At this time, Baiyu was at the intersection of Jingdong City.
Today's Dongshi Street is bustling with traffic and crowds of people; the roads leading to and from are blocked by crowds, and the city has a rare appearance of empty streets.
"I heard, it seems like we are going to kill a big shot today!"
"Nonsense, the princess is obviously getting married!"
"What has this gentleman committed?"
"My lord, do you think that my lord will be like you? I have a lot of money to pay for my life. I guess the young master of some family paid someone to take the blame for him."
"I heard from Lao Wang in our alley that the person who is going to be executed today has killed someone!"
"It is said that this man is a powerful monster with three heads, six mouths and eight legs!"
"You must have listened to storytelling too much, and there is a monster with three heads and six mouths..."
"Really! Our dog boy said he saw it with his own eyes! The monster was tied up with iron chains and covered with strange yellow paper."
"Have a good death, have a good death. One more of these people will die."
People were discussing the purpose of their gathering here, with different opinions and different opinions. Everyone blushed and argued with each other, saying that "what they said is true" and "they saw it with their own eyes."
It was as if they had actually seen it with their own eyes.
Not long after, a group of ferocious military attachés opened a path from the crowd to the execution ground. This group of military attachés formed a circle, escorting several people dressed as civilian officials and the executioner, and driving away a grey-faced and ragged prisoner. This prisoner wore a wooden shackle on his head, iron ropes on his wrists, hemp ropes on his body, and shackles on his ankles - —I don’t know what kind of serious crime he committed to be so tightly wrapped in torture instruments.
This prisoner has tender skin and a fair appearance. At a glance, one can tell that he is the son of a wealthy family - children from ordinary families have been working hard since they were young, and it is impossible to raise such a wealthy young master. But this young master who usually flaunted his power, now saw the executioner, the beheading knife, and the dark crowd, finally lowered his high head.
He originally thought that He Nan didn't have the guts and courage to kill him. He thought that his brother Jiang Wenbing could use all his power to save him. He thought that under the protection of the name "General Hussar", he could sit back and relax, but everything in front of him He had to make him realize the reality - he was destined to die here today. Jiang Chen no longer had that domineering and arrogant attitude. Instead, he lowered his head like a defeated rooster and did not dare to say anything. He only silently prayed in his heart that his brother would have time to kill him before his head was cut off. Save your life.
Jiang Chen's hands and feet were cold, and they were shaking violently like chaff. Every step closer to the execution platform, his spirit became more and more depressed. He was almost carried to the platform by several military attachés. As soon as the military attaches placed him on the cold ground of the execution ground, he struggled to escape from the purgatory-like scene in front of him. Just because he was too frightened, his whole body was as limp as cooked noodles. His limbs were curled together, but his body kept arching and squeezing toward the edge of the stage, almost using up all his strength.
At this time, it is the season of spring and summer with scorching sun, and the handover of the hottest part of the day, Siwu. But in Jiang Chen's eyes, everything was so cold and desolate; he rolled around desperately like a maggot, but in the end had to fall into the bottomless pit of stench.
Seeing Jiang Chen reaching the edge of the high platform and about to fall down, the military attache closest to him quickly stretched out his hand to pull him back.
"Don't touch me!" The man who looked like a madman suddenly howled. It was the most desolate and tragic cry he had ever made in his life.
But no one around him responded to his screams.
The officials of Shanhe Prefecture have experienced countless executions and have seen countless people's behavior before death, and they have long been accustomed to it; the people in the audience had no sympathy for him, and their eyes were full of curiosity-Today Who is it that is going to be beheaded? What exactly was committed?
Jiang Chen finally collapsed - the torture at Shanhe Mansion made him suffer, and He Nan's punishment made him despair, but he always maintained a glimmer of hope for life. Until now, he could see indifference in everyone's eyes - it was like looking at a dead person, or an animal like a pig or sheep. His body no longer shook, but completely relaxed, and a strong stench came from his crotch.
"Hey...he...is incontinent." The military attache who pulled him up couldn't help but frown, and at the same time loosened his hand. A foul stench suddenly filled the air, and the crowd around him instantly dispersed back several feet, fearing that feces and urine would splash onto him.
"Okay, the time is coming." said the civil servant holding the document in his hand. "Pull him into the middle."
Several military attaches looked disgusted, but they had to do so. They pulled Jiang Chen's limbs respectively, dragged Jiang Chen to the center of the high platform, and placed his body in a kneeling position. Jiang Chen has completely lost the ability to control his body and can only be manipulated by others. Rather than kneeling on the ground, he is more like a "pile" there.
The time had reached three quarters to noon. The official holding the document in his hand walked to the front of the crowd, spread out the document in his hand, and shouted loudly to the noisy crowd: "Quiet!"
Seeing this distinguished man shouting, the noisy crowd gradually became quiet from near to far, waiting to hear what this man had to say.
"Jiang Chen, formerly a member of the Household Department and the nephew of the Hussar General, killed the people in the capital, raped good families, and was forced to death because of rape and intimidation. He was unswerving in his evil deeds and was full of crimes. Now he will be put to the east outside the Pleiades Gate. The city will publicly interrogate and behead him, and he will be sentenced to death." The civil servant spoke every word, especially when he stated Jiang Chen's evil deeds, he almost gritted his teeth. It was obvious that he was quite resentful and disgusted with this person. He finished chanting the edict loudly and waved his hand to the executioner behind him, indicating that the executioner could carry out the execution.
