Zhang Ren, however, waved his hand without looking back and said, "Since everything here is up to me, then Gao Qianhu should suffer more. I'm a little tired, so I'll go back and rest first."
Gao Haiyong just smiled and said nothing.
Zhang Ren has already left, so Ji Gang and Wu Peng naturally have no reason to stay.
After all, they had just gained their freedom today, and Ji Gang was now the mastermind behind the scenes. Whether it was underworld business or lottery business, there was a backlog of things waiting for him to deal with. As for Wu Peng, he followed Zhang Ren back home directly.
As the case of Marquis Pingliang deepened, more and more evidence surfaced. After Zhu Yuanzhang saw the evidence, he threw a lot of things in the imperial study in anger. He also directly ordered that Marquis Pingliang be sentenced to death. It's scheduled for three days later.
The other noble accomplices were not sentenced, after all, the case was not yet concluded, but all these nobles were detained in prison.
The last time a distinguished noble was beheaded was several years ago. Now that the Marquis of Pingliang was sentenced to beheading, the news spread throughout Jinling City in just half a day.
On the day of the execution, there was a huge crowd around the execution ground. Almost the entire Jinling City people ran to the execution ground. In an era when there was a lack of entertainment activities, it seemed that going to the execution ground to watch beheadings could become a collective entertainment activity.
The official in charge of the execution this time is the new Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, Wang Ge. When Kaiji was the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, Wang Ge served as the left minister of the Ministry of Punishments. Now that Kaiji is in prison, Wang Ge's business is purely an old man of the Ministry of Punishments. Naturally, he took over the position of Minister of Punishment.
Wang Ge looks white and fat, and he always has a smile on his face. No matter how he looks, he looks harmless. He managed things very well in the officialdom. He could do things beautifully without offending others. This was very rare. Even when Zhu Yuanzhang mentioned Wang Ge, he would praise him as a rare person. A capable official.
Seeing that it was almost time, Wang Ge sat in front and directly ordered his surroundings: "It is almost time, bring the prisoners here."
I saw a team of royal guards opening a closed prison car, and what was being held inside was Fei Ju, the former Marquis of Pingliang.
There was no sunlight above the prison van, and it had just come out. Fei Ju felt that the sun was so dazzling that he could only raise his hands to block the sunlight, and the iron chains locked on his wrists also rattled.
Seeing the appearance of Marquis Pingliang, the crowd began to commotion. They rushed forward, wanting to see with their own eyes what the noble nobleman would look like after he fell down. Of course, there were also many people at the scene who thought they were extremely righteous and opened their mouths one after another. You cursed, but if you ask these people what crime Marquis Pingliang committed, I'm afraid they won't be able to tell you a single thing.
That's it for people. When you see people who are poorer than you, you will feel sympathy. But when you see those who are above you, don't care whether they are wrong or not. I'm sure many people will clap their hands. cheers.
Seeing the crowds of people at the scene, even a good old guy like Wang Ge became a lot more serious. If a stampede really happened, he might not be safe.
Wang Ge picked up the gavel and slapped it on the table several times. At the same time, he roared, "Please be quiet, sir. If anyone pushes or shoves anyone, I'll hit him with a stick!"
But there were so many people watching the excitement at the scene that even though Wang Ge's throat was about to smoke, the sound blended in with the noise at the scene, and the crowded crowd below could not hear what he said.
Fei Ju raised his eyes and looked at Wang Ge, who was a little worried. He couldn't help feeling a little funny. The corners of his mouth turned up unconsciously, as if he wasn't the one who was about to be beheaded.
But at this moment, a stone flew from nowhere and was thrown at Fei Ju's feet.
Someone saw it and began to follow suit, picking up stones from the ground and throwing them at Fei Ju.
This was very difficult for the Jinyi guards who were escorting Fei Ju. They could only dodge from left to right, and sometimes even had to use some force to block the incoming rocks.
More and more stones were thrown, and finally a stone hit Fei Ju's forehead. Fortunately, the stone was not big. Although it was not life-threatening, it made Fei Ju's forehead bleed instantly.
If Fei Ju had been stoned to death before the execution, whether it was Wang Ge or Xian
All the Jinyi guards in the field could not afford to take the blame. These Jinyi guards could only use their true skills to protect Fei Ju in the right position.
Wang Ge wiped the sweat from his forehead. He waved to one of his confidants and said, "There are too many people today and we can't wait any longer. Go quickly and verify Fei Ju's identity, and then ask the executioner to raise his knife." "
The confidant was puzzled, "Raise the knife? What do you mean, sir? The execution time has not come yet."
Wang Ge did not explain, "Don't ask yet, just do as you are told! Remember, just raise the knife. You still have to wait until the right time to chop off the criminal's head."
The confidant got the order and immediately went to do it.
Wang Ge also understood human nature. Not to mention, when the executioner raised the long knife in his hand, the people at the scene thought that the execution was about to begin. They stopped throwing the stones in their hands and no one pushed forward. In an instant, the scene became silent, and all the eyes were fixed on Fei Ju's neck. No wonder Zhu Yuanzhang praised him as a capable official.
Fei Ju did not have the consciousness before his death, and I don't know if he looked down on life and death. Anyway, he found it very interesting when he looked at the people below.
Unfortunately, the executioner standing behind Fei Ju disturbed his mood.
"Fei Ju, do you recognize Cui Yan?" the executioner asked. That's right, today's executioner is Wu Peng.
Zhang Ren deliberately found some ways to obtain the position of executioner for Wu Peng. This was not difficult for Zhang Ren.
"Cui Yan?" Fei Ju chewed on the name. Maybe he had done too many bad things, and it took him a long time to remember. "Is he that son of the Boling Cui family? He used to be my lieutenant, and he is quite capable. , he is just too upright."
After hearing this, Wu Peng had veins popping out on his forehead. He asked, "Just because he was too upright, you killed his whole family?"
Although Fei Ju was kneeling on the ground, he still turned his head and looked at Wu Peng, "There is a slight resemblance between the eyebrows. Who are you from Cui Yan? Are you here specifically to avenge him?"
Wu Peng gritted his teeth and said word by word: "Cui Yan is my father, and I will avenge my father today! Fei Ju, you have done all the bad things, have you never thought that what happened to my family will be repaid sooner or later?" In your own home?"
After hearing this, Fei Ju's eyes finally dimmed. He was really not afraid of death, but he was afraid that all his family members would be killed. He had been in prison these days and was on death row. Naturally, no one would be kind. Tell him that everyone in the Pingliang Hou Mansion has been pardoned by Zhu Yuanzhang.
