Chapter Seventy-Eight: Ling Chi's Punishment

At this time, Kang Xiaoba has been restrained, and the two martial artists talked to Qin Zhihong, it turned out that the two were the descendants of Xingyi Boxing, the one surnamed Ma was called Ma Yutang, who looked like he was thirty years old, and the other was Shang Yunxiang, the founder of Xingyi Boxing, and Qin Zhihong learned that he was also an SD person, a person from SD Leling, and it was not far from the northwest of ZP County, where Qin Zhihong's home was located.

The two also inadvertently learned the whereabouts of Jiangyang's thief Kang Xiaoba, so they decided to eliminate harm for the people and personally arrest him, but they didn't expect Kang Xiaoba to be extremely cunning, which made Shangma and the two almost in danger, but fortunately Qin Zhihong arrived, so they turned the danger into a disaster and caught the thief.

As soon as the two asked Qin Zhihong's origin, they knew that they were the disciples of the SD hero Zhao Sanduo, and they couldn't help but be in awe, and at this time Kang Xiaoba was already sober, tied to the tree and kept breaking free, and scolded loudly, Qin Zhihong saw that the two couldn't, so he stepped forward and smiled, and said:

"You're Kang Xiaoba, do you still recognize me?"

Kang Xiaoba was curious about this sudden question, so he looked at Qin Zhihong carefully, and suddenly remembered that it was the kid who went to shave his head that he met in the shaving shed, so he said hatefully: "I regret that I shouldn't have left your dog alive in the first place!" ”

Qin Zhihong laughed and said: "You still regret it, I also regret that I didn't take you down directly, I originally thought that you had two hits, but I didn't expect to rely on this gun to mess around, I knew that I would have restrained you at the beginning!" ”

Although Kang Xiaoba has a lot of folklore, he is also divine, what eaves walk on the wall, and a hundred steps through the Yang, but in fact, he is a demon who kills people without blinking, and he doesn't know any kung fu at all. Hearing Qin Zhihong say this, Kang Xiaoba no longer shouted, but just bowed his head and said nothing, maybe he was secretly thinking about how to escape, or maybe he was sighing that his life should be like this.

Qin Zhihong found the pistol on the ground and withdrew the remaining two bullets, but Kang Xiaoba was scolding again, Qin Zhihong didn't look at him squarely, just picked up a palm, and hit Kang Xiaoba's neck, although the strength was not as good as Ma Yutang, but Kang Xiaoba had already been hit before, and he didn't stand it this time, and fainted again.

In fact, Kang Xiaoba's arrest was really fateful, he had fled to the mouth, how could the government not find him, but he suddenly met a fellow villager outside the gate, and this fellow villager had the idea of assisting the government to catch Kang Xiaoba to get commercial silver, so he lied to him that his mother was seriously ill, although Kang Xiaoba was ruthless, but he was still more filial, so he went to Tianjin overnight.

However, although the government learned that Kang Xiaoba had returned to the Beijing-Tianjin area, it was nowhere to be found for a while, and Ma Yutang and Shang Yunxiang were well-connected, so they took the lead and found Kang Xiaoba's whereabouts.

Originally, the two had already captured Kang Xiaoba, so they were ready to escort him to the capital and send him to the government. But when he was about to arrive in the capital, Kang Xiaoba suddenly wanted to be relieved, the two felt that since he didn't have a gun on him, they would let him go, and he couldn't escape, but he didn't expect Kang Xiaoba to hide the gun in a secret place in the forest, so he took out the gun and was about to fight back, fortunately, the two found it in time, so they hid behind the tree, but they didn't dare to fight hard, and then Shang Yunxiang was injured, and Qin Zhihong appeared to help capture Kang Xiaoba.

At this time, the three of them sat on their knees and discussed what to do next, and the two of them felt that they owed Qin Zhihong a favor this time, but they just listened to Qin Zhihong's disposal, and Qin Zhihong also knew what the two meant, so he said:

"It's better to send it to the government according to the original idea of the two eldest brothers, presumably the government can still cash in the reward."

The two also nodded yes, in fact, the two of them originally made a move, and they also shot for the purpose of rewarding a thousand taels of silver, not that the two of them love money, but the two of them wanted to show their skills in the Beijing-Tianjin area and set up a hall to teach martial arts, but they did not have the support of the government, so they came to help Kang Xiaoba, the master of the government.

At this time, Yun Xiang suddenly said: "Brother Ma, you and my brother have been brothers for many years, needless to say, but my brother saved our name this time, I have an idea, why don't we marry Jin Lan this time, how about sharing weal and woe in the future?" ”

In fact, at this time, Ma Yutang and Shang Yunxiang were not very famous, and Qin Zhihong was also very happy when he heard it. Originally, the worship was to cut the wrists to take blood, put a glass of wine together and then the three of them shared the drink, but Qin Zhihong felt that Shang Yunxiang was already seriously injured, and it would be too unkind to take blood, so he explained to the two, and then returned to the package where the horse was tied and took out a whole jar of good wine sent by Boss Wang, and the three of them drank together, which was considered to have completed the worship ceremony, Shang Yunxiang was the elder, and he was the brother, and Qin Zhihong was the youngest, so he was naturally the third brother. After the worship, the three of them talked all night in front of the bonfire.

Soon the day dawned, Qin Zhihong said goodbye to the two brothers, and informed him of his whereabouts, there will be a good place to find in the future, Shang Ma and the two saw that the third brother was leaving, although he was a little reluctant, but he was also bold, and he felt that if the end of the world was next to each other, there would be a period after the meeting.

So Qin Zhihong continued to ride his horse forward, and Shangma and the two also escorted Kang Xiaoba to the capital.

