People in the Three Kingdoms: Starting from Preaching

Chapter 62 Let You Die Fairly (Please Read More!!!)

The public trial was still going on in the venue, and the people began to accuse the nobles of their crimes one by one. Under Xu Chen's step-by-step guidance, they finally overcame their natural fear of the nobles and dared to hate them.

One bloody incident after another was revealed in full view of the public, and the nobles who were at the center of the storm also had different reactions.

There are tough people who remain arrogant and refuse to repent, there are cowards who keep begging for mercy with their crotches wet, and there are cunning people who try to deny their crimes by talking nonsense.

In the face of death, all dignity is gone, and after their noble exterior is torn off, their reactions are just as embarrassing.

As the atmosphere in the venue gradually heated up, the enthusiasm of the people to participate also grew.

What we are doing today gives the people a strong sense of excitement of breaking taboos.

After all, before today, whenever they saw these nobles, they would only kneel on the ground and tremble in fear. But now, they can use the mentality of a judge to question and reprimand these nobles!
Now, they are the most important participants in this trial. In the past, the nobleman decided their life and death, but now it is their turn to decide the nobleman's guilt.

The people had no doubt that these crimes would be punished, because the first nobleman to be tried had already received the end he deserved.

Right in the center of the venue, there was a large wooden cage. Inside the cage, there was a fat nobleman lying limp on the ground groaning, in a completely half-dead state. This was the first guy who was denounced.

If you look carefully, you can see a clear pool of blood between his buttocks, which almost dyes half of his pants red.

What’s scary is that there are five or six tall, vicious dogs wandering around in the cage.

Two of them were licking their noses, as if savoring the taste of the soft and boneless piece of raw meat.

Soon, they focused their attention on their owner who was also in the cage. They all circled around him, panting, as if they were trying to please him and hoping to receive his caress.

But when the nobleman looked over with a pale face, the first thing he noticed was the blood on their mouths, which made him feel dizzy and almost fainted.

He didn't know where he got the strength from, but he managed to endure the physical pain and grab the vicious dog's neck.

There was a vicious light in his eyes, as if he wanted to eat the vicious dog alive.

When he thought about his baby being eaten by his own dog, he felt like there was a fire burning in his heart, making it hard for him to breathe. It was the ultimate shame and hatred.

At this moment, he just wanted to kill these beasts, otherwise he would not be able to get rid of the hatred in his heart.

However, the Yellow Turbans guarding him looked at him coldly at this time, which made him shiver and let go of his hands. This was not the first time he tried to kill these dogs, but the Yellow Turbans would stop him every time, and in the end he was just asking for trouble.

Seeing him let go, the dogs thought it was their master playing with them, and then they stretched out their warm tongues and licked the nobleman's face.

Unable to dodge, he could smell a faint smell of blood, and his face couldn't help but twitch.

The nobleman could only accept this helpless fact, but he knew even more clearly that this was only the beginning of the torture. If he was kept in this cage, when the vicious dogs became hungrier and hungrier, they would want to eat more than just the two taels of meat.
The nobleman didn't dare to think any further. If possible, he really wanted to die to avoid such torture.

The people also knew what would happen inside the cage, but far from feeling it was cruel, they were looking forward to it.

Just now when the vicious dogs were fighting over the precious piece of meat, they laughed so loudly, and the teasing and mocking tone in their laughter almost made the nobleman die of shame.

This is good, this is fair, to return to the noble man the pain he once inflicted.

The people wished that time could be accelerated right now, so that this nobleman could feel the bloody mouth of their own vicious dog. They couldn't wait to see the nobleman's desperate and painful appearance, which might slightly alleviate the infinite resentment in their hearts. This public trial was undoubtedly a success. After a long time, under the accusations of countless people, the crimes of the nobles were determined one by one. None of them were wronged. Everyone had blood debts on their bodies, the only difference was the degree of stench.

Xu Chen was fair to the common people and to the nobles as well. They could be tortured and then die fairly.

But the carefully prepared public trial is not all there is today.

When the people's emotions gradually calmed down, Xu Chen no longer focused on the criminals, but turned his head and looked at the Han officials and captives who were brought to watch the execution not far away.

Except for Zhang Zhongjing who was given a special treatment by Xu Chen and was arranged to sit in a private seat, all the others had their hands and feet tied up and were completely unable to move.

After nodding to Zhang Zhongjing, Xu Chen's gaze passed over all the Han officials who were captured and finally fell on Wang Ze, the prefect of Yuyang.

"The people standing here are all Yuyang citizens. I have a question for you. As an official, do you have the responsibility to make decisions for them?"

Xu Chen pointed at the densely packed people around him and began to ask in a cold tone.

As he asked this, everyone's eyes fell on Wang Ze. He used to be the head of a county, but now he had to accept the questioning of the Yellow Turbans and the gazes of the people as a prisoner.

The other Han officer captives who were standing in the same row with him all turned their heads away; they could not endure such humiliation.

Only Ju Shou remained calm and was not affected by this humiliation. However, when he occasionally looked at Xu Chen, he showed deep fear.

Wang Ze couldn't help but take a long breath. If Xu Chen was just rudely humiliating him, he would simply not bother to pay attention to him. However, Xu Chen raised questions rationally, which made Wang Ze unable to ignore him.

Even though he could already foresee that Xu Chen's next question would be difficult to answer, he was unwilling to avoid it.

As a scholar, it would be a huge joke if you don't even dare to respond to a thief's question.

"Since I am the county magistrate, it is my responsibility to protect the land and the people." He glanced at the excited people and couldn't help but sigh.

Xu Chen asked again calmly: "The tragic events that the people just described all happened under your rule. Since you have the responsibility to keep the people safe, why don't you do anything about it?"

Wang Ze was suddenly speechless. How could he answer this?

Does this mean that the local aristocratic families are the real local emperors?
Could it be that the definition of "people" may not necessarily be the group of excited common people around us?

Does it mean that after these common people rely on the powerful, the government is no longer able to manage them, and that they are essentially the property of the powerful, so the government has no way to interfere with how the powerful deal with their property?

Wang Ze understood these answers clearly, and so did the Han officials and captives around him, but they had no way of answering them.

"Are you serving the emperor and the powerful, or are you serving the people of the world?"

While they were silent, Xu Chen snorted coldly and pointed at the several ferocious dogs with bared teeth in the cages.

"Or in other words, are you the parents of the people, or the vicious dogs raised by the emperor and the powerful?"

(End of this chapter)