In the Han Dynasty, except for the serious crimes such as treason, which can be executed immediately, the other death row prisoners usually have to wait until the fall frost falls to the winter solstice before they can be executed. The three rascals who were sentenced to death by Xun Yu are still locked in the county jail, waiting for execution in the autumn. When the people in the city saw the government posting a list, saying that they would execute two prisoners who had affair with the Yellow Turban thieves today, they all helped the elderly and the young to watch the fun.

The people standing on both sides of the road stretched their necks and looked at the two wooden cage cars carrying prisoners, and were pushed towards the execution ground by the yamen runners. The county soldiers commanded by Dian Wei stood on the side of the road with long spears in hand to prevent the people from approaching the prison car.

The wooden platform for the execution was just built, two zhang long and one zhang wide and only five feet high, but it was enough for the onlookers to see the execution process clearly. A circle of county soldiers stood around the execution platform, blocking the onlookers three feet away.

The prison car arrived at the execution platform and stopped. The yamen runner opened the wooden gate and took the prisoners tied up in the car out of the car, and inserted a prisoner with the word "kill" for each of them.

Chen Cha had been scared to incontinence. The yamen runners endured the stench and dragged Chen Cha, who was like a pile of mud, from the car, and dragged it to the execution platform.

Another prisoner, Chen Cha's cousin Chen Tang, was also the mastermind who attempted to kidnap Han Zhan. Compared with his unscrupulous cousin, his performance was remarkable. After getting off the car, he raised his head and roared, and then shouted: "I will be a hero again in 18 years." His shouting immediately caused a lot of cheers around him.

The Chen brothers knelt on the execution platform. Chen Tang looked up at the executioner standing in front of him and said indifferently: "Official, when you take action later, your subordinates will be more careful and give me some pleasure!" He did not notice at all why there was only one executioner on the stage when the two executed the executions.

Seeing that the two prisoners had already taken their seats, the executioner walked up to Han Zhan who was observing the punishment and bowed and bowed: "I envoy, the criminal has experienced the right person and can understand the right punishment!"

Han Zhan nodded slightly, picked up a long sign with the names of the two prisoners on the table, and after looking at it for a while, he only used a red pen to remove Chen Tang's name, and then handed it to the executioner.

The executioner took the long sign and saw that Chen Tang's name had been hooked off on it. He quickly reminded Han Zhan in a low voice: "Eunuch, today are two criminals, but you only hooked one."

"I know," Han Zhan nodded and said, "Today, only Chen Tang was killed, Chen Cha accompanied him to behead him. After the execution is over, he will be taken back to the county jail."

When the executioner turned around and walked towards the execution platform, Han Zhan saw that there were many men in the crowd watching in the distance, so that they could see more clearly. Seeing this situation, Han Zhan couldn't help but smile bitterly, thinking that if the scene of murder is like this, just forget it, how can such a young child come to see it? Maybe they will have psychological shadows. Maybe next time when the execution is executed in public, a list should be published, prohibiting minors from attending the scene.

The executioner returned to the execution platform and announced loudly: "According to the envoy's order, one of the criminals Chen Tang was killed. After the execution was completed, the criminals Chen Cha was taken back to the county jail for supervision. The executioner is ready to execute the execution!"

The people watching below were shocked when they heard that only one person was killed. Everyone was talking about it. There were two criminals on the execution platform, so why only one person was killed?

When he heard that only one person was killed, in addition to the surprise of the people, Chen Tang was even more shocked. He turned his head and shouted at the executioner standing behind him, "Why only kill me, not him? We are accomplices, and we should be killed together! I don't want to die alone, nor do I want to die alone!" He twisted his body and tried to stand up, but the rope that tied his body made his movements slow. Before he could stand up, the executioner had reached out and pressed his shoulder, making it impossible for him to stand up.

Hu Cha sat behind Han Zhan, and after seeing this situation, he asked in surprise: "Eunuch, what's wrong with this man? He was just now like a hero. Why did he feel like crazy after a moment of hard work?"

When Han Zhan heard this question, he sneered and said, "He originally thought that the two brothers would die together, but now he is the only one who wants to die, so he will naturally be crazy. I think if he loosens his ties, he will probably kill his brother with his own hands so that he can have a companion on the road to the underworld."

At this moment, Chen Tang, who was kneeling on the ground, was still struggling desperately, and shouting constantly: "This is unfair. You can't just kill me. He is also a co-conspirator, and he must die!"

Perhaps his shouting made the executioner feel unhappy, so he waved to the yamen runners standing under the stage and signaled them to help. Two large and thick yamen runners went upstairs and grabbed Chen Tang's arms, making him unable to struggle anymore. The executioner stepped forward and pulled out the siege card inserted on Chen Tang's back, threw it on the ground, and raised the ghost-headed sword in his hand high.

The executioner signaled the two yamen runners to let go and retreat. Before Chen Tang could continue to struggle, the ghost-headed sword suddenly swung down. A flash of the knife, Chen Tang fell on both sides of his body and his body slammed onto the stage. The executioner bent down and picked up Chen Tang's level, raised it high to signal to the onlookers to accept their cheers.

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The first thing Han Zhan did when he returned to the county government office, he ordered Rob to bring Chen Cha.

As soon as Chen Cha, who had escaped from death, knelt on the ground with a thud, kowtowed to Han Zhan desperately, and kept crying for gratitude: "Thank you, thank you for not killing me!"

Han Zhan coughed heavily, then said, "Chen Cha, are you willing to tell me the envoy where the black-clothed hiding clover is now?"

Chen Cha was so amazed and laughed when he heard Han Zhan say this. He thought to himself that I wanted to confess just now, but you didn't listen and even asked someone to take me to the execution ground, which scared me to pee my pants. But these dissatisfactions could only be suppressed in his heart and dare not show them on his face. He knew in his heart that if he offended the envoy, he might end up with his cousin Chen Tang tomorrow. He quickly replied: "I am willing, I am willing, and the young are willing to report everything he knows to the envoy truthfully."

After Han Zhan heard Chen Cha's confession, he realized that the black-clothed crime was so serious. He usually did some things to rob the rich and help the poor in front of Lin San and others in order to win the hearts of the people. But in fact, he had a hidden village more than 30 miles away from the village, where more than a dozen of his confidants were specially engaged in some murder and robbery activities with him. The robbed money was stored in a cave in the village and was taken care of by his younger brother Hei Xiong.

After sending the yamen runners to take Chen Cha back to the prison, Han Zhan and Xun Yu discussed: "Uncle, according to Chen Cha, there are countless money stored in the hidden mountain village in black. Zhan'er plans to lead troops to clear out the place tomorrow, so the uncle will take charge of the county town."

Since Xun Yu knew that there were only a dozen bandits in the mountain village, he did not persuade Han Zhan, but instead suggested to him: "Qu Jun Hou Dianwei is extremely brave, so why not let him be worthy of you."

"There is a general, but there is still a lack of a counselor to accompany you." Although he knew that tomorrow's clearance operation would not be very dangerous, Han Zhan wanted Guo Jia to accompany him. Therefore, he pretended to be regretful: "It's a pity that Gongda's cousin is not here, otherwise he could be with me."

"Although Gongda is not here, there is another person to accompany you." Xun Yu indeed got into Han Zhan's small trap and said honestly: "Guo Fengxiao's ability is far better than Gongda. If he is with you, he will definitely succeed."

Seeing that Xun Yu's reaction was indeed in his own guess, Han Zhan couldn't help but feel ecstatic, but he pretended to be hesitant and said, "But what if he doesn't agree?"
Chapter completed!