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In his opinion, Tuoba Jian's foundation is a bit shallow. His throne was not really passed down from the previous generation of emperors. Although the edict of passing on the throne has been supplemented before, many people know about it, but they dare not say it He came out, so his authority as the emperor was greatly reduced, which also caused many people in the Xianbei people to not respect him as the emperor.

What Tuoba Jian lacked now was time. He needed time to build up his martial arts, time to smooth out Tuoba Tao's influence on the Xianbei nobles and exert his own influence.

In Zhao Junsheng's view, it was too hasty to attack Beiyan at this time. Tuoba Jian still needed to further strengthen his control over the imperial court, the Xianbei nobles and the army, but he couldn't wait.

"Emissary, the emperor's palace came to announce the decree."

Knowing that Tuoba Jian must have made a decision, Zhao Junsheng put the knife back into its sheath, got up and walked towards the outer hall.

"General Zhao, Your Majesty has ordered that the execution at noon tomorrow will be held outside the city. The location is up to you to choose. Your Majesty will go to watch the execution in person at that time, and will also order all the soldiers to go together!"

Chapter 484

Fo Xiao, the soldiers and craftsmen who received the order were already busy in the open space outside the city. Some wood was transported by horse-drawn carts, and a execution ground was built under the work of the craftsmen and soldiers.

The soldiers dug a trench outside the execution ground, and laid wooden stakes on the edge of the trench, and inserted chest-high wooden fences.

A yamen servant in the city led a group of soldiers behind him. The yamen servant held a gong in his left hand and a mallet in his right hand. After walking for a while, he beat the gong and shouted, announcing to the residents in the city that the execution ground had been moved to the east gate, and that the people could go to the scene to watch the execution.

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan were sitting at the small stone table in the backyard of the Governor’s Mansion. There were two plates of pickled vegetables on the stone table. He and Hua Mulan were each eating a bowl of millet porridge. There was a basket of steamed cakes in a rattan basket next to them. .

"Just now when I came back from the camp, I passed Caishikou. Why didn't I see anyone building an execution platform?" Hua Mulan asked, taking a sip of millet porridge.

Zhao Junsheng: "Oh, I forgot to tell you, last night the emperor sent someone to send an order to set up the execution ground outside the city. Great, but when he does this, I feel a little nervous, if something happens during the execution, it will be a big deal!"

"Probably not. I heard that at dawn, the emperor ordered He Duoluo to lead 2000 troops to Baoqiu River to build a pontoon bridge," Hua Mulan said.

"Oh, really?" Zhao Junsheng felt a little relieved, he guessed that Tuoba Jian sent He Duoluo to build the bridge because he was worried about He Duoluo's troubles.

The scorching heat was unbearable, and Zhao Junsheng was sweating profusely when he arrived at Xushi.

The area around the execution ground was already crowded with people, and the places reserved for the military were still empty, but not two minutes later, some soldiers from the Eastern Expedition Army came to the area around the execution ground one after another. These people were in groups of three, five A group of people crowded around the execution ground in a mess.

Cao Jiao came over and reported to Zhao Junsheng: "General, look over there, something seems wrong!"

Zhao Junsheng told Cao Jiao and others that the emperor was going to come to watch the execution, and the soldiers of various armies would also come to watch the sentence in an organized way. What's going on?Come as soon as they come, how messy it is, it seems that they are not organized and led by the generals, as if they are on vacation.

Zhao Junsheng looked over there and frowned. Something was wrong. If the army was not organized and it was in chaos, it would be easy for big troubles to happen.

He thought about it, took out the soldier talisman and handed it to Cao Jiao and said, "Hurry up and send someone to take this general soldier talisman to Yuchi Yandong to send an order, ordering him to gather the Youzhou army and pull everyone to maintain order!"

"Your subordinates obey!" Cao Jiao took the soldier talisman and turned around to leave.

After receiving the military order, Yuchi Yandong rushed over with [-] Youzhou cavalry. The [-] Youzhou cavalry stood outside the trench outside the execution ground. The conscript generals also blocked it, but the soldiers gathered more and more, and gradually exceeded ten thousand people.

"General, a eunuch is here!" Cao Jiao came over to report.

Zhao Junsheng looked behind Cao Jiao, and sure enough he saw the eunuch coming over, he stood up and cupped his fists to meet him and asked, "Grandpas, but is the imperial driver coming?"

A middle-aged eunuch flicked the whisk in his hand: "Emissary Zhao, Your Majesty woke up this morning and felt unwell. After being diagnosed and treated by the imperial physician, it seems that he has suffered from heat stroke, so he cannot come to watch the execution. However, His Majesty ordered that the envoy must be in Stabilize the situation during the execution, and don't let the scene get out of control and cause trouble!"

Zhao Junsheng's heart sank when he heard that, this is good, the emperor couldn't come, but he didn't issue an order to restrain the soldiers of the Eastern Expedition Army, leaving this mess to him alone to support.

"The minister obeys the order!"

The eunuchs left, but Zhao Junsheng felt as if a huge stone was pressing on his heart. Seeing that more and more soldiers gathered around the execution ground, there were more than 1000 soldiers. The more than [-] state and county soldiers and the [-] Youzhou army could not control the situation at all.

