Three Kingdoms King of the North

If Chen Cha hadn't superfluously said the last sentence, perhaps Han Zhan would immediately announce his release.But after hearing what he said, he came up with a new idea: I have been taking in these bandits for a while, and this prisoner is still brothers with Lin San, but he never took the initiative to report this matter to himself, if not If he is going to be beheaded today, it is estimated that he will continue to hide this secret.Thinking of this, he decided that the prisoner should suffer again.So he told Rob: "Leader Luo, take him down and take him to the execution ground with another prisoner."

Hearing what Han Zhan said, Xun Yu couldn't help being stunned. He knew that Han Zhan was in the stage of starting a business, and it is conceivable how important the treasure in black is. If Chen Cha is killed now, no one will find the whereabouts of the treasure. Got it.He quickly stood up, trying to persuade Han Zhan: "Mr.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened his mouth, Han Zhan raised his hand and interrupted the words behind him: "The county magistrate doesn't need to say too much, I am the envoy, I will care about myself." Then he ordered Rob, "Take him into the prison car, and share with another prisoner. Take them to the execution ground together!"

After Rob left with the crying prisoners, Xun Yu asked inexplicably: "Master, since this man knows that the treasure in black has come down, why don't you pardon him for the death penalty and let him perform his crimes and make meritorious deeds, leading us to find the treasure?" ?”

"Since this man knows the service of the treasure in black, he has stayed in the county office for such a long time, but he has never reported it to me. If he hadn't been executed, he would have kept this secret for how long." Han Zhan gritted his teeth. Said: "Today I have to teach him a lesson, let him know what the consequences of not reporting. Otherwise, he will make the same choice when encountering such a thing in the future."

When Han Zhan said this, Xun Yu immediately understood what he meant. His feelings sent Chen Cha to the execution ground not to kill him, but to scare him, hoping that he would be more honest.However, just to be on the safe side, he still asked tentatively: "What does the envoy mean, is to let him go to the execution ground to accompany him to be executed?"

"That's right, I hope this time I let him go to the gate of hell, so that he can be honest." After Han Zhan readily admitted, he said to Hu Cha who was standing aside: "Mr. Hu, if you want to watch the fun, just follow Let's come together."

Chapter 0070

In the execution of prisoners in the Han Dynasty, except for major crimes such as treason, which could be executed immediately, the rest of the death row prisoners generally had to wait until the autumn frost fell to the winter solstice before execution.The three rogues who were sentenced to death by Xun Yu are still locked in the prison of the county government, waiting to be executed after the fall.The people in the city saw that the government had posted a notice saying that two criminals who had been involved with the Yellow Turbans would be executed today.

The common people standing on both sides of the road craned their necks to watch the two wooden cage carts filled with prisoners, being pushed by the yamen servants towards the execution ground.The county soldiers commanded by Dian Wei stood at the side of the road with long guns in their hands to prevent the people from approaching the prison car.

The wooden platform for execution was just erected, it was two feet long and one foot wide, and the height was no more than five feet, but it was enough for the onlookers to see the execution process clearly.Around the execution platform, a circle of county soldiers stood, blocking the surrounding people three feet away.

The prison cart came to a stop in front of the execution platform, and the yamen guard opened the wooden gate, took the prisoners who were tied up in the cart out of the cart, and inserted a prison card with the word "cut" on each of them.

Chen Cha was so frightened that he lost control of his bladder and bowels. The yamen servant resisted the stench and dragged Chen Cha, who was like a puddle of mud, from the cart and onto the execution platform.

As for the other prisoner, Chen Tang, Chen Cha's cousin, was also the mastermind who attempted to kidnap Han Zhan.After he got out of the car, he raised his head and let out a long roar, and then shouted: "I will be a good man again after 18 years." His shout immediately aroused applause from the surroundings.

The two brothers of the Chen family knelt on the execution platform, and Chen Tang looked up at the executioner standing in front of him, and said with a nonchalant expression: "Master, when you do something later, be quicker and give me a good time!" He didn't notice at all why only one executioner was on the stage when the two executed.

Seeing that the two prisoners were already in place, the executioner walked up to Han Zhan, who was watching the execution, and bowed to salute: "Your Majesty, the prisoner has already proved his righteousness, so he can be punished!"

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

The executioner took the long plaque and saw that only Chen Tang's name had been ticked off, and quickly reminded Han Zhan in a low voice: "Master, there are two criminals today, but you only ticked one."

"I know," Han Zhan nodded and said, "Today, only Chen Tang will be killed, and Chen Cha will accompany him. After the execution is over, he will be escorted back to the county government prison."

When the executioner turned around and strode towards the execution platform, Han Zhan saw that among the crowd of onlookers in the distance, there were actually many men carrying their children on their shoulders so that they could see more clearly.Seeing this situation, Han Zhan couldn't help smiling wryly to himself, thinking that it's fine for an adult to watch such a scene of murder, but how could such a young child be allowed to watch it, maybe it would cause them a psychological shadow.Perhaps the next time the execution is performed in public, there should be a list to prohibit minors from watching it.

