#551 - Collective lingchi

The rune memory stone fell with a *pa* sound at Ji Liufeng's feet.

He picked it up with a沉着 face, feeling very angry.

This kid, his wings have hardened now, actually rebuking him in public like this.

No matter what, he is Yinlan's father, his future father-in-law!

Suppressing his anger, he injected true energy into the rune memory stone.

The memory stone radiated light, presenting a picture in the air.

Ji Liufeng's expression changed after only looking at it for a moment.

He trembled all over, lost his composure, ran to the Prime Minister, grabbed his collar, lifted him up, and roared: "What is going on here?"

"Your Majesty... This subject... This subject also doesn't know what's going on!"

The Prime Minister looked completely unaware.

"You tell me, what's going on?" Ji Liufeng kicked the Right Prime Minister, and angrily said: "The resettlement and compensation matters for the families of the martyrs, I entrusted to you to handle entirely, repeatedly emphasizing that there must be no problems, how did you do things!"

The Right Prime Minister covered the area where he was kicked, and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Such a large country, going down layer by layer, it's inevitable that there will be mistakes. If this matter is true, it must be that the officials below are embezzling. This subject will definitely seriously handle this matter. But what is the truth of the matter remains to be verified. Perhaps that old man is not a martyr's family member at all, but an imposter!"

"Are you saying that I didn't clarify the facts and am wrongly accusing you here?"

Jun Wuxie was amused by their words. These two ants, were their brains pinched by a door? To pull this kind of stunt in front of him was simply laughable.

"God Jun, please calm down. We don't mean that. We just feel that there is something strange about this matter, perhaps someone is framing us..."

Jun Wuxie didn't want to waste words with them at all, and said to the outside of the main hall: "Come in."

Immediately, a group of soldiers wearing black armor filed in, the *mo* blades in their hands flashing with cold metallic light, carrying a rolling murderous aura.

When the Right Prime Minister and the Left Prime Minister saw such a formation, they immediately understood in their hearts that the situation was over. Jun Wuxie was determined to sanction them.

"God Jun! You are overstepping your authority, openly leading troops into the Golden Luan Hall. What are you trying to do? Are you rebelling?"

They shouted loudly with a fierce look but weak heart. Either way, they would die, and they had to struggle no matter what, unwilling to just sit and wait for death like this.

"Shut up!" Ji Liufeng stepped forward and slapped the faces of the two Prime Ministers, angrily saying: "Da Zhou is already his, how can there be a rebellion! Without him, Da Zhou would have perished long ago! You two bastards, what dirty tricks have you been doing behind my back!"

"What are you waiting for? Arrest them!"

Jun Wuxie issued an order to the Xuanjia Army that had entered.

Instantly, the Xuanjia Army rushed directly towards the court officials, causing chaos in the entire Golden Luan Hall, with screams and hysterical roars rising and falling.

"God Jun, you can't do this! Without us, there will be a large number of vacancies in important positions in Da Zhou, and the entire country will be ungoverned, and political affairs will inevitably become a mess. Give us a chance, we know we were wrong, we will definitely change!"

"Take them away and escort them to the execution ground!"

Jun Wuxie didn't want to listen to these nonsense at all.

A group of ridiculous people actually wanted to use this as a bargaining chip.

Not to mention that he had already prepared replacements for the vacant high-ranking official positions, even if there were no replacements for the time being, what would happen?

If political affairs were shelved, then they would be shelved. Da Zhou would not be thrown into chaos because of this. Just let the army enter the city to maintain order, and the people could still live as they always had, doing their own things.

In the Golden Luan Hall, of the hundreds of officials, less than thirty remained.

Jun Wuxie's methods were iron-blooded, which everyone did not expect. They simply did not expect that disaster would suddenly befall them.

The powerhouses of the Xuanyuan Clan investigated very thoroughly, and they investigated all the dealings of the officials in the court in the past six months clearly, without any detail, and the evidence was conclusive.

For those Holy Sect powerhouses, investigating these people in the Qi Condensation and Cave Heaven realms was extremely easy. One investigation was accurate.

The soul of a Holy Sect expert, while people of lower realms were sleeping, wanted to spy on their sea of consciousness. It was too simple, like reading their memories.

With the memory information of those officials, the rest was to directly collect evidence according to their memories, and not a single one could escape!

"You, now go to the execution ground to watch the execution!"

He looked at the remaining officials, and those officials couldn't help but shiver. They retreated from the hall in fear, their bodies already soaked in cold sweat, but they felt very happy in their hearts.

At the same time, they were also grateful that they had always held on to their integrity and bottom line in the face of the high pressure of the Right Prime Minister and the Left Prime Minister, and did not succumb and collude with them, otherwise they would be finished today!

"Wuxie..."

Ji Liufeng's face was full of bitterness. At this moment, he felt incomparable shame.

