Hanhou

Several rangers were taken into the execution room, knowing that they would die, with whips whipped on their bodies, they gritted their teeth and refused to confess the mastermind.Two of them couldn't stand it, so they just talked nonsense, biting all the officials in the court, including Liu She and Zhou Yafu.

According to their confessions, Wei Shang is almost the enemy of the whole court, and no one wants to take his life.

The jailer gritted his teeth angrily, but there was nothing he could do with the hob meat.

Zhou Juecao watched from the beginning to the end, and there was no sign of anger at all.Knowing that ordinary methods are useless, he asked the jailer to stop the whip and took the criminals to the next torture room.He did it himself, enough to shatter the iron-clad muscles and bones.

Sure enough, after less than half an hour, the ranger couldn't bear it one after another, and passed out on the spot.Unfortunately, there was a doctor waiting in the execution room, who was awakened in less than two breaths, and continued to be hung up for torture.

If you can't survive, you can't die. Several rangers became dull-eyed.

Zhou Jue Cao took his time and did not rush to ask questions. He waved his hand, and the jailer pulled the bar again, and the hanged villain fell vertically. With a plop, his upper body was buried in the blood-stained water. was re-lifted.

You Xia kept coughing and gasping for breath, with tears and snot running down his cheeks, looking at Zhou Jue Cao with fear in his eyes.

"Stop first."

Zhou Jue Cao signaled to the guards to hang the ranger higher and keep him still for the time being.

When the ranger stopped coughing, Zhou Jue Cao stepped up to him, and said coldly: "Listen to your accent, and you know that you were born in Yan. In the pre-Qin period, the soldiers of Yan were so generous and heroic. They attacked powerful enemies from the outside, and the dogs and Huns were also afraid." .You are from the land of Yan, but you have no martyrdom. You violated the ban with military force and assassinated the prefect of the border county, but you went to the Xiongnu, betrayed the Han and turned to the Hu?"

"My lord, it is righteousness for you to kill the Wei thief!" the ranger said loudly.

"righteous?"

Zhou Jue Cao hooked the corner of his mouth coldly, held the knife and pen, and slid down the side of You Xia's neck, leaving a bloodstain on the side of You Xia's face, and then stopped in front of his left eye. Let him lose one eye.

"Wei Taishou has guarded the frontier for more than ten years, defending the frontier and defending the people, and slaughtered the Xiongnu. If the prefect is assassinated, the Huns will celebrate with their troops and send their troops south to slaughter the border." Zhou Jue Cao's tone was flat, without any ups and downs in his voice, Only the eyes became colder and colder, "Your so-called righteousness is to pave the way for the Xiongnu and send the border people into trouble?"

The ranger had no words to refute, and simply smashed the jar, slapped it around, and cursed blindly.

Obviously, in his opinion, assassinating Wei Shang can fulfill his righteousness.As for whether the Xiongnu would go south and whether the border residents would be slaughtered, they never thought about it at all.Now that Zhou Juecao has uncovered it face to face, he is still unwilling to face it squarely, stubbornly sticking to his so-called truth, even if it is wrong, he still refuses to look back.

"hopeless."

Zhou Juecao took half a step back, and said to the jailer, "Put it down."

The crossbar was pulled down again, the jailer deliberately slowed down, the ranger watched himself being submerged in the water, subconsciously held his breath, and was about to continue yelling when the crossbar was pulled up again.

However, this time, the time was extremely long, and the rope tied to the leg showed no sign of being pulled.

Ranger began to panic, instinctively began to struggle.Water poured into the nose and mouth, breathing became difficult, and consciousness was also blurred.He suddenly realized that he hadn't lived enough, he didn't want to die yet!

What kind of chivalry, what kindness, nothing is as important as his life!

You Xia struggled desperately, his body was like a dehydrated fish, hanging in the air, struggling to twist.Following his movements, water splashed everywhere, wet the ground under Zhou Jue Cao's feet.

Unfortunately, the rope did not pull until the struggle stopped.

Witnessing this scene, the rest of the villains were heartbroken.Seeing the dead ranger being untied from the rope and dragged out of the torture chamber, someone finally couldn't hold back and cried frantically: "I recruit! It's Dai Guoxiang, Dai Guoxiang Guanfu!"

Zhou Jue Cao ordered the prison guards to hold bamboo slips and record the criminal's confession in his own hand.Knowing that there are still rangers lurking in the county, he immediately ordered someone to report to Wei Taishou.

"I report to the envoy, there is no time to delay. In order to prevent the thief from getting away, we need to arrest him as soon as possible."

"promise!"

The last line of psychological defense was pierced, and the rangers opened their mouths one after another. Some people confessed that Guan Fu had received millions of silks.

"There were two rangers from Yingchuan County who killed people in the village, and the village was filled with miserly men. They bribed the Zhang family with the stolen silk and silk, and they were able to shelter under the family of Dai Guoxiang."

