Updated: 2012-09-18

The first drum in the execution ground had already sounded, and it had arrived at noon. After the three drums were finished, the execution was about to be executed.

At this time, a soldier had already arrived at the execution platform with a bowl of wine. Before the prisoner was executed, he would always give him a bowl of wine to go on the road. The wine came to the old prisoner in his fifties. The old prisoner sniffed his nose, then spitted into the bowl, and laughed: "It smells so smelly, the wine in the government is also smelly. There is no clean place. I don't drink such smelly wine to avoid dirtying himself."

When the prisoners next to him heard this, those who had not drunk wine spit into the wine bowl. Those who had drunk wine immediately spit out, and they all shouted loudly: "It smells so smelly."

However, the onlookers also secretly admired these prisoners in their hearts.

Except for the frequent turmoil and riots in Tongzhou, Xishan Road is not always peaceful, and there are frequent disturbances in the people in various states. However, Qiao Mingtang is well-managed and has both kindness and power, and most of the disturbances can be quickly calmed down.

In recent years, the imperial court's taxes have been added one more and another. Even if the local governments do not impose violent taxes, they will have made the people of the Qin Dynasty miserable.

Xishan Road is naturally not immune.

As the governor of Xishan Road, Qiao Mingtang really took many measures to benefit the people when he took office, including water conservancy construction, reward land reclamation, and development of agriculture and commerce. He also achieved great success in the administration of officials. He still has great prestige in the hearts of the people of Xishan Road and can be regarded as a good official.

However, the imperial court needed more and more silver, and the taxes increased significantly every year. At the beginning of the founding of the country, the Qin Empire was in ruins. The imperial court introduced a series of measures to restore the stability and prosperity of the country after the war. His Majesty the Emperor even started the exam in the first year of his establishment, selecting talents and placing a large number of capable ministers and officials appeared in the court and local areas. After twenty years of chaotic vassals in the Central Plains, the people began to live and work in peace.

At that time, the army of the Great Qin Empire was extremely powerful. The Xiliang Kingdom in the northwest and the Goryeo Kingdom in the northeast did not dare to invade the Great Qin Empire at all. Instead, the army of the Great Qin Empire often entered their borders. First, the imperial military authority was the power of the empire, and the domestic economy developed rapidly. In the early days of its founding, the people did feel the slight rise of a country. Many people firmly believed that the people of the Great Qin Empire would live a peaceful and prosperous life.

After the 16th year of its founding, the court did not increase the slightest tax in ten years. Although there were many local officials who committed crimes and embezzled and bribed, overall, the atmosphere in the officialdom was still relatively good.

At that time, every citizen of the Great Qin Empire felt the arrival of prosperity, and felt that His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Qin Empire was a saint king of the ages, and was proud of being a part of the Great Qin Empire.

But no one expected that from four years ago, the taxes of the court began to rise sharply. The court used various reasons to add taxes one and another, and the means of collecting taxes were very violent. If anyone owed taxes, they would usually suffer violence. The so-called upper beam was not right and the lower beam was crooked. The court was like this. Local officials naturally took advantage of the situation to rob, use the momentum of the court to increase taxes, cleverly establish names, and exploit them. The Qin Empire, which was originally prosperous and prosperous, was like entering the path of demons. In just a few years, it began to decline rapidly, and the people of all over the country were in vain.

The gentry in those places took the opportunity to use various means to oppress the people and annex the land. They were extremely vicious and used all their best to maximize their interests.

The collusion between officials and gentry, and the entire Qin Empire was almost in chaos.

Although there are still many capable ministers and officials, it is difficult to prevent such a trend from declining repeatedly in the face of the rapid decline of the entire country.

The people who can make a living are patient, but a group of people who have no world and cannot even fill their stomachs naturally cannot tolerate such difficulties. They become bandits, gather in the mountains and forests, and incite riots, which leads to frequent civil unrest in various Qin dynasties. Although most civil unrest were suppressed under the pressure of the government, the resentment in the hearts of the people became increasingly strong, and some people with ulterior motives took advantage of the situation to take over the land to become kings, fight against the government, accumulate strength, and wait for the opportunity to arise.

There are many grassroots bandits who accumulate strength and wait for an opportunity to break out quickly at any time, like a spark of fire.

Today, people who are watching and executed by the people who are in charge of the rebellion will naturally not be dissatisfied with the government. Some people even know that the criminal platform is "rebellionists" that are confronting the government, and they feel sympathy in their hearts.

At this time, the tough guys on the execution stage were all laughing and scolding, but they were not afraid.

They are all tortured and are fearless in the face of death.

Some of them laughed and said, "Today we will go on the road together and come to the world together twenty years later. If this bullshit court has not yet perished, we will make a gang of people and bring the dog emperor off the seat."

