After hearing Qiu Xizi's first sentence, Shao Cheng's soul flew into the sky, and he felt like he was looking down at the execution field.
He opened his mouth to say something, but the mouth refused to obey him - because his thoughts were running too fast, as if a lot of words rushed to his mouth and were about to flow out, but he was blocked and unable to say a word.
Then there was a burst of heat in the chest and abdomen, layers of sweat on the back, and a cold feeling in the howling north wind.
Thanks to the ancestral system left by Zhu Yuanzhang, Qiu Xizi shouted out everything about Hu Yong's silence and was not stopped. Moreover, because these words had been circulating in his mind for several days, when he said them, his voice was loud enough and concise, which directly detonated the execution ground.
The onlookers surrounding the execution ground were eerily silent for a while, and then suddenly burst into cheers! Because Qiu Xizi's revelations are both terrifying and strange about "extension of office" and suspenseful and surprising about a major murder case, and his willingness to submit to the law and only seek a complaint is also mixed with "righteousness" and "courage", which directly The audience's adrenaline is at its peak!
After the cheers came one after another, a voice suddenly screamed "Let him speak!" in the execution ground, and then the whole place was filled with voices of "Let him speak", gradually becoming unified.
The Jinyiweitang official who announced the decree saw that the situation on the execution ground was a little out of control. He raised his right arm and the soldiers with loaded ammunition removed the blunderbuss from their shoulders. When he gave the order, they would raise it levelly to suppress it. The onlookers calmed down immediately upon seeing this, and the noisy voices gradually became quieter.
Now the chief officer in charge of the execution, Shao Cheng, was at a loss, and the imperial guard officer did not care about the grievances of the condemned prisoner and just maintained order in the execution ground. The crowd under the banquet tent was leaderless for a while, and no one responded to Qiu Xizi's shouts.
Earl Li, who was sitting on the bench, almost broke his back molar when he saw Qiu Xizi making a fuss. He didn't care who the Hu Yong that Qiu Xizi called just now was, or what the official title was, he just wanted Qiu Xizi's head.
He stood up from the bench with a roar, pointed at Shao Cheng and cursed: "Can a death row prisoner avenge others? What does the grievances of the surnamed Hu have to do with him?! This beast clearly wants to bluff to survive!"
"You official, since you have proven your true identity, why don't you go back and issue cards to ask for execution! If the time passes, I will impeach you!"
Shao Cheng was stunned for a moment when he saw the countenance he was wearing, and then he remembered that this was Empress Dowager Li's father, Wu Qingbo Li Wei, and that Qiu Xizi was his grandson's enemy.
He nodded and said: "Uncle Li is right. I am only interested in redressing the injustice, but I have nothing else to do!" He quickly walked a few steps back to the mat tent and was about to hand out a red card.
Suddenly, he heard someone in the banquet tent say loudly: "Master Shao, wait a moment!" Shao Cheng's heart skipped a beat again, and when he looked closely, it was Shao Boti, the main hall of Wanping County.
Seeing the Shao County magistrate, he cupped his hands and said, "It's not even half past eleven yet, and it's only a quarter before noon. Since this person is willing to submit to the law, why not come in and listen to what he has to say?"
After hearing what Shao Boti said, Daxing County Magistrate Wu Yuexiu also immediately beat the drum and said: "Master Shao, the people are so vocal now that it is really not advisable to act too hastily."
At the same time, he thought to himself, "This Shao Boti is not stupid at all. If the Shuntian Mansion is found, more than one person may be missing."
Shao Cheng's face turned pale, his eyes were on fire and he said, "Daxing County will only take the unclaimed corpses and bring them to Zelu Garden. Wanping County will only take the heads and hang them on poles to show the public. The rest is not something you two should say."
Every time these two county magistrates come to Xishi, they do have these two tasks, and the others have nothing to do with them. Wu Yuexiu encountered a hard problem and remained silent.
