Chapter 510

In the small town in the south of Azure Void, countless refugees gathered in the open space outside the town. In the center of the open space stood a high platform, on which three people were kneeling, each with a burly executioner standing behind them.

A cultivator on the high platform used Dao power to make it clearly heard by the tens of thousands of people present. He first read out the identities of the three, who were all executors of the Zhao Guo caravan, and the charges were colluding with insiders and embezzling grain from the porridge shed, which was punishable by death. Now that the charges had been verified, they were to be beheaded here.

As soon as the voice of the supervising executioner fell, three broadswords fell, and heads fell to the ground!

The refugees cheered like thunder, scrambling to squeeze up, wanting to use the steamed buns in their hands to dip a little human blood to eat. The Dao foundation cultivators responsible for maintaining order spent a lot of effort to stop them.

However, Wei Yuan gained another thousand strands of green Qi.

The supervising executioner then said that there were more than ten accomplices in the caravan who were being interrogated, and no matter who they were, as soon as one was verified, one would be beheaded, and there would be no leniency!

The refugees cheered again, and Wei Yuan added several hundred more green Qi.

With luck coming in continuously, Wei Yuan was no longer calm and flew directly above the small town in the south to observe on the spot. After watching for a while, Wei Yuan roughly judged that the luck harvested today was already the limit that these thirty thousand-plus refugees could contribute.

Wei Yuan had been studying the way of luck and now had some success, especially having a quite in-depth study of the generation of refugee luck. Then, with the assistance of the Human World Renjian Yanhuo, he pushed this research a small step forward. Of course, Wei Yuan felt that the main contribution to the research results was himself.

According to the division of the Human World Renjian Yanhuo, refugees were divided into three major categories.

First, the honest and easy to deceive; the number of such people is small, but they are very easy to contribute luck.

Second, the honest and not easy to deceive. This accounts for the majority of refugees and is also known as the rabble.

Third: the dishonest and not easy to deceive, which is the so-called unruly people.

The division of the three types of people has its own reasons.

The first type of person is the easiest to get luck, but the number is small, after all, they die relatively quickly in troubled times. If you add a kind heart, it is impossible to live to Azure Void.

When the supervising executioner said to continue to behead the remaining accomplices, the main contributors of luck were the first type of people. They were easy to believe in all kinds of empty promises, and they were also easy to get hot-blooded.

The second type of rabble is the largest in number. Although they are not easy to deceive, they are used to acting in groups and do not think much. Even if there is a volcano in front, if everyone jumps into it, they will also jump into it. So this type of person is also the main force filling the line on the battlefield.

But once you win their hearts, they will not be easily shaken, and they will be the main force contributing human luck in the future.

The third type does not need to be said much. A long-term research topic of the Human World Renjian Yanhuo is to identify the third type of person as quickly and accurately as possible and then send them to the front line of the battlefield.

Wei Yuan's original plan was to behead all the criminals in the caravan whose interrogation was clear in the next two days, and deal with the accomplices slowly.

But seeing the situation on the spot, and the fact that new refugees would join every day, Wei Yuan did not want to miss the luck of the first type of people who were within reach, so he changed the plan, beheading only two people every day, and it would take seven or eight days to finish beheading everyone.

With such a change, there would be about two thousand more strands of green Qi. Now, for those who have obtained the opportunity to forge Dao foundations due to military merit in Azure Void, Wei Yuan is prepared to bless them with a strand of green Qi, which will significantly increase the probability of forging a Dao foundation. Perhaps this is another form of taking from the people and using it for the people.

Wei Yuan's plan is to put that noble young master as the last one to be beheaded, harvesting a big wave.

In fact, after the interrogation, the whole process was already very clear. This noble young master was only the nominal boss, and in fact, most of the affairs were thrown to the managers and executors below.

The embezzlement of relief grain was planned by several managers together, and then they instigated it together, only saying the benefits and not the disadvantages, and finally the noble young master made the final decision, and the matter was settled. Once something happened, there was also this noble young master to take the blame.

And from beginning to end, this young master actually did not quite understand what had happened, and even less clear about what the consequences would be.

