Hearing this, Liu Pingjiang suddenly sat down on the ground, seemingly completely collapsed! And those people behind him were crying, screaming, and became a mess!
Liu Haojia ignored them. He turned to the Quanzhou officer who had walked out of the cell with a different expression and said: "I know that some of you are involved, but they have not been exposed! But I can tell you clearly, I don’t want to pursue it any further! But if anyone can’t think about it, there’s still a lot of open space in this cell!”
Hearing this, everyone said in unison: "Thank you for your forgiveness, young commander. I realize my mistake!"
Liu Haojia continued: "I can let things go in the past, but from today on, my general orders must be implemented to the letter! If there are any other things such as deducting military pay, liaising with pirates, and responding to the local gentry, once they are discovered by me, , when the time comes, the new and old accounts will be settled together!”
Everyone heaved a sigh of relief when they heard this. Knowing that Liu Haojia would no longer pursue the case, they all said sincerely: "I'll wait for you to understand!"
Then Liu Haojia walked out and said at the same time: "Although you have been released, it is not appropriate to show your face at the moment. I have arranged a barracks nearby for you to live temporarily. After they are dealt with, you can resume your duties!"
After hearing this, everyone was completely relieved and said in unison again: "Thank you so much, Marshal! Congratulations, Marshal!"
When Liu Haojia walked away, these people stood up straight and looked at each other with surprise on their faces. They are all glad that they escaped! Then he looked at Liu Pingjiang and others with pity, and followed the soldiers out of the prison to rest.
The time is quickly approaching noon, and by this time there is already a sea of people in front of the pier! Almost most of the people in Quanzhou came here to watch the fun! There were even countless small merchants and hawkers hawking their goods, turning this execution into a grand festival!
Just when the time was approaching noon, the gate of the naval camp opened wide, and a large number of soldiers poured out to disperse the people blocking the road. Then another group of soldiers drove out a group of shackled people with unkempt heads and bare feet! When the people saw these people, they immediately cheered, and some even cursed loudly! Some even threw stones, vegetable leaves and other debris, making these pirate leaders stagger! If the soldiers hadn't stopped them, these people would have been beaten to death before they even reached the execution platform!
Quanzhou is located by the sea, and people's livelihood is mostly related to the sea. On weekdays, these pirates do a lot of evil, and many people die at the hands of the pirates. Naturally, the people hate them with gnashing of teeth! Now of course I am very happy to see these people in such a miserable state!
After a while, all these people were driven to the high platform and knelt down one by one. Some soldiers read loudly who these pirates were and what evil deeds they had done! Whenever a name is announced, there will be a burst of cheers among the people!
From now on in the restaurant, Li Shusheng and others all listened with bated breath to the names announced by the soldiers. When an old man in green shirt and the old man named Zhao heard the names of the poisonous-eyed osprey and another pirate leader, they were obviously relaxed. Take a breath! In particular, the old man surnamed Zhao was relieved and sighed repeatedly, looking pitiful!
As noon arrived, after a cannon was fired, a row of bare-chested soldiers holding swords walked onto the high platform. It seemed that the leader was the one responsible for beheading.
When they stood up, there were two soldiers on the high platform holding a pirate leader and kneeling on the edge of the high platform. The pirate leader probably knew that he was going to die, so he was kneeling there motionless! At this time, a soldier came forward with a broadsword in his hand. He looked at the right position and slashed with the knife. The head fell to the ground and blood spurted out of Lao Gao!
The soldier who beheaded the man raised his foot and kicked the newly severed head off the high platform. Immediately under the high platform, soldiers rushed forward, tied the head to a bamboo pole and lifted it up high! When the people saw this scene, they burst into huge cheers! The sound was so loud that almost half of Quanzhou City heard it!
As time went by, more than forty pirates were all beheaded and their heads were picked up! The people who had satisfied their desire for revenge reluctantly left. They were still talking loudly about what had just happened when they left! Some people finally waited for the open space and began to worship their dead relatives directly here, which shows the depth of resentment!
In the private room of the restaurant, Li Shusheng stood up, closed the window and said, "The smell of blood is so heavy, it has spread here!"
When the old man surnamed Zhao saw that the other two people were still looking sad, he comforted him and said, "Don't worry, you two. There is no news about those two people now, so they should be safe and sound. They are probably looking for a place to hide!"
Zhang Liren also said: "Old Zhao is right, no news at this time is the best news!"
One of them sighed and said: "If this is the case, that would be the best!"
Li Shusheng said: "Mr. Zhao, what Mr. Zhang said should be right! But we should still be careful and contact Magistrate Qian and other gentry to put pressure on him as soon as possible, so that he can leave as soon as possible, and at the same time cancel the change of defense between the north and the south! Otherwise, he will leave , but there is a group of Yankees entrenched here, it will be troublesome for me to sell goods in the future!"
Zhang Liren nodded and said: "This is the right thing to say! According to me, it is right for you all not to stay here any longer and to contact the talents as soon as possible!"
The old man surnamed Zhao nodded and said: "You did say something humane this time! Okay, let's go our separate ways."
At this time, Zhang Liren had no intention of contradicting him, he just snorted and got up first to say goodbye to everyone. As soon as he left his seat and walked to the door to open it, he heard a knock on the door. He pulled the door open and saw a middle-aged man standing outside the door, dressed as a servant.
When he recognized the person, he turned around and said, "Old Zhao, your family is here to find you!"
After saying that, he signaled the middle-aged servant to enter the room. After he saluted everyone, the old man surnamed Zhao said in surprise: "How did you find this place? What's the matter?"
The middle-aged servant bowed and said: "Master, the navy camp has sent people out to urge the purchase of materials, and the attitude is very tough! Moreover, the villain has just received news that the prices of many things on the market, including food, have increased. Yes! The villain sent someone to ask, and he said that there were a lot of sales today! Moreover, many of the people who went to buy goods today did not have local accents, so the villain thought that it should be the navy who sent people in casual clothes to buy everywhere. They’ve sold out everything on the market! It seems they have almost no stock in their camp!”
Several people were overjoyed when they heard this, especially Li Shusheng who clapped his hands and laughed! Then he said: "This is a good thing! If those tens of thousands of people have no food or water, it will only take two or three days to cause trouble! Not to mention there are hundreds of ships parked on the sea, and there are still many people on them. Man! I want to see how he switches defenses from north to south!"
