Chapter XVII
Time is like an arrow, in a blink of an eye, Yue Su has taken over Yangshuo County for four months, because the two housekeepers of the martial arts family were sentenced in the court, and his reputation also spread, many people have grievances, and they dare to beat the drum to voice grievances, and the public security in Yangshuo County has suddenly improved a lot, and no one dares to bully the weak and run rampant in the township. After Jin Chan and Tong Xuan became the head catchers, they had very strict requirements for their subordinate officers, not only did they not allow them to bully the people, but they were also not allowed to accept the usual routines, and even when they were on duty in the county government, they had to boil their bodies.
At the beginning, the officials were not adaptable, but they gritted their teeth and persisted for this job, and after a long time, they became accustomed to it, and after two months, they became full of energy, and they were often praised when they walked on the street.
At this time, Yue Su received the approval of the autumn verdict issued by the Criminal Department, and after a little inquiry, he learned that it was the list of death row prisoners reported last year, and it was approved.
Yue Su didn't care, and transferred it to the county according to the procedure, and finally handed it over to the main book for the record, and it was over, just waiting for the autumn decision. But that night, the county Cheng Xia Kuan secretly ran to the martial arts compound.
"Brother Wu, something is going to happen......"
Wu Kui, who was sitting in the middle of the flower hall, saw Xia Kuan coming in a hurry, and said these words, he wondered in his heart and said, "Lord Xia sat down and talked. After Xia Kuan sat down, he said again: "I don't know what the adults mean by talking like this?" What's going to happen? ”
"Brother Wu, can you remember the case of Guo Kai's murder of his wife a year ago."
Wu Kui thought for a long time, and there seemed to be such a thing in his impression, and said: "Some impressions, what's wrong?" ”
"It's the approval of the autumn decision, and in a few days, that Guo Kai will be cut at the entrance of the vegetable market."
"Isn't it very good, if you die, what can happen?" Wu Kui was even more puzzled.
"Brother Wu, are you confused, this is the first autumn duel since the new master took office, not to mention personally supervising the beheading, he will also attach great importance to it. Guo Kai's case is implicated in the young master of your mansion, if that kid shouts and screams before the execution, it is difficult to ensure that the new master will not ask. He already looked at the house unpleasantly, if he learned from Guo Kai that this case involved Ling Gongzi, whether it would be retried, it would be difficult to say. ”
Listening to Xia Kuan's words, Wu Kui couldn't help but gasp and said, "Yes, what you said is right, that kid must not be allowed to talk nonsense before the execution." After a little hesitation, he said, "In this way, you go and buy off the two jailers, and tonight you will go and kill that kid and make it cleaner." ”
Unexpectedly, Xia Kuan shook his head when he heard this, "Brother Wu, this matter must not be done, the death row prisoner died suddenly before the execution, but it is a big deal, not to mention that the new master will track it down, and the jailer can't afford to bear the guilt." If you don't do it, it will be self-defeating and let him pay attention to this case. ”
"This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so what do you say?"
"In my opinion, it is better to buy off two jailers and cut off Guo Kai's tongue at night, so that he will not be able to speak during the execution. If you cut it with a knife, it will be a hundred. Xia Kuan said with a grin.
"Good idea, good idea, that's it." Wu Kui immediately stood up and shouted loudly: "Come on, go to the tent and give Lord Xia a hundred taels of silver." ”
A hundred taels of silver to buy a tongue is really not cheap, anyway, the money is given to you, I don't care how much you spend on this thing, and how much is left.
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In the blink of an eye, it was the beginning of the autumn duel, Yue Su was still the first time to be beheaded, of course he was very excited, although he was a policeman in his previous life, although he arrested many prisoners, many of whom were sentenced to death, but the scene of the execution was never seen with his own eyes. I haven't seen it before, at best, it's just two glances on TV, this time it's immersive, can you take a closer look, especially if he comes to supervise the beheading.
At the end of the day, Caishikou was already preparing to set up the torture platform and the prison beheading platform, Yue Su and Xia Kuan sat high in it, Jin Cicada, Tie Qiu, and Tong Xuan stood on the side, and a group of officials surrounded the torture platform to prevent the people from approaching. After a while, an errand brought the prisoner directly to the execution platform. There is such a death row prisoner in Yangshuo County, Yue Su also knows what his name is after reading the text, it seems that his name is Guo Kai, who committed the murder of his wife.
Yue Su thought to himself, "In this world, you can't kill anyone, you actually kill your own wife, what is the difference between this and a beast." ”
There were no clocks and watches in these years, and Yue Su only knew that he usually started the knife at three o'clock in the afternoon. At this time, an errand brought an incense burner, and an incense stick was inserted in the incense burner, and it was supposed to be the time for the incense to burn out.
Yue Su sat bored for a long time, and from time to time he glanced at the incense burner, this incense burned really slowly, and it was only half burned so far. Yue Su had no choice but to lean back in his chair and look at the death row prisoners on the execution table.
I saw this death row prisoner, dressed in white, kneeling in the middle of the execution platform, with his cloak spread and his head bowed. After a while, he actually lifted him up and looked up at the sky, and at this moment, Yue Su saw his face clearly. The person is not handsome, but he is quite generous, but Yue Su has been handling cases for many years, and he knows what it means to be a bad person, and he doesn't write on his face.
The death row prisoner looked at the sky, and lowered his head weakly, as if he knew that his life was imminent, revealing endless sadness.
"Alas......" Yue Su sighed on the prison beheading platform, "I knew it earlier, why did I ...... it in the first place" Seeing the decadent appearance of the death row prisoner in the face of death, Yue Su could only say that this person was both pitiful and hateful.
The incense finally burned out, and Xia Kuan whispered on the side: "My lord, the time has come." ”
Yue Su nodded and ordered, "Come on, verify my identity." ”
"Yes, sir." Immediately, an errand officer ran over to inspect it, and after a while, he shouted loudly: "My lord, I have experienced and is correct." ”
"Good! Slash! Yue Su shouted, pulled out the chopping lot, and threw it downward.
When the executioner saw that the slash had landed, he immediately raised the broadsword, put on a posture, and was about to take it down.
"Slow!" At this time, someone suddenly shouted, the executioner was stunned, and when he looked up, he saw that the original county lord shouted. The executioner is unknown, so he can only suspend the execution, anyway, he is a part-time worker, people tell us to cut, and if people tell us to stop, we will stop, and I don't dare to ask a word.
It was Xia Kuan, who heard this voice, and was so frightened that his heart almost jumped out of his throat.
"Ahem...... " Yue Su coughed twice and stood up, the reason why he asked the executioner to stop was just that he suddenly thought of something. The first time I was beheaded, why didn't I have to make a gesture, seeing so many lively people, it is better to take this example in front of me and do some propaganda and education work in front of the masses.
After being a county magistrate for a few months, Yue Su already knew that the errands of the county magistrate were not like those played on TV, mainly trying cases, and almost covering all the errands in a county, such as educating the people, collecting taxes, building water conservancy, etc., etc., were all his jobs.
At that moment, Yue Su shouted loudly: "Criminal Guo Kai, you are guilty!" ”