In a place outside the city of Changtu Mansion, a high platform was erected and a cloth canopy was set up to shade the sun. The dense crowd surrounded the three layers inside and outside the three layers of this high platform. Not only the Qing Dynasty, but also the foreign missionaries, the French and Russian merchants who came and went to Changtu Province, and the Japanese stationed here, could all be found in the crowd.

Ten thousand people are empty, not to come to some grand event, but to enjoy an execution.

The big grain merchant and landlord in the city, Master Tong Yin Tong, was sentenced to death. All family property was confiscated, and all relatives were exiled to the army. If it was just a beheading, it should be lively, but it was not enough to attract so many people's attention. The reason for this beautiful scenery is that this old man Tong was sentenced to death by Ling Chi!

Ling Chi, originally written as "Ling Chi", means that the mountains and hills gradually flatten, and later extended to the execution method of cutting the flesh and skin on the human body piecemeal and cutting it off piece by piece. But all those who are inflicted this punishment are not heinous traitors - either committing rebellion, or murder, setting fire to mountains, or poisoning water sources.

So what kind of sin did this Master Tong commit? At this time, in the Changtu Mansion, the evil thing he did to scare everyone can be said to be known to everyone, and no one knows about it - harvesting and cutting.

It is not easy for the government to suppress such a big case, after all, when I went to arrest this thief that day, there was a lot of movement. Two hundred soldiers were dispatched, and all the Japanese stationed in Changtu Province were alarmed. Therefore, the prefect of An simply came to open the door to try the case, and the six doors of the prefect's yamen were wide open, and random villagers watched the trial at the door of the public court.

The evidence is conclusive, and Master Tong can only confess to 1510. He's been doing this since 10 years ago. It is said that it is a method learned in books, refining the elixir, which can ensure immortality. But this spell is very evil, refining medicine requires children's flesh and blood, and the medicine primer is the human brain and marrow!

Tong Yin was suspicious, but he was already seriously ill at that time, and Lang Zhong advised him to rest because there was no cure for this disease. In desperation, he bought a child from a foreign country who was not yet full moon, refined his flesh and blood into pills according to the evil method recorded in the book, and took it together with the brain marrow.

I never thought about it, and it was out of control from then on.

Tong Yin not only recovered from his illness, but also his body was stronger than before, and he didn't feel tired when he went to bed. You have to take this medicine all the time, and you always buy it from other places, most likely to get into trouble. So the old thief thought of a "long-term plan" - to take a concubine.

Marry some concubines and go home, not greedy for beauty, Tong Yin just wants to have fun with him in bed and make him pregnant. When it was almost nine months, when the fetus was formed but could not stand, he didn't care about the life or death of the pregnant woman, and directly poured a decoction to give birth to the fetus in advance. The flesh and blood below the neck are taken to refine the elixir, and the cerebral marrow is poured out of the skull, and it is kept as a medicine guide, and it is taken with the medicine.

This is the origin of the rows of skulls of people in the underground stone chamber of his house.

As the saying goes, "tiger poison does not eat children". What Tong Yin did can be said to have lost his conscience and exterminated humanity. But that's not all.

As time went by, this old man Tong became more and more obsessed with the taste of human brains. Even when you don't need to take medicine, you want to take human brain tonic. He also thought about finding pig brains, sheep brains or even monkey brains instead, but he always felt that the taste was not as sweet as the human brain of raw food. But the human brain is not so easy to obtain, it can only be a concubine's room, and from time to time to satisfy hunger. This is also why every once in a while, he has to marry a concubine - his greed is getting heavier and heavier.

Even now, if Tong Yin doesn't eat the human brain once a season, he will scratch his heart and scratch the itch of his liver, and his whole body hurts from top to bottom. That's why he risked the incident at the east window, and asked the ghost he raised to go out to eat, and bring some back for himself to relieve the boredom in his mouth.

It's just that if there is one, there will be two, and if you get two, you will forget three. In the past, I was calculating when a child was about to "full of days", how could there be such a painful and life-threatening injury? He had tasted such a feast that he would commit three crimes in a row in just a few days—this man was already mad and reckless.

"Heartbreaking!" This was a four-character comment under the Governor's Mansion at that time.

But there are still many doubts about this case. Where did that book come from and where is it now? Who taught Tong Yin the method of alchemy? How did he get the monster that was killed by Han Hunting Head with a twig, neither pig nor sheep?

For these, Tong Yin flickered. He said that the book was bought from a foot trader, and that the method of alchemy was learned together with the book, and he was afraid that others would find out that he had burned the book. As for the ghost, no matter how many punishments he was given, Tong Yin only said that he got it by chance.

This matter is too big, according to what was found in his house, counting his confession. In the past ten years, he has used this method of harvesting and cutting to kill a total of one hundred and seven lives! By this time, the Governor of An had no choice but to judge the case. hurriedly sent a report to Sheng Jing, writing down the trial process of the cause and effect one by one, and asked the official to decide.

After waiting for three days, An Zhifu waited for a document and two executioners who had arrived from Shengjing. The document unfolded with a few figures: "Five hundred, public execution, no delay, timely return." ”

As a result, there is today's grand occasion.

As soon as noon arrived, An Zhifu came and sat down under the sunshade canopy. He was accompanied by Nalan Shiheng and Nalan Bovi, father and son, Yuya Watanabe of the Japanese garrison, and a priest of the Orthodox Church, all of whom were invited to "observe the ceremony".

