Qin Hui and Zhang Jun, their mouths gagged, could only stare with bloodshot eyes at everything unfolding before them.
The other women, however, began to panic, realizing that similar fates awaited them.
They started to scream loudly.
"Let my mother go!"
"Heavenly vengeance! What are you doing?"
"Beasts! All of you are beasts!"
"Your Majesty, do you simply watch as they bully us weak women?"
The civil officials in the hall could no longer bear to watch.
"Stop!"
"Is this how a gentleman behaves!"
"Bullying women and children, if this spreads, where is the court's dignity!"
"Absurd! Utterly absurd! How could this happen, how could this happen~"
Meanwhile, Li Shimin on the other side also felt that Fang Er was going too far.
"An Zhi~~"
"Be quiet!"
Before he could finish speaking, he found Li Xiuning staring at him and shivered involuntarily.
Then, he heard her say, "An Zhi is not that kind of person. Just watch!"
Old Li had no choice but to swallow his unfinished words.
Then he looked at the scene of clothes being stripped.
Hiss~~ So white!
So large!
Heh heh, this is fine too~
Fang Er ignored the officials and simply watched them. Suddenly, he raised his hand and pointed at one of them.
"Drag him out!"
Upon hearing this, Ge Luoyang immediately stepped forward, parted the crowd, and dragged out the person he pointed at.
The crowd instantly fell silent, unsure of what he intended to do.
But Fang Er casually pointed at a few others: "Do you want me to drag you out, or will you stand out yourselves!"
Those people had no choice but to walk out of the crowd and stand with the one who had been dragged out earlier, not knowing what awaited them.
Fang Er looked at them coldly and said, "Speak, what are your names, and what are your official positions!"
"I, I, I am Luo Ruji, the Imperial Censor of the Palace Front."
"Canzhi Zhengshi, Fan Tong."
"I am Du Chong!"
The three announced their identities in succession.
After hearing their names, Fang Er laughed, a loud, hearty laugh.
"Hahahaha~~ I was originally worried that you wouldn't be here, that you'd run away after hearing the wind!"
"I didn't expect you all to come!"
"Since you're all here, this good show cannot be complete without you!"
After speaking, he turned to Han Shizhong.
"General Han, please bring the families of these three here as well!"
Han Shizhong looked at these three, and then at Qin Hui and the other three. He suddenly understood something. He cupped his hands in salute to Fang Er and, without looking back, walked out of the hall.
These six were the backbone of the peace faction in the court!
It was they who had been clamoring for peace negotiations!
"Ah~~~"
An unprecedented scream came from Wang Shi's direction.
Everyone turned to look. She was now completely naked, crouching on the ground.
Qin Hui's mouth, stuffed with the smelly sock, was now bleeding from the edges, and the sock in his mouth had countless holes bitten into it.
Seeing Wang Shi's fate, and thinking of his own wife and mother soon to be brought, Du Chong could not imagine the scene that would follow.
Rather than this, it would be better to fight to the death, at least to spare his family such a humiliating disgrace!
He suddenly charged towards Fang Er: "Old man, I'll fight you to the death!"
"Bang!"
Fang Er had been guarding against their desperate moves. Just as Du Chong reached him, he kicked out.
Du Chong's body instantly bent into a C-shape and flew backward three to five meters, hitting a pillar heavily before sliding to the ground.
"Cough, cough, cough~"
He weakly looked up at Fang Er, then spat out a mouthful of blood.
"If you have the guts, kill me!"
"Otherwise, in this life, Du will surely grind you to dust!"
Fang Er ignored him and stopped Zhou Yanxi, saying, "What are you standing there for! Continue!"
The remaining women's faces instantly turned pale. Seeing Zhou Yanxi approaching them, they began to scatter.
Some even threw themselves against the pillars in the hall, wanting to preserve their purity through death.
"Stop them!"
Zhou Yanxi shouted this to his subordinates, then casually grabbed a woman rushing past him and tore off her outer garment with a forceful tug.
"Stop! Stop~~"
"I have sinned, I am willing to submit, don't take them as examples!"
"I beg you, let them go, I beg you~"
Mo Qixie, who had not spoken much, could no longer hold back when he saw his wife being held down and her clothes being stripped. He knelt before Fang Er and pleaded.
"Beg me?"
Fang Er's expression was terrifyingly cold. He glanced at Mo Qixie, then looked at the other officials and laughed again.
"Hahahaha!"
"Do you all feel that I, Fang, am going too far?"
"If these women were your wives and mothers, wouldn't you wish you could devour me alive?"
"Wouldn't you be sworn enemies with me? Or, as Du Chong just said, would you dedicate your life to grinding me to dust?"
As he spoke, he suddenly walked up to Zhao Gou and shouted sternly.
"Do you know why I, Fang, am doing such a heinous act?"
Zhao Gou trembled all over from his shout and stammered in reply, "I, I, I don't know~"
"Slap!"
Fang Er slapped him backhanded, then roared in his ear.
"This is the 'Sheep Leading Ceremony' of the Jurchens!"
"Your own mother is in Wuguocheng!"
"She was stripped naked, dressed in sheepskin, and led out like a sheep with a rope tied around her neck!"
"Do you dare to say you don't know about this?"
As soon as he said this, everyone present reacted. The Sheep Leading Ceremony was not a secret; almost all Song officials knew about it.
However, due to the fear of tarnishing the royal family's dignity, as countless palace maids, princesses, and even the Empress had been captured by the Jurchens, no one dared to bring up the Sheep Leading Ceremony publicly.
Li Shimin, somewhat confused, turned to ask Qin Liangyu about the Sheep Leading Ceremony.
At this point, Fang Er's intention in ordering Wang Shi and the others to be stripped was fully revealed.
Zhao Gou's expression immediately changed after hearing Fang Er's words, becoming somewhat frenzied.
He tore at his hair with both hands, his eyes red, looking at Fang Er.
"You are lying!"
"My mother is well in the Jin state!"
"Although captured, she is still treated with respect by the Jin!"
"Slap!"
Fang Er slapped him again and pointed at Qin Hui, shouting at him.
"That beast is a spy released by the Jin, how could he not know about Wuguocheng!"
"I refuse to believe that you officials have not inquired about these matters with him!"
After saying this, he no longer paid attention to Zhao Gou and said to Zhou Yanxi.
"Take these women and that traitor Qin, strip them naked, and put them on the Imperial Street!"
"I want them to kneel until they die!"
"The people of the Great Song have been so defiled by the Jin, yet they shamelessly seek peace and dare to frame loyal officials!"
"Then let them also experience what the Han people and their children endured in Wuguocheng!"