Chapter 92: Killing innocent people
Even though the boss’ daughter liked Zhang Han so much, she didn’t like killing innocent people. She asked Zhang Han to let go, but Zhang Han ignored her and forcibly abducted her.
In broad daylight, in full view of everyone, they killed the fiancé's family and kidnapped the bride without even trying to cover it up. This was a blatant provocation to the Yelang Kingdom.
Zhang Han’s boss was so angry that he almost vomited blood and died.
Yelang State sent people to capture Zhang Han alive. If they did not publicly execute him, how could Yelang State save its reputation? Zhang Han killed all the comers and became more and more courageous. His cultivation increased rapidly and he even reached the Spiritualization Stage. He killed the king at that time and became the new king of Yelang State.
After becoming the king, Zhang Han made his boss's daughter the queen and collected beauties from all over the country and brought them into the harem.
From then on, Zhang Han became extremely violent and capricious. He believed that the maid who spilled soup, the eunuch who accidentally made eye contact with the concubine, the censor who was dissatisfied with the rule and made remonstrances, etc., were all beheaded, as he believed that these people violated the emperor's majesty.
He also promulgated strict laws, which classified theft of one or two taels of silver as a capital crime. A minister who had studied in the Great Zhou Dynasty explained to him that such laws could not maintain long-term rule. Zhang Han did not listen, but instead thought that the minister was against him and executed him.
Suddenly, the people of Yelang felt insecure and dared not even drink, for fear that they would cause trouble after drinking, smash store items, and commit a capital crime of disturbing public order.
The restaurant owner was not happy either. It was true that no one caused trouble after drinking, but there were not many people coming to the restaurant to eat.
One minister was frightened and wanted to retire and return home. Zhang Han said that the other party's Nascent Soul body was in the prime of life and would never get old or sick, but he wanted to retire. This was a crime of deceiving the emperor and he should be put to death.
There was a minister who had suffered internal injuries in his early years and was old, so he wanted to return to his hometown to live in seclusion. Zhang Han said that as a minister, he should devote himself to the country until his death. This was a manifestation of disloyalty, so he was also executed.
With the two previous examples as lessons learned, no minister dared to mention retiring and returning home again. Every time before leaving home to go to court, he would first make a will, for fear that he would be the one to die that day.
When a minister saw that Zhang Han's cultivation had improved, he suspected that he was practicing the devil's way and reported it to the Wei Dynasty.
However, no matter how hard the people of Wei investigated, they could not find any trace of Zhang Han practicing the magic way. In the end, they could only conclude that this person was extremely talented and just happened to like killing people.
When practicing the magic path, the resentment of the dead will remain on your body, but Zhang Han naturally does not have such a thing.
Moreover, to practice the magic way, one must kill people personally. Ordering guards to kill people, or enacting strict laws to increase the death penalty, these methods cannot improve the cultivation of those who practice the magic way.
When Zhang Han learned that someone had reported to the Wei Dynasty that he was practicing the devil, he flew into a rage and determined that the minister had the intention of treason, and he executed all nine generations of his clan.
From then on, no one dared to question Zhang Han anymore.
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Zhang Han was reviewing memorials in the warm room, trying to find something between the lines of the ministers' memorials that might lead to murder. Unfortunately, the ministers have learned their lesson recently and don't have any big joys or big sorrows. What they report are either small joys like a good grain harvest or small worries like a reduced crime rate. Apart from those, there are some things that are neither happy nor sad, such as the executioner becoming a popular position.
Or you can go incognito and see among the people whether there is anyone who should be killed.
“Click.”
A slight sound came from my ear. It was a maid's hand shaking when she closed the teacup lid, making a little noise.
In an instant, the maid's pretty face turned pale, and she quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, begging for His Majesty's forgiveness.
Zhang Han waved his hand impatiently: "You are disturbing my concentration on reviewing the memorials. Drag him out and behead him."
He thought he was being fair. Since the previous maids were killed for similar minor issues, wouldn't it be unfair if this one wasn't killed? "Guards? Guards!"
