"Bear witness?!"
At those two words, Guo Zhang, Marquis of Haiyuan, felt his heart tremble for no reason.
This was no good!
Absolutely no good!
But the question was, even knowing that, did Guo Zhang dare refuse at a time like this?
"Well... what sort of witnessing did Lord Ye have in mind? Please enlighten me!" Before Ye Zhen, Guo Zhang had long since lost the bearing of a ruler.
"It's nothing. Just watch."
With that, Ye Zhen waved his hand, and his expression turned incomparably stern. "Men, bring all these rebels forward."
At Ye Zhen's sharp shout, Liu Feng brought forth all fifteen hundred elite Blood-Cloaked Warriors led by Du Tong, along with nearly two thousand members of merchant caravans Prince Huan Ji Ao had stationed in the Marquisate of Haiyuan, as well as all kinds of spies Ji Ao had planted there.
It could be said that ninety-nine percent of Prince Huan Ji Ao's personnel in the Marquisate of Haiyuan had been swept away by Ye Zhen in one stroke.
But merely sweeping them away was not enough.
Blood debts had to be repaid in blood!
Ye Zhen glanced at Liu Feng, who stepped forward and said, "My lord, all confessions have been obtained, and every piece of evidence and testimony is complete. According to the rules of our Heavenly Patrol Division, we have the authority to execute these merchants involved in the rebellion on the spot."
Ye Zhen nodded in satisfaction.
Since he was going to kill publicly, it had to be reasonable and lawful.
Otherwise, Ye Zhen would simply be inviting trouble.
"Then prepare to carry out the executions one by one. Do everything as I instructed you," Ye Zhen ordered.
"Yes!"
The next moment, Ye Zhen smilingly looked at Xuan Hu, Zhu Hong, and Sun