Chapter 7: On the Way to the Execution Ground

Suddenly, in the corridor of the prison, there was a flurry of footsteps, and Nong Miaosheng immediately shouted to the cell head:

"Cell boss!"

"Yes!" the other called in response.

"Rack this prisoner up!" Nong Miaosheng said, stood up, and glanced back at Wu Shuang with the empty wine bag and the immortal knife.

So, the two cell bosses came over with a pair of 20-pound flails, buckled Wu Shuang's neck, and passed the chain links on his hands through the two round holes in front of the flail, and pulled his hands out of them, and then locked the two chains to his leg irons. In this way, Wu Shuang's hands, feet, and neck were bound together by shackles, chains, and shackles.

Wu Shuang saw that Nong Miaosheng glanced at him, he nodded and smiled, but now his face was still a little bruised and swollen, and his smile was not as bright as before.

Nong Miaosheng looked at him quietly, without speaking or smiling, as silent as the wall on the left in the corridor looking at the wall on the right. At this time, the intricate footsteps in the aisle were getting closer and closer, and Nong Miaosheng walked out, so he bumped into the eight masters of the rivers and lakes led by Song Xiwen, the prison officer who had come to extract the prisoners.

Everyone was taken aback when they saw an executioner, carrying a knife and wine, suddenly coming out of the cell; they suddenly stopped walking, especially Song Xiwen looked at Nong Miaosheng with a frightened face, and was at a loss; so Hu Wei hurriedly walked up to him, laughed, and said:

"Lord Song, these are all their own people, and they are the errand who did this red thing today!"

When Song Xiwen heard this, his fear increased unabated, but his heart was a little more relaxed. In order to show that he has absolute control over this matter, he had the courage to ask the other party:

"Mr. Nong, have you seen the prisoner?"

Nong Miaosheng glanced at him, his disdain was obvious, but he still answered him coldly with two words:

"Look!"

"That's good!" Song Xiwen was grateful that he was willing to answer his question, after all, this would not make him too embarrassed in front of Hu Wei, so he forced out a smile and said, "That's good, then let's bring the prisoner to the court now!"

As soon as the prisoner was mentioned, Hu Wei came to his senses, and he roared with the two cell heads:

"Bring the death row prisoners out!"

So, the two cell bosses followed, and Wu Shuang dragged the heavy shackles out of the cell door. Hu Wei was very puzzled when he saw it, he was beaten to death by the cell boss last night, how could he drag the heavy shackles out by himself now, and his complexion was also quite good, but there were still some bruises on his cheeks that were beaten. When Wu Shuang passed in front of him, his heart began to be filled with indescribable pleasure again, and he couldn't help laughing and said:

"How about Wu Daxia, this is called death, you know!"

Immediately, the eight masters of the rivers and lakes who came with him, in order to echo the good mood of the owner, also sneered, talking and laughing:

"Brother, see Hades!"

"Say hello to Hades, brother!"

"When you die, don't look at the earth, but at the sky, so that when you die, you can go to heaven!"

Hu Wei felt sincere admiration for the boldness of these heroes, and he thought that it would take a great deal of courage to dare to laugh at a prisoner who was about to die! In this way, he firmly believed that these people were indeed good, and they were all strong men who dared to laugh at the ghosts and gods.

Wu Shuang looked at the road under his feet and walked forward resolutely, his expression was so calm that these cynical people felt that they were bored. They watched Wu Shuang move forward resolutely, the shackles rattling in the dark aisle and making a mournful echo, and at that moment, they all felt that they were following behind him but looked despicable and lowly, as if they had become Wu Shuang's followers, or servants! However, no one dared to go in front of him and throw him behind.

In this way, Wu Shuang walked out of the aisle of the dungeon, stepped on the stone steps, passed through the dungeon gate under the two pine and cypress trees, walked past a small prison flower pond, and came to a stone step that led to the main road below, because an old prisoner car was parked below.

That morning, although the weather was clear, it was colder than snow, and when Wu Shuang walked from the gate of the dungeon to the prisoner cart parked under the stone steps, all the people in the prison who encountered this scene stopped. They were surprised and deeply admired for Wu Shuang's calm welcome to death!

When he got into the prisoner's cart, a slender old man drove the ox cart slowly in front, and his solemn appearance seemed to tell people:

"Don't go against the government, otherwise, you will die without a place to be buried!"

At the forefront were the 200 foot archers and horse archers brought from Kaifeng by Yin Song Xiwen of Kaifeng Prefecture, and the sergeants were very imposing, full of spirit, and solemn expressions. Their iron spears and helmets glistened in the bright red morning light, and the sound of their footsteps as they walked through the street woke every house along the street, and people pushed open their windows to look out into the street.

Behind the brigade of men and horses was an official sedan chair, which was carried leisurely by eight sedan chair drivers, completely showing the stark difference between the official master and the prisoner under the stairs; because, behind the official bridge, there was a car of death row prisoners pulled by an old ox! The death row prisoners on it were unkempt and looked pitiful, which made the audience along the street feel an indescribable sense of pathos. followed by a large group of people, there were some enthusiastic spectators such as Hu Wei, and they were also some people who gloated and watched the excitement.

"Mother, what are they doing here?" asked a sweet little girl's voice from a window.

"They're going to kill someone!"

"Isn't that the guy in the wooden cart?"

"Yes. ”

"Why did they kill him?"

"Because, he's a robber!"

"What do robbers do?"

"Robbers are murderers and arsonists!"

"Then why did he kill people and set fires?"

Mother didn't answer because she couldn't answer either!

Wu Shuang glanced up at the window, and then at the soft sun, so he smiled knowingly!

Just as the procession of prisoners was about to pass through the west gate of Luoyang City, Wu Shuang suddenly saw two familiar faces in the crowd - the faces of girls. A pink face and cheeks, eyes like daisies, red lips and white teeth, delicate and moving. A picturesque with green eyebrows, shy and angry, clever and smart, praised by everyone, and the loyal protector praised her. These two girls are Xu Zixuan and Xiang'er, but they are all dressed like peasant sisters today, wearing flower clothes, flower shoes, flower scarves, and a flower basket in their hands, just like a pair of flower girls!

However, Wu Shuang recognized them at a glance. She saw Xu Zixuan crying quietly, but Xiang'er kept comforting her; seeing this, Wu Shuang sighed deeply!

"Providence makes people, why did you let me meet her!"

The prisoner cart went out of the west gate in a blink of an eye, and Xu Zixuan's master and servant also fell into the crowd behind him and couldn't see it! At this time, Wu Shuang's eyes only saw a white expanse of snow. (To be continued.) )