Lucheng.

After the county king Wen Ji also received the urgent letter from Wen Shenyou, he read it once and immediately looked to the left and right, and the people on the side immediately retreated.

Usually, some letters are not reserved for the most trustworthy staff members, and usually after being read through, they are given to a few people to read together.

But this time it was different. There was something remarkable in the letter. In it, Wen Shenyou repeated what the monk said to him.

That sentence is: "I will punish you on behalf of heaven!"

Those who can act on behalf of heaven,

Who is he?

That is the Son of Heaven, the Emperor.

The monk had an ulterior motive when he said this.

However, Wen Ji accidentally lit the letter on fire, and then called the people outside.

"Write a letter to Dalang and let him go ahead and do it."

"yes."

——

This day.

The market in Gu County, the seat of Ximen County, is crowded with people, especially in front of the open space to the west of the market.

Today happens to be the day when the market is held, and the people who come include people from the counties and villages below, as well as merchants from other counties.

But at the same time, there are also some people who come with other purposes.

among these people.

There were domestic servants sent by wealthy families from various places, local nobles came in person, and even many monks and Taoists.

These people were not in the market to watch the fun or buy things, but because today, the government was going to execute a group of death row prisoners in the market.

It’s only July, so it’s not even the end of autumn yet.

According to the custom, only after the Beginning of Autumn can the execution of death row prisoners be justified. This batch of execution prisoners was obviously unusual.

Those who wanted to be killed were the high and low officials of Chenghan County. They chose to carry out executions in the market of Ximen County on such a large scale in order to let more people see them.

and.

I heard that this execution was not by hanging, but by beheading.

These people all came to see the beheading.

There was a lot of discussion among the crowd, and the sun was shining extremely fiercely on them. Everyone's face was red and they were wiping sweat. They were standing on tiptoes and squeezing their shoulders. Everyone looked like they couldn't wait any longer.

"Why hasn't it started yet?"

"Didn't you say you were going to behead? Why is there no one there?"

"It's afternoon, but it's not yet time."

"I heard that how many county magistrates are going to be killed?"

"These people dare to be greedy for any kind of money or food. Not to mention the fact that they are greedy for the county king. The food is brought by magicians through magic. How can they be greedy?"

"That's right, it's just looking for death."

"Death? I'm afraid it's not that easy."

At this time, someone in the crowd pointed to a group of monks sitting on the ground chanting sutras on the other side of the market.

"Did you see those monks?"

"I saw it. What should I say? It's just a group of monks, isn't it?"

"Hey, those monks are going to do something and send them to the eighteenth level of hell!"

"What, is this true?"

"Of course it's true. Just look at it. It's quite lively today."

Most of these people came here to watch the excitement. They originally wanted to see the excitement of beheading. But now they heard that there was actually the excitement of going to hell to see, and they became even more excited.

The scorching sun shone down on my body, and my clothes were soaked with sweat, but it couldn't stop everyone from watching the fun.

But some other people have more complicated thoughts.

They were children of powerful local clans, and there were also child servants sent from other places to find out the news.

"It's just some money and food. It's just some money and food at most. It's not a rebellion, but it's unheard of to be beheaded. Treating scholar-officials in such a cruel way is really an insult to gentleness."

"I heard that this was the intention of the gods. They wanted to send people to the eighteenth level of hell to be tortured. They hit the iron plate."

"It's not just an iron plate, it may even hit Mount Tai. Who can save them?"

"The gods are too harsh. No one is perfect. Among us ordinary people, who can avoid making mistakes?"

"Hey, why don't the gods have a little compassion at this time? We don't lack incense on weekdays?"

"Don't talk nonsense, otherwise the ghosts and gods passing by will overhear you. I heard those monks say that after death, the words spoken and the sins committed during life must be counted as sins."

At this time, no one dared to speak.

This execution is being carried out at the entrance of the city. Who knows if the ghosts and gods are already waiting nearby?

finally.

A large group of soldiers pushed through the crowd and rushed in, pushing the crowd out of the way.

Immediately afterwards, one prison cart after another was pushed under the wooden platform, and then everyone saw the unkempt death row prisoner being dragged down and placed on the execution ground.

When the time came, a group of figures wearing official uniforms entered the venue.

Wen Shenyou stood in front, and beside him was a chariot sent by Jinzhou governor, but it seemed that Wen Shenyou was still in charge.

I saw the sun shining on everyone. Wen Shenyou held a banner and announced to everyone the order of Lucheng County King Wen Ji.

"My Wu Dynasty has strict laws..."

"Nowadays, there are officials in Chenghan County, Gu County, and Lanqing County who turn their backs on public affairs and turn their backs on private interests. In the name of disaster relief, they plunder the people's fat and anoint them, and oppress and oppress the people... All these kinds of evil deeds are full of evil deeds and the crimes are extremely heinous."

"This governor has accepted the emperor's order, upheld the imperial edict, enforced the country's laws with integrity, and upheld the hope of livelihood for the people. I vowed to eradicate the corruption."

"Now, according to all the evidence, and according to the law, the criminal should be punished severely. The first evil person..."

Finally, Wen Shenyou gave the order.

"Execution immediately."

Wen Shenyou waved his hand, and the executioner immediately stepped forward, and a cold light flashed under the scorching sun.

Blood splattered on the high platform and heads fell to the ground.

"good!"

"Okay, okay!"

"Well done!"

Everyone cheered and shouted loudly, their faces getting even redder.

Half of them were exposed to the sun, and the other half were stimulated by the bloody scenes.

But this was just the beginning, and everyone saw even more mysterious things next.

After killing the head.

A group of monks came up and chanted sutras around the execution ground.

Finally, the monks placed blossoming lotus lanterns on top of the heads.

The lotus lantern bloomed, and in turn wrapped the head, holding it together.

Then the monks sat around the lotus lantern and continued to chant sutras until nightfall.

No one left, they just kept watching.

Everyone wants to see it.

How did these people end up in hell?

After night falls.

The monks finally started to move. They held up the lotus lanterns and walked towards the river canal in the city one after another, as if they were going to perform the last rituals there.

"Get up, get up."

"Have you finished reciting the sutra?"

"Have you been saved?"

"What kind of salvation? That monk is going to send those people to the eighteenth level of hell."

"Does this monk really have such power?"

"It's not that the monks have such magical power, it's that those people have committed sins. Where else can they go after they go down, but they can only go to the eighteenth level of hell. Is it possible that they should be allowed to go to Haoli, the land of hell, like that good man?"
To be continued...