On the wooden stakes on the high platform, Liu Xin was tied tightly, and her clothes were mostly damaged, and her hair was tied with a straw rope so that others could see his appearance clearly.

Liu Xin, who had a dull face, raised his head, looked at the dark crowd below the audience, listened to the tide of shouting and shouting, and then looked at Wu Dou standing in front of him.

He recognized Wu Dou, a lowly soldier, who was a participant in the Jiankang military chaos several years ago. He led a few accomplices to form a team, took advantage of the situation and robbed them, and even distributed stolen food and cloth to the people of Changganli, trying to win people's hearts.

Fortunately, the official army later defeated the riots, and the riots were unable to gain a foothold in Jiankang and fled like a dog that was stranded. It is said that Wu Dou and others were also among them.

Now, this person has followed the Zhou army into the city, and is here to deceive the public, trying to deceive the people and commit traitors.

Now, Wu Dou tied him to the stage and actually began to denounce his "crime".

It is said that although he is just a mere minor official, since the mutiny has subsided, he has tried to extort the people in various ways. He often takes people to take him away on the grounds that his family is suspected of being abducted by the rebellion, imprisonment, and then blackmails his family.

If the family members don't pay the money, he will instruct the prison guard torture the man to death.

When his family saw the miserable situation of his relatives, they had to pay him honestly and beg him to be generous.

He "paid" part of the money he earned to Shangguan, and the rest would naturally fall into the wallet. If the family didn't have that much money, he would "instruct" the other party to find someone to borrow money.

As long as you borrow money, you will be able to pay back the profits in your lifetime. There is no other choice except selling yourself as a slave.

Now, Wu Dou pointed at Liu Xin's nose and cursed, saying that he blackmailed and exploited the residents of Changganli on the grounds of arresting his traitors, causing many wives to be separated and their families to be destroyed.

Faced with such condemnation, Liu Xin did not refute because at this time he was like fish on the chopping board, waiting for Wu Dou to deal with it at will. What the other party said was true, and most of the people below the audience knew it, so it was useless for him to deny it.

At this moment, Liu Xin was just thinking about how to save his life and begging the other party that would not work. Because of the military chaos a few years ago, he saw some officials kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy, but were beaten to death by the mob.

Therefore, it is useless to surrender. Liu Xin knew that many people hated him so much that they gritted their teeth. Then the more they begged for mercy, the more they wanted to kill him.

This is human nature, bullying the weak and afraid of the strong.

While he was racking his brains, a middle-aged man was taken to the high platform. Liu Xin looked closely and saw that it was Qiao, the shopkeeper of a small teahouse in Changganli.

No, it is Qiao Qi, the former tea shopkeeper.

"Everyone recognizes Qiao Qi, see if he is Qiao Qi who runs a tea shop!"

Wu Dou shouted a few times, then looked at Qiao Qi, who was a little nervous. With his encouragement, Qiao Qi began to accuse Liu Xin of the evil he had done to his family.

After the military chaos a few years ago, Qiao Qi, whose family was still well-off, was targeted by Liu Xin. The other party claimed that his son was involved in the military chaos, so he captured him and threw him into jail.

Qiao Qi has been opening a tea shop for many years, so he is certainly clear about the worldly style. He knows that the other party wants money. Seeing that his son was tortured to death, he can only grit his teeth and spend money to eliminate disasters.

Liu Xin's "quest price" was very high. He sold his property, sold the tea shop, and raised money to Liu Xin, begging the other party to let his son go. As a result, Liu Xin not only asked for money, but also wanted people - Liu Xin took a fancy to Qiao Qi's daughter-in-law.

Qiao Qi's daughter-in-law has a good appearance. She was originally an orphan and was taken in by Qiao Qi. Later, she became a daughter-in-law. Qiao Qi was unwilling to do so, but when she saw her son's leg was broken, she was afraid that she would not even be able to save her life, so she could only surrender.

The daughter-in-law signed a slave contract and became Liu Xin's maid, and Qiao Qi's son saved his life.

Since then, the couple has never met again. Qiao Qi's son is depressed and suffered a lot in prison, which has left the root of the disease. More than a year later, he died of illness with hatred.

Qiao Qi, whose family was destroyed, was hit hard and grew older suddenly. People under fifty looked like seventy-year-olds.

Many residents of Changganli knew about his experience. Everyone hated Liu Xin and other officials who sucked bones and marrow, but they dared not speak out.

At this time, Qiao Qi pointed at Liu Xin and cried, and was crying as he spoke. He was excited and waved his fists to hit the other party.

"Unfortunate! You dare! You dare to hit me!"

