At these words,
a handsome young man promptly fell to the ground.
The Junior Official had suffered too great a shock; he simply tilted his head back and fainted.
Zhao Ci quickly covered Maoju's mouth. "I told you to wait a quarter of an hour, so you wait a quarter of an hour. What's the rush?"
Maoju was speechless.
Zhao Ci walked to the front of the high platform and announced, "I know they aren't the only three impostors here. You all saw that I am not a bloodthirsty man. Otherwise, I would not have gone out of my way to warn the culprits to leave early.
But some people, it seems, just don't know what's good for them.
However, you are all subjects who have sacrificed for the Great Yu. I would be loath to execute you.
So, I will break my word just this once. I will not kill you this time.
But there is one condition: in a quarter of an hour, you must identify the officials who incited you to do this.
