Chapter 124: Killing the Chicken to Frighten the Monkeys
This night may be the most terrifying night in the lives of the people on these two streets.
The border town defenders drove the people from the two streets out of the yard and lined up on both sides of the street.
General Shen raised his long sword and beheaded anyone who hesitated when answering questions in front of them.
Blood sprayed onto the cobblestone pavement of the main street, and the bloody smell in the air made several people who were nearby vomit on the spot.
This trick of killing the chicken to scare the monkey scared everyone so much that they fell to their knees and cried for justice.
Blood was still dripping from Shen Yu's blade. "I'll give you three breaths of time. If you don't tell the truth, all of you... will suffer the same fate as him!"
Upon hearing this, the kneeling people began to kowtow.
Shen Yu's face was sullen, he was unmoved, he just started to count down indifferently, "Three..."
Maybe he was really scared.
The people started out begging for mercy, but gradually began to expose each other's shortcomings and question each other.
"Liu San, is that you? Yesterday I saw you sneakily climbing up the wall of the neighbor's house."
"Li Er, just admit it, it was you who stole the chicken from Old Zhou's house this morning!"
Things like this are all trivial matters.
Shen Yu's expression became even colder, and his sharp eyes swept over.
"two……"
As the time left for them was getting shorter and shorter, the accusations among the people became more and more intense.
"Who the hell is this spy? I beg you, just come out and admit it. If you don't, we'll all die!"
"That's right. We've been neighbors for so many years. Even if you don't care about us, you still have family, right?"
"Do you want to watch your family die with you?"
The people were almost on the verge of collapse, hugging their families. For a moment, the scene was both chaotic and tragic.
Governor Wu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, with cold sweat pouring out of his forehead.
This is two streets with hundreds of people.
While wiping the cold sweat from his face, he tried to persuade Shen Yu humbly.
"General Shen, please don't be impulsive. Even if there are spies here, you can't kill all the people, right?"
"Your reputation, built through years of battle, cannot be destroyed in a single day!"
"If you kill people for a woman, His Majesty will not let you off easily if he finds out!"
"Even the Anding Palace will be affected. Think about the prince and the old lady in the general's mansion..."
Wu Taishou's mouth was almost dry, but Shen Yu didn't react at all.
He just asked angrily.
"Yes, I have fought for many years, risking my life for the court countless times. I cannot be said to be disloyal or brave, but..."
Shen Yu's eyes were dark, as if he was mocking himself, but also as if he was questioning.
"I can't even protect a woman! If something happens to her, what's the point of all this empty fame?"
These words shocked everyone around.
Not to mention other people, even Shen Yu himself was frightened.
Even he himself did not expect that there would be times when he would be so angry as to fight for the beauty he loves.
He raised the long knife, and the blood on the blade flowed down and fell between his fingers, leaving a glaring red.
The soldiers defending the border town also raised their swords.
Behind every long sword is an innocent civilian.
As long as Shen Yu gave the order, hundreds of people would lose their heads.
cold-blooded.
brutal.
crazy.
The power of superiors to decide life and death over those below them is vividly demonstrated.
Shen Yuqing raised his head and growled: "Three..."
Seeing that he was about to bring down the long sword, everyone gasped, and some of the timid ones even closed their eyes in fear.
Suddenly, a trembling figure stood out.
“Yes, it’s me…”
Shen Yu followed the voice and saw a not-so-remarkable face.
It was a young man with an apron tied around his waist.
Someone with sharp eyes recognized him immediately.
"Isn't he a clerk in the clinic? How could it be him?"
"So it was him. If it was him, it wouldn't be surprising. You don't know, he was a refugee from the border town. Everyone in his family, young and old, was killed by the people from Mobei."
"A few days ago, he asked a matchmaker to propose marriage to the butcher's daughter. The butcher thought he was poor and asked him to prepare a hundred taels of silver before he would marry his daughter."
"He must have taken the risk of becoming a spy just for the money."
I have to say that the power of the masses is great.
Everyone talked one after another and reconstructed the whole process of the clinic clerk betraying Wen Wan's whereabouts exactly.
Shen Yu walked up to the doctor with a long knife in hand and put the knife on his neck.
The doctor in the clinic was shaking with fear and crying.
"General Shen, I deserve to die! I deserve to die!"
"You are the great hero who protects the border town, and the great general who killed the people of Mobei to avenge us!"
"If I had known that Miss Xiaowan was your ideal woman, I wouldn't have dared to do it, not to mention a hundred taels, even a thousand or ten thousand taels."
Shen Yu had seen countless people, so he could naturally tell that the clinic clerk's words came from the heart.
But, now that it's done, these words are meaningless.
"Tell me! Who did you sell the information to?"
The clinic clerk didn't dare to delay any longer, "Yes, it's the owner of Wu Yue Bookstore."
"Young Master Wu Yue? It's actually him!"
Shen Yu's pupils shrank, "How did he escape with his men?"
The clinic clerk didn't dare to hide it. "There's a tunnel in the alley next to the clinic. I dug it out over the past few days. The other end of the tunnel leads to the backyard of the clinic. From the backyard, you will reach South Street."
Hearing this, Shen Yu's hand holding the knife trembled, and when he raised his eyes again, his eye sockets turned scarlet.
"Shanshui, take the people to clean up the mess."
After he gave the order, he threw down his sword, mounted his horse, and led a team of cavalry to the clinic.
After Shen Yu left, Shanshui ordered his men to arrest the clinic's staff.
Prefect Wu came up to Shanshui in a threatening manner and pointed at the corpse lying on the ground in the distance.
"Captain Shanshui, this is an ordinary citizen, and General Shen killed him with a single blow. How can I explain this to the people? How can I explain this to the court?"
Governor Wu did not dare to act rudely in front of Shen Yu, but in front of the mountains and rivers, he regained the style of a governor of a border town.
Shanshui saw how he was bullying the weak and afraid of the strong, so he said with disdain, "Why don't you dare say this to the general?"
"..." Prefect Wu cleared his throat. "In short, this matter cannot be let go like this! I am the prefect of a border town, and you have slaughtered innocent people right under my nose. I must report this matter to the court!"
Shanshui was not at all intimidated by the bluff of Governor Wu.
He sneered, strode to the corpse, bent down to pick up the falling head, and then returned to the front of Governor Wu with the head in his hand.
Shanshui thrust the bloody head in front of Governor Wu.
"You say these are innocent people?"
The prefect Wu was so frightened that he stepped back repeatedly. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw the face of the head clearly.
Shanshui said calmly, "This is a condemned man on death row, scheduled for execution tomorrow. The general is merely sending him off early. With our general personally acting as the executioner, does Governor Wu have any objections?"
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