The Three Kingdoms: I asked you to save Guan Yu, not to destroy Sun Quan.

Two days passed quickly. That morning, the villagers from the surrounding area gathered at the manor like birds paying homage to a phoenix. Those who arrived early noticed that a wooden platform stood prominently in front of the manor gate, resembling an altar.

By noon, the area around the manor was packed with villagers who had spontaneously gathered around the wooden platform.

Inside the manor, Guan Xing climbed a ladder and perched on the wall. Seeing that the villagers had almost all arrived, he decisively ordered, "Move out."

Soon the garden gate opened, and two rows of soldiers rushed out and surrounded the wooden platform to maintain order.

Then Guan Xing, along with Xie Chong, Gan Xun, and others, took a makeshift loudspeaker and went up to the platform, shouting to the villagers: "Fellow villagers, I am Guan Xing, son of Guan Yu, the former general of the Han Dynasty. I believe you already know the news of Gu Qi and the others being brought to justice."

"Although Gu Qi and others have been brought to justice, there are still many of the henchmen of the Gu family who bullied everyone and are still at large. So I want to ask you, are you willing to watch the bullies who oppressed and exploited you continue to get away with it?"

The accomplice, hidden in the crowd, immediately shouted, "No, no..."

Their shouts instantly ignited the villagers' emotions, and they chanted, "No! No!"

The sound was like thunder, shaking the heavens.

Guan Xing waited until they finished shouting before saying, "Then please help me point out all the bullies who have wronged you, and I will make sure they receive the punishment they deserve. Bring them up here."

Upon hearing the order, the soldiers behind the gate immediately took action, and soon all the servants in the garden were brought onto the wooden platform.

A villager eagerly pointed out, "General, this man is called Gu Huo. He forcibly seized my family's only three acres of fertile land and forced my family to become Gu's tenants. My father disagreed, and he broke his leg. General, that man's name is..."

Everyone started talking at the same time, and the cacophony of voices gave Guan Xing a headache.

Guan Xing had no choice but to grab a megaphone and shout, "Quiet down, one at a time."

Then, grabbing Gu Huo by the collar and pulling him to the front of the stage, he shouted again, "Who has been bullied by him? Raise your hand so I can see."

With a whoosh, hundreds of hands were raised. No need for further discussion, just chop them off.

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Following the villagers' identification, Guan Xing carried out the executions, quickly felling more than a dozen people.

At this moment, a middle-aged man was pulled out. Before Guan Xing could ask any questions, a villager shouted impatiently, "General, his name is Gu Cheng. He is a good man. He was originally the manager in charge of collecting rent. During the rent collection period, he not only did not make things difficult for us, but he also often used his own money to subsidize the elderly in the village. That's why the Gu family dismissed him and replaced him with Gu Qi as the manager."

Other villagers chimed in, "General, Uncle Gu Cheng is a good man, please don't kill him."

Hearing so many people pleading for him, Gu Cheng, who had already resigned himself to his fate, could no longer hold back and was moved to tears.

There are still more good people than bad in this world.

Seeing this, Guan Xing quickly untied him and helped Gu Cheng up, saying with a smile, "Uncle Gu, I didn't know you had such a glorious history. It was my fault, and I apologize to you. Old Xie, take Uncle Gu downstairs to rest."

The interrogation continued, and in just half an hour, two-thirds of the more than two hundred guards in the manor were executed. As for the rest, no one identified them, and Guan Xing released them on the spot.

Then came the grand finale of the day: Gu Mu, the second young master of the Gu family, was bound hand and foot and brought to the high platform. Guan Xing pressed him to the ground and shouted, "This man is Gu Mu, the second young master of the Gu family. The bullying and exploitation of you by Gu Qi and the others were all at his and his family's behest. Do you have anything to say to him?"

The villagers remained silent; no one pointed out the wrongdoing, and no one pleaded for leniency. The once noisy scene fell into a deathly silence.

The villagers weren't stupid; they naturally knew that everything was orchestrated by the Gu family. However, Gu Mu was too far removed from them, and they couldn't muster the same kind of visceral hatred towards him.

