"Prime Minister! The Emperor!"
The King of Xing was terrified and shouted, "I was merely stating the facts; I did not mean to disrespect the Prime Minister! I am innocent!"
"Injustice? Ha!"
Jiang Ming sneered, "Do you think I don't know what you've done in the country? Your country isn't big, but your reputation as a tyrant is well-known... I heard that you like to cut people's faces open and make them dance in the palace with their faces hanging down? You also invented some kind of hell, simulating the eighteen levels of hell in the underworld, and you just grab a few people from the street to test it on... And every time you eat, you like to watch people suffer the torture of having their intestines pulled out. The common people have been tortured terribly by you, of course you're afraid of a popular uprising!"
Upon hearing this, the rulers of the other vassal states all nodded in agreement.
"The ruler of Xing is indeed cruel! I've heard that... in their country, the common people generally don't live past thirty!"
"Yes! This guy is also extremely extravagant; his palace is even more magnificent than the King of Qi's palace!"
"Xing is a small country. At this rate, what are we waiting for but a popular uprising?"
......
The King of Xing was already infamous, and now that Jiang Ming had publicly ripped off his fig leaf, he was completely humiliated!
"Rumors! They're all rumors! Prime Minister, I'm innocent! Emperor! I'm innocent!" he shouted.
"Injustice?"
At this moment, Zhao Yong stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Jiang, and other rulers, you are probably unaware of the unusual hobby of the King of Xing, aren't you?"
"Oh? Does he have any other special hobbies?" asked the ruler of Zheng.
"Oh......"
Zhao Yong gave the King of Xing a cold glance and said, "That bastard likes to eat children, believing that you are what you eat to achieve immortality. No fewer than a hundred children have died at his hands..."
"My God! Is this true?"
"He even eats people, he... he couldn't be a beast in disguise, could he?"
......
The feudal lords were unwilling to believe their ears, never expecting that the ruler of Xing would have such a beastly side!
"They don't just eat their own country's children..."
Zhao Yong paused for a moment and continued, "His henchmen are also stealing children from neighboring countries to feed him... He especially likes to eat boys, saying that it not only grants immortality but also helps him in his sexual affairs..."
"Zhao Yong! You're spouting lies!" the King of Xing shouted.
"I knew it! That's why we keep getting reports of lost children from people near the border!"
"So that's what this beast ate!"
"Your Excellency, this man deserves to die! If I were a citizen of his country, I would also rebel against him!" said the King of Wei.
At this moment, Zhao Yong added, "Prime Minister, this guy not only loves to eat boys, but he especially loves to eat boys' brains. Many children who fled famine were taken back to Xing Kingdom by him under the pretense of being merciful, and then their skulls were opened to extract their brain marrow!"
The ruler of Zheng said, "Prime Minister, pry open his brain too, and let him taste what it's like to have his brain marrow extracted!"
"Yes! Pry open his brain too!"
"Your Excellency, this tyrant cannot be let off lightly. We must use all the tortures he inflicted on the people on him!"
......
Faced with the proposals of the feudal lords, Jiang Ming pondered and said, "I hereby declare that the monarch of Xing is deposed, and the land of Xing shall be divided equally among Wei, Yan, Zheng, and Zhao! The people of the former Xing shall be entrusted to these four rulers for joint pacification to prevent them from revolting!"
The rulers of the four countries were overjoyed to receive such a large cake for free!
Ji Bochang, that simpleton, was happy to receive land and people, but he was more concerned about how to deal with the ruler of Xing.
"Prime Minister...why not let him try the method of using that red-hot copper rod to poke his anus!" Ji Bochang suggested.
Upon hearing this, all the rulers were first astonished, then looked at him with disgust and contempt...
When it comes to the art of executions, no one is more skilled than Jiang Ming.
If it were in the past, Jiang Ming would definitely have come up with a unique idea for the King of Xing!
But times change.
In the beginning, Jiang Ming was just a village head. In order to intimidate the enemy and increase his deterrent power.
He ordered Liang the Drunkard to castrate the rogue Xiao Xiao, and he also ordered the people to cast these criminals into 'mountain god clay figures'...
The problem is, Jiang Ming is now the Prime Minister of the Great Gan Empire... a truly respectable man.
Naturally, they wouldn't stoop to publicly displaying their 'art of death' and cruelly tormenting their victims...
Faced with the crowd's outrage, Jiang Ming raised his hands in a calming gesture and said, "Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt its debtor! I don't think punishing him is the best course of action! Zhao Yong!"
"Your subordinate is here!"
Zhao Yong bowed respectfully to Jiang Ming.
"I'm handing him over to you. You deliver him to the parents of the children he ate. As for how those parents punish him... that's not our concern!"
"Great idea!"
"That's a brilliant idea! Your Excellency is wise!"
......
All the feudal lords seconded the motion, and there was no dissent.
The king of Xing was so frightened that he was foaming at the mouth...
Emperor Ji Buyi was very satisfied with Jiang Ming's handling of the matter, stroking his beard and nodding repeatedly.
"Here, I want to emphasize this again!"
Jiang Ming said loudly, "The Emperor bestowed titles upon you, allowing you to govern the world and spread the Emperor's teachings, but that doesn't mean... you can prey on the people and act arrogantly! I won't pursue the past. The King of Xing is just a warning! If anyone continues to prey on the people and tyrannize them, I will remove him from his throne and have a neighboring country replace his fiefdom!"
Upon hearing this, all the rulers exchanged glances, their expressions a mixture of tension and awe...
Jiang Ming paused for a moment and continued, "Furthermore, you must also denounce each other. If you discover anyone engaging in perverse acts, you can report them to me! After I finish my investigation, the neighboring countries will divide their land and destroy their country!"
"That's a great idea!"
Ji Buyi, who had been relatively quiet, spoke up: "You are all like my children. Be good and don't cause trouble, otherwise... if you lose your country and your state, you can't blame anyone else!"
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