Chapter 125 Execution

The next day, at the end of Ziyang Street in Wuchang, a temporary execution ground was set up. The surrounding people blocked several streets tightly. There were open spaces on both sides of the execution ground, and one side was close to the Yangtze River. More than 100 soldiers were guarding the surroundings. Zhang Zhenwu had been taken to the center of the execution ground. He was forcibly pressed to the bluestone ground by the soldiers, with his back facing the Yangtze River. He had a wooden label of death row prisoners on his back. Facing Zhang Zhenwu and the Yangtze River bank embankment, ten soldiers stood side by side. It was around 11:50 in the morning, and it was still ten minutes away from the time of execution.

"This person is Zhang Zhenwu. I heard that Wuchang's first agenda was the first shot he fired."

"Zhang Zhenwu is a ** hero. How could he suddenly kill another ** hero? This person's fate is so changeable. He was still an arrogant hero yesterday, but today he will become a wronged soul under the gun."

"What a pity, this young man is a pity."

The crowd around pointed at Zhang Zhenwu and discussed it. Most of them expressed sympathy for Zhang Zhenwu, and some believed his murder. However, the subordinates who were familiar with Zhang Zhenwu understood that Zhang Zhenwu had a good relationship with Huang Haicheng and had never had any major conflicts. How could he suddenly kill him in the teahouse? There must be any ulterior motives. The two Zhang Zhenwu's guards who were informed that day were secretly killed by Li Yuanhong. They could not bear the torture in prison and were already scolded. They said to the outside world that they participated in the Zhang Zhenwu murder.

At this time, the crowd was forcibly separated by a group of soldiers. After a few horns, Li Tiancheng and Li Yuanhong's cars appeared near the execution ground.

"This person is Zhang Zhenwu, right?" Li Tiancheng walked forward accompanied by Li Yuanhong, and arrived more than 20 meters away from Zhang Zhenwu. He pointed at Zhang Zhenwu, who was kneeling on the ground, with a gray face and unwilling look on his face.

"This death row prisoner is Zhang Zhenwu. It's finally time to bring this person to justice. Li is really happy to eliminate harm for the people and eliminate traitors for the country." Li Yuanhong looked at Zhang Zhenwu with a deep sense, and said with a smug expression on his face.

When Zhang Zhenwu saw Li Yuanhong coming in his aftertaste, he slowly raised his head and glared at him viciously. There were four or five blood marks on his face, his eyes were black, his flesh was bloated and ugly, his face was haggard, and his military uniform was broken several times, dirty and messy, with some blood on it. It seemed that he had been abused in the prison, but he never confessed to murder.

"Li Yuanhong, you thief, you dare to frame me. I will not let you go even if I go to the underworld." Zhang Zhenwu's eyes were angry, but after being tortured and abused for several days, he was powerless and said a word in his mouth. The words he shouted were not clear. He then hung his head weakly, and his hands were hanging down, waiting for the arrival of death.

"Hmph, I dare to insult me ​​when I die. I will wait a few minutes before you will see the King of Hell. I will wait to see your death." Li Yuanhong saw Zhang Zhenwu squirming his lips a few times, and seemed to say something. He could guess that there must be nothing good to say. He immediately complained in his heart, but his expression was not revealed on his face.

"Governor Li, it's time to execute the execution." At this time, a leader of the team came over, saluted Li Yuanhong, and then reported.

"Wrong, I am the President of Hubei Province now. You should report to Mr. Li. Mr. Li is your highest military commander." Li Yuanhong heard this, but pretended to be dark and said to the officer with a hint of reprimand.

"I'm sorry, Chairman Li, I'm sorry that the officials are rude. I've just changed it. The officials haven't adapted for a while." The officer's face suddenly turned red and white, for fear of offending Li Tiancheng, so he immediately turned to salute Li Tiancheng.

"It's okay, it's okay, wait, I'll discuss something with Mr. Li first." Li Tiancheng smiled and waved to the officer, signaling him not to be so nervous, and then turned his head to look at Li Yuanhong and said.

"Well" Li Yuanhong was waiting for Li Tiancheng to personally give orders to kill Zhang Zhenwu, so that he could completely get rid of the suspicion of murdering Zhang Zhenwu. However, when Li Tiancheng suddenly said this, his heart trembled slightly and he couldn't help but nod.

"Duke Li, although I first arrived in Wuchang and didn't understand the inside story, as far as I know, Zhang Zhenwu has always been a soldier with the ideal of being a soldier and has the idea of ​​loyalty to serve the country. How could this person kill a colleague of the ** for no reason? The motive for this person's murder is unknown, or perhaps it may not be a man-killing." Li Tiancheng's sudden words made Li Yuanhong feel a little bad, and his face suddenly became gloomy. He began to look at Li Tiancheng uneasyly, observing the change of his expression on his face.

