Qi Xuansu took Liu Hu to the city gate as soon as he saw that the open space not far away was full of standing cages, and there was a prisoner standing in each standing cage, the round mouth above the standing cage was stuck around their necks, their hands were handcuffed on both sides of their necks, and there was a mouth strangle in the mouth, and there were ropes at both ends that were tightly tied around the back of their heads.

There were many Qingluan guards standing around, with swords, guns, and firearms, all available. More than Qingluanwei, he watched the lively people, not only was he not afraid, but he was faintly excited. From time to time, Qingluanwei drove the people who watched the excitement and asked them to retreat outside the line, and the people in the front row retreated, but there were more people behind, and the crowd still poured forward.

It is a custom that has been passed down for thousands of years to watch killing.

In addition, there is a temporary wooden platform that is used to supervise the beheading.

According to the rules of the previous dynasty, it was always the civil officials who were responsible for supervising the beheading. However, this dynasty canceled this provision and handed it over to Qingluanwei for implementation.

The person in charge of supervising the beheading is a Qingluan Wei Baihu, standing with a knife on his shoulder, his face like cold iron, and his eyes looking at the sky.

The hour of murder at three o'clock in the afternoon is predestined.

He's looking at the hour.

It was already the beginning of noon, the sky was blue, and the day was high. Many of the people who were waiting to watch the execution were also staring up at the slowly moving sun with a dazzling light.

Qing Luanwei, who was in charge of the execution, did not use a knife. In fact, in recent years, the imperial court has gradually reduced the punishment of beheading, beheading, etc., and Ling Chi is even closer to deposing, and more is executed by hanging. And because there are too many people to be executed today, there is no hanging with a rope, but a cage hanging.

The so-called cage hanging is: the bottom plate of the cage is alive, and there is also a ring handle at the back, as long as the executioner pulls the handle, the bottom plate is pulled out, and the neck of the person in the cage will be stuck in the round sleeve of the cage, stuck alive.

As for the punishment of death, it is generally used in the army.

Qi Xuansu didn't expect to see such a scene when he first arrived in such a prosperous town, and he couldn't help but be curious, and he also walked towards the crowd, and just saw an old man sitting on a stone outside the crowd, fiddling with a hookah.

"Uncle, why is it so lively?" Qi Xuansu came to the old man's side and asked.

The old man stopped his movements: "Don't you know how to watch, of course it's murder." ”

Qi Xuansu disagreed: "I know it's a killing, but I don't know who it is." ”

The old man "purr" took a sip of hookah and said, "Those who kill are all widows." ”

"Wako." Qi Xuansu couldn't help but be stunned.

If Luzhou is still located at the junction of Jiangnan and Jiangbei, then Bohai Mansion is the absolute hinterland of Jiangbei, which is the sphere of influence of the East China Sea Division.

The old man sighed with emotion: "It is said that it is a Japanese pirate, but in fact, they are all pirates who hire Japanese people, and our sailors have ironclad ships, and these pirates cannot land at all, and they don't even dare to appear in the coastal waters, mainly to rob merchant ships coming and going at sea." Everyone had never seen the Japanese Invaders, and when they heard that they were killed this time, they all rushed over to see the excitement. However, I heard that the Japanese people have died a long time ago, and the remaining leaders are actually our Central Plains people. The government has issued an order to catch one by one, and wherever it is caught, it will correct the Fa on the spot. ”

Qi Xuansu was surprised: "Rectify the Fa on the spot? ”

"That's right, Fa-rectification on the spot." The old man came to his senses, "When I hear this, I will lift my spirit, these pirates have brought disaster to the country and the people, what confession to ask, what case file to file, it is a waste of time, they should be caught today, and they will be killed tomorrow." ”

"Don't ask for a confession, don't file a file, and directly hook Zhu to kill someone?" Qi Xuansu dragged out his voice, pretending to be surprised and confused.

The old man paused the movements in his hand, quite proudly: "That's right, what you want is a clean and neat one." ”

Qi Xuansu figured it out a little.

Strictly speaking, the South China Sea Navy Division is catching the Japanese and wants to live, while the East China Sea Division is killing the Japanese and leaving no room alive.

In the final analysis, it is still the two major forces that are tilting against each other.

After Qi Xuansu figured this out, he lost interest, got up and left here, and entered the city with Liuhu.

Although the inspection is much stricter now, Qi Xuan has the identity of a man in black, and he is still unimpeded, and the armor is also interpreted as the armor of a man in black.