Thinking back to the past, it was also because of his incompetence that Da Zhou was hijacked by several major families.

He originally thought that he would not make such a mistake again, but he did not expect that he would still use the wrong people.

"Your Majesty, wait for Yinlan to come back, and you will abdicate. She will sit on the throne of Da Zhou in the future!"

Jun Wuxie's words were a bit ruthless, leaving no room for discussion or objection, and he wanted to strip Ji Liufeng of his status as the king of the country.

"Okay, I have nothing to say, it's my incompetence..."

Ji Liufeng felt a deep sense of frustration in his heart. As the king of a country, he was truly a failed king in these years of managing his ministers.

On the surface, it seemed that he was managing his ministers, but in reality, the ministers were playing him around.

"Your biggest problem is that you are always sitting in the court, always staying in the palace, never understanding the true situation of this country. Even if you secretly cultivated a group of confidants and let them disguise themselves as ordinary people to walk around and see the people, you wouldn't have easily believed treacherous officials and been played by them!"

Ji Liufeng sighed, and at this moment he seemed to be much older.

"In the future, you can spend every day with your queen. Isn't that the kind of life you want?"

Jun Wuxie's tone softened a bit, with a slightly teasing tone.

After all, he was Yinlan's father, and if he wasn't really too angry, he wouldn't have lost his temper so much in public.

"Yes, you're right, I can finally rest assured and accompany the queen without caring about anything..." Ji Liufeng smiled and said, "You secretly made such a big move, you should have caught a lot of people this time, right?"

"Three hundred forty-six thousand seven hundred and twenty-three."

"What?"

Ji Liufeng shuddered and almost collapsed on the ground.

His lips trembled a few times, and he said: "Are you arresting most of the officials and yamen runners in the city?"

"Among them, there are also many merchants and local bullies who colluded with the officials. The malignant tumors must be eradicated, and not a single one can be left! Only with iron-blooded laws can the atmosphere of a country be corrected and the people of a country be at peace!"

"But, in this way, how can those vacancies be filled? For a long time, I'm afraid there will be chaos in political affairs!"

"Political affairs can be suspended. It's a good time to let the Xuanyuan Clan come to replace the people who fill the vacancies of high-ranking officials and re-discuss the national governance policies and strategies. As for the order of this city, with the Xuanjia Army, there will be no problems, and the people will still live according to their original rhythm. At present, only the lowest-level officials are urgently needed to handle the daily disputes of the people."

"Alas, it can only be so."

"Your Majesty, your thinking is still stuck in the past. The current Da Zhou is no longer the mortal kingdom it used to be. It is now transforming into a cultivation world dynasty. Those trivial matters of the past will only become less and less with the passage of time."

Ji Liufeng was stunned, as if he had just come back to his senses.

Yes, the current Da Zhou is no longer the Da Zhou it used to be.

Now this city has abundant spiritual energy, like a blessed land, and it is rich in spiritual rice. In just a year and a half, I am afraid that everyone will be a martial artist.

By that time, the whole people will not need to worry about making a living as they did in the past, and they will not have to worry about being plagued by illness. Many problems will be solved easily.

At that time, as long as the order of the country is maintained and the general direction of the country's development is formulated, it will be fine.

"God Jun." A Xuanjia Army commander came in a hurry: "The crimes of those people are about to be announced, and you and Your Majesty should enter."

Jun Wuxie nodded and walked out of the hall, and Ji Liufeng followed.

...

The Da Zhou execution ground has a very wide area.

There was originally no execution ground here. It was when the capital city was restored to the former imperial capital of Emperor Xuanyuan that this execution ground emerged in the light of runes.

The center of the execution ground is a huge execution platform, and the surrounding area is an open square. The entire architectural style is like a huge bird's nest.

On all sides, there are stairs that slope upwards, so that the viewers can see the scene of the execution on the execution platform.

Runes are also engraved near the execution platform.

At this moment, the runes are shining with light, reflecting in the air, forming a huge light curtain.

What is presented on the light curtain is the scene on the execution platform, but the people kneeling on the execution platform have been magnified many times, so that the entire execution ground, even the people standing on the outermost edge, can see clearly.

On the execution platform, rows and rows of people are kneeling, each row is thousands of meters long, and there are hundreds of rows!

This is only a part of it. Because there are too many people being executed, they can only be done in batches. The rest are suppressed under the execution platform, guarded by the Xuanjia Army and several Holy Sect powerhouses of the Xuanyuan Clan.

A Holy Sect expert of the Xuanyuan Clan is announcing the crimes of these people, a total of more than forty items are listed, and the evil deeds of some people can be described as unforgivable.

Millions of people gathered in the execution ground, all of them were extremely angry.

"Kill these pests!"

"Kill these pests!"

The voices of the crowd shook the execution ground, and the momentum was huge. The anger was so strong that they couldn't wait to rush up and tear those people into pieces.

