Chapter 199: The old captive is terrified

For the people of Lin'an, many things in the past year have been unprecedented, such as the public trial of Hu Sheikh Temujin.

The State Information Department released the news early that on May 9 of the first year of Yanhuang, Temujin was tried in public, and Yu Tianxi, the prefect of Lin'an, sent people to open up a place outside Chaotianmen, because of the transformation of Lin'an in the past six months, a square had already been avoided here, although the scale was not large, but there was no problem in accommodating tens of thousands of people.

This public trial is a major event, and the people of Lin'an rushed to tell each other, hoping to see this excitement. It's just that the government stipulates that in order to prevent accidents, it is necessary to organize the entrance to watch in a unified manner in the neighborhood or factory, and there is no noise, no commotion, and no trouble in the venue.

For Lin'an Prefecture, organizing such large-scale gatherings is a familiar one. Today, the Son of Heaven does not want to disturb the people, and the number of outings is not much, but in the past, when the Son of Heaven went out, it was a large gathering, and it had to be carefully planned. Therefore, after the Son of Heaven decided to put Temujin on trial, Yu Tianxi immediately ordered someone to erect a wooden platform on Chaotianmen Square.

It was a rare occurrence that the wooden platform for the public trial was somewhat like a sumo ring, but it was larger, and there were no ropes around it to prevent people from falling. When it was still being built, the people of Lin'an City often came to see the excitement, imagining what it would be like when the public trial was held.

On May 9, Deng Ruoshui got up early in the morning, he was carrying a small bag, with pencils and paper in the bag, and in addition to him, there was also a young man, whose eyes were squinted, as if he couldn't open them.

"Brother Wen Xian, I'll leave it to you today." Deng Ruoshui said to the young man with a smile.

"It still depends on Brother Deng's clever pen to make flowers." When Brother Wen Xian, who was squinting, laughed, his eyes were almost invisible.

"This is an innovation, the Son of Heaven once said to Brother Yu that to run the newspaper well, only the text is not yet complete, and the pictures and texts can be, and the word Brother Yu is extremely conceited, but this picture, only Brother Wen Xian can do it. Think about it, this public trial of the chieftain is something that has not been done for thousands of years, and the scene will be left for future generations under Brother Wen Xian! Deng Ruoshui said as he beckoned a carriage, which was a carriage that had been agreed in advance, and came out at six o'clock in the morning to wait for them.

Deng Ruoshui talked a lot today, because he felt very excited, and he seemed to be making history.

They got up early, but when they arrived at Chaotianmen Square, they were startled, Mo Daojun was early, and there were early pedestrians, there were already more than 500 people in this square looking for a good location, both those who carried snacks to do small business, and those who came early in the morning to see the excitement, of course, there were many people like them who came to the newspapers of Lin'an City. At least Deng Ruoshui found that almost all the main writers in Lin'an he knew had arrived here.

"Brother Deng, it's early!"

"Brother Du Xian is early!"

"Why doesn't Brother Fan wait for the younger brother?"

Such greetings were heard endlessly, but everyone was not so polite in seizing the advantageous position. The position in front of the high platform was already crowded, Deng Ruoshui hesitated slightly, and came over with a salivating face: "Mr. Deng, the villain occupies a good position, only ten yuan, and this position is Mr. Deng's." ”

"Huh?"

Deng Ruoshui was taken aback, he didn't expect that this excitement would become a business opportunity.

"Wuguan, Wuguan money and you, that position belongs to me." Deng Ruoshui shouted behind him.

"Ten times is ten times, gold dollar coupons and you, not money!" Deng Ruoshui immediately made a decision, took out a pink gold yuan coupon and handed it to the wanderer, and immediately led Deng Ruoshui to the center of the front of the high platform after the wanderer got it, this is indeed the best position, a wanderer who originally occupied this position smiled and stepped aside, Deng Ruoshui glanced at Brother Wen Xian: "Brother Wen Xian, you are here." ”

"The place next to this is also occupied by villains." The wanderer did not leave, pointed to a small wooden bench next to him and said with a smile: "Mr. Deng, the villain likes to listen to Mr. Deng's articles the most, if you want, the villain will give you a discount, and then take five times, and this position will belong to Mr. Deng." ”

"You're going to get rich." Deng Ruoshui was angry and funny: "This is a complete robbery of money." ”

