A loud sound of "Dang——" spread for ten miles, and the lingering sound echoed.
The gong on the execution ground rang suddenly, shocking the whole place and making the whole place feel solemn.
The crowd, which was just as noisy as the vegetable market just now, suddenly became silent. Even the whine of the north wind blowing through the bare branches could be clearly heard. The entire execution ground of thousands of soldiers and civilians suddenly became eerily chilling and full of chills.
An Yi watched the deputy director of the Political Department of the Second Army read out the verdict loudly on the high platform. He felt extremely anxious in his heart. He frequently looked at the ruined temple thirty meters away, and his heart was burning for a moment.
After listening to the loud pronouncement for several minutes, Gu Laoer's heart became colder and colder, and his forehead was covered with big beads of sweat.
Lu Xiong walked around anxiously. When he saw Yin Jinan leading his brothers on horseback, he quickly ran over and led more than a hundred brothers from the southeast intersection guarded by Zhang Tianyi to the tent on the east side next to the ruined temple.
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Yin Jinan waved his hand and ordered his brothers to dismount quietly. He walked to An Yi and asked nervously. When he learned that Zhang Tianyi had been in for eighteen minutes and there was still no news, his expression changed. He was as anxious as An Yi and rubbed his hands frequently.
Looking into the distance with your hands on your neck.
The first ten death row prisoners were led onto the execution platform amidst the dull sound of leather drums. The major general judge of the Political Training Department of the headquarters read out the names of the death row prisoners. Three military judges of the Second Army and a major general counselor of the Political Training Department climbed onto the platform together.
, verified the identity of the criminals one by one, and then reported their orders to the presiding military judge.
The young general judge standing in front of the left side of the high platform had a cold light in his eyes, and he waved his hand and ordered loudly:
"cut--"
The gong sounded, a flash of sword light flashed, ten heads separated from the body amidst the shocking screams, "dong dong" fell on the high platform made of thick wooden boards, and bunches of bloody arrows flew into the sky.
, splashed four to five meters out of the high platform and fell on the thick sand that had been laid in front of the platform.
The bright red and hot blood was sucked dry by the dry sand in the blink of an eye. Not even a ray of light could be refracted. Three of the heads "Gululu" rolled down the edge of the high platform, hit the ground one and a half meters below, and bounced up.
Finally, they were arranged strangely and neatly to face the audience. Although the three pairs of wide-open eyes had long lost their luster, they looked even more ferocious and terrifying.
The nearby spectators were startled and took a few steps back. Immediately, deafening cheers broke out. More than 4,000 soldiers and civilians faced the high platform and cheered heartily, praising loudly. The lively nature of the Chinese people was fully demonstrated.
On the high platform, ten executioners who were carefully selected from various units of the Second Army were smiling, looking forward proudly, and standing with their swords in hand. The outstanding performance of these death row prisoners, who did not have any necks chopped off the wrong position, made them feel extremely proud.
"Bring the condemned man——"
The military judge's long and deep shout rang out again, and the crowd once again burst into overwhelming cheers.
"It's over... it's over... ten more heads have fallen off, and the third batch has been chopped off..."
Yin Jinan's face was pale and he looked extremely sad. Gu Laoer gritted his teeth tightly and glared at the high platform forty meters in front of him. Seeing the third batch of ten corpses being thrown down in front of the high platform again, his heart also
It fell rapidly, becoming more and more heavy and sad. An inexplicable emotion of sorrow for the death of a rabbit and a fox pervaded his chest. The upright Lu Xiong couldn't stand the heart-wrenching waiting, so he simply turned around and never looked back to him again.
Take a look at the high platform.
Another ten minutes passed, and I watched helplessly as the fourth batch of death row prisoners were escorted onto the high platform. The military judge's cold and emotionless roar sounded again. The four execution officers began to identify each one one by one again, and the brothers were here.
Already despairing, almost completely hopeless.
Suddenly, Zhang Tianyi's adjutant emerged from a large patch of dense grass more than two meters high behind the temple. He looked left and right, walked nervously towards An Yi, saluted and immediately fell on An Yi's side.
He whispered in his ear, looked around and quickly rushed into the tent on the side, grabbed two fixed iron chains more than one meter long, and ran as fast as he could along the original path to the back of the temple.
An Yi, who was extremely excited, had already grabbed Gu Laoer's sleeve and quickly issued an order: "Immediately lead a dozen brothers and lead the horses around to the back of the temple. Don't worry about the two sentries a hundred meters away and the martial law officers and soldiers in the distance.
, even if they see you, they will only think that it is their brothers who have been ordered to patrol.
The grass here is very high and you can't see clearly from a distance. You can just walk to the back of the first house on the west end behind the ruined temple as if nothing has happened, and ask the brothers to ignore anything and walk forward for a few steps, and then walk back slowly.
