Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 75 Beheading
"In fact, I have no prejudice against Buddhists. If the person who just opened the door was a respected master and kindly invited me in to take shelter from the rain, I would definitely give him a large sum of money."

While wiping the ghost-head knife in his hand with a tung oil cloth, Chen Gu said, "What a pity, you are not a true Buddhist. You are a demon, a demon that sucks the blood and flesh of the people, a demon that wears a monk's robe and pretends to be a Buddhist disciple."

"Chen Gu, what right do you have to say this?" Monk Yuanqi saw the murderous intent in Chen Gu's eyes becoming stronger and stronger, and he could not help but roared fiercely, "You are a bandit who robs and plunders houses, what qualifications do you have to say that I am a demon?
You are an executioner who will go to hell and never stand up again. Why do you come to judge me?"

"Haha, then let's not have a trial. Let's just be straightforward and let the strong prey on the weak. I heard that your White Lotus Sect is a magical sect that can make you invulnerable to swords and guns after you ask the gods to possess you.

You can chant the spell now, but please do it as quickly as possible, or else the ghost-head knife in my hand will fall down before you can summon the god, and then you will be finished!" Chen Gu said with a smile.

Seeing Chen Gu approaching him step by step with his hands holding a ghost-head knife, Yuanqi was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder broke. While struggling to retreat, he said at a very fast speed: "Chen Gu, if you dare to mess around, my White Lotus Sect will not let you and your disciple go!

You only have a small village, but our White Lotus Sect has millions of followers and no less than 100,000 believers. If you offend our White Lotus Sect, you and your disciples will not be able to escape."

Chen Gu remained unmoved, still sneering as he moved closer to Yuanqi step by step.

"Chen Jue, please let me go. I am willing to take my followers away from Fobao. This place belongs to you. We are all in this world together for the great cause of fighting against the Qing Dynasty. Why do we have to kill each other?
You came to protect me, and didn't our White Lotus Sect acquiesce to your request? " Seeing that his threats didn't work, Yuanqi turned to begging for mercy.

But Chen Gu did not intend to let Yuanqi go. From the direct confrontation between Zhang Haomin and Yuanqi at the beginning, it can be seen that the White Lotus Sect in Fobao is not afraid of the mountain forces.

There are many leaders of the White Lotus Sect, and each leader is in charge of a place, and they are not subordinate to each other, just like the leader of the Tiandihui. This is also the fundamental reason why Chen Gu must kill Yuanqi.

Yuanqi had retreated to the corner under the pressure of Chen Gu. He had nowhere to retreat and struggled desperately, but he had no way to break free from the rope. Instead, the rope became tighter and tighter, squeezing his fat body into several circles.

"You are going to die. If you don't want to be chopped into pulp and thrown out to feed the dogs, then just get up and kneel down. I can still leave you a whole body. Don't worry, I have received the true teachings from my master, and I promise that I won't let you die in too much pain.

Stay single, you are still the leader of a place, don't let your disciples look down on you!" Chen Gu sneered.

The reason why the two sides can live in peace is probably because they both have something to consider.

But Chen Gu was determined to win Fobao, and he had to have complete control over him, so Yuanqi had to die, and a group of the remaining backbones had to die as well, at least half of them had to die, in order to intimidate Fobao's White Lotus followers.

"Chen Gu, do you really want to do this to the extreme?" Yuanqi asked with a terrified expression at this time, shouting at the top of his lungs.

In addition, the remaining diehards must also be expelled from Fobao.

Zhang Haomin took into account the White Lotus Sect's influence in Fobao and its overall strength abroad. As for the origin, it was probably because of the can of explosives in Zhang Haomin's hand.

Otherwise Chen Gu won't feel at ease.

If Yuanqi is released, this guy will definitely call for reinforcements to take back his territory.

Because just like the chief leader of the Tiandihui, they also have a chief leader, and the overall strength of the White Lotus Sect is very powerful.

Facts proved that Yuanqi was not a bachelor, and he could not stand up to face death. He could only watch Chen Jue's ghost-head knife fall with fear in his eyes. The White Lotus Sect members were not good at fighting, and when the ghost-head knife chopped into their necks, they were not invulnerable to swords and guns, and the whole head was chopped off easily.

Blood splattered all over the Buddhist temple and heads rolled around, scaring the other White Lotus followers so much that they began to whimper and struggle on the ground.

It was the first time that Chen Gu killed someone with cold weapons, and it was a beheading, but she did not feel any discomfort. She had imagined the scene of beheading countless times in her mind.

Every time he chopped wood, Liu Er would often tell him some chopping techniques, and occasionally he would talk about the scene of chopping and how he felt when chopping.

"Brothers, come and drag the body out and bury it. Clean up the bloodstains. Remember to dig the pit deeper. Also, take off the ropes and clothes to avoid wasting them!" Chen the Executioner shouted.

Cloth was very expensive in that era. Chen Ke's own clothes were still patched. Why would a dead person still wear clothes? It would be better to save them for the living to wear.

After killing the people, Chen the Executor came to the statue of the Lord of Sichuan and lit two incense sticks, one for Li Bing, the Lord of Sichuan, and one for Erlang Shen Li Tai. Then he stepped back and kowtowed three times to the two of them.

When Li Bing was managing the Dujiangyan Irrigation System, Erlang Li Tai sacrificed himself to save the dam, which enabled Li Bing to successfully control the flood. Therefore, there are basically two people in the Chuanzhu Temple.

During the Ming Dynasty, Xu Zhonglin was writing a novel and heard that there was a Erlang Shen in Shu, so he included this character in the Investiture of the Gods and changed his name to Yang Jian.

Chen Gu did not believe in ghosts and gods, but he had no problem worshipping the Lord of Sichuan. When he was a child, there would always be a temple fair for the Lord of Sichuan held after the sixth day of the sixth lunar month and before the twenty-seventh day of the sixth lunar month every year.

Kowtow, burn incense and eat, it only cost 20 cents at the beginning, and it increased to 20 yuan at the end. Chen Gu participated in it many times.

"Young Master, you are really killing people and burning incense at the same time!" Zhang Haomin said with a wry smile.

"I killed people because it was fate that warranted it, and I burned incense because the merits of Chuanzhu and Erlang Shen were worthy of my respect, not because of ghosts and gods."

Chen Gu stood up and looked at the monks lying on the ground. He said, "Torture them to find out where their money and food are hidden. Let the brothers make some food. Don't forget to boil a pot of ginger soup to drive away the cold."

"No need to ask for food. I have prepared dinner in advance and it has been kept in the steamer. The rain is almost stopping now, so I can send someone to bring it over. My subordinates also need to go back and prepare it.

We have to arrest the White Lotus Sect members as soon as possible. Now that we have done it, we should do it thoroughly to avoid giving them time to react and causing trouble." Zhang Haomin said.

"Okay, Lao Nian, take the brothers on a trip and bring back some food!" said Chen Gu.

The main hall was filled with old brothers from the village. Lao Nian went somewhere else to take a group of newcomers to get food.

Chen Gu looked at the monks on the ground and said to the people in the mountain stronghold, "It's time to test the skills of the brothers. Ask them where the money and food are hidden."

(End of this chapter)