May 15th, sunny and breezy.
A stand was built early on a flat dam at the entrance to the East Market in Licheng. There were a few chairs on the stand, and on the only table there were some command arrows used in the yamen and the like.
A large space was left open under the stage, guarded by hundreds of armed soldiers, separating the stand and the open space from the crowd.
In addition to hundreds of household soldiers, five hundred Licheng garrison soldiers were also allowed to serve in the city today, mainly to maintain law and order in the East Market area.
There are dozens of prison vans parked along the road in the southwest direction of the East Market, with several prisoners in each prison van.
These prisoners looked numb and had obvious injuries all over their bodies. Most of them were sitting lifelessly in the car like dead people. A few of them had sad faces, whether they were regretful or angry, or even in pain or bursting into tears.
Since the morning, many ordinary people have been coming to the East Market, curious and honest, staying in the designated area. They know that hundreds of people will be executed here at noon today, and most of these people are officials.
The excitement of watching the excitement makes most people forget the horrific scene of beheading. Besides, killing so many people at once is a new thing that has not happened in a century to the people of Licheng.
In addition to people watching the fun, there are actually many people in the crowd who have come from other cities. These people are not here to watch the fun but to witness the tragic death of their enemies. They are watching evil be punished and redressing the grievances in their hearts. The ultimate catharsis.
All the living members of the Lin family came. They picked up rocks and threw them at Zhang Kui's family in the prison car like crazy. They also didn't spare Li Bing and others. In the end, the guards in custody were worried that the prisoner would be beaten to death and delay his punishment, so he intervened.
"Stop smashing it, just be willing to do it. Later, these main criminals will either be killed or cut into pieces. The death method will not be worse than you stoned to death? Don't do it a disservice!"
When the soldiers said this, these people who were out of control calmed down. Come to think of it, wouldn't killing these beasts help them escape in advance? How could anything be so cheap!
As a result, there was no commotion outside the prison van, and everyone was waiting for the people in the van to surrender.
time flies.
According to the rules of the Jingjiu Dynasty, public executions belong to the world of advertising and must be upright and aboveboard. Therefore, the time of execution is also particular, and is generally chosen at the time of day when the yang energy is strongest: at noon.
At the beginning of the afternoon, Tang Qingyuan led the two trial hundred households and the remaining five general banners, and surrounded Jiang Cheng, the official of the Qianhu Office of the Qianhu Office in Fengri City, who came specially to supervise the beheading, to the stands.
The stand is not big and cannot accommodate so many people. Except for the two hundred households brought by Jiang Cheng, the only person in Licheng who can go up to the stage to oversee the killing is Tang Qingyuan and Shen Hao. Even the two trial hundred households are not qualified to go up.
It's not that Tang Qingyuan is deliberately trying to boost Shen Hao's power, but that supervisory executions are usually carried out by the person responsible for the specific investigation. There is a beginning and an end. How shameless is it to steal the limelight of his subordinates just for the sake of superficiality?
Shen Hao was in high spirits today. He even removed the bandages on his shoulders and legs, changed into a brand new black robe of the general flag, and even had a beautiful bun. This is in line with the aesthetics of this world, and he has exactly the same look. A resolute and heroic figure.
Under the sunshine at noon, a seemingly upright aura emerged from Shen Hao's body, and instantly spread to the audience, making the people watching the excitement and the victims who came to witness the tragic death of their enemies couldn't help but calm down, and looked at them with burning eyes. The flag officer standing in front of the table on the stage.
"We are hereby ordered to execute two hundred and thirty-four prisoners including Li Longcheng, Li Bing, Zhang Kui, and Zhang Hu. In order to uphold the law and support justice, the evil deeds committed by the prisoners are made public. The first criminals Li Bing and Li Longcheng, intending to assassinate the imperial official..."
Shen Hao used his true energy amplification to announce the crimes of these death row prisoners word for word. The sound spread out and resounded throughout the East Market, ensuring that everyone watching could hear clearly.
This is also a rule. Everyone should know that the law is ruthless and cruel. If you dare to commit any crime, you must be prepared to be severely punished by the law.
Deterrence is also an important effect of public executions.
After reading a large section of the crime, there was silence below. Everyone was frightened by what these death row prisoners had done, and immediately reacted with a wave of incompetent rage. Fortunately, there are still good officials like Mr. Shen in this world. Otherwise, wouldn’t the world be completely upside down?
"Kill them! Kill them!"
What is public outrage? Now Shen Hao has seen it.
Standing on the high platform, Shen Hao had a clear view of the audience. He could feel the inner anger and murderous intent of these ordinary people. Together, they actually made him, a monk at the sixth level of Qi Refining, feel a chill down his spine for a moment. .
"According to the law, the principal criminals such as Li Longcheng and Li Bing will be executed in Lingchi; the accomplices such as Zhang Hu and Zhang Kui will be executed in Wuli..."
Then Shen Hao took out the Ling Jian on the table, and with a sudden thought, he asked Tang Qingyuan and Jiang Cheng, who were sitting upright behind him, to give Ling Jian a "red", so that the two bosses could also participate in this bloody performance.
This idea was suddenly thought of by Shen Hao. Looking at the approving looks in Jiang Cheng and Tang Qingyuan's eyes, he knew that these two people should be very useful.
Holding the batch of red arrows he got after flattering him, Shen Hao threw them down the stage grandly and said loudly: "First the accomplice, then the principal offender, each will be identified and executed one by one!"
There were more than two hundred people. In fact, most of them were people from the Qianjia banner who had been affected by Chiyu. Most of them were beheaded.
Ten people at a time, after being identified, the executioner would shout a call, and they would all behead them with their swords.
With a neat swish, the ten heads fell into the bamboo baskets placed on the ground in advance, so as to prevent them from rolling around and causing trouble.
The smell of blood began to spread from the first wave, quickly inducing vomiting among the onlookers standing at the front. Human blood is much more smelly than animal blood.
Then there are those felons who were cut in half. This group is relatively troublesome. After being cut in half, they will wail in pain for a long time before dying. During this period, the punishment did not stop. Just howl on one side and continue cutting on the other side.
When it was broken, most of the people watching were induced to vomit.
In the end, the main culprit, Ling Chi, and the former victims crowded in front like crazy, with their eyes like daggers, laughing and crying bitterly, and some even shouted the names of their dead relatives and said that great revenge had been avenged.
The execution lasted from noon to Shenchu, a full hour and a half.
The smelly blood covered a large area of the ground. Because of the sunny day, a lot of it dried up and turned into dark red, which made people dizzy.
The brave ones saw it till the end, while some timid ones escaped early.
The people in the stands also left after the execution of the last main criminal. All that was left was to wait for those who were not dead after being cut in half to die. At the same time, Qinza began to clean the place, and the bodies were sent to the mass graves, and the ground had to be cleaned quickly.
In this way, a mighty and bloody show came to an end.
However, Shen Hao still failed to go home to rest. He was stopped by Tang Qingyuan, who said that Jiang Qianhu had something to talk to him about.
