Volume 1, Chapter 70: Heaven Cannot Forgive
Two Black Armor Army soldiers immediately stepped forward and pretended to take down the man who was talking nonsense.
That man was very smart. He was so scared that he ran into the crowd and disappeared.
The person disappeared, and no one continued to speak such words.
But Xiang Yun was not happy at all, because he saw the cold look in the eyes of these people when they looked at him!
Their eyes were full of resentment and hatred, as if the real murderers of their loved ones were not the bandits, but themselves.
Am I the murderer?
When Xiang Yun thought of this, he trembled and could not help but walk towards the people. He suddenly shouted loudly: "Don't you just want an explanation? Today I will give you an explanation!"
Then Xiang Yun took off the hairpin that fixed her long hair. The waist-length hair fell down, and Xiang Yun grabbed it and held it in his hand.
Then he bit his tongue forcefully, used the blood as a guide, and summoned the Great Sun Emperor Sword.
Then Xiang Yun suddenly swung his sword and cut off his long hair.
Everyone in the audience exclaimed and looked at Xiang Yun in disbelief. You have to know that in their world, it is important that your body and hair are given by your parents and should not be damaged easily. Anyone who violates this rule is unfilial.
As an emperor, what did Xiang Yun want to do by cutting his hair at this time?
Xiang Yun held his long hair tightly, looked at them, and said in a deep voice: "If you kill these bandits, will your relatives be resurrected?
You kill me, I kill you, and the hatred will only grow stronger and stronger, and the killing will only become more and more intense!
If you kill these bandits now, aren't you just the same as them?
In fact, you are all right. All the mistakes are the fault of the court and mine!
I have not governed the world well, so you have suffered this unprovoked disaster, so if you want to kill me or hate me, come to me!"
Xiang Yun raised his long hair high in the air and said loudly: "Today, I will use my hair to pay off my crimes to all of you. I will use my life to pay off yours!"
"Someone, come and distribute my hair to everyone!"
The whole place was silent. All the people were bewildered. When they looked at Xiang Yun, there was no longer the cold and resentful look in their eyes as before. Only shame remained.
Strands of the emperor's hair were distributed to everyone's hands. They held them tightly, only to feel that they were incredibly heavy.
Yes, so what no matter how great the hatred is?
The emperor has already rescued you from the sea of suffering, and now he is asking you to pay with his life. What else can you do?
No one cried and no one laughed. These people were like zombies. They tightly grasped the emperor's hair and walked forward stupidly. Little by little, they left the White Tiger Hall and saw the light of day again.
The sunshine outside gave them warmth, and the clear sky was cloudless. Was it telling them that everything was over and it was time to let go of all the hatred and start over?
All the bandits were gathered in the Weihu Hall and surrounded by the army in three layers.
They are not old, weak or sick, but strong men with fighting ability. Although they have no weapons in their hands now, if a riot really breaks out, these soldiers will find it difficult to cope with it.
Xiang Yun tidied up his clothes and hair, came to the bandits, and said loudly: "Everyone, please wait patiently. I will definitely do what I promised you!"
At this moment, Linghu Feng hurried over and whispered something to Xiang Yun. Xiang Yun suddenly began to tremble all over and looked at Linghu Feng with disbelief. After a long time, he said in a trembling voice, "Take me to see it!"
Shangguan Xiuzhu noticed that something was wrong. She had never seen Xiang Yun with such an expression before, so she immediately followed him. Xiao Guazi and Xuanyuan Dabing looked at each other and followed as well.
Linghu Feng took Xiang Yun deep into the White Tiger Hall and finally found a stone staircase leading underground in the mountain. They walked down for nearly a hundred meters.
There were candles lighting up the stairwell along the way, but as you went deeper, the color of the candle flames actually turned into emerald green, like a ghostly fire.
Shangguan Xiuzhu first screamed and looked at Xiang Yun, as if he wanted to get some response and comfort, but Xiang Yun kept a gloomy face and ignored him, as if he was not in the mood to do so.
Shangguan Xiuzhu couldn't help but feel his heart becoming heavy, as if something really bad had happened.
Many corridors appeared in the painting, and inside the corridors were stone cells. The cells were extremely dark, damp and smelly. There were bloodstains along the way, and scratches all over the stone walls on both sides.
This must be the place where those innocent people were imprisoned. Seeing these things, Xiang Yun also understood why those people wanted to kill these bandits so much.
The life they lead is simply inhuman!
Going down to the deepest part of the stairwell, there is only an iron door in front that can only accommodate one person. There was originally a big lock on the door, but now it has been forcibly smashed open by someone, but the iron door is still closed.
There were seven or eight Lieyang Army soldiers around. These soldiers had strange expressions on their faces. When they saw Xiang Yun, they said nothing. Each of them was either sitting or lying on the ground, and their faces were ashen and bloodless. Their bodies were shaking constantly, as if they had encountered something extremely terrifying.
