The craftsmanship of beheading is to be beautiful, and the knife should rise and fall. This kind of off-center beheading would only happen to new apprentices.
New apprentices will make such mistakes because of fear or insufficient strength.
This is a shameful thing, and will be laughed at by colleagues and treated as a joke by the public.
Isn't it the famous beheading king in Taiyuan Prefecture? Is this the skill? It's really disappointing.
Some people want to make noise again.
But before the people screamed, deafening firecrackers rang out, overpowering the people's uproar and attracting everyone's attention.
Who dares to set off a cannon during an execution?
For those criminals who have committed heinous crimes and were executed, firecrackers will be set off to celebrate, but that is only after the execution is completed.
No one has been hacked to death yet.
Everyone looked and saw that the firecrackers were indeed lit by the victim.
Standing in front of the execution platform, the servants of the Fang family lit a row of firecrackers and raised a cloud of smoke.
In addition, there was a servant who raised a white flag.
"Sacrifice, Fang Shouyi." He shouted in a long and loud voice.
Accompanied by these shouts, the women of the Fang family knelt down and cried loudly, while Fang Chengyu raised a jar of wine and fell it to the ground in front of him with a crash.
"Grandpa, great revenge must be avenged." He shouted loudly.
As he finished speaking, the executioner on the stage raised his knife again. This time he still did not cut off Song Yunping's head, but chopped it on his other shoulder.
Both sides of the neck were chopped open, but the head was not lost. Blood was gushing, and the person was howling and rolling.
The people were not in the mood to laugh at the executioner, and everyone was so frightened that they screamed and screamed.
The officials also stood up with shocked faces.
You can make a mistake once, but you can never make a mistake twice. Even if you cut off your head twice, your head will not fall off, and the person will not die. This is the real craftsmanship.
Only a master master can do it.
It is obvious that this executioner was bribed by the Fang family.
In the past, when beheading, the executioner would be bribed with money, but this was because the criminals wanted to beheaded with a knife in order to avoid suffering.
Now, as the victims, the Fang family bribed the executioner to naturally make the criminal suffer more.
It's really terrible.
"I thought killing people in prison was scary enough, but it turns out that execution in public is even scarier." One official couldn't help but blurt out.
This Fang family is really...
"That's almost enough. This is too cruel," an official said.
"More cruel than Ling Chi?" Magistrate Ma spoke with a dull expression, looking at the official and then at the audience, "Cruel than the two men who were murdered one after another for twenty years, and the ten years of torture for his grandson? Sure enough, the knife
You won’t feel any pain if you don’t cut it on yourself.”
These words made the official turn red and became silent.
Everyone's eyes were also looking towards the audience.
In the audience, there were gray-haired old women, middle-aged beautiful women, young girls in their prime, and young men with frail faces and thin bodies. They were all dressed in mourning clothes with sad and angry expressions. They knelt down among the white flags and burst into tears.
.
It does look very miserable, and it is also very miserable when I think about it.
There was another burst of firecrackers under the stage, and another white flag was raised.
"Sacrifice, Mr. Fang Nian." The servant shouted loudly.
Fang Chengyu picked up a jar of wine again and poured it on the ground.
"Dad, great revenge must be avenged, you better go away." He shouted loudly.
The people finally understood what was going on and looked at the stage with fear and excitement.
Song Yunping had not yet expired. Although the pain was so painful that he wanted to die immediately, the pain stimulated him and made him wake up.
His pride had long since disappeared, and he was filled with regret. Suddenly he envied Magistrate Li. Having a knife wiped across his neck was such a blessing.
Fortunately, the executioner raised the knife again, and this time the knife rose and fell, ending the execution.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the people also touched the sweat on their bodies and heads and gasped.
"It's worth coming today." The storytellers wiped their sweat and said, "The Fang family's handiwork is really great."
This scene was enough to be recorded in the county annals and become a classic anecdote in Yangcheng, enough for them to talk about for several years.
Although Miss Jun, who was standing outside the crowd, heard the screams and noises, she did not see this scene because there were too many people in front of her.
