There was a bang in the crowd, and there was a rush of shouts.

"The eldest lord loves the people like a son, and we all know it deeply, this heavy beating of forty military sticks, I will ask for forgiveness."

"The eldest master has this kind of heart, it's enough, how can you really beat yourself?"

The bitter lord Shi Laohan had already stood up, tremblingly trying to pull Gao Yue up from the ground, but he was afraid that he would use too much force and offend Gao Yue, so he didn't dare to pull it, and he didn't dare to let it go, so he urgently called someone to help.

Cao Mo stepped forward a few steps, he was a person who ran all year round and went down to the field. Although he is over forty years old, he still has a lot of strength. He sank down, lifted Gao Yue up, and said excitedly: "General! The general's sincere heart, self-discipline, and seriousness are deeply touching! Jia both felt and admired, and sighed to himself. ”

"Now everyone is begging for the general, and even this bitter master's family is begging for help. Generals, forty military sticks, inappropriate tricksters. The general also has important military and political affairs, and various official affairs such as the security of the people and the whole army, and his body is broken, how can he manage the government? This time, let's avoid it. ”

Cao Mo was moved, and spat out his heartfelt words, subconsciously, he already recognized the status of the head of Gaoyue County.

Gao Yue saw that it was him, and also heard the meaning of submission and obedience in his words, and was very pleased, so he said, "Sir! Mr. loves my heart, and Gao is grateful. ”

He simply rolled over, stood up, and shouted to everyone, "Everyone." Listen to me. ”

The front of the government office fell silent. The faces with different expressions all looked at Gao Yue fixedly.

"Everyone." Gao Yue arched his hand and said, "Are you waiting for me to make a show?" Since there is a law, it should be obeyed by everyone. If it is because of the disparity in status, the rich and the poor, they can be treated differently, what is the use of the law? ”

"Only when everyone abides by the law can there be justice at all, and only when there are thousands of people in Li can there be protection. Since it is not good for me to supervise my subordinates, how can I be self-indulgent? This is the first of its kind, how can it be convincing in the future? ”

Cao Mo couldn't help but say: "The righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, the law is not respected. In the past, Wei Taizu also violated military law, and later he was exempted...... "What Cao Mo said is that when Cao Cao was marching in the Three Kingdoms, his horse was frightened by flying birds, and he went into the field, trampled on the farmer's wheat field, and violated the military law.

Cao Cao immediately called someone to execute him, and Guo Jia, the chief secretary, said such a sentence to advise, which means that the allusion of the Spring and Autumn Period said: Since ancient times, criminal law has not been used on honorable people.

Gao Yue read poetry and books, of course he knew this allusion, and he opened his mouth and returned: "However, Wei Taizu also said that if you make a law and commit a crime, why is it handsome?" ”

How can you command and restrain your subordinates if you make your own laws and violate them? Mr. doesn't need to persuade anymore, how can he convince others if he asks others to do it, but he doesn't want to do it?

Cao Mona was speechless, shook his head and sighed and retreated.

Li Hu couldn't bear it anymore and said in a loud voice: "The general was sitting in the palace at that time, and the military affairs in the city were handed over to me, and I was temporarily in charge. Since I am not strict, I am more responsible. If you want to fight, you should hit me. ”

Gao Yue waved his hand violently and said sharply: "Don't say anything more!" I have made up my mind, and I will execute it left and right! ”

He fell to the ground again, turned his head and glared at the two soldiers who were hiding outside Zhang Xu and holding sticks: "Come quickly!" If my subordinates show mercy, engage in favoritism, and do not beat you seriously, I will kill you! ”

That's it, what else is there to say. The two soldiers looked at each other, the general's stick was tightly clenched in his hand, and he gritted his teeth and was about to step over, Feng Liang grabbed the two of them, and said in a low voice: "If you really use all your strength, you two will not have good fruit to eat!" ”

The two of them were embarrassed and helpless, so they moved to Gao Yue's side, standing on the left and right.

Everyone looked at the military stick, the height of the eyebrows, as thick as a wine cup, black at the top and red at the bottom, round at the top and slightly flattened at the bottom, and the low end was wrapped with a heavy black iron.

The two executioners had already stood still, but they couldn't do it, not because they couldn't, but they didn't dare. The two of them looked left and right like rats in bellows, looking left and right with a plea for help, just hoping that someone would come out and solve this extremely embarrassing scene.

Gao Yue stayed for a while, saw that there was still no movement, turned his head, and saw that the two soldiers were still standing still, with a hesitant face.

Gao Yue was furious: "The so-called military orders are like mountains, and the orders are forbidden. The Lord will have given an order, and you will hesitate to move forward, afraid not to carry it out, if you are on the battle array, will it not harm me? In this way against the military order, the only way to do it is to punish the canon! ”

As Gao Yue spoke, he was about to get up from the ground, and his hand had already reached his waist to touch the cross knife.

Seeing that he was going to kill again, the two of them were so frightened that they hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "The general spares his life, and his subordinates will obey the order!" Before he finished speaking, he stood up, and he didn't even bother to wipe the sweat from his head, so he gritted his teeth and beat the general's stick hard.

