Chapter 52: Execution
The execution ground was covered with snow, the execution knife in the executioner's hand was particularly dazzling in the reflection of the sun, and the executioner's coldness made the onlookers who were not even criminals couldn't help but retreat.
The first prisoner car was escorted three prisoners, the prisoners were two men and one woman, in addition to a husband and wife, there were also men's own brothers, the prisoners escorted out of the criminal department were naturally felons in the imperial court, and the people who knew these three people knew that these three people had previously been official positions of the fifth grade, relying on their official positions to accumulate a lot of money and seek personal gains.
"Long live my emperor, long live!" When Zhu Yuanzhang pulled the curtain and walked to the simple courtyard not far away to watch the execution, the executioner and the officials of the criminal department knelt down one after another, and even the people were infected, kneeling in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, and the mighty momentum resounded in this small world.
"Pingshen, Wenhe, Di'er, come, watch the ceremony with me." There are fresh fruits in the courtyard building not far away, which is specially prepared for Zhu Yuanzhang, and now, Zhu Yuanzhang took Ma Sanbao and Zhu Di to the courtyard building, sat on the expensive seats in the courtyard building, and waited for the moment of execution.
"Slash!" The executioner shouted, only to see the executioner raise the sharp blade in his hand, and the female prisoner closed her eyes, waiting for the last moment of her life.
The blade cut into the prisoner's neck, the blood flowed like a column, and in just a few seconds, I saw the blood spilled all over the ground, staining the snow red, and the male prisoner's eyes flashed with tears, looking at his dead wife, he screamed resolutely, and the next moment, he was also pressed on the execution table to be executed.
Zhu Yuanzhang was obviously accustomed to the scene of execution, he took a bite on the ruddy citrus, the full juice bloomed in his mouth, he handed Ma Sanbao and Zhu Di a fruit with a smile, and stared casually at the rolling heads and blood-stained snow on the execution ground.
Eating fruit during the execution, Ma Sanbao's heart refused, he didn't see a dead person, but it was the first time he had seen the tragic situation of a person's head falling to the ground, and when he saw the tragic separation of the prisoner's head, he felt that the citrus in front of him was suddenly a little tasteless.
After the execution of the first car of prisoners, the executioners were expressionless, they had already looked down on life and death, and many prisoners in the past felt fear on the execution ground, but they did not have the slightest mercy, and they had only one task, that is, to execute these prisoners and complete their work.
After cleaning up the messy scene, some onlookers were not used to the bloody picture in front of them and chose to leave, and some people were waiting for Hu Weiyong's execution, however, the next prisoner car was not Hu Weiyong's prisoner car, but another court felony prisoner car, Hu Weiyong's prisoner car was the last one.
Looking at his father who was about to be executed, Hu Peng clenched his fists, he wanted to rush into the execution ground and rob his father from the prisoner car, but unfortunately he was only alone, and he couldn't rob Hu Weiyong from the heavily guarded prison car and help Hu Weiyong escape, he didn't hate Zhu Li for not being able to help him save his father from prison, he only hated Ma Sanbao and Zhu Di who were watching the execution picture with Zhu Yuanzhang, if it weren't for these two, his father would not have ended up like this.
"Slash!" The second group of prisoners and the first prisoners were generally miserable, only to see their heads fall to the ground and stain the ground red, but the second group of prisoners was much calmer than the first batch of prisoners, and did not cry on the execution ground, nor did they grieve because of the death of their accomplices, but acquiesced in their fate and silently waited for death to befall them.
When Hu Weiyong's prisoner car was opened, the focus of the people was naturally focused on this, Hu Pengju's eyes widened, this was the last time he saw his father, in the courtyard floor, Ma Sanbao and Zhu Di were also staring closely at Hu Weiyong's prisoner car, and even Ma Sanbao was ready to touch his rifle, so as not to have outlaws rob Hu Weiyong again, Hu Weiyong is the top priority on this execution day, even if Chen Ning and Tu Jie are robbed, it doesn't matter, only Hu Weiyong must die in front of him.
The first to be taken to the execution ground was the man in black who rescued Hu Weiyong before, he was taken off the mask, revealing a resolute look, his eyes contained reluctance to the world and attachment to his family, he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang who was eating fruit and watching calmly on the court floor, and Ma Sanbao and Zhu Di beside him, and couldn't help sighing.
The executioner escorted the man in black to the execution ground, pressed him on the execution table, the sticky and smelly blood made the man in black feel fear, for life, he yearned, if the time could go back to three days ago, he would not accept Zhu Li's invitation, take on this tricky task that his life will be lost.
He closed his eyes, his mind was his elderly parents and the young daughter at home, feeling the sound of the wind breaking behind his neck, he smiled and relieved, when the pain came from the neck, he was relieved, the neck of the man in black left a bowl-sized scar, the blood dripped down the execution table and fell to the ground, the executioner's execution knife dripped the blood of the man in black, on the ground, a head rolled several meters, the mad smile made Ma Sanbao's back cold, he didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but he was still shocked by the expression of the man in black.
