Chapter 98: The hand rises and the knife falls, and the head falls!
But this is the custom of the ancients.
Because some poor families do not have the financial resources to raise a daughter, they can only let their daughters get married early, or sell them to wealthy families as maids when they are seven or eight years old.
Those who are good-looking will be sold to others as child brides.
If this girl is sensible, she will return the money she earned from the landlord's house to her original parents to repay them for their upbringing.
But most of the maids are living a very miserable life, let alone saving money to send home.
Moreover, in wealthy families, they can only be concubines and cannot become wives.
But is Li Lizhi old enough to talk about marriage? This is something Li Chengfeng did not expect.
"Who are you marrying? Sister?"
Li Chengfeng asked curiously.
Li Lizhi puffed up her cheeks and said: "Of course it's not confirmed yet! However, I heard that there are many young men from noble families who want to find their mother to propose marriage later. Alas, it has made me very annoyed recently!"
"okay!"
"Yes, and in a few years, I will indeed be of age to get married! Xiao Wu is also nine years old this year, right? When Xiao Wu is in a few years, someone will come to Xiao Wu to propose marriage! After all,
Xiao Wu is so good-looking, many people will definitely like him!"
"What? I'm a princess, I, I..."
Wu Xu began to hesitate and his face turned rosy.
Li Chengfeng scratched the itch on the back of his head.
In fact, Wu Xu later became the empress of the Tang Dynasty and was also the wife of Li Shimin.
But now, do you want to step in?
"I think Xiao Wu and brother Feng'er are a perfect match! Although there is a few years difference in age between you two, it doesn't matter! After all, brother Feng'er is so smart and will definitely be very popular in the future, so Xiao Wu, you also
Cherish it!"
"Ah? I, the Eighth Prince, I..."
Wu Xu blushed and began to speak incoherently.
Li Chengfeng did not expect that Princess Li Lizhi of Changle would actually bring him and Wu Xu together?
But this little girl is really good-looking. When she grows up, she will probably be the kind of beauty who will captivate a country.
Li Chengfeng took another bite of the big snow pear and thought: Forget it, let's talk about this kind of thing later. Anyway, he is so young now, what can he do?
…
"Beheaded!"
"Stab it!"
Among the crowd, no one knew who shouted loudly.
On the execution platform, an executioner held a broad knife, took a sip of wine and sprayed it on the knife edge, then raised the knife and dropped it, and the head fell to the ground.
"ah……"
Li Lizhi drank Wu Xu and the two of them forgot to cover their eyes, and immediately screamed.
And Li Chengfeng stood there blankly, blinking.
Seeing something like a bowling ball rolling on the ground several times, Li Chengfeng was stunned for a moment.
"puff……"
He took a big squirt and squirted out all the pears in his mouth.
"It's scary, it's really scary!"
Li Chengfeng's face turned red, he held his stomach and retched.
Suddenly, a big hand was put on Li Chengfeng's shoulder. Li Chengfeng was startled and said: "Oh my God, that bastard? Damn, don't touch me!"
Looking sideways, he saw an old man with black lines all over his head, looking at Li Chengfeng with doubtful eyes.
The person who came was none other than Li Yuan.
Li Chengfeng smiled and said, "Grandpa, why are you here too? Haha!"
"Little bastard, who are you calling a bastard? Who is the ghost?"
"Uh-huh, grandpa, please don't touch me. I just saw the beheading. I thought that man was dead and came to take revenge on me!"
Li Chengfeng smiled bitterly and scolded Li Yuan without thinking.
And Li Yuan also had a helpless look on his face.
Li Yuan touched his beard and said with a smile: "Feng'er, you have never been on the battlefield. When you see such a scene, you will naturally feel scared! But look at the other ministers, which one has a look of fear on their faces?"
"Humans, life and death are normal things! Qin Shihuang pursued immortality so hard, but in the end he died with the passage of time? So there is nothing to be afraid of in terms of the concept of death. What is supposed to come will always come, and it won't
Even if he comes, he can’t come, right?”
"Yes, yes, grandpa is right!"
"Well, then you have never been on the battlefield! The truly tragic scenes on the battlefield are even more terrifying and bloody than this!"
Li Yuan stroked his beard and said: "Back then, I was also a man who fought on the battlefield! The number of dead souls under my command is eighty if not a hundred! So, there is nothing to be afraid of!"
Li Yuan felt that the future Li Chengfeng would definitely be a pillar of the Tang Dynasty, and he might experience fighting and killing on the battlefield, so he should let go of these things early and not be afraid of killing people or ghosts. This would be very important to Li Chengfeng.
The future may be a good thing!
Li Chengfeng nodded and said, "Well, thank you grandpa for the church, I understand!"
…
At this time, Li Shimin was sitting on the left side of the execution platform, watching a dozen criminals in the theft case being questioned and executed one by one.
The most regrettable thing is that of the Duke of Yun, Zhang Liang.
He is one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion in the Tang Dynasty, and has a bright future, power and status.
But he had bad thoughts about the 100,000 gold relief gold distributed by Li Shimin to Fang Xuanling?
This is the path of no return for him leading to the death penalty.
"Your Majesty, the auspicious time has come!"
"cut!"
Li Shimin shouted loudly, and the executioners raised their knives and dropped their heads.
Li Lizhi and Wu Xu didn't dare to watch anymore.
Li Chengfeng was horrified when he saw it, so he simply turned away and stopped looking at beheadings.
Although Li Chengfeng has the mind of a 22-year-old adult.
But he had never seen such a thing as beheading, so he would inevitably feel panicked.
"Come on, stop looking. Erbai, come on, let's go play!"
After watching the beheading once, Li Chengfeng felt it was too bloody, so he simply called the big black dog and ran to the nearby martial arts field to play.
July is still a hot summer day and the weather is very hot.
Li Lizhi and Wu Xu saw Li Chengfeng running away to play, and they followed him.
Li Lizhi shouted: "Brother Feng'er, where are you going to play? Wait for me!"
"I'm going to the martial arts arena to have a look. I don't want to see beheadings!"
"Wait a minute, I'll go too, I want to play with you!"
Then, Li Lizhi also ran over and caught up with Li Chengfeng, while Wu Xu also followed behind Li Lizhi.
Li Lizhi felt that it was boring to play with other people in the palace. They were all too polite, so Li Lizhi had to be very polite in return.
However, when playing with Li Chengfeng, she was particularly able to let herself go and felt very relaxed.
That's why she would often run to the Prince's Mansion whenever there was nothing to do.
Chapter completed!