All the managers said that even if something happened, it would just be like in Zhao Guo, and it would be settled by spending some connections and money. It was just a matter of getting hundreds of thousands of catties of cheap grain, and at worst, returning the grain and paying some money.

This young master actually believed it.

What they didn't know was that all interrogation records were organized, summarized, and analyzed in the Human World Renjian Yanhuo, and finally the whole picture of the whole thing was presented.

But when the facts were in front of him, Wei Yuan found it difficult to understand.

These managers were able to plan this matter, and it was almost seamless, which was really talented. But the reason why they tried their best to promote this matter could be skimmed from it, and each person could get more than a hundred taels of immortal silver.

It was for this little benefit that they did not say ignore, but also deliberately underestimated the consequences and risks, coaxing the noble young master and promoting this matter.

Wei Yuan could not understand why they would put the safety of the entire caravan aside for such a little money? Could it be that in the hearts of these managers, the hundred taels of immortal silver in their own pockets was more important than the entire caravan's business of tens of thousands of taels?

This straw bag young master might feel that Wei Yuan could not do anything to him, but these managers must have studied Wei Yuan, even if they didn't know, they should be able to judge how ruthless his means would be after angering Wei Yuan. But in the end, they still chose to instigate the noble young master to make a decision.

If it were a normal interrogation, it would basically be considered that this straw bag young master was the mastermind, and the others were just lackeys. But with the Human World Renjian Yanhuo peeling the cocoon, Wei Yuan discovered that these lackeys were the real masterminds, and then cleverly hid themselves, pushing the biggest responsibility to the straw bag young master.

In history books, many countries are also like this. When the monarch is muddled, many things are blocked by the ministers working together to isolate information, deceiving the king, and then making wrong decisions. In the end, the benefits are swallowed by the civil servants, and the infamy is borne by the muddled monarch.

From caravans to various countries, there are countless precedents. Wei Yuan also faintly saw the ending of Azure Void in the future.

Fortunately, Wei Yuan's cultivation is smooth now, and the future is still long. As long as he does not die, no one in Azure Void can turn up any tricks. But Wei Yuan suddenly remembered that he is already two hundred and eighteen years old, and he is really not young.

The few small things that happened in the past few days are independent and have nothing to do with each other, and they were solved after being handled. But they are signs of future trends. It is conceivable that once Azure Void opens the wartime system, what kind of stormy waves will arise, and how many conflicts and disturbances there will be.

With heavy thoughts, Wei Yuan continued to prepare for war. After a few days like this, he was about to behead that noble young master soon.

At this time, Li Zhi and Cui Yu found Wei Yuan together, and they were actually both here to plead for that noble young master.

After Wei Yuan asked in detail, he realized that although Li Zhi and Cui Yu came together, they were actually entrusted by different people, wanting to offer a price to exchange for that noble young master's life. The price was ten thousand immortal silver or five hundred thousand catties of grain.

Both of these prices were very sincere. In the merit system of the Grand Void Palace, a late-stage Heaven Foundation cultivator could not be sold for this price.

But Wei Yuan refused flatly, not even listening to the bargaining, and said decisively, "If a government has no faith, it cannot stand! I just want to use these heads to let everyone know the consequences of violating the laws of my Azure Void!" Li Zhi said helplessly, "Where is your law?"

"It will be... well, it will be promulgated in a while." Law is not a trivial matter, it cannot be finished in a short time, and it must weigh the consequences of all aspects. So Wei Yuan changed his words, because it could not be pushed out in the short term, and he did not want to follow the Great Tang Law or the Nine Kingdoms Law.

Cui Yu understood, "You want to kill people to establish prestige, okay, I will go and refuse that family."

Li Zhi did not give up and said, "Doing this can only have a temporary effect, but it offends the entire Zhao Guo power and family, which is not worth the loss. Besides, punishment does not go up to the doctor, nor does it go up to the doctor's relatives, this is a convention. If you think it's not enough, I can go and ask for more, and it just happens to win over a few powerful people to stand on our side, which is a check and balance on the King of Zhao."

