These people were given to him by Hong Jingtian, and he didn't know where they came from.
Only now do I realize that these were all thugs who robbed and plundered.
"Oh! That means impersonating a government official, which is an even more serious crime."
The bandits who came with Manager Mi were terrified when they saw him being beaten.
Upon hearing that they were to be punished even more severely, they immediately began to wail loudly, defecating and urinating indiscriminately.
Even the most timid people in Broken Gold Town glanced sideways, unable to bear looking directly at them.
But they deeply hated these bandits; these were the ones who broke into homes and killed people. At this moment, they wished they could just chop Luo Baihu down with a single stroke.
These bandits were usually arrogant and domineering, but they turned into cowards when faced with a life-threatening situation, so Luo Baihu had no intention of saying anything more.
If bandits who robbed and plundered could be forgiven simply by begging for mercy, then what was the point of the Zhenbei Army enduring decades of hardship and sleeping in the open in Yunzhou?
You can't get something by begging on your knees if you can't get it with real swords and spears.
Luo Baihu wanted to make the Qili County government understand that Suijin Town was a military town under the jurisdiction of Suijin Guard, so he sent over the knife sharpener.
These bandits are in for a rough time.
In front of Sun Wuming, the eight men admitted that Tianxianglou had sent them to impersonate yamen runners to cause trouble in Suijin Town, and that they also intended to kidnap people.
The individuals signed confessions and were immediately punished.
Manager Mi and Yang Kaiquan, along with several others, were taken to an open space at the entrance of the town.
Yang Kaiquan was the first to be executed.
Besides accepting ten taels of silver from bandits to lure Song Liyun out and having Baolinju robbed and killed, he also had another unforgivable crime.
Yang Kaiquan plans to sell the technology for removing the bitterness from acorns to Tianxianglou, but the price has not yet been agreed upon.
Although Song Liyun never thought she could keep the secret for long when she made the acorn technology public.
A year, half a year, or three to five months.
There are no secrets in the world if more than ten people know them.
This is why Song Liyun made the technology public after expanding the scale of acorn vermicelli production.
Developing unique features as quickly as possible and seizing a large market share is the key to long-term profitability.
Even if the technology gradually spreads, ordinary people will at most only use it for small-scale personal consumption.
This will benefit the people and pose no threat to the industries of Suijin Town.
However, directly selling the technology to an enemy and allowing them to use it to blackmail the town of Broken Gold into lowering prices is an unforgivable betrayal.
The ink on the confidentiality agreement of the Broken Gold Club was barely dry; the first person to make a mistake will surely pay the price.
Yang Kaiquan is single.
Old Master Zhang was a village elder in Suijin Town. Suijin Town did not have a village head or pavilion chief. Although the village elders were not considered officials, they had a high degree of management authority over town affairs. At this time, he did not have any concerns about invoking the town rules.
It's a death sentence; if the rest of the town knew how serious that was.
Xue Zhuang and Hu Qing, along with several others, attacked Yang Kaiquan, hacking at him with clubs until his brains splattered amidst screams and wails.
This is the fate of those who betray their own people and act out of loyalty.
Because Manager Mi and his companions still needed to be sent back to the county government for trial, they were spared their lives for the time being.
In Broken Gold Town, one may escape death, but cannot escape punishment.
Several people's legs were beaten into a pulp.
During the execution, the garrison arranged for medical soldiers and doctors to be present, and their methods were swift and efficient, causing the executioners to bleed very little.
The sounds of wailing, screams, and curses mingled with the stench of excrement, urine, and the sour smell of vomit, turning Broken Gold Town into a living hell.
Seeing this, Luo Baihu didn't even blink. He said to the people of Suijin Town, whose faces had turned pale from vomiting, "You are looking at their miserable state now, but you should know that those who were kidnapped by the bandits are even more miserable."
I once swore that I would never show mercy to bandits or outlaws.
"If you want to lick blood from the blade, you have to be prepared to risk your lives. If I weren't sending you all back to the county office to turn yourselves in, I would have already beheaded you."
Luo Baihu was filled with murderous intent, his face full of ruthlessness.
He was a soldier who defended his country and was not afraid to confront the enemy head-on. He hated traitors and spies who stabbed him in the back.
When Sun Wuming saw this scene of blatant disregard for discipline and abuse of power, his legs trembled and his crotch felt icy cold.
He was terrified that these brutes would go berserk and bury him alive as well.
The four constables squatted on the ground, not daring to lift their heads. They were even more afraid, because if the garrison wanted to teach the county government a lesson, they would be the ones to be the first to be killed.
Fortunately, Luo Baihu still had some sense. He only beat the people from Tianxianglou half to death before sending men to escort Sun Wuming back to the county government.
These people were all crippled and unable to walk on their own, so Luo Baihu found a large cart and haphazardly threw the living and the dead, along with the half-dead, into the cart, and bumped along the way back.
On the way back, Manager Mi and the others were in excruciating pain, but Sun Wuming showed no pity and instead cursed them all the way.
After receiving news of Tianxianglou, he was persuaded to go to Suijin Town.
Hong Jingtian did not appear in person, but wrote in the letter that the people of Suijin Town were all mentally unstable and troublesome, and that he was willing to send ten guards to him to ensure his safety.
What Sun Wuming didn't expect was that while he was haggling with people at the guild hall over a few hundred coins of tax each month, Tianxianglou was already digging into his past and even disguising themselves as yamen runners to break into his private residence.
What kind of behavior is this? This is putting himself, a county official, in the spotlight as a scapegoat, causing trouble and then taking the blame.
Now look what's happened, they've made a huge mess of things.
The soldiers of the Broken Gold Guard killed two of them, and now a bunch of others are crippled.
With the matter escalating to such a degree, the minor official in charge of criminal matters certainly wouldn't dare take responsibility and would immediately report it to the prefectural government. He had no idea how the prefectural government would handle it next.
Even if Sun Wuming racked his brains, he probably couldn't understand why Luo Baihu would be so ruthless towards Manager Mi and his men, even at the cost of getting the case filed by the government.
Sun Wuming led a group of cripples back to the county government office with the garrison personnel.
Song Liyun also returned to Baolin Residence.
Throughout the entire process, she, the victim, didn't say a single word and seemed to have no more complaints.
She was glad that Song Zhenping hadn't participated.
It was far too bloody and violent.
Others might just think Luo Baihu was reckless and cruel, but she finally understood.
Today's commotion actually achieved several objectives.
The garrison has shares in the acorn food factory, so it's the first place they'll make an example of in Broken Gold Town.
With Yang Kaiquan's bloodied corpse lying there, anyone in the town with ulterior motives would have to think twice before risking their life.
The deeper meaning was to demonstrate the attitude of the Zhenbei Army to the prefectural and county governments.
This is the time to unsheathe our swords and show our courage.
The Broken Gold Guards earned merit for killing the Di tribe before the New Year and were soon rewarded by the Zhenbei Army.
However, the imperial court's commendation arrived late, only a few days ago.
Although it is already April, the winter military uniforms originally allocated are no longer suitable; they were imperial rewards written in the official gazette.
At this critical juncture, news spread that the Broken Gold Guard had killed a few more bandits who were impersonating government officials and committing crimes.
The loyal and patriotic Zhenbei Army will only be praised by the people, unless Qili County wants to shelter those bandits who rob and plunder.
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