In the end, Fang Jie did not follow Luo Yao out of the living room, nor did he even try to persuade him.
Mu Xiaoyao glanced at him in confusion and couldn't hold it back: "Because an assassination that will never succeed will involve more than a thousand people, Luo Yao's words are more useful here than the court's laws. Fang Jie ¡Why don¡¯t you persuade me?¡±
Fang Jie picked up the slightly cold tea and drank it in one gulp, and slowly shook his head: "If Luo Yao did this just to give me a blow, then it's useless for me to persuade him. Those thousand people are really unjust, that's all. No one can bear to die."
"But my lord didn't even try to persuade me. The crime of dereliction of duty is not punishable by death. Even if I report to the court, at most I will be dismissed from my official position."
Chen Xiaoru said anxiously.
Fang Jie glanced at him and said calmly: "If Luo Yao did it on purpose to show me, the more I try to persuade him, the colder his heart becomes. If he wants to defend the northwest, he can't just be called a butcher. It doesn't sound good no matter what. If I don't persuade them, those people will still have a chance to survive. If I persuade them, they will definitely die. They want me to watch this play, but they don't necessarily want me to enter. play."
This sentence surprised everyone, and then they fell silent.
Fang Jie looked outside and lowered his voice and said, "With his current status, doesn't Luo Yao cherish his reputation? A general who only knows how to kill can only make people fear him, not convince him. Look at the people under Luo Yao. To what extent are you convinced by him? This means that Luo Yao is a respectable person, so he will not do anything wrong. If I had followed him out just now, it would be a bad thing for the generals to have this happen because of me. If I don't go out, if they ask for mercy, Luo Yao will come down the slope and get a good reputation. Of course, if I go, I can also get a good reputation, but I will steal Luo Yao's limelight ¡¡±
"I hope so"
Chen Xiaoru sighed: "This is your first time meeting Luo Yao, how do you know him so well?"
"Don't understand"
Fang Jie smiled and said, "But all those in high positions have one thing in common."
"What?"
¡°I don¡¯t like to be refuted immediately when I say something, especially in front of his subordinates.¡±
Fang Jie stood up and looked outside. He was silent for a while and suddenly smiled: "Xiaoru, go out and see if there are any shops in the city that make plaques or banners. If you have the extra money, let someone make one today." , I want to give a gift.¡±
"What content?"
"Of course it's because I admire General Luo for his compassionate act of sparing more than a thousand lives. I will do it tomorrow morning at the latest. Before I leave Anlai County, I will give it to him in front of the people of the county."
"Sir, are you sure Luo Yao will spare those people?"
"I told Luo Yao before that I just watched His Majesty behead 36,000 heads in Chang'an City. I just wanted to tell Luo Yao that no matter how great he is, he can't be greater than Your Majesty. For such a big case of Prince Yi's rebellion, His Majesty killed 30,000 people. Six thousand people, it sounds like this number is actually within the range that must be killed, and the one thousand people Luo Yao wants to kill don't have to die at all. No matter how domineering he is in the southwest, he can't act arbitrarily. Bajiu wanted to make a gesture First, to show me his strength. Second, by ordering the killing and then sparing those people from death, he showed me his benevolence."
Fang Jie smiled: "So I am 90% sure that he will not kill those people."
"What if I kill you?"
¡°Then smash the plaque.¡±
After Fang Jie said this, he walked out of the living room and walked to the garden behind. Shen Qingshan and Mu Xiaoyao followed, telling the others to wait where they were and not to move around randomly.
"Are you really sure Luo Yao won't kill anyone?"
Shen Qingshan couldn't help but ask.
Fang Jie plucked a piece of grass and put it into his mouth as he walked. He chose a clean place to sit down and said, "I'm sure but what's certain is that Luo Yao will definitely kill, not not."
"ah?"
Mu Xiaoyao was stunned: "Then you still want Chen Xiaoru to customize the plaque?"
Fang Jie shook his head and said: "Those people can't die It's not them that Luo Yao wants to kill. You have all ignored one thing. Ye Jinnan mentioned the Ruyi Sect before. Since this matter is the Ruyi Sect. How could Luo Yao ignore the mischief behind his back? Magistrate Sun Maocai and the others could not die, but many people would still die in this city Ye Jinnan said a while ago that Luo Yao killed sixteen people in Ruyi County. Thousands of people.¡±
"In order to maintain his absolute status, killing is a necessary means. But to distinguish what should be killed and what should not be killed, Sun Maocai is just derelict in his duty. If he kills, he will be criticized. First, take everyone to the execution ground, and then Find a few more people to intercede, and thenIn the end, it was natural that he could not escape the death penaltyLuo Yao could gain a reputation for mercy. He would let those people see it, which was one of the reasons why he came to Anlai County in person. "
"Following that, Luo Yao will order the entire city to search for people related to the Ruyi Cult. Anyone with any connection will not be let go. The court has long had rules. Once the cult members are discovered, they will be killed without mercy. Kill these people. People will not violate the laws of the country. Even if they massacre all the people in Anlai County on this excuse, those in Yushitai will not be able to impeach him. Luo Yao needs to kill people to maintain his prestige in the southwest. If he doesn't kill people, who will be afraid of him. ? This is the second reason why he came to Anlai County in person."
Fang Jie spat out the tasteless grass: "Of course, the reason why he came is to show off to me."
