The court was located in the most prosperous section of the downtown area of ​​Tongzhou. This is a big difference between ancient and modern times. In ancient times, the execution ground was generally located on densely populated city streets. This was the case, the most famous Caishikou in the Qing Dynasty. The purpose was to let more people see the execution situation, so as to deter crimes and prevent crimes.

The road from Lu Jinping's home to the Yamen does not lead to the execution ground, so there are few pedestrians. However, the road from the Yamen to the execution ground is full of people, as if the whole city has arrived here. Minzhuang has already blocked a cordon on both sides, using spears and big knives. Under the intimidation of swords and guns, the people who are watching the fun dare not move forward, so they can only stand on both sides of the street, tilting their heads, looking around like ducks that are strangling their necks. After the prison van comes, they make a fuss. Some people throw various garbage at the prison van from time to time, such as rotten cabbage, smelly duck eggs and even small stones. Of course, they dare not smash the big stones. If the death row prisoner is killed, it will be a lawsuit.

From the time the prison car left the yamen, a middle-aged man cried while smashing the basket of all kinds of debris in his hand at the butcher Qu, who had already prepared a lot of stones, made the butcher look bloody on his face. Lu Jinping frowned and asked the servant Xiong who was following him, who was telling him who was? Drive him away and don't beat the prisoner to death.

Captain Xiong laughed and said, "That man is the son of the old man who was killed, named Shi Jingsheng. His wife was humiliated and hanged because she was attempted to rape by the butcher. Their family can be said to be destroyed. No wonder he is so angry."

After hearing Captain Xiong's commentary, Lu Jinping realized that although he had hit some small stones, they were not fatal, so he would let him go. Anyway, there were escorted officers and soldiers next to him, so he could only throw stones and debris from afar. The accuracy was much worse, and most of them were not hit.

However, the corpse hit still made Butcher Qu unbearable. After he was hit by a few stones, he still held back and said nothing at first, but later, a stone hit his eyes. He immediately made stars appear and blood flowed, covering one eye. This angered him and roared loudly: "Shi Jingsheng, you bastard dare to hit me? After I die, I will even take your life even if I become a ghost! You falsely accused me of killing your father. Now I am going to behead you, you are finally satisfied? But don't be too proud, I will turn into a ghost to take your dog's life when I die!"

As soon as he said this, Shi Jingsheng hit him with a stone, hitting his mouth, smashing his upper lip, knocking two of his front teeth off, and blood from his mouth. He couldn't tell what he was swearing and roaring, which made the onlookers burst into laughter. He couldn't hear his screams and scolding in the noise.

Lu Jinping frowned and ordered the carriage to speed up. In this way, with the obstacles of pedestrians, Shi Jingsheng could not keep up with the carriage and was left behind, so he could not use it to attack the butcher again.

Finally, he arrived at the execution ground. He had been stopped by layers of alert by Min Zhuang and soldiers, forming a cordon. A prison slaying shed was set up on the side of the street. Lu Jinping's carriage came to the bottom of the platform. The attendant quickly took Lu Jinping off the car with an oil-paper umbrella and sent him to the platform.

Lu Jinping was about to walk onto the stage when he suddenly heard a woman's voice coming from behind: "Brother! I'm here."

Lu Jinping turned his head and saw that it was Yunzi. He led his brother Yunjiu and the others in the crowd, blocked by the guards, and waved to him.

Lu Jinping took Yunzi to detect a murder case in a black shop on Yunya Mountain last time. Although they had no time to climb Yunya Mountain due to the impact of that incident, that incident gave Yunzi greater gains. She witnessed with her own eyes how Lu Jinping caught the real murderer. Therefore, that experience brought her greater shock and joy than climbing a mountain.

This time I heard that Tongzhou City was executed. Logically, this occasion was not suitable for her, a Tubo envoy. However, she was a curious girl and didn't care much about her so-called identity. She did whatever she thought of. She came to see it when she felt it was lively. Regardless of whether there was anyone to receive her, she took the initiative to say hello to Lu Jinping.

This kind of occasion is very serious, and it is really not suitable to greet a girl in a Western Regions dressed in a beautiful woman. If she meets other Tang Dynasty officials, she will definitely pretend that she didn't hear it and ignore it. But she just met a modern young man with modern consciousness who traveled through modern society, not an ancient man influenced by ancient feudal ethics. So Lu Jinping smiled and walked over quickly and said, "Why are you here?"

"I'll come to see you! I originally wanted to be with you, but it's not appropriate to think about it. I'm an envoy from Tubo, and it's not convenient to follow you to the prison and kill the Taiwan Strait, so I'm here to watch the fun. Don't worry about me, go and do it, I'll just watch it here."