After the Xuanyuan Clan's powerhouse announced all the crimes, he said: "Due to the large number of people who violated the law, only the crimes can be announced uniformly today. In the future, we will gradually publicize the crimes committed by each of them to the public!"

Jun Wuxie and Ji Liufeng happened to arrive at the execution ground at this time.

Ji Liufeng was trembling all over, and it was from anger.

Before he even arrived here, he had heard the voice of the Xuanyuan clan's expert from afar.

The voice of a Saint Realm expert of the peak stage echoed throughout the entire city, and the vast majority of the Great Zhou's citizens heard it clearly.

"Young Master Jun!"

An expert from the Xuanyuan clan came forward to greet him.

"Welcome, Divine Jun!"

The Black Armored Army moved in perfect unison, kneeling on one knee, their Mo blades clanging against the ground.

"Rise."

Jun Wuxie coldly swept his gaze over those who were about to be executed.

On the execution platform, behind each kneeling person was a cross-shaped rack, on which hung a net woven from metal threads, along with several thin execution knives.

"Divine Jun, spare us! Divine Jun, have mercy! We dare not anymore, we will never dare again, spare us!"

Instantly, mournful cries echoed through the heavens and earth.

Those about to be executed trembled all over, weeping bitterly, their eyes filled with fear, and some even lost control of their bowels in public.

"Execute!"

Jun Wuxie paid no attention to these cries and pleas, and issued the order indifferently.

Immediately, tens of thousands of Black Armored soldiers ascended the execution platform, picked up those people, and secured them to the crosses.

Those people struggled frantically, screaming in terror, but to no avail.

After they were secured to the crosses, the Black Armored soldiers took down the metal nets and covered them, pulling hard, tightening the nets, causing the flesh on their bodies to bulge out from the mesh.

At this moment, the Black Armored soldiers took down the execution knives and began to cut, slicing off the flesh bulging from the mesh, piece by piece.

In an instant, shrill screams resounded through the clouds.

The sound was so shrill, like the wails of vengeful ghosts, causing goosebumps to rise all over the body, and the heart to involuntarily clench violently.

In the air, the runic light screen reflected the scene of the execution, making everything visible to everyone.

The light screen was high in the sky, projecting not only onto the execution ground, but also onto many areas of the capital, allowing all the people to witness the entire scene, the entire process.

The scene was quite cruel and bloody.

Although such scenes caused discomfort to many, the people felt extremely relieved in their hearts.

Some people had suffered oppression and unfair treatment, and had always dared to be angry but dared not speak out. Now, seeing those corrupt officials who perverted the law, the evil merchants who exploited the people, and the local bullies and gentry who colluded with officials and acted tyrannically, all being subjected to capital punishment, the pent-up anger in their hearts was finally vented.

At the execution ground, some of those waiting to be executed were so frightened that they fainted directly.

The entire execution ground was filled with a strong smell of feces and urine, and many people could not withstand the shock of this cruel scene and lost control of their bowels on the spot.

Those officials who had not violated the law were watching the execution here, and they were all terrified.

In this world, when had any ruler used such means to collectively and piecemeal execute corrupt officials on such a large scale?

This scale was probably unprecedented.

At the same time, they also clearly realized how iron-blooded Jun Wuxie's methods were, how ruthless he was, and that he would not consider any consequences at all.

This execution lasted a long time, and it was still not over by the third day.

Each batch of those being piecemeal executed had to endure a full day of torment. While they remained conscious, Jun Wuxie had the Little Boundary Tree secretly intervene, keeping them alive until all the flesh on their bodies had been cut off, leaving only their skeletons, before allowing them to take their last breath.

On the fourth day, Jun Wuxie left the execution ground.

He could not wait for the execution to be completed. After instructing the Xuanyuan clan's expert and the supreme commander of the Black Armored Army on some matters, he returned to the Sect King Mountain.

"How is the talent selection going?"

He asked Ling Fei.

"Many ambitious people have enthusiastically signed up, and several batches have been selected through basic assessments. However, if we let them take office just like that, I'm afraid it won't work…"

"You make unified arrangements, and then go find someone from the Xuanyuan clan to discuss having them conduct centralized training for the selected people. During the training period, let them familiarize themselves with the basic situation of various departments and institutions, take it slowly, don't rush. Finally, those who fail the training, just erase their memories of government affairs information."

After Jun Wuxie finished speaking, he summoned Lan Lan and said to a certain room, "Keqing, it's time for us to go to the Eastern Wilderness."

"Now?"

Qin Keqing hurriedly walked out of the room, both anticipating and apprehensive, and also slightly nervous.

"Get on."

He sat on Lan Lan's back and held out his hand to Qin Keqing.

Qin Keqing grabbed his hand, flipped over, and sat in front of him. Lan Lan soared into the sky, disappearing into the horizon like a wisp of blue light.