In fact, this place is not far from the capital, Qin Zhihong went out of the city that day, and it rained within a few hours, and it was about dozens of miles away, not to mention Qin Zhihong, the two escorted Kang Xiaoba to the capital in less than half a day.

The news that the two of them caught Kang Xiaoba immediately caused a sensation in the capital, although the government said that the reward was a thousand taels of silver, but less than half of it was sent to the hands of the two Shangma, but the two were also very happy, the original court was very taboo after the Boxer Rebellion, and it was very taboo for people who practiced martial arts to open an altar in the capital to pass on their arts, but this time the two of them had the deeds of assisting the government, so the two of them were in the Beijing-Tianjin HB area to collect disciples to pass on the arts, Shang Yunxiang was even invited by the popular eunuch Li Lianying to be a nurse.

And Kang Xiaoba's fate also ended, one morning in the spring of the 31st year of Guangxu, Kang Xiaoba walked to the execution ground and was executed. Chopping means that Ling Chi is executed, and legend has it that 3,600 knives were cut on the prisoner's body, but the actual estimate is 360 knives. But the executioner must see the blood with the knife, and the first three hundred and fifty-nine knives cannot kill the prisoner, and the last knife must also kill him, and the complexity of the operation is no less than that of the surgeon, which can be said to be at ease, otherwise the executioner will also be punished.

But the Qing Dynasty at this time has no specific copy about the execution, and there is no specific procedure for execution, so the executioner of the day also hastily understood this demon, and because it was executed in the early morning, there were very few people watching, and now there is a photo of that time.

Therefore, a large reason why Kang Xiaoba's reputation was often attached to him after the incident was because he was the last prisoner in Chinese history to accept Ling Chi's execution.

After returning to Qin Zhihong, after a year of operation, his own traditional Chinese medicine hall "Ruize Hall" is also famous, which depends on the accumulation of experience in the practice of medicine for generations of their Qin family, and also took the "Green Capsule Record" that they inadvertently obtained, especially the recipe of Seven Spirits Flower Scatter.

Although the Qing court had the outline of Wenyuange's "Four Libraries", it did not know that the Seven Spirits Flower Scatter came from it. At this time, the common people, including Qin Zhihong, also felt that the Qing court was declining, and there were incidents of revolutionaries attacking the imperial court officials and attacking the government everywhere throughout the country. Moreover, I also feel that the treasures handed down by Hua Tuo's ancestors should be handed over to the Manchurians, when Emperor Qianlong compiled the "Four Libraries Quanshu", wasn't he also stealing the achievements of our Han people for himself? After the completion of the "Complete Book", he did not destroy all the ancient books, but only kept them for himself, which is also extremely domineering.

At this time, Qin Zhihong guarded his two wives, and his two sons gradually grew up, and the Xu family gradually got better because of Qin Zhihong, and his brother Xu Wende also became his big housekeeper, which made Qin Zhihong not ask about everything every day, and he was at ease, just toasting with his father-in-law, Mr. Yang, and discussing the rise and fall of the country. And the eldest brother Shang Yunxiang often goes back to SD's hometown, so he also comes back to visit the third brother, and even Boss Wang will occasionally visit, and there are friends from afar, Qin Zhihong is naturally very happy, and his life is very nourishing.

Among Qin Zhihong's two sons, the eldest son Qin Ruiming misses his father-in-law Mr. Yang very much, who is decent and free, while the second son Qin Ruizhe likes foreigners very much, and the clocks and watches at home make him unload, and even sometimes take out his father's revolver to get it, Qin Zhihong hates to teach him a lesson every time he sees it, and then puts the pistol back in the box in his study. This is the only relic he left that can commemorate General Nie Shicheng, so Qin Zhihong cherishes it very much, and it will not take it out to wipe it after a while.

Old man Yang is extremely wise, and he also watched his two grandsons grow up, so one night, he called Qin Zhihong out, went night fishing by the Daixi River, and said to Qin Zhihong:

"What do you think of Ruiming and Ruizhe?"

Qin Zhihong didn't understand what the old man meant for a while, and thought to himself, although the two of them were both born to the daughter of Old Man Yang, but after all, Lian'er is just a righteous daughter, so in Ruiming and Ruizhe, there must be intimacy and alienation, Qin Zhihong thought of this, and was speechless. Old Man Yang didn't see Qin Zhihong's expression at night, so he continued:

"I mean, how are you going to train the two?"

Qin Zhihong realized that he had misunderstood the old man's meaning, so he said, "I haven't thought about this yet......"

"The children are so old, you are a father and you don't even think about it......," Old Man Yang paused, expressed dissatisfaction, and then said: "I think Ruiming is suitable to take over your Qin family's ancestral business, but Ruizhe, I think this child is suitable for education in a new school." ”

Qin Zhihong had never had such an idea, but when he suddenly heard this, he also felt empowered, and thought to himself, fortunately, the old man was by his side, or he really didn't know what to do. Old Man Yang continued:

"Now, Lafayette has also issued an edict and is preparing to establish a constitution, it seems that she also knows the necessity of the country to change the law, and sent several batches of official students, I think Ruizhe should also be cultivated in this way, this child is very interested in foreigners' things, since there is this intention, you, the father, should support him, and in the future, it will not be like you and me, staying around the court, and dreaming of the Heavenly Empire."

Qin Zhihong has experienced so many things, how can he not know that the reason why foreigners are so powerful is because the foreign system, science and technology and industrial capacity are far above the Qing Dynasty, and even the land of Fusang in the east is also chasing after him, but the imperial court is indifferent, and finally it is almost divided.

After these thoughts, Qing Zhihong also made up his mind, and decided to let Qin Ruizhe go out to study abroad in the future and go to see the world, and what he did was to prepare for these.