Chapter 40: The Elders Might

The Di tribe is particularly lively today, and in the past, only the temple fair greets the statue of Shennong to have such a landscape. The temple fair is held once a year, and it also pays homage to the ancestors, which is solemn and solemn. And such a scene does not seem to be welcomed.

It's more like a send-off.

The execution ground is not like the Ming and Qing Dynasty vegetable markets, filled with a strong smell of blood; Nor did it stain the ground as red and yellowish as it did. On the contrary, because of the worship of the spirit of nature, everyone's death is taken seriously, and in order to make their death peaceful, such a place full of evil air is specially clean.

This is similar to ancient Egypt, where the judgment of the dead is a matter of the underworld, and Hades will use feathers to measure the sins of a person's life, and if the scales are tilted in favor of sin, then the person will be swallowed up by darkness. And the task of the Egyptian soldiers was to send them to Hades.

Although it is not isolated from the world, it is generally used in the Shang Dynasty five punishments, namely Mo (stabbing characters), slashing (cutting the nose), slashing (cutting off the foot), Gong (all understanding) and Dabi punishment (i.e., killing). Other penalties will be determined differently depending on the circumstances; But this is already the approximate punishment of all punishments, just tattooing, dismemberment, amputation, and beheading.

Hundreds of people are surrounded by this place, and it stands to reason that petty executions would not be carried out in such a place, and it was decades ago when it was last used to kill a murderer, and for weeks on end it emitted an unapproachable stench that no one wanted to walk through it for months afterward.

On the tall execution platform, kneeling two miserable-looking civilians, Yiyue looked at Changdi angrily, and her scarlet eyes seemed to be able to spew fire; And Geng Wu was frightened, submissive, and didn't dare to face him.

Their hands and feet were tied, their heads were forcibly pressed to the ground, and even a rag was stuffed in their mouths, and they had no chance of seeking justice.

Hundreds of people looked at the people on top and the two who were bound, and they didn't know what was going on.

"Eighth aunt, what did these two members of their family do to be detained in this place?"

"Who knows? Two days ago, these little two were quite happy, and that guy was angry at me after drinking, why was he arrested today? ”

"What about the Thai armor? Her whole family is going to be killed, and there is no news yet? ”

Aunt Eight shook her head.

"He has long been driven out of the tribe, and he has broken off relations with the two of them, why do you mention him?"

"That's it! He's not from our tribe anymore, and it doesn't matter what happens to him! ”

"But it's just more, Yiyue is a good woman, why is she going to be killed for some reason?"

Hundreds of people were noisy, and Changdi frowned slightly, suddenly drew his sword, and nailed it to the wooden board, and there was silence in an instant.

Mao Changdi slowly stepped forward and sneered: "Clansmen, I have come to speak for you!" ”

The people looked at each other, and they all didn't know what madness this eldest son was doing.

Seeing that everyone was at a loss, Mao Changdi said again: "The Taijia traitor has caused our clan to lose the most important economic source - papermaking!" My father was unwilling to put an end to this matter, but Elder Gong insisted on going his own way and forcing us to tolerate Taijia's crimes! Now that I have killed Taijia's parents, I will not stop my clan from making paper even if I let Elder Gong make noise! ”

"This ...... Will this work? Someone didn't care about their lives and began to ask questions.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Papermaking is so important that if you kill them, you can make paper...... Then kill it! ”

"That's human life......"

"How can you speak? Do you want your father to have no food? ”

Everyone is ugly, and all of them are willing to kill Thaijia's parents for their own interests. Xingfu gritted his teeth and looked at the scene in front of him, tears welling up in his eyes, but he didn't dare to speak, because his father Kuishan was looking at the scene on the stage excitedly.

"Big Brother Thai...... Where are you? You're coming back! Xingfu could only cry helplessly in his heart.

Seeing that most people agreed with him, he was secretly happy in his heart, and said: "I have negotiated with the merchants, as long as I kill these two people, I will be in charge of the papermaking in the tribe!" I will try my best to fight for as many interests as possible......"

"Kill them!"

"I want to make paper!"

Under the "excitement of the crowd", everyone has become extremely red-eyed, although a few people have a certain degree of restraint, but they dare not risk the world's condemnation. All of a sudden, the shouts inside and outside the arena came and went, covering one section after another, and even spread to the mountain not far away.

Changdi became more and more proud, smiled, and beckoned to the two executioners on the side. The two of them stood forward, and the iron knife in their hands was extremely sharp, and it only took an instant to take people's lives.

