In the six officials of "Zhou Li", Si Kou is called Qiu Guan, and after the successive dynasties, Qiu Guan is used to refer to the chief officer of the criminal department in charge of the prison, taking the meaning of killing. Therefore, things like murder and execution are usually in the autumn and before winter.

In addition to this reason, which seems to be more elegant, there is another reason that the people who were killed that year were all killed last year, because they had to be "reviewed before the sentence".

Especially in the Great Song Dynasty, after the prisoner was sentenced to death, he had another opportunity to cry out for injustice when he arrived at the court for execution, and after he shouted injustice, he could not continue the execution, not only had to remand for a new trial, but also had to replace the official of the first review to avoid suspicion, and replace someone for the second review.

But Zhao Huan's murder never looks at the season, let alone waits until the second year to review.

After casually eating some wine and food in Fanlou, Zhao Huan took Li Gang and others to the law field, and relied on the guards of the Imperial City Division to open the way in front, and took Li Gang and Zhuang Chengyi and others to forcibly squeeze from the people to the front position.

The outside of the court has long been crowded with people - how many years? Since the founding of Emperor Taizu, the Great Song Dynasty has been more than 160 years now, right? But in the past one hundred and sixty years, who has ever heard of the emperor publicly killing officials in Bianjing, or is there two or three hundred of them in one killing?

See you today!

In addition to the people who were separated by the forbidden army, there was also a group of people in low-level official uniforms standing in the southeast corner of the court, and there was another group of scholars in Confucian shirts next to this group of people.

An old eunuch stood in front of these low-ranking officials and scholars, and said in a loud voice: "Don't blink, let alone turn your head and don't look!" Keep your eyes open for a while! Look at how the man's head was cut off, see how the blood spurted out of his neck, see how the skin was peeled off! ”

"Scared? Just be afraid! I'm afraid, don't think about corruption when you become an official in the future, and don't harm the people! Let me tell you, there will be no exile in the future, but anyone who dares to harm the people will end up walking on this Dharma field, and the whole family will be unlucky! ”

The old eunuch's voice was not small, and there was no intention of avoiding people, and many people around heard it, and immediately shouted hello.

Gu Kecheng, the criminal department who was imprisoned on the stage, heard the applause from the audience, and his whole face turned black. Looking up at the sun, and seeing that it was almost noon, Gu Kecheng slapped the shocked wood and shouted, "Silence! Bring someone to commit it! ”

Ten prisoners were brought to the execution platform, and there were soldiers of the imperial city who took portraits and compared them with the prisoners on the execution platform to verify their identities, and at noon, Gu Kecheng continued to shout: "The executioner is in place!" Shoot! Beat the drums! ”

The ten executioners with big shoulders and round waists were bare-chested, and they held a ghost-headed knife upside down, and the knife was covered with a red cloth to prevent the edge of the knife from seeing the light. A total of ten executioners walked behind the ten men and lined up in smoke. After the executioner was in place, there were three more booming cannons, and three knock-dong drums.

The sound of the cannon stopped, and Gu Kecheng said loudly: "The criminal officer Mei Chenghua, the criminal occupies the people's land, and the silver is fifty taels, according to the law of the Great Song Dynasty, beheaded!" Criminals are punished by Guangshi, criminals harm the people, according to the law of the Great Song Dynasty, beheaded! …… Chop! ”

After reading the names of the ten criminals and the charges in a row, Gu Kecheng looked at the ten prisoners who were lined up again: "Do you want to shout injustice?" If there is a grievance, the case will be remanded for retrial. If there is no grievance, you can go on the road with peace of mind, and if you have to be reincarnated, you must have a good life in the next life. ”

Zhao Huan in the audience suddenly came to his senses, and wanted to see if there would be anyone on the stage who would shout grievances.

However, to Zhao Huan's disappointment, the ten prisoners kneeling on the torture platform all honestly lowered their heads and exposed their necks, and none of them shouted injustice at all-

can be dragged to the court of Bianjing City, one of them is considered to have committed the crime of corruption and cruelty to the people, and it is okay to be honestly stabbed, if Tu secretly shouts injustice for a while, and makes trouble in front of the emperor......

No one is a fool, especially these who are qualified to be stabbed, and they are even more human spirits, and they know in their hearts that there is absolutely no good thing in front of the emperor, so no one will cry out for injustice, which makes Zhao Huan disappointed.

Seeing that no one was crying out for injustice, Gu Kecheng took out a lottery from the lottery holder on the table in front of him, threw it heavily on the ground, and shouted: "It's three o'clock in the afternoon, execution!" ”

When the executioners heard the order, they all removed the red cloth covering the ghost head knife, and then took the liquor handed over by the officer next to them, first took a sip and sprayed it on the knife, and then drank the rest of it, and then threw the wine bowl on the ground, strode behind the prisoner, took out the wooden sign with the word "criminal" written on the back of the prisoner's neck and threw it to the ground, and then straightened up, and suddenly let out a "hey" sound, the ghost head knife in his hand was high in Yangzhou, and when it fell, the head of the prisoner in front of him was cut off.

After the head fell, the bones rolled a few times, and the headless corpse first spewed a stream of blood into the sky, and then fell forward, and the blood in the neck cavity also gurgled out, and although some of the corpses had no heads, their fingers would twitch a few times.

After the execution of the ten people was completed, even if the officials of Kaifeng Mansion cleaned up the corpses and blood stains on the execution table, the soldiers of the Imperial City Division brought the second group of prisoners to the execution platform, and the entire process of announcing the charges, questioning, and execution was repeated like this, so that the executioners had to take turns to rest-

There is no way, there are too many people, and the executioner is tired and soft.

The people who originally came to join in the excitement also unconsciously stepped back, and suddenly felt that this excitement was not good-the Great Song Dynasty had not killed people in the past, but in previous years, at most a dozen damned people were killed at a time, and how could they have ever seen the scene of two or three hundred people being executed together?

Real heads rolling!

Crowded in the crowd of people watching the beheading, the discussion sounded with the exclamation of the head falling to the ground, and the blood that continued to flow out of the court gradually spread to the surroundings with the smell of blood, and when it reached the soles of the people's feet, these people were like seeing snakes and scorpions, so they could not avoid it.

Zhao Huan didn't move, let the blood spill under his feet, and muttered: "You say, why can't this corrupt official be killed?" Is it because I have given them too little? Or are they themselves insatiable? ”

Li Gang, who was standing beside Zhao Huan, had a gloomy face and said in a low voice: "I am as high as the Great Song Dynasty, and I can rank first in all dynasties, but my corrupt generation in the Great Song Dynasty is not necessarily the slightest less than that of all dynasties. After all, it is the lack of people's hearts that swallow elephants. ”

Zhao Huan snorted, the expression on his face gradually became hideous, and he sneered: "It seems that I am not ruthless enough!" ”

As he spoke, Gu Kecheng on the torture platform had already begun to announce the crimes of the last ten criminals—almost all of them were greedy and deserved.

The executioners on the execution ground retreated, and handed over the punishment of the last ten to the soldiers of the Imperial City Division to take over—after all, skinning is a technical job, and ordinary executioners really can't do it.

Then Zhao Huan listened to the screams of the prisoners on the stage and shouted: "Okay! ”

Then, the people under the entire torture platform looked at Zhao Huan with a confused expression, and all the officials in charge of the execution on the stage, as well as the officials and scholars who watched the execution in the audience, were so black that they could wring out water.

Li Gang and the others turned their heads even more, trying their best to pretend that they didn't know Zhao Huan.

Killing an official cannot be applauded!