"Hehe, now that Lin'an City is tightly controlled, villains and others will make a few hard-earned money on this. Mr. Deng, the villain was here last night, and he slept here, and this night was a mosquito bite, and it was worth these five times! The loafer lowered his voice and said: "Because the villain respects Mr. Deng's courage and knowledge, this is discounted, Mr. Deng must not talk to others, this row of places, as long as there is a stool, but the villain occupies it!" ”

"If the captives are kept in cages and the people spend money to watch, it is a good deal." Deng Ruoshui gave him a blank look, but he still took out the money happily, and then said to Brother Wen Xian with a smile: "Brother Mingdexian, you sit here, I'll go buy some food, fill my stomach first, and the public trial will not be held until nine o'clock in the morning, and the time is still early." ”

Although it was still early, there were more and more people on Chaotianmen Square, and after a while, the messengers of Lin'an Mansion also arrived, and found that there were already many people in this square, and they were all surprised, so some people came up to drive away the hawkers, and some people rushed back to the Ya to find support.

Most of the squares were marked with lime, and the servants drove the idlers out of the line, and as time went on, more and more people came to the square.

The workers of the factories in Lin'an were the most organized, and they all entered in formation, although they were not neat, but at least there was some order, and the neighborhoods in the alleys were much worse, and it took a lot of effort to settle them. Deng Ruoshui found that the messengers did not come to drive them away when they drove them, and those wanderers were still greeting the messengers, obviously they were familiar with each other, maybe there was a share of the messengers in the money collected from the sale position.

At 8:30 a.m., Zou Yinglong, the waiter of the Criminal Department, arrived first, he took a look at the sky, the weather was very hot, but it seemed that there was no sign of rain in the morning, which made him feel slightly relieved. But when he looked at the people in the square, he couldn't help frowning.

There are too many people, and there are so many people who come to see the excitement of a public trial.

At 8:40, in a cheer and worship, the canopy of the Son of Heaven also appeared on the street, Deng Ruoshui originally thought that the Son of Heaven would go to the high platform, but he never expected that the canopy stopped on the side close to them, the young Son of Heaven sat down in court clothes, and then there were attendants shouting in unison to be exempt from courtesy.

Along with Zhao and Ju, there were also the three Zaifu and the chief officials of the various ministries of the dynasty, who were qualified to sit in this position, but the only one who could cover the shade with a canopy was the Son of Heaven.

At 8:55, Zou Yinglong, who came down to greet the Son of Heaven, slowly stepped onto the stage and sat in the position of presiding judge. This public trial situation is a little different from the situation that ordinary people see in the government, there is a seat on each side of the presiding judge, but there are two small clerks who are responsible for recording the trial. In front of the presiding judge was a station cage, and everyone knew who this station cage was for, so they were hoping that the person would enter it earlier.

There is a long one on the left and right sides of the cage, and there are benches on several sides, which I don't know who it is for.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to defend this captive chieftain with a lawyer?" Cui asked Zhao and Ju with some concern. In his opinion, this public trial drama is completely unnecessary, the Son of Heaven is really a bit of a waste of money and labor, and it is even more superfluous to appoint someone to defend the chieftain.

"If you are not so, you will not be able to strengthen the prestige of the country, stimulate the hearts of the people, and boost morale." This is Zhao and Ju's explanation for holding a public trial, Cui He thought of the prestige of the Son of Heaven now, thinking that the Son of Heaven was young, and it was rare to have such a "nonsense" opportunity, this public trial was much better than the trick played by Huizong Qinzong at the beginning, so he did not object, but he was still a little uneasy in his heart.

"It's okay, I'm just going to convince this chieftain to die." Zhao Youju said with a smile.

In the past few days, the lawyer assigned to Temujin had not had a good time, and under the translation of Shima Hirohiko, he had a great difficulty communicating with Temujin, but Temujin's many rebellious words made him only wipe his sweat, and if it were not for the great reward promised by the Son of Heaven and the pardon of his words in the course of his defense, he would have thrown down his pen and paper long ago. Even so, when he stepped up to the defense seat, he was still uneasy in his heart, and the people in the audience heard that he was going to defend the chieftain, and they were in an uproar, if it wasn't for the officers to watch closely, the rotten eggs and rotten oranges would have been thrown up.

Tomatoes are also available, but at this time tomatoes are still expensive, and the people of Lin'an are not yet extravagant enough to throw this fruit from across the ocean to the point of throwing it away.

At nine o'clock, Temujin was finally brought to the trial stage, and when he was locked in the station cage, he shouted out out of nowhere, and the people in the audience took out rotten eggs and rotten oranges like tricks, and smashed them like raindrops, and even Zou Yinglong, the waiter of the criminal department on the stage, also suffered a rotten egg, and had to retreat and change into robes and come again. The ministers in the audience shook their heads when they saw it, but Zhao and Ju were the only ones who were relishing.

