The woman suddenly screamed, and the blood immediately dyed her entire body red, and slowly poured onto the ground under her feet, accumulating thicker and thicker. Her face became as pale as paper, and her heartbeat stopped.
She stopped faster. Even so, her hands were still holding on to the door frame, refusing to fall down.
The soldier couldn't help being surprised, and with a bit of drunkenness, he snorted coldly: "I can't see that you little bitch is quite tough, and one knife can't kill you. Well, let me enjoy it first."
Hehehe, then I will give you another stab and make you happy until you die, haha..."
When he was halfway laughing, he couldn't laugh anymore. His face was full of panic. People who didn't know it thought he was possessed by evil spirits. At first glance, they discovered that there was an extra sword on his neck, and this
The owner of the sword has a face as white as snow.
"Bai, Bai, General Bai..." He didn't dare to look back. He could only observe through the corner of his eyes. However, he didn't know if he didn't look at it. He was shocked when he saw it. He originally thought that Bai Ruxue was the only one, but he didn't.
Thinking that the Emperor and Lady Mu were also present, he couldn't help but retreat and knelt down. The soldiers who were committing crimes saw that the situation was not good, so they ran out of the house in fright. The originally noisy room was now noisy.
As quiet as late at night
The last ones to walk out of the room were deputy commanders Zhao Hu and Shao Yan. Bai Ruxue could not believe her eyes at that time. Zhao Hu and Zhang Long were originally two flag officers under the Chu Army Qinling. Although their official positions were
Although he is young, he is very righteous and has an open-minded temperament. A few months ago, Bai Ruxue retreated from the defeated army in the canal area. Fortunately, with the help of these two men, he infiltrated into the enemy camp. Later, the two brothers could not bear the oppression of their superiors.
In order to exclude others, he simply did not stop, killed the leader of the Chu army, and followed Bai Ruxue with a small number of soldiers and horses...
In this attack on the island, the two of them disguised themselves as Liang Jun, broke into the enemy's interior, and then, together with the female guards lurking in the palace, captured Yelubu, the leader of the Nile Kingdom alive. It can be said that this time they won a complete victory.
Human contribution is indispensable
However, attack is attack, past is past, and offense is difficult to offset most of the time, except in extremely special circumstances. Although Zhao Hu had the merit first, as the coach, he led his men to rape.
Shao Yan did not hesitate to put the eighteen soldiers headed by Zhao Hu into the sky jail, and handed them over to Deng Bingtang, the Minister of Punishment, for trial three days later.
After trial, it was found that at about noon on the morning of the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhao Hu led his troops to forcefully break into a house and molest a woman. When the woman refused, he and his men injured several people, seriously injuring one person, and killed a woman on the spot.
, although it was a drunken crime, due to the extremely serious circumstances, his sentence cannot be reduced. According to the laws of our court, Zhao Hu and his seventeen guards are hereby sentenced to death.
On this day, Shao Yan wore a golden dragon robe, a big black cloak, a nine-bead crown on his head, and held a Shang Fang sword. He brought Bai Ruxue, Mu Ying, and Queen Cao Xuanjiao to the execution ground to see off Zhao Hu and others.
Shao Yan knew very well that although these people had committed unforgivable crimes, they were fiercely loyal to the Donglin Kingdom. In addition to the main general Zhao Hu, there were four flag officers and three gangsters among them.
Commander, four corps commanders, all of them have fought bravely and tenaciously to kill the enemy. Not only that, there are several of them who have even walked through the gate of hell several times, and finally left this breath. It is a pity that even if
They have made countless contributions to the Donglin Kingdom. The law is the law after all. It is sacred and solemn. No one has the right to exceed it.
The wind was so cold that it hurt people's faces like needles. There was no sun or dark clouds in the sky, and the whole sky was gray.
The execution ground was chosen at Caishikou, the most crowded place. At this moment, the place was already crowded with people. People had heard about Zhao Hu not long ago. Some people were talking about it in private. Some people thought that Zhao Hu took the lead in the insult.
Women, and also killed and injured several people. Killing to pay for life is the law of the law, so they applauded without hesitation. Many people believed that Zhao Hu should be killed, but it was nothing more than outside the law.
Because of the existence of human feelings, he should be exempted from the death penalty because of his past contributions to the Donglin Kingdom and the imperial court.
People with different opinions kept shouting outside the venue, making the scene extremely noisy. Eighteen people including Zhao Hu knelt in a row, and behind them were all tough executioners, all of them with ferocious faces.
, with beards all over their faces, carrying large swords on their shoulders, and tied with red ropes on their heads. They stared at the surrounding crowd with eager eyes. In just a moment, eighteen heads will appear from under their swords.
As time passed, and as the three quarters of noon approached, the emotions of the people outside the venue became extremely intense. Some people shouted loudly: "Kill them, kill them." Others shouted: "Can't kill, can't kill."
——”
Shao Yan ignored him and immediately picked up a wine jar and slowly came to Zhao Hu and others. Zhao Hu knelt on the ground, his face was full of shame, but his eyes were already sparkling with tears. He blinked hard.
Blinking his eyes, he squeezed the tears out of his eyes, and after a long time he said: "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. I am not afraid of death, but I am just a little unwilling." After saying that, he raised his neck and said confidently, "I think so, Zhao Hu, after all."