Lu Jinping said: "Didn't you say that you and your father went to fight to kill many enemies? Why haven't you used to life and death? Do you still lack this excitement?"

"I can fight life and death on the battlefield. Can the people killed be compared with those on the execution ground? They are fighting against me, either you die or I die. Now they are executing criminals with serious crimes. I heard that this butcher is very cruel and wants to rape the old man's daughter-in-law, which makes the woman hang himself. Then, he cut the old man who came to him to argue with an angry axe, and then stabbed him into his temple with a pig-killing knife. It's really cruel!"

Speaking of this, Yunzi raised his right hand and pointed to his temple, saying, "I heard that the pig-killing knife is very long. It's almost like stabbing it through here with one knife. It's really vicious!"

Lu Jinping smiled and said, "It's so vivid that it seems like you've seen it with your own eyes."

"The announcement of your Tang Dynasty's execution of death row prisoners was written in detail. I read it all, that's it. It said that the butcher of death row prisoners was extremely bad at killing people, so the emperor quickly approved the death penalty and was executed."

Lu Jinping was about to talk, and the captain bear next to him hurriedly whispered: "Sir, the time is coming soon. Come to the prison and kill the platform quickly, don't miss the time."

Lu Jinping nodded and said to Yunzi: "Okay, I'm going up, so you can take a look."

Lu Jinping stepped onto the prison and killing platform. The prison and killing platform had a pergola, so of course there was no need to hold an umbrella. Sitting in front of the pergola, there was a screen around the warming pavilion, and a fire was placed under a few long tables. Sitting inside, you couldn't feel the cold outside.

After sitting down, he saw the snowflakes dancing in the sky below the audience.

Among the snowflakes, the butcher had already pulled it out of the cage and pulled it to the middle of the vegetable market. The executioner with a big waist and round waist sat under a large oil paper umbrella and was drinking heavily. The apprentice next to him was holding a ghost-headed knife on his back, sharpening it with shiny tiles and a cold light, and was even more murderous in the wind and snow.

The executioner was also bare-handed in the cold winter, with his tendons on his arms, and his stomach was full of fat, which seemed a little bloated. But this body was fat enough to make people imagine his strength. If this ghost-headed knife was cut down on the snow, he was afraid that a big head would be cut off cleanly on the snow.

A incense table was placed in a corner not far away. There was a tablet on the incense table. There were a few old and small knelt beside the incense table, wearing mourning clothes. At this time, I saw a little messy behind the crowd, and heard people shouting: "I am the son of an old man killed by a thief. I want to use his head to pay tribute to my father and my wife. Please let the villagers go over. Thank you."

Those who were in the front blocked the person who wanted to squeeze in, and they originally did not let the person who wanted to squeeze in, but after hearing this, they realized that he was the victim and of course he wanted to allow others to go inside. So they made a way out and waited for the man to squeeze in, of course, they were Shi Jingsheng who was chasing the butcher and slashing the stones all the way.

He was thrown behind by the carriage that was speeding up, and he rushed to the execution ground, panting, and after coming in, he quickly came to the incense table set up by the mourning people. Kubang knelt down and cried, "Father, butcher Qu, the evil thief, will be sentenced to death today. I will put his head in front of your spiritual position to pay tribute to your spirit in heaven. I have already prepared it. The yamen coroner promised me to pay tribute to you and then collect it. You are waiting in the spirit of heaven, and your child will avenge you. Madam, open your eyes, this evil thief who insulted you and made you commit suicide in humiliation is about to die in front of you. You open your eyes."

Lu Jinping looked up at the sky. The snow seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, without stopping at all. At this time, we could not judge the time by observing the shadows cast by the sun. We could only rely on the hourglass. There was an hourglass on the coffee table next to him. When the sand inside leaked, it was the time to execute the execution.

At this moment, there was only a small amount. Seeing the fine sand leaking evenly, Lu Jinping felt a little interested. Although it didn't take long, it was really depressing to wait so quickly, and such a serious occasion was not suitable for talking and chatting, so he could only wait quietly.

Because the execution was about to be executed, as if the darkness before dawn, at this time, the originally lively crowded onlookers also quieted down, waiting quietly for the arrival of the most exciting and tense moment, but didn't speak for a while. The venue was so quiet that only the sound of snowflakes falling in the sky could be heard.

At this moment, an old voice came from behind the crowd, which seemed particularly desolate in the quiet snow and snow: "My fellow villagers, please let me go. I am the butcher's mother. I'm here to collect the body of this unfilial son. Let me let you let me go."

When those onlookers heard the old woman say this, they quickly looked back and saw an old man with white hair, carrying a basket on his waist covered with a piece of blue cloth, looking particularly old in the wind and snow. The cold wind blew her snow-white hair, and it was impossible to tell whether it was snowflakes or her hair.
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