Chapter 343 The Emperor’s Rights, Those Who Transgress Will Die

Author: Taiqing Yaodao

Chapter 343 The Emperor’s Rights, Those Who Transgress Will Die

Under the dark night sky, most of Wuzhou City was already lit up with fire.

The roaring sound filled my ears.

Li Xuan rode on a tall horse and walked slowly down the long street, escorted by a group of Qianniu guards and Kuaiji soldiers.

From time to time, you can hear bursts of shrill shouts, followed by the sound of weapons clashing.

…

A loud "squeak" sound of the door opening suddenly came from the left side.

Li Xuan subconsciously turned her head and saw an ox cart coming out of the gate.

Under the flickering firelight, a bloody corpse lay alone on it, with a fist-sized bloody hole in its chest.

Fang Yunxiu, the leader of Wuzhou Hall of Tianyin Sect.

A prison van followed closely behind, carrying two corpses almost filled with crossbow arrows.

Two months ago, the assassin who assassinated the assassin Wang Fanglin lost his hand and life.

After that, there were five carts and corpses piled together.

The blood kept dripping, drop by drop.

It looks inexplicably permeable.

There were more than a dozen people behind, wailing all the time, being pulled out from behind the workshop door by ropes and swords.

Dozens of people, including adults, old people, children, women and girls, were pulled out together by a long rope.

Li Xuan calmly watched the group of people being dragged away without saying a word.

At this time, Yan Tao couldn't help but come forward: "Your Majesty, I wonder if we can be more generous. Those children are innocent."

"I also want to open up the net, but there is no way to do it because of the law." Li Xuan turned around, patted Yan Tao on the shoulder, and said seriously: "This is the last time I will tell you, you have to understand,

They are the family members of those rebel bandits, which also means that their whole family are devout believers of the Tianyin Sect. Once the Tianyin Sect breaks out, their whole family will turn into thugs and take people's lives."

Li Xuan's eyes passed over those children, and finally fell on Yan Tao again, and then said extremely coldly: "Once you go to the battlefield, if you still have this mentality, then don't blame me for killing you, so as not to be shaken.

Military spirit."

"I don't dare." Yan Tao suddenly shivered and quickly bowed to apologize.

Li Xuan waved her hand, looked at the team on one side, and said calmly: "Go and get those two killers and Fang Yunxiu's weapons."

"Here!" Although Yan Tao didn't know what Li Xuan wanted to do, he immediately agreed and walked towards the other side.

"Your Majesty!" A voice sounded behind Li Xuan.

Li Xuan turned around and saw Du Bixing and the inspection soldier Cao Canjun and Xu Jian standing aside with their hands clasped.

"How's the situation?" Li Xuan's eyes crossed the two of them and landed directly on the square gate behind them.

Du Bixing immediately raised his hands and said: "Report to the prince, now that we have passed through the four lanes of Changxing, Dexing, Shunxing and Anxing, a total of twenty-one Tianyin sect disciples have been recognized. Their parents, brothers, sisters, cousins, and uncles are all recognized.

He has been imprisoned, his home has been sealed, his neighbors have been isolated, and the news has been released, but..."

"It's just what, tell me straight?" Li Xuan frowned slightly.

"Your Majesty, I wonder if we can screen our uncles and brothers. Those who are willing to blaspheme Tianyin Goddess and cut ties with the Tianyin Sect can have their crimes reduced to a lesser degree?" Du Bixing glanced at the hundreds of people, and then said cautiously:

"Can you let him set an example for others?"

Li Xuan leaned forward and looked at Du Bixing: "Mr. Du, you are now the inspector of the law and the army. Come and tell me, does the Tang law allow such a reduction of crime?"

"Reporting to the prince, there is no such provision in the laws of the Tang Dynasty... but the prince, as the official commander of Wuzhou, has the right to..."

"You said yes, that is my authority." Li Xuan gave Du Bixing a deep look.

Du Bixing immediately came to his senses, cupped his hands and said, "This official has overstepped his bounds."

"You're not overstepping the rules, you're just not thinking carefully." Li Xuan turned around, pointed to the people on the other side who were being pulled forward by the Wuzhou soldiers, and said coldly: "The uncles and brothers you mentioned

If the net is wide open, do the elderly and children also have to have their crimes reduced? Have you ever thought about whether, if they don't want to, I will immediately behead them in public?"

By the end of Li Xuan's words, she was already gritting her teeth.

He stared at Du Bixing and said: "Now these are just the family members of Tonight's Assassin. How many Tianyin believers are there in Wuzhou? If they are all unwilling to give up their faith after one by one, do I want to kill them all?"

Kill? Have you ever considered how many people I need to kill to settle the dispute?"

Li Xuan has never been merciless when it comes to killing, but when he can avoid killing, he will try his best not to kill.

Just like when she was in Dongyang, Li Xuan mostly chose the method of killing people and punishing the heart.

Even in Caishikou, Li Xuan used death row prisoners as stand-ins.

