Seeing that Su Mudao, who was the prison officer, finally threw the signature card of the execution to the ground, the spectators around the execution table suddenly stirred, and many people squeezed forward with all their might, shouting something.

Of course, some soldiers in the army who admired Lin Lie's personality were indignant about what happened to him, and wanted to step forward to do something, but they were stopped by the officers and soldiers who had already been arranged around the high platform. But more of it is interested in the killing of the head itself, and I just want to see the moment when the prisoner's head hits the ground, after all, this is not a scene that can be seen often, enough for them to brag to others for a year or two. As for who was beheaded and whether he was wronged, it was not in the consideration of these ordinary people.

In this commotion, the stout executioner who was standing a few feet behind Lin Lie took a step forward, put a bowl full of liquor to the other party's mouth, and said softly: "Mr. Lin, after drinking this bowl of severed head wine, the villain will send you on your way." I'm just responsible, don't blame the villain. ”

Lin Lie laughed miserably, and didn't answer, just raised his eyes and looked at the blue sky above his head, there was wind and no clouds, not to mention snow, and there was no sign that even the rain would fall. It is said that unjust cases will change the color of heaven and earth, and there are even more allusions to Dou E's injustice and the flying snow in June. How did you get to your own place, and you didn't see any snow fall even in this new month?

Lin Lie sighed secretly, then opened his mouth, and drank the liquor in the bowl with the other party's hand, and felt a line of fire rushing from his throat into his internal organs, before he suddenly shouted: "Come on!" ”

The executioner raised the bowl to his lips, poured the rest of the liquor into his mouth, straightened the knife in his right hand, and sprayed a large gulp of wine. After doing all this, he threw Lin Lie's entire body sideways, and with a loud shout, he waved his knife......

Seeing that the blood was about to splash and the head fell to the ground, everyone let out a burst of exclamation, and Su Mudao narrowed his eyes and lifted his spirits. As long as this knife continues, there is no possibility of reversing this case!

But at this moment, a sharp shout suddenly came from outside the crowd: "Keep people under the knife!" Although people were shouting something at this time, this one still covered everyone's shouts, making the scene suddenly quiet.

And the executioner was about to chop off the knife, and when he heard this, he quickly put away the knife, and his body twisted because of this, and he sprained his waist, as for Su Mudao, his body was even more shocked, and he looked out of the crowd in horror: "Could it be that Wei Chengbo arrived at this critical moment by such a coincidence?" Unfortunately, all he could see at this time was a large crowd of people, and he did not know who the person who called for a halt to stop the execution was.

The excitement on the faces of the people was even greater. This is really a once-in-a-lifetime event, and it is many times rarer than killing the head. In the past, they had only heard in the drama that someone was sent by the emperor before the execution of the Emperor to shout that someone would be left under the knife to save their lives, but this time they have experienced it personally, which is enough to brag to others for ten years, right?

In the mood to see a good show, the crowd quickly moved out of the way, and let in the people who had arrived in time and were standing outside shouting and interrupting the execution. And after seeing the appearance of the person who came, Su Mudao opened his mouth even more in shock, and his face was full of disbelief: "Why is he?" ”

The one who appeared at the last moment to stop Lin Lie's execution was not Lu Zhen or some Jinyi Wei official he imagined, but one of his accomplices in the Su Governor's Mansion and the absolute mastermind of this incident, Liu Daorong and Liu Gonggong, the supervisor of the Jizhou garrison!

It wasn't until Liu Daorong strode to him that Su Mudao couldn't recover from the shock, and after staring at the other party for a long time, he said in a trembling voice: "Gonggong Liu, what do you mean by this?" "Aren't you amusing me? It was you who set up this plan to criminalize Lin Lie to such an extent, and it was you who forced me to behead him, and now seeing that he was about to fall to the ground, it was you who suddenly ran out to stop him! What exactly do you want to do? These are the words that Governor Su kept roaring in his heart, if it weren't for the presence of so many people at this time, he would have completely screamed.

Liu Daorong's face was also a little blue, his eyes were also full of entanglement, he also understood the dissatisfaction and confusion in the other party's heart, so he stepped forward and lowered his voice and said: "Governor Su, don't be surprised, our family naturally does this for a reason." I didn't mean to repent, but it happened suddenly, so I didn't have time to inform you. When you get back, you'll know what happened. Anyway, people must not be killed now. ”

"You ......" Su Mudao was so angry that his nose was about to crooked, didn't he let himself lose face in front of the people of the city? As a local prefect and a prison official, he signed his own cards, but he was actually stopped. So how can you convince the public in the future, and how will the people in the city view themselves as local parents and officials in the future?

