Chapter 977: The political inquiry begins, the whole city is stirred!

Suiyang City.

The next day, the sun rose from the east, dispelling the dark clouds in the sky and shining brightly over Da Qian.

Today was a day of excellent weather; the sky was clear for ten thousand miles, and golden sunlight enveloped the entire Suiyang City, illuminating the earth!

This was the true core of Suiyang Commandery, covering a vast area. Looking down from above, the city was crisscrossed with wide roads and a population of several hundred thousand—it was a giant city worthy of the name!

Meanwhile.

A massive platform for the political inquiry also rose from the ground in the center of the city!

The entire inquiry platform had been designed by Gao Yang, adopting an arc-shaped spectator area, with the surrounding walls also built into an "eight" shape—commonly known as an "eight-character wall"—making the entire circular platform resemble a giant megaphone.

It was built entirely of wooden materials, and water vats filled with water were placed around it to serve as acoustic aids.

The commoners from every county and village had long since arrived in Suiyang City, carrying their dry rations and water, searching for the best viewing spots and waiting for the show to begin.

At a glance, one could hardly see the end of the crowd.

The commoners were agitated and excited, chatting heatedly. The sky-high clamor seemed ready to pierce the heavens, and the topic they circled around was singular: the Living Yama had consecutively beheaded the Qingshui County Magistrate, the Private Secretary, and the Constable, and was now holding a political inquiry for the entire Suiyang Commandery.

When speaking excitedly, their faces would even turn beet-red, spittle flying.

Small merchants and peddlers in the city also pushed their carts to sell goods; although it was not yet time for the inquiry, it was already extraordinarily lively.

Compared to these commoners waiting excitedly for the start, some officials who had arrived early felt their legs go weak as they looked at this peculiar inquiry platform before them.

A middle-aged official with a potbelly that his official robes could not even cover looked at the inquiry platform and could not help but mutter to himself.

"If I can luckily escape this disaster today, I will surely turn over a new leaf and be a new man."

"Ancestors, protect me!"

At this moment.

Chen Sheng, with a large saber at his waist, stood on the inquiry platform and said, "The time has come. Please, representatives from every county, township, and village, take your seats in order and wait for the inquiry to begin!"

As soon as these words were spoken.

The complexions of the officials from all over changed in unison.

In front of the inquiry platform, rows of chairs had been placed. The officials, dressed in their official robes, took their seats one by one according to their pre-assigned official positions!

And on the inquiry platform, thirteen chairs were placed on one side.

Accompanied by Chen Sheng's voice, middle-aged men dressed in cyan official robes walked onto the inquiry platform one after another.

"Cyan official robes, these people are the County Magistrates!"

"That is Magistrate Hu of Wanan County; he actually came!"

"Magistrate Chen of Anning County, he came too!"

"Magistrate Yu of Huangni County..."

"Why are there only twelve? Where is the other one?"

"That one was beheaded."

The twelve took their seats one by one. They could naturally feel the scorching gazes of the commoners; this kind of look made them extremely uncomfortable.

But looking at the empty chair to the side, everyone remained silent.

The appearance of the various County Magistrates of Suiyang Commandery caused waves of gasps from the commoners, and a look of fear flashed in the depths of some commoners' eyes.

But this was not the end.

To one side, a few more people came onto the platform.

Compared to the seats of the various County Magistrates, they sat separately on the other side; not only did they have individual wooden chairs, but each person also had a table in front of them. ===== CHAPTER 979 =====