In the early morning, the sun rises.
The golden sunshine was shining, making the inside and outside of Guzang County seem to be covered with a layer of golden light.
Outside the south city of the county, the area around the specially opened execution ground was already overcrowded. People gathered layer by layer, blocking the roads. The people gathered here all learned that Shen Quan was to be publicly executed, and came specially to watch the excitement.
During Shen Quan's reign, Liangzhou did not develop, and Guzang County was dominated by the Yang family. Shen Quan allowed the Yang family to do evil, and even Shen Quan and Yang Shanlong worked together, causing countless people to suffer.
In the eyes of the people at the bottom, Shen Quan is not a good official.
That's right, no one is sad.
On the contrary, many people cheered that Shen Quan was killed. As soon as Lin Feng arrived in Guzang County to take office, he first killed Yang Shanlong and then executed Shen Quan. This was a good thing.
While the people were waiting, suddenly, there was discussion not far away, and people could even be seen starting to retreat. All the people looked in the direction of the sound and saw a group of people slowly approaching on the official road outside the South Gate City.
It was Lin Feng and the others.
Lin Feng led the soldiers and escorted Shen Quan to the execution ground, and the people made way for him.
After Lin Feng came on stage, he sat down and Shen Quan was escorted to the execution ground. Today's Shen Quan feels even more decadent. His hands were tied behind his back, and he was kneeling on the ground, head bowed.
At this moment, Shen Quan's eyes looked calm and even more excited.
Today, he is going to escape.
This is his only chance to escape.
Shen Quan glanced around with the corner of his eye and saw the excitement on the faces of the people. He also noticed the fun and joy in the eyes of the people. The expression on his face was even colder. Especially when I heard many people say that when Shen Quan was in power, he didn't care about the life and death of the people, but now that he deserved his death, Shen Quan felt extremely angry.
Damn pariah.
A group of untouchables who didn't have enough to eat or wear warmly dared to come and ridicule him. When he escapes and settles down, when he returns to Guzang County in the future, he must kill all these untouchables and let them know that he, Shen Quan, cannot be offended.
"quiet!"
Lin Feng spoke on the stage.
The surrounding government officers and soldiers started shouting.
As the government officials shouted for silence, the surrounding area quickly became quiet, and everyone's eyes fell on Lin Feng.
Lin Feng looked around at the people around him, pointed at Shen Quan who was kneeling on the ground, and said loudly: "Today, according to His Majesty's order, I will execute Shen Quan. Because Shen Quan, as the governor of Liangzhou, committed corruption and bribery, trampled on the law, and was even more harmonious. Yang Shanlong is in trouble."
"There are a total of eighteen crimes."
"First, Shen Quan openly accepted bribes. Second, Shen Quan trampled on the law, completely ignored the laws of the Qin Dynasty, and persecuted his subordinates."
"Third, Shen Quan swallowed the court's money."
…
Lin Feng explained one by one, and the evidence for the eighteen charges was conclusive. However, Lin Feng did not elaborate on the circumstances of all the crimes. For example, how much bribes Shen Quan received in bribes, and who Shen Quan killed, they were all explained in general terms.
After listening to Lin Feng's words, Shen Quan's cheeks twitched, and he felt even more angry inside.
After Lin Feng's words, Shen Quan's reputation was completely ruined and he became the laughing stock of countless people.
Lin Feng looked at the restless people below, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and continued: "The reason why Your Majesty arranged for me to come to Guzang County to serve is because Your Majesty noticed that Yang Shanlong in Guzang County was bullying the people and acting tyrannically."
"Your Majesty is even more aware of Shen Quan's crimes, so he asked me to deal with it. Shen Quan has committed various crimes, and he deserves to be punished. Today, in front of everyone, Your Majesty ordered me to kill Shen Quan in prison as a warning to others. "
"Come here, execution!"
After Lin Feng said something, he gave the order directly.
When the executioner started to move forward with the knife in hand, suddenly a group of men in black rushed out from the crowd. The leader raised his arms and shouted: "Kill the dog officer, behead Lin Feng, rescue Shen Jishi, kill the dog officer."
Along with the shouts and shouts, more and more men in black stepped forward.
These people ran towards the execution ground.
In a short period of time, many dead men in black emerged around the high platform of the execution ground. The people who were watching realized something was wrong and retreated one after another. Everyone knew that if someone came to rob the law field at this time, they would definitely kill someone, so the people fled one after another.
When Lin Feng saw this scene, he never felt any panic or urgency.
He was very calm.
It’s really here!
Lin Feng did not take action immediately, but slowly stood up, while the executioner and the soldiers on the stage retreated and gathered next to Lin Feng.
The leading man in black was the first to rush to Shen Quan's side, cut off the rope that bound Shen Quan, rescued Shen Quan, and prepared to leave with Shen Quan surrounded.
Shen Quan had a proud look on his face and looked back at Lin Feng. He said loudly: "Lin Feng, I will come back for revenge. Just wait. Once I return to Guzang County, your head will fall to the ground. By then, Guzang Zang County is turned upside down."
Lin Feng chuckled and said, "If you want to leave, I'm afraid you can't. Look around carefully."
As the people fled, some people in the crowd drew their swords from their sheaths and began to form formations around them. At the same time, a large number of troops appeared nearby, quickly blocking the way out. The troops that appeared nearby were all garrison troops under Meng Ao.
All of them were wearing armor and had murderous intent.
brush!
Shen Quan's expression changed drastically.
There was a look of shock on his face. He never expected that Lin Feng had arranged his troops in advance.
What Lin Feng said last night was because he thought he was going to escape from prison.
Why?
Why is this happening?
