In ancient times, there was a prefect who was an official and loved the people like a son, but due to the continuous natural disasters in those years, the people often did not have enough food and clothing, and their lives were miserable. The prefect wrote to the imperial court many times about this matter, asking for disaster relief, but was rejected.

On this day, a group of robbers suddenly came to the county seat, their faces covered with black cloth, shouting in the street, "It's the other way around, it's the other way around!" The people were so scared that they didn't dare to go out at night. How could the magistrate dare to neglect such a big thing? So they immediately went to the imperial court, and the imperial court quickly allocated silver taels and issued an order: If the suppression is weak, they will not forgive.

Strange to say, before the magistrate organized the force to suppress it, the robbers disappeared and disappeared, and the people were relieved. Who knew that the good times didn't last long, and not long after the robbers came again, the magistrate couldn't help but panic again, and hurriedly went to the imperial court. The imperial court then allocated silver taels and issued a royal decree. If repression was not effective, the whole family would be beheaded.

The problem was that as soon as the imperial decree and silver arrived, the robbers disappeared, but the problem was that it didn't take long for them to counterattack.

The magistrate really had no other choice but to write to the imperial court again. This time, the imperial court neither allocated silver taels nor issued an imperial decree, but sent an imperial envoy to inspect.

The imperial envoy's surname was Li, and he was an old friend of the magistrate, so he did not report it after receiving the order, and came straight to the county seat with his entourage. Coincidentally, when the imperial envoy arrived at the county seat, he happened to meet this group of robbers by chance, so he immediately ordered: "Take them all for me!"

A fight was about to begin. Who would have thought that the bandit leader would yell "stop" at his entourage, then immediately take over the masked black cloth, automatically dismount and capture it?

The imperial envoy had to ask clearly: "Why are you doing this?"

The magistrate replied, "There is no way to keep your head still. Where did the silver taels for disaster relief come from? Without silver taels, how can the people survive?"

When the imperial envoy heard that, he couldn't help but make a "thump" in his heart: Oh, I really want to do an errand, isn't it just to push my old friend to death? If I don't go back, I can't dismantle it! He was so anxious that he stomped his feet repeatedly towards the branch line: "You, you, aren't you playing with your own head?"

However, Ke Zhi County said to the imperial envoy: "In order to save a side of the people, I died without complaint. I only have one request, can you use the executioner Ma Liu when you behead me? He is quick, I want to be less itchy on the road to Huangquan, and I hope your approval, I will be grateful."

Seeing that his old friend wanted to cry without tears, he could only nod.

Three days later, the execution ground was crowded with people, and ordinary people came to hear the news.

The prefect scanned the audience and said loudly, "Thank you all for coming to see me off. I can't bear to die, and I have a long time to come. I hope everyone will take care of themselves in the future..."

When the prefect said this, all the people in the field cried.

At this time, Ma Liu, the executioner, carried the knife and strode to the prefect. He knelt down and said, "The lord has been treated by the people, and the little one is polite." After saying that, he waved the knife and chopped off his right shoulder with a "click."

The prefect exclaimed, "Ma Liu should have chopped off my head. Why did you..."

Ma Liu endured the severe pain and said, "The severed arm is fleshy, and the killing heartache is painful. The fleshy pain can be endured, and the heartache is unbearable! The villain's broken arm can no longer be executed, and I hope you will forgive me."

This tragic scene deeply shocked the imperial envoy, but his life was hard, so he had to tearfully order another executioner, Chen Qi, who was standing next to Ma Liu, to do it.

Who knew that Chen Dagger also knelt down in front of the imperial envoy and said, "The governor of the county is very kind to me. Now that the lord wants me to kill my benefactor, it is better to kill me first!" After saying that, he also slashed off one of his arms with a knife like Ma Liu.

The imperial envoy took a look, stomped his feet again and again, turned his head, and ordered the third executioner, Liu Wu, to come forward.

Liu Wu didn't say a word. He waved the knife and was about to chop at his arm. The prefect shouted anxiously, "Liu Wu, come over here."

Liu Wu was stunned, walked to the magistrate, and asked, "What are your orders?"

The magistrate quietly said to him, "Looking at your own arm is not the way to go. If you can cut me in the neck and not let me die, then I will be very grateful to you. I will give you as much silver as you want. To be honest, I keep half the silver allocated by the court every time."

"What, you..." When Liu Wuyi heard that, he suddenly became angry: "Okay, you dog official, it turns out that you are also a greedy guy! Alas, my two brothers are really blind, and they suffered in vain just now. Hmph, you dog official who should be cut with a thousand knives, see how I deal with you." Liu Wuyi stopped saying, and the head of the magistrate immediately fell to the ground where the white light flashed.

But who knew that the man's head rolled around on the ground and opened his mouth: "Liu Wu, what I said just now was a lie to you, my family can't even take out a tael of silver!"

Hearing this, Liu Wu understood the intention of the magistrate just now, and he was really remorseful in his heart. He beat his chest and cried.

At this time, only to hear the cries on the field, the imperial envoy couldn't help but wipe away the tears.

Suddenly, Liu Wu knelt down in front of the Prefect, raised his hand, and another white light flashed, and his head fell to the ground…