I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 34 Punch Out
"My lord, look there is someone over there!"

"Hmph, so they're all hiding here, surround me with all these troublemakers, and don't let any of them go!"

"Yes!"

After hearing the report from the soldiers in front, Ma Ningyuan felt relieved, and then ordered in a deep voice.

After receiving the order from their superiors, the soldiers started to act one after another. They drew out the long knives at their waists, lined up in combat formation, and approached step by step.

Seeing many soldiers approaching him step by step, the villagers had long since lost their will to resist. They threw hoes, kitchen knives and other weapons on the ground one after another, and consciously raised their hands.

"My lord, I was bewitched by the thieves before I made this big mistake! Now that the head of the thieves has been captured by us, I hope you will spare our lives."

"Yes, my lord! This is none of our business, we were also coerced."

"These things are all done by Daniel alone, and have nothing to do with us."

And Ma Ningyuan didn't seem to hear these pleadings for mercy. He waved his hand and said coldly: "Hit me, and teach these troublesome people a lesson! As long as you don't beat them to death, you can do anything."

Hearing this, the soldiers couldn't help but grinned ferociously, and vented their anger on the villagers like wolves in a herd of sheep. A villager was knocked down to the ground, his hands and feet were cut off, and he let out a painful wail from time to time. , and some were covered in blood, slowly crawling on the ground, leaving only a winding bloodstain.

All kinds of screams, cries, and begging for mercy were intertwined, and the scene became more and more chaotic.

"Master Ma, tell the soldiers to stop quickly. If you continue to fight like this, you will die!" Seeing the miserable conditions of the villagers, Gao Hanwen couldn't bear it, and admonished him aloud.

"It doesn't matter if all these unscrupulous people are dead, the more we die, the more credit we can make. This is to wipe out the "rebels"!"

Having said that, Ma Ningyuan still told the soldiers to stop.

"Okay, now I'm asking you questions, find someone who can talk, I'll ask, you answer." Ma Ningyuan patted the dust on his hands and got off the horse.

The surviving villagers only looked at Ma Ningyuan with awe, and after a while of pushing and shoving, a representative was elected.

"To prevent the government from measuring the land, and to kill court officials, who took the lead?"

After Ma Ningyuan finished speaking, his eyes swept over the villagers one by one, but none of the villagers dared to look at him, and all lowered their heads.

"I... my lord! These are the heads of Zhang Daniu." The representative elected by the villagers hesitated for a moment, and replied submissively.

"Changing rice into mulberry is a national policy. It benefits the country and the profiteers! I don't understand why such a good policy can't be implemented! There are still people who take the lead in opposing it." Ma Ningyuan heard this and said to the villagers roared.

"Who is Zhang Daniu?"

"My lord, Zhang Daniu has already been tied up by us, right there."

Ma Ningyuan followed the sight of the villagers, and saw a man tied behind a big tree on the side, with a cloth strip stuffed in his mouth, struggling non-stop.

"Go, bring him here." Ma Ningyuan turned around and ordered to his soldiers.

"Yes!" The soldier took the order, and soon brought Zhang Daniu to Ma Ningyuan.

Zhang Ningyuan looked at the "culprit" with great interest, while Zhang Daniu looked at him without fear, the anger in his eyes seemed to be about to erupt.

"Did you take the lead?" Ma Ningyuan looked at the dark young man in front of him.

"Hmmmm." Zhang Daniu struggled hard, but couldn't speak because of the cloth in his mouth.

"Take off the cloth strip for him." Ma Ningyuan waved his hand and ordered the soldiers under him.

The cloth strip in Zhang Daniu's mouth was taken off, he didn't answer Ma Ningyuan's question, but just spat on the ground and cursed angrily: "Dog officer!"

Ma Ningyuan was not angry either, with a faint smile on his face: "It seems that you really did this."

"So what if I did it, I can kill a corrupt official like you, grandpa, I am already worthy."

Immediately afterwards, Gao Hanwen also came forward and asked, "Did you write the words on those soldiers?"

"That's right." Zhang Daniu nodded proudly.

Hearing this, Gao Hanwen sighed, and said quietly, "They are all good people, and they shouldn't be treated like this."

"Hmph, when you annexed our land under the banner of changing rice to mulberry, you should have expected such an end!"

"Who told you this?"

After Gao Hanwen finished speaking, his expression became more and more indifferent, and the death of those soldiers kept flashing in his mind, and then thinking of his recent encounters, the string called reason in his mind gradually collapsed.

"Yes...why should I tell you?" Zhang Daniu subconsciously wanted to answer, and then stopped abruptly as if he remembered something.

"Don't say yes, when you arrive at the Yamen later, there will be plenty of opportunities for you to speak." Ma Ningyuan grinned grimly, and prepared to let the soldiers take Zhang Daniu down.

"Wait, let me talk to him a few more words." Gao Hanwen stopped him, and saw him slowly approaching Zhang Daniu.

"I don't know if you ever thought about doing these things, it would implicate your family?"

Gao Hanwen's flat voice reached Zhang Daniu's ears.

"What do you mean?" Zhang Daniu frowned upon hearing this, with an imperceptible hint of panic in his tone.

"It doesn't matter if you don't speak up, I will follow the people around you and check them one by one!"

"Since ancient times, only the people have been afraid of the officials. How can the officials be afraid of the people? Do you know how many ways I can slowly manipulate your family?" Gao Hanwen said with a smile on his face.

"Take him down and take him back to the Yamen!"

Without waiting for Zhang Daniu to say anything, Gao Hanwen turned around without looking at him.

"Okay, the matter of Zhang Daniu is over for the time being, now it's time to settle the accounts of those soldiers who were killed by you earlier." Gao Hanwen turned to the villagers and said.

"My lord, these are all Zhang Daniu's actions and have nothing to do with us." Hearing Gao Hanwen's words, the expressions of the former village representatives suddenly changed, and they explained.

"I don't care about this. According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, from the moment you took up weapons and killed court officials, you have become veritable "rebels"! Even if I order the soldiers to kill you all, I will not There are no consequences."

"I'm giving you a chance now to confess the perpetrator, and the rest will be fine. I guarantee my credibility! If no one comes forward after a quarter of an hour, you will all die!"

After Gao Hanwen finished speaking, he rode straight on the white horse, and the soldiers beside him began to count.

Gao Hanwen's words were like a heavy bomb thrown into the water, and soon caused huge waves among the crowd, and the villagers began to push and shoved.

"Go out, you were the one who killed an officer and soldier with a hoe earlier!"

"Bah, you brought those pens and paper for writing!"

"You also have a share, you are the one who hung those officers and soldiers on the tree!"

"All of you who killed officials go out, don't implicate us!"

"Yeah yeah."

Soon, a quarter of an hour was up, and all the villagers who had participated in the killing of officers and soldiers were confessed. The remaining villagers stayed away from them, with luck and gloating in their eyes.

"Kill them all, and take it as revenge for the brothers." Gao Hanwen glanced at them one by one, and said coldly.

"Yes!"

"My lord, please forgive us, we dare not, ah!"

Hearing Gao Hanwen's verdict, the villagers immediately knelt down, with tears streaming down their faces, and kept kowtowing for mercy, but only for a moment, the begging stopped abruptly.

In the air, a strong smell of blood gradually permeated, making people sick.

(End of this chapter)