Chapter 35: Heads Rolling

In April, Yu Wenwen, the governor of Huangzhou, sent troops and horses to the prefectures under his jurisdiction to strictly investigate the private coins and confiscate the private furnaces. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Four years ago, on Chinese New Year's Eve, Bazhou Assassin Shi Yuwen Wen killed people in Xiyang City, and Chen Shuling, the king of Chen Guoshixing, "fought a decisive battle at the top of the sunset", and won the name of the one-legged bronze man.

Years have passed, many people have taken this name as a joke, and now Yu Wenwen, the governor of Huangzhou, once again picked up the one-legged bronze man and smashed all the thieves who dared to mint coins privately in the prefectures and counties under his jurisdiction.

"Have you heard, I copied ten private stoves, not only the mastermind, accomplices, craftsmen, but even family members were arrested together."

"Ten? It's twelve! There is one place that is still in the city, and not only the private casters have been arrested, but even the landlord who sheltered these people has been arrested! ”

"Wrong, it's thirteen! I heard the merchants in Hengzhou mention that there is a private stove in a boat on the water! ”

"Make no mistake, the ship can also raise the furnace to mint coins?"

"Seriously, the officers and soldiers surrounded those boats, and the old nests on the shore, and none of them could escape!"

"I see, I said why there are lights on the lake at night, and I thought it was a fishing fire, but it turned out that there was a human fire to mint coins."

"You're too slow to wake up, someone came out to report that there was a problem with these ships, and the government rewarded you with a lot of money!"

There was a lot of discussion in the market, and the government's actions were as vigorous and resolute as ever, with all their efforts to raid the private stove, fast, accurate and ruthless, not only found the private stove and seized the stolen goods, but also took the vine to touch the melons and find out a group of black sheep.

There are officials and lawbreakers colluded to transfer the money of Daye supervision to the treasury under various names, and the good money in full color became the copper material of the private furnace, although it seemed to be seamless, but the private furnace was copied and the mastermind was arrested, and then everything was confessed.

The attitude of the chief manager Yu Wenwen is very clear: the evidence is conclusive, arrest! I don't talk about anyone's feelings!

After interrogation to determine the crime, the governor's office reported the case to Daxingtai in Shannan Road for review, and then reported to the Qiuguan Mansion in Beijing, and the final verdict was issued soon:

Those who mint money privately, regardless of the master and slave, are beheaded and abandoned the city, and their families are not worthy.

On May 20, the Huangzhou Governor's Office was governed by a sea of people in Xiyang City, Huangzhou, and Dongshi.

On a set up torture platform, several big men are sharpening their knives, and on the north side of the platform is a pergola, neatly arranged with several rows of beds, and the other three sides are already crowded with dense "onlookers".

The sound of grinding knives made people get goosebumps when they heard it, but the onlookers still stretched their necks and looked at the stage, if it weren't for the officers and soldiers who maintained order and the officials who worked hard to maintain order, I am afraid that many people would have rushed to the side of the stage to touch those big knives.

Today, the government wants to cut off people's heads in the East City, this kind of rare "grand event" can not be missed, since the government posted a notice five days ago, many people have been waiting for this day to come, to observe the scene so that they can have something to talk about after returning.

What kind of knife is a knife? Devil's head machete!

Who are people? Executioner!

Although the government had stated in advance that the beheading of the market was bloody, and the faint of heart would bear the consequences if they were frightened, many people still brought their families with them to see how a "bloody anomaly" beheading was.

The high torture platform allows most people to see the movement above, and on the south side of the torture platform, there is a passage about fifteen steps wide, which stretches south to a storehouse.

The prisoners who were about to be executed had been locked up in this heavily guarded warehouse last night, where they had spent the last night of their lives, and they were about to come to the end of their lives.

The gong sounded, and many officials appeared in the pergola on the north side of the execution, and it was the main officials headed by Yu Wenwen, the governor of Huangzhou, who came to the scene to watch the execution.

The buildings near the market are guarded by officers and soldiers, so that no one will take risks with the intention of assassinating officials or robbing the law field, so if you want to watch the execution, you can only stand around the execution platform, and many people carry their children on their shoulders, so the little ones can see it most clearly.

In the bustling city, the whole market looks like an open-air theater full of spectators, and the few trees are full of people, like monkeys poking their heads out of the trees.

The execution table was like a piece of cake attracting a black crush of ants around it, and just as the sun was about to move overhead, a gong sounded, and the execution officially began.

The door of the storehouse on the south side opened, and the servant escorted five men in prison uniforms with sticks stuck in the back of their necks out, and walked along the fifteen-pace-wide passage towards the high torture platform to the north.

On the left and right sides of the passage, there were two rows of officers and soldiers drawn into a human wall, and in full view of everyone, the prisoners trembled and walked forward, and some of the timid even collapsed to the ground, and were carried forward by the left and right officials.

Walking on the execution platform, some officials verified their bodies, and then someone read the charges aloud, and asked the prisoners to kneel down in a line, and remove the long mark on the back of their necks, revealing their smooth necks.

After all the processes were completed, Yu Wenwen, the head of Huangzhou, who was sitting at the top, pulled out the long lottery in the bamboo tube in front of the case, and threw it forward with all his might, and the supervisor immediately shouted loudly by pulling his throat:

"Execution!!"

Five prisoners knelt on the platform in a row, and five big men stood behind them with ghost-headed broadswords, and ended with the shouts of the prison officer, and at the same time picked up the broadsword and slashed down at the person in front of him.

The poof, the blood was shining, five bloody human heads rolled off the table, the headless neck spewed a large amount of scarlet, the smell of blood instantly diffused, and the surroundings were silent for a moment, and then exploded like hot water boiling a pot.

Some were frightened by the bloody scene in front of them, or narrowed their eyes, but more people were excited, their eyes wide and short of breath as if they had seen a stimulating scene.

The second group of five prisoners then came to the stage, and after verifying their identities and declaring their crimes, they were cut off by the ghost's head knife, and the scene was still bloody and abnormal.

Even a headless body stood up, beating like a chicken that had just been beheaded, a sight that ignited the emotions of the crowd, and when the headless body fell to the ground, there was an uproar in the crowd.

You can still move without a head, it must be a demon! However, in broad daylight, in front of the one-legged bronze man, no demon can make waves!

After two rounds of "warm-up", everyone had adapted to the atmosphere of the execution ground, and the "rhythm" was also brought up, and when the prisoners in the warehouse were brought out and walked to the execution platform, many people began to shout along with the rhythm.

"Kill the smugglers! Kill the smugglers! ”

The timid prisoner was so frightened that his legs were paralyzed, and he was dragged to the execution platform by the bitter-faced officials, and then beheaded like his predecessors, and the crowd of onlookers let out a loud cheer every time the head hit the ground.

It seems that this is not a beheading, but a large bazaar, on which the goods sold are not rice noodles, not pigs, cattle and sheep, but something called "Wang Fa".

Everywhere there was a noisy and excited crowd, eager to watch as the outlaws were pressed onto the execution table, full of ugliness, and then beheaded by the ghost-headed broadsword, and the bloody human skulls rolled aside.

On May 20, the sixth year of the orthodoxy of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Yuwen Wenwen, the governor of Huangzhou, executed the people who minted coins privately in the east city of Xiyang City, and at the same time, the assassins of the states where the case occurred were also executed in the Zhizhi, and the heads were killed on the same day, more than 300 people were beheaded, and the city was abandoned. (To be continued.) )