The executioner returned to the execution platform and announced loudly: "According to the order of the envoy, one criminal, Chen Tang, will be beheaded. After the execution, the criminal Chen Cha will be escorted back to the county government prison for custody. Executioner, prepare for execution!"

When the people watching below heard that only one person was killed, they couldn't help being in an uproar.Everyone is talking about it, there are two criminals on the execution platform, why only one person was killed?

Hearing that only one person was killed, apart from the surprise of the people, Chen Tang was even more shocked.He turned his head and yelled at the executioner standing behind him: "Why did you just kill me and not him? The two of us were accomplices, so we should have been beheaded together! I don't want to die alone, I don't want to die alone!" He twisted He leaned over and tried to stand up, but the ropes that bound his body made his movements slow. Before he could stand up, the executioner had already reached out and pressed his shoulders, preventing him from standing up.

Sitting behind Han Zhan, Hu Cha asked in amazement after seeing this situation: "Master, what's wrong with this man? Just now he acted like a hero, why did he appear to be insane after a while? "

Hearing this question, Han Zhan sneered and said, "He originally thought that the two brothers would die together, but now he realizes that he is the only one who is going to die, so he will naturally go crazy. I think if he is untied, He probably will kill his brother with his own hands, so that he can have a companion on Huangquan Road."

At this moment, Chen Tang, who was kneeling on the ground, was still struggling desperately, and at the same time kept shouting: "This is not fair, you can't just kill me, he is also an accomplice, he must die too!"

It may be that his shouting made the executioner feel uncomfortable, so he waved to the yamen servants standing under the stage, signaling them to go up and help.Two big and three rough yamen servants walked up the small stairs and grabbed Chen Tang's arms respectively to make him unable to struggle any more.The executioner stepped forward and pulled out the crime card stuck on Chen Tang's back, threw it on the ground casually, and raised the ghost-headed sword in his hand high.

The executioner signaled the two yamen servants to let go and retreat. Before Chen Tang could continue to struggle, the ghost-headed sword swung down.With a flash of the knife, Chen Tang's body fell to the stage with a bang.The executioner bent down and picked up Chen Tang's head, and held it up high to signal to the onlookers to accept their cheers.

The first thing Han Zhan did when he returned to the county government office was to order Rob to bring Chen Cha up.

As soon as Chen Cha, who escaped from the dead, entered the lobby, he knelt on the ground with a plop, kowtowed desperately to Han Zhan, and kept saying gratefully, "Thank you, sir, thank you for not killing me!"

Han Zhan coughed heavily, and then said, "Chen Cha, are you willing to tell me the location of the black-clothed fortress now?"

When Chen Cha heard what Han Zhan said, he couldn't laugh or cry. He said to himself that I wanted to confess just now, but who would have thought that you wouldn't listen, and even sent me to the execution ground, which made me pee my pants in fright.But these dissatisfaction, he can only suppress in the bottom of his heart, dare not show it on the face, he knows in his heart that if he offends the envoy, maybe he will end up with his elder brother Chen Tang tomorrow.He quickly replied: "I am willing, I am willing, I am willing to tell the envoy truthfully what I know."

After Han Zhan listened to Chen Cha's confession, he realized that the crime in black was heinous.In front of Lin San and other subordinates, in order to win people's hearts, he would do things like robbing the rich and helping the poor from time to time.But in fact, he was in a hidden cottage more than 30 miles away from the cottage, where there were more than a dozen of his cronies, who followed him to do some murder and robbery.The money from the robbery was stored in a cave in the cottage, under the care of his own brother, Hei Xiong.

After sending the yamen servants to bring Chen Cha back to the prison, Han Zhan discussed with Xun Yu: "Uncle, according to Chen Cha, there are countless money stored in the hidden cottage in black, and Zhan'er plans to lead troops to clean up there tomorrow. Let uncle take the seat."

Since Xun Yu knew that there were only a dozen bandits in the village, he didn't try to persuade Han Zhan, but suggested to him, "Qu Junhou Dianwei is very brave, why don't you let him go with you."

"There is a general, but there is still a lack of a counselor to accompany him." Although he knew that tomorrow's suppression operation would not be too dangerous, Han Zhan wanted Guo Jia to accompany him.So he pretended to regret and said: "It's a pity that cousin Gongda is not here, otherwise he can accompany me."

"Although Gongda is not here, there is another person who can accompany you." Xun Yu fell into Han Zhan's little trap, and said honestly: "Guo Fengxiao's ability is far superior to Gongda. If he goes with you, It must be a success."

Seeing that Xun Yu's reaction was as expected, Han Zhan couldn't help but feel ecstatic, but he still pretended to hesitate and said, "But what if Feng Xiao refuses to agree?"

"Zhaner, don't worry." Xun Yu took the initiative to ask Ying: "Uncle will go to see Feng Xiao in person later, and must persuade him to accompany you to the village to suppress the bandits."

