First Prince of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 373 Penalty Deterrence
The last one to come out was Liu Chun, with the same attitude, being supported by two jailers, his legs dragged to the ground as if they were disabled, his eyes full of fear and resistance.

It's a pity that even though the guards were hindered by Yihuihou's gentle approach, they still firmly dragged him out of the prison door, and one of them persuaded: "Master Liu, you are doing well, and the rest of them are cut in half. If you can't live or die, you just grit your teeth and pass without suffering."

"That's right. This is the grace of the Holy Majesty. I heard that the magistrate will be executed by Ling Chi. No one can compare to you. After all, you are a relative of the emperor, and the Holy Majesty is taking care of you."

Liu Chun clogged his throat with a mouthful of phlegm, so he didn't faint. He wanted to curse but he was not in the mood. He was afraid that he would cry when he opened his mouth.

Zhu Biao watched Liu Chun walk out and personally confirmed that he was Liu Chun. This kind of thing had to be guarded against. If someone took advantage of the loophole, it would be a big joke.

Zhu Biao stepped forward and helped him tidy up his clothes with red eyes. The two jailers at the side felt that Mr. Liu was worthy of being Mr. Liu. If Master Liu speaks now, the two brothers will not be buried with him.

Liu Chun looked at Zhu Biao's face and wanted to speak. His facial features were distorted and deformed by fear, but he didn't feel anything. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly found that although the crown prince's eyes were red, there was indifference and disgust in his eyes... …

Zhu Biao said softly: "In the next life, you can do what you want, don't do evil."

Then people dragged Liu Chun away, and when the people saw Liu Chun coming out, there was a loud noise, and those suffering people couldn't wait to pounce on him to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin.

The surrounding guards scolded a few more words before calming down the commotion. As the only person who was beheaded today, Liu Chun was naturally the protagonist who did his part, and knelt down on the ground first.

The only executioner in the county yamen took a sip of wine and sprayed it on his blade, and then walked up behind him and stood still. Last night, Liu Jiading sent 50 taels of silver, hoping that he would make a good knife today and let the criminal go away. a joy.

It's just that Liu Chun was already paralyzed. After pulling out the beheading bar on his back, Liu Chun fell limply on the ground as if his spine had been taken away, and it was useless to help him.

Zhu Biao watched silently, there is great terror between life and death, just look at the criminals who are about to be sentenced, no matter how much they show off their power on weekdays, at this time, they wish that they had never been born, so they don't have to suffer from this anxiety .

After all, Liu Chun was not an ordinary prisoner. Brother Hou looked at him, and some humiliating methods were not effective, so two guards were forced to lie on the ground to support Liu Chun's body, and the executioner took the opportunity to swing his knife down.

With a puff, the upper bodies of the two guards who were sprayed with blood turned red. It must be said that the executioner was experienced. Liu Chun's body fell to the ground, and the gap was clearly visible, but there was still a piece of flesh and blood connecting the body and the head.

This is another way to give the prisoner a good time without separating the corpse. Afterwards, the family members can take it home and sew it up for burial, and the people around them applaud.

The few commoners holding steamed buns were like vicious dogs who saw the fleshy bones, and rushed forward frantically to get blood on them, but the servants brought by Liu Ying had already gone up to protect the body of their second master.

Those people couldn't get fresh human blood, so they could only rub the blood that flowed out on the ground, and some even rubbed steamed buns at the faces of the two blood-covered guards.

After a while of chaos, it will be the turn of the officials, gentry and bullies who work for tigers. Naturally, a small county in Cangyang County does not have so many executioners, but there is no one in the escorting army Duwei Mansion, so they can do it in red Woke up.

It’s just that beheading is not as good as beheading, and ordinary executioners have never had the opportunity to actually do it. In the beginning, an ax or ax was used for execution. Because bronze is softer and not sharp enough, it must be made into an axe to be powerful.

After the popularization of iron, the knife gradually played the leading role in beheading. However, although the knife is sharp, it is easy to wear and tear. , the scene was naturally embarrassing.

So generally speaking, a guillotine is used, but the incident happened suddenly, and there was no time to transfer the execution guillotine from Fucheng.

Several prisoners were stripped of their shirts and laid on the iron and wood chopping board. It was the posture of me being fish and meat between the knives and shackles. Before the execution, a servant suddenly came over and looked at Zhu Biao in awe, not daring to be rude to the prince. I had to ask Han Zheng.

"Master Hou, Liu Datou asked if there is any request, is it a little bit higher or lower?"

Han Zheng glanced at Zhu Biao, and also felt that there was no need to ask the crown prince for instructions on such a dirty matter, so he ordered the normal execution, and took the servants as promised. Although Zhu Biao didn't hear what they said, he could probably guess it from his demeanor. up.

After the prisoner is cut in two from the waist, he will still be conscious, and he will die after a long time. There is a way to do this. If the executioner uses the knife from the upper part during execution, the prisoner can die faster.

If someone wants the prisoner to suffer more, let the executioner move the knife from the lower part, and even move the upper half of the beheaded person to a tung oil board, so that the blood will not come out, and the prisoner can last for two or three hours longer. Undead, the means are extremely cruel.

Zhu Biao knew this because Zhu Di used Fang Xiaoru's waist beheading. Legend has it that Fang Xiaoru still propped his elbows on the ground after the execution, dipped his hands in blood and wrote twelve and a half words "usurp" before he died.

After a while, the execution started, Zhu Biao didn't look at it again, he had been on the battlefield, he had also experienced scenes like bloody blood, but he was not interested in watching the beheading.

After ordering Han Zheng to be imprisoned, he left straight away. Before leaving, Zhu Biao glanced at the excited people, and suddenly felt a little weird. The few leaders even stared at the execution maniacally, eating steamed buns full of human blood. Taiwan, as if eating in general.

The inexplicable Zhu Biao suddenly had a killing intent, but he shook his head and left after all. There is no cure for ignorance and evil, but since they did not commit a crime, Zhu Biao would not kill wantonly, otherwise what is the difference with them?

Zhu Biao, who was walking on the road, felt sick to his stomach when he heard the miserable howls behind him. Such a cruel punishment is indeed against human relations. It’s just that heavy codes are used in troubled times these days, but once the corruption prevails, Zhu Biao will rectify the punishment and eliminate the cruel punishment. Law.

Nowadays, it is still necessary to threaten and warn other corrupt officials with the punishment of beheading at the waist, so that they will not dare to break the law easily, at least publicly, and this will protect many innocent people.

(End of this chapter)