Wang Xingshan stared at the Lingbao County Magistrate in front of him.
The Lingbao County Magistrate in front of him was dressed in shabby clothes, and you could even see several fist-sized patches.
This kind of clothing is usually worn only by those working as coolies.
The dignified magistrate of Lingbao County went out dressed like this, especially when the rebel army besieged Lingbao City. He didn't think that the other party was going to visit incognito.
"The clothes I was wearing were dirty, so I temporarily found a boy's clothes to change into, which made General Wang laugh." Magistrate Huang looked embarrassed, and his tone was no longer as aggressive as before.
Wang Xingshan, who heard this, said with a sarcastic look on his face: "County Magistrate Huang really has nothing to do with his sleeves. He doesn't even have a single piece of clothing. He has to borrow clothes from his servant when he goes out. I'm afraid Hai Ruxian is not as good as Magistrate Huang."
"What a coincidence, what a coincidence." County Magistrate Huang said with an apologetic smile.
Wang Xingshan's face turned cold and he said in a cold voice: "I don't care whether you have a change of clothes or not. I ask you why the food sent to the soldiers guarding the city is just gruel?"
"Porridge? This is impossible!" County Magistrate Huang said with an innocent look, "My subordinates have specifically told the people below to ensure that the soldiers guarding the city eat well."
Wang Xingshan stared at him, snorted coldly, and said, "Is Magistrate Huang saying that I lied to you?"
"That's not possible." Magistrate Huang hurriedly shook his head and said, "General Wang would not deceive the official on such a matter. The official guessed that the people below must not have done their work carefully. They have tampered with their food, General Wang, please rest assured, I will go back and deal with them right now. Let them make up for whatever is missing, and we will never let the soldiers eat less than a grain of rice."
With that said, he turned around and left.
However, several of Wang Xingshan's soldiers blocked his way.
"Please ask General Wang to ask his men to get out of the way, so that I can go back to the Yamen and deal with those bastards who are greedy for the military rations, and hurry up and deliver the meals to the soldiers." Huang County Magistrate turned around and said with a smile.
Wang Xingshan said expressionlessly: "Who you want to deal with is a matter within your yamen, and I have no control over it. In order to ensure that there will no longer be any deprivation of rations for the soldiers, County Magistrate Huang handed over the granary in the city. I will get the grain from the granary myself."
"Absolutely impossible." When Huang County Magistrate saw that Wang Xingshan wanted to take over the granary, he immediately refused.
Hearing this, Wang Xingshan's face darkened and he said coldly: "Magistrate Huang doesn't want my people to take over the granary, or is he afraid that if the general takes over the granary, he will discover something detrimental to you, Magistrate Huang."
"Ah haha, General Wang is joking." Huang County Magistrate covered up the panic in his heart with laughter, and said with a smile, "How could there be anything wrong with the granary? The reason why the official did not hand over the granary to General Wang is completely Because there is no such rule, it is not the official’s personal intention.”
Wang Xingshan sneered and said: "Magistrate Huang is really calm and he is still hiding it. Do you really think that I will know nothing about the granary?"
Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Huang's expression suddenly changed.
"The general may have heard some rumors, but I can guarantee that the granary is intact and there is absolutely no problem." He said firmly, trying to make his face look normal.
"That's enough." Wang Xingshan stopped the other party with an impatient expression, and immediately said, "There is no grain in the granary in Lingbao City. Magistrate Huang, you are so kind! I am impressed by this."
Now the other party is still quibbling, and he has no patience to continue to make excuses.
Magistrate Huang defended himself: "General, don't listen to the villain's instigation. The subordinate can use the black gauze hat on his head to guarantee that there is no problem with the granary in the city."
There was a problem with the granary, and as a county magistrate, he would lose his head along with it. He would not dare to admit that he had short-sold the official grain in the granary.
"I sent someone to find you. I wanted to give you a chance to atone for your sins. Now it seems that you are stubborn and have no regrets at all. In this case, I will keep you, a corrupt official, for a while. What's the use? Come here, pull him down and chop off the sacrificial flag." Wang Xingshan pointed at Magistrate Huang and flicked his sleeve.
Several soldiers stepped forward, wiped their shoulders and clasped their arms at Magistrate Huang, and escorted him to leave.
"I am the magistrate of Lingbao County appointed by the imperial court. Wang Xingshan is just a deputy general and has no authority to kill me. Let me go immediately, otherwise I will definitely join you in colluding with bandits and murdering the imperial magistrate." Magistrate Huang struggled Standing and shouting loudly.
However, as a civil servant who has been a silverfish for many years, how can he be the opponent of those soldiers and servants.
He couldn't break away at all, and all he could do was use his mouth to yell and curse.
"There's no need to take him down, just chop his head right here." Wang Xingshan was so angry when he heard Magistrate Huang scolding him for colluding with the bandits that he couldn't even wait for his own soldiers to lead Magistrate Huang down, so he asked him to Take action on the city wall.
Although several of the soldiers were not executioners who specialized in beheading prisoners and had not learned the art of beheading, they still knew how to behead.
Magistrate Huang was pushed to the ground.
One of the soldiers untied the hair on Magistrate Huang's head, brought it together and pulled it forward, exposing the back of his neck.
Another soldier on the side drew out his sword and swung it down at the back of Magistrate Huang's neck. There was a pop and the big head separated from the body at the neck cavity.
"General, the execution is over." The soldiers from Huang County came to Wang Xingshan carrying the head.
Wang Xingshan glanced at Magistrate Huang's expression of death, and said with disgust: "Throw the head and body outside the city. A corrupt official like this who only cares about personal gain and no country, it will be easier for him to die like this."
The soldiers found several officers and soldiers guarding the city from the side, carried the body of Magistrate Huang and threw it down the city wall.
The officers and soldiers who went to the city to find food now carried baskets of food to the top of the city.
Also returning with these officers and soldiers was General Lu Dongliang.
Lu Dongliang came to Wang Xingshan and said with an ugly face: "General, do you know that some soldiers in the army secretly robbed the people in the city? Many people died tragically as a result."
"The soldiers cannot fight hungry. I asked them to borrow food from the people. I did this to defend Lingbao City." Wang Xingshan frankly admitted that he gave the order.
Hearing this, Lu Dongliang's face became even more ugly.
Before coming, he thought that the officers and soldiers went to people's homes to rob people's homes as a personal act. Only now did he realize that everything was ordered by Wang Xingshan.
I saw Wang Xingshan continue to say: "Just before you came up, I just ordered people to kill the Lingbao County Magistrate. Go and look down the city from the crenel in front. Maybe you can see the County Magistrate's body."
"Kill the county magistrate?" Lu Dongliang's face turned pale.
I never expected that the other party would be so bold that he even killed the Lingbao County Magistrate.