Seeing that these big people were all seated, the voices of the people below began to get louder. It was so noisy and shouting, until four o'clock, in the middle of the sky, An Zhifu shouted: "Bring the thief Tong Yin!" ”

Tong Yin was dragged out of the prisoner car, and he was so frightened that he couldn't walk. Until he was tied to the pillar, he still didn't make much noise, and the little sound that shook his lips and fell out of his throat was already covered by the noise of human voices before it could fall on his feet.

This disappointed the onlookers. Everyone expected him to laugh twice, scold angrily, and say something like "those dog lives, how can they be more noble than my lord". Even if it's to get a sip of wine, it's good to sing a little. To be a thief is to be a tough thief.

But he didn't, and even when An Zhifu asked him if he had any last words, he actually let out some meaningless shouts, which made people wonder if he was poisoned and dumb.

"Execution!" As the Governor of An cast the lot, the officials on both sides pulled Master Tong into a bare pig in three or two. His naked fat was shining with oil, which could make people see more clearly, and this man was shivering under the scorching midday sun.

As the two officials got off the stage, two executioners, one old and one young, walked up. The old one is in charge of the execution, and the younger one is an apprentice and is in charge of reporting the numbers.

The old executioner was lean, not tall, and slightly hunchbacked. But those eyes were terrifyingly bright, and from afar, people could see the cold light in his eyes when he stared at Tong Yin.

Slowly stepped forward, polished the knife with the cloth on his waist repeatedly, and the executioner put his hand on Tong Yin's body.

"The first knife, respect the sky!" The apprentice's child shouted, and the old executioner raised his knife and fell, accompanied by Tong Yin's screams, picked a piece of meat from his chest, and threw it diagonally into the sky.

"The second knife, blinding!" The apprentice snorted again. The executioner cut Tong Yin's forehead and flipped the scalp down to block his eyes. This is to prevent the tortured person from interfering with the execution by staring at the executioner with a vicious gaze.

After that, the apprentice reported every ten, and with the apprentice's report, the knife in the executioner's hand flew up and down on Tong Yin's body.

It was a brutal execution, but it was also a very gorgeous performance. The actor on the stage is the tortured man and the executioner, and the one who sings is the apprentice that the executioner carries. This performance looked at the blood of the people in the audience, and they all felt a bad breath. These heinous people deserve this retribution.

After cutting the fiftieth knife, he just swirled the chest muscles on both sides of Tong Yin's chest.

Further down, one knife and one report. "Fifty-first knife, castration." "Fifty-second knife, take the left egg." "Fifty-third knife, take the right egg." "Fifty-fourth knife, tongue sharpening."

The executioner successively cut off Tong Yin's "living creatures" and the left and right spring bags, and then grabbed the knife with his mouth, and pinched Tong Yin's throat with his hands, the prisoner's face was suffocated red and purple, and the purple tongue involuntarily spit out of his lips, and the executioner took the knife from his mouth with his other hand and shook it, and the tongue was cut off.

Two hundred knives swirled out the meat on Tong Yin's two strands.

Three hundred knives swirled the flesh on Tong Yin's arms.

Four hundred knives swirled the flesh on Tong Yin's left and right buttocks.

The four hundred and ninety-fourth knife cut off the prisoner's left ear. The four hundred and ninety-fifth knife cut off the prisoner's right ear. The 496th knife gouged out the prisoner's left eye. The 497th knife slashed out the prisoner's right eye. The four hundred and ninety-eighth knife swirled away, and the prisoner's nose was gone. The four hundred and ninety-ninth knife swirled away, and the prisoner's lips were gone.

At this time, the little apprentice who was counting on the side took out a bag of salt from his bosom and handed it to the executioner. The executioner grabbed the salt and wiped it on Tong Yin's chest, and Tong Yin, who had already shouted without strength, let out a hoarse wail again.

This move won a round of applause from everyone! To this point, the tortured man is still alive!

The executioner turned slowly, shaking off the blood-stained salt from his hand on the edge of the high platform. Those who stood close were busy looting.

The executioner took another square step, walked back, pulled his stance, and pressed the knife against Tong Yin's already bloody chest.

"Five hundred knives, heart!"

In the cheers of the people of Changtu Mansion, he raised his knife and cut out Tong Yin's heart!

The applause was endless. The executioner only slowly wiped the knife clean and withdrew it from the box, at which point he was back to the rickety old man. He came to the prefect of An, hugged his fists and said, "Fortunately, I don't disgrace my life, please check it." ”

An Zhifu laughed and clapped his hands: "It's better to see than to hear, the old gentleman is really a good means!" No need to check! Come on, cut off Tong Yin's head, hang the south city gate for three days, and then burn the remnants of the body and scatter ashes on the street. Scattered, scattered! ”

It is said that it is over, but it is not over. Most people have already dispersed after watching this excitement. But there are still many people waiting. They waited for the servants who cleaned the execution ground and brought them a few pieces of human flesh. This thing has a lot of uses in their hearts, it is extremely rare, and it is very expensive.

The ghost gate crowd watched the whole process. Mr. Peng, who had been silent, suddenly asked, "Huzi, Shankun, what do you think?" ”

"It's a pleasure." Zhao Shankun replied without thinking, "An old bastard like him deserves a thousand cuts." ”

Huzi did hesitate for a long time: "He deserves to die, even to die like this." But I still feel awkward. ”

Mr. Peng looked at Zhao Shankun and then at Huzi, and did not comment on their answers, but nodded slowly: "Okay, let's go back." ”

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