If the punishment cannot be known, the power cannot be measured.
Upstairs in Sibei, Medicine Master Guo looked at the excited emperor and remembered something.
In the fifth year of Xuanhe, that is, eighteen years ago, he was still the military envoy of the Song Dynasty, the first general of the Song Dynasty's army, and the governor of Yanshan Prefecture.
At that time, there was a man named Zhang Jue, who was a Han Chinese like himself.
He passed the Jinshi examination in Liao State and later took Pingzhou to invest gold.
after that……
So he threw himself here.
Once upon a time, this man, like himself, regarded the Song Dynasty as his mother country.
Yes, except for the Song Dynasty, no matter how good the Liao Kingdom was or how strong the Jin Kingdom was, he was still just an outsider after all.
However, he surrendered and was killed.
Wang Anzhong is a scholar who cannot lift his hands or resist his shoulders, a mediocre man who relies on the power of the eunuch Tong Guanqi.
Killing this Han who devoted himself to the Song Dynasty was like killing an animal.
He killed the Pingzhou surrender generals brought by Zhang Jue and disintegrated without attacking them. He killed all the victorious troops under him to shed tears and sigh. He killed the people of Yanyun to the point where they lost all their hearts.
It also killed Guo Yaoshi and completely lost hope in the Song Dynasty.
Not when he was abandoned by Liu Yanqing, not when Wanyan Zongwang came to the city.
Only when Zhang Jue's head fell to the ground, Yaoshi Guo suddenly felt...
never mind.
Later, he led the Jin people southward and saw with his own eyes how the princes and nobles in Kaifeng Mansion behaved when the country was about to be destroyed.
He still remembered the pleasure in his heart that a great revenge had been avenged when he saw Zhao Ji and his son looking like lost dogs in the Jin camp.
When Wang Anzhong was about to hand over Zhang Jue, Pharmacist Guo once asked him:
"The golden man will be with you as soon as he wants to awaken. If he asks for help from a medicine man, will he be there for you?"
At that time, Wang Anzhong did not answer him, and no one in Song State could answer him.
And when he asked this question, he already had the answer in his heart.
Now……
Pharmacist Guo came back to his senses, his eyes still focused on the emperor.
He felt that he now had another answer.
It's a pity that I was born at the wrong time.
Downstairs is the courtyard of Dali Temple. It's just after noon and the sun is shining brightly.
Qin Hui had run out of energy from shouting, and big beads of sweat continued to leak out from his head.
No one paid attention to him, except for the old man in front who was wiping the blade and making the sound of rubbing cloth and knife from time to time. Only the cicadas were chirping.
When everyone saw that the beheading had not been carried out, and saw the old man's tool, their initial surprise slowly turned into excitement and...expectation.
Although Lingchi and Zhenxing are both knife cuts, they have different differences.
Lingchi is more like cutting meat, while Zhenxing is like cutting meat.
Liu Bang originally planned to choose between Che Xi and Zeng Xing, but who knew he heard Ling Chi's statement.
While lamenting that future generations have a lot of work, he asked the executioner to watch.
Anyway, one effect is to be achieved: the strength is exhausted, but the breath is not exhausted, the liver and heart are connected, but the sight and hearing are still there.
Such a punishment of being cut into pieces by a thousand cuts was really cruel, and it was banned in the Later Jin Dynasty when Emperor Shi Chonggui came out.
Yang Shouzhen, an eunuch during the reign of Zhenzong, captured some of the thieves' heads and planned to execute them in Lingchi, but it was not approved.
It was not until the Xining period that it was restored to the same status as beheading and hanging, and became a routine death penalty.
The years are getting calmer and quieter. A few years ago there were bandits who committed rebellion and rebellion. In the past two years, life has been getting better and better, and they are almost gone.
On weekdays, even beheading is extremely rare, let alone Ling Chi.
What's more, the person who was punished was still the prime minister of the Song Dynasty last month.
It was unheard of in the Song Dynasty for a prime minister to receive this punishment.
These tens of thousands of people braved the scorching heat to crowd into Dali Temple. It was a worthwhile trip.
