Enfeoffing King Chu, Bearing a Sword and Wearing Shoes into Court

"Liang Gou, guilty of inciting internal rebellion. Bring out the Dog-Head Guillotine!"

The moment Wang Chao finished speaking.

Clack!

A massive Dog-Head Guillotine was raised high, gleaming with bone-chilling cold.

"No—"

Liang Gou fell into despair. Seeing himself being pressed toward the Dog-Head Guillotine, terror of death made him lose himself for a moment.

"I object!"

"This official is a third-rank official of the current dynasty. By convention, I demand the Dragon-Head Guillotine."

Liang Gou roared as he struggled.

"If not the Dragon-Head Guillotine, then the Tiger-Head Guillotine will do..."

The Dog-Head Guillotine was for commoners and vicious bandits who had committed crimes. His status was distinguished—how could he die the same death as those people?

Splat!

Before Liang Gou could finish, the Dog-Head Guillotine came crashing down. A head twisted in utter terror rolled across the execution platform.

Blood spattered, staining the Dog-Head Guillotine red.

The severed head was kicked into the Bone Corroding Pool, where it swiftly decayed.

"Fan Jianren, guilty of corruption, shielding criminals, and slander. Sentence: execution by fire!"

Wang Chao spoke again.

The Demon Suppressing Guard had actually gathered evidence of these people's crimes in secret long ago. They had merely waited for Chu Jiang to return to the imperial capital before settling the accounts.

"Jia Qinglian, guilty of persecuting the innocent, forcibly requisitioning land to build a distillery, and treating twenty-eight lives as less than grass. Sentence: death by a thousand cuts. Take him to... the Dragon Carving Pillar!"

"Shi Zhenxiang, guilty of illegally occupying government assets and unlawfully leaking court secrets. Sentence: beheading. Bring out the Dog-Head Guillotine!"

"..."

The entire venue fell deathly silent.

Only the constant sounds of people being cut down rang from the execution platform, mixed with endless screams that sent chills down everyone's spine. Every name Wang Chao