The Heartthrob System cultivates brotherhood online

"You, you, you are not a human, you are a ghost?" Several people were frightened and took a few steps back.

Ling Si looked at their embarrassed postures leisurely and saw some people who were not trapped by ropes and were not unconscious. Among them were children of a few years old, young women, and elderly people. They were probably the families of these bandits.

Sensing Ling Si's gaze, he huddled in a corner.

Finally, someone couldn't stand the pressure and stood up, crying with their children: "Sir, we are just trying to make a living. Our fields have yielded nothing, and we can't afford rice or flour, so we have to do this! Sir, please spare our lives, my child is innocent!"

At the same time, a man who had slowly woken up saw his wife and children like this, and began to plead: "Sir, I had to do this for my wife and children. We really didn't kill anyone!"

Ling Si stroked Yubai's chin, thinking: "When did I say you killed people?"

The man's expression froze.

"Robbery is for making a living, that's understandable, but are you sure you don't eat the flesh and blood of passers-by and suck their blood to survive?"

"You were originally civilians. From the moment you followed the bandits and killed the first passerby, you were guilty!"

Ling Si's scolding made the bandit shudder and his face turned pale. Then he thought of something and his expression changed from guilty to confident: "We are the people. Where are you officials? Why didn't you show up when the price of rice and flour soared? When we were forced to go up the mountain, you came to judge us. What kind of thing is this?"

Ling Si pondered for a moment, but he didn't expect that this pause would be regarded as a sign of guilty conscience by the bandits. They became even more arrogant, and some of them came out to complain.

"Yes, we also want to survive. Those vendors forced us to this point. Killing them will just help calm the public anger!"

"What's wrong with us wanting to survive!?"

"Your Excellency must give us an explanation!!"

"We must give us an explanation!"

.......

Wen Xiangyi wanted to go up and slap these shameless people. For the first time, he felt that all words were so inadequate in front of shameless people, because they could always find various reasons to shield their words and deeds.

If the previous robbery of the merchant caravan was their resentment, then the killing was far from their original intention. They even dared to rob the food provided by the imperial court for disaster relief. With so much food and grass in one village, they were not afraid of being eaten to death.

What about those people who are waiting for food to save their lives?

Wen Xiangyi's eyes were opened and he felt only sadness. Faced with such a situation, his judgment seemed very weak and ridiculous. The capital was prosperous, happy and stable. This was a world he had never experienced.

The men had greasy faces, while the women and children looked listless and did not look like they had eaten a full meal at all.

"According to the Great Qin Law, malicious murder can be punished with caning, depending on the subjective motive." Ling Si waved his hand, "Come here, drag the man away and beat him to death!"

The masked man nearby grabbed all the men and held them down.

A man struggled hard, his face flushed, and shouted loudly: "What do you mean? Can the imperial officials execute the people at will?"

"I am the imperial envoy appointed by the emperor, so I naturally have the authority!" Ling Si crossed his legs and supported his cheek with one hand. "Isn't this the result you want? What are you standing there for? Fight!"

The sound of sticks hitting each other and the wailing of men could be heard in the square. At first they were still shouting and uttering all kinds of curses, but later they stopped even the curses.

Several women covered their children's eyes and ears and closed their own eyes: "Children, don't look."

After hitting him with the stick for more than a dozen times, Ling Si raised his hand to signal them to stop: "Don't beat him to death, he still has some use."

"The death penalty can be avoided, but the living punishment cannot be escaped." Ling Si's voice was cold and intimidating. "Men who participated in the robbery and killing of caravans and passing civilians need to accept the state government's reform and obey orders. The wages generated by them, after deducting the part for living, the state government will return them to their wives and children for their upbringing."

Ling Si waved his hand, "Take them all away."

There was a young woman who thought she would also be punished. She didn't hear anything about how they would be dealt with until the end, and she was terrified. She bravely looked at the handsome young man sitting in the first seat.

"Sir, what about us?"

Ling Si straightened up: "I have already punished the guilty, are you not satisfied?"

The young woman waved her hands repeatedly, "No, no, sir... During the days we went up the mountain, they also abducted some beautiful women and took away their innocence. Many women committed suicide because of this. Now, there are still a few who are imprisoned in one place..."

Several men with gagged mouths stared at him viciously, and the young woman looked back at him with the same resentment. They had already been thrown into jail, so what was there to be afraid of?