The old man finished wiping the last knife... This was what he did when he was in Kaifeng Mansion. Later, the world was in chaos and he fled south to Lin'an.
Seeing that the craft was about to be lost, unexpectedly, the emperor came to visit him.
Being able to chop the prime minister into pieces is not a waste of time.
Bowing towards Hu Quan, the bearded man nodded to him. Everyone present held their breath, for fear that if there was too much movement, the knife would be used on themselves.
The old man looked at Prime Minister Qin and took off his clothes first. While doing so, he spoke to him in a low voice.
Others just thought it was the rule of their profession, but they didn't want the policemen on both sides to hear it, and they all frowned tightly.
"The little old man wants to say hello to the Prime Minister. I wonder if the Prime Minister still remembers the little old man?"
Qin Hui was panting and his voice was already hoarse. He raised his head and looked at this person. He thought about it again and again, but he couldn't remember any intersection.
The old man didn't care either. His hands and feet were tied up, and it was a bit troublesome to take off his clothes. When the cuffs were tied up with rope, he had to use a knife to cut them open.
"You are a noble person, so it is normal for you not to remember me."
"I'd like to remind you that in the first year of Shaoxing, Mr. Qin Xi saw a girl in Xialifang..."
The entire upper body has been stripped off, and looking at this person's body, he is no different from an ordinary old man, even a little weaker.
But his body was covered with dense marks the size of his thumb, all the same color as his skin, like some kind of strange disease.
Liu Bang was a little frightened. He had gotten along a lot with this old man in the past few days, but he didn't want to be infected by him!
Perhaps knowing what he was thinking, the old man at the same table smiled and said:
"Qin Hui's marks are traces of dripping wax... I didn't expect him to be so elegant at this age."
Liu Bang was so disgusted, wax oil... is it still elegant?
Then I thought about what happened between him and Wan Yanchang... In this June, I felt a chill.
Going back to the bottom, the old man had already begun to unfasten his belt. Qin Hui kept struggling, but it had no effect.
Tied too tight.
"My young husband has fallen in love with my eldest sister who sells fish, and he insists on taking her as his concubine... You said that I am just a daughter, so how can I be willing to let her be my concubine?"
"Later, during the day, the young husband tied up my husband and I, and took advantage of the eldest sister's innocence on our fishing boat."
"Mr. Qin, you don't know that my husband and I were on the deck at that time, only a curtain separated us from my eldest sister... Later we watched her with our own eyes and watched her jump into the river. , floated, floated, and drifted into the Qiantang River."
The old man seemed to be talking about something that had nothing to do with him, and was very calm; but Qin Hui seemed not to listen to him at all, and was still struggling desperately.
"Her body has not been found so far... The little old man is useless and cannot protect his own daughter. Today, he can chop the prime minister's flesh into pieces, which can be regarded as an explanation for her."
"Please rest assured, Mr. Xiang, I will definitely serve you well..."
"Comfortable!"
At this time, the scene suddenly became agitated.
Even the people watching the fun upstairs leaned out of the window. Qin Hui closed his eyes tightly and was about to bite off his tongue, but was discovered by the policeman on the side, who quickly tied him up with a cloth strip and let him go. His mouth could no longer be closed.
After a while, the saliva continued to fall from the seam of his mouth and flowed all over the floor.
No one cares about these anymore, they care more about...
this……
This fucking story is enough to feed all the storytellers in the world!
Tsk tsk tsk, I thought the wax oil was the limit, but I didn’t expect Wan Yanchang to have such a good time.
Liu Bang couldn't help but click his tongue, but he probably understood something.
It has a stem but cannot be strong, and a rotten wood cannot bloom.
It turns out that this man has already received the heaviest punishment in the world.
If there were some civil servants like Su Fu who couldn't bear it just now, after seeing this scene, no one in the world sympathized with Qin Hui.
Cutting a prime minister into pieces is indeed too much.
But if the person who was beheaded was an eunuch, and it was an eunuch who brought disaster to the country and the people, then it would be fine.
Before the flesh on Qin Hui's body was cut off from him, the people of the world had already done so with him.
