The villain who dressed as a woman

Chapter 19 This eternal crime will be borne by me
The next day, as soon as Gu Mu left the inn, he saw more than 100 people kneeling neatly at the gate of the inn.

All of them had sacks on their heads, but the clothes exposed from their lower bodies seemed to be of high-quality silk and satin, which ordinary people could not afford.

One by one, they were tied with ropes and knelt on the ground, their mouths seemed to be stuffed with rags, and they could only whine.

And his concubine, Shen Ling, moved a row of stools like interrogating prisoners, and sat directly in front of the group of people, with her hands on the armrests, she looked a little lazy.

But that's just what it looks like.

Her eyes were half downcast, her expression was gloomy.

And behind Shen Ling, there were thousands of people standing, and they were staring at those people kneeling in the corner with sacks.

As soon as Gu Mu walked out of the inn, Shen Ling got up first and made a blessing.

The people behind her all knelt down: "His Royal Highness is a thousand years old!"

"His Royal Highness is a thousand years old!"

"His Royal Highness is a thousand years old!"

"Pingshen." Gu Mu had expected this scene a long time ago.

When the dead man told him that Lu Ming, the concubine's servant girl, had taken all those officials away.

He turned a blind eye, just because the princess did what he wanted to do.

"Your Highness." Shen Ling faced Gu Mu, showing a sweet smile. The two naughty little canine teeth diluted her coldness and alienation, and instead she had a little devil's temperament that did not eat the fireworks of the world.

"These are officials who harmed the people during the famine. After multiple investigations, it is ensured that none of the 132 people here is innocent."

Gu Mu listened to Shen Ling's words, and introduced to him the identities of those people wearing sacks.

But when he heard the number 132, his heart was still tight.

Sure enough, this dynasty began to rot from the root.

What Shen Ling arrested were officials, not those insignificant little ones.

In the whole of Jiangnan, there are only more than 200 officials with real weight.

It is equivalent to more than half of the officials. During the famine, they did not think about how to solve the problems for the people, but... they were afraid that the people would steal the food from their own government and harm the people.

And these, not counting those who did not do anything, just harmed the people, and there were as many as 132 people who were arrested by Shen Ling.

What Shen Ling said was basically consistent with the information sent back by the dead man, she did not lie.

"Your Highness, what do you want to do?" Shen Lingfa asked.

She specially called so many people here, just to kidnap His Highness with the hearts of the people.

After all, these 132 officials were all executed, and the involvement was too great. They were all local hegemony figures, and it was inevitable that they would involve various forces in the imperial court.

If these people were moved, the court would probably be in turmoil.

The regent has just taken power not long ago, and the queen mother is threatening...

Shen Ling knew that the safest way at present was to save the lives of those people first, and then make a long-term plan.

But... these people are real, and they deserve to die.

"Pick off the sack." Gu Mu ordered.

Soon, someone removed the sacks of the 132 officials one by one, revealing their bruised nose and swollen faces.

Each of them had a rag stuffed in their mouth, unable to speak, with fear in their eyes.

It seems that Lu Ming did not pursue a policy of preferential treatment of prisoners, and those officials suffered a lot under her hands.

When they saw the regent, those officials looked forward to it, hopeful light flashed in their eyes, and the whimpers in their mouths became more frequent.

"Pick off the rag." Gu Mu ordered again.

Gu Mu is the regent, no one dares to question his words.

Soon, the rags from the officials' mouths were also taken off.

The 132 officials who had regained their freedom of speech quickly said, "Your Highness, help me!"

"Your Highness, save us!"

"We are the food and clothing of the common people, how decent it is to treat us like this!"

"Your Highness, we are all your people, and you can take charge of one side for you, so you can't leave us alone!"

"Your Highness, my uncle is the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment. He will be very sad knowing that I am like this!"

Although the regent is in power, the queen dowager is eyeing him covetously, and the regent's foundation is not stable. If he is a little careless, the power may be taken away by the queen dowager.

At this time, the support of all forces in the imperial court is very important, which means who has more wings.

Pulling up the trunk and connecting the branches, they have a very close connection with the imperial court when they are in this position.

Just for those ants-like people, the regent will not want their lives, at most he will criticize them a few words.

Thinking of this, they all felt relieved—fortunately, they saw the Prince Regent.

Gu Mu didn't say a word, he looked at the officials who were dressed in rich clothes and in a state of distress.

Those people are mediocre and self-confident, Gu Mu will save them if they are sure.

They forgot that what they should do most at this moment is not to beg Gu Mu, but to apologize to those people who lost their loved ones because of their cruelty.

Gu Mu turned his head, and he saw those ragged people, they were all skinny, even though they had been provided with food and drink all this time, they had not been brought back.

Because the daily loess is turned upside down, he works hard every day, and his skin is dark.

Even a 20-year-old boy looks similar to a 30-year-old because he is exposed to the sun every day.

There are also gray-haired old people with hunched backs, carrying bamboo baskets with some leaves for pigs in them.

Many of the people here have lost their relatives. Some of those lost relatives starved to death, and some were beaten to death by officials ordered by those officials.

This is the feudal dynasty.

Obviously everyone should be equal, but some things that are not as good as beasts are superior to others.

But those people who live seriously and work hard, their lives are like ants, and death is not a pity.

Behind Shen Ling, tens of thousands of people looked at the tightly bound officials with hatred and anger in their eyes.

However, no one has made a thousand steps.

Even if those officials were fish and meat on the backing board, the common people who wished to die with them did not rush forward.

Because they are grateful to the Regent.

It was the arrival of the Regent who gave them new life.

Pulled them back from the brink of death.

Therefore, they are willing to obey the regent.

"The 132 people here once decided your life and death, and now I entrust their life and death to you." Gu Mu said to the people.

"What they owe you, you should take it back with your own hands." Gu Mu was giving those common people the courage to resist.

They are not inferior, they can step on the faces of those who have abused them.

"Your Highness, no!"

"Your Highness, these are all prominent officials, 132 of them!!"

"Your Highness, it's too involved, you can't do it!"

"His Royal Highness, you can hand it over to the Military Aircraft Office and be dealt with by the Ministry of Punishment. Just execute him like this. I'm afraid everyone in the officialdom will be in danger in the future!"

The five guards knelt down one after another. They were loyal to His Highness and considered His Highness's situation even more.

The 132 officials only realized that they were in a panic at this moment. They thought that His Highness would not be able to do anything to them if there were too many people.

They couldn't help but yelled, "Your Highness, aren't you afraid of being accused by thousands of people for killing officials like this?"

"Even if we made a mistake, it should be dealt with by the Military Aircraft Department. How can we let those ants decide our life and death?"

"Your Highness, if you dare to do this, you will definitely be crowned with the title of a tyrant, even after thousands of years, you will be cast aside by future generations!"

"Hahahaha!" Gu Mu laughed flamboyantly. He threw off his sleeves, and the black python robe was fluttering in the wind: "I will bear this eternal crime."

In his eyes, there are not only the visible ones, but also the invisible ones.

No matter how the historian remembers his merits and demerits,
He just wants to live happily!
(End of this chapter)