A majestic seven-foot-tall man could not have imagined that he would not be able to fight to the death in the killing field, but would be destroyed by his own hands. I hate it so much."
Shao Yan concealed the sadness in his heart and poured a bowl of wine for him to drink. Zhao Hu drank it all in one breath and was very satisfied. Shao Yan then poured a bowl of wine for everyone. The soldiers were deeply moved, and some soldiers
I couldn't help but secretly shed tears there
When Zhao Hu heard the cry, he turned his head sharply and said with a sullen face: "Why are you crying? There is no future. Since we have done something wrong, we have to be punished. We are lucky. The emperor condescended to condescend to us today.
We should be happy to see you off. We should happily throw our heads away. Even if we reach the road to hell, we don’t have to worry about those big ghosts and little ghosts in the underworld looking down on us."
"Brother Hu is right. The emperor treats us brothers with great kindness. We have committed such a heinous crime in this life, and the emperor can still see us off. Such a master is worth waiting for us all our lives. It is a pity that we ourselves cannot live up to our expectations...
..., Alas..., brothers, let us swear together that we will follow the emperor to conquer the world in the next life," a corps commander said loudly
"Okay -" Eighteen people all said yes, and then they knocked their foreheads to the ground in unison and shouted in unison: "Long live the emperor, long live Donglin, long live long live, long live long live -"
Hearing their shouts, Shao Yan's nose felt sore and he almost shed tears. He sighed in his heart, what a good brother, I actually want to send them to the guillotine with my own hands... Shao Yan, Shao Yan, in the end
Is the law really unmerciful, or are you too ruthless? With such high morale, such a loyal warrior, such a tacit understanding of the voice... Are you deaf or blind? Don't you even have any intention of hiding?...
To be honest, Shao Yan was obviously a little shaken at this moment. He really couldn't bear to see the differences in the skills of these brothers. But when he thought of the women who had been victimized, he couldn't help but feel cruel. There is no rule without rules, no matter where he is.
What was it like before? Now that I have traveled here, I must establish and improve a legal society.
At the last moment before execution, he quietly returned to Zhao Hu and whispered: "Brother, please allow me to call you this"
Zhao Hu nodded excitedly, Shao Yan bent down, fixed his collar and messy hair for him, and said kindly: "Brother, why don't I want to protect you, but I can't do this, you must not bear grudges against me,
Because I am just like you, if there is an afterlife, I will also be your brother."
"Your Majesty -" Zhao Hu's voice was choked up, and he could no longer speak. He took a deep breath of cold air and said seriously: "Your Majesty, this subordinate is a dying person. As the saying goes, the best thing about a person is
When he is about to die, his words are kind and his actions are naturally pitiable. I have an unkind request."
"Say," Shao Yan wiped away his tears and said
Zhao Hu glanced at the men who were about to ambush him with him, and then said: "They were all brought out from the Chu camp by their subordinates. Your Majesty, please don't classify them blindly because of this incident."
They are extremely bad people. In fact, this incident all depends on their subordinates. They want to take this opportunity to let them start a bloody war. It is not a problem for brothers to protect their families and the country, but they are always men, so they belong to
I wanted them to relax, but I didn't expect that they would be killed in exchange."
He sighed softly and continued: "To be honest, when my subordinates brought them out of the Chu camp, they made a bold promise to them, that is, no matter when and where, the Donglin Kingdom's
The knife will never be placed on their necks. Today, it seems that this promise cannot be fulfilled. I am ashamed of them. Therefore, I boldly ask the emperor, can you reward us with a whole corpse?"
"Your Majesty, you promised him." Just as he was saying this, Bai Ruxue slowly walked over from behind, but she saw that her eyes were red and she looked like she had cried. It's no wonder that Zhang Long and Zhao Hu had saved her before.
He had passed her, and now Zhao Hu tried his best, but she couldn't help him at all. How could he not be sad and sad?
Shao Yan nodded and said: "Okay, I'm sure. If anyone comes, remove the ropes from their bodies immediately and all executioners must retreat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Zhao Hu and other 18 people all knelt down and kowtowed to Shao Yan again. Then they jumped off the stage and bravely rushed forward to break through the crowd. The 18 people stood neatly on the edge of the city wall. Without waiting for Shao Yan's order, Zhao Hu took the lead.
He rushed forward and bumped his head against the city wall. The soldiers behind him immediately followed suit. In an instant, eighteen blood marks were left on the city wall. Eighteen corpses fell into one piece. The blood and water gathered together and ran along the foot of the wall.
flow down
The people shouted, and the soldiers all around were in tears. Shao Yan was heartbroken. He immediately took off his cloak, bent his knees to the ground, and said silently in his heart, good brothers, you can go with peace of mind. I will visit you at this time every year.
Everyone on the field knelt down facing the city wall one after another. Several crows flew in the sky and crowed for a long time before rowing into the distance. Then, a drizzle began to fall on the overcast sky, washing the warriors.
The blood stains left behind
…
Soon after the rain passed and the sky cleared, the onlookers dispersed one after another, and the bodies of the eighteen soldiers were properly buried. There was no one in the execution ground, and it looked deserted. At this time, men's low sobs could be heard from time to time on the edge of the city wall.
"Brother, I'm here to see you. You have committed a serious crime, but the national law cannot tolerate you. The only thing I can do, brother, is to burn some paper money for you. I hope you can live a more peaceful life down there."