Chapter 394: We Tell You to Catch You! (Seeking Monthly Ticket)(1/3)
The conditions proposed by Lan Yu were not excessive.
Because according to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, the standard meal for death row prisoners was one tael of silver, which was enough to set up a small banquet.
Therefore, Lan Yu only needs a plate of boiled shrimps in salt water, which can save the court a lot of money.
Jiang Wei quickly ordered people to prepare prawns and also prepared decapitation rice for others.
There are a lot of people to kill this time. There are hundreds of people with names and surnames, and there are even more people with no names. The Zhang Wang family, the Lan Zhang family, etc., totaling up to one thousand and two
More than a hundred people.
However, this was still the result of Lao Zhu closing the case hastily and not giving Jiang Wei much time to involve himself.
If it were the Sapphire Case in another time and space, the number of people would have increased tenfold before they had to turn around.
Jiang Wei left the cell directly after asking Lan Yu. As for other people's decapitation meals, he was not in charge of them. They could eat whatever they wanted, and their own cell bosses would take care of them.
The next morning, the prison chief gave decapitation meals to every cell.
Many people just cried when they saw the decapitated meal, without any appetite.
Relatively speaking, the generals of Lan Yu's party are quite free and easy. Everyone eats meat and drinks heavily.
After Lan Yu finished a plate of hand-peeled prawns and drank a bottle of wine, he lay down on the haystack and took a nap, waiting for the Jin Yiwei men to take him to the execution ground.
Around midnight, hundreds of guards in uniform walked into the prison. They opened the cells one by one to identify themselves, and put a tag on the back of each person's neck.
Lan Yu also suffered the same treatment, but Xiao Bing's actions were relatively gentle and he was not beaten or scolded.
Lan Yu followed everyone out of the cell, and was suddenly stimulated by the bright light outside and couldn't open his eyes, but he still squinted greedily at the sun above his head, feeling the last warmth.
"it's over!"
After Lan Yu said these words, she resolutely stepped into the prison car and was surrounded by a group of guards in uniforms and went to the Meridian Gate.
When the people in the capital heard that more than a thousand people were going to be killed today, they rushed over to watch the excitement and blocked the square outside the Meridian Gate.
Lan Yu stood in the prison car and looked at the people on both sides, thinking about the unprecedented grand scene when she returned from the great victory in Fishing Sea.
Unexpectedly, several years later, before his execution, the same scene would happen again.
Lan Yu glanced at the crowd and found that there were not many familiar people, so she began to look straight ahead.
The road ahead was very wide, and everyone backed away as hard as they could, as if they were afraid of being caught by the prison van's bad luck.
Lan Yu looked at the spacious road and suddenly had a question in her heart, how did she make the road so narrow and end up on the dead end road?
Arrogant?
arrogant?
greedy?
He is indeed quite arrogant, especially after the Battle of Yuerhai, even Fu Youde and Feng Sheng didn't take him seriously.
Fortunately, Fu Youde is a good old man and never cares about himself. Although Feng Sheng has a bad temper, he also has a carefree temper and does not take it too personally.
As for greed...
Which general is not greedy?
If military generals were neither greedy for money nor lewd, but would distribute rewards to the soldiers under their command, wouldn't Butcher Zhu be even more unable to sleep?
Lan Yu thought about it and felt that her only fault was that she was arrogant. But he had such a bad temper. If he was polite, would he still be Lan Yu?
well!
If there was an afterlife, he would not be a human being!
It’s so hard to be a human being!
When Lan Yu looked at the people around him, the people around him were also looking at him.
"Hey, isn't this General Lan?"
"Some time ago, the imperial court held a triumphal celebration for General Lan. Why did it happen so quickly?"
"It is said to be a rebellion!"
"rebellion?"
"Isn't it possible?"
"General Lan is the uncle of the emperor's grandson. Why would he want to rebel..."
Several people were talking about this, and suddenly someone asked.
"Should we throw away the rotten eggs we prepared in advance?"
