Chapter Seventy-Two: The Shen Family Was Beheaded
Shen Ningxuan did not take the initiative to return to the case within seven days, and the time limit given by the emperor had expired. On the tenth day of the first month of the www.biquge.info, from the prison to the law field, there were heavy guards all the way, and even the guards of the capital were dispatched at the expense of the capital. Dong Ze led the guards to personally escort Shen Congyun and his wife and the Shen clan, a total of 79 people, including the elderly and children, all of whom were spared.
In the crowd watching around the court, there were still many guards who were ordered to arrest Shen Ningxuan, all of them were dressed in disguise without exception, carrying weapons, and kept walking around the crowd waiting for an opportunity to observe, waiting for Shen Ningxuan to appear.
Shen Congyun knelt in front of the guillotine, his face was calm, even at the moment before he died, he still behaved like a general who was about to go to the battlefield, and he was not afraid. His eyes also kept searching the surrounding crowd, Dong Ze had already laid a net of heaven and earth, if Ning Xuan, Cao Li and others came to the rescue, it would be tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg. Soon, he found Cao Li's figure in the crowd, although he was dressed as a farmer and had two whiskers stuck to his mouth, his concerned eyes easily betrayed his identity. He smiled and shook his head gently, the matter had come to this, all resistance was in vain, only Ning Xuan's safety was the only hope in his heart at this time.
The time for the execution had arrived, Shen Ningxuan did not appear, and the hopes of Dong Ze, Zhang Huaian and others were disappointed, and the execution was ordered. Seventy-nine ghost-headed knives rose and fell at the same time, seventy-nine streams of blood gushed out, and fresh lives fell like dead leaves in the splendor of autumn, and the heroic era of a family came to an end.
In the east of the city, a carriage slowly drove towards the city gate, and the leader on horseback was a gray-clothed old man about sixty years old with a slightly fat body, white face and long beard. Seeing him coming, Zhao Guang, the guard officer of the city gate, greeted him from afar: "Third Master Zhang, the caravan is going out again?" ”
Zhang Sanye got off the horse, stuffed a brocade bag into Zhao Guang's hand without showing a trace, and then arched his hand and said: "Zhao Ye is hard, isn't this almost the end of the year, the owner asked the old man and me to go to the border again to earn back the bonus at the end of the year." ”
Zhao Guang quickly stuffed the brocade bag into his arms, and quietly pinched it, the caravan of the Zhang family has always been generous, every time he enters and exits the city gate, it is indispensable to give the brothers some wine and mercury, it seems that this is the last trip of the year, and there is no less. He understood and said with a smile: "Zhang Sanye personally went out, it seems that this trip is a big deal." However, the top has been strictly investigated recently, so we can't be sloppy, right? You still have to follow the rules. ”
"Yes, yes, the Zhang family has always been a regular business, don't be afraid to check, Zhao Ye, please!" Zhang Sanye smiled and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation.
That being said, after all, after receiving the money from others, Zhao Guang waved his hand, and the brothers below would also be concerned, and stepped forward to routinely check the list of caravans out of the city and the items they carried. When he inspected a carriage with a slightly larger volume, Zhang Sanye smiled and said, "Master Zhao, this is our host's young lady, don't you ask her to get off, right?" ”
Zhao Guang personally lifted the curtain and looked inside, only to see that the carriage was spacious, the ground was covered with a thick and soft tiger skin carpet, and a young girl about seventeen or eighteen years old was sitting on the inside, holding a copy of "Local Chronicles" in her hand, looking at him with a smile, and the corner of the skirt faintly revealed a **** jade foot still unconscious. Zhao Guang smiled and didn't look over, on her left hand side was a golden silk nanmu coffee table built with the car body, and on her right hand was a box also made of golden silk nanmu, the height and width of the box were more than two feet, and there were two forging quilts, one thick and one thin, neatly stacked on the top.
Zhang Sanye also looked at Miss Zhang and said, "Miss, please open the box and show it to Zhao Ye, otherwise Zhao Ye should not be at ease!" ”
Miss Zhang agreed crisply, stretched out her hand and ripped off the forging quilt on the Nanmu box, scattered it on the carpet, and then didn't look at it, and directly lifted the lid of the box again, revealing a box full of silk and satin skirts, and a small jewelry box on the top, which looked very valuable. Miss Zhang was about to tear out those clothes again, but Zhao Guang hurriedly spoke: "It's okay, it's okay, Zhao won't disturb Miss to read." ”
After the personnel and items were checked, it was confirmed that there was no doubt, Zhao Guang ordered to let him go, Zhang Sanye re-mounted his horse, and led the team out of the city without hurrying.
More than two hours later, the carriage left the official road and drove into the forest. Miss Zhang Jia breathed a long sigh of relief, quickly left the position where she was sitting, pushed away all the items on the carpet on the inside of the carriage, including the wooden box, and then lifted the tiger skin carpet, only to see two long movable wooden planks about two feet wide exposed at the bottom of the carriage. Miss Zhang started to lift the wooden plank, and inside was a long hidden grid, in which lay an emaciated young man, who was the death offender Shen Ningxuan, who was ordered by the emperor to search house to house in the capital.
Shen Ningxuan had been lying in the dark compartment for several hours without eating or drinking, his hands and feet were almost stiff, and he had just moved his hands and feet twice, and hurriedly thanked Miss Zhang: "Shen Ningxuan thank Miss and the old man for their repeated help, and the life-saving grace Ning Xuan is inscribed." ”
Miss Zhang looked at him with a smile and said, "Brother Ning Xuan, doesn't you remember Lingge?" ”
Shen Ningxuan looked stunned and apologetic: "Please forgive Ning Xuan for being stupid, I have met Miss Lingge before?" ”
Lingge took out a damaged jade swallow hairpin from the jewelry box in frustration and handed it to him: "You shot an arrow badly, do you remember?" ”
The jade swallow is thin and transparent, and the shape is unique, but it is a pity that it is broken into two parts, lying in the white and delicate palm of Lingge. Zhang Ningxuan looked sideways for a long time, still with a humble face, Ling Ge was anxious, and continued to remind: "Four years ago, at the Mobei border, you saved a girl who was kidnapped by sand bandits......
Shen Ningxuan thought about it at this time: "Yes, oh, it turns out that the girl is you, I really didn't expect that you were in the capital, and you were still Miss Zhang." ”
Lingge was a little frustrated: "I told you that my name is Lingge, but you forgot, two years ago at the Lantern Festival, my father set up an arrow platform, and you won the championship with three arrows, but you didn't even take the prize and ran away, if you looked at the contents of the box at that time, maybe you would know that it was me." ”
If Shen Ningxuan still doesn't understand, then he is really a fool, but at this moment, he is dying, and the safety of his parents and relatives at home is not known, and he is really in no mood to figure out the relationship between men and women. He raised his hand and apologized, "Shu Ningxuan was stupid and failed to recognize Miss Lingge's identity in time. ”