Hanbo

Chapter 198 Killing (please subscribe)

After Huo Shan gave the order, Sun Shang drew out a special ringing arrow and shot it directly into the air.

As for the nearest Anmen, the first time they heard the sound of the arrow, they looked in the direction of the Champion Hou's Mansion, and then immediately rang the big drum on the city gate.

The soldiers cut off the crowds coming in and out, and then closed the city gate, and everyone was on guard.

The city gates in other places in Chang'an also closed the city gates after hearing the drums from Anmen.

And just at the gate of Champion Hou's mansion, in the small square waiting in front of the mansion, some people's expressions changed slightly.

Most of the other people expressed that it is normal to close the city, but they are a little regretful. At this time, the closure of the city is probably too late, and the assassins have all run away.

Huo Shan waited until after the city was closed before sitting back on the big seat. He raised his hand on the armrest, and Du Zhou immediately took out a roll of bamboo slips and handed it to Xiao Lizi who was waiting at the bottom of the steps.

Xiao Lizi walked up the steps holding the bamboo slips and handed them to Huo Shan.

Huo Shan loosened the bamboo slips and held them in his hands, then lowered his head and looked at them.

After reading it for a while, Huo Shan raised his hand to signal Xu Ziwei and the others and the Confucians, and Xiao Lizi took the bamboo slips and gave them to watch.

Everyone's face became very ugly after watching it, and they also understood why Huo Shan called them over.

Huo Shan waited until they had finished reading, and asked:
"Can you kill it?"

A group of people immediately gritted their teeth and shouted:
"Killable!"

"Should be cracked!"

Car splitting is five horses quartering corpses. To be able to hear such a severe punishment from the mouths of these great Confucian scholars shows how hateful what they see is to them.

Huo Shan signaled Sun Shang to take the bamboo slips and bring someone over.

Sun Shang took a look at the bamboo slips, then saluted Huo Shan and then came to the crowd and shouted:

"Qi's family runs a restaurant in Qi Li, and Sun's family runs a cake shop in Qi Li..."

After Sun Shang shouted, he paused for a while, and then shouted loudly:
"People from these five families come forward."

People started to talk about it, not knowing what it was for.

The members of the five families stepped forward anxiously, and were immediately escorted by the Habayashi officers.

These five families are all merchants, Huo Shan is going to start simple, first merchants, then big households, then officials, and finally princes and nobles.

Huo Shan looked at the five people in front of him, and asked Sun Shang to read their criminal evidence, and the civil servant behind Huo Shan briefly memorized it.

The expressions of all five of them changed drastically, and they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Huo Shan ignored their begging for mercy and just asked:

"Is there an excuse?"

The five people still didn't speak, and kept kneeling on the ground begging for mercy. Huo Shan waited for half a minute, and seeing that they didn't make excuses, he said directly:
"The Qi family carelessly killed fourteen members of the family. According to the law, the family should be exterminated. The other four families have lesser crimes. Only the head of the family and the head of the family will be punished. Do you have any opinions?"

Everyone shook their heads:

"can."

The clerk behind Huo Shan wrote down the punishment again, but Sima Qian who was not far away hadn't done anything yet because it wasn't time for him to write it down.

The five people heard the trial, two of them were still kowtowing mechanically, and the two of them sat down on the ground with despairing faces.

The Patriarch of the Qi family even fainted directly.

After seeing this scene, Huo Shan snorted coldly in his heart:
'Hmph, if I knew today, why bother back then, don't worry, the people behind you won't be able to escape, and I'll send you down to accompany you later! '

There must be someone behind them. If there is no one, like this Qi family, a merchant family, how dare they kill 14 people?
For merchants of some status in Chang'an City, there is no one behind them.

Even if there is only one storefront, there must be people behind it, and those who are unattended are the small merchants and peddlers who are carrying the burden and pushing the cart.

Chang'an City is the capital of the Han Dynasty!

Huo Shan turned his head to look at Sun Shang, and ordered:
"Send a team of tigers to lead people home, and these five people will execute immediately."

Sun Shang hesitated for a moment, but still responded:

"The last general takes orders."

He felt that it was not good to see blood in front of the mansion on this beautiful day, but when he thought about the two big carts, he felt that not only did he see some blood, he was afraid that blood would flow like a river in front of the mansion.

Huo Shan waved behind him, Zhang Anshi got up and took the bamboo slips from Xiao Lizi, then walked to the crowd and began to preach.

"In the third year of Yuanshou, Qi Liqi's family, because...the two families were wiped out at one time and four members of them, according to the law, the family was wiped out.

In the first year of Yuanguang, Qi Lisun's family, because of...

In the third year of Yuanguang,...

These four beheaded the evil and the head of the family to rectify the law. "

After Zhang Anshi finished reading, there was an uproar in the arena. They didn't expect that Huo Shan would kill someone on such a happy day?
But after the people reacted, they started to applaud.

"Good kill!"

"Long live the champion Hou!"

……

Zhang Anshi took two steps back, and Sun Shang and ten big and round Yulin soldiers came out pressing the five people.

The people at the back poked their heads and rushed forward with excitement.

