Han official!

Chapter 123 Chang'an First
The Qin laws were cruel, and the Han laws were strict.

The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system. The Han laws eliminated cruel punishments such as cutting off the nose and amputating the feet from the Qin laws, but they also inherited some of the Qin laws' rule of law.

If any prince of the Liu clan violated the Han law, he would be stripped of his title, deposed, and demoted to an ordinary commoner.

According to the Han Dynasty law, Guo Jie wore the official uniform of a county governor, but he was still sentenced to beheading and public execution for "killing someone while being a thief or fighting someone".

The housekeeper's eyes widened, and he looked at the ring-handled sword with a broken heart. He could not understand until his death why Guo Jie killed people in public, and even killed people in a granary.

What made the housekeeper even more regretful was how he could have met the evil guy Guo Jie.

"puff!"

Guo Jie swung the ring-handled knife in his hand and chopped off the head of the housekeeper, who then turned into a corpse lying next to the vegetable patch.

At this time, Chong Huangrou, who had defeated Du Junao and Gongcheng in succession, came over and lied that he was going to the toilet. He left Du Junao in the guest room of the house and turned to walk towards the hemp paper workshop.

Chong Huangrou just happened to see Guo Jie chopping off the head of the family secretary with one knife.

"you"

Chong Huangrou's charming face was startled. Seeing Guo Jie suddenly kill someone, even the eldest son of a noble marquis couldn't help but be horrified. "You killed someone in public. You will be sentenced to beheading and thrown into the streets. This violates the laws of the Han Dynasty. Not to mention Zhao Yu and Zhang Tang, even Sang Hongyang can't protect you."

He personally experienced that some marquises violated the Han laws by relying on their status as the rulers and suffered a miserable end, with all their titles stripped away.

The Han Dynasty, like the Qin Dynasty, ruled the country by law, but abolished cruel punishments such as cutting off the nose and amputating the left and right feet, and always strictly enforced the Han laws.

According to the strict laws of the Han Dynasty, as long as Guo Jie could find evidence that Prime Minister Dou Ying had violated the laws of the Han Dynasty.

A small official could even bring down the prime minister who was in charge of the entire Han Dynasty.

This is the rigor of Han law.

Guo Jie also knew that only the Qin Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty were able to govern the country by law. At that time, there were also the Legalists, the Huang-Lao school and other schools of thought that were opposed to Confucianism.

The law is not a tool for the people in power, such as the literati of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the aristocratic families of the Jin Dynasty, and the Five Surnames and Seven Aristocrats of the Tang Dynasty, to rule over the common people.

The thief killed people in public.

Prime Minister Dou Ying still could not bear this sin.

"in public?"

Guo Jie sneered and said, "Who saw me kill anyone? It was just a fire in the small hall, which burned the family secretary and his son and several craftsmen to death. What does this have to do with me?"

Leaking water?

Chong Huangrou looked confused.

The two craftsmen at the door of the chapel were so frightened when they saw the housekeeper being killed suddenly that they crawled out of the storehouse, opening their mouths wide to shout "murder".

No one knew when Mang Tong disappeared. He appeared out of nowhere and suddenly appeared next to the two craftsmen like a local ghost. He grabbed their necks and threw them next to the chief steward's body.

Chong Huang Rou looked at Mang Tong a few more times, feeling deeply wary, and she didn't even notice when Mang Tong lurked past.

Mang Tong's sword fighting skills may not be as good as his.

However, when it comes to the ability to lurk like a social ghost.

Chong Huangrou felt inferior to him.

Chong Huangrou looked at Wei Guang who was walking out holding the maid, and suddenly remembered something. She looked at Guo Jie with a bit more surprise.

Mang Tong's ability to hide is the best in Chang'an.

Chong Huangrou's swordsmanship can be said to be the best in Chang'an, and only Lei Bei can compare with him, but Lei Bei is not from Chang'an.

Although Wei Guang was born a cavalry slave, he was born to be a general. He made friends with many people from the lower classes and was the best in Chang'an.

Yi Zong's torture is still the best in Chang'an.

In the past, there was Zhang Qian, who was in charge of the Western Regions and followed Guo Jie. He was the bravest man in Chang'an.

So many outstanding people gathered around Guo Jie.

Whether it is Chong Huangrou, Mang Tong, Wei Guang, Zhang Qian or Yi Zong, each one is more unruly than the other and no one is willing to submit to anyone else.

If Guo Jie hadn't been the bond, this group of Chang'an's top figures wouldn't have been able to get together. Just looking at each other more was considered a good mood today.

Chong Huangrou was in a trance.

I really can't understand what kind of skills Guo Jie has that can make a group of unruly Chang'an leaders gather together, and even get along harmoniously and become like a rope.

Chong Huangrou believed that if it weren't for Guo Jie, this group of Chang'an's number one would have fallen apart on the spot, each going their own way, and no one would ever see each other again.

The look he gave Guo Jie became more and more interesting.

"Forehead"

Facing the eager gaze of Chong Huangrou, Guo Jie twitched the corners of his mouth, his scalp tingling, and he quickly walked to the side of Wei Guang to avoid the eager gaze of his most beautiful concubine, Chong Huangrou.

