Dragon's Origin

No one expected such an outcome. Everyone thought that even if Wang Sheng was just trying to curry favor, he would pardon the Seventh Prince. Instead, Wang Sheng pardoned a completely insignificant eunuch supervisor.

"He actually chose that eunuch, hehe, interesting!" The Emperor finally showed a bit of a smile, as if he saw something different that he wanted to see.

Old Monster Li didn't say anything, but in his heart, he secretly gave Wang Sheng a thumbs up, 'Smart'.

Pardoning the Seventh Prince would bring no benefits, only endless troubles. But pardoning this eunuch supervisor was a brilliant move.

Seeing everyone else being executed before his eyes, this lesson would definitely be deeply engraved in the eunuch supervisor's bones. From now on, he would never dare to have any disrespectful thoughts towards Wang Sheng.

The grace of saving his life, plus the fact that the eunuch supervisor was originally lonely and without relatives who were killed, he would only be grateful to Wang Sheng and would not harbor any resentment. Regardless of whether he was originally from the Prince's mansion or was arranged to the Marquis's residence, it was impossible for him to resent Wang Sheng because of this incident.

Wang Sheng not only saved his life but also gave the Changsheng Marquis's gold token back to him. This meant that the Changsheng Marquis's residence would use him as a supervisor in the future. Ignoring past misgivings and showing such great kindness and trust, it would be strange if this supervisor wasn't completely devoted to Wang Sheng.

When he was loyal to Wang Sheng, Wang Sheng would have an extra pair of keen eyes and ears in the capital, and an extra competent steward. Wang Sheng's takeover of everything in the Marquis's residence would be a natural process, without any obstacles.

"The auspicious time has arrived, execute!" Old Eunuch Li gave the people around him a look, and immediately someone rushed over to pull out the eunuch supervisor who was kowtowing incessantly. Then, Old Eunuch Li, regardless of whether the time had actually arrived, directly announced the execution.

Even when being pulled out, the eunuch supervisor was still tightly holding onto the gold token. Judging by his posture, unless someone cut off his hand, they wouldn't be able to take the gold token away.

A row of burly men dressed as executioners stepped forward. Right on this street, starting with the Seventh Prince, they were pressed down one by one, wielding their large knives. Regardless of whether the people struggling below wanted to shout wantonly, beg for mercy, or were scared witless, the knives fell, blood splattered, and heads rolled.

There were only a dozen executioners, who could only execute a dozen people at a time, but there were hundreds of people kneeling here. After one round of executions, the executioners immediately moved to another group of people and continued the process.

After three or four rounds of executions, dozens of heads had already rolled on the not-so-wide street. The female owner over there couldn't bear to watch any longer and turned her head away, closing her eyes. If she wasn't standing next to Wang Sheng, she probably would have thrown up already.

The smell of blood was overwhelming, and the cries of the crowd behind them rose and fell, but the executioners were like robots, deaf and blind, only caring about beheading one by one to fulfill their duties.

While supervising the execution, Old Eunuch Li also secretly paid attention to Wang Sheng, watching Wang Sheng's performance.

Unfortunately, Old Eunuch Li's plan to see Wang Sheng lose his composure was in vain. Watching so many people being beheaded, Wang Sheng seemed to be just looking at a group of ants. There was no emotion on his face, and sometimes he even showed a bit of appreciation for a certain strike.

"Marquis, so many people have died because of you, what are your thoughts?" Seeing that Wang Sheng was unmoved, Old Eunuch Li seemed to intentionally provoke him and deliberately asked Wang Sheng.

"Died because of me?" Wang Sheng sneered, "Old Li, that's not a pleasant thing to say. Tell me, what outrageous things have I done to make them die because of me? Although my memory is not good, I just heard that their crimes were despising the Emperor, disobeying the imperial decree, and deceiving those above. Could it be that I instigated all of this?"

"But they were after the Marquis's residence after all." Old Eunuch Li said with a smile, "The Emperor wants to give the Marquis an explanation."

"Bullshit!" Wang Sheng directly gave Old Eunuch Li the middle finger: "Give an explanation or don't, who cares? Do you really think I won't take it back myself?"

Old Eunuch Li was speechless by Wang Sheng. If Wang Sheng really took it back himself, then things would be serious. Just Wang Sheng's statement of 'holding the Emperor's mandate to command the lords' was enough to bring about the imperial family's destruction.

However, Old Monster Li had been in the palace for many years and had long developed a thick skin and good tongue. He instantly countered, "The main culprits are them, but doesn't the Marquis feel pity for the implicated children and families?"

"Tch!" Wang Sheng gave Old Monster Li another look of contempt: "I'm not the one who ordered the killings, I'm not the one who surrounded the residence and arrested people, I'm not the one who personally supervised the execution, and I'm not the one who did the killings. I'm just a spectator at the execution ground. Whether they are wronged or pitiful, what does it have to do with me?"

"If someone likes to slaughter their own people, then let them enjoy the process of slaughter." After despising Old Monster Li, Wang Sheng continued, "They want to establish authority, learn from the past to avoid future mistakes, and enforce the law strictly, but they don't want to bear the reputation of killing people. Where in the world is there such a good thing?"

"In my opinion, you executioners are not professional enough!" Saying that, Wang Sheng began to judge the executioners: "Before wielding the knife, you should at least shout 'There is a head to every grievance, and a debtor to every debt!'"

Old Eunuch Li stammered for a long time, unable to respond. Did he really want the executioners to shout 'There is a head to every grievance, and a debtor to every debt?' Who is the head? Who is the debtor? To make these people who were exterminated hate the Emperor?

After watching for a while, Wang Sheng gently patted the female owner beside him and said softly, "After moving into the Marquis's residence, find that supervisor and have him wash away the blood and everything else on the street. Although seeing red when going out is a good thing, the smell is not pleasant."

The female owner hummed softly and snuggled closer to Wang Sheng. Wang Sheng smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm here." The female owner leaned against Wang Sheng, seemingly feeling more at ease, but her eyes looked at the eunuch supervisor holding the gold token.

The eunuch supervisor saw that the group of wolf-like executioners had already cut off more than a hundred heads. Thinking that he almost ended up like them, he was so scared that he didn't dare to have any crooked thoughts. He just secretly paid attention to Wang Sheng, afraid of missing even a bit of Wang Sheng's instructions.

Hearing the Marquis talking to the veiled woman, the eunuch supervisor immediately realized that this was probably the future mistress.

He heard the Marquis's words clearly. The eunuch supervisor immediately noted it down in his heart, and when the time came, he would handle this matter properly without the future mistress having to instruct him personally.