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  The officers and soldiers finally arrived, quickly subduing the man, separating the living from the dead, and taking them all to the city government office. Later, after being rescued, the survivors were sentenced to at least five years in prison, with the maximum sentence being twenty years. Nine people died, and a strong man who was mistakenly identified as the killer of the last person was sentenced to death. At the time of his execution, he shouted: "I have lived my life as a hero, I think what I want, say what I want, you killed me today, but my ghost will still be proud!" The more than thirty survivors were divided into two groups and imprisoned in two prisons. In any case, the punishment was not considered severe, and those who wore swords had to be imprisoned for five years, let alone causing a big disturbance in Chang'an, resulting in nine deaths. Those are stories that came later.

  After witnessing this strange scene, both Jile and I felt very confused. Jile said it was because we had never grown up in society since childhood, so we couldn't understand what those people were thinking. I thought to myself that I could understand what those people were thinking, because when they reached the point of being furious and red-eyed, everyone had already lost their thoughts. And as for the whole thing, it seemed to me that I saw the true meaning of some things on a larger level. Or maybe the world is just like that. It's just that I found it interesting that I was rumored to be an immortal. Is this what Yang Zhenggang meant by "having fun without a spirit"? - seeing a completely unrelated self.