Bab 148: Chapter 98: A Name in History

The 327 corrupt officials and bureaucrats were executed over the course of three days.

The executioner's steel blades were blunted after churning through more than twenty bodies.

The carts that carried the bodies flowed out of the city without ceasing.

The thick stench of blood fused with the wind and swiftly spread far and wide along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

Wherever it reached, it set the corrupt officials scurrying like rats in every direction.

Wherever it reached, it sparked jubilant cheers from the sons and daughters of China.

That stone known as Yang Erlang, as foul and as hard as it was, when thrown into West Lake, the ripples reached across the entire land of China.

On the fourth day, Yangzhou, which had been clear for a good half month, suddenly encountered heavy rain.

The downpour, as if trying to wash away its own filth, eagerly awaited the return of the bright sunshine.

Wei Heng, who had left and now returned, entered the city in the rain!

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