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“Fifty flogs with a stick!”

“Your Highness!” The sharp begging for mercy was too late to be heard, and the clothes had already dripped with blood from the hit, seeping out bloodstains.

Every drop of the stick fell like falling on everyone’s heart, but Lin Bozhou’s anger did not subside. “Where are the battalion officer and the Bazong*? Bring them up!”

*Bazong: low-level army officer from the Ming to the mid-Qing Dynasty.

The Wujun Battalion’s governor was beaten, and the staff under him did not say anything, but when they heard that he was looking for the battalion officer and Bazong, their faces changed.

“This……”

“This is not appropriate, right? Your Highness should think–”

The Youguan Sheren Battalion was full of noblemen’s children, the descendants of dukes, marquises, and counts. Lin Bozhou wanted to offend the entire noble class of the Great Zong to establish authority; how radical!

But they did not dare to say more.

–From his attitude, Lin Bozhou was really doing this. If they provoked his anger, Lin Bozhou would beat them all together.

Only Lin Bozhou’s voice was loud and angry in the middle army tent. Other people lowered their heads and dared not to speak. The atmosphere was heavy, as if the air was depressed. Meng Huan stealthily raised his head and glanced at Lin Bozhou.

…… He became an unfamiliar husband again. His black, slender eyebrows pressed extremely low, his eyes gloomy, and his entire body enveloped with a murderous aura that made the whole tent of the middle army, who had faced thousands of enemies, not dare to say anything.

He wanted to kill, establish authority, and punish all the old tricksters in the barracks. He knew how to bring order back to the barracks with old sores, and only brutality could bring a dying civilization to life.

For this dying barracks, it was necessary to use severe punishment.

Several descendants of the nobles were brought up, each fat and healthy, white and round, kneeling in panic. “Greetings to the prince!”

Their prepared gifts had yet to be delivered to the prince, but they were already brought up. All of them panicked but forced themselves to maintain their composure. After all, their ancestors were all dukes, marquises, counts, viscounts, and barons. Lin Bozhou would not really touch them.

When they were comforting themselves, they saw Lin Bozhou, who was at the head of the seat, lowering his eyebrows. A gloomy, cold light swept under his eyes as he pulled a token from a barrel with two fingers.

This was a military order.

–The military order to kill.

The military order must be obeyed and unshakable.

These people felt like they fell into the ice and woke up with a jolt. “Your Highness, forgive me! Your Highness, have mercy! Your Highness……”

“Clatter!”

With a crisp sound, the token was pushed down to the ground.

It represented a death penalty verdict.

Lin Bozhou’s voice was deep and heavy.

“Drag them out and chop them up. Show the heads to the three armies!”

There was a commotion at the bottom.

The pale Luo Feng stood up, seeming to stop him. “Your Highness, the Youguan Sheren Battalion’s battalion officer is the grandson of the Duke of Zhen Guo. If the military order is carried out on him, I’m afraid it will not be easy to explain to the Duke–”

That nobleman’s descendant was also panicking and sweating coldly. He really didn’t expect that Lin Bozhou’s authority would be taking his own head. “Your Highness, Your Highness!” He spoke with a pale face. “I really don’t know what has happened. There are vacancies in the battalion, and others eat on empty pay. I have nothing to do with it…”

“Great, it has nothing to do with you?” Lin Bozhou’s lips were hooked, and his black eyebrows were pressed down to his eyelashes, gloomy to the extreme. “The people under your name are receiving military pay and stealing from the treasury, you didn’t only stand aside and let them do whatever they want, but you want to make excuses for it now? You keep saying you are the grandson of the Duke of Zhen Guo. He is an outstanding founding minister and followed the emperor to build the state, but you are corrupting the foundation left by your ancestors!” The pressure in Lin Bozhou’s tone was unbearable. “Today, this prince will clean up the Duke of Zhen Guo’s family on his behalf. Men, drag him out and chop him up!”

The soldiers outside the door came in quickly and seized the kneeling nobleman.

He really did not expect Lin Bozhou would kill someone just after he arrived, and the knife even fell on his head. This nobleman also exploded at once.

“Lin Bozhou!”

The voice was harsh, and every word contained hatred, “You were originally from the outer vassal state, but you entered the court with wild ambitions! You held His Majesty hostage and fought for power. You are the one who stole the state. How can you have the face to kill me?–”

Lin Bozhou’s lowered eyes did not have a single ripple, and his voice was heavy and harsh. “Drag him down!”

“You’re the one who stole the country!” The voice being dragged away cursed and cried, interspersed with harsh screams. “Go call my grandfather for help! Call my grandfather!”

The voice stopped abruptly.

A deathly silence fell in the tent. The grandson of the Duke of Zhen Guo was killed by Lin Bozhou’s conviction in just a few words…… The people holding the wine cups forgot to put them down, and their bodies trembled. They did not dare to speak or look at Lin Bozhou, bowing their heads. Only Lin Bozhou’s malicious eyes sullenly swept around.