Yi Yue and Gengwu looked at the two big knives in horror and struggled hard, but the executioner pressed them so tightly that they couldn't move a bit. Yi Yue's tears were held back, he hadn't seen his son yet, she didn't blink her eyes!

"Stop! What are you doing? ”

As soon as the roar of the old man came from far and near, Gong Changqiu came limping with a cane. He rarely went out, and he didn't know that there was still an execution today, until the shouts and shouts reached his house one after another just now, and his slender eyebrows trembled for a while He didn't feel good, and hurriedly walked out to check.

It doesn't matter if you don't look at the result, you will be shocked when you see it! He has calculated a lot, but he can't calculate that Changdi actually has the idea of Taijia's parents! And looking at this appearance, if you don't come in a hurry, the two heads will fall to the ground!

Yiyue looked at Gong Changqiu in surprise and joy, screaming "woo" in her mouth, begging Gong Changqiu to save their lives.

"Yo! Isn't this Elder Gong? Mao Changdi smiled evilly, "Elder Gong is here to help them go beyond the Underworld?" If so, when I kill both of them, I'll leave them at your disposal!" ”

"Mao Changdi, you'd better know what you're doing......" Gong Changqiu walked coldly through the crowd, and everyone hurriedly got out of the way. Gong Changqiu's steps were very fast, and he arrived at the Xingxing platform in a moment, and looked at Mao Changdi with a squint, "Don't tell me that the Hou has agreed to this matter......"

Mao Changdi was also honest, and said proudly: "The Marquis of Mao doesn't know about this matter yet......

"Then you dare to dispose of the people at will! How could the punishment of beheading be handled without the patriarch? ”

At this time, someone in the audience was dissatisfied: "Elder, the eldest prince is here so that we can make paper!" ”

"That's it! Elder, if it weren't for your obstruction, we would have been able to make paper a long time ago, would we still be living as hard as we are now? ”

Gong Changqiu said angrily: "When there was no papermaking before, why didn't I see you starving to death? Now that you are not allowed to make paper, you still don't know how to live? ”

Mao Changdi shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Elder, if you kill these two, you will completely cut off the connection with Taijia, and you have no right to stop the tribe from making paper!" This is the will of the people, even if you are an elder, I am afraid that you will not be able to stop the people's will......"

"Elder, they must be killed!"

"That's right! Even if you are an elder, you can't stop us! ”

Gong Changqiu waited for decades, and finally waited for a god son who could bring their tribe to prosperity. You just drove him away, and now you killed his parents, do you want to completely sever his relationship with the tribe?

"You Diao people, you are really in the midst of blessings and don't know blessings!" Gong Changqiu was heartbroken, he finally found out that these people are not worthy of being rich and strong at all, and they are not worthy of his efforts at all!

Mao Changdi became more and more proud, and actually patted Gong Changqiu directly on the shoulder, and sneered: "Elder, go down quickly, don't let blood stain your clothes!" ”

Gong Changqiu's face became darker and darker, he coughed lightly, and a mouthful of blood spit on his hand, and said coldly: "The old man is here today...... No one wants to touch the two of them! ”

"Humph! The old guy is still strong! Mao Changdi didn't pay attention to this dry bone at all, and said to the executioner behind him: "Execution!" ”

However, just as the executioners were lifting the butcher knife, they suddenly felt that their muscles were inexplicably losing strength, and in just a moment, a heart-wrenching pain spread in the two of them. In the eyes of everyone, these two executioners were obviously in high spirits just now, why did they fall to the ground now?

"It hurts me too! It hurts me too! ”

The two executioners roared wildly, and the sound was far more terrifying than that of a dying tiger. But the more they struggled, the more the pain became, until at last they felt only a hollow in their hearts, as if they had lost some organβ€”at last, they stopped moving, and their eyes were bigger than the bottom of the bowl before they died, all unwilling and incomprehensible.

"Ahh

"What's wrong? Sleep now? ”

The crowd was full of puzzled and puzzled voices, they didn't know that the two executioners on the stage had died in disgrace, and they didn't know how they died.

"This ...... What's going on? Mao Changdi looked at the two who fell to the ground in horror, turned his head to look at Gong Changqiu, and stammered: "You, did you move your hands and feet?" ”

Gong Changqiu coughed weakly, a trace of dark red blood overflowed from the corner of his shriveled lips, and said Sen Ran: "The old man traveled to the mountains and rivers sixty years ago, and he has been to all parts of Shuzhong, and he has also learned Gu art from the Holy Maiden of Miaojiang...... Just now I used the Heart Erosion Gu to gnaw the black hearts of these two people clean......"

"Do you want to try it too?"