She saw her husband at the very edge. He had clearly agreed to feed the children after they went up the mountain. At first, it was fine, as she could go to the kitchen to cook for herself every day. Later on, she and the children had to depend on his mood for meals. If she made him unhappy, no one would have any food to eat that day.

This beast even defiled a woman. How could she fall for such a disgusting thing!

The young woman brought Ling Si and the others to the place where livestock were raised. All kinds of livestock were barking randomly. A few chickens even flew out of their cages and ran around outside, fluttering past the corner of Ling Si's clothes.

Wen Xiangyi, who was standing next to him, had never seen chickens raised by farmers before. He was startled and tightened his grip on Ling Si's clothes, and moved his feet to the other side honestly.

Wen Xiangyi and Ling Si met each other's puzzled gazes, and he immediately straightened his back, acting as if he was just frightened.

The young woman pulled aside the hay and pointed to a locked area. "I came here to deliver meals several times, and they were all in bad condition."

Ling Si raised his hand, and a man in black behind him swung a knife to cut the chain and lifted the wooden board. A pungent smell hit him in the face. Ling Si was about to go down, but the young woman blocked him.

"Sir, I am a woman, so I'd better go."

Several women who followed expressed their willingness to go down. Half an hour later, seven women were rescued. Ling Si asked a doctor to come and treat them.

Looking at the woman who was being carried away on a wooden board and was barely clothed when she was rescued, Ling Si murmured, "It seems the punishment is still too light."

Wen Xiangyi asked him: "You just mentioned transformation, is it to make them work?"

Ling Si nodded.

"Then leave it to me."

"You?" Ling Si looked at his thin body.

"It takes a lot of people to build a dam. How can criminals be treated the same as ordinary people? Don't work yourself to death." Wen Xiangyi smiled, revealing a thoughtful expression, "Before I die, I can still make a contribution to the people. It can be considered a worthy death."

"Then listen to Master Wen."

......

On a rainy night, the rotten wooden door of the cold palace creaked loudly, which was extremely harsh, and mixed with the rustling sound of the wind blowing the leaves, playing a piece of ghost music.

Wang Shu was wearing a plain cloth dress, the front and knees of which were so torn that it was hard to tell what it looked like originally. She huddled on the bed, hugging the quilt, not daring to close her eyes.

Every day, she dreamed of faceless people coming to claim her life, but she couldn't recognize who they were. She even saw her fourth prince among those who were strangling her neck. His eyes were hollow and filled with black mist, and his hands were strangling her tightly, as if she was not his mother, but an enemy.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but shed tears. She needed a normal son to fight for the highest position for her, not a fool. She didn't mean to hurt him. There is no mother who doesn't care about her child. She tried hard to explain to him in her dream, but got no mercy from him. When she was about to suffocate, she woke up with a startle and couldn't fall asleep again.

There are many people abandoned in the cold palace. Most of them are mentally ill, especially at night. They will sit in the corner and cry. These sounds are mixed in the wind and ripple above the cold palace.

Wang Shu was almost tortured to death. The money that her parents had asked someone to bring in was snatched away by those crazy people a few days ago. She was forced to eat rotten rice and was hungry for many days.

At one moment, the sound of the wind outside seemed to get louder, and the door began to vibrate violently. Wang Shu screamed and quickly covered her head with a quilt. After an unknown amount of time, she revealed a corner of the quilt and wanted to check the situation outside.

Suddenly, Wang Shu’s eyes widened, and everything went dark before her eyes. She was frightened to the point of fainting.

The man wore a red and black devil mask, had a green face and fangs, and stared at the person on the bed. After a while, he picked up Wang Shu, walked out the door, and disappeared in an instant.

......

Wang Shu was woken up by the cold. The temperature on summer nights is much lower than during the day.

After her vision was restored, she saw the tombstone in front of her and almost fainted again. The person behind her would not give her this chance and reached out to press a certain acupuncture point on her body. Then Wang Shu faced the tomb with great clarity and screamed.

Qin Yu'an took off the mask and pulled her to the tombstone until her face was only a finger's distance from the tombstone. He said gloomily, "Wang Shu, do you still remember Su Nian?"

"I don't remember, I don't remember... Wuuuu, please let me go!" Wang Shuming shook his head, sobbing, and shrank back in fear.

