A drumbeat resounded, and all eyes below the execution platform turned upwards.
After the drumming stopped, three men dressed in blood and with disheveled hair were dragged onto the execution platform by six soldiers.
Three loud thuds rang out, and the three criminals simultaneously knelt down, facing the crowd.
However, the three of them had their heads down, and their faces were covered by their hair, so it was impossible to see who they were.
At this moment, with Ren Yuan's support, Physician Ren slowly stood up, as if he had made some important decision.
He stepped forward, pointed at the three men, and shouted, "These three are probably familiar to everyone. Tell them to raise their heads!"
Three soldiers walked to the kneeling criminal's side, grabbed the criminal's hair and pulled hard, forcing the criminal to raise his head to be displayed.
Lu Qiqi squinted in the glaring sunlight before she could make out the three traitors on the stage.
All three had blood on their faces, looking as dirty as if they had just come out of a mine.
Others didn't know their identities, but she was very familiar with them.
He was the doctor in charge of managing and distributing medicinal materials in the pharmacy.
Among them was Doctor Gao, who had been rescued from prison by Imperial Physician Ren.
Standing on the high platform, Imperial Physician Ren continued to proclaim, "These three men betrayed the country for personal gain, causing heavy losses to our soldiers. Today, they will be beheaded as a warning to others!"
These words immediately aroused the indignation of the soldiers below the stage.
They charged into battle for the people of the Great Jin Dynasty, as well as their own families and friends.
I never expected such a terrible thing to happen in a large camp.
How is this any different from being attacked from both sides?
"Damn it! I've been stabbed countless times, and I never imagined these three bastards would dare to commit treason in the rear camp!"
"Pah! You bastards! Chop them up!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
Immediately, there was only one voice from below the stage: kill the three people on the stage immediately.
The three executioners were ready long ago; their blades had slain many enemy soldiers and been stained with the blood of countless Tatars.
This is the first time they've turned the knife on their own people, and it's the doctor who's the most trusted wounded patient they know.
No! When they commit treason and seek personal gain, they are merely criminals of treason, no longer citizens of the Great Jin Dynasty.
As Physician Ren listened to the surging voices from below the stage, demanding the execution of the criminals, his eyes lowered slightly.
He carefully selected these three doctors and assigned them to the wounded soldiers' camp medicine ward.
The medicine treasury is different from other places; one must be cautious. He had placed high hopes on these three people, but he never expected them to repay him in this way.
Especially Dr. Gao, who was serving his sentence in Yanlianshan at the time, and I happened to see him treating prisoners.
Physician Ren considered himself a man who valued talent, so he obtained a special order from the supervising official to allow Doctor Gao to enter the wounded soldiers' camp.
I never expected this person to be so morally corrupt; he really misjudged him.
Raising his eyes again, the regret and disappointment in Imperial Physician Ren's eyes had vanished, leaving only a sharp, murderous intent. He raised his voice and ordered, "Execute!"
The three doctors twisted their bodies with all their might, but they couldn't make a sound because they had been given a drug to make them mute before going on stage. At this moment, they could only make muffled noises and couldn't say anything else.
The soldiers, holding the three doctors by their hair, pressed their heads against the wooden posts in front of them, like pork on a chopping board, waiting for the final cut to end them forever.
The executioner took a few steps forward, raised his broadsword, picked up a bowl of strong liquor beside him, and gulped it down into his mouth. Then, with a "pfft," he sprayed the liquor onto the gleaming broadsword.
Three large swords were raised high in unison, and as they fell, three spheres rolled to the ground in unison.
A stream of blood splattered on the executioner's face and bare chest. The three executioners looked like demons, extremely terrifying.
Fresh blood trickled from the cut, dripping onto the wooden floor of the table.
Lu Qiqi's expression remained unchanged, but she was still shocked.
Although she had cut the throats of bandits and killed the leaders of the Tartars, this was the first time she had ever seen such a punishment.
Seeing the three criminals' heads fall to the ground, the centurion's gaze immediately turned to Lu Qiqi. She looked as usual, but her eyes seemed to be larger than before.
Seeing that she showed no abnormality, the centurion once again respected her. In his view, even soldiers standing on the battlefield would not be able to remain unmoved by such punishment.
As she had said, the Lady of Kang Le Township would not back down an inch in the face of the rebels' punishments, and she did just that.
After the punishment ended, all the soldiers dispersed.
Looking at the three corpses lying on the ground, Physician Ren sighed and said, "Although they committed acts of treason and self-interest, they also made contributions to the soldiers in the army."
Now that his body is separated from his head and his soul cannot return to his hometown, he cannot even have a peaceful death.
"Have someone bury them, lest they be carried off by wolves."
This concludes their relationship, which was not exactly that of teacher and friend, but was even closer than that of teacher and friend.
"yes!"
Then, with Ren Yuan's help, Physician Ren walked down the stands with unsteady steps and headed back towards the wounded soldiers' camp.
Lu Qiqi remained standing in the same spot, watching as the three corpses were lifted onto stretchers. A black cloth was placed over the bodies, and soldiers carried them away in pairs.
The bloodstains left on the wooden planks of the stands were completely washed away with buckets of water.
It was as if nothing had happened, yet it was also as if everything had happened.
"Village head, what are you doing here!"
"It's all over! Oh no!"
"You didn't come here to see the punishment, did you?!"
Nineteen rushed to the training ground and saw Lu Qiqi standing motionless like a pillar under the stands.
He learned that there were punishments at the training ground and wanted to run to watch from below the stage, but his elder brother stopped him and told him to go and keep an eye on the village chief and not let her join in the fun.
This matter was too bloody, and Nineteen naturally understood the reason behind it.
To his surprise, when he went to Lu Qiqi's tent, not only did he find it empty, but he also ended up witnessing the whole thing he shouldn't have seen.
Waaaaah, if my older brother finds out, he's going to tie him to a big tree and beat him up, isn't he?
Lu Qiqi, unaware of the rich imagination of Shijiu, turned her gaze away from the stands and said calmly, "Let's go back. I haven't had breakfast yet, and I'm going to faint if I stay hungry any longer."
Upon hearing this, Nineteen was momentarily at a loss for how to react.
After Lu Qiqi had walked a dozen steps away, he watched her receding figure and then realized what was happening, so he quickly chased after her.
Good heavens!
This Kang Le Township Lord is too fierce!
He had never seen a beheading punishment before, and the mayor of Kang Le Township had just witnessed the whole process. Yet, he still had an appetite for breakfast.
When breakfast, which consisted of two flatbreads and a bowl of white porridge, was served, Lu Qiqi grabbed a flatbread with one hand and the bowl with the other, eating it bite by bite and sip by sip of porridge.
He perfectly demonstrated to 19 what it means to remain calm and composed in the face of adversity.
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