When the old man saw the scene, he couldn't help but laugh. He laughed for a long time until tears came out, and then he used the knife.
The emperor only said three hundred swords, which was far lower than the usual Lingchi number.
The executioner knew what was going on, so he started from the left arm and cut off half a palm-sized piece of flesh with one stroke.
Qin Hui's face turned red. The strip of cloth placed across his mouth could only make him close his mouth from ear to ear, but it could not stop him from making any sound.
"Lao...Lao Jiu, Zhao...Zhao Gou!"
His whole head was shaking slightly, and he didn't know whether it was pain, humiliation, or full of anger.
The words he spoke were unclear, and everyone could only guess their meaning from their pronunciation.
Hearing him calling the emperor by his first name, Hu Quan cursed:
"Qin Hui! You will not repent until your death! You were a golden slave and brought trouble to our Song Dynasty. You should have expected this day!"
"If you still know how to be ashamed, just shut up and let you be punished!"
"You know the pain, the pain of the soldiers in the Huaihe River and the people of the Song Dynasty whose wives and children were separated. Who knows, and who listens!"
While Hu Quan was scolding, he also blocked Qin Hui's voice.
Over the years, this man has known a lot.
If he is allowed to continue talking, who knows what crazy things he will say!
But this was just a temporary measure. No matter how loud Hu Quan's voice was, he couldn't suppress it all the time.
As soon as he stopped talking, Qin Hui's voice sounded again.
There is no other way, unless he shuts up, otherwise, no one can stop him from speaking before the three hundred swords are over.
"In November of the first year of Jingkang, the Jin soldiers came to Kaifeng Mansion. Emperor Xiaociyuan worshiped his son Zhao Gou as the general marshal of the army and ordered him to lead the troops to defend... Zhao Gou held his troops and could not leave. When the city of Kaifeng was defeated, two Sheng was captured, Zhao Gou, Zhao Gou is the culprit of the Jingkang Rebellion!"
"In order to prevent the second emperor from being brought back, Zhao Gou just stood by and watched, leaving Zongze alone to fight against the Jin in the north. Zhao Gou is that coward without a king and a father!"
"Don't you want to know how the two emperors are doing in the Kingdom of Jin? Let me tell you... they eat dog food, live in livestock sheds, talk flattery, and do things like slaves."
"Zhao Gou, Zhao Gou, you have dozens of sisters and sisters, all of them have been ridden by the golden man. Your pregnant wife... Hahaha, you know that the day before she died, you just spent time with her. Yan Zongwang? Do you know that they cut out your biological son and played with him like a Ju?"
Qin Hui's left arm had almost only bones left. The blood that fell on the execution platform flowed to the open space below.
The old man's hand was trembling slightly... It wasn't because it was raw. He had practiced it countless times in his dreams, hoping that he could use it on Qin Xi.
What he was afraid of was what Qin Hui said.
But having said that, who is not afraid?
The officials looked at each other, Yue Fei and other warriors frowned... The emperor humiliated his ministers to death. This emotion was most intense among the soldiers.
When Hu Quan saw the old man's sword stopped, Qin Hui stopped talking. He felt a little panicked and signaled him not to move yet.
Looking up...he knew the emperor was there.
But at this time, Hu Quan could see nothing except the empty windows.
Yes, it is uncomfortable for a person to be exposed like this, let alone today?
At this time, I pretended not to hear and hid. Afterwards, the common people said that the court would have its own explanation.
As for the people outside Dali Temple... Let's put it this way, from Wang Anshi's reform during the Xining period, to the two Ping-Xia battles during the Zhezong period that made Xixia surrender, to today's Qin Hui being beheaded, it has only been more than sixty years in total.
In the past sixty years, some older people happened to have experienced them all.
At that time, the north had a good relationship with Liao and won successive victories against Xixia. Who would have thought that only thirty years later, the Song Dynasty would end up like this.
To be honest, prime ministers changed one after another, generals died one after another,
Since it is not the problem of the people below, it is self-evident who is the problem.
Moreover, what Qin Hui said today is obviously two different things from what the court usually promotes.
