Chapter 68: Is it a crime that can be convicted? (Please read later)

Lu Yuan leaned comfortably on the bench in the pavilion, squinting his eyes. The midday sun shone on his face, which had regained some color and was no longer like a skull.

He patted his stomach, stood up, and said simply:
"Let's go over there."

Then he walked out of the yard.

Zhou An bowed and said yes, then followed Lu Yuan.

A high wooden platform had been built in front of the county government office, with a chair on it, and the chair was empty.

Below the stage, there were nearly two hundred of Zhao Hu's personal soldiers and pawns kneeling, their hands and feet tied up with thick ropes, their faces somewhat pale.

Some of the personal soldiers knew they were doomed, their faces were numb and they said nothing.

Some of the personal soldiers who still had illusions were still begging for mercy.

The ones who shouted the loudest were the pawns who had pledged their allegiance to Zhao Hu.

On both sides of these kneeling men were about two hundred soldiers holding machetes.

Among them are Meng Yan, Song Wen, Xu Changqing, Zhou Qing and Ma Zongwei.

They all ignored the kneeling people's pleas for mercy, and some of them showed anger on their faces.

Right in front of these kneeling people were thousands of people from Lianhua County, who were blocked by many soldiers.

At this time, seeing that the criminals who had attacked their relatives and friends were still crying out for injustice, they immediately started cursing and picked up pebbles on the ground and threw them at them.

It hit those people in the face, making the teeth of those who cried out for justice bleed.

At this moment, several pawns standing on the edge of the stage shouted loudly:
"The brigade commander is here!!".

A skinny-looking man walked up to the platform.

When this person walked onto the stage, all the soldiers, sergeants, and captains straightened up, faced the person on the stage, saluted, and some even looked fanatical!
Everyone in the brigade knew that this skinny-looking brigade commander had killed Zhao Hu!
Who is Zhao Hu?
It can be said that it is the nightmare of all newcomers.

No one is not afraid of Zhao Hu. If they do not meet his expectations, they will be kicked to death.

Such a terrible Zhao Hu was actually killed by the new brigade commander!
Moreover, I heard that he killed Zhao Hu, who was wearing heavy armor and holding a big sword, without any weapons or armor!
They couldn't imagine how strong the brigade commander, who was so skinny, could be to kill Zhao Hu under such circumstances!

Besides, the other party was also a refugee like them! A newcomer!!

It can be said that the Marshal is the idol of all of them and the goal that all of them try to catch up with.

They all straightened their backs, proud to be able to serve such a strong man!
Lu Yuan sat on the chair and looked at the sun in the sky. It was exactly noon, so he waved his hand casually and said:

"let's start.".

"Yes!!" Following Lu Yuan's order, the two hundred executioners holding broadswords on both sides walked in an orderly manner behind the kneeling pawn.

Many of the kneeling soldiers began to cry out loudly, trying to ask for forgiveness from the brigade commander behind them, but the executioner held their necks and they could not turn their heads at all.

Some of Zhao Hu's personal soldiers, who knew they would not be spared, opened their mouths and wanted to curse Lu Yuan before they died.

But as soon as they moved their lips, the blades behind them chopped off their heads, making the words they were about to say stuck in their mouths forever.

The soldier who chopped off the bodyguard's head with a knife had a look of disdain on his face.

As soon as the other person moved his mouth, he knew what the other person was going to do.

Without hesitation, he chopped off the kneeling soldier's neck with one blow.

Seeing someone nearby bleeding, those who were crying and shouting became even louder.

One of the soldiers kneeling on the ground begged for mercy with tears and snot to Xu Changqing behind him: "Captain Xu! No, Captain Xu! Spare my life!

I was blinded by greed at that time, so I mixed up with Zhao Hu's personal soldiers. I regretted it already!

Since I was once your subordinate, please help me beg the brigade commander to spare my life! ! "

This was the soldier who had invited Xu Changqing to join him in paying his loyalty letter at the west city gate.

At this moment, he was filled with regret and hatred, and he wanted to curse Zhao Hu and those personal soldiers who had come down to the ground to lure him into the trap.

He had only enjoyed himself for a few days? When he was still imagining how he would enjoy himself the next time he attacked the county, all those so-called supports were gone?

When Zhao Hu was killed, he was dozing off in a corner. He was picked up while in a daze and brought here while in a daze. He has been kneeling since yesterday afternoon.

Not a grain of rice to eat, not a drop of water to drink.

The people kneeling around all had numb expressions on their faces, unwilling to say anything to others.

It was not until these men with big knives stood beside him that he understood the current situation.

He has been sentenced to death! He will be beheaded in public!
Xu Changqing shouted angrily:
"You still dare to beg for mercy! When you raped and killed that woman, did you ever pay attention to her pleas for mercy?!

A beast like you, I have long wanted to cut you into pieces with a knife, today, you will die! ! "

Xu Changqing raised his long knife and chopped off the head of the man who was still begging for mercy.

The head rolled and landed beside a nearby soldier, and blood splattered at his feet, frightening him so much that his face turned pale as paper.

Trembling, he said to the man holding the knife behind him:
"Zong Wei! We are good brothers. We supported each other and came here from the countryside. We finally survived. I don't want to die!

What's more, I just insulted a dying woman for some food. I didn't kill anyone, nor did I attack any innocent people. I don't deserve the death penalty!
Now I have repented, please spare my life, please spare my life, please, my dear commander! ! "

Ma Zongwei, who was standing behind him, was also touched when he heard the kneeling man begging for mercy.

With tears in his eyes, he looked at his former brother who had betrayed him and said:
“Good brother, you shouldn’t beg for mercy.

For the sake of food, wealth and power, you committed a crime, betrayed me, betrayed the brigade commander, and stood against us. This is a crime punishable by death.

Good brother, if you truly repent, we can still be good brothers in the next life!"

After saying this, he held back his tears and chopped off the head.

Lu Yuan sat upright in the chair, listening to these people's pleas for mercy without any emotion.

Does sin not lead to death?

In this chaotic world, how can life or death be determined by crime?
How many innocent and kind-hearted people lost their lives.

Are they guilty?

they do not.

They just didn't protect themselves in these troubled times and didn't have the ability to protect themselves.

To survive in troubled times, you need to have the strength to survive!
You need powerful force and the army to protect yourself in order to survive!
He wants this man to die, so as to use his blood to sacrifice to the souls of the army!

He wants all his subordinates to have the same beliefs, the same goals, and the same philosophy.

Only in this way can he create the iron-blooded army he wants, with orders from above and below him, to protect himself!

(End of this chapter)