What's going on?

What is wrong with Chonghuang Rou?

Why are you staring at me like that?

Damn it, I don’t like transvestites who are more beautiful than women.

"Did either of them force you?"

Guo Jie glanced at the maid and asked, "These two craftsmen are the scoundrels who follow the housekeeper. You were imprisoned in the hall. Have you ever been offended by these two mediocre dogs?"

The maid's hair was in a messy bun. A hairpin is a kind of hairpin used to hold the hair in a bun. Girls have to wear the hairpin when they are fifteen years old. Wearing the hairpin means that the girl has reached adulthood, which is the same as the coming of age for men.

When the maid with a bun saw the body of the housekeeper, her crazy expression suddenly woke up. She ran to the two craftsmen, with hatred on her face, and started to beat them crying. Her strength was not very strong, and she only left a few scratches on the faces of the two craftsmen.

"Woo."

The maid with a bun covered her face and cried bitterly: "It's not just them. Ever since I was locked up in the hall, the housekeeper has brought hundreds of workers here and raped me on the haystack in the hall."

Guo Jie glanced coldly at the two craftsmen and said in a cold voice, "Go and throw these two bastards into the hall along with the body of the housekeeper."

Mang Tong walked over silently and threw the bodies of the craftsmen and the housekeeper into the small hall one after another. He then took out the bean-shaped lamp and handed it to Guo Jie, waiting to burn the two craftsmen to death and destroy the bodies of the housekeeper and his son.

Guo Jie took the bean-shaped lamp and threw it directly onto the corn stalks amid the pleading of the two workers.

A huge fire engulfed the chapel.

Smoke billowed out.

All the workers in the hemp paper workshop were stunned and stood there, looking at the column of smoke next to the storage warehouse and shouting in panic.

"The fire is coming out, put it out!"

"The storage is full of hemp paper. We can't burn it. Go put out the fire quickly."

"The water is gone! The water is gone!"

Guo Jie ignored the chaotic workers and walked into the guest room with his maid with a hairpin, waiting for the commotion outside to escalate.

There was another purpose for burning the chapel.

Causing a commotion in the trees. "You are Du Ji's personal servant."

Guo Jie frowned and said, "My private servant is my closest personal maid. How could Du Ji lock you up in a small hall that's like a prison? You've done such a foolish and unpopular act. Du Ji doesn't even spare her private servants. Who will be loyal to her in the future?"

The maidservant with a bun stretched out the sleeve of her tattered skirt, wiped her tears, and hesitated, as if she had something to say, but felt sorry for Du Ji.

When she heard Guo Jie's words, the idea of loyally serving Du Ji, which had been instilled in her since childhood, changed.

The maidservant with a hairpin recalled her miserable experiences of the past few days. She gritted her teeth and explained the reason: "Young Master returned to Gushuli from Nanshan and summoned me to write many documents, all of which spread rumors that Princess Pingyang and the cavalry slave were having an affair."

When Princess Pingyang was mentioned, the maid with a hairpin bun looked frightened, but she gradually came to her senses after Wei Guang comforted her by patting her thin shoulders.

The maidservant with a bun clenched her fists and continued, "Later, the Chang'an government suddenly launched a thorough investigation into the rumor-mongering hemp paper. The young master then locked me up in the small hall of the hemp paper workshop. Who could have imagined that I would be subjected to humiliation by the family secretary and his son?"

She thought of the inhumane experience in the chapel and couldn't help crying with her face covered. She sobbed in Wei Guang's arms, her thin body shaking.

"It's Du Ji indeed."

Guo Jie said in a deep voice, "Where is Du Ji hiding? Or rather, where is Du Ji being hidden by Du Jun'ao?"

No wonder that since the Chang'an government began to investigate the rumor, Du Jun'ao hurriedly hid his daughter Du Ji in a granary and did not allow Du Ji to contact outsiders. It turned out that it was Du Ji who asked someone to write the hemp paper that slandered Princess Pingyang.

The maid with a bun on her head began to hesitate again. The ideas formed since childhood cannot be changed in a short time.

But Du Ji caused her to be humiliated by the family steward and his son, as well as the craftsmen.

"This servant will show you the way, gentlemen."

The maid with a bun on her head had a face full of hatred. She forced herself to stand up and said, "Du Ji is hiding on the second floor of a heavy house in the back, not far from the storehouse. Gentlemen, you can see her if you step out of the guest room."

The maid with a bun seemed to have made up her mind. She no longer hesitated, but bowed as usual and left the guest room, walking in front to a heavy house behind the storehouse.

Guo Jie shook his head and secretly cursed Du Ji for being a fool, asking how she could abandon her closest private relative.

What a stupid woman.

The Chongwu is a two-story building, located a few dozen steps behind the storage warehouse and close to the inner gate on the north side, making it convenient to escape at any time.

The house has no courtyard wall, and there are several vegetable plots around it, where sunflowers and a small patch of mustard are planted.

