Chapter Thirty-Five Heads Rolling
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Four years ago on New Year's Eve, Bazhou Governor Yuwen Wen killed a man in Xiyang City, and "fighted the top of the sunset" with Chen Shuling, King Shixing of Chen, and was named a one-legged bronze man.
Several years have passed, and many people have used this title as a joke. Now, Huangzhou Chief Manager Yuwen Wen once again swung the one-legged bronze man and smashed all the thieves who dared to mint coins under the prefectures and counties to pieces.
"Have you heard that I copied ten private furnaces. Not only the commander, the accomplice, the craftsman, and even the family members were arrested."
"Ten places? Twelve places! One place is still in the city. Not only are it captured private castings, but even the landlord who hosted these people was arrested!"
"I was wrong, it was thirteen! I heard from the merchants in Hengzhou that there was a private furnace in the boat on the water!"
"Are you right? Can you raise the furnace and mint coins on the boat?"
"Take it seriously, the officers and soldiers surrounded those ships and the nests on the shore, and they couldn't escape!"
"So that's it. I said why there are lights on the lake at night, and I thought it was fishing fire. It turned out that someone made fire and minted coins."
"You are too slow to wake up. Someone had already reported that there was something wrong with these ships, but the government rewarded a lot of money!"
There was a lot of discussion among the people, and the government's actions were as decisive as ever, and they tried their best to check the private furnace, which was quick, accurate and ruthless. Not only did they find the private furnace and get the stolen goods, but they also followed the clues and found a group of black sheep.
Some officials colluded with illegal people to transfer the money from Daye supervisors in the warehouse under various names. The good money with great quality turned into copper materials for private furnaces. Although it looked seamless, the private furnace was arrested by the mastermind and immediately confessed everything.
Manager Yuwen Wen's attitude is very clear: the evidence is conclusive, arrest it! No one's feelings are discussed!
The chaos was in chaos. Except for a very small number of people who escaped by chance, the other people involved were sent to prison. After interrogation, the General Administration Office reported the case to the Shannan Road Grand Station for review, and then reported to the Beijing Qiu Government. The final ruling was issued soon:
Those who mint money privately, regardless of their master or subordinate, behead and abandon the market, and their families are not worthy of their families.
On May 20, the Huangzhou General Administration District, Xiyang City, Huangzhou, was in the east city, and was crowded with people.
On a built-up punishment platform, several burly men were sharpening their knives. On the north side of the platform was a pergola, with several rows of hu beds neatly placed, and the other three sides were already crowded with dense "oncrowds".
The sound of sharpening the knife made people feel goose bumps when they heard it, but the onlookers still stretched their necks to look at the stage. If it weren't for the officers and soldiers who maintained order, the yamen runners were struggling to maintain order, many people would have rushed to the side of the stage to touch the big swords.
Today, the government is going to behead people in the East City. This rare "mass event" cannot be missed. Since the government posted a notice five days ago, many people have been waiting for the arrival of this day and have to watch it on the spot so that they can have topics of conversation after going back.
What kind of knife is a sword? A ghost-headed machete!
Who is a human? He is a prisoner with a tiger's back and a bear's waist!
Although the government has stated in advance that the market beheading is extremely bloody and if the timids are scared, many people still have their families and want to see how "bloody" it is to be cut off.
The high punishment platform allows most people to see the movements above, and on the south side of the punishment platform, a passage about fifteen steps wide is left, extending southward to a warehouse.
The prisoners who were about to be executed were locked up in this heavily guarded warehouse last night, where they spent the last night of their lives, and in a short while they were about to reach the end of their lives.
The sound of gongs sounded, and many officials appeared in the pergola on the Taipei side of the execution. The main officials led by Huangzhou General Manager Yuwen Wen came to watch the execution in person. It was almost noon, with the sun shining brightly, and the enthusiasm of the onlookers was also high.
The buildings near the market are guarded by officers and soldiers to avoid taking risks and trying to assassinate officials or rob the court. Therefore, if you want to observe the punishment, you can only stand around the punishment platform. Many people carry their children on their shoulders, so the little guys can see it the most clearly.
In the bustling situation, the entire market was like an open-air theater filled with spectators. A handful of trees were covered with people, and they were lying on their heads like monkeys.
The execution platform was like a piece of pastry attracting black ants around. Just as the sun was about to move to the top of his head, a gong sounded and the execution officially began.
The warehouse door on the south side opened, and the yamen runners led five people wearing prison uniforms and with signs on the back of their necks and walked out along the fifteen-step-wide passage toward the high punishment platform in the north.
There were walls of humans drawn by two rows of officers and soldiers on both sides of the passage. In front of everyone, the prisoners walked forward tremblingly. Some timids even collapsed on the ground and were supported by the left and right yamen runners to continue moving forward.
When he walked onto the criminal platform, some officials found out that they were right, and then someone read the crime aloud, asking the prisoners to kneel down in a row, and took off the long mark behind the neck to reveal their bare neck.
After all the process was completed, Yuwen Wen, the chief manager of Huangzhou who was sitting upright, pulled out the long draw from the bamboo tube in front of the case and threw it forward hard. The prison officer then pulled his throat and shouted loudly:
"Execution!!"
Five prisoners were kneeling on the stage in a row, and five burly men stood behind them with ghost-headed swords. As the yell of the prison officer ended, they swung the sword and chopped down hard at the person in front of them.
Blood was shining in the sound of the puff, and five bloody heads rolled down the table, and a large amount of scarlet red ejaculation was emitted from the neck without a head. The smell of blood instantly spread. The surroundings were silent for a moment, and then a loud bang exploded like a boiling pot of hot water.
Some timids were shocked by the bloody scene in front of them, or they squinted their eyes, but more people were excited, their eyes wide and their breathing was as fast as seeing the exciting scene.
The second group of five prisoners went on stage to verify their true self and declared their crimes. After the crime was declared, they were chopped off their heads by a ghost-headed sword. The scene was still bloody.
Even a headless body stood up, jumping like a chicken that had just been cut off. This scene ignited the emotions of the onlookers. When the headless body fell to the ground, a noise rose in the crowd.
He can still move without a head, probably a monster! However, in broad daylight, no monster can cause trouble in front of the one-legged bronze man!
After two rounds of "warm-up", everyone had adapted to the atmosphere of the execution ground, and the "rhythm" was also brought up. When the prisoners in the warehouse were taken out to the execution platform, many people began to shout loudly according to the rhythm.
"Those who mint coins privately kill! Those who mint coins privately kill!"
The timid prisoner was so scared that his legs were limp. He was dragged onto the punishment stage by the bitter-faced yamen runners, and then beheaded like his predecessors. Whenever the heads fell to the ground, the onlookers made loud cheers.
It seems that this is not a chopping of people's heads, but a large market where the goods sold are not rice, flour, pigs, cattle and sheep, but something called "Wangfa".
There were noisy and excited crowds everywhere, watching eagerly as the illegal people were crushed to the punishment stage, showing signs of ugly things, and then the head was cut off by the ghost-headed sword, and the bloody human skull rolled aside.
Chapter completed!