It was agreed that the Jin people treated the two majesties fairly well and gave them the minimum respect for a king of a country. It was agreed that the Jin people would judge the situation and the Jin people were powerful, so they let the Jin people kidnap the two in tears. The emperor went north;
Everyone did not believe everything Qin Hui said, but after all, he was the prime minister and had stayed in the Kingdom of Jin. Even if he did not believe everything, many people already believed half of it.
Hu Quan knew that he could not delay, so he quickly asked the old man to continue the execution. He would finish the beheading earlier and give him a knife earlier.
There is actually nothing wrong with the official arrangement.
But who could have imagined that Qin Hui would be so crazy?
The old man cut his right arm with a knife, and then he hit him. Qin Hui seemed to be alive again. He couldn't even open his eyes, and his mouth was still full of energy:
"Zhao Gou, your mother gave birth to several younger brothers and sisters for you in the Kingdom of Jin. I hope you can give them a status!"
"Zhao Gou, while you ordered me to contact Jin Wushu to ask for peace, you also promised to take Yue Pengju's..."
Before he finished speaking, he stopped.
To be precise, the old man who was executing the execution stopped.
He just felt like someone was standing in front of him, blocking the sun from shining on him and giving him the cool shade he longed for.
He slowly raised his head and looked at the extremely familiar emperor in front of him.
Qin Hui smiled.
"You're still scared, Lao Jiu."
If you're afraid, don't do it!
Since we have to do it, we can’t blame others for it.
Qin Hui thought so, but what he didn't know was that Liu Bang thought so too.
The emperor untied the cloth tied around his mouth with both hands, and Qin Hui's eyes became even more contemptuous.
He really wanted to die before, but now... Unless the emperor takes action, he will never end his life.
And if he moves his hands without asking, then he is convinced of his words.
Even if he dies, Qin Hui will still plant some fatal knife for Lao Jiu... He already has violence and cruelty, but now he has no virtue or talent.
I don’t know how many people in the Zhao family are looking forward to the position of emperor. Will your end be really better than that of Qin Hui in the future?
The smile on Qin Hui's face grew wider and wider, but soon, his smile froze on his face.
"It's hard to say it when you're tied up. Now you can say it as much as you want, and say it louder."
As if he didn't hear half of it clearly, Qin Hui looked at the emperor in disbelief... Even though he had been shocked by this man countless times, at this juncture, he was still so unexpected.
Liu Bang's words were also heard by the ministers below, and no one knew what the emperor meant.
I saw him greeting Hu Quan: "Give him a bowl of tea. After shouting for so long, he should be thirsty!"
After saying that, he looked back at Qin Hui:
"talk!"
This voice startled Qin Hui. He didn't understand what the emperor meant. He really didn't understand what the emperor meant.
He doesn't look like an emperor at all. He is clearly a shameless and disrespectful evil spirit!
All rules are not rules for him.
This man is Lao Jiu, but he is not Lao Jiu.
Something in his bones stopped Qin Hui. He had just called the emperor by his name, and he didn't know how to face the emperor at this time.
It is impossible to die, and even more impossible to live.
With such torture, others may have already collapsed.
"Is it over? In this case, I will let him continue."
He winked at the old executioner, who forcibly calmed his mind and cut the knife again.
Qin Hui seemed to be touched by something, and suddenly he was excited:
"Zhao, Zhao Gou is worried about the military power of the three generals. The big tail cannot be lost. He wants to depose the three men regardless of the Jin people in the north. You are a short-sighted person!"
"Zhao Gou, last time I dismissed Liu Guangshi's troops, I attracted tens of thousands of people from Li Qiong to invest in gold. Now if you dare to do so, aren't you afraid that Yue Fei and Han Shizhong will also invest in gold?"
Qin Hui spoke faster and louder, and the emperor...he actually told the old man to continue and never stop.
The knife didn't stop, so Qin Hui's mouth didn't stop.
Among the people whose names were called below, Yue Fei and Han Shizhong were thinking about how to show their loyalty to the emperor in a while; Xiang Guangshi, who said he wanted to go back to his hometown but didn't leave for a month, blushed with embarrassment. No matter which pot you lift;
As for Zhang Jun, even though his name was not called, he was also very angry... Why should he only worry about Han and Yue? Why should he not worry about himself?
