Chen Youliang died, and rightly so, without any surprise.
Forget about Huang Rong's previous order to "capture" Chen Youliang and bring him back to Dasheng Pass for trial. When those Beggar Gang disciples took action, they only remembered the latter half of Huang Rong's words, "If he resists, kill without mercy!"
Did Chen Youliang resist?
From his body language, it seemed not.
But from his words, he had already slandered the Gang Leader as an impostor. Isn't that considered resistance?
Clearly, this was already rebellion!
Of course, the above reasons were not the true cause of Chen Youliang's death.
The real reason he was beaten to death by the disciples was... this guy was truly shameless and too insidious. For his safety, he dared to use the disciples as pawns and quietly run away, even going so far as to slander Huang Rong as an impostor.
If he's bold enough to slander Huang Rong, what wouldn't he dare to do in a desperate situation?