The next day, the entire capital was bustling with activity as people flocked to the execution ground to watch Xue Zhong and Jiang Zongwei being executed.
They knelt there in prison uniforms, with disheveled hair and a "behead" sign on their backs. They looked utterly miserable, no longer as high-spirited as before.
The execution ground was surrounded by soldiers to maintain order.
The people were whispering and talking about it, especially the students who had studied hard. They were very angry when they learned that the Minister of Revenue Xue Zhong was buying and selling official positions.
A cacophony of abuse rang out, "The Minister of Revenue is a ruthless bastard. He's actually buying and selling official positions. How can we, the students who have studied so hard, have a chance to succeed? Unless we cling to the powerful and abandon our wives and children like them, it's difficult to become an official."
"Your Majesty, the killing is good. If you kill more of these corrupt officials, we will have the opportunity to pursue a career in government and serve the country."
The students shouted angrily, "Good kill... Good kill..."
Many students took small stones and threw them at Xue Zhong. Xue Zhong glared at the onlookers fiercely, and the more he glared, the more fiercely he threw.
Others cursed Jiang Zongwei, saying, "Xue Zhong is not a good person, and his son-in-law is even more vicious. He won the third place in the imperial examination and married a girl from a wealthy family, abandoned her and their children, forced his wife to death, and even sold his own children. He is worse than an animal."
"He did all sorts of evil things to rise to the top, and today he finally got his comeuppance. They deserved death. There must be something hateful about pitiful people."
"The seriously injured Shen Rou" was also looking at Jiang Zongwei in the crowd. When his head fell to the ground, it would be the time to avenge his mother.
Jiang Zongwei saw Shen Rou watching in the crowd and looked at her viciously, wishing he could get up and strangle her to death as he was such an unfilial daughter.
Shen Rou sneered at the angry Jiang Zongwei. He had brought this upon himself. If he had not clung to the powerful and married a noble lady, he would not have been executed today. Greed will only lead to self-destruction.
Old Mrs. Jiang brought her grandchildren with disheveled hair and begged all the way to finally arrive in the capital. Just as she entered the city and was about to go to the Minister of Revenue's residence to find Jiang Zongwei, she suddenly heard people talking about the execution of Minister of Revenue Xue Zhong and his son-in-law Jiang Zongwei at the execution ground today.
Old Lady Jiang was struck by lightning when she heard this. She couldn't believe her son would actually be executed. She hurriedly grabbed the passerby and angrily scolded him, "What nonsense are you talking about? How could the Minister of Revenue and his son-in-law be executed? If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will kill you."
The woman pushed Old Lady Jiang away and cursed, "You lunatic! A beggar knows the Minister of Revenue and his son-in-law! Are you from the Xue family? Hurry up and report them to the police. Have them arrested and put in jail with the Xue family."
Frightened, Mrs. Jiang denied it again and again, "No, no, no, we are not members of the Xue family, we are just beggars."
The passerby walked away cursing, leaving the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren with helpless and desperate eyes.
They originally thought that they could escape the hunt and survive by begging in Beijing to find Jiang Zongwei. Without Jiang Zongwei, they would be beheaded. How would the three of them, the grandparents and grandchildren, live in the future?
Jiang Yu and Jiang Xi sat on the ground and cried loudly, expressing their grievances while crying, "Grandma, uncle is not really going to die! What will we do if he dies? Grandpa and parents are dead, and now uncle is going to die too. What will we do in the future!"
"Pah, pah, pah, stop talking nonsense. Your uncle is an official, how could he be in trouble? They must be talking nonsense. Let's go to the Minister of Revenue's Mansion to find your uncle."
"Is uncle really okay?"
"real."
Although Old Mrs. Jiang comforted the two children in this way, she was still unsure and walked towards the Minister of Revenue's mansion with trepidation.
On the way, she heard many people talking about Xue Zhong and Jiang Zongwei being executed today, which made Old Lady Jiang's heart rise to her throat.
She arrived at the door of the Minister of Revenue's residence with trepidation, but found that the door had been sealed. Her heart instantly turned cold and tears welled up in her eyes, but she still didn't believe that anything would happen to her son.
"Grandma, what should we do? There's a seal on the door. This must be a crime. I wonder if uncle really got beheaded!"
Old Mrs. Jiang kept muttering, "No, no, it definitely won't happen. Let's go to the execution ground and take a look."
Old Mrs. Jiang asked for information along the way and finally arrived at the execution ground with a nervous mood.
At the execution ground, Jiang Zongwei was tied up and kneeling on the ground. Seeing her son so grief-stricken, Mrs. Jiang was so shaky that she looked like she could collapse at any moment.
When Jiang Zongwei saw his mother and his nephews and nieces, a trace of guilt and helplessness flashed in his eyes. He felt ashamed of his parents for raising him.
Worried that his crime would affect his parents, he quickly shook his head at Old Mrs. Jiang, signaling her not to come forward to recognize him. In case they were also arrested, no one would be able to save them.
Old Mrs. Jiang finally couldn't hold back her tears and started crying. Jiang Yu and Jiang Xi saw that it was Jiang Zongwei on the execution ground.
"Grandma, uncle is really going to be beheaded. What are we going to do next?"
Old Mrs. Jiang quickly covered their mouths and signaled them not to talk nonsense to prevent others from hearing and reporting to the police.
The time had come. At the order of the supervising officer, the executioner raised his knife and separated the two living heads from their necks in an instant.
Old Mrs. Jiang covered her two children's eyes to prevent them from seeing. Her heart was broken and she murmured to herself, "Son! How could this happen? Our good family is gone just like that. How can I live like this?"
"If I had known this would be the outcome, I wouldn't have let you study so hard. Your family wouldn't be broken up now, and you wouldn't even have a descendant to collect your body."
In the crowd, old lady Jiang was so grief-stricken that she almost fainted. She struggled to support herself and left the execution ground with her grandchildren.
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