Chapter 149: Zhang Zhensun's Choice
"Brother-in-law, what should we do, I don't want to die! I'm not a soldier, I'm going home to farm, please, let me go home and farm! ”
Qian Kang, who is usually sharp-toothed, doesn't want to say a word now, all of this is self-inflicted, and this unlucky brother-in-law will be killed by him sooner or later.
The shackles were removed, and the criminal department had special people to play with them, and layers of coarse cotton began to wrap up from their feet and continued to wrap thickly around their necks.
"Brother-in-law, you killed me, I said just be a soldier, you have to let me be an official, it's over! Woohoo......"
Qian Kang shook his head, his face was full of self-deprecating laughter, seeing that there was not much time left, he exhaled and said to the sky: "God, you are gracious, let me stop being a man in the next life, it's so difficult!" Just be a pig and a dog, and you can eat and drink for a lifetime. ”
Two thick flagpoles have been erected on the square, and thousands of soldiers and civilians have been watching around. The two people who had been tied to the human-shaped wick were soaked in a vat full of sesame oil, and the coarse cotton tightly wrapped around their bodies absorbed half of the sesame oil.
The two were separated by two or three feet, their heads and feet were tied to the flagpole, and Jiang Mao, who was about to go crazy in despair, howled uncontrollably, cursing for a while and begging for mercy hoarsely. Qian Kang had already closed his mouth tightly, and he seemed to be strong with a solemn expression, but in fact, his lower body was already flowing with feces and urine, and his frightened heart didn't know how to beat.
These two people were also wicked when they were dying, and the Yuan soldiers prisoners of war who were originally imprisoned would not be beheaded, but after Zhang Zhensun and Wang Daofu discussed, they picked out twelve unlucky prisoners of war from among them and accompanied them to the west together.
In this way, the scene was relatively large, and it became a trial meeting for the execution of the soldiers and the spies who defected to the enemy, deliberately ignoring the authenticity of the holy decree and the identity of the Kipchak minister, so as to avoid the doubts of other officials and the military and civilians.
Most of the Yuan soldiers who were gagged were at a loss, how could they be beheaded if they stayed well? There are also people who understand the situation, and with vicious eyes, they cut two people who are about to be lit sky lanterns.
"Slash!"
The heads of the six soldiers in the first row fell to the ground, and a passion of blood fell to the ground.
The six Yuan soldiers in the second row were escorted up again, their mouths had already been stuffed into the hemp ball, it was impossible to speak or beg for mercy, and they couldn't even writhe and struggle their bodies.
"Woo...... I don't want to die...... Please, let me go home and farm, I'm not a spy......" Jiang Maotong, who still had the strength to speak, his face was flushed with the upside-down control on his head and feet, and the blood in his whole body was concentrated in his head, and he had already begun to enter a state of madness.
"Slash!"
Xue Liang's broadsword was raised high and fell with a thud, taking away a skull and spurting out a ball of blood.
"The officials of the Great Song Dynasty, Jiang Maotong and Qian Kang, secretly conspired with the enemy country, plotted to assassinate the important ministers of the country, and prepared to sacrifice it to the Yuan Dynasty after seizing Guangzhou. Harming the lives of thousands of soldiers and civilians, and seeking their own glory and wealth, the two are hereby sentenced to the punishment of lighting sky lanterns, and have warned the world that they must not take their ancestral blood as the most important thing, and do not embark on the same path. ”
After Wang Daofu finished reading, he paused, his eyes scanned the surroundings, and then shouted: "Light the fire and execute!" ”
The flames were lit from the feet of the two of them first, and the severe pain and the despair of frequent death made Qian Kang, who was speechless, also begin to wail, begging the surrounding soldiers to kill him directly.
"You deserve it, you deserve it!"
"Burn them, burn them slowly, surrender and be a spy should end up like this!"
"They should have been chopped alive and the shaved meat should be fed to the dogs."
The flames burned quickly, and when the ignition overflowed their thighs, the two of them were left with only a ghostly howl, and the crackling flames continued to squeeze the remaining bit of strength and vitality.
Soon the wooden flagpole was also ignited, and the raging fire was completely burning, and at this time only the sound of whirring flames remained, and the tightly wrapped human-shaped candles burst into flames from top to bottom, and the person was already dead.
Zhang Zhensun did not watch the execution at the execution ground, and lit the sky lantern on the charge of collaborating with the enemy, and many things were naturally done by Wang Daofu and others, and he was not needed to come forward in everything, so he returned to his study to think deeply. Killing themselves must be the intention of a court official, not to look down on Qian Kang and Jiang Maotong, with their courage and courage, they would never dare to come up with such thoughts.
Whether it is Zhang Shijie or Lu Xiufu, there has been a great rift between his heart and the court, and Zhang Zhensun, who is loyal to the monarch and is not afraid of life and death, has doubts about his mission for the first time.
He studied hard and diligently since he was a child, participated in exams again and again, and finally got the fame of the champion of the palace examination, whether he was suppressed and neglected by Jia Yidao, or was dismissed because of trivial matters, he never doubted his loyalty, and he was sincere to the emperor of the court.
There are so many things that can be explained by the real holy decree and the forged jade seal, so much so that Zhang Zhensun has no intention of figuring out its multiple meanings, but the denial of his own value has been put on the bright side. If he cooperated with Qian Kang Jiang Maotong and smoothly transferred the military power in Guangzhou to him, the name that might be written on this holy decree would be replaced by his Zhang Zhensun, would everyone be happy at that time?
When pigs fly! Because then there is only one result, falling out with Hong Kong Island and becoming enemies! How to get along with Zhao Tianyou after that, Zhang Zhensun couldn't guess the consequences, but with a strong warning in his heart, it would definitely not end well!
Although I only visited the island once, the shock to Zhang Zhensun's heart is incomparable, words can no longer describe the thoughts at that time, but there is a very clear thought, that is, everything on Hong Kong Island represents the future.
The execution of Jiang Maotong and Qian Kang means that they have a bad relationship with the exiled ******, no matter what Zhang Shijie and Lu Xiufu and other officials think, the minister of the Qin mission is lit with a sky lantern, where is the face of the imperial court? Retaliation against him will follow.
Send someone again? The second chincha? Who else is not afraid of death and dares to come!
It's not that I, Zhang Zhensun, am disloyal and unjust, but that the government has been controlled by others, and I can't tolerate my loyalty to the country! After talking with Wang Daofu a few times, Zhang Zhensun chose this path of confrontation with the imperial court, because he firmly believed that Hong Kong Island represented the future!
It was time for him to choose, and he chose to stand with Zhao Tianyou!
When all the empty alleys in Guangzhou went to the court to watch the execution of spies and light the sky lantern, Zhao Tianyou did not go to see the excitement, but sat by a well and thought quietly. Late at night, I used to follow Yaozhu to the place, the uninhabited secluded courtyard in Zhang's mansion, which was also the place where Miss Li found the abandoned baby Yaozhu.
The three-foot-wide wellhead is made of bluestone, and there is already some green moss and grass growing around it, but it is just a quaint and deep well, and there is nothing strange about it.