"There are people from Pingyuan County who imported copper into the grasslands. They wrote letters to their homes, aroused the suspicion of wanderers from the countryside, killed people and fled at night, and are now hiding in Dai Guoxiang's mansion."

"In order to avenge their father, the people of Yingchuan set fire to the gathering and killed the innocent Hachido."

"Have……"

Several rangers have been under Guan Fu's school for a long time, and they know a lot of secrets.

In all fairness, these knight-errant villains who took refuge in Guan Fu would try their best to show their strength and chivalry, and cover up their crimes.

When Guan Fu led the Dai Guobing to the north, some of the disciples also went out with the army.Although he didn't make much use of it, he got a good idea of ​​Guan Fu's character, and after returning to Daiguo, he gained further trust and reuse.

This time, Guan Fu's stupid move was partly due to the anger of his tribe being punished, and the other part was instigated by his disciples.

These people have lived in Dai for a long time, and have never met Wei Shang at all. They are very good at flattering horses, but they don't have many real talents.Just like Guan Fu, he is as arrogant and arrogant, and even more confused, he admires Yang Sheng and Gongsun Gui's "feat" of assassinating more than ten Chang'an councilors in one go, and wants to emulate it.He didn't think about it at all, what happened to Yang Sheng and Gongsun Gui, and what happened to their families and clansmen now.

The hot-headed Guan Fu met the same hot-headed doorman and did stupid things that others thought were unbelievable, which finally led to today's disaster.

As for assassinating Wei Shang and Wei Yue, why also assassinate Zhao Jia?

Firstly, because of Zhang Tong's matter, Guan Fu had long been dissatisfied.Not necessarily for Zhang Tong, but mainly for his own face.Secondly, knowing that Zhao Jia was Wei Shang's guest, the arrest of the clansman this time is also inseparable from him, so a killing intent naturally arises in his heart.In the end, Zhao Jia was rewarded by the emperor many times, and he became a doctor from a scholar, which made Guanfu think that the bad wheat seedlings should be strangled as soon as possible.

Ever since, there was the previous assassination.

After recording You Xia's confession, Zhou Juecao stopped writing, his expression became more and more icy.

Based on the information in hand, he can conclude that Guan Fu's family property is in the tens of millions.His family's tyranny in the village was far worse than prefect Wei had expected.If Zhi Taishou is in Yingchuan, such a family must be uprooted and will never be allowed to stay until today.

After re-reading the confession and confirming that there was nothing more to ask, Zhou Juecao turned and left the torture room.The culprits who confessed were put back in the cell. Now that things have happened, they don't ask for anything other than not being punished again. A quick death is the best.

With the confession presented by Zhou Jue Cao, the rangers and villains lurking in the city were captured one after another.Two of them were very cunning. When the assassination of Wei Shang failed, they retreated. They escaped from the city when most of their accomplices were assassinating Zhao Jia.

However, they couldn't really escape.

After leaving Yunzhong County, the two dared not return to Dai Kingdom.After all, the matter has not been completed, and the other accomplices are dead or injured, and those who are not dead or injured may not end well. Only the two of them returned safely, and they will definitely be suspected.

Together, the two of them crossed Dingxiang County and entered Yanmen County from west to east.

The last time the Xiongnu went south, Yanmen County suffered heavy losses, the prefect died in battle, and Dingkou in the county was reduced by more than [-]%.When the new prefect arrives, he will inevitably gather the population and re-register the household registration.Taking the opportunity to sneak in, find a place where people were slaughtered, and in the name of being young and strong who died in battle, not to mention getting a good family name, and even getting another piece of family wealth.

The two thought very well, and Yanmen County was indeed gathering and re-registering the household registration. Unfortunately, it was not someone else who presided over this matter, but the newly appointed prefect Zhidu.

If it were a careless official, they might really be fooled by them.

However, today is different from the past, Zhidu has made up his mind to investigate from the very beginning, to eliminate all hidden dangers in the county, and then the knife edge is turned outward, causing the grassland to bleed.

Strict orders from above must be obeyed from below.

The new prefect acted resolutely. At the beginning of his tenure, he found out several Hun spies in the city, and at the same time found out two young officials who accepted bribes, shielded criminals, and refused to report to the public.

One of the young officials came from a powerful local family, and his family made great contributions in defending the city. His own father, uncle, brother, and younger brother all died in battle against the Huns, and nearly half of the women died in battle.

Knowing that he committed a crime, many county officials and villagers came to intercede.

All of them turned away.

"Those who deserve merit are rewarded, and those who commit crimes are to be punished! His clan fought fiercely against the Xiongnu and made meritorious deeds in guarding the frontier, and their deeds should be severely punished!"

"If a family is harmonious, neighbors can be bullied; if neighbors are harmonious, outsiders can be bullied. Accept bribes, protect traitors, provoke discord among villagers, and even kill people! The evil he has done is beyond description! If you don't punish the law, the village officials will follow suit in the future. , misfortune breeds, like an ant nest bursting a dike, flooding a city, it will eventually be a catastrophe!"