A flash of light flashed in Shen Quan's mind, and he suddenly understood and said in silence: "Lin Feng, since you met me in the cell yesterday, you have deliberately induced me to think that you will defend the prison. But in fact, you are accurate. Yes, I will arrange for people to rob the execution ground. So, you laid an ambush at the execution ground early?"
"of course."
Lin Feng answered with a smile.
"When I saw you yesterday, even though Han Yan had judged that you would arrange for the dead to rob the execution ground. However, I was still worried. I went to the prison to test it out and guide you, so that you made up your mind to commit suicide here. Breakout.”
"You really fell into the trap."
"If I hadn't been prepared, do you think I would have allowed your men to get close to you and protect you? If I had attacked with thunder, I could have killed you the moment your men appeared."
"Killing you is easy."
"The reason why I keep you is to kill all the dead soldiers under your command."
Lin Feng looked confident.
His purpose of killing Shen Quan this time was to draw out all of Shen Quan's power so that he could catch them all in one fell swoop.
Only in this way can future troubles be completely resolved.
Shen Quan clenched his fists, feeling extremely angry inside. He looked around not far away and saw that the people had fled. And these garrison soldiers further encircled the execution ground, making it impossible for Shen Quan to escape.
"Kill, kill Lin Feng, come on, kill him."
Shen Quan simply ordered an attack.
Anyway, he was surrounded and couldn't escape, so he fought with Lin Feng. All the people under his command rushed towards Lin Feng. It's just that Lin Fengchun's Thunder Sword was unsheathed, and the great master at the master level treated these dead soldiers as if it was just for fun.
In the blink of an eye, Zhou Yuan personally surrounded him with a thousand elite soldiers. A thousand people were killed, and all the dead soldiers under Shen Quan were killed in a short period of time.
Shen Quan was also captured.
When Zhou Yuan looked at Lin Feng, there was deep gratitude in his eyes.
Lin Feng presented 500,000 taels of silver specifically to provide pensions, awards, etc. to the soldiers. Meng Ao had already announced this matter.
The soldiers were excited, and everyone was grateful to Lin Feng.
Zhou Yuan is no exception.
Zhou Yuan looked respectful, cupped his fists and said, "Master Lin, Shen Quan has been captured, how do you think we should deal with it?"
"Kill him directly."
Lin Feng gave the order.
"Lin Feng, if you don't want to die well, you will definitely die badly. Even if I, Shen Quan, am a ghost, I will never let you go."
"I won't……"
With a scream, the sound suddenly stopped, and Shen Quan was killed.
None of the remaining men in black were alive.
Lin Feng asked Zhou Yuan to take away the body and dispose of it. Lin Feng did not leave for the time being and was still standing here at the execution ground. In the distance around, there were actually some people watching, and even during the previous fight, some people were hiding nearby.
Shen Quan was killed and the soldiers retreated. Seeing that Lin Feng was still there, the people gathered around him and looked at him again.
Lin Feng directly called the people to gather over. Looking at the people gathered at the execution ground, there were not many people at the moment, probably more than a hundred people.
There was a steady stream of people coming nearby.
Lin Feng took a breath and said loudly: "Yang Shanlong and Shen Quan have been killed, you don't have to worry about anything anymore. As the magistrate of Guzang County, I will further reduce taxes and develop business so that everyone can eat Wear well so that everyone can be clothed and fed.”
"In view of the impact Yang Shanlong and Shen Quan had on Guzang County, I announced that all corvee services in Guzang County this year will be exempted. Guzang County will not impose corvee services this year."
boom! !
More than a hundred people at the scene started shouting.
The people were happy that Shen Quan was killed, but they were even more happy that the corvee was relieved.
For ordinary people, during the spring plowing and autumn harvest seasons, the labor force at home is the main force in farming. Once they are conscripted into corvee, the spring plowing and autumn harvest at home will be easily affected. After all, there were not many mature men in the family. Now that there is no corvee, farming can be done intensively.
In addition, the autumn harvest is also more stable, and it can be collected quickly when the weather is good. The autumn rain will not come and wet the crops, and eventually the food will be ruined.
Corvee had a great impact on the people. Therefore, when the people in Guzang County heard this, they all became excited.
"Long live the county magistrate!"
In the crowd, some people shouted.
"Long live the county magistrate!"
"Long live the county magistrate!"
More and more people shouted, and many people who came around after hearing the news did not know the situation and were curious. After some inquiring, I learned that Lin Feng announced that he would be exempted from corvee this year, so that the people who had just arrived cheered.
More and more people are shouting.
It’s even more enduring.
After a while, the shouting people gradually calmed down.
Lin Feng looked at these people and said directly: "The one you want to thank is not me. Because it is His Majesty's arrangement that I am in charge of Guzang County. In other words, this is His Majesty's order. What you want to thank is His Majesty the Emperor." .”
The people chanted again.
Anyway, the people were happy.
Yingwu stood in the crowd, watching Lin Feng's effortless performance, and sighed in his heart.
As expected of Lin Feng.
Lin Feng made it clear about this extremely small matter. Perhaps the emperor would not have any thoughts about Lin Feng because the people shouted long live the county magistrate. However, Lin Feng directly changed it to let the people be grateful to the emperor, and Hei Bingtai reported it, and the emperor was even more satisfied with Lin Feng's meeting.
It's a matter of detail.
Small details, but also quite crucial.
After Lin Feng waited for the people's words to subside, he said again: "No matter how much you talk, no matter how nice you say it, it's all in vain. Everything depends on the final action. Please give me some time, folks. Yang Shanlong and Shen Quan are just the beginning. Guzang County will get better and better in the future."
"You will definitely have enough food and clothing. This is my guarantee."
"Okay, it's all gone."
Lin Feng didn't say much and left with the people.
Now that Shen Quan is dead, what Lin Feng needs to do next is to take drastic measures and prepare to promote reforms.