But Liu Daorong obviously didn't care about the other party's thoughts, but quickly turned around and announced to the people who were still full of surprise and expectation: "Our family has just received a letter from the capital, and the imperial court has already known about the city's chief soldier Lin Lie's collaboration with the enemy. Therefore, the prisoner Lin Lie can't be killed now, just wait for Lord Qincha to find out the inside story and deal with it after Lord Qin Cha arrives! ”

Only then did everyone suddenly respond, and at the same time, some people began to guess where the imperial court sent the Qin Messenger was. And Su Mudao restrained his emotions a little, and snorted very dissatisfied, and then left in a little embarrassment accompanied by a group of county officials. After all, no matter what the reason is, failing to kill Lin Lie this time will be quite a big blow to him.

And Liu Daorong glanced at Lin Lie, who had been pulled up again and escorted away, with a strange expression, sighed, and turned to leave.

This first-in-the-first execution turned into a farce and was not what he wanted to see, but who made the person who was the prince just now suddenly appear in front of him-

Earlier today, Liu Daorong was still leisurely drinking tea in his mansion, waiting for the news of Lin Lie's head falling back. With his status as Gonggong Liu, he naturally wouldn't rush to the cross streets to watch this execution like those ordinary people, all he wanted was a result.

Unexpectedly, when it was almost noon, the house slave hurriedly ran in, saying that someone in the capital had sent him a letter, which made Liu Daorong's spirit suddenly lift.

As an idealistic and ambitious eunuch, Liu Daorong was naturally not satisfied with being only a prisoner in a border town like Jizhou, he wanted to return to Beijing and find a position in the imperial horse supervisor or the celebrant eunuch. For this reason, he has not spent much time on the father-in-law in the palace who is deeply trusted by the Son of Heaven, especially the prince of Wang Yue, who has been promoted to the governor of Dongchang, which is the target of his recent efforts to curry.

This time, he will attack Lin Lie, and even put him to death at the risk of offending the officers and soldiers in the army, just because this is something that the prince sent someone to let him do. Coupled with the personal grudge with Lin Lie before, Liu Daorong no longer had any worries.

Now suddenly someone in the capital wants to see him, could it be that the prince knows about his efforts these days, so he wants to thank himself? Maybe he will be transferred back to Beijing because of this, and with Wang Yue as a backer, his future career will inevitably be smooth.

After thinking about all this, Liu Daorong immediately rushed to the door in person to welcome the dusty person with the letter, and after greeting and greeting a few words, he hurriedly got to the point: "But Wang Yue and the prince sent Your Excellency?" I wonder what his old man commanded? ”

"Yes, I came here on the orders of the factory father." This is actually a fan of the East Factory: "The factory has only one thing to entrust to you this time, you should know that Wei Chengbo Lu Zhen has been ordered to come to Jizhou, right?" ”

"I know, but please rest assured, we have a way to deal with this matter, and now that Lin Lie has been escorted to the execution ground, he will be beheaded later. As long as he dies, there is no possibility of reversing the case! Liu Daorong smiled hurriedly. Although the other party is just a Dongchang fan, he doesn't dare to be too rude.

Unexpectedly, after hearing him say this, the other party has already changed color: "Why do you want to make your own claims? This Lin Lie absolutely can't be killed, at least not yet. As soon as he dies, the arrangement of the factory will be completely lost! ”

"Ah......" Hearing this, Liu Daorong was completely dumbfounded, looked at the other party in a daze, and couldn't come back to his senses for a while.

At this time, this person was also anxious: "Executions are usually carried out at three o'clock in the afternoon, right?" Now there is still half an hour, you hurry to the execution ground, no matter what you do, you must save Lin Lie! ”

"But...... Isn't it the intention of the old man to frame Lin Lie for the crime? Why do you want to save his life now? "Liu Daorong is really a little unable to turn around.

"What is a small Jizhou general soldier, and it is also worthy of the prince's attention to him? What he wants to deal with is Wei Chengbo Lu Jin! If Lin Lie dies, do you think Lu Zhen will still be in my place? You hurry up and save people, if you go late, things can't be saved, once the prince is blamed, you can't afford it! ”

After a sharp urging, Liu Daorong finally didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly agreed, then hurriedly ran out of the door, rode his horse to the execution ground, and shouted out the knife to keep people.

So this time Gonggong Liu himself was forced to be helpless, seeing that Lin Lie was about to be stabbed in two sections, and he actually had to come forward to save him, this feeling was really uncomfortable. But Wang Yue was not something he could offend, so he could only do it against his will. As for Su Mudao's dissatisfaction, I can only talk about it later......