There are crowds of people in the market, flags are flying in the execution ground, there is a fishy wind in the sky, and blood is billowing from the knife head. The tiger-backed executioner held his breath and concentrated, his arms shook, and he raised the ghost-headed sword in his hand high above his head.
Jiang Chen couldn't see the beheading knife above his head, but he could feel the sound of wind whistling by his ears. The sound of wind mixed with the fishy smell from the knife edge rushed towards Jiang Chen's face, like a reminder of death. The executioner's knife held high cut off countless heads, and seemed to be emitting bursts of mournful screams. Jiang Chen was already frightened to death - he was actually scared to death.
Of course, no one knew that Hou Zhan's fellow was so frightened that he died.
At this critical moment - the thunderous sound of horse hooves and the knight's deafening call came from the street, "Save someone under the sword!"
This fast-paced rider naturally comes from the Hussar General's Mansion - no matter what deal Qi Dan and He Nan reached, in Jiang Wenbing's eyes, his brother had to be saved, at least to delay it for a while until his father came back. most.
The executioner holding the machete hesitated for a moment, and cast doubtful eyes on the civil official who was also stunned in place and had just read out the charges. The civil servant's reaction was quite quick, and he immediately looked for Li Mastiff Chun and Li Yushi, who was hiding in the crowd. Li Zhanchun did not intervene. He just nodded firmly and signaled his men to execute him immediately.
The broadsword was wrapped in the fierce wind and fell down, cutting off Jiang Chen's head and separating his body and head. Scarlet blood spattered from the broken part of his neck, and Jiang Chen's skull rolled under the execution platform.
When the people saw the beheading with their own eyes, they were naturally frightened, and the circle spread out several feet. The timid ones turned their heads silently, restrained their words and deeds, and did not dare to say anything again. The more courageous ones covered their eyes and watched Jiang Chen's death through the gaps between their fingers.
The cavalryman who delivered the message drove his horse through the waves and separated from the crowd to approach the execution ground. However, when he saw Jiang Chen's head being beheaded by the executioner, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart - he was a step too late and returned to the hussar this time. I'm afraid the General's Mansion will inevitably be punished. But the matter had come to this, and no one could do anything about it. He had no choice but to bow slightly to the officials who were presiding over the execution. This informed them that he had been here, and he then anxiously rode back along the original road.
According to common sense, the cases tried by Shanhe Mansion must go through the "three trials", that is, the three trials of "preliminary trial, review, and final trial", and have complete files - divided into "reported", "investigation", and " These four parts of "confession" and "examination" can lead to conviction and execution by Shanhe Prefecture. In other words, Jiang Chen's execution could be completed in Shanhe Mansion - as long as he got Li Zhanchun's permission and sealed the complete file.
It's just that there is something different about Jiang Chen's case - the difference does not come from the facts of the case, but from the official who is presiding over the trial - Shanhe Prefecture Chief He Nan. Before He Nan left, he insisted to Li Zhanchun that Jiang Chen must be beheaded to publicize the case to the world in order to correct official conduct and punish him with justice.
When Li Mastiff Chun asked his apprentice why he had to do this, He Nan gave an answer that Li Mastiff Chun found unbelievable. If others heard it, they would even be a little shocked and funny: "For the sake of the world."
For the sake of all people in the world? What kind of bullshit reason is this? It's fair to say that he wanted to take revenge on Jiang Wenbing and play Qi Shantong. Whether Jiang Chen dies or not, why does it have anything to do with the common people in the world? Is it possible that if Jiang Chen, a playboy, doesn't die, the world will be filled with sorrow and all lives will be in ruins?
Climbing to the sky is not as good as crossing the Shu Road, and life is more difficult than traveling. The last words He Nan said before leaving the house - "How could He Nan be the only one in trouble" were the truest portrayal of his heart. "
The most difficult thing is never any one person, but the whole crowd, the common people.
Kill Jiang Chen, behead him in public, and make the case known to the world. He Nan's move has its own profound meaning - everyone said that "Confucianism uses literature to disrupt the law, and chivalrous people use martial arts to violate the prohibition." However, in He Nan's view, it is "officials use power to violate the law, and businessmen use wealth to violate the prohibition." Officials use power for personal gain. , businessmen are only interested in profit; there is also collusion between officials and businessmen, power and wealth are intertwined, and there are so many things that care about human lives. In their eyes, the common people are nothing more than cattle, sheep, chickens and dogs, nothing more than men and women.
Shanhe Mansion has always been clean and honest, and Li Zhanchun has been praying for the people for decades. He is fair and strict in judging cases and judging prisons. He makes sure that rewards and punishments are passed through legislation, which makes the government and the public dignified. He also opened Shanhe Academy to pave a broad road for students from poor families to enter the palace.
He Nan has been following in Li Zhanchun's footsteps. Today's Jiang Chen's death was so sinful that it was the last thing He Nan did for his master and Shanhe Mansion, and it was also the first thing he did for the common people.
"When a prince breaks the law, he is as guilty as the common people."
He wanted to make the sky clear and to give justice to the people. He wanted the sky to be clear every day, even if it was only for one day.
