Chapter 25: The New Nest of the Bird and Mouse Nest Camp (Part II)
[For a few months, the state is so bad that I'm sorry for all of you. The editor, Changhe, is also jumping on his feet. I am here now to apologize for my sins and promise to renew this month's 200,000 words to atone for my old sins. This is the second update of the day. 】
Qiao Ergou, the place name of Yunnan, knows the word Shubian, Qiao Ergou also understands, and he knows the meaning of the two words together.
If it is a tattoo on the face, it is a hair allocation to fill the army, and Qiao Ergou originally thought that he would be dealt with like this. -- Conscription is not a soldier, but a miscellaneous work in the barracks, eating the least, working the hardest, escaping the latest, and dying the earliest.
But now the words are tattooed on the back of the hand, and it is on the side, is this being an official soldier and eating official food? Although this is not as comfortable as being a beggar in the capital, it is better to leave a life than to match the army.
But Qiao Ergou's dream was soon shattered.
The beggars were gathered at the gate of the barracks, the freight carts that had carried them had been replaced by four-wheeled carriages for passengers, and a group of soldiers who looked more sturdy than their comrades in the barracks were waiting for them.
After waiting in front of the gate for a while, the soldiers didn't move. Qiao Ergou's hand tingled for a while, and he began to worry about whether the wound would rot. Holding his right hand, he didn't want to cause trouble, and he squatted on the side.
A soldier paced back and forth, and finally shook over, Qiao Ergou got up and got out of the way, and said with a smile: "Official, ......"
"What officer?" As soon as Qiao Ergou spoke, the military man glared, "Where do I look like an official?" Call me ten generals. When the command comes, you will call the officials. ”
Ten generals are the small army leaders in the capital, lower than the capital heads, higher than the team, and indeed cannot be regarded as officials.
The ten generals looked around the beggars and said gloomily, "Be careful not to make any mistakes, let the commander whip you." Be obedient all the way, and if you want to eat and kill the mighty stick, say it now, lest you get hurt on the road and someone will serve you. ”
Qiao Ergou was bored, and the chick nodded like a rice peck and retreated. As soon as he retreated, a person squeezed next to him, with a disgusting smile, "It turns out that Brother Ergou is also here, and the younger brother is really blind, and he didn't even see it." ”
Qiao Ergou fixed his eyes and relaxed, "It's Li Huazi." ”
"It's not Hanako now." Li Huazi grinned, his body was clean, but a mouthful of rotten teeth was dirty and disgusting, and he pretended to whisper mysteriously: "Have you heard?" ”
"What did you hear?"
"Li Daguan."
"Which Li Daguan?"
"Which other Li official can there be?"
The conversation between the two seemed to be playing a dumb riddle, but Qiao Ergou understood it and knew who it was, the famous Li Daguan in the city, married a wife, donated an official, had a concubine, and a bunch of sons. The scene is very glamorous, but he was born as a beggar, and he is also a beggar for a living, and he is one of the beggars in the Beijing Division. Ordinary people say that Li Daguan is more likely, but when Li Daguan is mentioned in the beggar, then there is only one.
"What's wrong with him?" Qiao Ergou looked around and whispered, "This time, none of the leaders have been delivered, is there something wrong?" ”
"He," Li Huazi covered her mouth, but she didn't hide her gloating smile, "A few days ago, I was in the hall and was dug up old accounts. ”
"Old accounts?" Qiao Ergou sighed, "Isn't this a dead end?" ”
Li Daguan has always been a celebrity among beggars. A beggar was born and did business in ordinary life, that is, he abducted the children of good families, and the women stayed at home to be humiliated, and then sold far away, and the men broke their hamstrings, ruined their appearance, and then pulled out to beg. Parents can't recognize it when they see it, there are people staring at it, and children don't dare to recognize it.
Every day, these children have to pay the money they have begged for, and no matter how much they ask, they can't get enough to eat, and in the end, none of them will survive for five years. As for Li Daguan, as soon as he saw that the person was dead, he threw it out to feed the dogs, which was the most vicious. And his most ruthless side is to cut off the children's hands and feet and stuff them into the jar to raise, ten out of ten may not be able to live, but if one survives, it can bring hundreds of benefits a year.
With so many dozen or twenty disabled beggars in his hands, the income is hundreds of guan every year, and if you mix it with some other transactions, it is thousands of guan. But for the sake of these thousands of children, I don't know how many children have been harmed. Most beggars can't see it, and secretly curse him for having a son without an asshole. But he is the only beggar who can buy a house and a horse in Beijing. The other beggars, who have money, have money, at most buy a small yard outside the city.
What's more, because of the money, there are several outlaws under Li Daguan's hands, and there is no shortage of things to do to seize land and property, and the life lawsuits under his hands can be as high as one person.
Hearing the bad news of such a person, Qiao Ergou didn't have any sympathy at all. At most, he only splashed people with dung, and Qiao Ergou had never done such a vicious deed.
