A prison car slowly drove out from the prison of the police department. The policemen and soldiers of the brigade walked in the two cars of the prison car, pushing the onlookers back hard. Since Caishikou killed two reformers in the 24th year of Guangxu's reign,
After becoming a gentleman, his reputation grew greatly. It was not until the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty abdicated and the execution ground was moved elsewhere that the place gradually became deserted. No one expected that someone would die here again today.
The name Caishikou can be traced back to the Liao Dynasty a thousand years ago. At that time, Caishikou was the countryside outside Andongmen. In the Jin Dynasty, it was the T-shaped street in Shirenmen. In the Ming Dynasty, it was the largest vegetable market in the capital.
, people from all over the Forty-Nine Cities came here to buy vegetables, and the street with the largest concentration of vegetable markets was called Caishi Street. In the Qing Dynasty, it was renamed Caishikou.
The main reason that made Caishikou famous is that the Qing government moved the execution ground for murders from the Xisi Archway in the Ming Dynasty to Caishikou outside Xuanwu Gate. Every year on the eve of the winter solstice, prisoners sentenced to "queen the queen of autumn" were executed.
The execution was carried out. The condemned prisoners were pushed into the prison cars before dawn, passed through Xuanwumen, and arrived at Caishikou. The prisoners were lined up from east to west, and the executioners were also lined up in order holding a ghost-head knife. After their heads were chopped off, they were inserted on wooden stakes in the street.
show to the public.
At that time, there were many shops on both sides of the vegetable market. During the "red errand" time, both sides of the market were bustling with activity. It is said that after the prisoner was killed, the body was taken away and the blood was covered with a loess mat. If someone put it here
If you sell vegetables, your business will definitely be prosperous, so the market entrance got its name from this.
Ma Xingkong and others also squeezed into the crowd and looked inside. The prison car was closed on all sides and could not see what was going on inside. Ma Xingkong gave Hei Wa and Long Jie a hint, and the three of them immediately dispersed. The starry sky
Holding the long wooden box in his hand, he walked around an alley, climbed onto the roof of a household, and then jumped onto the roof of a shop.
He looked up and saw that the prison car was still moving slowly among the crowd. More and more people were gathering. I haven't seen such a scene in many years. I must watch it today. Ma Xingkong put down the wooden box, opened the lid, and Yuan Keding sent
The German rifle given to him lay quietly inside.
According to the method taught by Wang Guangming, he grabbed a small clod of soil on the roof, crushed it and slowly raised it in the air. The breeze blew the soil foam into the air. He stretched out his thumb and estimated the distance. The horse walked.
Kong took out his gun and muttered silently: "Wind speed level one, distance six hundred meters, and scale height three!"
He adjusted his gun and lay quietly on the roof waiting for the best opportunity. The prison van was getting closer and closer. On the west side of the street, the prison van finally stopped. The police from the brigade came over and stopped the crowd gathered around the prison van.
Pushing out little by little to prevent them from getting close to the prison car.
Cao Kun was sitting on the execution platform, watching the police and soldiers busy below. He turned to Secretary Liu and said, "The commotion this time is quite big. Let's see who dares to go against the Holy One in the future! This is their example!"
Secretary Liu nodded hurriedly: "That's right!" He turned around and looked around, and then said: "Isn't it too dangerous here? Look around, this house, this terrain, any corner can appear.
When people come, don’t be careless!”
"Hahaha..." Cao Kun said with a smile: "I'm still worried that he won't come? If he really dares to come, I will definitely let him come back!"
"He? Who is he?" Secretary Liu asked. Cao Kun smiled mysteriously and did not answer.
The iron door of the prison van was opened by several police officers, and a hooded man was lifted out of the van. His hands and feet were all shackled, and he was walking very hard. Ma Xingkong recognized the clothes.
It was exactly what Cui Xiaobin often wore. The clothes were already in tatters, and there were still some dark red marks on them.
Ma Xingkong locked the policemen behind Cui Xiaobian with his gun, then raised the muzzle of the gun and aimed it at the head of Cao Kun on the execution table. He imagined in his mind what would happen after the bullet was fired from the barrel of the gun.
What would happen? Seeing Cui Xiaozhen being tortured to the point where he couldn't even walk, Ma Xingkong felt like he was in colic. Such an old man, these gangsters could kill him.
As time passed by, the sun slowly rose to its highest point. Director Zhang of the Police Department took out the gold watch in his arms, looked at it, turned to Cao Kun and said, "General Cao, the time is up!"
Cao Kun looked at the crowds on both sides and nodded: "The time is up, let's start!"
A red command arrow was thrown off the table by Cao Kun. An officer hurriedly picked it up and shouted: "Time is up! Prepare to be shot!"
A small team of five people quickly ran into the execution ground. The officer ripped off the cloth bag on Cui Xiaobian's head, and his snow-white hair fell down. Ma Xingkong's heart suddenly rose to his throat, and he stared at the execution ground with his long gun.
He also targeted Cao Kun, and he wanted to strike first before that guy ordered the shooting.
"Get ready...!" The officer's words dragged on for a long time. Time seemed to have frozen, and it went so long. The noise of the crowd stopped instantly, and everyone held their breath waiting for the last gunshot.
"Bang!" A gunshot rang out. The gunshot was not from the execution ground, but from the roof of a store far away. Ma Xingkong pulled the trigger. The moment Cao Kun heard the gunshot, he felt a shock on his left shoulder.
It hurt, and his whole body was pushed back by the impact of the bullet. Director Zhang and Secretary Liu were shocked.
The crowd suddenly boiled, shouting that the bandits were coming, and everyone ran around. The police and soldiers could no longer stop the crazy people. The defense line they had built was quickly destroyed, and many people had already poured into the court.
At the scene, Hei Wa and Long Jie looked at each other, took out their daggers, and instantly knocked down the policemen guarding Cui Xiaobian.
At the corner of the interface, Xiao Shunzi had already found a rickshaw and waited for a long time. In just two minutes, Cao Kun gritted his teeth and got up from the ground, with blood staining his entire arm. The police whistled urgently one after another, and the brigade's
The soldiers swarmed over, wielding sticks and rifle butts, and knocked those running wildly to the ground.
"Cui Jiu! Cui Jiu! Watch out for Cui Jiu!" Cao Kun shouted loudly.
Ma Xingkong watched Hei Wa and Long Jie get Cui Xiaozi out of the execution ground, then hurriedly packed up his things, got off the roof, and disappeared into the crowd. Even though Xiao Shunzi was thin, he took this trip today.
The speed of the rickshaw was no worse than that of Long Jie and Hei Wa. The curtains of the rickshaw were lowered, and at the first moment, they rushed out of the crowd, quickly escaped from the chaotic scene, and escaped before the police and soldiers arrived.
The military doctor bandaged Cao Kun's wound. Under the strong suppression of the police and soldiers, the scene returned to calm. On the stand, two police soldiers were placed there, but Cui Xiaozhen had long since disappeared. Zhang
The director was so frightened that he lost his mind: "What, what's going on? Where are the people? Where are the people?"
Secretary Liu was also very surprised! These gangs of robbers were really powerful. They could rescue them in full view of the public, under the blue sky and in broad daylight. Now Yuan Shikai was definitely going to go crazy. He looked at Cao Kun. As a supervising officer, did Cao Kun have any shirk?
Cao Kun didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, but was drinking tea calmly and calmly.