Chapter 17: The Guillotine
"Okay, since Cui Situ has nothing to do, then we'll leave first!" Gao Yun turned around after speaking, and he was about to go without any nostalgia.
"Your Majesty will not kill me! Your Majesty will not kill me! Ha~Ha~" Cui Hao looked up to the sky and roared, and his mournful laughter echoed in the prison.
Out of the prison door, Tuoba Huang couldn't help but ask. "Will it be a little reluctant for Mr. Zhang and Master Zong to intercede?"
"Even if it's reluctant, I'm going to do my best!" Gao Yun didn't have any chances, he just planned to die desperately.
"Then if Mr. enters the palace to intercede for them, he must bring it with him." Tuoba Huang was worried that Gao Yun was too upright and that something would happen.
Gao Yun did not reply clearly, only said: "Let's talk about it later!" Go back first. ”
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Gao Yun received the order to draft an edict: a total of 128 people, including servants, servants, officials, and pawns below Cui Hao, all of them were wiped out by the five clans.
Gao Yun expressed his suspicion and dragged on for several days. Tuoba Tao frequently sent people to urge him, and Gao Yun asked to see him again.
Tai Chi Temple.
Tuoba Tao was sitting at the desk and holding his breath, and Gao Yun stepped forward to play.
"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Cui Situ is responsible for his crimes, and it should be done to destroy the five clans, but these other officials are just acting according to orders. If you want to exterminate their five clans just because they are involved in the case of book repair, there is no other culpability, this culpability is too far-fetched! Gao Yun was straight to the point and outspoken.
"Are you accusing me of not distinguishing between right and wrong?" Tuoba Tao frowned, his eyes slightly open.
"Don't dare! The minister is just telling the truth! Gao Yun bowed his head and analyzed, "The minister feels that this crime is too heavy, I am afraid that there will be people in this court who will not accept it." ”
"Humph! Gao Yun, don't know what to do! I saw that you were upright, so I spared you death. Now not only do you not draw a line with this matter, but you are interceding for these hateful people! You really don't want to kill you, do you? Tuoba Tao's eyes were wide open, and his heart was restless.
"Your Majesty, because of this case, all the officials involved are surnamed Han, and the people involved are also the children of the Han family. If these people are executed, I am afraid that it will be difficult for Han people to become officials in the future! Please think twice, Your Majesty! Gao Yun is still arguing on reason.
"Presumptuous! How dare you threaten me with Sheji! You ......" Tuoba blew his beard and glared.
"Don't dare!" Gao Yun was terrified.
"You just have to inch in, no different from Cui Hao! If I don't teach you a lesson today, I'm afraid you will be the second Cui Hao in the future. Someone ...... "Tuoba Tao was angry and hateful, and the case was shot."
"The last general!" The two samurai walked into the hall in unison.
"Tie him up to prison! I've thought about it! Tuoba Tao pointed directly at Gao Yun.
"The last general obeys!" After speaking, the two dragged Gao Yun out of the hall.
"Your Majesty think twice! Think again! ......" Gao Yun's voice hovered in the sky.
Tuoba Huang, who heard about Gao Yun's arrest and imprisonment, immediately entered the palace to pay respects.
"Son-in-law, see father!" Tuoba Huang saluted.
"You're here!" Tuoba Tao put down the file in his hand and looked up. Tuoba Tao had already expected Tuoba Huang to come, so he didn't feel strange, "You don't have to say it, I know what you want to say. I didn't want to kill him, I just wanted to make him suffer. It's just that...... This Gao Yun is good at everything, but he is too straight, what he thinks of is what he is, and he completely ignores what the consequences will be. However, what he said to me today makes a lot of sense. If there is no Gao Yun to provoke me today, I am afraid that thousands of people will be innocently implicated because of this "National History" case. He made a fuss, and I took a closer look at the case file and found that these people were not the most heinous. Therefore, I decided to destroy only the Cui Hao and five clans, and the rest of the people only died. ”
"Erchen thinks it's so good, but this Cui Hao is extremely evil. Just a few days ago, Erchen and Master Gao went to visit him in the prison, and he also threatened that his father wanted to kill him, and he had to ask them first if the Qinghe Cui clan agreed! Erchen really thinks that this Cui Hao is extremely ridiculous and ridiculous! Tuoba Huang felt an intuitive grievance in his heart.