"Miss, do we want to go over and take a look?" Liu'er asked on tiptoes.
"There's no need to look any further." Miss Jun said, turning around. "It's enough to see that evil will be punished according to the laws of nature."
Liu'er groaned and started walking.
As they walked outside, more people who had heard the news crowded in. This long street was not only filled with people watching the excitement, but also hawkers hawking everywhere.
"Candy man, candy man, look at the beheading, and eat the candy man."
A vendor emerged from the crowd. Most of the candy figures in the straw circle he was holding on his shoulders had been sold, and only a few were left. The vendor's face was full of smiles, and he was ready to stand in a corner with few people and count the money.
I looked up and saw a girl standing in the corner.
Girls are timid and would not dare to get too close to see the beheading.
This girl was wearing a coarse cloth, but she had a veil wrapped around her mouth and nose to cover her face.
What are you doing? You are not a lady, so you are still afraid of being seen?
He clicked his tongue twice in his heart, looked at the girl again, his eyes couldn't help but light up.
"Hey, isn't this Miss Fang?" he said.
When she heard the word "Miss Fang", Fang Jinxiu, whose face was covered by a veil, subconsciously took a step back, her big eyes showing caution and avoidance.
The vendor has already jumped over with the candy man on his shoulders.
"Why are you here? Why didn't you go to the front?" he asked repeatedly.
It sounds very familiar to me.
"You?" Fang Jinxiu looked at the vendor in front of him and didn't recognize him for a moment.
"Me, me, the one we met in Jinyunlou, I am Chen Qi." The vendor pointed at himself with bright eyes and said, "Thanks to you, I made a fortune that day."
Jinyun Tower.
Fang Jinxiu thought about what a thrilling and exciting thing happened in Jinyun Tower on March 3rd.
At that time, she still regarded Jun Zhenzhen as her enemy, but she was still the hero who saved the Fang family from the fire and water.
As a result, it was only March and everything had changed.
The person she regarded as her enemy was actually the hero of the Fang family, and her hero turned out to be...
Fang Jinxiu couldn't help but burst into tears.
Chen Qi was startled, but when he thought about it, he thought it was normal.
"Don't be sad, you see, your family's enemies have still been punished, and you have also taken revenge." He said hurriedly.
That was all, but the question lingered in his mind for too long, so he couldn't help but ask it out casually.
"But why don't you go to the front?"
Fang Jinxiu raised her sleeves to wipe away her tears and stared at Chen Qi.
"Because I'm not qualified to go to the front," she said. "I'm not even qualified to wear mourning clothes and cry for a long time. You know it."
Chen Qi was a little confused by these sudden words.
In fact, they are not familiar with each other, so the topic should be stopped here.
"Why, how come..." But he still stammered and asked.
Fang Jinxiu felt relaxed after shouting these words.
"Why are you not qualified? You know that I am Miss Fang's family. Do you know that I am the young lady of Fang's family?" She said, watching Chen Qi pull off the veil, "I am Miss Fang San."
Miss Fang San.
Chen Qiyi was startled and then suddenly realized.
Everyone in Yangcheng knows about the grievances of the Fang family. There is a magistrate Li, a Song Yunping, and an aunt who intends to seize the family property. This aunt gave birth to a daughter, the third lady of the Fang family. It is said that this aunt did these things
The purpose is to let his daughter occupy the Fang family's property.
Of course, this matter was also mentioned in the official announcement just now, but what it said was that Song Yunping assigned the dead soldier Su to sneak into the Fang family as his concubine, and took the opportunity to poison the Fang family's young master Fang Chengyu, and then repeated the same trick when he poisoned the other young master's heir.
, was discovered and caught and committed suicide out of fear of crime.
Although he did not say anything about plotting his family fortune, his vicious behavior was confirmed.
Then the status of his daughter, Miss Fang San, is embarrassing.
Chen Qi looked at Fang Jinxiu with an embarrassed expression.
What should I say? What should I say in this situation?
"Well, do you want to buy a candy man?" He said, holding the bamboo pole in his hand. (To be continued)