After hearing what he said, Mu Xiaoyao couldn't help but sigh: "This leader of the Ruyi Sect is a scourge. He will suffer disaster wherever he goes. Because he has killed so many people, but he has always been able to escape. ¡Why do some people in this world have such dreams and think that they can become emperor casually?¡±
"You are too childish"
Fang Jie couldn't help but smile: "That man named Zhui Shang advertised himself as the surviving prince of the Shang Kingdom, but why did he establish a cult in the Sui Dynasty instead of going to Nanyan? He has been able to escape pursuit for so many years. , is it true that he is blessed by the gods?¡±
After Fang Jie finished asking these questions, Shen Qingshan and Mu Xiaoyao's expressions changed at the same time.
"Youyou mean"
Fang Jie nodded: "The reason why that businessman has not died for so many years is simply because Luo Yao didn't want him to die. With Luo Yao's strength, if he wanted to catch such a person, would it really take seven years to catch him? Can't catch him? If Chai Shang survives, he will still go around preaching. In this case, Luo Yao will have the opportunity to kill a group of people every year In the peaceful world of the Sui Dynasty, how easy is it for Luo Yao to kill people casually and establish his authority? As long as such a person is alive, Luo Yao will always have the opportunity to kill people"
"That Zhui Shang is a smart man. That's why he stayed in Sui Dynasty to preach because he knew that Luo Yao would not kill him easily. He did not go to Nanyan because he knew that he would definitely die when he got to Nanyan. . Emperor Murong Sha of Nanyan will definitely not tolerate him alive. "
"To live one's life in order to kill."
Fang Jie slowly breathed a sigh of relief: "This is how General Luo keeps people afraid of him."
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In the evening, Fang Jie¡¯s people brought news from outside. As expected, Luo Yao had the county magistrate Sun Maocai and more than a thousand people beheaded at the execution ground. Before that, he rang the gong and asked all the people in the county to come to the execution ground to watch the execution of the criminals. After the people gathered, first Luo Yao's men begged for mercy, followed by several respected squires from Anlai County. After Luo Yao hesitated, he immediately ordered not to kill.
But there is no escape from the crime of living.
County officials such as Sun Maocai and Li Heita were all turned into military slaves and sent to the frontier army to work as coolies. Their families and relatives were exempted from punishment. Those people who walked around the gate of hell and came back were naturally overjoyed. Each of them smashed their foreheads and their faces were covered in blood to thank the general for not killing him. The people who were crying with joy had no idea that Luo Yao had no intention of killing them in the first place. Of course, this was only in Luo Yao's thoughts.
They were grateful, and the people also felt that it turned out that General Luo was not hard-hearted.
Although the population of Anlai County is not too large, it will not take long for this matter to spread all over the world.
Just when people were praising General Luo for his benevolence and righteousness, Luo Yao suddenly ordered a thorough investigation of the Ruyi Sect in Anlai County. Anyone found to have any connection with the Ruyi Sect will be captured immediately. Zhui Shang has been hiding in Ruyi County for more than half a year, and not many people have joined the association. After all, there are a lot of idiots in this world, mostly old people and women.
Overnight, every home in Anlai County was searched.
Fang Jie didn¡¯t express a word when he heard the news, and almost nothing happened beyond his expectation. Chen Xiaoru and others admired Fang Xie to the extreme. No one expected that this young imperial envoy could predict Luo Yao's every move so accurately.
By the next morning, 139 households with a total of more than 700 people were found to be related to the Ruyi Sect. This time Luo Yao brought thousands of elite soldiers and interrogators from door to door. No one can tell how many of these more than 700 people were wrongly accused, but now that they have been convicted, no one can intercede.
??The people who had previously pleaded for mercy for Sun Maocai and others collectively shut up this time, and no one stood up to plead for mercy for these people. Naturally, Fang Jie would not plead for mercy. The cult itself was something that the Sui Dynasty would never tolerate. In addition, there was no possibility of pardon for Ruyi Cult's instigation of rebellion.
These people deserve sympathy, but in the big worldIn other words, death is not unjust.
More than 700 heads were chopped off in the execution ground, and the people gathered to watch were all trembling with fear. With this killing, it is estimated that no one in Anlai County will dare to mention the words Ruyi Jiao for many years.
Fang Jie still did not go to the execution ground. He took Shen Qingshan and Mu Xiaoyao to go fishing at the Bison River, a branch of Luoshui in the south of Anlai County.
He tried his best not to think about the people who were killed, and also tried his best not to think about Luo Yao.
He needs to calm down as soon as possible now, because he may deal with Luo Yao every day in the next few months. The reason why he could predict Luo Yao's behavior was not because he knew Luo Yao, but because Fang Jie knew the officialdom of the Sui Dynasty. Even if Luo Yao were not another general, this matter would have been handled in this way.
Fishing can make people feel calm.
¡°How about telling you two a poignant love story?¡±
"You tell me."
"There were once two tigers who were brothers and sisters. They grew up together and depended on each other. The brother gave food to his sister first every day, and the sister did the same. When they grew up, they suddenly realized that they were in love But they were brothers and sisters. He didn't allow this to happen and forced them to separate. When they were forced to separate, the brother said that if I couldn't see you in the future, I would rather be blind, so he blinded his eyes. I would rather be deaf if I couldn't hear your call in the future, so it cut off its own ears."
When saying this, the expressions of Shen Qingshan and Mu Xiaoyao both changed.
"and after?"
"Later, a poet learned about this and was moved by the love between the tiger brothers and sisters. He wrote a song specifically for them and it was widely sung by the world."
"Can you sing?"
"meeting"
"I want to hear"
"Wellit's sung like thisahemtwo tigers, two tigers, running fast, running fast. One has no eyes, one has no ears, so strange, so strange"