Chapter 1696 If you don't come now, you will come sooner or later
On the third day, the executioner who had cut off the 1,313th knife was already sweating profusely, and his face looked tired. After he reported the reason to Cai Fu who was beside him, he waited until he heard about it. Cai Fu, who had been instructed by Xiao Tang in advance, agreed, and the executioner finally breathed a sigh of relief. He stepped in front of Chen Xizhen, who was covered in blood, and stabbed Chen Xizhen's almost naked body with the 1,314th knife. 1 Above the exposed heart, Chen Xizhen lowered his head and his body only trembled slightly. After being cut for three days and three nights, he was in extreme pain all the time. His body even had the strength to twitch and struggle. All gone.
Because the flesh and blood on Chen Xizhen's eyelids, nose, cheeks... had been peeled off piece by piece, and his entire face was covered in blood. Not to mention the look of distortion and pain, it was not clear what the expression on his face was. But. When Chen Xizhen also felt that the knife had cut into his heart, it could no longer be said that it was flesh, but the remaining muscle tissue on his face seemed to relax slightly, as if he felt relieved that he could finally die. .....
Although Emperor Wuzong Zhu Houzhao of the Ming Dynasty sentenced the eunuch Liu Jin to death with 3,600 knives, the rules were strict. No more knives could be used, and no knives could be less. The prisoner must be killed with 3,600 knives before he could die. This was also a severe form of torture in the Ming Dynasty. , the number of knives used to execute Lingchi was far more than that of previous dynasties. This also greatly increased the technical requirements for executioners. At the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, efforts were made to correct the bad governance of the Five Dynasties, and Song Taizu issued a decree stipulating that serious crimes should be beheaded. Or hanging, the punishment of Ling Chi was prohibited. It was not until the reign of Shenzong Xining and Yuanfeng that Ling Chi was listed as one of the death sentences. Except for Cai Fu, Yang Xiong and other prison-level executioners who also had law enforcement knives, they beheaded with one knife. , in addition to giving death row prisoners a pleasant death, some military and state prisons will of course also have executioners who specialize in Lingchi punishment.
Xiao Tang recovered a large area of the fallen military state, and there would of course be some executioners specializing in such activities living among the people. Until the announcement of the execution of Chen Xizhen, the most heinous traitor, the executioner had to be included in the appointment. After being cut for 1,314 times, he taught Chen Xizhen how to die. It can be said that he has become quite proficient in the "professional ability" of killing people in this era...
Despite this, Chen Xizhen, who still had a smelly foot wrap stuffed in his mouth and whose jaw had been dislocated long ago, was covered in blood. Not only his internal organs, but also half of his skeleton was exposed. Now that he has to die, this is the end. A relief.
And as the executioner slashed with the skillful knife, the flesh and blood all over his body was cut into thin slices and fell layer by layer. Compared with the endless pain of his body, what made Chen Xizhen's spirit extremely tortured was: Not only was the flesh on his body cut off piece by piece, but it was first put into a basin and cut into pieces with dozens of knives. Immediately, soldiers came forward and shook the big basin around randomly. Immediately, there were famous people around. Dogs of various fur colors raised by the residents in the city, upon being signaled by their owners, jumped forward in a hurry and devoured the scraps of meat on the ground.
Until they had almost finished eating, the domestic dogs still stuck out their tongues and licked the corners of their mouths and the minced meat residue on their teeth. Then they squatted upright on the ground one by one, still looking innocent with their eyes wide open. His eyes were fixed on the movements of the soldiers on the execution ground, waiting for them to scoop up some minced meat and then sprinkle it down...
He personally experienced the excruciating pain of being cut alive, and in the past two days he had watched the pieces of meat cut from his own body being eaten by dogs. Chen Xizhen, who was already in agony, seemed to have fallen into the Abi Hell even if he was not dead at the time.
Compared with when the execution began, the cheers were like thunder, and the scoldings and applause were like waves. After all, such torture was indeed too bloody and cruel to watch, until Chen Xizhen became a bloody man, except for some bitterness, deep hatred, and deep hatred.
