As Yun Zheng finished speaking, Guo Tong and a group of officials turned pale with fright.
As Yun Zheng slowly drew out his sword, everyone's hearts rose to their throats.
Guo Tong tried to keep himself calm and said loudly: "If the prince insists on killing me, I have nothing to say! But if the prince says that I am a corrupt official, I will never admit it! I can die, but I cannot bear the reputation of a corrupt official!"
"Really?"
Yun Zheng glanced at Guo Tong coldly.
This bastard has a pretty good mental quality!
At this time, are you still pretending to be incorruptible?
Those bandits have talked a lot about Guo Tong’s “glorious deeds” of corruption!
After a moment, Yun Zheng smiled and said, "Whether County Magistrate Guo is a corrupt official or not, we will discuss this later! Since you are here, I will invite you to watch a good show!"
After saying that, Yun Zheng waved gently to Du Guiyuan and others not far away.
...
...
Everyone understood and immediately brought dozens of bandits to Guo Tong and others.
Just when Guo Tong thought that Yun Zheng was going to let these people testify against him, everyone suddenly drew their swords.
“Zheng…”
The sword is unsheathed.
brush!
brush!
A sharp knife light flashed across the necks of the bandits.
In an instant, blood gushed out and the sound of heads falling to the ground was endless.
At close range, Guo Tong and others standing in front were covered in blood.
The pungent smell of blood kept drilling into everyone's nostrils.
Many people were so frightened that their legs went weak and they almost fell to the ground.
"Next team!"
Before everyone could recover, Du Guiyuan ordered the next team to escort the bandits forward.
"Please spare my life, my Lord!"
"I admit my guilt, and I beg Your Majesty to spare my life..."
"Your Highness, I am also cornered by this crooked official Guo Tong..."
"Your Majesty, please spare my life..."
The group of bandits were so frightened that they kept wailing and begging for mercy.
Even they thought that Yun Zheng wanted those people to list the crimes of Guo Tong and others.
They never expected that Yun Zheng would just pull those people over and chop them up so directly.
However, no matter how these bandits begged, Yun Zheng remained indifferent.
Among these bandits, there must be a small number who have not done anything too harmful to the world.
But since they chose to join forces with Zhao Heihu and others, they should be prepared to be killed.
Even if they didn't directly do those evil things, they are still accomplices!
I chose the wrong path and I deserve to die!
Brush brush...
A bright flash of knife light appeared, and dozens of bandits were beheaded in front of Guo Tong and his men.
Faced with such an iron-blooded and cold-blooded killing, someone finally couldn't bear it anymore and sat down on the ground, trembling and crying: "Your Highness, I confess, I confess everything..."
With someone taking the lead, the rest of the things will be much easier.
In order to seek leniency, everyone rushed to list Guo Tong's crimes.
"Last year, Guo Tong accepted 10,000 taels of silver and released the rich man who raped a decent girl..."
"In order to make money, Guo Tong embezzled the imperial tax revenue, and all the county's silver vaults became his silver vaults..."
"Guo Tong framed a wealthy family in this county for treason. Not only did he seize the family's land, he also took the family's young lady as his concubine..."
Out of fear, these people tried their best to cover up Guo Tong's affairs.
In fact, all the officials brought by Guo Tong were in cahoots with him.
Guo Tong originally wanted to avoid someone reporting his misdeeds to Prince Yun Zheng, but he didn't expect that these people would sell him out completely.
Guo Tong looked at the group of cowards in front of him angrily and shouted, "How dare you list my crimes here? Which one of you has a clean bottom?"
"We were all forced by you!"
After hearing Guo Tong's words, some people immediately started to fight back.
"Yes, if we don't go along with you, will you let us go?"
"Your Majesty, I am wise. I was forced into a corner..."
"This humble official was also intimidated by that bastard Guo Tong..."
"I conspired with you just to collect evidence of your crimes!"
Everyone pointed their finger at Guo Tong.
Anyway, they were all forced, and it was all Guo Tong's fault.
What's worse, they even portray themselves as righteous.
Listening to what everyone said, Guo Tong was so angry that he was out of breath.
"Okay, you guys are awesome!"
Guo Tong gnashed his teeth and glanced at these people. Then he stiffened his neck and looked at Yun Zheng, sneering: "Your Highness, I am an official appointed by the court! Even if everything they said is true, the Ministry of Justice will convict me. It is not your turn to punish me!"
Yun Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly and asked with a half-smile: "You don't want me to punish you, right?"
Guo Tong snorted coldly: "I am a fourth-rank official. According to the Dagan Law, the prince has no right to punish me!"
What the hell?
Are you still talking to me about the Great Law?
"Okay, then I won't punish you!"
Yun Zheng put away his sword and turned to Du Guiyuan and ordered: "Let everyone retreat!"
"ah?"
Du Guiyuan was stunned.
Are you really going to let these corrupt officials go?
"Oh shit!"
Yun Zheng smiled and glared at Du Guiyuan, "Hurry up!"
"yes!"
Du Guiyuan had no choice but to ask everyone to leave.
"You really let them go like this?"
Chen Luoyan looked at Yun Zheng angrily, "If you don't dare to deal with them, I will do it!"
"What do you want?"
Yun Zheng pulled Shen Luoyan aside and said, "Watch your show with peace of mind, don't dirty your hands!"
"I'd rather get my hands dirty!"
Chen Luoyan said angrily.
"Let's go!"
Ye Zi shook her head and smiled, "They will cry soon."
Ye Zi had already guessed what Yun Zheng was going to do.
"Um?"
Shen Luoyan was puzzled.
Ye Zi winked at her, signaling her to just watch the show.
Soon, everyone backed away.
Their retreat actually confused Guo Tong and others.
Is Yun Zheng really scared?
Are you really not going to deal with them?
This...isn't this too easy?
Just when everyone was distracted, Yun Zheng shouted to the captured bandits, "What are you still standing there for? Didn't you all say that you were forced to become bandits by Guo Tong, that bastard official? He's already here, don't you plan to talk to him?"
Talk about it?
The bandits were stunned and didn't react for a while.
"Kill these dogs!"
Just when everyone was in a daze, someone in the crowd suddenly raised his arms and shouted.
Kill them?
The bandits were stunned again, then reacted.
"Kill Guo Tong!"
“Kill!”
"None of you, a bunch of shitty officials, even think about running away!"
In an instant, roars of anger rose one after another from the crowd.
Led by several leaders, a group of bandits rushed towards Guo Tong and others.
At this moment, they had only one thought.
It’s a dead end anyway!
Even if I die, I will drag these crooked officials down with me!
Looking at these murderous bandits, Guo Tong finally understood Yun Zheng's purpose.
"I admit my guilt! Your Majesty, please spare my life!"
Guo Tong begged Yun Zheng for mercy with a face full of fear.
"Guo County Magistrate, please don't talk nonsense."
Yun Zheng looked innocent, "I have no right to punish you, so how could I want your lives?"
Looking at Yun Zheng's innocent look, Shen Luoyan couldn't help but feel angry.
This bastard!
You would die if you told me earlier!
I even thought he would really let these corrupt officials go!
This bastard is so shameless!
It was obvious that he wanted Guo Tong and others to be beaten to death by these bandits, but he still looked innocent?
As if this matter has nothing to do with him!
This bastard is so insidious!
However, it is so sinister that it makes people happy...
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