Lu family mansion
"According to the Holy Spirit's decree, we will search the Lu family's home and arrest a bunch of people. Let's do it!"
Today, the Lu family, which used to be full of guests, is also full of people coming and going, but the difference is that these people coming in and out today are not the guests in the past, but the Japanese soldiers who came to ransack the house on orders.
In terms of familiarity with these corrupt officials, the Japanese-praising army living in Bianjing is obviously much more familiar with them than the Yunzhou army who is unfamiliar with the place.
Regarding the money-hiding methods and habits of these corrupt officials, the Japanese Army will also be more professional.
So in the end, the job of confiscating the house fell into the hands of the Japanese army.
The eldest wife of the Lu family looked at the soldiers who were praising the Japanese army coming in and out of her home, and she felt like crying without tears.
She was originally discussing with her youngest daughter at home that she would go to the Daxiangguo Temple to burn two sticks of incense in a few days and ask the Buddha to bless her master, and also to bless her second son to be in the imperial examination next year and her youngest son to be in good health.
Unexpectedly, there was a sudden bang, and the door of the mansion was forcibly broken open. Then everyone in the mansion was rushed to the door by the soldiers who rushed in with knives.
Then after reading an imperial edict, he realized that her eldest son had actually done such a good deed! Not only will he be beheaded, but his family members will also be exiled and imprisoned in the Jiaofang Division.
The moment he heard the imperial edict, he wished he had made a piece of barbecued pork instead of making such a cheating thing!
But it was too late to regret, the big mistake had been made, the Lu family's mansion was already filled with soldiers who supported the Japanese army, and everyone in the mansion was separated to the left and right.
I watched helplessly as these big soldiers rushed into the mansion and transported all the gold and silver treasures in the mansion out in boxes. In a short time, they piled up a hill in the courtyard of the mansion!
"I'll go, Dutou, I've never seen so much money. Where did Lu Ming, an official from the Ministry of Rites, get so much money?"
A soldier in charge of searching the house looked at the piles of silver and couldn't help but exclaimed in shock.
He turned his head and looked at the glittering pile of gold and silver, shook his head and said: "Don't talk about you, I have never seen so much silver.
How about making money as an official? A member of the Ministry of Etiquette can earn so much. How many of those rich and well-off people are there? Just thinking about it makes people feel scared. How many people’s blood has been stained with this money! "
At the mention of this, the soldier who praised the Japanese army also came to his senses, his face became gloomy, and he gave Lu Yi, the second young man of the Lu family, who was walking a little slowly, a hard push.
"Hurry up! You son of a corrupt official, haven't you eaten? Your family has eaten so much from the people, why are you pretending to be innocent!"
The second young man of the Lu family, Lu Yi, was pushed forward with a dejected look on his face, as if he still couldn't believe the fact that his home had been ransacked.
This blow was too much for him to accept.
Behind him was a corpse covered in blood.
This was Lu Gong, the third young master of the Lu family, when the Japanese army rushed in. This boy relied on his own skills to actually attack the soldiers of the Japanese army. As a result, the soldiers of the Japanese army who cooperated with him directly used the army's joint attack tactics to stab him. He became a blood gourd, unable to perform any martial arts, and it looked like he would not survive.
The eldest wife of the Lu family cried loudly when she saw that her third son had met this end. Her cry stirred up people, and the Lu family members who were arrested couldn't help but burst into tears.
In an instant, the entire Lu family was enveloped in the sound of crying.
The Lu family is not alone here. In other mansions in Bianjing, officials involved in reselling disaster grains also had their homes confiscated.
During this day, the entire prison of the Criminal Department was filled with people.
And these people are all family members of prisoners and criminals.
The next day, Dongshi Caishikou.
Today's vegetable market is crowded with people. Yesterday, the government built an execution platform here.
Everyone knows that today the imperial court is going to kill a group of corrupt officials here who have embezzled money and food, as well as those beasts who got involved by taking advantage of the fact that someone in their family is an official.
So early in the morning, Caishikou was surrounded by people who had received the news and came to watch the excitement. They surrounded the place three times inside and three times outside.
When the soldiers from the Criminal Department came with the prisoners in custody, they still couldn't get in.
In the end, I looked at the Yunzhou Army soldiers who were patrolling by and helped open a path, and then the prisoner was delivered within the stipulated time.
It's already October, and the weather is starting to get cooler, especially since Bianjing is still in the north. When the wind blows, people can't help but tighten their necklines.
Lu Yuan and other principal criminals who resold disaster food were taken to the execution platform one by one to verify their identity.
Immediately afterwards, the charges were read out one by one by the supervisor in the hall.
"Lu Yuan, the eldest son of the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, used gold and silver to use his father's power during the court's disaster relief to induce others to steal disaster relief grain and sell it to merchants for profit. He committed a heinous crime and was sentenced to death and beheaded in public!"
"Li Pu, Zuo Zhongshulang of the Ministry of War..."
Piece by piece, piece by piece, every time the executioner finished reading out the charges against a person, the executioner would insert the wooden sign with the charges written behind them behind that person.
Soon, a total of seven main culprits of theft and selling, and eight business owners who collected and sold disaster food, were all labeled.
At this time, the time had just arrived at noon.
The supervisor looked at the sky, then sat back in his seat, took out a beheading token, and threw it out under everyone's gaze!
"Now all the prisoners have been identified and confirmed to be correct!
It is already three quarters past noon, and I have been ordered to punish you and others by beheading them as a warning to others!
cut! "
As soon as the executioner finished speaking, the fifteen executioners spat out a mouthful of wine on their ghost-headed knives. They took out the guilty card behind the prisoner with one hand, raised the ghost-headed knife in their hands and chopped it down without hesitation!
Poof! Poof! Poof!
Fifteen heads rolled away like gourds, and the fifteen headless corpses on the same spot instantly turned into blood fountains after a brief stagnation!
The entire execution platform was instantly dyed red with scarlet blood, and the fifteen headless corpses fell to the ground with a plop.
"Good! Good! Good! Well done!"
"Corrupt officials, unscrupulous businessmen, and these arrogant government officials all deserve to die! Well done!"
"Good kill!"
After the heads fell to the ground, the people watching suddenly burst into cheers. Seeing these people end up like this, the people felt extremely happy!
Not swarming up and tearing these pieces of shit apart was the most civilized thing they could do.
After the main culprit was executed, without a moment's delay, all the male family members of these prisoners were pressed to the northwest.
The female relatives of the prisoners were all taken to the Jiaofang Division. From then on, the ladies of the official family and the wives of the officials were reduced to prostitutes with jade arms and pillows for thousands of people and red lips that thousands of people could taste!
As the saying goes, when a person achieves enlightenment, a chicken or a dog ascends to heaven.
However, if one person breaks the law, the whole family will be similarly implicated.
After this incident, it can be regarded as a deterrent to those with evil intentions. Many people have restrained their original indifferent attitude because of this incident.
It seems like this is not easy to fool!
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(End of chapter)