As for the important person in front of you, you can't usually provoke respectable people, but at this time, who cares who you are.

It's okay even if you trampled two of them to death, the law does not blame everyone!
And even if Liu Che knew about it, he wouldn't blame the people, he would only blame the ministers for blocking the way for the people to watch the fun.

The agricultural tax of the Han people is very low, but all kinds of exorbitant taxes are heavy, and life is also very hard, but they love and support the Liu family very much.

It is because Mrs. Liu takes them very seriously, and they have a place in Mrs. Liu's heart. Although this place may be small, there is.

After decades of Liu Che's expansion of the territory, coupled with the proper disaster relief and agricultural reforms in the past few years, the people's life has become much easier.

Liu's prestige has reached its peak, and the people's self-confidence has also reached its peak.

The surrounding foreign races all surrendered, and they were extremely proud of being a big Han.

At this moment, they are not afraid of anyone. The bigger the scene, the more confident they are, because they know that the Emperor Liu will support them.

And Huo Shan's actions made them realize that Champion Hou was standing up for them.

He wants to kill these people today just to support them, the common people in Guizhou.

As for whether Huo Shan was just acting up, they never thought about it.

They felt that Huo Shan could 'kill' 20 ferocious Huns in one battle, and beheaded Shan Yu in front of them.

In their view, although the emperor Shan is the Huns, although he has now become a vassal, the Huns in the past were much stronger than the big Han.

As for the emperor alone, he was a son of heaven similar to Liu Che, a son of heaven.

Even the heirs of the Xiongnu's heaven were beheaded by the champion Hou Yijian. Apart from the emperor, empress, prince and general, who else would he not dare to kill?
But now that they have the backing of the emperor, and this champion is the master for them, what else do they have to be afraid of?

At the moment they have only two thoughts.

One is to see these villains decapitated with their own eyes, and the other is to build up momentum for the champion Hou.

.........

Sun Shang led five people to face the crowd and knelt on the ground. Ten Habayashi soldiers stood behind them holding lancets, and the sound of drums began to be heard.

The people stopped rushing forward, they all fell silent, and only after the drum beat, did the people stand on tiptoe and look forward hard.

Sun Shang immediately drew the knife from his waist and shouted loudly:
"Prepare."

Five people stood aside, supported the limp five people with scabbards, and the other five raised their knives, one of them couldn't help but say something disgusting:
"Killing this kind of person is really dirty for a certain family's knife."

The soldiers next to him heard his words and replied:
"Stop talking about it, we are killing harm for our lives, can you cut it off, let me do it!"

The soldier holding the knife immediately widened his eyes, and unconsciously raised his voice:
"It's a joke, can a certain family's precious knife cut through such a soft neck?"

Sun Shang glanced at the two of them, and they immediately shut their mouths.

Seeing that the people were ready, Sun Shang immediately swung the knife down:
"cut."

These soldiers all wanted to have a good start, so they swung their swords round and chopped down with all their strength.

The five heads immediately rolled to the ground, and the five bodies fell down.

The ministers in the front row looked at the rolling head, but none of them felt sick, but they were a little disgusted.

The literati at this time were all able to carry a knife and mount a horse to fight, seeing a dead person would not make them feel bad.

Not to mention the ministers, as far as ordinary people in this era are concerned, even if it is the first time to kill someone, most of them will be like normal people.

Of course there are people who feel sick and want to vomit, but even if they feel disgusted in their hearts, they won't show it. They can't show weakness, right? Face is very important!
All in all, people at this time were much more 'ruthless' than later generations.

After the people saw this scene, they all cheered.

"it is good!"

"color!"

Others who couldn't see also cheered together.

And listening to the grand cheers and watching this scene, cold sweat dripped from the heads of those who had done bad things before.

But they still had luck in their hearts. They felt that Huo Shan had been assassinated, and they had some resentment, so they beheaded a few guilty people to vent their anger, and to frighten them by the way.

But people with quick minds have already made some guesses, and it is estimated that something big will happen today.

Look at the crimes committed by these people, all decades ago.

And that's just one thing, and he hasn't committed a crime in the next few decades.

If you have committed a crime recently, it can be explained if you follow the clues to find out the past, but this is just one case, and you are in big trouble!

Of course, those who have never committed any crimes naturally look calm, and they are a little thankful in their hearts, thanks to the fact that they controlled themselves and stuck to their conscience.

They looked at these people with some satisfaction in their hearts.

It's not that I don't report, the time has not come yet!

Look, isn't retribution coming now?

The heads of the five men were put away for tanning, and their bodies were arranged.

This point of the big man is still very humane. It is customary for the big man to be buried generously. He very much follows the principle that the dead are the greatest, and he also believes in the idea that he will go to another world after death.

Their corpses will be handed over to those who have family members, and those who have no family members or whose families were executed together will be buried by the court.

When the date comes for the heads to be hung for public display, they will be joined with their bodies and buried in their entirety.

There are also those who are dead without a whole body, just the kind of car crack, which is fine for people to sew, but will the car crack make you sew it?
Moreover, this kind of punishment is too cruel, and it is basically reduced.

(End of this chapter)