When he saw that the guards did not enter the room immediately after he gave the order, he became annoyed, thinking that the guards outside the door must have been slacking off.
Such people who neglect their duties shall also be put to death.
The door of the warm room opened, and a young man said to the two guards at the door: "You wait outside and don't come in, okay?"
The two guards didn't dare to say no and nodded repeatedly.
After the young man entered the house, he said to the maid, "Wait outside first. Your king and I have some things to deal with."
The maidservant fled from the warm room as if she had been pardoned.
Zhang Han saw someone exceeding his authority and commanding his subordinates, but he didn't dare to make a sound.
He was sweating profusely and his hands were shaking.
Zhang Han tried to stay calm: "I don't know why the emperor is here, is there anything I can help with?"
"Didn't I tell you to take care of something?" Jiang Li said with a smile, "I just happen to need your help. To be specific, I want to take care of you."
"Me? The Emperor is joking. I didn't break any rules of the Emperor's Palace. Why would the Emperor punish me? You are the Emperor. You cannot kill innocent people."
Jiang Li was amused by Zhang Han's words: "I am the emperor of mankind, I cannot kill innocent people at will, but you are just the ruler of a small country, you can kill at will, how can this be justified in the world? Are you bullying honest people?"
Jiang Li then said, "I have been killing for several months, and now you are the only one left among the followers of Shenzang Sect. Congratulations, you are lucky to be the last one alive."
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Jiang Li didn't dare to hand over the matter of dealing with the Shenzang Sect members to anyone, including the several commanders of the Human Emperor Palace, knowing that the fewer people from the Shenzang Sect the better. Even the Ruyi Gourd, Jiang Li threatened it not to tell Yu Yin about the Shenzang Sect. Until now, Yu Yin still believed that Sun Yuan was a member of the evil sect.
In the past few months, Jiang Li not only dealt with these believers in the order on the list, but also had to ensure that they did not leave any clues about the Shenzang Sect. Now it is finally time to finish, and Zhang Han is the last one.
Although Zhang Han's realm is not low, his status in the organization is very low. He has no qualifications to preach, and he also takes the most stringent Liuhe Zuolian Mantra. He cannot tell any news about the Shenzang Sect.
When Zhang Han heard the words "Shenzang Sect" from Jiang Renhuang's mouth, he was horrified, and the last bit of hope in his heart disappeared.
He still believes that what he has gained is divine power, not merit, but he feels that this behavior is very similar to the magic path, and it is just taking advantage of the loopholes in Jiuzhou's definition of the magic path.
"Originally, you also knew that there was something wrong with the power of Shenzang, and you happened to be the executioner, so you could obtain the power of Shenzang. If that was all you wanted, I wouldn't have come to you."
Jiang Li crossed his legs and flipped through Zhang Han's information, and said slowly: "Later, if you killed the evildoers to obtain the power of the God's Treasure, I would not kill you."
"I……"
Zhang Han tried to explain, but Jiang Li ignored him and continued, "But you changed later. You were obsessed with the feeling of gaining the power of the gods and wanted to become stronger. But there was no one left for you to kill. The marriage of your beloved woman was an opportunity for you to change completely, and you began to kill innocent people indiscriminately."
"In the end, you became the king, holding great power. You used that power to kill people and cleared yourself of the suspicion of being a demon."
Seeing this, Zhang Han quickly said: "Yes, this is not magic, it is my own power!"
"Well, I know your Shenzang power is not the devil's way."
"Then..." Zhang Han was delighted.
"Just think of it as me killing innocent people indiscriminately." Jiang Li did not give Zhang Han a chance to explain himself. He flicked his index finger casually, and Zhang Han, who was in the Spirit Transformation Stage, died without any warning.
Jiang Li would not tell Zhang Han that this was actually the power of merit, and that your Shenzang Sect had caused endless harm to Jiuzhou and must be eliminated.
Why bother explaining to him.
(End of this chapter)