At the Sanshankou Execution Ground in Jinling City, the prison officer sat on a high platform, and all the prisoners waiting to be beheaded were waiting to be beheaded, these people had different expressions, some people were numb, some were unwilling to scold, and some were crying bitterly.

If it was placed in normal times, there would definitely be a sea of people around the execution ground, and they couldn't even squeeze through, but now Jinyiwei is arresting people everywhere, and everyone in the entire capital is in danger, especially the people who asked and beheaded today have special identities, and everyone in the capital is eager to get rid of their relationship with them, so there is not even a single onlooker around the entire execution ground.

Li Li, one of the prisoners, raised his blank eyes and looked at the surrounding scene, he still couldn't accept the fact that his family had become death row prisoners, and even if he was arrested before, he still felt that there was still hope in his family, after all, with his father, His Majesty would definitely not be cruel to his family.

However, Li Li never dreamed that this morning suddenly the bad news came that his father hanged himself last night, which made him feel that the sky had fallen, and then the entire Li family of more than 70 people was all taken to the execution ground, and it seemed that they would be executed immediately, because it involved the great crime of rebellion, and there was no need to wait until the autumn queen to ask for beheading.

"No, how could my father die, my father must not be dead, they must be lying to me!" In despair, Li Li suddenly muttered to himself, although this fabricated reason seemed very ridiculous to others, but in Li Zhu's eyes, it was like a life-saving straw, and the whole person seemed to be enchanted, and kept muttering the sentence "Father is not dead".

However, at this moment, the supervisor on the stage suddenly stood up, picked up the token and said loudly: "The hour has come, start the beheading!" ”

With the order of the prison officer, the executioner immediately dragged Li Li out of the prisoner, which shattered Li Li's illusory hope at once, and when he was dragged to the front, he found that his left was his brother, and on the right were his sons and nephews.

Thinking that he was going to have his head fall to the ground in a while, Li Li was also frightened and trembled all over, he never thought that he would have such a day before, and even in their Li family, they had never only watched others cut off their heads, who would have thought that the butcher knife would fall on his head one day.

But at this moment, Li Li suddenly found a problem, and immediately the whole body was shocked, and shouted at the supervisor on the stage: "No, why are there no Li Zhu and Li Qi, they are also my brothers, why haven't they been arrested?" ”

However, it was the sneer of the prison officer who answered Li Li, and then the other party waved his hand and ordered again: "Cut!" ”

As the butcher's knife held high by the executioner swung down suddenly, Li Li's head flew out at once, but when he landed, his face was still full of doubts, he couldn't understand why it was the same father's son, why Li Zhu and Li Qi didn't accompany him on the road?

"You can't go!" In the small courtyard on the bank of the Qinhuai River, Liu Ying grabbed Li Zhu, who was leaving, and said loudly.

"Why?" Li Zhu was also in tears at this time, his father Li Shanchang died last night, and today their Li family was beheaded, but Li Zhu didn't have any choice, but he didn't want to stay at home like this, at least he had to collect the bodies of his brothers and sisters.

"You're confused!" Liu Ying said with some distress at this time, "The Jinyi guards have already come to the door before, if it weren't for the princess who ventured out of the palace to protect your family, I'm afraid you are also on the execution ground now, and at this time, you go to collect the corpses for them, wouldn't you kill yourself?" ”

"But after all, they are my family, and they are all dead, so can't they even collect the corpses?" Li Zhu almost cried bitterly in the end, as a son of man, he can't do his filial piety for his father, if he can't even collect the corpses of his family now, then wouldn't he become a ruthless and unrighteous person?

"Now the whole capital knows that the Korean Mansion has been completely finished, and the people who used to befriend the Li family now want the Li family to die soon, so as not to climb them in the future, you can go and see, there is no figure in the entire execution ground at all, you go now, if it reaches the ears of His Majesty, what will he think, do you want to make all the efforts before Jie'er be in vain?" Liu Ying persuaded bitterly again.

For this dead-eyed brother-in-law, Liu Ying is also respectful and hateful, on the one hand, Li Zhu's character is really good, and his sister will definitely not be bullied if he follows him, but on the other hand, Li Zhu is a little pedantic and stubborn, sometimes he is angry and wants to beat people, today he just knows that Li Zhu will definitely go to the execution ground, so he took the risk to persuade him.

But as soon as Liu Ying's words fell, she saw Mrs. Li walking out in plain clothes, holding a filial piety robe in her hand, which made Liu Ying also startled and said, "Sister, what are you doing here?" ”

"Big brother, I know you are kind-hearted, but if your husband doesn't go today, I'm afraid he will live in guilt for the rest of his life, so you let us go!" Mrs. Li walked to Li Zhu's side as she spoke, and then put on a filial piety robe for him with her own hands.