If Young Master Gu wanted to do something bad, he wouldn't need to do it himself; he had plenty of scum like Gu Qi and Gu Ba to help him.

The other four major families held such an extraordinary position in Wu County that they had become myths in the hearts of the villagers. While the villagers could still muster the will to resist Gu Qi, Gu Ba, and others, they were naturally intimidated in front of Gu Mu.

Seeing this, Gu Mu gave Guan Xing a provocative look.

You, surnamed Guan, see this? This is the will of the people, this is where the hearts of the people lie. Jiangdong belongs to the gentry. What can an outsider like you do?

However, he was too happy too soon. Just because the villagers didn't dare to identify him didn't mean others wouldn't. Ning Huan, who was acting as a shill in the crowd, decisively stepped forward, pointed at Gu Mu, and shouted, "General, this bastard conspired with my wife to kill my whole family. He is a scumbag who forcibly took a woman from the people. Please, General, seek justice for me."

No sooner had the words been spoken than a voice suddenly rang out from inside the garden, shouting hoarsely, "General, this humble woman has a grievance to redress."

Guan Xing turned around and saw a woman dressed as a maid from the Gu family scrambling towards him.

The woman rushed up the platform, knelt in front of Guan Xing, pointed at Gu Mu and said, "This humble woman, Gu Liu, greets the General. I am a cook in the household and have a fifteen-year-old daughter. Last year, Gu Mu took her as a concubine. Originally, I was happy that my daughter could have a good home, but who would have thought that this beast Gu Mu would not treat my daughter like a human being at all."

“This beast beats my daughter every day, and three months ago he gave her away as a commodity. I searched for her for half a month and finally found her body in a mass grave.”

"Her body was covered in wounds; I don't know what kind of torture she suffered before she died. My poor daughter was only fifteen years old..."

At this point, the woman choked up and could not continue.

Guan Xing glared at Gu Mu and frowned, asking, "You just said you're the cook in the manor, so you should be in charge of Gu Mu's meals, right? Since you have such convenient conditions, why don't you take revenge yourself? Just put a packet of medicine in the water tank and you can take the whole manor with you."

"Uh..." The woman's crying stopped abruptly, clearly stunned by the question.

Gu Mu glared at him again, whimpering as she tried to vent her dissatisfaction.

That damned Guan Anguo! He actually instigated his servants to poison their master! Do you even listen to what you're saying?

The woman was stunned for a long time before crying out, "I dare not! My husband and son are still working at the Gu residence. If I do this, wouldn't I be harming them too?"

"Besides, I rarely even leave the mansion. Where would I get the kind of poison that could kill the whole mansion?"

Guan Xing remained silent. It seemed that there was no such thing as a deadly poison that could kill instantly with a single blow in this era. It was indeed a bit difficult to kill someone with poison.

The woman continued, "Even if there were poison, I wouldn't dare. To be honest, General, if I hadn't seen you deal with so many evil people, I would never have dared to stand up."

The deceased is gone, but the living must go on living. She can't abandon her whole family for her daughter, can she?

Guan Xing understood her concerns, ripped the gag from Gu Mu's mouth, and sternly questioned, "Gu Mu, what else do you have to say?"

Knowing he was doomed, Gu Mu remained remarkably calm, staring directly at Guan Xing and coldly saying, "For the aristocratic class, concubines are assets that can be given away. What's wrong with me giving my concubine to someone else?"

“Not only that woman, but her parents, brothers, and her whole family are slaves of the Gu family. Does a master need a reason to deal with his slaves?”

"Guan Xing, the distinction between superiors and inferiors is a tradition that has been passed down for thousands of years. Do you think you can change the consensus of the entire world by your own strength? Do you think you are a saint?"

"You just want to kill me, right? Come on, do it! Let me tell you, Guan Anguo, even if you kill me or slaughter the entire Gu family, you can't change this world or the fate of these lowly people."

Guan Xing sneered, "Of course, not doing it won't change anything, but doing it might change things. Even if I can't succeed, there will be others who will. Execute them."