Chapter 163 Beheading(1/2)
Author: I have a pot
Actually, I really don't want to accept it.
Such a valuable and exquisitely crafted hairpin was the one that the Empress Dowager praised Princess Guo back then. If Xiang Yan knew about it, she would have to cry secretly, thinking that her life was miserable.
I didn't want to stimulate her.
However, the princess was sincere and this hairpin was dazzling and she was blessed with her. It was a thank you gift.
Princess Guo personally inserted the hairpin into Xiang Suining's hair room, and then patted her hands: "Miss Xiang, wear it. Xiang is the legitimate daughter. This legitimate daughter's style is worthy of my hairpin."
During this trip to Changxin Hou Mansion, I did not meet Lan Pai. I got a hairpin and returned in a carriage.
After passing the East Lane and walking for about four or five miles, we arrived at Qingcheng Prefecture.
The dark red walls of the government office stand, and the blue glazed tiles are covered with dark colors.
I don’t know if the dark clouds were too low, and the carriage was a little dull. I always felt that it was a sign before the heavy rain, but the heavy rain was shaky and could not come down, and people were stuck.
Ants crawled on the blue bricks in groups, occasionally thunder exploded in the distance, and the sky seemed to be getting lower and lower, and it was about to cover the ground.
At the gate of the yamen, there was not even a yamen runner, only Dengwengu was hanging alone.
After passing the yamen, the carriage could not move.
The long street is deep, and most of the shops on both sides are not open. Logically speaking, the carriage should be speeding.
I vaguely heard someone talking, and many people came to hear this sound.
Since the plague has been rampant, I haven’t heard so many voices in a long time.
Every word you say is like a sparrow breaking out of a nest.
"Oh, it's so terrible. This is the first time I have seen Master Qingtian at this age... This...Oh, this is Master Qingtian in Qingcheng."
"What is Master Qingtian? Is he worthy of the word Qingtian? A plague almost killed the whole city. Who is present? It is said that Zhou Sheng doesn't take this matter seriously at all. He hugged his concubine for fun during the day. Tell me, what's the use of having such a parent official?"
"Who said no? Zhou Sheng was in his position and did not do his own thing. Recently, some people took advantage of the chaos to commit evil and murdered people and set fire. An old woman was stabbed to death. Zhou Sheng said that he was uncomfortable and didn't even dare to leave the yamen. Isn't he afraid of being infected with the plague?"
Everyone's words seem to be related to Zhou Sheng.
The carriage has been blocked by the crowd and it is difficult to move forward.
The servant of the Prime Minister could only whip the whip and shout, "Oh, everyone, everyone is going to go on a blind date, watch the fun, let me give it up."
Everyone was excited to see it and ignored his words.
Xiang Suining lifted the curtain and knocked out through the small window on the side.
The first thing I saw was a lightning bolt in the sky.
Lightning almost penetrated the entire dark sky, so long, bright, and the eyes were painful. It seemed that the sword energy produced by the extremely sharp sword cut through the sky and went all the way to the ground in the distance.
The vast crowds were full of people, and at least hundreds of people gathered on the stone steps under the overpass, raising their heads one by one, like hungry birds, stretching their necks to look at them.
On the stone steps, at the highest point, there was a circular pavilion with red tents hanging on all sides of the pavilion. In the past, dancers from foreign lands stood up to dance. Occasionally, some people were standing up, holding a bamboo whip, dressing up the monkeys as children, kowtowing and bowing, which made the onlookers laugh and throwing a few copper coins as rewards.
This tower hasn't been so lively for a long time.
The red brocade tent, which was as red as blood, was blown by the wind and rain, and the color was much lighter, and it was no longer the same as before.
There were several people kneeling in the shaking brocade tent.
She was wearing an oil-brown embroidered copper coin pattern with wide-sleeved robe, and a pair of black boots with gold edges.
A large purse tied to the waist, and even the belt is full of beautiful jade.
It's Zhou Sheng.
Zhou Sheng's face turned red, and he kept red until his ears. His hair was a little messy. He didn't know where the silver crown with his hair was gone. The collar of the robe was open, revealing the vigorous hair on his chest.
The whole person was like cooked shrimps, lying on the ground, not knowing how to place his limbs, as if he was drunk and was caught temporarily. Otherwise, officials like Zhou Sheng would not have come out if they were exposed.
Next to Zhou Sheng, his two concubines were still kneeling.
I still remember meeting him in the back hall of the yamen. Zhou Sheng hugged him, drinking and listening to music, and the two of them were following him.
Under Zhou Sheng's care, the two concubines were naturally beautiful and had a rosy face.
When I was caught, the overpass tower was also fluttering, the hem of the clothes were jingling, and the powder on my face was as bright as the morning glow, bright and outstanding.
But on this bright and outstanding face, there was more panic and horror.
The fear that came out of my eyes and the deep fear made the two concubines burst into tears.
No wonder there is no one in the government office now, and all the people standing around the tower are yamen runners.
In the past, Zhou Sheng sat and they stood.
Now they are standing, Zhou Sheng kneeling.
The yamen runner waved his hand and signaled everyone to calm down.
Some ordinary people could no longer be quiet, so they picked up the stones on the ground and threw them at Zhou Sheng: "He has today, God is really aware. That year, my child was beaten to death by the son of the powerful family. I went to beat the drum to complain. But Zhou Sheng said that I was biting randomly and asked someone to testify, saying that my son stole the son's silver, and was found and ran away, fell under the bridge and fell to death. Later I realized that it was someone who used the silver and the ghost pushed the mill."