Just wait at the hole at the base of the wall, and as soon as the large sack containing the person rolls out, you immediately open the bag and inspect it. After identifying the true identity, you get on your horse and lead the brothers slowly eastward through the dry reed field. Lu Xiong will
I will lead my brothers to meet you in the woods at the end, do you understand?"
"clear!"
Gu Laoer swept away his despair and decadence and became energetic. He strode over to grab his BMW. After giving a series of low commands, he led his ten brothers to lead the horses and slowly circled behind the temple covered with weeds.
An Yi saw Gu Laoer and his entourage disappearing behind the temple, turned his head and glanced at the high platform, and then pulled Lu Xiong over to whisper a few words. Lu Xiong, who had been mentally prepared, nodded frequently, and after receiving the order, he turned around and walked towards
The war horse, amidst the loud exclamations and cheers caused by the beheading in the audience, led the remaining more than a hundred brothers to get on their horses, and headed towards the woods to the east, farther and farther.
An Yi was free to continue admiring the beheadings with Yin Jinan. Within five minutes, Gu Laoer appeared in the corner behind the temple in the distance. He raised his left fist and shook it twice. When he saw An Yi nodded in response, he disappeared.
He entered the grass, pulled the reins to steady the sack on the saddle, and turned into a withered yellow reed bush more than two meters high. Behind him, ten horsemen followed him and led the horse through the undulating depressions, sneaking among the large withered yellow reeds that were higher than the head.
After walking more than 200 meters, we walked into the small woods to the east. When we saw Lu Xiong and his brothers, we continued eastward without stopping. As soon as we came out of the woods, we immediately got on our horses and ran towards Lao Nanchang in the south.
An Yi and Yin Jinan, who stayed at the same place, waited patiently for Zhang Tianyi to return. After a while, they saw Zhang Tianyi walking up to the steps behind the high platform and making a hidden gesture to the two of them. The classmates didn't know what it meant, so they immediately walked towards them.
The war horses are about to leave.
At this time, the loud voice of the military judge came again: "...the heinous gangster, the heinous robbery and murderer, and the counter-revolutionary Chen Xiangfeng have been identified and executed -"
A gong sounded, followed by cheers that soared into the sky. An Yi and Yin Jinan looked at each other, jumped on their horses almost at the same time, turned their horses' heads and looked at the high platform.
On the high platform, the only dirty naked body had no head. A few strands of blood arrows had lost their momentum and shot forward in a curved way. Only when there was no more blood to spray, the body suddenly fell forward, and the iron chain connected to the lute's bones became clear. It can be seen that it is miserable and strange.
"Oh my God! How did they change people? How could they be so similar in such a short period of time?" Yin Jinan's eyes widened and he cried out in surprise.
An Yi looked up at the gray sky, shook his head and sighed repeatedly: "The military police captain of the Second Army is a capable man! I don't know what I can give in return for Lao Zhang's deep friendship... Let's go! We have nothing to do here." , I hope that hapless guy like Crazy Shen can live a good life in the future."
Yin Jinan followed An Yi and walked abreast. After walking a few steps, he suddenly remembered something. He raised his head and said, "I was puzzled for a long time after hearing the sentence 'counter-revolutionary' in the military judge's verdict. Now I suddenly remembered that on the stage I was relieved that the major general judge was a party member. It must be that the robbery case that caused a sensation on the Hunan-Kiangxi border had reached the ears of all their party members."
An Yi nodded and sighed in a low voice: "I remember hearing my old Taoist say that from ancient times to the present, the military has had the custom of beheading to sacrifice their heads to establish their authority. During celebrations, most criminals in the world will be amnesty, and they will also be killed. A group of heinous people, many warlords still inherit this habit today.
What happened today was a fluke. All the big guys at the headquarters were held back by the celebration. It is estimated that the red party members of the Political Training Department could only recognize Crazy Shen’s name after receiving the notification of the Second Army’s execution of death row prisoners and did not have time to identify Crazy Shen. What does he look like? Even if you have time to identify him, it will be of no use. Who would know him after he was beaten to the point of being out of shape? Even Liuyang’s old man, who has been chasing Crazy Shen for days and nights, has never seen Crazy Shen’s face. , not many people in this world know what Crazy Shen looks like.
Alas, after all, Madman Shen’s life should not have been cut off. We happened to meet Hutou and knew him, and we met Zhang Tianyi who built the execution platform. By chance, we finally saved his life, otherwise even if I rushed in Cheng begged the principal for forgiveness, but it was too late to come back. It seems that many things have God's will behind them!"
"Brother, what's wrong with you? We are revolutionary soldiers who want to break the feudal ideas that bind the people. We shouldn't believe in fate. Why do I feel like you believe in fate more and more now?" Yin Jinan said with a smile.