Wutong Courtyard, such a big name, occupies a huge area, almost no different from the mansion of officials and wealthy merchants, there is a hole in it, divided into many single-family courtyards, the courtyard is deep, quiet and elegant, in addition to a group of prostitute women, there are musicians, tailors, craftsmen, servants are innumerable, so that people can stay at home in it, but there is everything.

Many powerful people will comb a powder here, charter a small courtyard, not all for the enjoyment of women, after all, the people who come and go here are either rich or noble, and there are never indispensable wives and concubines.

Naturally, it is not difficult to inquire about such places. However, it is noon, and it will not be open for business, unless you have chartered a yard here and combed your powder, you can't enter.

Qi Xuansu is an outsider, and he is not a gentry, so he naturally will not charter a courtyard here, and Wutong Courtyard has the background of the Li family, and Qi Xuansu does not want to rush to the door and attract unnecessary attention.

Therefore, Qi Xuansu decided to go to the branch hall of the Transformation Hall in the city first and dispose of the pieces on his body.

Although Bohai Mansion is very large, the branch hall of Huashengtang is not difficult to find, it is located in the most prosperous area of the city, the façade is extremely magnificent, and it lives next to the branch hall of Tianji Hall.

Qi Xuansu carried the armor of the pseudo-spirit official and Wang Baoyue's prosthetic limbs into the gate of the Huasheng Hall, and without waiting for the Taoist priest of the Huasheng Hall to open his mouth, he took the initiative to say: "The broken pseudo-spirit official armor, plus the objects of the Western 'alchemy arcane', do you want it?" ”

The Taoist priest standing behind the counter was stunned for a moment, then said "Wait a minute", and turned around and went directly to the back hall.

After a while, the Taoist priest who was in charge here personally greeted him.

This is a four-grade wine Taoist priest, about forty years old, woman.

Qi Xuansu didn't talk nonsense, and directly spread the set of pseudo-spirit official armor on the ground.

The Taoist priest in charge just glanced at it and then withdrew his gaze: "The objects of the eight tribes are not worth much, and they are broken and damaged, they can only be regarded as broken copper and iron, three hundred Taiping money, and there can be no more." ”

This is also in Qi Xuansu's expectation, Wang Baoyue's prosthetic leg is the big head.

He unwrapped it, revealing the arm.

The Taoist priest in charge was originally a little careless, but after seeing those thin metal tubes that looked like human meridians, his eyes froze, and his expression became solemn.

"I would venture to ask, where did you get this?" The woman asked.

Qi Xuansu said: "I teamed up with a friend of Tiangangtang to kill a pirate and removed it from the body of the pirate. ”

The woman was worthy of being from the Akaseido, and instead of showing the slightest disgust, she squatted down and gently ran her fingertips across the surface of the prosthetic.

You must know that the surface of this prosthetic limb was originally covered with a layer of something similar to a skin, making it indistinguishable from the real arm, but it was later burned by the flames along with the clothing, and the original metal texture was revealed.

The woman first looked at it carefully, then checked it, and muttered: "Using metal to imitate the human body, and integrating the length of firearms, hooking up the five organs, and using the essence of the human body as projectile gunpowder, is really a whimsical idea, which is admirable." ”

Qi Xuansu asked, "Haven't asked the Master for his name?" ”

Only then did the woman come back to her senses and said, "My name is Su Yan." ”

Although Xuan Sheng decided to let the Quanzhen Dao be responsible for the creation of things, you have me, I have you, and there are also many Zhengyi disciples and Taiping Dao disciples who participated in the creation project, just as the Quanzhen Dao disciples are also involved in human affairs.

This reminded Qi Xuansu of another Taoist priest in charge of the Transformation Hall.

Su dye.

I think that both of them have the surname Su, and most of them are of the same race.

This also made Qi Xuansu a little weak-hearted.

Qi Xuansu coughed lightly: "Master Su, what do you think is the price of such a thing?" ”

Only then did Su Yan retract his gaze from the prosthetic limb and look at Qi Xuansu: "Although the 'Alchemy Arcane' of the West is rare, the Dao Gate is not impossible, so I can only offer you a price of two thousand Taiping dollars within my own authority." ”

Qi Xuansu was not very satisfied with the price, and asked instead, "Can you barter?" ”

"Yes." Su Yan's answer was very happy, "Equivalent exchange, the exchanged items can be discounted according to the internal price of the Daomen." ”