People from the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice wanted to control the situation, but the overwhelming notices had already revealed all the information here, and countless angry people flocked in.
They spontaneously dug up the bones in the well, rushed into the kitchen and found the remaining body parts from cooking, as well as various treasured human bone wine utensils.
This is a person, a living person.
They can accept that people are divided into different classes, and can accept poverty, hard work, and oppression by the nobles, because they were born in a poor family and this is their fate.
But it is not enough for these people to exploit them, they also want to eat the flesh and blood of their children. They are human beings, not livestock raised for consumption by the nobles.
This Changchunlou has been open for more than ten years, and has eaten countless children. In order to facilitate "purchasing", they chose the address behind a marginal vegetable market where ordinary people gathered. Maybe they bought children from other places at the beginning, but the children of the surrounding people were jumping around in front of them, so there would always be times when they didn't want to go far away.
In recent years, there are many families around us who have lost their children.
I used to think that I was kidnapped by human traffickers. I was sad and painful, but there was nothing I could do.
However, now they knew that their children had not been taken out of the capital at all, but were tortured to death and eaten alive by those aristocratic families just across the wall.
"My Fang'er, my daughter..."
"My precious pearl, my son..."
"Iron Boy, Iron Boy..."
The endless cries of grief are heartbreaking.
The officers and soldiers were also reluctant, but the order had already come down, so they could only drive the people away.
"The Dali Temple is investigating a case. All outsiders please leave immediately!"
"The Ministry of Justice is investigating a case, no outsiders are allowed to approach!"
The victims are the children of these civilians, yet the officers and soldiers are now drawing their swords against them.
The men among the people were furious and rushed forward to argue, "What kind of case are you investigating? So many people have died over the years, and you haven't found anything. Now the murderer has appeared, and you knew you were here. Who knows if you're here to investigate or to cover up the facts and exonerate those scumbags?"
"You're talking about arresting the murderer, but you're not also thinking about arresting those children who are doing justice for the people?"
"The lives of those worse than animals are lives, but the lives of us, the people's children, are not lives?"
The officers and soldiers immediately stepped forward to stop him: "Shut up! If you keep talking nonsense, I'll be rude to you."
The man wasn't afraid at all: "Why don't you show me some rudeness? The murderer can't be caught, and he can only show off his power to the people."
The officers and soldiers were so angry that they were about to attack. The man immediately shouted loudly: "Look everyone, the officers and soldiers are going to kill people to silence them. They are protecting those beasts and want to continue to hunt down our children..."
The man's shouting made the already angry people even more excited, and a group of people rushed towards the soldiers fearlessly.
"grown ups!"
Meng Zheng, the Junior Minister of the Dali Temple, walked up to Qin Mu and said, "It's obvious someone is fanning the flames. I'm afraid this matter can't be contained."
Qin Mu's face was gloomy. "We have to suppress it even if we can't. Are these lowly people trying to rebel against the heaven?"
"Send more people to arrest those troublemakers and beat them up to serve as a warning to others."
The Qin family and the Meng family are both affiliated with the Lu family. There are also members of the Lu family among the dead this time. Moreover, the Gao family is behind the Changchun Tower. The Gao family's eldest daughter is also the wife of Young Master Lu. The Lu family is too deeply involved in this matter. They must control it, otherwise something big will happen.
Meng Zheng still has some conscience, but after weighing the pros and cons, he has to protect himself first.
"Someone come..."
The Dali Temple dispatched more people to directly arrest the leading civilians, while the civilians tightly protected those leaders who dared to speak out. Seeing that a bigger conflict was about to occur, a loud voice pierced their ears like thunder.
"The imperial edict has arrived!"
In an instant, everyone stopped moving.
Seeing the Vice Minister of Justice and a group of people from the Dali Temple coming and kneeling, the people also knelt down hesitantly.
Let’s hear what the emperor has to say.
A large group of imperial guards rushed over and surrounded all the officials in the middle. The King of Wei, dressed in court robes, arrived with the eunuch Lou Yan, dressed in purple, who was in charge of incense.
Lou Yan unfolded the imperial edict and read it aloud.
The content is roughly that the emperor expressed his shock and grief about the incident. He did not expect that someone would do such a horrific and inhumane thing under the feet of the emperor. The emperor would never forgive it and would resolutely investigate it thoroughly.
At the same time, the prefect of Jingzhao and the chief judge of Dali Temple neglected their duties, shielded criminals, and treated human life as a joke. Their crimes are unforgivable and they shall be executed immediately!
Immediate execution?
Qin Mu looked up in disbelief, and the next moment he heard a loud thud. He saw a headless corpse with blood spurting from the neck. The clothes on the corpse looked very familiar to him, as they were his favorite Dali Temple official uniform.
The famous killing master Zhangxiang took action and the head fell to the ground in an instant. On the other side, the prefect of Jingzhao was also beheaded.
They kill without giving anyone a chance to defend themselves or seek redress.
Li Xing, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, looked at the headless corpse lying beside him in disbelief, then raised his head to look at the King of Wei and the evil and cold-blooded eunuch who was in charge of incense. The emperor...what was he going to do?
The people didn't expect that someone would be killed suddenly. After a moment of silence, everyone was excited.
"Your Majesty is going to make the decision for us ordinary people! Your Majesty is going to make the decision for us ordinary people!!!"
"God has eyes!"
Li Xing stepped forward and stood before the King of Wei. Before he could say anything, the King of Wei said bluntly, "Your Majesty has ordered that this case be handled by me and the King of Chen, with the assistance of the Eunuch in Charge of Incense and the Ministry of Justice. Anyone who resists will be executed first and reported to the King later."
Li Xing was speechless and bowed deeply: "Your Majesty, I obey your command!"
Xiao Jingyi raised his hand, and the imperial guards immediately brought out a thick roll of white silk and spread all the white silk on the ground in the courtyard. After the positions were set, Xiao Jingyi turned around and saluted the people.
"From now on, this matter will be my responsibility. I promise to give you all justice. Now, if anyone is willing, please come with me to bring these dying children back to the light of day!"
"I do!"
"I do, too!"
"Your Majesty, my child is inside. I want to take her home."
"Your Majesty, my child is also inside..."
No need for persuasion, everyone will respond.
Xiao Jingyi asked the people from the Imperial Observatory to set up an altar, and while he was performing the ritual, he had people bring up bones.
Just dealing with these bones took from noon to night.
All the bones were dug out, some were fresh bones with flesh and blood, some were rotten and black and yellow, and some were completely white bones.
Buckets of bones were taken out and placed on a white cloth. The bones were chopped up and could not be distinguished, but most of the skulls were intact. The skulls were placed in rows in front.
There was a pile of fresh ones next to them, and the appearance of the people could still be identified from their heads. Several families gathered around the heads and cried bitterly. One mother even vomited blood and died on the spot.
Looking at these scenes of human tragedy, and then looking at the gorgeous bones carved and polished into utensils and inlaid with gold, jade and gems next to them, it is really too ironic.
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