According to the practice since ancient times, death row prisoners in the Qing Dynasty were generally executed in two ways, one was to be executed immediately, and the other was to be executed after the fall.
The reason why the Qing Dynasty carried out the post-autumn trial was mainly to give the death-row prisoners time to suspend their sentences and give them the opportunity to have an autumn trial, which is also the opportunity to appeal for review.
The meaning of asking for beheading after autumn does not mean asking for beheading in autumn, but means asking for beheading after the autumnal equinox.
Bu Shiren, his wife and two assistants, tried their best to commit suicide this time.
Since it was winter now, the Qiuhou interrogation could be carried out, and the case was not only handed over by the Guards Department, but also tried by the Shuntian Prefecture Yin personally. It also involved a battle in the palace, and it also received a "yes" from Emperor Tianzhi.
Therefore, less than a month after the four people of Bu Shiren were arrested by the palace guards, they were taken to the food market and interrogated.
On the day of Wenzhan, the weather was cold and the wind was biting.
However, there were still many people, either out of curiosity, seeking excitement, or just wanting to join in the fun, who crowded at the market entrance.
At this time, hundreds of pairs of onlookers' eyes were looking at the four death row prisoners who had been taken to Caishikou execution ground.
The four death row prisoners, three men and one woman, were Bu Shiren and his wife and two spice shop clerks. They were all kneeling on the ground at this moment.
Bu Shiren drooped his head, his face was ashen, and his heart seemed to be dead.
Not only because he was about to be beheaded, but also because he had learned that his home and spice shop had been confiscated by the government, and the shop and property were gone. One hundred taels of silver were taken by the government and given to his sister Bu Wuniang.
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Do you regret it? Originally he regretted it, but just now when he was escorted to the Caishikou execution ground and saw the executioner holding a big knife that seemed to be even colder than today's cold wind, his heart seemed to suddenly skip a beat.
He stopped in fear, as if he was already dead.
The behavior of Bu Shiren's wife is exactly the opposite of Bu Shiren's.
When Bu Shiren's wife was arrested in Xiaohuazhi Hutong, she was so frightened that she could not speak. She was trembling all over, out of her mind, and looked like a fool.
For a period of time after that, she kept silent while being imprisoned, often trembling all over, often losing her mind, and often acting like a fool.
And today, when she was pressed to the vegetable market execution ground and saw the executioner's big knife, she seemed to suddenly wake up from her fool's state and began to cry loudly. This cry was louder than what she had heard before when Jia Yun
When the family is acting rogue and making noise, it becomes much more violent.
"Nephew Yun, my good nephew, my aunt is wrong. Please save my aunt. I will never call you a little beast again. I am an old beast. I am blind and did not see the good in you.
Please save my aunt..."
She regretted it, very much, but regret was useless.
At this time, there were also two clerks from the spice shop who were also very regretful. They were not only very regretful, but also very hateful. The person they hated was not Jia Yun, but the scoundrel couple next to them.
They felt that they were unjustly accused and were framed by that rogue couple!
They were just shop assistants in the spice shop. That day, the boss and his wife just told them to go with them to the boss's sister's house to ask for money. They didn't say they wanted to rob.
When they arrived at the boss's sister's house, the boss and his wife robbed them and ordered them to do the same. How could they refuse? If they refused, the job would be gone. Besides, they all thought it was not a big deal. Although they were robbing,
That's the boss's sister's home.
How could they have imagined that such a "little" thing would send them all to the execution ground at Caishikou today.
They had watched prisoners beheaded several times at Caishikou before. Although they were scared every time they watched it, they found it more exciting, lively, and even gloating about their misfortune. They would never have thought that today they would
Hui changed from a bystander to a death row prisoner kneeling in the execution ground.
Besides, the spice shop has always been involved in adulteration. Although they were all involved in this matter, it was still the boss and the landlady who asked them to do it. They did not get a lot of money for it. Their monthly money at the spice shop was
Young master, why should this matter be considered as their fault and sentenced to them?
Alas, the more I think about it, the more I feel aggrieved!
At this time, one of the waiters couldn't bear it any longer and suddenly stood up and rushed towards Bu Shiren and his wife who were nearby. The yamen servant didn't react for a while, so he rushed to Bu Shiren's wife and kicked her down hard.
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He wanted to continue kicking Bu Shiren, but it was too late and he was caught by the officials at the scene.
Another clerk wanted to take advantage of the chaos and step forward to kick Bu Shiren and his wife, but he was a little late and was caught by the government officials as soon as he got up.
This sudden chaos made the supervisor at the scene angry and reprimanded the government officials. The officials became depressed, so someone took action against the four death row inmates.
Among the hundreds of spectators at the scene, some felt it was more exciting, some felt it was more lively, and some felt even more gloating.
At this time, a carriage was parked outside the crowd, in a place where there were relatively few people.
The carriage was not small, and there were three people sitting in it. They were Jia Yun and his two pretty maids, Xiren and Zijuan.
When he came, Jia Yun was sitting in the middle, Xi Ren, and Zicuckoo was sitting on both sides of him.
After arriving at the vegetable market, he changed seats with Xiren and sat by the car window.
At this moment, he was opening a corner of the curtain and looking out the window at the execution ground not far away. Unfortunately, there were so many spectators that the execution ground was so crowded that he could not see the four death row prisoners.
The attacker couldn't help but said: "Second Master, let's go home. I don't know how many people have been killed at Caishikou. When I came here, I felt like there was a cold wind and I was very scared."
Zicuckoo followed: "Yes, Second Master, go home and stop looking. Don't blame me for talking too much. It's unlucky to see a death row prisoner beheaded. What's more, the four of them have fallen into this situation. It has something to do with our family, which is even more unlucky."
Already."
Jia Yun lowered the corner of the curtain and said: "Don't worry, your second master is a martial arts student with a strong yang energy. He killed so many rebels in the palace before, and even ghosts dare not approach me easily."
Xiren, Zijuan: "..."
Both of them felt that what Jia Yun said made sense.
At this moment, a burst of exclamation came from the car window.
Jia Yun thought in her heart: "One."
Soon, a second burst of exclamations came from outside the car window.
Jia Yun thought in her mind: "Two."
Soon, a third burst of exclamations came from outside the car window.
Jia Yun thought in her heart: "Three."
Soon, a fourth burst of exclamations came from outside the car window.
Jia Yun thought in her heart: "Four."
Immediately, Jia Yun gave an order to the car curtain: "Yu Zhu, let's go home!"
"Yes, sir."
The voice of taking orders came from outside the car curtain.
A large carriage immediately left the crowded Caishikou, where four heads had just fallen to the ground.