Tongshu with Mei

Then a luxuriously dressed Sika woman came in and blocked the door before she could enter.It turns out that this door is a bit narrower and lower than her.

The two old men hastily kowtowed to the ground and said: "I have seen the eldest princess."

That is Kan Yujie, the eldest princess of Sika. The women in Sika are tall and tall, and they are beautiful when they are strong and fat. The eldest princess is even more beautiful than Sika.Holding a horsewhip in her hand, she walked in briskly, glanced around the twenty women, and a satisfied smile appeared on her dark face: "Who brought the woman back this time?"

One of the old men said: "My princess, it was brought back by Nick."

Kan Yujie nodded and said: "That's right, Nick is like a circling condor on the Yin Mountain, getting smarter and wiser. Those little fairies they brought back in the past, are they okay? I just thought that tomorrow happened to be the day of sacrifice, and I made a mistake." There are few people here, and I am planning to get a few of these goblins to make up for it. These tall and clumsy ones are fine, so forget it. Come on!"

Two young Sika boys followed from outside the door, and after listening to the eldest princess' instructions, "Go get 100 taels of gold and give it to Nick. If you look for girls in the future, just look for them like this, and find more. To save them from talking about the royal palace. There are no women here because I can't tolerate people. My heart is as vast as the grassland, how can I not accommodate people? Huh, this time I see what they have to say!" After saying this, he turned and went out. After a few steps, he turned around and ordered: "Tomorrow, take all the women from Zhongyuan to watch the ceremony, and let them see the etiquette and rules of our Sika. First, they will know how powerful they are, and we will see who dares to be lazy and make mistakes in the future."

Yang Ye looked at the Eldest Princess' back, speechless.It turns out that Kinnick is a man of great wisdom who hides his secrets. Fortunately, I still questioned his vision earlier.He couldn't help but leaned into Bai Tingbi's ear and whispered: "Look at this princess, if she dares to rush forward and push her son-in-law down, she must be tightly covered, and she can't see anything, sorry The goblins are coveting. I said why Jin Yaren was kicked out of bed by her and stopped going up, so it is!"

Bai Tingbi's eyes were full of horror, and he stretched out his hand to press his mouth: "Don't talk nonsense, don't talk nonsense, be careful that she hears it!"

It turns out that the second day coincides with the first day of the seventh lunar month, which is the traditional day of offering sacrifices to heaven in the country of Xijia.Early this morning, twenty people were called up early, packed up, and brought to an open space in the west.There are already many Sika people waiting there.

This sacrifice to the ancestors of heaven, earth, ghosts and gods is the top priority of Xijia Kingdom, which is better than going to the Central Plains to plunder women.The address is Tianxu Terrace on the left side of the palace. Once every three months, all officials and respectable clansmen will participate, with important business plans involved.After the traditional ceremony of worshiping heaven and earth, the criminals who committed capital crimes in the family took the opportunity to execute on Tianxu Terrace to comfort the gods and ancestors.

Yang Ye and the others were closely watched by several guards. Although they stood relatively remote, they could see everything clearly in the field.Seeing that the Xu platform was only about two feet high, a large altar was set up in the center of the platform, and there were more than [-] wooden pillars erected behind the platform.

Not long after, a group of palace guards rushed in, followed by Jin Yaren in brocade clothes.Jin Yaren held a [-]-year-old child in his hand, with brown skin, but handsome eyebrows and eyes, it was Kan Yuzhi, the little prince of Sika.The stunning princess did not come out.

Behind him are Ling Shu and Jing Huaiyu.Jing Huaiyu is still wearing a vermilion poplin robe and a jade belt with black shoes.Ling Shu wore a long black fretted satin long-sleeved gown with a two-inch-wide tapestry hem, a dark red swastika pattern, and a red sash around the waist, making her face white and her hair like a crow's baby.The long sword was not carried on his back this time, and Dong Ge, who was following behind him, held it for him.

Yang Ye, who was far away, saw it in his eyes, and immediately felt angry: "You bastard, what do you want to do if you dress up like this to show off? Even if you have a dog's tail that sticks out of the wall, isn't that green hat?" Wear it for me, your emperor must wear it first!"

Ling Shu seemed to feel his sharp eyes, and suddenly glanced in this direction inadvertently, and Yang Ye quickly shrank behind Bai Tingbi.However, he saw that he had already withdrawn his eyes, and followed Jin Yaren on the main seat under the altar to divide the guests and sit down.