"That year, my poor girl was taken aback by a liar. She went to my house in the middle of the night and unloaded our door. She wanted to bully my girl. The child's mother came out with a hoe and stopped her. The liar went down and knocked her out of her old woman. When she woke up again, she could never get up again. She was insulted and committed suicide by hanging herself on the beam. I went to complain. Master Zhou said that my girl had fought with her mother and sought death. So she pressed this matter. Later I realized that the liar was the younger brother of Lord Zhou's concubine. My poor daughter still died with her eyes open."
The victim's tears rustled down.
Although the listeners cannot empathize with them, they are also the people under Zhou Sheng's rule. Past events emerge. Zhou Sheng is greedy for money, lustful, and does not make decisions for the people. Now that the plague in Qingcheng is rampant, he and his concubine closed the door and ignored others' lives and death, how could he look like his parents' official position?
The cabbage and tomatoes in the vegetable basket were unable to hold back and threw them onto the tower.
Someone threw eggs on the stairs. The eggs exploded on Zhou Sheng's head, and the yellow slurry flowed all over his face.
A man wearing a crane and a deep blue official robe pressed his hands to calm everyone down, and then bowed his hands: "The emperor told the emperor that the prefect of Qingcheng Zhou Sheng, in his position, did not seek benefits for the subjects under his rule. Zhou Sheng was passive and arrogant in the matter of plague, and was lustful, confused in the judgment of the case, and the people were full of complaints. I care about the people in a city and specially sentenced Zhou Sheng to death."
The emperor's name."
"Long live the emperor."
"It should have been chopped off this dog thief."
Thunderous applause burst out from the crowd. Some people even shed tears in excitement.
Who would have thought that in his lifetime, he would still be able to watch this confused official die?
Zhou Sheng was sentenced to beheading.
There is no complete corpse when death.
The prison officer looked at the sky and usually beheaded at noon. However, the emperor seemed to be eager to kill Zhou Sheng, and he didn't care whether it was noon or noon. He didn't care about the hour. What the emperor wanted was Zhou Sheng's life, and killing him would be a dealer.
If the color is not good today, the dark clouds are pressing on the top and there is no sun, I can't control it. I'm waiting for the letter in the palace.
The prison officer gave the executioner a look.
The executioner was wearing a red vest and took a sip of wine. With a "pop", he took another sip of wine and sprayed it on the knife: "I'm sorry, everyone, it's time to send you away."
Zhou Sheng cuts other people's heads, but who would have expected that he would be beheaded?
The cold knife, the vicious executioner, and the smell of wine in the air all told everyone that they were going to kill someone.
Zhou Sheng had been greedy for half his life and lust for half his life. He knew that he had lost his life, but he still couldn't help but shout: "Your Majesty, don't listen to slander, yourselves, I am loyal to the emperor, I..."
"Master Zhou, let's take a break." The prison officer said coldly: "Don't you know what Master Zhou did? The emperor has naturally thought about it. Is it true that Lord Zhou wants the emperor to take back his oral orders? From ancient times to the present, has any emperor gone back on his word? What situation do you want the emperor to fall into?"
You can't talk to these civil servants. They read a lot of books and they are very polite to each other. Anyway, you are talking forward and backward, and you can't tell him in everything. You are so anxious that you can't answer the words.
If you continue, this civil servant will definitely say that Zhou Sheng is unkind and unrighteous, and that Zhou Sheng falsely accused the emperor of believing the rumors. If he complains to the emperor, and the emperor is angry and rewards him for execution or dismemberment of the body, it will be really not worth it.
Just die. Fortunately, there are two beauties with you. Although they look ugly, they are not lonely at least. On the road to the underworld, he is alone with two young concubines and is so glorious that he is a ghost.
But my concubine didn't want to do it at all: "Master...Master Zhou...Save us..."
"Accept your fate. Stop crying."
"The emperor's original intention is not to kill these two concubines. They have been with you for a long time. The emperor said that it will be up to Lord Zhou to decide whether they will stay or not."
Thinking of the caring thoughts of my concubines, Zhou Sheng naturally couldn't bear to leave them alone in the world: "You are suffering when you are alive. Go to the underworld with me, and I still love you."
"Master, don't." The concubine cried: "Master, please spare our lives."
"Didn't you say that you will live and die together with me for a lifetime and never be separated?"
The fat concubine was both hated and annoyed: "You are so old, do you still want me to be buried with me? When I was with you, my family was really poor, so you were willing to give money, so I just took your own needs. I have been serving you for so many years. Now that you, a fool, are going to die, why should I take me with you? I am still young and I can't die."
The concubine turned around and hugged the prisoner's legs and looked pitiful: "Sir, please save the little girl. The little girl is willing to be a cow and a horse to serve the adult."
Before Zhou Sheng died, his favorite concubine rebelled.
There is also a concubine who was rewarded by the emperor in the palace.
"Sir, I am from the palace. Originally, I was from the emperor. I was not my fox and charming Lord Zhou, but the emperor rewarded me to him, saying that it was a reward for him as a concubine. In fact, I asked me to monitor him. Every move I made, I sent a letter to the palace to tell the emperor. I am also a meritorious master? The emperor will not want me to die. Please save my life, or... inform the emperor, I am the one who has put it in detail..."
"Bitch, I'm so kind to you, you betray me."
"If you weren't lustful, how could I stay by your side for information?"
If she continues to say it, she will say something without any sense.
"Zhou Sheng, you have also seen it. What are you going to do with these two concubines?"
Zhou Sheng laughed to the sky: "Let them accompany me on the way, and I will take them with me even if I die."
To be continued...