"Madame!" Li Zhu burst into tears again when he heard this, what more could a husband ask for if he had a wife like this?

"You ......" Liu Ying didn't know what to say when he heard Mrs. Li's words, and after a while, he finally sighed and said, "That's it, let it go!" ”

"Brother Xie is considerate!" Li Zhu and his wife immediately saluted Liu Ying, then went out together to get into the carriage, and rushed to the execution ground as fast as possible.

However, when Li Zhu and his wife's carriage came to the execution ground, the prisoners on the execution ground had already finished their executions, leaving only the corpses and heads on the ground, and when Li Zhu got off the carriage and looked at the familiar corpses under his feet, he also stood there for a long time, motionless.

"Husband!" Mrs. Li also burst into tears at this time, but she was worried about her husband, so she called softly.

Li Zhu came to his senses when he heard his wife's call, but at this time he did not shed any more tears, but walked over silently, and then picked up a familiar head and found its body and placed it.

Mrs. Li was even more distressed when she saw her husband's appearance, as the so-called mourning is greater than heart death, he felt that now her husband's heart was dead, and the impact of this incident on him was probably impossible to get rid of in this life.

At this moment, suddenly another carriage rushed into the execution ground, and then a man and a woman stepped out of the carriage, it was Li Qi and his wife Princess Lin'an, among whom Princess Lin'an saw Mrs. Li at a glance, and immediately stepped forward quickly.

Li Qi was also haggard at this time, only to see him silently come to Li Zhu's side and whisper: "Third brother! ”

However, Li Zhu turned a deaf ear to the voices of the outside world, and still lowered his head to fight for his relatives' corpses, and the clothes on his body were also stained with the blood of his relatives, which made Li Qi's nose sour, and tears poured out again, and then he also stepped forward and followed his brother to collect the corpses of his family.

Mrs. Li and Princess Lin'an also stepped forward to help after crying, although they are women, but they have no fear of the corpses in this place, after all, these are their families, although there may have been conflicts and conflicts before, but in the face of life and death, the previous grievances are nothing.

But there are still too many corpses, even if the four of them do it together, they can't be restrained for a while, but at this moment, suddenly there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves on the street in the distance, and then I saw a dusty figure breaking into the execution ground, when I saw the corpses all over the ground, the figure on the horse also suddenly pulled the reins, and when the horse stood still, the person immediately showed a complicated expression.

"Festival!" When Mrs. Li saw the appearance of the person on the horse, she couldn't help but cry out sadly, the person who came was Li Jie, who rushed back to the capital from Ningbo.

Li Jie threw the saddle and dismounted, and then galloped forward to salute Li Zhu and Mrs. Li: "Father, mother, the child is late!" ”

Originally, Li Jie should have arrived in the capital in the afternoon, but on the way here, he received a message from Liu Ying again, telling him that Li Shanchang committed suicide last night, which made Li Jie also worried about his parents, so he simply rode into the capital alone.

Li Zhu finally reacted when he heard his son's voice, only to see him turn his head to look at Li Jie, and then he spoke: "It's not too late, Jie'er, you can also come to help, send you uncles and brothers on the last ride!" ”

"Yes!" Li Jie immediately agreed, and saluted Li Qi and his wife.

Li Qi looked at Li Jie's nephew, and also burst into tears with excitement, patted him on the shoulder at the moment, and then silently followed Li Zhu to collect the corpses of his relatives.

Li Jie also sighed, and then stepped forward to help, strange to say, Li Jie didn't have much affection for the Li family, and even usually he didn't have much contact with these uncles and brothers except for his parents, and Li Li, who had the most contact, had a gap with their family, but now for these strange relatives to collect the corpses, Li Jie couldn't help but feel a sense of sadness.

After the corpse was spliced together, Li Qi also ordered someone to buy a coffin, and then they took matters into the coffin by hand, and then sent them to Princess Lin'an's Mansion for temporary placement, after all, the Korean Mansion has been confiscated, and now they can't go back if they want to.

However, just after Li Jie's side finished collecting the corpse, he suddenly saw a team of guards rushing over, led by a eunuch in the palace, and saw Li Jie also stepped forward to deliver the decree: "Your Majesty's dictation, summon Li Jie to enter the palace immediately!" ”

"Now?" Li Jie looked at the clothes that had been soaked in blood on his body, these were the blood of the Li clan, it seemed a little inappropriate to wear such bloody clothes to enter the palace, right?