Chapter 72: Dharma Rectification
Lu Guancheng's guilt has been established, and even if Fangshan came in person, it would be impossible to overturn the case.

Wang An slammed the gavel again and shouted angrily: "Lu Guancheng, what else do you have to say!"

Lu Guancheng opened his mouth with a pale face and said weakly: "My brother-in-law is Fang Shan!"

Wang An snorted coldly and sneered, "You are about to die, and you still imagine that Fang Shan can save your life?"

"It can be seen that you, a thief, can so brazenly collude with bandits. You must have something to do with Fangshan!"

"If I continue to keep you in this world, I don't know how much evil you will commit!"

With every word Wang An said, Lu Guancheng's face turned paler. When Wang An finished speaking, Lu Guancheng's face was ashen. The pain and fear made him stammer, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I will never dare to do it again."

"Do you regret it now?" Wang An said coldly, "It's too late!"

Lu Guancheng suddenly raised his head and looked at Wang An, and asked in horror: "You...what do you mean?"

However, Wang An ignored him and slammed the gavel to loudly announce Lu Guancheng's crimes, and then said: "... Lu Guancheng's crimes are extremely heinous, and killing him is not enough to appease the public anger! Come on, take Lu Guancheng to Caishikou and behead him!"

Lu Guancheng suddenly screamed loudly: "You can't kill me, my brother-in-law is Fang Shan, if you kill me he won't let you go!"

However, no matter how Lu Guancheng yelled, the two yamen runners remained indifferent and dragged him out of the government office.

Baicheng had already been in an uproar over the news of Chen Huaian and Xu Huang entering the city. In addition, Lu Guancheng, a famous grain merchant in Baicheng, had been captured and imprisoned by Wang An for more than ten days.

The people had long been extremely curious, and when they heard that Wang An had personally gone to court to try Lu Guancheng, they realized that the person who was trying him was Lu Guancheng.

Immediately, many curious people gathered at the gate of the government office. When they saw Lu Guancheng being escorted out, they were shocked. Then they saw Lu Guancheng's pants were covered in blood, which was a horrible sight. They were even more horrified.

In recent years, Lu Guancheng has been rampant in Jizhou. Whenever he does something that angers God and people, he would show off everywhere, claiming that his brother-in-law is Fangshan, and what can people in the world do to him!
And now, Lu Guancheng was dragged out by the yamen runners, his body covered in blood. He was even tied up with ropes, and no one knew where he was being taken.

Immediately, someone couldn't help but ask the escorting officers where they were taking Lu Guancheng.

When the onlookers learned that Wang An had ordered the beheading of Lu Guancheng, they were shocked.

Upon seeing this, the bailiff excitedly told out Lu Guancheng's crimes.

Lu Guancheng has been rampant in Baicheng for many years, and the people have long been disgusted by him, but Baicheng is suffering from the fact that there is no tiger in the mountain and the monkey claims to be the king, so no one can do anything to him.

More than ten days ago, Wang An arrested him and put him in prison. The people were cheering. However, there were also pessimists who believed that Wang An was just giving Lu Guancheng a warning at most, and would eventually release Lu Guancheng.

After all, her brother-in-law is Fang Shan!
However, when the bailiff listed Lu Guancheng's crimes one by one and finally announced Wang An's verdict, the whole Baicheng was in an uproar!

As Lu Guancheng was being taken to Caishikou, people who had heard the news kept stopping to watch and cheering loudly.

Lu Guancheng was already dying after being beaten with a hundred sticks. He was unable to walk and was placed in a prison van.

Suddenly a rotten egg flew from the sky and hit Lu Guancheng in the face, covering his head and face.

Immediately afterwards, more rotten eggs and leaves came crashing down on Lu Guancheng like a torrential rain.

The bailiffs did not try to stop them, but instead ran away to avoid hurting innocent people, leaving the bailiff driving the carriage to endure everything silently.

However, when the people saw that no one was trying to stop them, the situation gradually got out of control. As a stone mixed in the leaves flew towards Lu Guancheng, a little snowflake exploded!

More and more pebbles flew towards Lu Guancheng, and gradually the pebbles turned into stones, and the stones turned into bricks. Lu Guangcheng was already dying, and after being hit on the head by a brick, he was breathing out more than breathing in.

At this moment, a majestic voice suddenly came, overwhelming the cheers of the people.

"stop!"

The crowd turned their heads to look and saw Wang An approaching quickly on a large horse.

When the crowd saw Wang An appear, they dared not throw stones anymore for fear of hurting him by mistake.

However, the people looked at Wang An with deep confusion in their eyes.

The atmosphere at the scene fell into an eerie silence, and after a moment, discussions began to be heard among the crowd.

"The prince must have regretted his decision and is afraid to offend the governor of Qingzhou, so he wants to release the person now!"

"Yes, we should have understood it long ago. All crows in this world are black. How could the prince offend Lu Guancheng and Fang Shan for us?"

"The prince is still a young man after all. He acted impulsively without thinking through the consequences. Now that he regrets it, he is embarrassing himself."

Lu Guancheng in the prison car turned his head with great effort and looked at Wang An who was gradually approaching, with a look of ecstasy on his face.

"Wang An, you're smart!" Lu Guancheng spat out a mouthful of blood. One of his eyes was so swollen that he couldn't see. However, he smiled triumphantly at this moment: "Help me release him quickly. I'll say a few good words for you in front of my brother-in-law."

"But if you treat me like this, I can't guarantee that my brother-in-law can calm down!"

However, Wang An couldn't help laughing out loud in front of everyone: "Hahaha, Lu Guancheng, Lu Guancheng, you guys rely on your power and influence to ride on the heads of the people to plunder the people's wealth, bully men and women and do all kinds of evil!"

"When something goes wrong, he thinks that he can save his life by moving out of the backstage, and fantasizes that he can continue to do whatever evil he wants. It's ridiculous!"

"Do you know why I didn't allow the people to continue throwing stones at you? That's because people like you who violate the law should die under the imperial decree, by fair punishment! Instead of letting you get away with it outside the execution ground!"

Wang An's impassioned speech was like a wake-up call, and the crowd in Ningde, who were originally talking a lot, all fell silent.

The people looked at Wang An excitedly, but could not say anything.

There was even more horror in Lu Guancheng's eyes!
Then, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Wang An swung his right hand fiercely, "Take him to the execution ground and execute him according to the law!"

"Long live the prince!"

"Justice and punishment!"

The entire street in front of the government office suddenly erupted in thunderous shouts. The people of Baicheng raised their hands high, desperately squeezing out the last bit of air in their chests so that their shouts could penetrate the sky!
Lu Guancheng looked completely pale, his lips trembling and he couldn't speak.

The yamen runners who had originally dispersed were no longer afraid of being accidentally injured by stones and rushed forward one after another, some leading the horses and some pushing the carts!

(End of this chapter)