Chapter 140 All killed
As Li Chengqian finished speaking, Qiu Shenji, who had already prepared, walked up to the front of the platform and stood there. The hundred people who stood there gave him a sense of solemnity.
Another group of men in black brought more than a dozen wide spring stools and placed them in front of the high platform. In front of each spring stool were two tall black-clad men. Each strong man held a pitch-black punishment stick in his hand, and each of the stools stood straight beside the strong man as thick as a bowl.
The torture instruments below were ready, and teams of men in black took more than a dozen serious offenders to the spring stool. These people knew that they were about to die. Some couldn't help but tremble and beg for mercy in fear, shouting so hard that they broke their hearts in Yongning. This was the case with Changsun Jiaqing and others.
Some people, like Mr. Cui In, knowing that they will die without a doubt, just lower their heads and wait for death without saying a word.
Only Cen Wenben cursed, "Li Chengqian, you are cruel and unkind, you will not die well~..."
But with the sound of "bang, bang, bang...", all the sounds turned into screams.
Li Chengqian looked at all this and wanted to turn around and leave immediately, but his legs were nailed to the ground tightly, and his face was stiff and he didn't say a word.
He kept telling himself that he didn't want to see so many people freezing to death when it snowed, so he had to follow the original plan.
"Your Highness, please spare your brother. I am willing to take it on my behalf..." Yu Zhining could not help but run to the edge of the high platform and wanted to go up, but was stopped by the guards guarding under the high platform. He had to shout loudly under the high platform, hoping that Li Chengqian could hear his younger brother being spared.
As the "Bang bang" was hit, the screams of the prisoners became increasingly thinner and weaker. The only sound of "Bang bang..." in the scene of tens of thousands of people kept ringing rhythmically.
The officials on both sides of the high platform looked very ugly. It was not that they had seen murderers before, and this was not the first time that Li Chengqian killed people. The heavy snowfall was a disaster in the New Year before, Li Chengqian ordered the killing of more than 100 guards following Li Tai at the gate of the East Palace. The blood at the gate of the East Palace did not dissipate for several days, and some officials who often walked past the gate of the East Palace did not feel uncomfortable.
But today is different, this is to beat people to death, and these people are not prepared at all. For example, Yu Zhining has been waiting for his cousin to make a decision in the next autumn, and he will find a way to knock down Li Chengqian, or ask Li Shimin to save his younger brother, but...
Yu Zhining shouted for a long time and saw that there was no movement on the platform, so he was desperate. He was helped by a good minister to the crowd and cried bitterly. The ministers around them were full of resentment towards Li Chengqian's move, but none of them dared to say it in public.
The people who were tortured below were no longer heard of it. Li Chengqian knew that these people were dead or were about to die.
He took a deep breath and moved the station's stiff legs and walked back to the throne to sit down.
"Your Highness, please order to stop. These people will not die even if they pass the punishment stick. The ordering to stop at this time can show His Highness's benevolence." Zhu Suiliang did not know when he would step onto the high platform and show his advice to Li Cheng.
Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "Today these people must die. The Lone King is to let the people see the Lone King's determination to rehabilitate the prison."
Zhu Suiliang didn't know that Li Chengqian was intending to reduce the rent, so he thought to himself: What are the benefits of this determination to let the people see?
"Report—Wei Shanfu could not bear the torture and died."
"Bang bang bang..." The other executions continued.
As a strong man executing a loud voice, the whole scene entered a dead silence. When Li Chengqian heard that the dead man knew that the matter would turn around again, he began to plan what he should do next.
"Report——Cen Wenzhao cannot bear the torture and die."
"Bang bang bang..."
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"Report--Teacher Cui In can't bear the torture and die."
"Bang bang..."
The bang sounded one after another, as if it hit everyone's heart. Now there was no longer any intention to speak, and even Yu Zhining stopped crying.
"Report—Yu Yongning cannot bear the torture and die."
"Bang bang..."
"Report—..."
