After rebirth, I went from a peasant girl to the richest man

The boy was slightly stunned after hearing this. Even he himself did not expect that the adult did not refute him directly after hearing this, but really took the time to ask him.

The boy thought for a moment and answered straight, "Your Excellency, when I was at home, I would also help my mother go to town to buy groceries. Although I can't use an abacus, I can still count thirty copper coins!"

After answering, the boy thought about it and realized that what he just said was thirty lashes.

The officer did not expect the boy's answer.

Ordinary people, if their families have some means, should send their children of his age to private schools to learn a few words.

Those who don’t have the conditions just play around in the village all day long, so how could they understand these things?

The officer didn't know what the boy's family background was like, but he could tell that the boy was sensible.

He turned to the boy and said jokingly, "Don't worry, you just need to count thirty copper coins. You don't need to use an abacus."

It also tacitly approved the act of letting boys supervise the execution.

Then he looked at everyone and asked, "Who else is willing to supervise the execution?"

I don’t know whether it was the question answered by the officer just now that gave everyone a standard for sentencing, or whether it was the little boy’s behavior that encouraged everyone.

The next step was to identify the people who would supervise the execution, and the old man was one of them.

However, most people are still timid and dare not look at the bloody scene up close. They only dare to watch from afar and join in the fun.

In the open space, everyone formed a large semicircle, with a row of neatly built centralized accommodation areas behind them.

In the middle, benches were lined up in a row, with the "sinners" lying on them.

On the right side of the bench stood the officials holding water and fire sticks, and in front stood the people supervising the execution.

The chief of the officials stood in the front and shouted to the executioner, "Execute!"

Then, there came a series of wailing cries from the dozen or so people, which echoed in the dark night and startled the birds resting on the distant hilltops.

The little boy stood in front, watching the official's board fall on the man with the broken ear who spread rumors about his mother, and said fiercely: "One!"

The man wailed, and said, "Wait...wait!"

Seeing the officer's head, he quickly complained: "Sir, this little bastard did it on purpose. He clearly hit me once just now, why is he counting from one?"

He thought that the beating he had just received was also among the thirty.

However, such questions did not elicit a response from the officers.

The officer pretended not to hear and urged the executioner, "What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and don't waste time."

"Yes!" Then another board fell.

The boy deliberately read out loud: "One!"

"Ah!" the man wailed, and he didn't forget to say: "Little bastard! Ah~"

"Two!" This time the board was heavier than before.

"Just wait until I finish the execution, and I'll beat you to death! Ouch!"

The boy seemed not to hear and continued counting: "Two!"

When the man heard this, he felt something was wrong and glared at the boy fiercely. The murderous intent in his eyes was more painful than his severed ear.

But the man with the broken ear was not stupid. He knew that he was in this man's hands today, so he should not say anything more.

However, after such punishment, he could not say anything and could only wail in pain.

The boy's behavior could not escape the eyes of the crowd, but everyone pretended not to see it, and they felt happy in their hearts.

The officers were watching from the side, and the boy did not dare to do such small actions too often, and they only happened frequently at the beginning.

By the time the execution was over, the water and fire sticks in the officers' hands were already stained with blood.

Thirty lashes of the cane would kill a weak person.

But these dozen people did not suffer from any weak illnesses, and the most serious case was just fainting, but their lives were not in danger.

However, the coarse cloth clothes on his body were already stained red with blood, and the flesh inside had been beaten out.

Some who were timid or the women who were reminded by the crowd retreated behind the crowd or went straight back to their rooms.

"Sir, we know we were wrong!"

After being severely punished, the sharp-nosed and monkey-faced leader thought he had escaped, so he began to say to the official: "Please ask the sir to ask a few doctors to treat my brothers!"

The official looked at him as if he had heard a joke: "See a doctor? You are a criminal now! Influencing the construction of the canal is a serious crime in Jiangzhou today!"

The officer said this with gnashing teeth. He really couldn't understand how such a sinful person could have the nerve to say such things after being punished!

"Sir, you accepted my money, why?"

The man looked timidly at the official who had just held the silver note. He was the one in charge of logistics and often patrolled nearby, so everyone was familiar with him.

These people are particularly familiar because they were the ones who caught them!

If I hadn't arrived a step late, I would have been a little happier.

Now, not only did I fail to accomplish anything, but I was also beaten for no reason. It makes me angry just thinking about it.

But he only dared to be angry in his heart. No matter how bad he was, he dared not offend the officials.

The leading officer walked up to the officer holding the silver and raised the silver again to draw everyone's attention.

He then said loudly: "The Lord has ordered that these people disrupt the construction of the canal and are guilty of treason. They must report to the capital in the autumn."

Then he looked at them as if they were dead: "If it's treason, the crime is minor, behead immediately. If it's a serious crime, then all nine generations of your clan must be killed!"

In other words, their final fate is death, it’s just that it’s just one person’s death or the death of the whole family.

However, most of the wives and daughters of these people who fled here were sold by this group of people on the way in exchange for food.

My parents were old and most of them starved to death on the road.

The so-called relatives are just relatives in the clan, not very close.

But there is no way to escape the punishment of nine generations of the clan.

Originally, I was thinking about helping to take care of or give the widow a beating, but now I have given up the idea and just want to protect myself and stay as far away from her as possible.

The officer looked at the dozen or so people trembling with fear, without much expression. Perhaps he had seen too many scenes of people regretting their actions, so he continued speaking without changing his expression.

"These silver coins are evidence of your bribery of the officials. Your crime is even more serious. The people present here have witnessed it!"

Perhaps this official was really a man who enforced the law impartially, and the people also agreed.

"Yes, we all saw it!"

"Yes, the officer is upright, he won't accept it!"

"Now that Jiangzhou is united, we will not accept this stolen money, but it is not easy for the people. We all know that it is not easy for you to escape all the way here. This silver will be used to fill the logistics department!"

In fact, these silver coins can't play any role in the face of such a large number of people.

However, this attitude has indeed captured the hearts of the people.

"Your Excellency is wise!"

"Your Excellency is wise!"

The voices in the crowd rose and fell, and if you listened carefully you could hear some crying sounds.

There were so many difficulties mixed in that cry!