This public trial was not just about making Temujin ugly and abused, but he also wanted to use it to create a momentum and separate the judicial power of the Great Song Dynasty from the hands of the local administrators.

For the vast majority of the people, the most interesting part of this trial is the rotten eggs that appear from time to time. Although the officers of Lin'an tried their best to stop it, the people always had a way to "transform" rotten eggs, and when the trial began, Temujin had already become an egg yolk man.

Temujin glanced at the people in the audience with weak eyes, and he saw the canopy and the Great Song Emperor under the canopy, the young man was always smiling and groaning, and when he met his gaze, he nodded slightly, as if he was greeting him. Although the young man seemed very amiable, Temujin felt a fear that made him speechless.

There seems to be an invisible power in him, which makes people ashamed of themselves.

This was not a hallucination of Temujin's defeat, but in fact they were ashamed of all these things that they did not understand, such as those glorious articles and splendid cities, those bustling towns and silent villages, those far-sighted and elegant readers, those hard-working, quiet and intelligent farmers, all these things that they did not understand. They kill because they think that after killing all these people, everyone will be as stupid as they are; They plundered, for they thought that after taking away the riches, all the places would be as coarse as they were; They destroy, because they have to have a lot of courage to control their urge to bow down when they are confronted with those beautiful buildings - they know that they can't master this powerful, tenacious power called creation, all they have is destruction.

This is also the common psychology of all nomadic robbers, they are afraid, so they want to force the civilized people to be transformed into beasts like them, so they want to reform the ancient books to suppress speech. They may be able to succeed for a while, or some people who have lost their integrity and position will become their accomplices, but they can be bullied for a while, and they cannot be bullied for a lifetime, they have been rampant for ten years, they have been rampant for only a hundred years, they have been rampant for more than a hundred years, and they have been rampant for only two hundred and sixty-seven years!

Temujin did not look at the Son of Heaven again, he coldly swept the people under the court, these Han Chinese who were neatly dressed and well-dressed, and their anger surprised Temujin. He has destroyed countless countries and done countless sins, but he himself feels that he has not done anything to the Han people, why do these Han people hate him so much.

A person like him did not know what "compassion" was, and he did not know how much indignation the people of Lin'an had aroused by Menghu's atrocities in Yanyun, Liaodong, Western Regions, and the Far West countries that had been published in the newspapers, and all the newspapers had not forgotten to emphasize this point, if it were not for the victory of the Guards in the bloody battle in Taizhuang, then the suffering that the people in the rest of the countries had suffered, the people of the Great Song Dynasty would inevitably suffer once.

The defense of Temujin was very pale and weak, and it was only two confrontations, and when the prosecution brought out the report of Menghu's guilt reported in the "Weekly" and other newspapers, the lawyer who defended Temujin turned pale and directly announced that he would not defend Temujin. The next step was a series of questioning of Temujin, who was so stubborn that he nodded his head and said loudly, "I did it" or "I gave the order."

At 10:10 a.m., the entire public trial procedure finally ended, and Zou Yinglong, a waiter of the Criminal Department, loudly announced that Temujin Ling Chi had been sentenced to death by hanging on 29 charges of "anti-humanity, anti-civilization, genocide, massacre, rape, and robbery" in accordance with the law of the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.

This is also the punishment agreed between Zhao and Ju and Zou Yinglong, and after Zou Yinglong's verdict came out, there was thunderous cheers in Chaotianmen Square. Although Temujin did not understand what it meant, he knew that his end had come.

Immediately afterwards, a gallows was erected in the place where it was originally a trial, and at three o'clock in the afternoon, the yang energy was extreme, and Temujin was pushed onto the gallows, and before he was executed, the prison officer asked him what else he had to say, and he was silent for a while, and finally said: "Please ask the son of heaven of your country on my behalf, whether my people on the grassland can have a way to live." ”

This question and the scene of Temujin's trial and execution were published in the new issue of the "Great Song Dynasty Weekly", and unlike the previous situation in which the "Weekly" only had words, this time there were also illustrations, this kind of art called "board painting" appeared for the first time in the "Weekly", and immediately attracted more progress, and the two panel paintings "Trial Picture" and "Heavenly Punishment Picture" together with the author of the board painting Wen Tong, became another topic of conversation in Lin'an City.