On the other side, Lu Zai and Xin Ciying, who had been prepared under the emperor's instructions, wrote down exactly what Qin Hui said.
"Wang Ciweng! Wang Ciweng embezzled the military funds allocated to Hanzhong!"
"Gou Long Ruyuan, you seduced Wu Biaochen's concubine and entered his backyard during his funeral!"
"And... Zhang Jun! You are worried that Liu Qi will share the responsibility and lead to a big defeat at the hands of the Jin!"
Originally they were just attacking the emperor, but now they just launched an indiscriminate attack.
Liu Bang just stood beside him, staring at whoever Qin Hui called his name.
By the time Prime Minister Qin's right arm turned into white bones, half of the officials in the courtyard had been seen by the emperor.
At this time, above Sibei Tower.
Ji Wu stood next to Chaozi and took a real look.
This... No, why did my brother-in-law become the emperor? !
He and Wang Xiaoer alternated. When one went down to deliver the news, the other came in from outside the door to hold on. In this way, no details were missed.
From shock to doubt, from confusion to ecstasy...
In just a few moments, Ji Wu experienced ups and downs in his life.
Damn it, I still keep too low-key on weekdays!
Thinking of this, he slapped the dwarf on the head.
But before he touched anyone, his hand was stopped by someone traveling with the dwarf.
Ji Wu didn't care at all about the murderous eyes on the other side and said extremely arrogantly:
"The man below, the Emperor of Song, is my brother-in-law!"
Chaozi was a little surprised at first. He knew that this man was a senior member of the Song Dynasty, and seeing his behavior, he regarded him as a rogue in the army.
But he didn't expect that he would be the emperor of Song Dynasty.
This person is completely different from what I know!
Signaling others not to move, the man let go of Ji Wu. At this moment, the man rushed out as if he was crazy.
Wang Xiaoer at the door only knew that it was his turn, so he took over Ji Wu's place.
After watching for a while, he went crazy like Ji Wu.
Look at Ji Wu again. He came down and gave this guy a slap: "My brother-in-law is the emperor."
He kicked him again: "My brother-in-law is the emperor."
He was so domineering that if Lao Wang hadn't pulled him away, he would have fought all the way to Kaifeng Mansion.
"What a fool, why are you so crazy?"
"Fuck... godfather, our brother-in-law, not... your brother-in-law..."
After giving himself a slap, Ji Wu straightened his mouth:
"Your son-in-law is the emperor!"
Before Lao Wangtou could react, he saw his own son running down again:
"Dad! Your brother-in-law is the emperor!"
Yes, now he understands better. If he wants to go crazy, he won't go crazy twice at once.
Bystanders came over and wanted to ask what was going on in Dali Temple now.
As soon as he got closer, Lao Wangtou slapped him in the face.
"My son-in-law is the emperor!"
Everyone in the store sighed, not knowing what evil the store owner had done. In just one stick of incense, three people went crazy.
The dwarf upstairs thought for a while and then said:
"The Song Emperor's plans are not small, and a war between the two countries is inevitable."
"Order someone to go and inform the fourth prince so that he can make preparations in advance."
The person next to him bowed, turned around and was about to leave, then seemed to remember something, turned around and asked:
"Since a battle is inevitable, you should come back with me."
The dwarf unfolded the folding fan in his hand, patted his chest gently, and fanned the hair on his temples:
"How is Xiao Yi?"
Another person stood up and said, "He's still alive."
"Go and tell the Fourth Prince that we can't stay in Lin'an for the time being. We can go to other places."
"I'm in the south. If there's anything going on in the south, it's best to report it back as soon as possible."
"Moreover..."
The dwarf suddenly laughed and stopped talking.
A few days ago, Song State began to look for them.
If he hadn't been prepared, he might have been caught by now.
Despite this, the permanent envoy of the Kingdom of Jin to the Kingdom of Song was still placed under house arrest.
This series of actions by the Emperor of Song Dynasty made it clear that he did not want peace.
