Chapter 322: Beheading at Meridian Gate
Everyone looked at this scene and looked at each other in bewilderment.
This doesn’t look like a happy event, nor does it look like a funeral. It’s weird no matter how you look at it.
If it is a happy event, then why put a coffin to lead the way?
But if it is a funeral, there is no yellow or white paper money, no one is crying, and the suona is playing such festive and cheerful music?
How strange, how strange it is!
At this time, the people that Yi Ge had arranged in advance came in handy.
I saw these people mingling among the people, sharing their thoughts with the people around them in a mysterious manner. What was going on in this scene?
As soon as they opened their mouths, they immediately attracted the onlookers nearby.
"I just saw from afar that this team set out from the An Ning Marquis' Mansion. Just think about it, a few days ago, the Imperial Guards surrounded the An Ning Marquis' Mansion. The men in the mansion were guilty of treason, and their entire clan was implicated..."
Thanks to some helpful people’s scientific research, the onlookers finally understood why this strange scene happened.
After hearing this, the people's eyes almost popped out.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Mouth wide open.
I didn't know what to say for a moment.
All the people seemed to be collectively speechless at this moment, staring blankly at the slowly moving team.
After an unknown amount of time, an old man in white clothes covered his chest and cried out in grief.
"The world is going downhill, it really is going downhill!"
His words instantly broke the silence on the long street.
It seemed as if everyone had found their voices again and began to express their opinions.
"In broad daylight, they actually did something so immoral. It's really shameful!"
"Yes! As a divorced woman, she is so arrogant and conceited. This goes against women's moral teachings..."
"This Shen family girl's behavior is really too much! You know, today is the day when the Ji family members will be beheaded. She actually did something so high-profile. Isn't she afraid that the ancestors of the Ji family will come to her in the middle of the night to claim her life?"
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Of course there are people with different opinions.
"That's wrong! The An Ning Marquisate is gone, and the Ji family has committed treason and treason, and the entire clan is implicated. The Shen family girl is trying to cut ties with them, but I think she's right!"
"That's right! That's right! As expected, a tiger father will have a dog daughter. The legitimate daughter of the general's mansion, the general, really has the spirit of General Shen!"
"On this wedding day, the grand ceremony of the ten-mile red wedding dress announces to the world that the Shen family's daughter has now escaped from the sea of suffering and has drawn a clear line between herself and the ambitious people of the Ji family. It is a great day to return home peacefully!"
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Shen Ningyuan heard the noisy sounds outside and her expression was extremely calm.
Long before she did this, she had already anticipated that people would have mixed reactions to it.
But no matter what, since she has done it, she will not regret it.
Isn’t it a blessing to escape from the sea of suffering?
She doesn't care what others think of her!
In this life, we should live happily and do whatever we want.
If you are surrounded by rumors all your life, what is the point of ever living like that?
The brothers Shen Haoyue and Shen Haobai, accompanied by their personal guards, headed towards the Meridian Gate.
It is precisely because of these two people's protection that people are always dissatisfied with this, thinking that Shen Ningyuan is domineering and immoral, but he has not done anything extreme.
The team moved forward slowly and arrived at the Meridian Gate at noon.
Shen Ningyuan, who was sitting in the carriage, heard a loud shout coming from outside.
"It's noon. The execution will be carried out immediately."
Without thinking, Shen Ningyuan reached out and lifted a corner of the gauze curtain, only to see hundreds of Ji clan members kneeling in the open space not far away.
The sounds of crying out for injustice, crying, suffering, and crying of breakdown were endless.
These voices naturally came from the mouths of the Ji clan members.
However, in the next moment, the executioner behind each person raised a sharp sword and swung it with force, and all the sounds stopped abruptly.
The head and neck separated in an instant, and blood gushed out from the carotid artery.
In just a moment, the red color covered the ground and flowed slowly.
With a gurgling sound, hundreds of heads with wide eyes rolled on the ground for several circles and then stopped moving.
At this moment, Shen Ningyuan only felt that the world had lost all sound, and everything had lost all color.
All that's left is the overwhelming red before my eyes.
Blood was flowing freely.
Among these hundreds of heads, there are familiar faces and unfamiliar ones.
The lives that were once saved were gone in an instant.
Shen Ningyuan stared blankly at the place where blood was flowing like a river, and did not come back to his senses for a long time.
Until the carriage slowly moved forward, even if one stretched his neck to look back, he could no longer see the red blood in the eyes.
But the overwhelming red was deeply engraved in her mind.
It will linger for a lifetime.
Chen Ningyuan originally thought that seeing all of his former enemies pass away would make him extremely happy to have his revenge.
But for some reason, she did not feel as happy as she had imagined. Instead, she felt an inexplicable confusion.
Shen Ningyuan had no memory of when she returned to the Shen Mansion, how she said goodbye to her parents, and how she returned to the courtyard where she lived before she got married.
When she regained consciousness, she had no idea how long she had been sitting in the corridor in the courtyard.
There was frost all over his body, and the coldness was overwhelming.
Shen Ningyuan rubbed his cold hands and slowly exhaled a breath of foul air from his chest.
But when he turned his head, he saw Xie Wanzhou sitting next to him without him noticing.
When she saw this person who suddenly appeared, her eyes were filled with confusion.
He blinked blankly and asked stupidly.
"You...when did you come? Why don't I have any impression of it? Why didn't Yi Ge inform me?"
Faced with this series of questions, Xie Wanzhou showed a bitter smile.
He raised his hand and gently rubbed the top of her hair.
Facing her surprised gaze, Xie Wanzhou held her in his arms.
Spoken in a soft tone.
"I've been here for a while now. Everything is over now. Don't dwell on the past..."
He talked a lot.
Shen Ningyuan didn't hear a word.
No matter what, it's a relief.
From then on, she had no connection with the Ji family.
Everything that happened yesterday is like yesterday’s death.
Everything that happens today is like life today.
Chen Ningyuan broke free from his embrace, looked at him, and tried to pull the corners of her mouth, "I'm fine, it's just that I got my revenge, and I feel a little sad."
Shen Haoyue thought that his sister was in a bad mood during the day, and after thinking about it for a long time, he finally decided to visit her.
Don't take this matter to heart.
But I never expected that when I arrived in the yard, I would see this scene.
Shen Haoyue only felt that his eyes were darkening.
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