Liu Xin suddenly roared, scaring Qiao Qi torture. Fortunately, Wu Dou, who was quick-witted, did not fall on the stage in front of everyone.

"Qiao Qi, how much benefit did Wu Dou give you? Let you be the lackey of the Northern Barbarians against your conscience!"

Liu Xin continued to roar, looking righteous and righteous: "Your son should have died in collusion with soldiers! If I hadn't dealt with it, your son would have died in prison at that time, so how could he live for another year!"

"Dare you dare to be the lackey of the Beilu? When the official army drives away the Beilu, you will be dragged to parade and then be punished by ceasing!"

Qiao Qi was so scared that his face was pale when he heard this, and Liu Xin looked at the people below and laughed: "You are willing to let the good people do not do it, and you must be a bad person, right? When the government forces drove away the Beilu, you will be killed by the whole family!"

"The Northern Barbarians are weak and now they are just lucky enough to enter the city. How long can a lonely army stay?"

"At the latest half a month, the official army will surely recover Jiankang. At that time, the whole family will not be left behind if you surrender to the enemy!"

"Think about it, think about it, when the soldiers were in chaos, someone took advantage of the situation and robbed them. Later, the soldiers could not stay and ran away. Who was left in the city?!"

"This time the Beiliu is rampant. Are you going to take advantage of the situation again? Wait until the Beiliu run away to see who stays there again. When you see, will anyone take the risk to help you get rid of the crime!"

"A group of ungrateful unruly people! Whoever dares to surrender to the enemy will definitely die in the future!"

"Don't think that no one will remember hiding in the crowd! At that time, as long as the government offers a reward, someone will still give up a head and accuse you of other crimes!"

Liu Xin's hoarse shouting sounded like a basin of cold water pouring on his head, making the originally boiling crowd quiet instantly.

He saw more and more panic among the crowd, more and more hesitation, more and more people dared not look at him, lowered his head, and avoided his sight.

I am afraid, these troublemakers who bully the weak and are afraid of the strong are indeed afraid!

Liu Xin was very happy and quickly struck while the iron was hot: "The government army is still in the east and west of the city, waiting for a counterattack. The Northern Barbarians succeeded for a while and could not stay in Jiankang for too long!"

"You don't want to help the official army to repel the Beilu, but instead listen to Wu Dou's evil words! Look, look at him, wearing the wolf skin of the Beilu! The situation is wrong, he can escape with the Beilu. Could it be that he and others want to escape with the Beilu? People will take you and others with the poor!"

"At that time, Wu Dou was also clever and tricked me into taking advantage of the situation to rob me? Later? He ran away and left everyone alone!"

"Do you have to do it again and let Wu Dou harm you again? Take the life of the whole family and work hard for Wu Dou? You are impatient when you live!!"

Liu Xin howled, the more he shouted, the more he became. For some reason, Wu Dou, who was so close to him, did not block his mouth, but just supported Qiao Qi, trembling and looked at Liu Xin calmly.

"Look, he dare not speak! He is guilty, he is in a disadvantage!"

The strong desire to survive made Liu Xin’s thoughts smooth. He wanted to expose Wu Dou’s lies in public and give the onlookers a wake-up call, so that everyone could wake up. It was not to follow Wu Dou to surrender to the enemy, but to denounce Wu Dou’s shameless behavior.

At that time, Wu Dou faced public anger and it was difficult for him to escape. Even a group of accomplices and the bluffing Zhou Bing would be unable to protect himself, so he would not have the time to kill him.

Liu Xin decided to add a fire. He looked at Qiao Qi who was speechless and roared: "Qiao Qi, you shameless person, you are a lackey for the Beilu against your conscience, and say! What benefits does the Beilu promise you to harm the people of Jiankang! He harms neighbors!"

"I, I don't, I don't..."

Qiao Qi stuttered and said unscrupulously, and was interrupted by Liu Xin: "Do you know how Hou Jing, who harmed the people of Jiangnan, died later? You also want to be shared by the people of Jiankang, right?"

"No, no..."

Qiao Qi is now in a state of chaos. He went to the stage to accuse Liu Xin of his crimes in public at Wu Dou's request. Unexpectedly, he was yelled like this by the other party, which was so scared that he was shattered. When he thought that he would be liquidated by the government in the future, he would be taken to parade and then be eaten by the people of Jiankang, he was so scared that he couldn't even say anything.

"So, should we let go of good people and follow the shameless Wu Dou as a bad guy, be a lackey for the Beilu, and then implicate the whole family?!"

As soon as the words finished, the applause of "papapapapapapapa" sounded, and among the silent crowd, the applause seemed particularly abrupt.
Chapter completed!