"You don't remember!" Qin Yu'an suddenly raised his voice, his eyes became very scary, "You killed her! She had no grudge against you, why did you plot against her in the first place!?"

When Qin Yu'an found out that Wang Shu had designed a scheme to have Su Nian humiliated by the old emperor, he wished that she would die immediately!

When the noble lady that Su Nian was taking care of was found to be pregnant, Wang Shu designed to drug the noble lady and the old emperor. In this way, if they went too far, the child would be gone. The emperor did not have the face to investigate further, and naturally no one would blame her.

However, when Su Nian went to find a cloak for the noble lady, she was forced by the old emperor and ended up getting pregnant with him. It was like turning on the switch of all the suffering. Su Nian didn't even have a rank, and was sent to the cold palace by Wang Shu, and then she suffered for more than ten years in the cold palace. Qin Wen didn't care about this child who was calculated, and even hated him to the point of forgetting that he had a son in the cold palace.

Wang Shu turned her head and saw Qin Yu'an's face clearly. Her expression was distorted and she even wanted to turn around and strangle him.

"You bastard! Why don't you just die? You made my children stupid. Why didn't I strangle you to death back then!?"

Unfortunately, how could Wang Shu, who hadn't eaten for several days, be a match for Qin Yu'an? Her resistance was easily suppressed. Qin Yu'an pressed her head into the mud, making a dull sound.

"I remember now, Madam?" Qin Yu'an's voice became softer and more sinister. "It's a pity that you haven't seen the situation clearly yet!"

Then he lifted her head and slammed it down again, "Apologize! Apologize to my mother!"

After knocking hard for more than ten times, Wang Shu was breathing out more than breathing in. Qin Yu'an saw the blood stains on the tombstone, took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped it carefully, as if he cherished the cold tombstone in his hand very much.

He wiped it nervously while muttering, "It's so dirty, so dirty, don't worry, it will be fine soon..." Qin Yu'an's eyes were red, "Don't be angry with me, mother."

Ignoring Wang Shu who was lying on the ground like a mess in the mud, Qin Yu'an walked into the forest, saw a stream, wet his handkerchief, and finally wiped the dark dirt clean. He smiled.

He caught a glimpse of a dark figure nearby. He picked the person up and raised his lips: "They deserved to die. How could I let your child live..."

The shadow moved, but had no energy to react.

Qin Yu'an said to himself: "Remember the maidservant beside you? She seems to be able to capture souls, and she looks very powerful. She and I are from the same family, but how can I be defeated by a corpse? I used her method to give some hints to the third princess and the fourth prince..."

"The lake was very cold at that time, and the movement of the two of them broke the thin ice on the lake..." Qin Yu'an seemed to be recalling something beautiful, "Bang! It was a very nice sound, a bit like the sound of the queen's kowtow today..."

"Okay, the story is over. Is your Majesty satisfied?"

Qin Yu'an grabbed Wang Shu's neck, stood up, watched her feet struggle slightly, twisted his wrist, and broke her neck.

"Go and keep my mother company."

......

In the main hall, the clerk who delivered the letter knelt on the ground waiting in fear as he watched the emperor's unpredictable expression.

After a long while, the emperor said in a deep voice: "Is the news true?"

"This is exactly the news that Lord Zhang spent a lot of energy to send out. The relief team was robbed on the way to Xuzhou. I heard that there was also a beautiful imperial envoy who died on the first night because she couldn't bear the humiliation."

Listening to the description of the clerk, the first person Qin Wen thought of was Ling Si. But even if that man had neglected his martial arts, he would not be bullied by a small bandit. Maybe it was another person who died, or maybe this was his plan.

"How dare you!" The emperor slammed the table fiercely, his face sullen, "You are just a small official, and you are planning to arrange the officials appointed by me like this!?"

The clerk was so frightened that he lost his soul and trembled as he pleaded guilty: "Your Majesty, it was my fault that I did not find out the truth of the matter. I am willing to accept the punishment!"

The emperor waved his hands in annoyance: "Considering that you have come a long way to bring the news to the capital, I will first fine you one month's salary. If the news leaks out, it will be a capital crime!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your mercy. Long live Your Majesty!" The clerk didn't dare to think any more and hurriedly asked for mercy and apologized.