"Humph! I know he has said that! I have already sent the forbidden army to put their family under house arrest! They can't protect themselves now, can they save him? It's just a dream! Tuoba Tao smiled contemptuously. You will go and draw up a decree for me, and the execution will be carried out tomorrow at noon, and there shall be no further delay! You know? ”
"Sons obey orders? ...... tall man? Tuoba Huang is still not at ease.
"As for Gao Yun, let him squat in the prison for a few days, suffer crimes, and learn what it means to bow his head! When you're done, let him out, so he won't come back to me for trouble!" What Tuoba Tao said spoke to Tuoba Huang's heart. He felt the same way and felt that for Gao Yun, being in prison these days was the safest place.
"Erchen understands! The sons and daughters will go to the plan! After speaking, he retreated, leaving only Tuoba Tao to meditate quietly.
Next.
On the streets of the vegetable market, there are crowds of people, surrounded by water, all of whom are people from all over the world who have heard the news and come to see the excitement. For this unprecedented "prison of national history" in history, everyone is full of curiosity and doubts, and Cui Situ, who is a product of the dynasty, is about to fall to the ground overnight.
In the field, the kneeling was full of these people who were about to be beheaded, all unkempt and embarrassed. The executioner sharpened his broadsword as he looked up at the sun.
Cui Hao didn't say a word, no longer had the swaggering smugness of the past, but his face was helpless and unconvinced. Zhang Wei and Zong Qin on the side were ecstatic.
Zhang Wei said excitedly: "The prince said that Your Majesty spared our family, as long as we suffer death!"
"Yes! Thanks to the high man's death, our family was able to survive! Zong Qin was very grateful to Gao Yun in his heart.
"Master Gao seems to have been imprisoned for this. What a good person! Zhang Wei was moved to tears.
"Master Gao, probably a saint!" Zong Qin looked up at the sky and was grateful to God for sending such a person.
The two chatted happily, but they heard someone crying behind them, and when they looked back, it was Min Zhan and Xi Biao, and the two were crying hoarsely. One of them cried out of tune, but the other had already shed all his tears and just whimpered.
"The two of them are the real culprits in this matter! I can't wait to ...... I can't wait to peel off their skins! Zhang Wei gritted his teeth and said.
"Pity us that we should die with such people! It's disgusting! Zong Qin's words were also full of hatred for them.
"Fortunately, there is Cui Situ with us, which can be regarded as a name for eternity!" Zhang Wei deliberately raised his voice and said it loudly.
Zong Qin looked at Cui Hao's depressed body, and felt sorry in his heart, this generation of talents is now in a different place.
Cui Hao heard Zhang Wei's words mocking him, but he just rolled his eyes, still motionless, he didn't want to say anything at the moment, he just felt that the person he wanted to talk to could no longer hear him, and he could no longer listen to what he said.
He knelt quietly and listened to the people at the execution ground. Some lamented his talent, some scolded him for his selfishness, and some ridiculed his stupidity and ignorance.
The autumn wind suddenly rose, and three cannons rang out in the execution ground, and it was three o'clock in the afternoon. The overseer Tuoba Huang threw down the order and executed it immediately.
(Note: According to the rule, three cannons should be fired.)
The first sound is a letter cannon (for relatives and friends of the prisoner to pay tribute to the ceremony)
The second sound is to chase the soul (the idlers wait to leave the scene and stay aside)
The third sound is a decapitated run (the head falls to the ground at the same time as the cannon is fired)