"The two subordinates of this person have confessed their crimes and have been executed on the ground. I think this matter has been settled long ago and there is no other matter. Please ask Mr. Li to observe clearly." Li Yuanhong seemed to have heard something wrong, his eyes flashed frequently, and he bowed to Li Tiancheng with confusion.

"I heard that the two guards were chopped off their fingers and toes before their death, their kneecaps were opened, their teeth were broken, and even their eardrums were pierced. How could an ordinary person stand it under such torture? They might be beaten up." Li Tiancheng's subsequent words shocked Li Yuanhong even more. He didn't know how Li Tiancheng knew about these things. The two men secretly executed in prison. After their death, their bodies were immediately burned and thrown into the Yangtze River. No one knew about it.

"This is probably a mess of Zhang Zhenwu's old subordinates. The trial process of these two people is handled in accordance with judicial procedures. There will be no mistakes. Please rest assured Mr. Li." Li Yuanhong couldn't help but seep a few beads of sweat from his forehead. He was still concealing his mouth, but he was thinking carefully about whether there was any possibility of any mistake in this matter, but he didn't expect that there was any problem in any link.

However, Li Yuanhong did not know that the soldiers who were executed that day had been dealt with by Zhang Zhenwu's old subordinates, so they told them all about the abuses that the two guards and Zhang Zhenwu had suffered in prison. Moreover, these soldiers did not burn the bodies of the two guards and threw them into the Yangtze River according to Li Yuanhong's instructions, but threw them directly into the water. The bodies were immediately salvaged by Zhang Zhenwu's subordinate officers, and were still placed there at this time.

After Li Tiancheng learned that Zhang Zhenwu was going to be executed yesterday, he sent someone to investigate the matter overnight, focusing on finding Zhang Zhenwu's old officers and listening to what they said. So someone reported the news of the bodies of the two guards being preserved. Li Tiancheng then learned the details and even more suspected that Zhang Zhenwu was framed.

"Mr. Li doesn't know that the bodies of the two guards were kept and were placed in a private house at this time. I sent someone to take a look in the morning and found that what they said was true, so I felt that this matter needs to be reviewed again. Don't be wronged by the good people." Li Tiancheng had guessed that this matter must be done by Li Yuanhong, but in order to maintain the stability of the current situation, he didn't want to break the mess for the time being, so he said calmly.

"This..." Li Yuanhong heard this and knew that the matter had been revealed, he began to hesitate. However, he thought to himself that they only knew that Zhang Zhenwu's guards had been tortured, but other things were not available to verify, so he would not be implicated for the time being, so he was not in a mess. He just understood that with Li Tiancheng coming forward, Zhang Zhenwu would definitely not be able to kill him, and he began to worry about what happened next.

"Duke Li, do you think I'm doing this reasonably?" Li Tiancheng then turned his head to look at Li Yuanhong and said.

"Where is this? Mr. Li is my boss. This matter should be decided by Mr. Li. How dare Li block Mr. Li from doing things? Mr. Li said what to do." Li Yuanhong quickly lowered his head and bowed to Li Tiancheng, and said tremblingly.

"Since Mr. Li agrees, then you can release Zhang Zhenwu. I want to take him back for an interview in person." Li Tiancheng then turned around and ordered the officer who was in charge of the execution and said.

The officer was originally Li Yuanhong's confidant. After hearing Li Tiancheng's order, he immediately glanced at Li Yuanhong in secret. Li Yuanhong immediately winked at him and asked him to follow Li Tiancheng's order. After the officer understood, he immediately turned around and ran away to order people to release Zhang Zhenwu.

Seeing that the matter had turned out like this, Li Yuanhong did not dare to face Zhang Zhenwu again. After finding an excuse, he left in shame. All those who were left were Li Tiancheng's guards. When the people around him saw the soldiers who were performing the guns suddenly retreat, for some reason, they all surrounded him and muttered, but were blocked by the guards.

"What's going on? Why did you suddenly stop being executed?"

The people didn't understand why things suddenly changed, and they started to discuss things, and some people were happy for Zhang Zhenwu.

"General Zhang Zhenwu, you're fine now. Let's talk about it after you go back and rest for a few days." Li Tiancheng walked up and personally untied the rope tied to Zhang Zhenwu for himself, then helped him up, and said with concern.

"This is Mr. Li Tiancheng, right?" Zhang Zhenwu struggled to stand up, but after just saying a little, he fell down weakly.

"Come here, take General Zhang back to my villa and serve him for a lifetime." Li Tianzhi immediately ordered his subordinates.

Zhang Zhenwu then returned to the garden villa with Li Tiancheng. He suddenly fainted just now. He was locked in prison these days without eating or drinking a sip of water. He was beaten like this and his body was already exhausted.

Li Tiancheng arranged a spacious and bright room for Zhang Zhenwu, and ordered someone to scout him and invited the old military doctor of Zhenguo Army to join him. At about five o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Zhenwu gradually woke up...
Chapter completed!