Replying to your lord, it is now four quarters to noon. "Hearing Li Damin's call, the yamen guard hurried over to report.
"What? It's four quarters past noon? It's obviously been raining for a short time, does time go by so fast? Did you pay attention carefully?" Li Damin questioned.
Because of Li Le's explanation, Li Damin was relieved about the coming of the rain. When a person is in a happy mood, he will naturally not pay too much attention to time, and he will feel that time is short.
Li Damin was in the same situation, so he felt that the rain didn't last long.
"Come back to your lord. Even if I borrow ten of my courage, I don't dare to read the time wrong. It is indeed a quarter past noon." Even if he was wrongly accused, the officer didn't dare to contradict him at all. He could complain anxiously.
"I got it, go down!" Li Damin waved his hand impatiently and turned away to look at the officer.
"Yes, sir. Please excuse me." The officer breathed a sigh of relief and retreated.
"Sir, do you want to chop them down now?" Li Le stepped forward and asked.
"What do you think?" Li Damin glanced at Li Le and then asked.
"Well... I think so! It's just past three quarters, so if we kill them, it shouldn't have much impact. And, you see, the sun has come out. Under this sun, it's probably enough to drive them to pieces. Come on!" Li Le didn't expect that Li Damin would ask him back, so he had no choice but to answer bravely.
"Well, that's a good idea." Li Damin nodded and responded. However, Li Damin had other considerations in mind.
"It's only just past three quarters noon, and few people should notice this time. If you insist that it is now three quarters noon, then few people will question the government. In this way, the court's face will be saved, and you will It will be fine. Otherwise..."
"As for whether these rebels will be driven to pieces? Who has died? Who has not died? Who knows? If you want to know, just let him die..."
…
A ray of sunlight shines through, and the sky that was originally covered by dark clouds gradually clears up. The rain in the sky has now turned into disappearing rain and mist.
A wave of heat came with the sun. If it weren't for the water stains on the ground, who would have imagined that it was raining heavily and rapidly in this execution ground just now?
Stepping on the wet ground, Li Damin quickly arrived in front of the execution platform. Looking down, the onlookers who had left to take shelter from the rain just now came back to watch. It seemed that in order to continue watching the beheading, many people even ignored their wet clothes that were still dripping with water.
Some people were confused and asked why those people who were soaked by the rain did not go back to change clothes, but the answer they received was:
"I can't help it. This is so amazing. Even if it's on stage, I wouldn't dare to act like this, let alone the scene right in front of me. Let alone getting wet due to rain, even if a knife falls from the sky, I won't do it. I have to finish it. If I don’t finish it, I will regret it for the rest of my life.”
When Li Damin returned to the execution platform and sat down, more and more people came back to watch, and it seemed to be even worse than before. The security officials who originally fled to the side to hide from the rain now had to come back quickly to build a human wall and maintain order.
"Here comes...hold my arrows and keep the prisoner in check." Li Damin slapped the alarm and called out loudly.
"As you command, my lord."
At this time, the two government officials on Li Damin's left and right picked up the arrow thrown by Li Damin, took it to the execution ground, looked at the four prisoners briefly, and then came back to report.
"Reporting to your lord, the prisoner's identity has been confirmed and there is no mistake."
"good…"
"The criminal has no virtue and offends God. He rebels and rebels, which is not tolerated by the laws of our Qing Dynasty and will not be forgiven. ... Give my order, outline it with a red pen, and execute him immediately." Li Damin said loudly to the execution ground.
…
"Didn't these people say they were beheaded at 3:00 noon? It has been raining for so long, it must have been past 3:00 noon! Why are they still beheading?" someone among the people watching asked in confusion.
"Do you know what time it is now? Since the government continues to kill them, maybe it's not past three quarters past noon? Watch the show if you can. Do you want to get into trouble?" Another kind voice advised.
"It's just...it's..."
"Well said...you have to be careful, otherwise you will really get into trouble..."
"right…"
"What? It's not three quarters past noon now, it's already past four quarters?..."
"Stop talking..."
…
The whispers of the people watching did not affect the process of the execution ground, and everything went on in an orderly manner.
"The prisoner will be executed, when will he come? Kneel down..." A yamen servant holding a command arrow came to the execution ground and sang.
"Kneel down, grandpa just won't kneel down. You are not worthy of me kneeling down, so I will just sit here and let you chop me down!" The named Shi Helai said while sitting on the ground wearing a wet prison uniform. Seeing this, the other three people also Sit aside.
"It's up to you! But if you sit like this, a knife won't cut off your head for a while, so you'll have to bear it." Seeing this, the singing officer didn't bother to care, and looked like he was trying to persuade him kindly.
"No need to say anything, come on! Grandpa, take it..." Shi Lai replied forcefully.
"good…"
"Wang Xiong, get ready..."
"yes…"
"Brothers, see you at the Zhongyi Temple..." Shi Lai shouted and closed his eyes.
"Brother, don't be afraid. God has shed tears for us. This life is worth it. Don't walk too fast for a while. We will come when you wait. I have a companion on the way. Let's go to Zhongyi Temple to meet Liu Miao and the others for a drink... "Huang Jijie said on the side.
"Yes...don't be afraid..."
"Wait for us..."
…
As the saying goes, wine strengthens one's courage. Beheading, of course, requires strong alcohol.
At this time, Wang Xiong, who was going to get a drink, was shaking slightly. I don't know if it was because he was cold in the rain, but his reaction was also a little unfavorable.
"puff…"
After Wang Xiong took a sip of wine, he took another sip and sprayed it on the machete.
"Okay..." Wang Xiong raised the machete in his hand, a cold light flashing in all directions. Many people who saw it became nervous, and some even seemed to feel the pain of the knife cutting into their bodies.
"The show is finally about to begin..." someone among the onlookers said excitedly.
Some people are always forgetful and never feel pain when it is not in themselves. Maybe he was sentimental a second ago, but now he just wants to watch someone beheaded.
After spraying the liquor, Wang Xiong held the knife in his hand and walked toward the place where he was going to chop him.
However, before Wang Xiong could get closer, he seemed to slip on his feet and suddenly fell to the ground. His body twitched twice and then he fainted.
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