Someone next to him immediately laughed and said, "I'm afraid I won't wait for that time. Such a foolish monarch is in power and the slanderous ministers will cause disaster. It will take only three or five years for the shit Qin State to no longer exist. We are afraid we won't see it."

"I just don't know which man can cut off the dog emperor's head by then." Someone sighed: "It's a pity that I can't meet him."

The old prisoner who refused to drink shouted: "No matter who he is, he is a good man worthy of admiration, and this man will definitely appear."

These prisoners knew that they would die today and spoke without restraint.

All the officials on the main stage frowned and looked ugly. Xu Congyang, Qiao Mingtang, Lan Tingyu, and other officials of all sizes were all sunken.

Qiao Mingtang didn't expect these people to be so arrogant and speak so wildly. He was also angry and winked, and his subordinates made gestures. The soldiers on the stage immediately raised their hands to slash the prisoners' mouths and prevented them from speaking.

These people were all glaring at each other, and some even laughed: "I'm afraid, they're afraid. We don't need to use a knife, as long as we talk, the government will be afraid."

"It can block our offense, but it cannot block the hearts of all people in the world." Someone roared angrily: "If you are accomplices of the tiger, you will be punished sooner or later."

Many prisoners' mouths were thrust into pieces, and blood was dripping. Some people even had their teeth knocked down, but they did not stop scolding. At this time, the second drum was already ringing, and it was already two o'clock in the afternoon.

The soldiers tied the prisoners' mouths with ropes, which made them speechless.

Qiao Mingtang breathed a sigh of relief, then his heart rose again. It was already two hours after noon, and there was still a calm around him. There was no sign that someone was coming to rob the Dharma field.

Amid the sound of the drums, the sword and axe driver had already stepped forward to wash the knife with wine. The big sword was so cold that it was covered with dark clouds in the sky, and it seemed that it was going to rain at any time.

Xu Congyang was also a little puzzled at this time and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Qiao, can we all calculate it wrong?"

Qiao Mingtang also frowned and said softly: "Grandmaster, if no one really comes to rob the court, do we... do we still have to continue acting?" After pausing, he whispered: "Do you still need to kill these people?"

Xu Congyang sneered: "Since no one comes to save him, it means they don't care anymore, so there is nothing to keep."

At this moment, a cold light flashed among the onlookers. From the crowd, there were already hidden weapons that suddenly hit the punishment platform. A soldier guarding the punishment platform could not dodge and was hit by the hidden weapons and fell to the ground.

Someone shouted loudly in the crowd: "Brother Chen, we're here to save you." Five or six very tightly wrapped assassins had already emerged from the crowd, and showed their hidden swords and rushed towards Xingtai.

Qiao Mingtang's eyes lit up and he said excitedly: "They are here."

The crowd immediately became turbulent, and six assassins had already wielded their swords and rushed to the execution platform. The soldiers of the Imperial Guards were well-trained, and they came out of the battle with swords and guns and surrounded them.

These five or six people were fearless in the face of the Imperial Guards. The swords flashed and fought with the Imperial Guards.

But someone shouted loudly on the execution platform: "Brother Huang, go quickly, go quickly... don't be implicated by me!"

"We have drunk blood wine together and made a vow to the sky." Someone among the assassin shouted: "Today we live and die together."

These assassins have good martial arts skills, but the number is too small, so they are soon surrounded by the Imperial Guards. Although several Imperial Guards were killed, three assassins fell in a pool of blood.

Qiao Mingtang frowned and said, "The Grand Secretary, it seems...is not right."

Xu Congyang sighed: "They are not the ones we are waiting for. They are another group of people."

The assassin who suddenly appeared was not the one the government had to wait for. This time, more than ten prisoners were killed. However, the first assassin rescued other prisoners.

They were very small and knew they would die, but they still rushed out.

When Xu Congyang saw the assassins falling down one by one, he shook his head and sighed: "They are all heroes who are loyal to death, but it's a pity..." He seemed quite heartbroken.

Under the swords of the Imperial Guard, this wave of assassins had not approached the Killing Platform, but had already fallen into a pool of blood. Brother Huang was even pierced by several long spears in his chest. Before he died, he looked at the Killing Platform and sighed: "Brother Chen... Brother Chen, brother... brother... brother goes first... go first..." A mouthful of blood squirted on the face of an Imperial Guard, laughed twice, and his head drooped, and he died.

On the punishment platform, a prisoner burst into tears, roared, and suddenly fell to the ground. A soldier stepped forward to check, then stood up and said, "Sir, he has bit his tongue and committed suicide."

The prisoners on the stage and the people below the stage trembled in their hearts when they saw such a tragic scene. Several people actually watched the bodies of several assassins being dragged over and wiped their tears secretly.

"This is a righteous man." The old prisoner roared to the sky: "If there are such righteous men in the world, the foolish monarch and treacherous slander will never end well!"

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