Shao Boti stood out from the crowd, pointed at the people talking around the execution ground, and said sternly:
"Master Shao, since your Majesty came to the throne, the emperor has only mentioned the word 'people' in his political coup laws. A few days ago, in the comment and reply memorial, there were also words such as 'The order of chaos in the world does not depend on the change of the system, but on the joy and sorrow of all the people.'" etc. - - If this prisoner on death row shouts "Unjust Case in Heavenly Prison", if he doesn't ask what happened, where will the imperial court be placed?!"
"The Tianlao is under the supervision of the Criminal Department - Mr. Shao will be under suspicion if he throws down this sign!"
Wu Yuexiu watched Shao Boti's sonorous and powerful speech from neighboring county. He was dumbfounded and felt thunder rolling in his heart. I thought to myself: "Did this guy take the wrong medicine?"
Daxing and Wanping are the counties under the emperor's feet. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been serious comparisons in various assessment items such as taxation, population, and theft. The relationship between the county magistrates is not easy, and their role positioning is that no one obeys the other. .
But now Magistrate Wu secretly gave a thumbs up to Shao Boti from the neighboring county and quietly wrote the word "submit". They all read the books of sages. Brother Shao from the neighboring county has indeed practiced it personally. This is a high level~
Although Wu Yuexiu admired him, he still kept silent and waited to see how Shao Cheng would reply.
Shao Cheng stared at Shao Boti with no expression on his face. He pondered for a moment and said: "According to the system, prisoners on death row can complain about their own grievances before execution. There are no stories or examples of redressing the grievances of others. Could it be that today's winter execution was because of him? Is this sentence at the wrong time?"
"Why not leave him alone and keep the rest as normal?"
After hearing Shao Boti's words, Shao Cheng said with a smile but not a smile: "Leave today's example in mind. From now on, people in the law enforcement field will complain for others. Whether you can afford it or not is another matter, but I will suffer the consequences - - Why did I come?"
Shao Boti saw that he was determined after eating the weight, and he also knew that Shao Cheng was the biggest in today's situation. He shook his head and said: "Since Master Shao doesn't allow it - then I will go out and listen to what Qiu Xizi said."
"Master Shao, there has never been such a rule in the law field. I don't allow it."
Shao Boti's confrontation with him reached this point, and he already knew in his heart that what Qiu Xizi shouted out must involve Shao Cheng - if not, Shao Cheng would never react like this.
Wu Yuexiu and the imperial guard officer standing aside also sensed that something was wrong with Shao Cheng, but at this time, the chief supervisor was the biggest, and Shao Boti had already done what he was questioning, so they remained silent.
Although Shao Cheng had the upper hand, when he saw Shao Boti holding his neck and staring at him, his heart beat like a drum. After thinking that it would be useless to talk to this stupid magistrate at this time, he sat down, picked up the ink pen, and drew circles on the signs identifying his identity one by one.
While he was making a circle, a group of executioners in red clothes walked into the execution ground from the west side. In the past, the onlookers around the execution ground would cheer and applaud, but today because Qiu Xizi shouted those few words, everyone was no longer interested in watching the excitement. They all stared at the mat tent with eager eyes.
Shao Boti turned around and looked at the thousands of pairs of praying eyes around the execution ground. These eyes were facing the soldiers in red clothes with loaded guns. Behind the soldiers were the death row prisoners and executioners kneeling on the ground. Shao Boti knew clearly that these What are the people praying for?
At this time, a piece of light yellow haze caused by heavy rain suddenly appeared in front of his eyes. There was a figure in a dragon robe, but he bent down to pick up the rice and ran to the warehouse - this figure was talking to the people around him. Shouting, laughing, and running together.
He waved his hand, summoned the county government officials he had brought over, and ordered this. Then he raised his hands to Wu Yuexiu and others, led the government officials and Kuaishou to surround Qiu Xizi, and shouted: "This county will report to Tianfu for a decree. No one can kill this death row prisoner until the decree comes!"