An Yi shook his head helplessly: "To be honest, I didn't believe it before, but after repeatedly experiencing unexplainable things, I began to believe it. No matter how great a person is, or even a prophet, he cannot change the trajectory of history. Compared with the whole society and the whole world, an individual is extremely small. Therefore, I can only try my best to make things the best. As for how good the best is, no one knows. It's something in the future, and even a sneeze may change the future of life...
Okay, let's not talk about these annoying things. Let's run quickly. We have to interrogate the remaining criminals in the county jail in the afternoon. If you want to let them all go according to my wishes, I feel sad when I think of the head I just chopped off. , those are all living human lives, grandma’s... drive!"
An hour later, An Yi and Yin Jinan returned to the county office. An Yi dismounted and immediately followed Hu Zi who came up to him to the middle court. Since An Yi was unwilling to participate in the afternoon trial, Yin Jinan could only rush to the west police station to discuss with Chao Guoqing.
Huzi walked and whispered: "I really didn't expect that you guys in Nanchang would actually secretly change people... Now we can only put people in the small room between your and my bedroom. There are so many people in other places." , very inconvenient.”
"Haha, saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Besides, this is what Gu Laoer has repeatedly requested. I can't help but give it to him! Don't worry, it doesn't matter even if you put it in my room."
An Yi and Hu Hu walked through the pavilion corridor and turned into the second small room on the east side. They saw that the young doctor was applying medicine to the naked Madman Shen, and Gu Laoer was assisting him. A large earthen basin with blazing charcoal fire was placed in the room. , the indoor temperature increases a lot.
An Yi glanced at Madman Shen who was covered in bruises and was shocked: "Oh my god...why are you hurt so badly?"
Beard shook his head and said helplessly: "It's much better now. I was shocked when I first got it back. The two gunshot wounds on his legs were infested with maggots, and the two collarbones were pierced by iron chains. Passed by, revealing the white bones, with rotten flesh and pus and blood on the sides.
I really don’t know how this guy can survive until now. In addition to being extremely weak, he is still conscious. Hutou and I took a steel file and broke the chain on his collarbone. This guy didn’t even hum for more than 20 minutes. With a sound, Old Chang came to cut off his hair that was full of lice, shaved his lower body hair, and washed him with boiled salt water together with the young doctor. He gave us a smile and was fascinated. He fell asleep in a daze, what a man!"
An Yi nodded and turned to Gu Laoer: "Hutou, Crazy Shen's face is swollen like this. Fortunately, you can still recognize it. You have good eyesight!"
"What's this? Brother Shen's eyes are even more special. When he wakes up and you look at each other, I'm afraid you won't forget it. Another thing, you see there is a cinnabar mole in the middle of his forehead and hairline. As long as his hair You can see it by looking back, it's very special. When I accompanied my mentor to Wudang seven years ago and met him, he was still wearing a Taoist priest's high bun. He was not as cold as he is now. I remember that my mentor was talking to Song Jiandao at that time. Chang was joking, saying that if Brother Shen is released, he will probably attract all the girls on the street, and you will know how good-looking he is when his face is swollen."
Gu Laoer was in a good mood and kept smiling while looking at the sleeping Madman Shen.
An Yi turned to the young doctor with a smile, asked about Crazy Shen's condition, then left with Hu Zi, went to his room and whispered:
"Later, you ask Chen Zhibiao to take 2,000 yuan and send it to the Fourth Division's camp in Qingyunpu, southwest of the city as soon as possible, and hand it over to the engineer battalion commander Zhang Tianyi. Although the gendarmerie captain of the Second Army only needs 500 yuan to pay for the message. But we can't just give 500, otherwise we'll feel really bad.
That gendarmerie captain is a capable man. He was able to pull off the unique trick of changing a civet cat for a prince in such a short time. I admire him! With such a person's reaction and intelligence, he would definitely be a master if he led troops to fight. You don't know, At that time, we saw heads falling to the ground one after another. Hu Tou and I were almost crazy with anxiety. Looking at Hu Tou looking like his dead father, I felt really bad. I thought that even if I paid 50,000 yuan, I would not be able to do it. I am willing!"
Hu Hu smiled: "I can imagine it, haha! Don't worry, I'll send someone to find Chen Zhibiao right now. It's just the right time for him to go. Zhang Tianyi knows him."
After Huzi left, An Yi took off his hat and lay down on the bed. He closed his eyes and rested for a while before getting up and walking to the lobby. There were many things waiting for him to do, and he couldn't sleep for a while.
What An Yi didn't know was that because the two houses were simply separated by wooden frames and painted sandpaper, the conversation between him and Hu Hu was heard by the three people next door in every detail, including the fact that they seemed to be sleeping with their eyes closed. Go, Chen Xiangfeng is actually very clear and alert.