The two-story house is of the well-beam style, with common architectural facilities such as doors and windows, as well as perforations that are not found in bungalows. The waist eaves are supported by brackets, on which a flat seat is placed with railings to provide shade, shelter from rain and for viewing.

"Who are you."

In front of the door of the house stood a group of armored soldiers. The military officer was a captain wearing a red-ribboned fish-scale armor and holding a yellow-shoulder crossbow in his hand.

Captain Peng had noticed the thick smoke coming out of the storage warehouse long ago, so he separated one squad from the first squad of armored soldiers and ran to the green well next to the hemp paper workshop to fetch water, and placed it next to the double-story house to prevent it from being burned.

Unexpectedly, a group of people suddenly came out from the corner of the warehouse.

Commander Peng had a look of vigilance on his face, secretly regretting that he shouldn't have lost his composure when he saw the storage tank was flooded. He separated one squad of armored soldiers from the ten-man squad, leaving only one squad of armored soldiers in the heavy house.

The armored soldiers, wearing flat turbans and red-ribboned armor, immediately raised their spears and stood ready, with the tips of their spears pointing at Guo Jie and others outside.

Serious?

Guo Jie frowned and looked up at Chongwu, feeling extremely puzzled. How could there be an armored soldier in the granary?

Only the county magistrate can mobilize regular soldiers.

Guo Jie saw that there were only five armored soldiers and a general holding a yellow-shoulder crossbow, and he gave Chonghuang Rou a look.

Fortunately, Chong Huangrou, who is the best swordsman in Chang'an and famous for his fast sword, is following beside him.

Otherwise, without armor, no one could withstand the crossbow arrows shot by the Yellow Shoulder Crossbow. The Yellow Shoulder Crossbow, like the Song Dynasty's extended arm bow, is a powerful crossbow with extremely great power.

"Haha."

Wei Guang always had a habit of carrying gold coins with him. He took out a few pieces and threw them over, grinning lewdly. "I'm a merchant in the East Market. I've come here many times to buy hemp paper. I've always coveted Du Ji's pretty concubine. I heard that the concubine had angered Du Ji, so I wanted to buy her to be my concubine. I also want to meet Du Ji."

The commander and the armored soldiers had never seen such golden toe gold before, and their eyes were dazzled for a moment. They stared at the toe gold that fell on the rammed earth ground with greed on their faces.

"Shh-"

Chong Huangrou drew her sword, and the speed of the sword was so fast that even Guo Jie only saw a sword shadow.

"what!"

The leader screamed miserably, a line of blood appeared on his neck, and he fell to the ground, holding his neck. After struggling for a few times, he lay on the ground with his eyes wide open, no longer breathing.

Do not look down.

"Oh!"

Before his death, Chang Peng subconsciously pulled the trigger on the yellow-shouldered crossbow. A rather thick crossbow arrow shot out rapidly, hitting an old elm tree next to him and actually piercing through the old elm tree directly.

Elm knot refers to a person's stubbornness. Elm is much harder than ordinary trees. Arrows shot at elm will be knocked away, but the yellow-shouldered crossbow actually penetrated the elm tree.

Chong Huangrou was secretly glad and proud at the same time. Fortunately, he had very fast swordsmanship. If it were Huainan's number one swordsman Lei Bei, he might not be able to kill Peng Chang with one sword before the crossbow arrow was fired.

"Puff puff--"

"Ahhh-"

There was another flash of sword light, and Guo Jie, Mang Tong and Wei Guang killed five armored soldiers, then kicked open the wooden door of the house and dragged the corpses into the first floor of the house without disturbing anyone.

"Ok?"

Chong Huangrou suddenly remembered something and frowned, "Where has An Guo Shao Ji gone? I haven't seen him since I entered the hemp paper workshop. Could he have been scared away?"

"hehe."

Wei Guang scoffed and said disdainfully, "A young man from Anguo who only knows how to flirt with women, especially those over forty years old, has never seen such a scene before. I guess he's scared out of his wits and is trembling in a deserted corner."

Chong Huangrou's eyebrows were twisted together, and she was a little displeased with An Guo Shaoji's cowardice.

"Wei Guang is guarding the door."

Guo Jie looked at Wei Guang who had picked up a spear and said, "Remember, don't let anyone up here, lest you alarm Du Jun'ao and cause unnecessary trouble."

If Du Ji was captured directly and taken to the official temple in Chang'an for interrogation, a large number of criminal catchers and prison officials could be dispatched to arrest her.

There is no need to fight to the death with Du Junao.

If you have power, you must be good at using it to pressure others.

Guo Jie took Chong Huangrou and Mang Tong to the second floor of the house. They found a half-closed room with a shaking couch. A man and a woman were having sex on the couch in broad daylight.

The shaking was so violent that even the branch lamps were kicked over and rolled to the ground.

There is no need to light the lights during the day, otherwise, the dozen wicks in the branch lamps can burn down an entire heavy house on the spot.

Guo Jie walked in and saw the appearance of a man and a woman lying on the couch.

The woman was Du Ji, the daughter of Du Junao.

The man's identity surprised him.

It turned out to be the Maoling Order!

(End of this chapter)