Chapter 234: Receiving the Reward (I)

Jiaozhou, the sun rises at noon in Genting County, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter as summer approaches.

By this time, there were not many pedestrians on the road.

In addition, it was time to eat at noon, and in the small mountain village, the smoke was already rising at this time, and the aroma of food was also bursting into the nose.

The tragic events that happened a month ago have gradually faded into obscurity.

Except for the occasional mention of the disaster between the He family and the Li family, not many people continue to pay attention to this matter.

In the past month, in the first few days, the people of the He and Li families were full of grief, and it was their family's blood relatives and main labor force who died, but with He Niu and Li Xiaomen's entry into the ground, no matter how painful their family was, under the fatigue of day by day, their feelings would become numb.

The atmosphere of grief gradually dissipated, but the deep scars left in the hearts of the two families lingered.

As time passed, the villagers who had finished lunch left their homes one after another and continued to be busy.

Some of them were at the door of their homes, doing basket weaving, needlework, and other work, while chatting with their neighbors. And so it was after dinner, and it was time to rest.

Yes, they brought farm tools and went to work in the fields.

On the dirt road in the village, the sound of two people greeting each other can be heard from time to time, which makes this remote mountain village a little more vibrant.

It's just that what happened last month was too scary, even after a month, the grief gradually dissipated, but most of the people who went out to work were three or five partners, in case of accidents.

There are villagers passing by the door of He Li's two houses, "looking at the past, their eyes are also faintly sympathetic.

The houses of the two families, not far away, were all standard adobe houses, and the small courtyards were "fenced and worn-out, and the dilapidated wooden doors were all tightly closed at this time, and there was a faint sound of talking in the adobe houses.

Since the two families had a disaster, the family has been deserted, and the mothers-in-law of the two families are a little thin, just to say that the men of the two families have also lost weight several times, and their own blood has been raised so big" just died in vain, how can you not feel distressed?

The people of the same village sympathized with this, but soon something new attracted their attention.

"Huh, you see, "there are a lot of people coming!", a villager walking at the intersection exclaimed, with sharp eyes, seeing the dust flying in the distance.

The villagers who were traveling with them looked at the sound and looked over, and they were all stunned.

As they got closer, they could see very clearly, bringing up a large cloud of dust, "it was a group of officers and soldiers, and a dense guard of flags and honors appeared", which was noisy, and the faces of the villagers changed, and their whole bodies trembled involuntarily, which was the majesty of power that penetrated into the hearts of the people.

"Oh my God, are you going to get out of trouble?" Officers and soldiers are coming to our village to arrest people, right?"

"Let's go home! This is going to be a big incident!", "Is there a lawsuit in the village?"

"Who knows! Could it be that this group of officers and soldiers is here for the events of last month?"

Seeing that a large number of officers and soldiers were coming, they made a loud noise, and the people in these villages trembled and fled home in a hurry.

It was only a short time, and there was no one left in the fields on the road.

The doors of the houses were closed, and only in the cracks of the doors, someone flashed by, peeking outside.

The honor guard armor rolled in and stopped in front of the village.

"Go, call the chief here. Seeing this, the county magistrate of Yunding County immediately frowned, and instructed a servant to speak.

This county makes Bai temporarily thin and looks about thirty years old.

"No!" someone immediately responded to the call, this is the county government's business.

At this time, Wang Xingzhen was different, wearing a thousand-household official uniform, with a six-grade embroidery, a beautiful bronze medal around his waist, a calm gaze, and a majestic face.

There is a hundred households in the back, dressed in a nine-grade official uniform, but it is the original general flag.

Kanazawa and Zhang Hu each wore official uniforms with small flags, although they were not officials, but they stood with swords, and they also had the majesty of the public gate, but everyone was promoted to become rich.

At this time, the villagers hiding in their homes heard the familiar chief outside shouting in his throat: "Fellow villagers, don't be afraid of the people from the official government, it has nothing to do with you, but the official has something to read out in public, so come out quickly! Gather in the open space in the east of the village!"

"What are you hiding? Can the official still eat you? Why don't you go quickly!" Seeing that they were still hesitating, the lieutenant couldn't hold back any longer, and scolded at a few people who probed their brains: "If you still delay, watch me clean you up later!"

And the people were afraid, and they all came out.

"Captain, but it's a big deal, it's scary to look at!" At this time, someone came over to inquire about the situation.

The lieutenant chief said angrily: "You ask me, who am I going to ask? Why don't you call your mother-in-law to go to the east of the village with you? When you get there, you will know what is going on! I went late, and I missed the matter of the official master, be careful of your skin!", it is the local lord here, the words of the lieutenant chief are still full of use, and he promised that it has nothing to do with them, and after a while, the villagers who were cowering and hiding all walked towards the east of the village in groups of three or five.

The vacant land in the east of the village is usually the first crop, and the place is quite wide, even if there are hundreds of people, it will not be crowded.