Zhidu was determined to make an example of others, and the offender was beheaded together with the Xiongnu. His body was thrown into the wilderness, and his head was hung in front of the city gate to show those who came and went that the name of Zhidu's cruel officials was not adulterated at all.

I have personally experienced the new prefect's style of work, heard his name as "Goshawk", and added bloody examples. From county to county, then from county to township, and even in villages, no matter whether the officials in the county are high or low , or the three elders in the village, Yougu, Siefu, and even the pavilion chief and Litian, they all memorized the regulations of the official temple, their eyes widened, they worked hard, and they dared not be negligent in the slightest.

After going through the sieve again and again, the two escaped rangers were quickly found out to be wrong, suspected to be Huns spies, and taken to the official temple for interrogation.Unable to survive the severe punishment, the two spat out one after another, not only telling the reason for sneaking into Yanmen County, but also confessing the evil things they committed before, not daring to hide anything.One of them was carrying a wooden tablet of Dai Guoxiang's mansion, which further proved that what he said was true.

To ensure accuracy, Zhidu sent people to Yunzhong County to verify the criminal's confession.He also wrote a memorial in his own hand, and when the loyal servant returned, he delivered it to Chang'an as soon as possible.

If it weren't for caution, this memorial could be sent out on the same day.

After all, assassinating the prefect is a capital crime, and severe punishment will harm the whole family and even clan members.There will not be any insane confession indiscriminately, deliberately accusing him of decapitation.

Seeing people from Yanmen County, even Wei Shang felt a little sympathetic to Guan Fu.However, he didn't have any reason to push away the good things that came to his door.Immediately summoned the civil servants to hand over the excerpts of the confession presented by Zhou Jue Cao and bring them back to Yanmen County.

The so-called unlucky people can get stuffed between their teeth when they drink water.

Unfortunately, Guan Fu became this unlucky example.

While Yun Zhongcheng was busy hunting down the villains, Zhao Jia was unexpectedly idle.

Due to a shoulder injury, he was unable to open his bow for a short time. In order to avoid encountering thieves again, everyone from Uncle Hu to Uncle Xiong to Mrs. Sun stopped him from going out.

Mrs. Sun gave him nourishment in different ways.

There were too many cattle and sheep in the livestock farm, Ji Xiong and Ji Bao took people out to hunt wild animals respectively.The small ones are like hares and pheasants, the big ones are like yellow sheep, robes, and wild deer, and the fierce ones are like wild wolves, wild boars, and black bears.

Several young adults also found the leopard's footprints.It's a pity that he was obviously passing by and didn't stop in Yunzhong County at all. After chasing for more than ten miles, he finally lost track.

Day after day, Zhao Jia couldn't leave his meals without meat, not to mention his wounds healed, and he began to grow flesh, and he actually grew a lot taller.

"Mr. Lang has grown taller again." Uncle Hu walked up to Zhao Jia and said comfortingly.

Has grown tall?

Zhao Jia turned his head and suddenly found that he had only reached the bridge of Hu Bo's nose before, but now he was close to the other's eyebrows.

Hu Bo is a big man with a height of nine feet. Comparing the sizes of the two sides, Zhao Jia can't help but raise the corners of his mouth.If things go on like this, it's absolutely fine for me to be taller than 1.8 meters!

Looking down, he had grown a lot of flesh, but he could still feel the ribs. Zhao Jia made up his mind that just being tall was not enough, he had to eat more, to grow flesh!

If you don't want to grow into a big man like Hu Bo Xiong Bo, at least you can't be a bamboo pole.After all, he will go to the battlefield in the future, and he can't even support his armor, which is too deterrent.

The good news keeps on coming.

After recovering from his injuries and Zhao Jia was finally able to draw his strong bow, the young man who had gone out sent back a message that they had found the materials Zhao Jia needed, and they would be able to transport them back to the livestock farm in a few days.

After seeing the samples sent back earlier, Zhao Jia immediately called for the craftsman, talked and gestured, and told him to build a cement cellar.

"I'm not good at building such a cellar. If Mr. Lang can stay for a few more days, I'll go to Lin County to find some old craftsmen. Their craftsmanship is even better."

Zhao Jia nodded, and asked Hu Bo to prepare a package of dry food for the craftsmen, and then selected a few young men to go to Lin County with them.

Not long after the team set off, Atao came to look for Zhao Jia, and handed out a book of bamboo slips, saying that Yunmei had sent someone to write for Zhao Jia.

"For me?"

Zhao Jia felt strange, opened the mud seal, unfolded the brochure, and saw the vigorous handwriting.Keep looking down, eyes widening.

This letter was written by Liu Rong himself.

The former king of Linjiang, the eldest son of Emperor Jing who is now guarding the border in Yanmen County, has long admired his name and wants to meet him face to face?