The ninth day.
Noon.
The southern suburbs of Yanping County, on the banks of the Gu River.
What is usually a deserted place is today crowded with people, including men, women and children from Yanping County.
Because, as soon as three quarters of noon comes, Qiu Zhennong will be dead here!
The common people all wanted to see with their own eyes how this bully who had brought trouble to the village and caused countless harm to people ended his life.
Among the crowd, some people have already prepared gongs, drums and firecrackers in advance. When the execution is over, they will beat the gongs, drums and set off firecrackers to celebrate.
It was now approaching execution time, the guillotine was already ready, and all the officials had taken their seats.
This time, the Ministry of Punishment did send a censor to give some advice.
Tidian Yushi, also called Ti Xinguan, is mainly responsible for reviewing serious cases, important cases and unjust cases in various places.
However, what surprised everyone was that the Tidian Censor was straightforward and low-key. He made his intention clear as soon as they met, emphasizing that he was only here to supervise the case and would not offer any opinions or make any decisions. .
Therefore, in the next period of time, the Censor of Tips was completely a bystander, only symbolically checking the case information and all the approval documents.
In addition, he lived in seclusion and seemed to try his best to avoid contact with local officials. Sima Xin invited him for good opportunities, but they were all declined.
As a result, Sima Xin and others gradually understood his brilliance.
Yes, behind Qiu Zhennong, there is always the Minister of Civil Affairs.
No matter what decision the Tidian Censor makes, people will inevitably think about whether he represents the intention of the Minister of Civil Affairs?
However, this case happened to be a case appointed by the Holy One. The Holy One obviously did not want this case to be interfered with.
Therefore, it is not easy for him to be the censor who advises. He must not disobey the emperor's wishes, but he also needs to try not to offend the minister of official affairs.
Therefore, coming here as a mute spectator is undoubtedly the best choice!
It seems that the officials from the Holy Capital are indeed human beings.
However, since they understood what they meant, Sima Xin and Cai Jin naturally did not carry the cauldron, and finally returned it all to the county magistrate Song Zhili.
At this time, Song Zhili had no intention to care about Qiu Batian's life and death. He wanted to find his son and daughter as soon as possible, so he immediately made a decision to set the execution day as today.
Not only did officials at all levels have no objections to this decision, but they all supported it, because no matter who it was, they wanted to end this suffering as soon as possible.
Three quarters past noon is approaching, and the five condemned prisoners have been identified and brought to the guillotine.
In addition to the culprit Qiu Zhennong, there are also Kuai Peng and Qiu Bin who were involved in the Pan family massacre, as well as two other Qiu Batian's men who were involved in multiple murder cases.
As for Qiu Batian's other accomplices, they were also sentenced accordingly according to the nature of their crimes.
However, Pan Wending, who killed Ailian, and Mrs. Wei Sina, who killed the third lady of the Wei family, have not yet been tried because they belong to different cases.
The county government has so many things to do, so they can't be taken care of at the moment.
The guillotine was a little far away from the audience, and no one could clearly see what Qiu Zhennong's expression was at this moment.
I just saw from a distance that when he was put on the guillotine, his feet were almost dangling. Fortunately, the executioner was strong enough.
Soon, the final preparations were completed.
Song Zhili took the death penalty token and looked at the officials first, feeling a sigh of relief in his heart.
Unexpectedly, the person who threw the death penalty card in the end was myself, the lowest ranking official present!
Song Zhili closed his eyes and thought to himself, okay, this is the end, there is no turning back.
Since you can't go back, let's do it!
So, he suddenly opened his eyes and threw the token out.
The token fell to the ground, and the soul-chasing cannon exploded instantly.
The executioner swung his knife downwards, and the head fell to the ground...
"good!"
"OK!!!"
"Whoa whoa……"
The crowd was instantly excited, gongs and drums were beating to the sky, firecrackers were blasting, and the people were excited, singing and dancing with great joy.
During this period, a large number of victims who were deeply poisoned by Qiu Batian spontaneously knelt down from a distance in front of the officials, kowtowed and shouted "Song Qingtian"...
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Two hours later.
All follow-up matters regarding the death penalty have been handled.
