Chapter 28: The Strange Sound Under the Corpse
Three days are here in a blink of an eye.
Although after three days of serious preparation, Zhang Butcher's grandfather was still very nervous. Although he did not see the tragic deaths of the first two executioners, he still shuddered when he described them vividly, and he felt a deep fear when he thought that "maybe he was the third executioner". Maybe as he gets older, he is no longer the "Zhang Daring" who was not afraid of the sky and the earth.
The night before his execution, he tossed and turned, pondering whether his plan was flawed, where he was negligent, and whether he understood everything in the third book......
It wasn't until dawn that he took a nap.
On the day of the execution, the county town was simply empty, and almost all of them came to the execution ground to watch the excitement. Because of the death of the first two executioners, it was rumored that the three bandits were even more miraculous, so people wanted to see what the last of these three "witchcraft" bandits looked like. Also, who is it today that dares to cut off the head of this third child, and is he not afraid to be like the first two executioners?
For the people in the county, this winter is really unusual, and the death of two bandits and two executioners has become a must-talk topic for the people in this area after tea and dinner. And this third bandit will soon be subdued.
What surprised people was that the grandfather of the butcher Zhang, who was the executioner, was wearing a very special dress from head to toe today, dressed in clothes as white as snow, and even his shoes were white. From a distance, it looks like wearing a filial piety dress, and many people pack his family members who don't understand his clothes, not to mention the unlucky, isn't this a way to the bandit third child, wear linen and wear filial piety, and be a filial son and grandson? Around the execution ground, there were crowds of people watching the lively people, looking at the white clothes of Grandpa Zhang's butcher, and there were also discussions.
Zhang Butcher's grandfather didn't have any expression on his face as if he hadn't heard this qiē at all.
The sun had risen high, but in the cold winter, there was still not much warmth, and there were gusts of cold wind blowing from time to time.
Although the clothes worn by the bandit third child are a little tattered, they are relatively thick and will not freeze. Because people say that these three bandits are so powerful that they can kill the executioner who cut off their heads after death. Therefore, all the officials are very polite to this third child, and they are afraid that he will also have the ability to retaliate after his death. Therefore, even when the county order ordered him to be tortured, the executioner would whisper to the third child for forgiveness, saying that he was forced to do this errand with this bowl of rice.
Therefore, in the process of execution, the officials were all merciful, and in the process of execution, although they tried a variety of tortures, they were all separated by clothes and walked perfunctorily, in fact, the county commander was also very clear about this, but he was a veteran of officialdom, and he felt that he should turn a blind eye to everything, and not be too drilled into the horns, so that he could meet the source left and right. does not move the punishment, and cannot explain to the superiors; really tortured, it seems that he is embarrassing his subordinates again, and besides, all three of them have been caught, and there is no important information, so he has to use heavy punishment to obtain it.
Therefore, this third child is still in very good physical condition, although he is shackled and shackled, and his hands are still tied behind his back, but he is not difficult to walk, steady and calm. None of the servants who were holding him dared to push and shove him, and they all let the third man go at his own speed, and they only followed at a certain distance from the side.
The third bandit did not have the slightest fear on his face, but a look of contempt and disdain.
When they came to the beheading table, according to the general procedure, the prisoners were bound to kneel on the ground, but the third child not only did not kneel, but also spat at the face of Zhang Butcher's grandfather, and opened his mouth to scold. The onlookers couldn't help but be in an uproar, and they all said that this bandit was really fierce and arrogant.
And Zhang Butcher's grandfather's reaction was very unexpected, and he was not angry at all, as if the bandit Lao San was spitting and scolding someone else, not him.
When the onlookers all looked at the head-cutting platform, they found that this platform was covered with a thick layer of lime. No one knows why this platform is covered with lime, which has never been done before when executions were carried out on this platform. They didn't know that this lime was also the grandfather of Zhang Butcher, who specially asked to be laid.
The third bandit still shouted and cursed on the stage, which lasted for about half an hour, and some of the onlookers seemed to be a little impatient.
At this moment, in the crowd not far from the head-cutting platform and watching the excitement, someone suddenly quarreled over something, and the quarrel became more and more serious, and finally there was a big fight, as if it was still a group fight. So most of the attention suddenly shifted from the head-cutting platform to the commotion of the group fight, and at this moment, the grandfather of the butcher, who had been silent, kicked the bandit third leg like lightning, and the bandit third couldn't help bending his legs and kneeling on the ground. Almost at the same time, the knife in the hand of Grandpa Zhang's butcher, with a flash of white light, shone between the second and third vertebrae of the bandit's third neck, and slashed the past According to the guidance in the three books, and many years of experience, Grandpa Zhang's butcher knows better than anyone else that if he cuts from this position, as long as his wrist is slightly forced, he will cut off the head cleanly.
Sure enough, the head of the third bandit was like a hat blown off by the wind, snapping from the neck tribe to the ground, and the blood in the neck gushed out, and the moment the head of the third bandit was cut off, the grandfather of Zhang Butcher retreated suddenly, and then nervously checked whether he had blood on his body, which is also the reason why he was white If he gets a little blood, he can find it lightly.
Just after the body of the third bandit fell to the ground, from under the belly of the corpse, there was a strange sound, as if the third bandit was under the stomach, as if a person was pressed, and the person who was suppressed seemed to be calling for help.
This movement was not small, and even the two officials not far away heard it, and they wanted to walk over, ready to open the body of the bandit Lao San, and see what was pressed under the corpse.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they took two steps forward, they were stopped by Zhang Butcher's grandfather shouting. They had never seen Zhang Butcher's grandfather so nervous, this experienced old executioner, usually able to deal with changes without panic, not chaotic, very calm. And at this moment, he was terrified.
Seeing this situation, the two officials did not dare to take another step.