"Now that the Tianyin Sect uprising is approaching, once the traitor is confirmed, there is no way to hold back. If you are still using this method at this time, once you are identified, you will not repent for a while. Do you really want to kill at least thousands of people in this city?

, are they all to be beheaded immediately in public?" Li Xuan looked at Du Bixing and couldn't help but shook his head in disappointment.

However, Du Bixing said extremely calmly: "Your Majesty, if you believe deeply in the Tianyin Cult, no matter what you do, they will eventually want to rebel against the Tianyin Cult. It is better to take action now and at least lock them up."

, wait until afterwards to distinguish one by one, and..."

After a pause, Du Bixing looked at Li Xuan and said in a solemn tone: "Your Majesty, although there are many followers of the Tianyin Sect in Wuzhou today, I believe that there are more people who are not traveling with him."

Li Xuan looked at Du Bixing, who was still insisting, and said softly: "Mr. Du, do you think this king has no other way to distinguish people's hearts besides the previous method of distinguishing Tianyin Sect?"

Du Bixing's expression changed slightly, he cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I'm the official..."

Li Xuan waved her hand and interrupted Du Bixing: "Mr. Du, I'm waiting in Zhoucheng now, but it's different when I'm waiting in Dongyang...

At that time, when we first arrived in Wuzhou, we were not familiar with the situation and were surrounded by dangers. It was understandable that we would be a bit radical in our methods, but the city was not good enough. Today, the city is generally under our control.

Even those Tianyin cultists will have enough time to slowly train them in the future, so why use such radical methods..."

"What the prince means is that the prince is already sure that the Tianyin Sect will not counterattack the city?" Du Bixing did not pay attention to the dissatisfaction in Li Xuan's words and directly grasped the information revealed in his words.

"It's just an idea." Li Xuan's expression relaxed. He looked at Du Bixing and said: "Mr. Du, I know that you are eager to completely eliminate all hidden dangers in the city, but don't be anxious first.

I will wait for the method discussed before. This kind of discrimination technique is used to scare people first. If it is best and there is no other way, then this is the only way."

"If there are only a few Tianyin believers left in the city in the end, there is no need to do this, they will perish on their own." Du Bixing's expression perked up, and he cupped his hands towards Li Xuan and said, "I will wait for the good news of the prince."

Li Xuan waved her hand and said: "Although the art of discrimination is not feasible, if it is just to cut off the connection with the Tianyin Sect, I will try to report to Your Majesty. If Your Majesty sends you a favor, it will naturally be possible. If Your Majesty...

"

"It turns out that there are too many people in Wuzhou." Du Bixing finally understood.

The crime is reduced to one degree.

This is the reason why Li Xuan is unwilling to make a distinction in Zhoucheng.

If you want to make the believers of Tianyin Sect give up their faith, it is not enough to suppress them with swords and guns, you also need something to induce them to give up.

The core content here is to mitigate the crime and avoid the death penalty.

But Zhoucheng is different from Dongyang.

The population of Zhoucheng is several times that of Dongyang. In Dongyang, even if Li Xuan gets a reduced sentence for some people, he can definitely get away with it because of his status. But Wuzhou can't do it because there are too many people.

If he did the same thing in Wuzhou, he would inevitably be accused of buying people's hearts and having evil intentions in the future.

If it were a certain great saint, he would naturally be able to risk his life to save ordinary people regardless of his own safety, but Li Xuan could not do that.

He is too selfish.

…

A black leather bag containing five daggers was hung casually on the side of the brown horse, and Li Xuan returned to his residence with Qian Niuwei.

The side door opens immediately.

Li Xuan took the lead in riding in, while Xiong Yan stood aside with his hands tied, followed by Bai Lao and his subordinates.

"Close the door and lock it!" Xiong Yan ordered in a low voice, and then quickly chased after Li Xuan and the Qianniu Guards.

"Reporting to the prince, the food has been prepared." Xiong Yan stepped forward and grabbed the horse's rope, leading the horse forward slowly.

Li Xuan nodded, turned to look at Qiu Zhenmu on the other side, and said: "Brother Qiu, let's take the brothers to have a drink. Xiao Wang won't go there. There are still many things to deal with tomorrow...

Xiong Yan, have someone prepare for this king to take a bath."

"Here!" Xiong Yan pulled the horse, Li Xuan turned over and dismounted, and walked directly into the main hall regardless of the people behind.

"Your Majesty." Yu Ze and Wang Bo were already waiting in the hall.

Yu Ze placed an open book and a land deed on one side.

Li Xuan waved her hand and said, "Tell me, figure out how many acres of land are available for granting."

"Going back to the prince, there were originally only about 5,000 acres of wasteland, but the Yang family sent 3,000 acres of fertile land before. In addition, the land of the Tianyin cultists who were killed and captured today, there is probably not more than 2,000 acres of land. The total is

In total, there are ten thousand acres of farmland of varying quality and quality distributed in different places.”
To be continued...