At this time, the villagers who were able to come here basically arrived.

However, the villagers who arrived at the clearing were all taken aback.

I saw all of them wearing official clothes and holding long knives, there were fifty people, the queue was not chaotic at all, all of them had straight waists, their eyes did not squint, and their expressions were calm.

There is also a nine-character executioner.

The executioner is only a warden in the county, and the county is only a magistrate, and the Jiupin executioner is the executioner in the province.

The executioner took five executioners with him.

The county commander led a group of officials, with a total of nearly 100 people.

Seeing that there were almost no people, Wang Xingzhen took a few steps forward, signaled the people to be quiet, and said loudly: "I summoned everyone here today on the orders of the King of Chu!"

Suddenly, the crowd, which was still whispering, immediately quieted down.

The lieutenant, who has always been calm, also showed an expression of disbelief at this time.

"Bring it up!" After saying that, Wang Xingzhen waved his hand, and immediately pushed two men to the front of the people.

I saw these two, one of them looked ordinary, revealing a bit of Sven, and the other was of medium stature, with a rectangular face and triangular eyes under dark eyebrows.

Even when he was pushed in front of everyone, he kept his head down and didn't say a word.

"These two ............ Aren't they the officials in the yamen?"

"What's going on?", someone began to talk again.

"Silence!", Jin Ze and Zhang Hu drank with knives, and suddenly the people fell silent.

"Did you send someone to invite people from the He family and the Li family?", Wang Xingzhen glanced at the crowd coldly and asked Li Zheng.

"If you want to reply to your lordship, you have already sent someone to ask for it............ Ah, here they are. Li Zheng hurriedly said.

"Bring them over and read the decree. Wang Xingzhen said in a low voice.

"No!" Then, Fanzi brought the people from the He family and the Li family who were invited separately to everyone.

Wang Xingzhen said a few words with a soft face, and then drank: "Holy Decree!", at this time, all the people knelt down with a "snap", and some children were ignorant, still looking around, and were hurriedly pressed down by their parents.

This decree was written in the vernacular so that the illiterate people could hear and understand it, and by the time they heard it, they had already understood it.

It turned out that He Niu and Li Xiaomen did not encounter bandits that day, but were killed by officials, and it was the two officials who were tied up by Wuhuā on the side who killed them!

"!, you return my Ah Niu!, return my Ah Niu!", "You have a black heart! I will kill you and avenge my family's little door!", the mother of the He and Li families, who had lost their sons, screamed like crazy, wanting to pounce and bite.

But the two men hurriedly suppressed it, their faces were covered with sweat, and they were afraid of blame, if they weren't facing grass people, they didn't understand the rules, and they made noise when reading the holy decree, they could be killed on the spot!

"Silence!", Jin Ze and Zhang Hu drank with knives, and the frightened audience fell silent again.

Wang Xingzhen paused, and then continued to read out the will, not only announcing that he would behead these two people in public in order to give an explanation to the people.

It was also announced that He Niu and Li Xiaomen each posthumously increased the number of eight-rank officials, and the parents of the two families both obtained the official positions of Jiupin Sanguan and Mrs. Jiupin, and each was given 100 acres of land and 100 taels of gold.

He Niu and Li Xiaomen are allowed to enter the Baozhong Temple!

This can be regarded as a comfort to the two families, hearing this, the two families couldn't help but cry loudly, but more people were dumbfounded and looked at the things that came out.

Jiupin San's official uniform, as well as Mrs. Jiupin's clothes, of course, the two plates of gold ingots attracted people's attention.

One gold ingot is ten taels, and ten ingots are shining golden light on the plate.

At this moment, the lieutenant chief heard someone whispering: "Hey, two lives for these" is really worth it, the He and Li families are really lucky!", the lieutenant chief stared fiercely, and the frightened villager didn't dare to say more.

However, in the chief's mind, he actually thought the same way, the lives of the villagers actually have a price, ten taels of silver are about the same, and the price of those who go to sea to buy their lives is this.

Now that I have got a hundred taels of gold, a hundred acres of land, and an official body, no matter what, it will be a good deal, Li Chang thought about it.

"It's not early, let's use the punishment!", seeing this, Wang Xingzhen sighed and said instructively.

At this time, the two executioners dragged Lu Tai and He Ping up and pressed them forcefully.

The road platform struggled desperately, but could not move.

But He Ping did not move, so as not to be sinned.

With a command, in the stunned eyes of the people, the beheading knife was swung down, blood splattered, and the neck. A foot-high fountain of blood erupted, and two heads rolled down.

Jin Ze and Zhang Hu were slightly chilled at this time, these two people could be said to be sent to death in person, touched the small flag official uniform on their bodies, and the two looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

However, the two coffins have been prepared, and the two of them have paid for it.

Non-toxic is not a husband, and the amount is small and not a gentleman, this point still has to be out. !~!