Wei Yuan shook his head, "This is not a question of money, it is a question of principle." At this moment, Wei Yuan was already calculating in his heart how much luck beheading that noble young master could bring.

Li Zhi knew that Wei Yuan's determination had been made, so he had to leave with Cui Yu.

Just after they left, a soft but majestic voice suddenly sounded in Wei Yuan's ear: "Domain Lord Wei, can you come out for a talk?"

Wei Yuan felt a shock in his heart, this is Master Yu Jing's means!

But Wei Yuan now has the Yin-Yang bullet in his hand, so he is not afraid of ordinary Master Yu Jing, so he went to the appointment calmly, wanting to see who the visitor is.

Within a hundred miles in the domain, stood a man with disheveled hair and wide clothes, his eyes were strange pale amber, and the whole person was uninhibited and implicit, blending two contradictory temperaments into one. As for his appearance, he naturally continued the legacy of Zhao Li, which was top-notch good-looking.

Please... you... collect_(!)

Seeing Wei Yuan, he said directly, "Great Zhao Marquis of Peace, Li Xiange."

"Grand Void Palace Wei Yuan, I have met the Marquis of Peace." Wei Yuan saluted. Although he did not understand how a Master Yu Jing great power could only be sealed as a Marquis, the etiquette still had to be in place.

Li Xiange waved his hand and said, "We have enmity now, no need to talk about these etiquettes. Let's talk about business, I am here to redeem my useless brother-in-law."

Wei Yuan knew it was this matter when he heard the title of Marquis of Peace, so he said, "This... brother-in-law violated the law and should be punished by nine clans according to the law. Punishing the clan is unlikely, but beheading is inevitable. So Marquis of Peace, please return..."

Before he could finish the word "ba", he heard the Marquis of Peace sneer and say, "Twenty thousand refugees!"

Wei Yuan's heart jumped violently, why didn't this Marquis of Peace play cards according to the routine? This this this...

Fortunately, his cultivation of Qi was excellent, and he said expressionlessly, "No."

"Twenty-five thousand."

Wei Yuan shook his head.

"Thirty thousand!"

Wei Yuan still shook his head.

"Twenty-eight thousand."

Wei Yuan almost doubted that his ears had a problem, why did it drop? He was suddenly anxious.

The Marquis of Peace said lightly, "In the future, the price will only be lower each time, until the negotiation collapses. Okay, then, twenty-six..."

"Twenty-nine thousand!" Wei Yuan interrupted him immediately.

"Deal!"

The Marquis of Peace then threw over a storage bag, which was full of treasures shining with light, which were actually spiritual treasures!

He said, "The spiritual treasures in here are considered collateral. You release my brother-in-law immediately, so I can go back and have an explanation. Then I will send all the refugees to you within ten days. When you receive the refugees, you will return the spiritual treasures to me."

Wei Yuan estimated that the value of this bag of spiritual treasures was at least a million immortal silver, so he said, "Marquis of Peace, please wait."

His figure flickered, and a moment later he returned carrying the noble young master and handed him to the Marquis of Peace.

The Marquis of Peace took the noble young master and said, "Not dragging your feet at all, very good, you have the bearing of an owl hero!"

Wei Yuan said hurriedly, "After going back, please keep it secret for three days, Marquis of Peace."

"Why?"

Wei Yuan was a bit embarrassed and said, "I want to make a small profit twice more."

The Marquis of Peace was stunned, then laughed loudly and said, "As you wish." Then he waved his big sleeves and drifted away.

Wei Yuan returned to the main peak, ordered people to call Li Zhi and Cui Yu, and said, "Let's talk about the ransom again. You go and ask if those two families can give more, and we can close the deal by adding a little."

Li Zhi and Cui Yu were very surprised, not understanding how the change could be so big in the time of a meal.

Wei Yuan coughed lightly and said, "I just released that person, and the other party promised to keep it secret for three days, so we have to hurry."

Cui Yu was deeply shocked: "Didn't you just say that this is a question of principle?!"

Wei Yuan coughed a few times, slightly shy, and said, "This is indeed a question of principle, but the other party gave too much."

(End of chapter)