▁and ▁dec ap itated ▁Li ▁X un , ▁deliver ing ▁the ▁head ▁to ▁Ch ang ' an . ▁ ▁On ▁December ▁ 1 7 , ▁Li ▁Sh i , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁disp la ced ▁by ▁Lu o ▁Li yan ▁as ▁mayor ▁of ▁J ing z ha o , ▁was ▁named ▁ch an cell or ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁director ▁of ▁fin ances . ▁ ▁On ▁the ▁same ▁day , ▁a ▁grand ▁process ion ▁was ▁held ▁for ▁the ▁execution s ▁of ▁the ▁ch an cell ors ▁and ▁the ▁key ▁associ ates ▁of ▁Li ▁X un . ▁▁ 3 0 0 ▁soldiers ▁from ▁the ▁Left ▁Sh ence ▁Army , ▁holding ▁Li ▁X un ' s ▁head ▁high ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁process ion , ▁esc orted ▁Wang ▁Ya , ▁Wang ▁F an , ▁Lu o , ▁and ▁Gu o ▁X ing y u . ▁▁ 3 0 0 ▁soldiers ▁from ▁the ▁Right ▁Sh ence ▁Army ▁esc orted ▁J ia , ▁Sh u ▁Yu any u , ▁and ▁Li ▁X ia oben . ▁ ▁The ▁officials ▁were ▁taken ▁to ▁the ▁imperial ▁ancest ral ▁shr ines ▁and ▁the ▁shr ines ▁to ▁the ▁gods ▁of ▁earth , ▁and ▁they ▁were ▁presented ▁as ▁if ▁they ▁were ▁sacrific ial ▁animals . ▁ ▁They ▁then ▁were ▁par aded ▁at ▁the ▁eastern ▁and ▁western ▁mark ets ▁of ▁Ch ang ' an . ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁imperial ▁officials ▁ordered ▁to ▁over see ▁the ▁execution s , ▁they ▁were ▁executed ▁by ▁being ▁cut ▁in ▁half ▁at ▁the ▁wa ist , ▁and ▁then ▁their