Linghu Feng pointed at the iron gate in front and said, "Your Majesty, this is inside!"
Xiang Yun first looked at the Lieyang Army soldiers, then looked at the iron gate, and shouted fiercely: "Open it!"
"Your Majesty, please be mentally prepared!" Linghu Feng reminded, then grasped the handle of the iron door and slowly pulled it open.
A foul smell came from inside the iron gate, pungent and disgusting, as if something had been rotting for many years and then piled up.
Xiang Yun frowned and took out a handkerchief from his arms to cover his mouth and nose. The people behind him did the same, especially Shangguan Xiuzhu, whose brows were furrowed very tightly.
The iron gate was completely opened, and what came into view was an empty mountain, and below was a large pit. The foul smell came from this pit.
Xiang Yun walked towards the iron gate without any hesitation, and the others quickly followed.
Xiang Yun came to the edge of the pit and looked down. The scene he saw was something he would never forget.
There were countless corpses lying densely in the pit, and each of them died with their eyes open. Even though the flesh on their bodies had rotted away, they were still staring at where Xiang Yun was standing with their big eyes.
There is only one possibility for all of them to have such expressions before death, and that is that they were all buried alive here, a living person was thrown directly into such a place and left to die!
And judging from the degree of decay of each person's body, they were not thrown in together, but were thrown here one by one, accumulating over time!
Each of them had an extremely hideous expression, and Xiang Yun could hardly imagine what kind of pain these people had gone through in their lifetime.
Now they had all rotted, turned into rotten meat paste, and fermented. Xiang Yun could even find a few corpses that had not yet had time to rot. They were obviously thrown in recently.
The only living creatures under the pit at this moment were the densely packed maggots wriggling on the corpses.
Xiang Yun's face turned extremely pale. At a glance, he was afraid that there were nearly ten thousand people buried under this huge pit!
"Ugh~" Shangguan Xiuzhu suddenly couldn't help vomiting at this moment, and then left the place in two steps at a time.
She swore that she had never seen such a disgusting scene in her life, and it was hard for her to imagine that people could do such a heartless thing!
This incident completely overturned her life values and world view.
Shangguan Xiuzhu vomited several times again. Xiang Yun appeared beside her without her noticing. He patted her on the back and said softly, "Let's go up."
Xiang Yun's voice was very calm, but his expression was very ugly. After saying this, he walked slowly towards the stairs alone.
Xiao Guazi, Xuanyuan Dabing and others hurriedly followed. Their faces didn't look good either, but they didn't vomit. Xiao Guazi was in the best condition. After all, he had seen a lot of the dark side since he was a child, so his immunity was high.
Xuanyuan Dabing felt anxious and uncomfortable. He wanted to curse a few words, hoping that cursing would make him feel better. He even wanted to pick up a knife and kill all the bandits.
But he still held back, without taking any action or saying a word.
Because he knew that Xiang Yun had made a promise to these bandits, and the emperor's words were not a joke. He could not influence the emperor's decision, let alone interrupt it.
If you curse, it would be like cursing the emperor!
Xiang Yun climbed the stairs faster and faster, and in the end it seemed like he was running!
As soon as he got out of the stairs, Xiang Yun headed straight for the Huwei Hall where the bandits were, and shouted in a stern voice: "Send all the archers over to me!"
Linghu Feng, who was following behind, paused when he heard this, then nodded and immediately went to make arrangements.
Xiang Yun strode into the Huwei Hall, walked forward and looked down at the bandits, panting and cursing: "You are beasts, you don't have any humanity at all!"
More than 90,000 bandits looked at Xiang Yun in bewilderment. They obviously didn't understand what he was angry about. He was just fine and kind to all of them just now.
"If I don't kill you today, it will be unjust!"
As soon as Xiang Yun finished speaking, countless archers appeared, surrounded these people, blocked them in the Huwei Hall, drew their bows and arrows, and as long as the leader gave the order, they would take these people's lives.
Seeing this murderous scene, the bandits all panicked and looked around for an exit. Some even shouted, "Emperor, you promised not to kill us!"
"Don't joke!"
"You dog emperor, you are untrustworthy and will die a miserable death!"
Xiang Yun suppressed his anger, took a long breath, and said coldly: "You went up the mountain to be bandits and oppose the court. This is a capital crime. I forgive you.
You have robbed homes, killed civilians, and imprisoned thousands of people. This is a serious crime punishable by lingchi. I can forgive you.
You colluded with the government, robbed the imperial army of rations, and even attempted to kill the king. This is a heinous crime punishable by the death of nine generations of your clan. I can still forgive you.
Even if you have committed a thousand crimes, I can still spare your lives, but what you have done is beyond the reach of justice. Even if I spare you, the law of nature will not spare you!"
Xiang Yun turned around, grabbed a bow and arrow, drew the bow and aimed the arrow at one of them, and said coldly: "Today, it is not me who wants to kill you, but you are intolerable to heaven, and heaven wants to kill you!"
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