It is true that Jin Guo does not want to fight now, but it does not mean that Jin Guo is afraid of war.
If he stays here, maybe something will happen.
Liu Bang felt that someone was looking at him. When he looked up, except for a few people on the Sibei Building, there was no one else.
When he came back to his senses, he thought of someone just now.
Liu Bei.
The story of the Three Kingdoms that Lu Zai told is almost over, and these days it is time to get to the exciting part.
If he were here...I'm afraid he would have to bow to the people of this world.
But...Liu Ji never knew how to apologize.
He has always been a person who "it is better to complain about others than to blame himself." What Qin Hui said was both a humiliation and a blow to his imperial power.
It's okay, it's really okay.
Imperial power, just like Xiang Yu and Han Xin, wanted to return to other countries. For them, imperial power is something that does not exist and should not exist.
For this thing, it is best to imitate Shi Huangdi. Once the knife is shining, it is more effective than anything else.
As long as you control the degree and don't go too far, even if Qin Hui goes too far... Liu Bang even hopes that Qin Hui can go too far.
Keep this resentment, the current Song Dynasty, whether it is officials or Jianghu, all need this thing.
After Qin Xiangye's legs were completely chopped off, he was about to die and finally couldn't say anything else.
It actually made many ministers breathe a sigh of relief.
"How many more knives are there?"
The old man wiped his sweat, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have one more sword."
"Keep it, leave it to me."
The old man did not dare to disobey. For him, the more than 200 knives just now were the most convenient and happiest 200 knives in his life.
Liu Bang took the sword sent by the man next to him and looked at the people around the Dali Temple.
What he could only see might be a few thousand, but he knew that behind these people, there were more than a hundred thousand, a million, or tens of millions of people!
"Everyone! Did you hear what Qin Hui said?!"
No one dared to respond to him, and no one knew whether the emperor would silence him.
Only a childish voice sounded: "I heard it!"
His father quickly covered his son's mouth, but saw the emperor walking toward the door with a knife in hand.
He wanted to retreat, but was blocked by someone and couldn't move any further.
So, he immediately knelt down:
"Your Majesty, please forgive me! Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
"Child's nonsense, Your Majesty, don't accept it..."
Before he finished speaking, the emperor stretched out his hand towards him.
The child was not afraid and put his hand on the emperor's hand.
So the emperor caught him and held him in his arms.
"You are the only one who heard it, so I will only listen to you."
The child nodded, not knowing why his father was crying.
"People from the Jin Kingdom killed our compatriots, robbed our things, and harmed our women."
"But today, I won't talk about things about my family and country, only about people."
"They killed my brothers, defiled my sisters, and robbed my things. What do you think I should do?"
The child didn't understand the meaning of these words, but he still recognized the words 'kill' and 'rob'.
After thinking for a while: "We should take revenge."
"Yes!" The emperor kissed him on the face and put him back. "You deserve revenge!"
"Today, General Qin Hui has revealed the crime of Jin Ren. I ask you to remember it for me and remind me at all times!"
"If one day I forget about this, you should come and tell me that you should take revenge and that you should not forget about your relatives."
"And whoever dares to stop me from taking revenge... Everyone should also bear witness. Qin Hui will be his fate!"
The emperor...has already said his words to death.
There's no room for that.
Yue Fei was the first to react and said with red eyes:
"revenge!"
Soon, these two words rang out in Dali Temple. Regardless of whether they were just fake words or not, everyone was shouting along.
The people outside... followed one after another, ten people, ten thousand people, to one hundred thousand people.
In this Lin'an City, you can only hear two words:
revenge.
It was in this shout that resounded throughout the world that Liu Bang stood in front of Qin Hui.
"You should have died a long time ago."
Qin Hui's eyelids moved. It was obvious that he heard the shouts of these people and the emperor's voice.
A knife passed through his neck, and a large amount of blood leaked out.
Why...why is it like this?
Until his death, he did not understand what went wrong.
In the eleventh year of Shaoxing, Qin Huizhi, Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty,
He was sent to Dali Temple and Fengbo Pavilion in Lin'an.
(End of chapter)