Several people looked at the troublemaker and then shook their heads.
"Save it, what if General Lan turns into a ghost and comes to look for you..."
As soon as the good-hearted person heard this, he quickly threw the rotten eggs into the gutter and never mentioned it again.
Lan Yu was like a pioneer, using his reputation to frighten all the onlookers, saving himself and those behind him from an unnecessary disaster.
Not long after, they were brought to the execution platform. Everyone was lined up and knelt on the platform, waiting for the executioner's order.
However, what surprised Lan Yu was that the position of executioner was vacant.
Just when he was doubtful, a sound of gongs was sounded to clear the way.
"The Emperor has arrived!"
"All officers, soldiers and civilians are waiting on their knees to greet us!"
As soon as the people heard that the emperor had arrived, they hurriedly knelt on the ground waiting to kowtow, and then followed the slogans of others and shouted long live the emperor.
It is not common for the emperor to personally supervise the execution!
When Lan Yu heard that Lao Zhu personally came to supervise and behead her, she felt quite proud and turned her neck with difficulty to look over.
Lao Zhu was still in good spirits, walking as if he was carrying the wind. When passing by the execution platform, he glanced at Lan Yu who was kneeling on the platform, with a hint of coldness and disdain in his eyes.
When Lan Yu saw this, she rolled her eyes and thought, it's time, butcher Zhu is not willing to give him a good face?
Lao Zhu sat in the executioner's position, looking at the sundial and the lotus tube beside him.
Once it reaches three-quarter noon, he will throw the lottery tickets in the tube to the ground and announce the official execution!
However, there is a more important thing in between, and that is to verify everyone's identity.
"Let's get started!"
"promise!"
After receiving the order, Jin Yiwei immediately led the prisoners past Lao Zhu one by one. Lao Zhu held a list prepared in advance. Every time he saw a familiar person, he would cross out a person's name on it.
This is the purpose of his personal execution, to prevent others from cheating and replacing them with other death row prisoners!
Lan Yu also saw Lao Zhu's intentions, and felt even more disdain for Lao Zhu.
It's just that the old man doesn't trust himself, doesn't he even trust the Jin Yiwei he established?
Fortunately, he still trusts our nephew, which makes us feel more at ease when we leave.
Otherwise, even if I were a ghost, I would not let this old butcher go!
Lan Yu felt sad again when she thought of her nephew.
What a wonderful child, why was he born into Old Zhu’s family and made him the grandson of Butcher Zhu...
After Lao Zhu identified all the key criminals, he sat down and waited for the arrival of three quarters of noon.
On both sides of Lao Zhu were the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, who were also captured by Lao Zhu to watch the ceremony. Behind the vassal princes were the officials of the imperial court and the military officers and nobles who were not implicated.
If the Blue Jade Party is said to be the "chicken", then they are naturally the "monkey" in killing the chicken to scare the monkeys.
Lao Zhu paid great attention to on-site education. Every time he punished corrupt officials and rebellious officials, he would attract a large group of officials to watch, so that they could take a warning.
At this time, the civil servants looked at the miserable situation of Lan Yu's party. Instead of clamoring for impeachment, they all felt sympathy for each other.
It was Lan Yu's party who were killed today, so it might be his turn tomorrow.
After all, the Hu Weiyong case has been implicated for more than ten years and has not been resolved. From time to time, I heard that people were involved in the Hu Party case and were killed.
What about the Blue Party case?
Will it also be involved for more than ten years?
Everyone looked at Lao Zhu's back and felt a little relieved when they saw Lao Zhu's white hair.
Looking at His Majesty's age, he probably won't be involved for more than ten years...
While Lao Zhu was squinting his eyes to recuperate, he suddenly saw Xiaoqi, a guard in uniform, running over and whispering a few words in his ear.
"What!"
"Then Nisun is back?"
"Quickly, order someone to stop him. Don't let him enter the city!"
"promise!"
To be continued...