"Bang...bang" The sound of the stern stick became increasingly rare, and more and more people were killed. At this moment, a sound of horse hooves came from a distance. People standing in the audience turned around and looked at the Zhuque Gate. The sound of horse hooves came from there.
The sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer. Li Chengqian could hear the horse knight jumping off the horse and running towards the high platform. The knight shouted loudly while running, "Tai---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Report——Cen Wenben cannot bear the torture and die!"
"Bang bang." The execution stopped.
"Report--Changsun Jiaqing cannot bear the torture and die!"
"Your Highness the Prince, all the prisoners were killed because of the poaching punishment!" Qiu Shenji's voice was heard from the audience.
The knight who came to pass the imperial edict had just run to Li Chengqian. He was shocked and at a loss when he heard this. Li Chengqian saw that the visitor was Xi Junmai who was trying hard to protect Li Shimin in front of Wei Zheng's door that day. He stood up and walked off the throne and smiled at Xi Junmai and said, "If General Xi has issued the imperial edict, he has been suspended now."
Xi Junmai heard it for a long time before reacting, and smiled stiffly on his face and said, "Report to the Crown Prince, Your Majesty, you will enter the palace immediately!"
Li Chengqian smiled faintly and said, "Who else has it been announced besides the Lone King?"
Li Chengqian knew that Li Shimin could not have known such a big thing in front of Zhuque Gate, and even more so, he could not have ignored it. However, these prisoners were already dead, and Li Shimin scolded him at most afterwards, so Li Chengqian seemed very calm.
"Your Majesty also summoned several Grand Secretary of the Chongjiao Palace to enter the palace with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"The Lone King knows, and you'll go right away!" Li Chengqian said as he winked at the old ghost, and the old ghost hurriedly went to make arrangements.
Except for Ren Yaxiang and Hao Chujun, the seven major ministers of the Chongjiao Hall in the East Palace, who stayed at Pingzhang Academy, Yan Shigu was preparing for the Chongxian Pavilion recruitment exam, the other four of them were here.
Li Chengqian slowly walked forward a few steps, stood on the edge of the platform again, with a serious look and slowly swept the tens of thousands of people under the platform, and could only hear the slight sound of the wind in silence.
After a while, Li Chengqian said in a low voice: "Although these thieves of the remnants are dead, the Lone King knows that there must be many unjust cases in Chang'an City, Guanzhong and even in the world. If you have any unjust cases, you will come to the East Palace to shout for justice. If you know who has any unjust, tell him to come to the East Palace to shout for justice. Don't be afraid that as long as there is Lone King in the Lone King, you will make the decision for you."
These words were shouted loudly by the worshippers of the Bafeng Hall, and spread to everyone at the scene. Then tens of thousands of people knelt on the ground excitedly, shouting, "Your Highness the Prince's Holy Spirit!"
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is unparalleled!"
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It was not that the people of the Tang Dynasty were stupid, but that Li Chengqian made many arrangements in advance, such as these crimes were publicly promoted in advance in each yard and even took turns to be tried in each yard every night. Therefore, even if Li Chengqian ordered these people to be beaten to death on the spot, although the people were a little scared, they did not think that Li Chengqian was cruel.
Seeing that he had the expected results, Li Chengqian turned around and walked down the platform. The four Grand Secretary of the Chongjiao Palace and a group of confidants in the East Palace were waiting under the platform.
Li Chengqian handed over the place to Xue Rengui and Pei Xingjian after the trouble, so he got on his carriage and went to Tai Chi Palace.
Cheng Wuting drove Li Chengqian's carriage in front, and the old ghost rode a horse and was ready to listen to Li Chengqian's instructions at any time. Zhu Suiliang and Li Yi's mansion rode horses one by one and one behind to protect the left side of the carriage. Su Dingfang and Xu Jingzong were like protecting the right side of the carriage. Other guards from the East Palace were lined up under Wang Fangyi's leadership, and followed the carriage in a neat formation.
It turned out that the officials standing on both sides of the high platform looked at the more than a thousand people, and they were so majestic that they were as generous as anyone else. They were mixed and didn't know how to sigh.
Chapter completed!