The corpses of Yang Wu and his servant were sent by the government officials to the barren hills outside the city. With the weather so cold, it was really hard to dig, so the officials dug just one deep pit, tossed the bodies in, and then hastily buried them with some dirt.
"Why go through all this trouble?" complained the panting official, "If you ask me, just pile them there. There are plenty of prisoners in the prison that need to be dealt with anyway; bury them all together when the time comes."
"At least she once was a Commandery Princess. If the wild wolves drag her away, we'll all be reprimanded."
In the 17th year of Daqi Yuanping, too many things happened, leading to the Ministry of Justice Prison being extremely busy, still handling prisoners even by the year's end.
