Although it was about two o'clock in the afternoon, in response to the wind in February, and a group of soldiers surrounded the Dharma field with a solemn face, no one could help but shrink their necks.

There were already two death row prisoners kneeling in the field, their faces were pale, their mouths were stuffed with hemp cores, and their bodies were trembling incessantly.

The prison officer sitting on the stage was Xu Yuanmeng, who was the imperial history of Zuodu at the time, about the same hour, Xu Yuanmeng looked at the sun, his eyes turned on the two death row prisoners, and then glanced at the person kneeling on the left side of the stage, the person was restrained by nine iron chains, his body was bent, his eyes had long been scattered, although he was alive, but he looked like he was not angry at all.

Xu Yuanmeng couldn't help but show some pity on his face, sighed softly, and said: "Zhu Duna, to save you from death, it is already the emperor's grace, and now, ......" After a pause, he lifted the pen in front of him, dipped it in cinnabar, ticked the brand and threw it down.

Seeing the sign landing, the executioner pulled the death row prisoner's hair forward in braids, and immediately raised the knife in his hand, the head of the person was separated, and blood spurted out like a spring, splashing everywhere.

At this time, the executioner lifted the heads of the two criminals to show the public, and the kneeling man in the audience seemed to wake up, and let out a heart-rending cry: "Son!" The crowd of onlookers around was mostly Beijing officials, who had never seen such a shocking scene before, and when they saw that the execution was over, they scattered as if they had been amnestied.

The head of the household, Emida, was standing relatively close to the execution platform, and as soon as the north wind blew, a bloody breath came to his nose, and he couldn't help frowning, and the food that had entered his stomach in the morning was almost nauseated, and he hurriedly bowed down and covered his mouth and nose with his sleeves.

At this time, I felt that someone tapped me on the shoulder, and then a hand wearing a jade wrench handed over a bottle of snuff, and Emita hurriedly dipped some snuff and smelled it in gratitude, which was to suppress the disgust that kept churning in his stomach.

When I looked up, it was an acquaintance of the tenth brother, who was a little embarrassed at the moment, and said with a smile: "I must have not seen the yellow calendar when I went out today, and now this nest looks like a joke for the tenth master." The tenth brother put the snuffbox into his arms, and said with a smile: "We've known each other for many years, but now we are talking about these nonsense." Let's go, brother, I'll do the east, go to the front door of the Wang Ji wine shop, where the bergamot with Ma Lian meat is the most beautiful in the season. With that, he took him and went forward.

The tenth brother and Amida are old acquaintances, and now they are under the door of the fifteenth son of the emperor, taking on the position of the upper courtyard, and they are also the fat and oily messengers of copper procurement, so there are naturally many people who befriend him.

Amida is the disciple of Yinlu, the sixteenth son of the emperor, and because of his diligence, Yinlu came forward for him to find this errand of the household.

Although the two of them have nothing to do with official affairs, but after getting off the job, they have to go back to their own office on an errand every other day, and the two princes are compatriots of the same mother, and they come and go, and the two are naturally close.

In the corner of the second floor of Wang Ji Liquor Shop, the two of them found a quiet place, and ordered a few kinds of food to eat, such as diced pork with sauce, Ma Lian meat, rose dates, and fried triangles, and asked for two corners of bergamot.

The tenth brother filled the wine cup for Emida, poured another glass for himself, and then smiled: "Let's go, first give your brother a shock." Emida took it, drank a full cup, and said: "I'm not making up for myself, we are banner people, which one of the ancestors didn't roll the dead before the battle, when were you afraid of this little blood? I am... , cough, think about that Zhu Duna, it's also a little miserable, and I can't bear it. The tenth brother looked around for a while, and saw that no one was paying attention to the two of them, but he still lowered his voice and said: "Lichu's mess is something that can be mixed up by a dismissed squire?" Now that his son and son-in-law have lost their heads, they have also ended up here, according to me, he is self-inflicted!"

"Hmm?" "It was the first time for Emida to have a personal relationship with these children, and his heart immediately sank

"Listen to what the old man means, there is another inside story in this matter?"

"Who says it's not," Brother Ten picked up a piece of Ma Lian meat on the plate and chewed it carefully in his mouth, and his words were even more mysterious, and said: "Brother, think about it, although Zhu Dune was connected with 'that' in the past, but just because he was a soldier in the past and the idea of 'that', he was determined to protect 'that', and if it was me, he would definitely not believe it." Emita tasted the taste of the tenth brother's words, and after a moment, Fang nodded and said, "This is reasonable." Zhu Tianbao's letter of protection, after thinking about it, he knew that it was not his beginning and end, not to mention how holy the master was? He had only just come out on an errand, and he had heard of so many merits of the second master. Sure enough, Miki bit out his Amma. Thinking that Zhu Dune, he also looked at Wang Xuan, Chen Jiayou and they suggested that Li Chu had this thought?" The tenth brother smiled faintly and said: "Wang and Chen are both the masters of the previous one, this is the love of master and apprentice." Even if they had this meaning, they didn't dare to make sure who was protected. Why, they can see clearly, this is the master's family matter, can outsiders talk nonsense. Besides, how many of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are still optimistic about that master? ”

"Yes, Zhu Dune is about to give this a fight, if the luck is right, it is difficult to say that he has won a university scholar, and he is rich and dangerous.... ”

"Hmm..."The tenth brother's face was a little mocking,

"It's a pity that he's just been treated as a bird..."

"Hiss" Amida took a soft breath

"Are you saying that Zhu Dune was picked up by other people, so that his son Zhu Tianbao played?" The tenth brother drank another cup and said leisurely: "Zhu Dune's two sons-in-law, Dai Bao and Chang Cheng, have an unusual relationship with Seventy (then the Zhenghongqi Dutong, Yinyu's father-in-law). With this level of relationship, can this matter be simple?"

"It's... , Why did the people of the Ninth Master pry Zhu Dune Bao to abolish the crown prince??..."Emida seemed to think of something, and suddenly closed his mouth in the middle of speaking.

"Eh, you also thought of it, didn't you? It's just watching Zhu Dune's mind to climb up, and through him, he will never be able to turn over. Now what is the most taboo for the master, one is the eighth master, and the other is the one. In this way, I am afraid that the master will suspect that the matter of the performance is entrusted by the one, and the one will never think about the day of the future. Amida nodded and said, "Brother can see through, now these masters' movements are getting bigger and bigger, fortunately, our own masters are not touched by these, otherwise, I'm afraid that our brothers' days will have to come to an end." Not to mention it from afar, isn't Meng Guangzu under the third master's door an example in front of the eye?" When the tenth brother heard the name of the Meng family, he couldn't help laughing and said: "This is a mallet, and the third master is reused by the third master, but he openly asks the governors for silver under the banner of the third master, doesn't he take the third master into the pit raw? Those local officials are more refined than monkeys, and with this, who else is willing to stand up and cheer for the third master? This kind of slave who even affects the master should be killed!" It's just that this third master, he has indeed read enough books, although he says that 'there is a golden house in the book', but how can there be a law, I'm afraid that the third master can't find it in the book. As soon as these words came out, the two looked at each other and smiled, and pushed the cup to change the lamp to spend some time.