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Shuoquan City is also divided into four cities, the sun is shining, the weather is good, the execution ground in the East City has also been set up, and the government has issued a notice a few days ago, to behead the big traitor Gongsun Chu and his henchmen in public today, so inside the city A lot of people gathered at the edge of the Dongcheng execution ground early, waiting to watch the execution.

When Chu Huan came to the execution ground, it was still some time before noon, but the officials of all divisions arrived early. Not far from Xingtai, a special observation platform was built, and the tables and chairs were set up. Dongfangxin and Dong Shizhen had already taken their seats. However, Ai Zong, the head of the Ministry of Punishments, is the parent-child supervisor and beheaded, serving as the chief criminal officer this time.

Chu Huan went up to the torture platform, Xuanyuan Shengcai and Qi Hong were in armor, following from left to right, and the officials stood up to greet them. Chu Huan knew that these were all empty courtesy, so he smiled back. After he sat down, Dong Shizhen on the left had already said with a smile : "Your Excellency, did you sleep well last night?"

Chu Huan smiled and said, "It's thanks to Mr. Dong who sent someone to clean up in advance. It was clean and I slept soundly."

Dong Shizhen hurriedly laughed and said: "I just sent someone to clean it up. My lord doesn't know about it. When Xiliang soldiers retreated, they burned, killed and damaged the city. The Governor's Mansion was almost burned!"

"Fortunately, it was not completely burnt down. If the Governor's Mansion is really burned, many people's criminal evidence will be wiped out." Chu Huan said with a smile: "I heard that Governor Zhu led his troops to recover the land of Shuoquan, and found it in the Governor's Mansion. There are a lot of criminal evidence, if the Governor's Mansion is burned down, those criminal evidences will not be found, and some people will be able to get away with it."

Sitting on Chu Huan's right, Dongfangxin turned his head and glanced at Chu Huan, and said calmly: "The sky net is well-established, and it is sparse but not leaked. If you want people to know, unless you do nothing, collaborating with the enemy and treason, such a serious crime, you can't escape it even if you want to. "

Chu Huan laughed and said, "General Dongfang is right. That's right, can you deal with the general's urgent military affairs yesterday?"

Dongfang Xin was startled, but quickly said: "It's been dealt with, otherwise I won't have time to come over to watch the execution today."

Dong Shizhen said with a smile: "Your Excellency, you should have prepared all the items needed by the Governor's Mansion in advance, but I don't know what the Governor is particular about, so I didn't buy the tables and chairs in advance, and only waited for the Lord to come over. Allocate some money from the Ministry of Household Department, and then buy according to the adults' preferences."

Before Chu Huan could speak, Dongfang Xin said, "Lord Dong, you don't have to worry about this now. The governor came to Xiguan to take up his post, and many Xiguan gentry rejoiced. I heard that several carts of goods were sent to the governor's mansion last night. ...!" Glancing at Chu Huan, he said with deep meaning: "Those things are very exquisite, and they are worth a lot of money, right?"

Chu Huan also turned his head to look at Dongfang Xin, and said with a smile: "When General Dongfang is handling military affairs, he still cares so much about the Governor's Mansion? Could it be that General Dongfang has been to the Governor's Mansion today?"

Dongfang Xin frowned and said, "I haven't been there."

"Since I haven't been there, how do I know that those things are very exquisite, and how do I know that they are worth a lot of money?" Chu Huan asked lightly, rubbing his chin.

Dongfangxin was a little embarrassed, and said: "I heard what others said!"

Chu Huan sighed: "It seems that General Dongfang really cares about the Governor's Mansion, and you even send someone to pay attention to what the tables and chairs in the Governor's Mansion look like...!" There was a light in his eyes, but his expression remained calm: "If General Dongfang is interested, I would like to invite General Dongfang to take a look at the Governor's Mansion... We can sit down and have a good chat about the tables and chairs...!" He smiled and said: "Oh, I almost forgot to tell General Dongfang that this governor and Mrs. Su are relatives and have a family relationship. He sent some daily necessities there, and it was just for the care of his family. General Dongfang must not think that this governor is taking bribes. If you are misunderstood as a newcomer on the first day, you will never be able to stay in the northwest again...!"

Dongfangxin laughed loudly when he heard Chu Huan, his face was a little gloomy, and he said lightly: "How dare you, the governor is joking."

"Master Dong, I heard that the former governor of Yuezhou, Gongsun Chu, was the one who was executed today?" Chu Huan looked at Dong Shizhen, "I have heard about this man's reputation before, and it seems that he is a capable official...how did he become a traitor?" ?”

"My lord does not know that Gongsun Chu has a dignified appearance. Although he said that he is loyal to the emperor and serving the country, behind his back he is doing the shameful thing of betraying his ancestors." Dong Shizhen said solemnly: "When the Xiliang army came, he obviously had the opportunity to withdraw. He left, but deliberately pretended that he wanted to fight the Xiliang army to the end, and stayed behind in Shuoquan City... Later we found out that this Gongsun Chu had other intentions. His purpose of staying in Shuoquan City was to dedicate Shuoquan City to the people of Xiliang. I beg the people of Xiliang to give me glory and wealth...!"

