and softness, makes the national body serious, and the great rule cares about the punishment" benevolent government cares about the thin endowment, but the lord has grasped the gist. ”

"This is a bit too much, Lone is just forced to do so!" Wang Hongyi's eyes flashed, and he said: "In the current situation, if you don't kill, you can't deter, but there is no need to say more." ”

Wang Hongyi commanded: "Xue Yuan, you sit, do you remember the situation when you first met Lonely?"

"The minister was in a state of collapse, and he was appreciated by the lord and was able to enter!", Xue Yuan of course remembered, bowed down and said.

There are not many things to deal with today, Wang Hongyi told him not to stand, sat down again, just looked intently, and saw Xue Yuan on the top, the red qi was rich, but there was still a trace of red qi missing" The golden seal is blurred.

After being a fucheng for a year, he still hasn't broken through to the six-grade light yellow gas, which is a pity in my heart.

The life character can be changed through accumulation and opportunities, Xue Yuan is an old minister" Wang Hongyi has always remembered this from the dragon's skill, and is waiting for Xue Yuan to change the life character in order to be promoted.

Now it seems that this luck fluctuates unsteadily, and the slightest bit is lost, "There is a certain loss every day, which is a pity."

If it weren't for the dragon's work, no one would let an official who had an accident from time to time

However, since the accumulation has arrived, "let's look for an opportunity that may change the personality."

This time he captured Hanzhong, Wang Hongyi felt that it would have a certain impact on his life, so he took him with him.

Wang Hongyi touched his chin and thought for a while.

But even he doesn't have much power for this, but fortunately, as long as he is willing to waste, he can always develop his mission in a good direction, so he doesn't have to worry too much.

Wang Hongyi put down business, took out a paper bag, and said, "Look." The two looked at it together, and it turned out to be a nest head, with noodles, bran, and dried vegetables.

"This is the rice of the people of Longjian!" Wang Hongyi smiled calmly: "Now the Longjian family has this rice at home." ”

Seeing that he wanted to speak, Wang Hongyi waved his hand: "Lonely is not hypocritical, I just want to say that this dragon sword land is narrow and there are many people" but there is a large open space in Shuzhong, and the distance is not far. "You persuaded the redundant people in the southern suburbs and Chengyang County to go to Shu for reclamation, so that a lot of land was vacated in the southern suburbs and Chengyang County, and Shu land was reclaimed, which is a matter of killing two birds with one stone. ”

"But good things often turn into bad things, and that depends on the specific approach of the people who do things. Wang Hongyi commanded: "You were originally in the office of the Fucheng, there were a lot of things, and you can't cover it up, so you can get rid of the Fucheng" as the seventh grade Xuandelang "I will add you and my sword" to lead a battalion of soldiers, are you willing to supervise this matter?", Xue Yuan hurriedly kowtowed: "The minister receives the order!", !~!