"Smack!"

"Smack!"

The hardwood struck the flesh with a muffled sound, and the heaviness of the texture was discernible from the sound.

When Yue Fei was training cavalry, "every time the division rests, the soldiers of the class note the slope and jump the trench, and they are all heavily armoured." "Gao Yue once and Yue Yun were on the slope together—from the high hillside the horse galloped down, the horse hesitated, and the horse tripped when it was galloping down.

Yue Fei was furious, thinking that the two of them were not serious in training, could not do good riding skills, and did not meet the standard of business quality, so they wanted to kill them. The generals pleaded bitterly to save them from death, and they whipped them in anger. That's why there is "back to the head, all of them are hundreds." Such as the slope, jumping trench and other arts, are heavily armored, proficient in learning, people look forward to it as a god".

Yue Fei has extremely strict requirements for his generals, heavy generals, and personal generals, and starts from all aspects, striving to temper them into excellent people who are outstanding and can take charge of their own affairs.

As for the problems existing in the martial arts of ordinary soldiers, Yue Fei focused on education, guidance and other methods, and warned his generals to love soldiers like sons, and not to easily scold and insult those ordinary soldiers for such things.

Therefore, Gao Yue, as a pro-general and a righteous son, was tempered more harshly than other generals. It was a common thing to be reprimanded with a rod and to be scourged. Later, when he grew up and was able to take charge of himself, he slowly realized Yue Fei's hard work.

The two executioners, fearing death, hurriedly used their canes. The strength is indeed not weak, and after more than ten strokes, Gao Yue's back and buttocks that were hit were already bleeding out, staining the broken clothes red.

Gao Yue lay on his stomach, beads of sweat already coming out of his forehead. The pain is the same for everyone. The difference is only that some people have an iron will, and they can endure no matter how hard you endure the severe pain; Some people are spider-like nerves, and they feel that they can't bear some suffering, and they only want to retreat and avoid it.

Gao Yue is naturally the former. The flesh was hit by gravity, and it was like a moment, and the muscles and bones were numb and sore. But while he gritted his teeth and forbearance, he did ring a warning bell for himself in his heart, military discipline, major events, a little indulgence, the elite soldiers of a hundred battles will also become a plate of loose sand, must not be vigilant.

"Smack!" "Smack!" "Smack!" ……

After more than 20 hits, Gao Yue's face was already pale, beads of sweat the size of beans were gushing out, and he actually covered his eyes, he tried to calm down, gritted his teeth and insisted, but his snort was as rough as a moment.

The people around them, all of them looked nervous and watched with bated breath. Some of them were cowardly, but they let out a burst of screams, as if the military sticks that were raised high and hit hard smashed into their hearts.

While his subordinates were waving, the two executioners had no intention of raising their heads, and they bumped into Feng Liang's gloomy face at a glance. Feng Liang's whole personality has changed greatly since he was leveled, although he is still that thin figure, and his face is even a little childish, but he is definitely no longer the Feng Liang he used to be.

Thinking of his warning, the two of them cried bitterly in their hearts, and one said that if he hit lightly, he would have to wait for his head; Another meaning is that if you hit hard, you will take your life. In the past, I only felt excited and excited to be tortured and beaten, and at this moment I just wished that I had been beaten, which was better than suffering here.

The two of them were a little stunned by Feng Liang's eyes. The strength of his subordinates unconsciously tightened, and he hit more than ten times, and he had already beaten thirty-seven sticks.

The two froze, straightened up, and took a deep breath. One person shouted: "The general is good, there are still three times to see you, the general will be patient for a while, and his subordinates are rude." ”

According to the usual practice, the last three strokes of the cane are equivalent to the end of the sentence, and they will be dealt a particularly heavy blow, which means that the prisoner will deepen his impression and firmly remember that from now on, he will not be a traitor or violate the law again.

Of course, the scene of stuffing benefits, going through the motions, and going through the motions is naturally another matter.

There is no cane striking in the three hundred and sixty lines, but this one is definitely eaten by skill. Those who are accustomed to beating people and are familiar with their hands, the cane is in their hands, and life and death, severity and severity are only a thought. As a result, how to beat people has become a science.

Fang Bao's "Miscellaneous Notes in Prison" of the Qing Dynasty once recorded an incident he saw with his own eyes in the prison of the Criminal Department: three prisoners were subjected to the same cane punishment, and in order to suffer less, they all bribed the staff of the cane in advance.

A prisoner gave thirty taels of silver, and was slightly wounded to the bone, and recuperated for a month; The second prisoner gave double the amount of silver, and only wounded a little flesh, and was healed in less than a month; The third prisoner was given one hundred and eighty taels of silver, and after the execution he was executed, he went about his usual pace that night.

Whether you eat the pain of flesh and skin, whether it will hurt your muscles and bones, it all depends on your identity and money. Gao Yue didn't make any money, but his identity was there, and he didn't dare to do anything perfunctory, but he never dared to die with all his strength. However, these last three strokes, in terms of momentum, must be done enough.