Chapter 0071 The Bet with Guo Jia

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In Sheguo County in early summer, the vegetation is all green as far as the eye can see.Although the sun is high, the breeze blowing from the mountains makes people feel quite comfortable.

On the rugged mountain road, a neat army marched.At the front of the team was Dian Wei riding a black horse with two big iron halberds on his back. Behind him were two hundred soldiers with swords and shields.Behind the sword and shield soldiers were Han Zhan and Guo Jia who rode side by side on horseback. Behind them were a hundred crossbowmen, two hundred pikemen, and a hundred migrant workers pushing wheelbarrows.

Guo Jia of the Lunjin Feather Fan rode on a gray war horse. Although he walked alongside Han Zhan, he never said a word.To be honest, if it wasn't because of Xun Yu's persuasion, he didn't want to go out with Han Zhan for this trip at all.Just a dozen bandits, and the hundreds of people you brought trampled them all to death, and you still need to go out yourself. Isn't this killing a chicken with a bull's knife?

It is for this reason that Guo Jia has never said a word to Han Zhan since his departure.Seeing that Guo Jia treated him so coldly, Han Zhan was not angry. After all, the other party was one of the best counselors in the Three Kingdoms period, and it was normal to have a temper.This time I made a small plan to get Xun Yu to take the initiative to invite Guo Jia out, just to get close to him so that he can successfully recruit him in the future.

After walking for a while, Han Zhan asked with concern: "Feng Xiao, in the brothel for the past two days, did the bustard treat you poorly? If so, please speak bluntly. When I return to the city, I will go Find her theory."

Hearing what Han Zhan said, Guo Jia was embarrassed to keep silent. After all, all his expenses in the brothel were paid by the young state-related order in front of him. He could only bow his hands at Han Zhan and be polite. Said: "Thank you for your concern. Jia is fine in the brothel. There is wine and meat, and there are beautiful women to choose from. All of these are bestowed by the envoy, and Jia is very grateful."

"Brother Feng Xiao," Han Zhan didn't want Guo Jia to feel that he was trying to curry favor with him. Bandits, the leader is called Hei Yi. But when I took people to bandits, I saw that there were only a group of poor women and children among the bandits, and there was no gold, silver or treasure to be robbed at all."

When Xun Yu persuaded Guo Jia last night, he only asked him to accompany Han Zhan to exterminate a group of bandits, without revealing more inside information.Hearing what Han Zhan said at this moment, he immediately realized that the matter was not as simple as what Xun Yu said, so he couldn't help asking curiously: "Master, could it be that the group of bandits you went to exterminate today are related to the treasures in black?" related?"

"That's right," Han Zhan replied, nodding his head, "I once heard from a surrendered bandit that besides the one I had been to, Hei Yi also had another hidden cottage, which was going to be used to store him. It is a pity that only his confidantes know the exact location of the gold and silver treasures that were stolen."

"Where did the envoy know where the hidden cottage is?"

Regarding Guo Jia's question, Han Zhan smiled lightly, and then asked back: "You know, I executed a rebel who colluded with the Yellow Turban yesterday."

Guo Jia was taken aback for a moment, but quickly guessed the truth: "I understand, the person who accompanied the beheading yesterday was an insider. After being so frightened, he didn't tell the envoy the truth about the little news he knew. You confess everything." He lightly shook his feather fan and nodded slightly, "Gao, the move you made is indeed Gao."

Guo Jia turned his head and glanced at the unicycle convoy following behind, and said with emotion: "Master, this convoy is used to transport treasures, right? Needless to say, on such a rugged mountain road, only this kind of unicycle can travel like a shoe." Flat land." After a short pause, he said to himself, "The person who can build this kind of car, I wonder if he understands the Mohist mechanism?"

"Cough, cough, cough," Han Zhan was still a little complacent when he heard Guo Jia's praise for himself, but when he heard what he said later, he couldn't help coughing loudly, and then said with some embarrassment: "I don't want to hide it from Fengxiao. I built the car. But I don't know anything about Mohists' tricks."

"What, you built this car?" Guo Jia's eyes widened, and he said in surprise, "It's simply unbelievable."

Han Zhan said with a chuckle, "Feng Xiao is too much, the structure of this kind of unicycle is simple, I just figured it out."

Guo Jia said solemnly: "Your envoy is too modest. If the army uses this kind of wheelbarrow to transport military rations when marching and fighting, it can save a lot of manpower and animal power, and the food and grass consumed along the way can also be greatly reduced. By the way, your envoy Are you planning to use this wheelbarrow to transport the seized gold and silver treasures?"

"That's right," Han Zhan replied truthfully: "Since Heiyi hid his treasures in such a secret place, it is estimated that there are quite a lot of them. If there is no suitable means of transportation, it will be very difficult to transport them all back to the county seat." .”

Hearing what Han Zhan said, Guo Jia couldn't help showing a meaningful smile on his face: "Master, if Jia's guess is correct, are you planning to use these treasures to recruit troops?"