The most important thing now is to complete the marrow cleansing.
With every extra second, he had to endure the pain of his bones cracking.
The carriages and elite soldiers were ready to go to the execution ground.
The messenger to organize the execution must already be on his way.
Gu Mu left Shen Ling's study and walked towards the carriage.
Shen Ling watched Gu Mu's stiff, zombie-like gait.
His eyes gradually deepened.
She tilted her head, watching Gu Mu walk away expressionlessly.
Until Gu Mu's figure disappeared from sight.
A bloodthirsty look appeared on her face: "Investigate who framed His Highness."
"Yes, Your Highness," Lu Ming replied respectfully.
His Highness had the accident on his way back to the capital.
If they didn't know that Gu Mu's condition was due to the marrow cleansing, they wouldn't know.
Logically, someone must have unknowingly set a trap for Gu Mu.
I can't rest easy until I find this person...
After Gu Mu left, Lu Ming also quietly left the palace.
At the same time, some of the princess's spies in the capital began to head out of the capital.
Gu Mu sat in the carriage.
You can feel that as time goes on, the medicine gradually becomes less effective.
Although he still has control over his body.
But the excruciating pain of the bones cracking began to slowly intensify again.
"Your Highness, we have arrived."
There were no unexpected incidents along the way.
Someone lifted the carriage curtain and respectfully welcomed Gu Mu as he alighted.
On the execution ground, rows of death row inmates knelt in neat rows.
Ninety death row inmates, with shackles around their necks and handcuffs on their hands.
Today is the day they were executed.
"Your Highness..." The executioner was somewhat uneasy upon receiving the message to spare the prisoners. He knew these people were utterly wicked, and if they were spared, they would become a menace sooner or later.
I wonder why Your Highness kept these people here.
He did not want these people who should have been executed to live, but he could not disobey His Highness's words.
So, he stubbornly insisted, "None of these death row inmates are innocent. The one on the far left raped and murdered a pregnant woman, and also killed her son who was not yet seven years old. The second one from the left, because of a verbal argument, chased after people with a butcher's knife, broke into their homes, and wiped out their entire family..."
Because the court had been reshuffled, important positions such as the Ministry of Justice were filled by upright and incorruptible officials appointed by Gu Mu based on the original owner's memories.
While wrongful convictions cannot be guaranteed to be completely eradicated, the probability is still extremely low.
Of course, that's not important.
Gu Mu's approach is to build the country on a macro level, in a broad sense.
But he cannot control the life and death of every single person.
These people, even if he didn't kill them, would have been killed by the executioner.
It would be better to use it as a tool for him to exchange for points, and then exchange it for the last Marrow Cleansing Fruit.
“I have no intention of letting them go,” Gu Mu interrupted the executioner, seeing through his thoughts.
The executioner's cold sweat had drenched half of his body, and he finally wiped it away discreetly.
He had always known that this regent was not an easy person to talk to.
To date, everyone who offended him is dead.
Even during border conflicts, when facing an enemy force several times larger than that of the Southern Dynasty, they still managed to repel the enemy...
His one careless remark had actually prepared him for the possibility of losing his head.
But the values of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, and righteousness he had been taught since childhood made him feel that if he didn't say these words, he would forever be betraying his conscience.
But thankfully...
The regent remained expressionless, showing no sign of blaming him.
Moreover, they have no intention of releasing these people.
"I came here to kill them with my own hands," Gu Mu said calmly.
His subjects were all below him; let alone the fact that he wanted to kill them with his own hands.
Even if he said he wanted to bury these people alive, these officials dared not show any unusual expression.
This is supreme imperial power; the world flatters you.
Knowing that Gu Mu wouldn't let these people go, the executioner flattered him with a beaming smile, saying, "Your Highness... I'm afraid it would dirty your hands?"
Of course, Your Highness can kill me if you wish.
He must have handed the knife with both hands.
"Then if I kill those enemy soldiers, I won't get my hands dirty?" Gu Mu asked with a half-smile.
The executioner presented the knife with both hands.
He had a fawning smile on his face.
Your Highness has no problem killing these beasts; they deserve to die anyway.
Those around him saw Gu Mu pick up a large knife.
They all lowered their heads, not daring to speak.
Given Gu Mu's notorious reputation, it's not surprising that he would do something like this.
Moreover... he had been exhibiting symptoms of "mental insanity" since he was a prince.
His Highness may have just experienced the war on the frontier and is under too much pressure. In addition, he has been experiencing war ever since he became regent.
It's possible that he developed a habit of killing in a short period of time, using killing to relieve his inner pressure.
However, His Highness killed a death row inmate, someone who deserved to die.
Gu Mu held the broadsword, his mind completely calm.
I've been transported to this world, to an era that's far from peaceful.
War is inevitable.
As the regent, he could not be soft-hearted; he had to have his hands stained with blood and use violence to punish those who disobeyed.
Killing someone was a very common thing for him.
With a single stroke, the blade fell swiftly.
The death row inmate on the far left had his head roll on the ground like a ball, with blood gushing from his neck, a truly horrifying sight.
Gu Mu stood at a very tricky angle, and because he already had a lot of experience, he didn't get any blood on his body.
However, the broad blade of the sword was still splattered with blood.
Gu Mu remained expressionless, his heart completely unmoved.
He slowly walked to the second death row inmate.
If he walks slowly, people around him won't notice that his movements are stiff.
But for the death row inmate kneeling on the ground, every step Gu Mu took closer was like death itself taking a step closer with its scythe.
The slower Gu Mu walked, the more tormented he felt for each second.
—Anyway, we're all going to die sooner or later, but the process of waiting to die is incredibly terrifying.
The death row inmate's heart pounded.
He looked down at the grass.
The next second, the world spun around, the blue sky flashed by, and finally darkness descended.
The third one...
Because there are ninety death row inmates, enough to exchange for a Marrow Cleansing Fruit and a Resurrection Pill.
Gu Mu also respected the human rights of these death row inmates and ended their lives with a single blow.
This is because Gu Mu received a socialist modernization education before he transmigrated here...
But the longer he stays in this world,
Those forms of education have become increasingly diluted.
Gu Mu felt that he might really become a completely ruthless person, just like the role this world had assigned him...
Each kill earns you one more point.
When Gu Mu heard the sound of points being credited to his account, when he heard that he had collected a Marrow Cleansing Fruit, and then when he heard that he had collected a Resurrection Pill, his expression became more and more excited.
Of course, he was excited about gaining points, not really a pervert.
But to onlookers, His Highness seemed to be getting increasingly excited as he killed...
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