"It's not like it's going to die." Li Huazi pouted and said to Qiao Ergou: "I listened to Kong Mu in the prison and said that the case was reported that day." The Queen Mother was furious, not only condemned Ling Chi, but also called Governor Li over and scolded him for a while. ”
"The Queen Mother knows everything?" Qiao Ergou was taken aback, didn't he stab into the sky?
"How can you not let the Queen Mother know about such a big matter?"
The imperial court decides the list every autumn, and the emperor and the queen mother all have to pass the purpose. And there is a big case in the Jingshi, who dares to be full of the queen mother and not report it?
Li Huazi glanced at Junhan first, stretched out his arm, put his arms around Qiao Ergou's neck, and lowered his voice: "Your Liu black head, this time, most of that black head can't be kept." More than a dozen beggars, all the families were copied, and the people in the family, both young and old, were also arrested. is like that Li Daguan, who has too many bitter masters in his hands, and was sentenced to Ling Chi. Two days later, the execution will be carried out. ”
Ling Chi! Qiao Ergou was full of excitement.
He has seen Ling Chi, a few years ago, there was a clan that planned to rebel and was arrested, and there were two fools who wanted to rebel with him, one was sentenced to be beheaded, and the other was sentenced to Ling Chi.
On the day of the execution, the court was crowded with people, and the people who lived in the capital were afraid that one-tenth of them came to see the excitement, which was more than the racecourse and the stadium. Qiao Ergou also squeezed over to take a look.
The beginning of the halving was already very miserable, and he was cut in two by the waist on the guillotine, and only half of the person was left, dragging his intestines and screaming for a long time before he died. Qiao Ergou felt that he had called for half an hour, and those who went with him also said a quarter of an hour, and some said two quarters of an hour, in short, it felt very long.
But although the waist cut is long, it is not as good as Ling Chi. The prisoner was tied to a pillar, and a large clay basin was placed at his feet, and it was full of ash. The executioner carried a knife with a bull's ear, and cut off the flesh of the prisoner piece by piece, and threw it into the ash basin at his feet, and the blood flowed into the basin without splashing at all. After more than 1,000 knives, there was only a red man with a protruding bone on the pillar, the skin was cut clean, the red flesh, the white tendons, and a piece of yellow fat on the stomach were all bloody, but the person was still alive, still screaming and screaming until more than 2,000 knives.
In this scene, Qiao Ergou watched it for two hours, and saw a big living person turned into a pile of minced meat in a clay pot, and afterwards he went back and had a nightmare for three whole days, and he didn't eat a good meal for several days.
Thinking of the old things, Li Huazi's voice became very gloomy when he heard Qiao Ergou's ears, "His two sons have to accompany them on the road, and the head of the vegetable market is waiting for them." It's a pity we can't see it. ”
Li Huazi talked to Qiao Ergou for a while, and then left quietly, watching him turn his head and find another person, Qiao Ergou thought to himself, such a person, no wonder he can be left and right. There are also those beggars who were captured, Qiao Ergou secretly wanted them to die, but on the surface, he had to sigh for them.
However, that Liu Heitou, Qiao Ergou has been under his door for almost ten years, and he is still righteous enough to people, and he will leave people money to eat bowls of soup cakes after taking a share. Thinking that he was about to be executed, Qiao Ergou still felt a sad feeling of death in his heart.
In the corner of the wall, looking at the carriages and horses and soldiers in front of the door.
This group of soldiers guarding the door. A few of them sat on the side of the carriage, and after Qiao Ergou's careful scrutiny, they were all dressed to go far away. The two soldiers were telling some jokes over there, and a group of people were laughing. On the other end is a husband and wife, who look like they have just gotten married, and the husband is a military man, and the Hun family came to see them off, carrying this burden in their hands, holding hands and talking. The Hun family wiped their tears, and the husband sighed, and the couple was inseparable.
Qiao Ergou understood that this team of men and horses would escort them south to Yunnan Road.
After waiting for a while, the soldiers finally made a move, but they did not immediately rush Qiao Ergou and the others to get into the car, but came over first, first tied a rope to Qiao Ergou's right foot, and then tied Ye Xiaosan next to him, and then added three more people. A group of five, connected by a rope.
Qiao Ergou's original firm judgment was no longer sure now. I was worried in my heart, is this going to the Dharma field? He had watched the court many times, and the prisoners to be executed were all shackled, their heads and hands were tied, and a two-foot-long rope was put around their feet, so that the prisoners could only walk and not run.
Next to him were more than a dozen people with spears, a little outside, and some people were carrying divine arm bows, although everyone was bored and lazy, but seeing the heavily guarded surroundings and the weapons listed, Qiao Ergou didn't dare to move. Ye Xiaosan beside him was so frightened that he almost leaked urine, and his tears were rolling down.
"Don't be afraid, I'll untie it for you when I get to the ground." The person who came to tie his feet was a kind person, and said to Ye Xiaosan, who looked like he was only eleven or twelve years old, "When I get there, I have a house to live in, I have land to plant, as long as I am honest and willing to work, I will not be hungry anymore, and I will have my own industry in the future." ”
"Li is honest, there are a lot of words!"
Hearing this voice, Li Laoshi, who was speaking, immediately shut up, stood up in a panic, and saluted the other comrades with the others.