When the man in black died, it was Chen Ning and Tujie who were put on the execution ground, the two of them continued to break free, but they could never get rid of the executioner's powerful hand, right now, the execution table was stained with countless blood, they couldn't bear to close their eyes, when they felt the undried blood on the execution table on their necks, they collapsed, despaired, and shouted "Hu Weiyong, raised by a son of a bitch, even if I am a ghost, I will find you for revenge in the underworld!" Without you, the two of us wouldn't be where we are today! ”
Chen Ning Tu Jie's tragic roar did not attract Hu Weiyong's attention, he sat alone in the corner of the prisoner car, silently lowered his head, Chen Ning and Tu Jie kept cursing Hu Weiyong, so that Hu Pengju felt a pain in his heart, he and Chen Ning Tu Jie were also acquaintances, once, these two people for their own selfish interests all kinds of slap their father, now their lives are hanging by a thread, scolding his father, in Hu Pengju's heart, these two people were labeled as unkind and unjust.
"Execution!" Without waiting for the executioner to speak, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up in the courtyard building, shouted, waved his big hand, and showed his true colors as an emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the execution ground without changing his face, which was completely different from Zhu Di with a shocked face.
Zhu Di, like Ma Sanbao, also watched the execution for the first time, seeing that seven lives were lost in front of him, and the death was so tragic, he was a little unbearable, he did not cooperate with Ma Sanbao to kill people, they also killed rebels in Yunnan, the tragedy of the executable execution deeply impacted Zhu Di's heart, the pain caused by the severed head may be more tragic than Ma Sanbao's gun on the body, and the clearly visible wounds and white bones in Zhu Di's mind had a shadow.
The executioner handcuffed the heads of Chen Ning and Tujie, the cold guillotine skipped the necks of the two, and the cold stinging pain spread throughout the bodies of Chen Ning and Tujie, only to see blood gushing out, the two of them were not yet prepared, the two who were still scolding and scolding before were silent, their heads rolled to the ground, and a pair of eyes stared at the body separated from their heads, with a look of disbelief and incredulity.
The hideous expression was seen by Ma Sanbao, he knew that Chen Ning Tujie and himself had no great enmity, and when he saw the tragic situation of the other party, he couldn't help but feel a little helpless, he didn't want to harm the lives of these two people, he only targeted Hu Weiyong and Hu Pengju father and son from beginning to end.
The officers and soldiers responsible for cleaning up the execution ground put away Chen Ning Tujie's body and head and put them in the coffin, unlike other felons, these two people's identities are not ordinary, and there is a luxurious coffin that has not been opened, the coffin is prepared for Hu Weiyong, there are only three coffins at the moment, or Zhu Yuanzhang specially approved, just for these three criminals.
"Hu Weiyong, Berwyn once commented on your driving, and I am afraid of it. I once trusted you very much and regarded you as a confidant, but I didn't expect that you still chose to betray after all, do you know how many years it took me? I spent a whole decade just to get evidence of your rebellion, seeing that you should have protected yourself, but never thought that you were still defeated at the hands of a child, you were smart all your life, but you were negligent at a critical moment, have you ever thought about the gift I once gave you? I don't want to execute you like this, but unfortunately, it's not me who betrayed you, it's Da Ming! It's the whole world, it's all the people of the world! I allow you, the people of the world do not allow you, and the Ming Dynasty does not allow you. ”
Zhu Yuanzhang's words made the people feel inspired, and they shouted "Kill Hu Weiyong!" Destroy the rebel party! Kill Hu Weiyong! Destroy the rebel party! His father, once in a high position, now, even the people have killed part of Hu Weiyong, he wants to defend himself, but he also understands that if he opens his mouth in front of the people, he will definitely be sent to the execution ground.
In the prison car, Hu Weiyong was unmoved, he squinted his eyes, and when he was pulled out of the prisoner car by the officers and soldiers, he showed a calm face, Hu Weiyong was full of white hair, and even his beard gradually turned white, the years made him haggard a lot, his heart was dead, and he didn't want to argue for himself, he understood that what Zhu Yuanzhang said was the truth, and at the moment, the people's aspirations, no matter how he justified Hu Weiyong, he could not escape death.
"Your Majesty! An exciting piece, or you have the means! I, Hu Weiyong, died as I deserved! Berwyn's order, I, Hu Weiyong, will return it! When I get to the Netherworld, I'll explain it to him! Hu Weiyong spoke, at the last moment of his life, he showed a long-lost smile, since entering the prison, he was a lot more depressed, now, he smiled, frankly faced the last road of his life, to the emperor he served, he hated Ma Sanbao and Zhu Di, as well as all the officers and soldiers present, showed the last smile in his life.