"By Prime Minister’s decree: Guo Tu, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Revenue; Qiu Bai, Provincial Governor of Youzhou; Wu Gui, Administrator of Youzhou; and fifty-five other Youzhou officials are hereby indicted for embezzling imperial disaster-relief grain. The Brave Champion Army is ordered to raid their residences immediately!"
"By Prime Minister’s decree: The five guilty officials—Guo Tu, Wu Gui, Li You, and two others—having embezzled vast quantities of supplies, are to be taken to Càishìkǒu for execution by slow slicing. The remaining fifty-three conspirators are to be beheaded!"
"By Prime Minister’s decree: Effective immediately, the gates of Youzhou City are closed until further notice. Passage is permitted for entry only; no one may leave. Anyone found facilitating the exit of commoners shall be executed without mercy!"
Chapter 172