The common people who had been tortured by traitors and traitors were still clenching their teeth and angry, and the residents of Damingfu City around the execution site gradually dispersed. After all, Lingchi was executed for three consecutive days, and there would still be people or people during this period.
way, or deliberately come back to wait and see for a while, it is nothing more than scolding the thieves and slaves again, live well! Then everyone went to do their own things, until Chen Xizhen was completely dead on the third day, he still persisted
The number of people who came to watch was already less than ten...
In fact, in the pavilions facing the street on the upper second floor of several restaurants on Cao's side of the Crossroads City, brothers ordered by Xiao Tang have been taking turns to keep an eye on them. When looking out the window of the building, they can also see the situation around the Crossroads execution ground.
Take a look at it clearly (Xiao Tang, of course, knows very well that according to the trajectory of the original work, the layout of the execution ground where prisoners are usually executed in Daming Mansion is exactly what Desperate Saburo Shih-hsiu is able to observe from the second floor of a nearby restaurant, and have an unobstructed view of the movements in the execution ground.
, immediately jumped down from the building, and at the critical moment when the magic sword was about to fall on the back of Lu Junyi's neck, he was able to rush to the execution ground to save him), and all the nearby key passes were deployed with people familiar with Damingfu City.
If there are people on the path who intend to rob the execution ground to rescue Chen Xizhen, they will definitely not be able to do it. Instead, they will fall into the trap that has been set up around them.
However, Chen Xizhen's beheading and execution had been completed, and it was time to return his head to Xiao Tang. In the pavilion on the second floor of the nearby restaurant next to the long street, Sun An heard the name of his subordinate.
When the confidant reported that he had reported it, his pair of thick eyebrows furrowed together, and he snorted heavily, and said angrily: "Mother Chen Liqing, you still haven't shown up..."
To catch Chen Xizhen, the traitorous leader, of course he needs to be eliminated early to avoid long nights and dreams. And Xiao Tang ordered everyone to make a big announcement before and after Chen Xizhen was going to be beheaded. The news spread like wildfire and should spread throughout the world.
The purpose of this move in the counties, villages and towns surrounding Daming Mansion was to lure Chen Liqing to come and catch them all together with her.
Of course, the time to kill and behead cannot be dragged out forever, and it lasts for three days. With Chen Liqing's stupid and arbitrary temperament, if she knew that her father was about to be executed in front of everyone in Daming Mansion,
Most of them will be chopped into pieces and smashed into the urn regardless of it. And based on Chen Liqing's appearance, she still has a red scar from her mouth to her ears. If she wears a gauze covering half of her face, then
The appearance is still very eye-catching. Therefore, even if Chen Liqing can sneak into the city together, as soon as she gets a little closer to the execution site, her whereabouts will be immediately broken by the rebel leaders of the surrounding subordinates.
According to Xiao Tang's thinking, this is certainly the most ideal result. However, Chen Xizhen was fabricated and was chopped alive for three days, but his daughter Chen Liqing never showed up... Maybe she is still on the run in a remote place.
As he was running away, he hadn't yet heard the news that his husband Zhu Yongjin's head had been hanged in front of the city gate tower for public display, and that his father Chen Xizhen had suffered the most horrific tortures before he died.
After hearing the reports from leaders such as Sun An and Cai Fu, Xiao Tang asked people to redraw Chen Liqing's appearance and features, and printed Zhang Ji everywhere in Daming Mansion and even south to the corners of the Yellow River in counties, villages, and towns.
It almost cut off the key pass from the north to the Jin army's control. Just like the government issued an urgent document to capture the murderer, they were pursued in various directions. If anyone could see Chen Liqing's traces, according to the past here
Once it fell and was recovered, the common people of the Song Dynasty hated the Tartar foreign invaders and the money-spinning traitors even more than the ordinary Jiangyang bandits. If Chen Liqing showed her head and made others look at her, she would immediately
There will be public reports...
What's more, although Chen Liqing has not appeared now, sooner or later she will learn the bad news that will drive Chen Liqing completely mad. Presumably, she will still avenge her father and husband regardless of the necessity. Sooner or later,
Will be unable to restrain himself and take the initiative to throw himself into the trap.