The chief warden of the Ministry of Punishment also resigned very wisely, saying that he was busy with official duties and had to return to his post as soon as possible.
Everyone tacitly understood that he wanted to leave the place of right and wrong as soon as possible, so they respectfully sent him out of the city immediately before returning to the county government office.
However, as soon as they entered the Yamen, Sima Xin and Cai Jin's expressions suddenly changed.
Before even having time to enter the inner hall to talk, Sima Xin eagerly took out a letter and almost threw it into Song Zhili's face.
"Take a good look! Are you satisfied now?" Sima Xin shouted coldly, "I told you a long time ago that Cui Xiaotian is not Qiu Batian, and you can't afford to offend him!"
Song Zhili naturally knew that the situation was not good, so he immediately opened the letter tremblingly, only to find that it was an urgent and secret letter written by the Governor himself!
The content of the letter only contains five words: "Release Cui Xiaotian immediately!!!"
The fewer words, the more serious the situation is.
"This...this..." Song Zhili held the secret letter, his legs were paralyzed and he was at a loss.
Chen Houlu hurriedly took advantage of the situation and took a look. After seeing the five big characters clearly, he was also frightened.
The governor is the highest official in the state capital, and even he has spoken personally, so Cui Xiaotian... naturally cannot be let go!
"Isn't she beautiful now?" Cai Jin reprimanded with his hands behind his back, "I tell you, you must not play word games with us. If we ask you to let Cui Xiaotian go, you will only let him go.
"No one of his sons or men should be left behind, let them all go!"
"Well, meeting a bastard like you is a bad luck for eight lifetimes," Sima Xin gripped his waist with his hands and kept complaining, "I killed so many people in Cui Xiaotian, and I still don't know how to explain it later!
"As promised in advance, I don't care. I have to blame all this misunderstanding on you. You have to bear it yourself, hum!"
"Two...two adults..." Finally, Chen Houlu couldn't listen anymore and begged, "Mr. Song, after all, his child was kidnapped. Please help him say a word and beg for mercy!"
"We...we have no choice but to...we are also confused for a moment..."
This time, Chen Houlu used the word "we" without any shirk.
And then, with a bang, he knelt down in front of the two officials.
"I'm begging you. Magistrate Song is very eager to save our son. He has offended the two adults before. We...we can't apologize..."
"Ouch! Why are you kneeling so hard?" Cai Jin waved his hand, "It's useless to say anything now. You have also seen the letter from the governor, so hurry up and release him!"
"Yes, yes..." Chen Houlu stood up quickly, nodded and bowed, "Let's go now, let him go now!"
With that said, he quickly pulled Song Zhili and asked him to go with him to release the person.
However, he pulled twice and found that Song Zhili didn't move.
Um?
Chen Houlu quickly looked at Song Zhili and was suddenly surprised, because he found that Song Zhili seemed to be a different person at this moment!
But I saw Song Zhili's face was red, his fists were clenched, and his body was still shaking...
"Hey," Cai Jin glared at Song Zhili and urged, "Why are you still standing there? Go and let him go!"
However, Song Zhili didn't realize it and turned around like a zombie to face the two officials.
"You..." Sima Xin and Cai Jin were both stunned, wondering whether the county magistrate had suffered a stroke or was possessed by evil spirits.
"Oh my god..." Suddenly, Song Zhili's eyes widened, staring like bells, and he lamented with grief and anger, "There is a saying in Xuan Dao: If there is a way in the world, you will die with the way; if there is no way in the world, you will die with your body!
"I...I want to see if Tao is in heaven or in humans!? Hahahaha..."
The next second, Song Zhili looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, so wildly that it seemed as if the entire county government hall was darkened and a strong wind blew up.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Song Zhili laughed ferociously, but tears fell in the air. His face was distorted, but his tears were shining...
Si MaXin and Cai Jin were not only dumbfounded, but also a little hairy.
They never imagined that a weak civil servant could laugh with such a powerful aura and laugh so evilly and crazily!
"He..." Cai Jin murmured, "Is he really crazy?"
"Hahahaha...Two adults," Song Zhili finally stopped laughing, tilted his head weirdly, and said with fierce eyes, "Cui Xiaotian...I won't let go!!!"
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