"So that's how it is." Chu Huan sighed, clenched his fists and said, "Such a traitor can be punished by everyone... That's right, the governor heard that Gongsun Chu was guarding Shuoquan City, but he resisted the Tenth Army of Xiliang Army." A few days... Mr. Dong, did Gongsun Chu become cowardly and fearful after the city was broken, so he took refuge in the Xiliang people? If he had taken refuge in the Xiliang people earlier, he didn't have to stick to the city for more than ten days. Surrender early is...! "

Dong Shizhen immediately shook his head and said, "My lord, before the city was destroyed, Gongsun Chu had already had a secret relationship with Xiao Tianwen, the king of Xiliang Nanyuan... If he had to stick to the city for more than ten days, it was actually just a trick of Gongsun Chu showing off. "

"Oh?" Chu Huan seemed to be interested, "How do you say that?"

"Gongsun Chu was promoted by Gongsun Chu in the early years, and had a friendship with Gongsun Chu." Dong Shizhen said with a wry smile: "Gongsun Chu is familiar with classics and history, full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, likes to gain fame, and prides himself on being lofty... If the Xiliang army arrives, If he immediately dedicates the city, then everyone in the world will know that he is a cowardly and despicable villain. He deliberately defended the city for more than ten days, and the city was destroyed. He can say that he fought to the last moment and was taken away by the Xiliang people. , it really belongs to Nai...!"

"Oh?" Chu Huan nodded thoughtfully, "That is to say, he wants to dedicate the city, but also pretends to stick to it, just to gain fame?" [

"That's natural." Dongfang Xin finally interrupted: "Shuoquan City is as solid as gold. If we really want to defend the city, the people of Xiliang will not be able to attack it for more than half a year. The first city in the Northwest was defeated in just a dozen days. Gongsun Chu Naturally, it is treason."

Chu Huan laughed and said, "It's a pity that General Dongfang was not in Shuoquan at that time. If the military power was in the hands of General Dongfang at that time, the Xiliang people might not be able to fight for a year." Before Dongfang Xin could speak, Chu Huan had already sighed. Said: "Xiao Tian asked a generation of famous generals, and it really is worthy of the name. The so-called one general who has achieved great success, in order to cooperate with Gongsun Chu in a play, in order to satisfy Gongsun Chu's reputation, he actually sent his subordinates to death for nothing... I heard that the Xiliang Army After breaking through Yanmen Pass, they were invincible all the way, that is to say, they reached Shuoquan City, and their advance was blocked. In order to cooperate with Gongsun Chu's performance, they attacked Shuoquan City, but the people of Xiliang left thousands of corpses...!"

Dong Shizhen and Dongfangxin looked at each other, feeling that there was something in Chu Huan's words. Looking at each other, Dongfangxin frowned, but Dong Shizhen sighed and said, "Actually, if we didn't discover the truth later, we would all think that Gongsun Chu was a Good man...Governor Zhu led the army to restore Shuoquan. As the Governor said just now, he found a lot of letters in the Governor's Mansion, some of which were the secret letters written by Gongsun Chu to Xiao Tianwen. He had already communicated with Xiao Tianwen It was agreed that if he surrendered to Xiliang, Xiliang would give him glory and wealth... If it weren't for the solid evidence, we... Hey, it's hard for us to believe that he actually turned to the enemy...!"

"Are those letters still there?" Chu Huan asked.

Dong Shizhen nodded and said: "That's the evidence of the crime, of course it's still there, part of it is in the Department of Criminal Justice...!"

"Gongsun Chu surrendered to the enemy and betrayed the country. It is heinous. The secret letter must be extremely shameful." Chu Huan clenched his fist and said, "Master Dong, the governor wants to see what is written in those secret letters. Look at Gongsun Chu. What kind of face is this villain Chu, but I don't know if I can see it?"

Dong Shizhen and Dongfangxin looked at each other again, Dongfangxin had already said: "The approval documents from the Ministry of Punishment have already come down, there is no need to bring up the old matter again, after today's beheading, everything will be over."

Chu Huan said with a smile: "So, the governor can't watch it?"

Dong Shizhen hurriedly laughed and said: "Your Excellency, you are joking. Since your Excellency wants to see it, I will send someone to get it." He asked Ai Zong, the head of the Ministry of Punishment, to fetch the secret letter.

Ai Zong did not dare to disobey Dong Shizhen's order, he kept the secret letter himself, and it was still some time before three o'clock in the afternoon, Gongsun Chu and other fourteen officials who were about to be executed came out of the prison, He had to be held in the heavy military prison for public display in the downstream street, and then he was taken to the execution ground to execute the death penalty. Ai Zong rode a fast horse back to the office of the Ministry of Punishment, and returned before Gongsun Chu and others were escorted to the execution ground.

Ai Zong presented a stack of letters to Dong Shizhen who came up to meet him, and Dong Shizhen passed the letter to Chu Huan, saying: "My lord, this is the ironclad evidence found from the Governor's Mansion. The ironclad evidence is like a mountain. That's debatable."

Chu Huan nodded, took the letter, and was about to open it, but suddenly heard a loud noise from the crowd, and then heard someone shouting: "Kill them, kill these traitors...!"

The voices came one after another, Chu Huan didn't read the letter, stood up, and looked down from the observation platform, only to see a dozen prison cars coming to the execution platform under the escort of soldiers, and the black people on both sides cursed like a tide ’, and some people even threw things at the prison cart and spit on the prison cart. Fourteen prisoners were inside the prison cart, only their heads were exposed.

Holding the letter in one hand, Chu Huan stood up and walked to the viewing platform. Other officials followed and walked to the viewing platform. Smiling proudly, he said, "Gongsun Chu was considered a well-known figure in Northwest China back then, but if he did something wrong, that head would not be able to be kept."

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