"What the hell, Tuobajian, Tuobajian, you fucking don't keep your word

The execution ground was moved outside the city, but I let the pigeons go, your mother..." Zhao Junsheng scolded Emperor Tuobajian angrily in his heart.

Cao Jiao looked nervous and worried, clasped his fists and asked, "General, there will be more and more soldiers gathered for the Eastern Expedition. If something happens to this posture, the consequences will be unpredictable!"

Zhao Junsheng took a deep breath and said to Cao Jiao: "You go to the right-wing army camp yourself, tell General Hua about the situation here, and say that I asked her to lead the troops to maintain order in the execution ground in case of accidents. !"

"Yes, this subordinate is going!"

It was getting closer and closer to noon, and the smell was getting higher and higher. There were noises from the crowd of onlookers, and angry curses from time to time from the crowd of soldiers and generals gathered outside the execution ground.

Zhao Junsheng tried his best to calm himself down. He told himself that there was no way to stop someone from causing trouble, and he could only calm down as quickly as possible.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Cao Jiao walked over with sweat profusely and reported: "General, General Hua has brought 1 troops from the right wing to the periphery of the execution ground, ready to be dispatched at any time!"

After hearing the report, Zhao Junsheng felt relieved a lot. With Hua Mulan's 1 troops on the periphery, if there is a disturbance on the scene, as long as his side resists it immediately, the problem will not be too big. As for the casualties, then It can only depend on what God wants.

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while, and ordered to Cao Jiao: "Assemble all the infantry in the city, leaving only the necessary patrol soldiers, and the others rush over quickly. If something happens, the soldiers of the Eastern Expedition must be dispatched with the generals as soon as possible. The common people should be separated, and the common people must be evacuated as quickly as possible, and the troublemakers will be blocked and surrounded!"

"Obey!" Cao Jiao quickly left again.

At noon that day, the sun was hanging directly above the head, and the 32 Xianbei soldiers who committed the crime were taken to the execution ground. Each prisoner was controlled by two soldiers, and the prisoners were driven to the execution platform with handcuffs and shackles. There is a wooden sign on the back of the prisoners. On the wooden sign, there is a big beheaded character. According to the rules, the name of the prisoner should be written on the other side, but Zhao Junsheng promised to give these people the same treatment as the dead, so they cannot write their names.

Thousands of onlookers were very excited to see these offending Xianbei soldiers being escorted to the execution platform, and many of them burst into tears, even though these offending soldiers were not going to kill their relatives or loot them village, but they are still very happy, and they can only describe their mood at the moment with the same hatred.

The soldiers and generals of the Eastern Expedition who were onlookers saw this scene and there was a burst of restlessness. Some people cursed in the crowd and shouted for Zhao Junsheng to let him go. After all, the Xianbei people still protect the Xianbei people.

The generals of the Eastern Expeditionary Army near the fence of the trench began to clamor, which aroused the echo of others. Seeing the echo, the clamoring and scolding people got excited, scolded even louder, and shouted: "Let go, let go quickly!" People! What, we Xianbei warriors kill a few untouchables, but dare to arrest and kill our brothers? Brothers, we can't let them kill our brothers, otherwise it will be our turn to be stabbed in the future !"

"Yes, we can't let them kill people! Let them go, let them go!"

Someone shouted: "Let me go, let me go!"

The surrounding Eastern Expedition Army generals also shouted: "Let people go, let people go..."

The yelling to let people go was getting louder and more orderly.

The onlookers began to feel that something was wrong. These soldiers were clamoring outside. If something happened, it would be a catastrophe. Many smart people began to leave the field.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhao Junsheng immediately waved his hand and ordered a group of soldiers in the execution ground to move out. They lined up neatly in a row inside the fence on the edge of the ditch outside the execution ground, each holding a spear and making an attacking gesture. Anyone on the opposite side of the trench will face the assassination of the spears in their hands as long as they dare to rush across the trench.

In the palace, Tuoba Jian felt much better after drinking two bowls of heat-relieving soup just now, and his mind was cleared up a lot. He sat up from the couch, rubbed his temples and asked, "What time is it?"

A eunuch replied: "Return to Your Majesty, it's almost noon!"

Tuoba Jian got up and got off the bed and asked: "Is it almost noon?

Isn't the execution ground going to be executed soon? "

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Tuoba Jian's face suddenly changed. He remembered something. He hadn't issued an order to restrain the soldiers of the Eastern Expedition Army from going out. Once a large number of soldiers surrounded the execution ground and someone made noise from them, the consequences would be disastrous. He immediately yelled: " Quickly send an order to command the generals of each army to restrain the soldiers, the soldiers who have not left the camp will not be allowed to leave the camp, and the soldiers who have gone out will be called back quickly, hurry up!"

"...Yes, Your Majesty!" The eunuch responded and left immediately after agreeing.

Tuoba Jian walked around anxiously in the palace and kept praying that nothing would happen, while the situation on the execution ground was already on the verge of breaking out at any moment.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Junsheng immediately called the thief Cao over and ordered: "Execute immediately!"

Cao, the thief under the door, turned his head to look at the pole stuck in the sun, turned his head and cupped his fists and said, "Master, the time has not yet come!"