As the prison cart moved forward, the crowd of onlookers seemed to come to their senses and began following the cart, eager to hear what crimes had brought down the once invincible Zhao Bocai.
Lu Qing and Zhu Yu were also mingled in the crowd, listening as they walked, hearing how Zhao Bocai had tried to find a place outside the Capital to store troops, forcibly driving away peasants from two villages, beating them with whips and clubs, making them leave their homes and fields, and forcing them to flee far away so that he could use those lands to store troops and conduct training.
They also resorted to robbing money and grain from nearby areas to stockpile provisions, causing unbearable hardship to the surrounding peasants. The local government, due to Zhao Bocai being the Duke Yan's legitimate grandson, dared not speak out. After being threatened by Zhao Bocai, they lacked the courage to even report, allowing him to run amok.