Jin Yaren turned his head and said to Ling Shu and Jing Huaiyu: "The two guests have come from afar. This sacrifice is a very important event in our Xijia clan, so we have to watch it."

The sacrifice was carried out by the elders of the clan leading the people, and the little prince followed him to the Tianxu Terrace.Everyone in the lower clan stood up, and Ling Shu and Jing Huaiyu also stood up.Seeing that this sacrifice is nothing more than praying and kneeling.Jin Yaren, as a son-in-law, has great power, but he is not qualified to be on stage, so he still stays below to accompany the Central Plains guests.

Ling Shu couldn't understand the Sika language, so he couldn't see what they were offering sacrifices to, so he looked sideways at Jin Yaren.Jin Yaren stared at the stage with condensed eyes, showing a hint of disdain. After feeling the look in Ling Shu's eyes, he turned around and smiled at him, but he didn't explain much, just said: "After finishing this, I'm still waiting for you." There is another important show for the two of you to watch." Although his Chinese is fluent and his diction is appropriate, his voice is fluctuating from light to heavy, slow to urgent, which sounds very strange.

Ling Shu didn't answer, Jing Huaiyu turned his head and said, "My lord son-in-law, what's the fun?"

Jin Yaren said: "The execution of prisoners, we Xijia people like to watch this."

After the sacrifice was over, the little prince Kan Yuzhi ran back, squeezed directly into Jin Yaren's chair, and was embraced by him.Afterwards, guards and people dressed as executioners escorted ten criminals to the stage, and tied them to the ten pillars behind the stage.The Sika people below suddenly made a noise, and even set off a small cheer.It seems that no matter where people are, there will be some people who like to watch bloody and brutal things, which is human nature.

Ling Shu glanced coldly at the ten prisoners who were waiting to be dealt with urgently, and asked, "How does your lord son-in-law plan to execute them?"

He seldom spoke, so Jin Yaren paid much attention to his questions, and quickly replied: "Beheading, hanging, it looks very interesting. This can also be chosen by the prisoner himself. But the person at the farthest east is He can't help but choose. He killed many people for snatching other people's wives in more than ten days, even a two-year-old child. That can have a deterrent effect.”

As he spoke, a few people really brought up a big pot, put it on a ready-made iron shelf, and lit a fire under the pot.

Ling Shu said "hmm" and stopped talking.Jing Huaiyu suddenly laughed lightly, and then felt something was wrong, so she covered half of her face with her sleeve.

The peripheral vision from the corner of Jin Yaren's eyes has been turning back and forth on the faces of the two of them, and at this moment he naturally heard it clearly, and said, "I don't know why Master Jing is laughing?"

Jing Huaiyu coughed twice, and said: "It's nothing, it's nothing, this punishment is indeed cruel and ruthless, chop it up and throw it in the pot to boil, hehehehe."

Jin Yaren looked at his words and said tentatively: "I am originally from the Western Regions, and this is what I learned from the Western Regions. In the past, the Xijia people only had hanging and beheading. Could it be...the Central Plains have more cruel tortures than this? Is it possible? Tell me, let me also open my eyes? I have vaguely heard of Ling Chi in the Central Plains, and it is said that he was cut into pieces by a thousand swords. Wasn’t the prisoner cut to death long ago? How could he survive the thousand swords?”

Ling Shu looked intently at the prisoner on the Tianxu Terrace, and said slowly: "The rumor is wrong, it's not a thousand dollars, but three thousand three hundred and fifty seven dollars." Seeing that he was willing to speak, Jing Huaiyu hurriedly followed him: "Master Ling, as a Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple has a lot of experience in various punishments. If your lord son-in-law wants to ask for advice on such matters, it is most appropriate to ask him for advice."

Hearing this, Jin Yaren hurriedly stood up, folded his hands in front of his chest and bowed to Ling Shu, solemnly said: "Master Ling, please enlighten me."

At this time, the stage had already begun to execute the prisoners one by one. The first prisoner chose to be hanged. The moment he was hanged by a long rope, the crowd underground also caused a small commotion, which rippled and spread.

Ling Shu was not interested in this kind of trick, and disdained to watch it, even the faces of Dong Quil and Dong Ge behind him showed a faint look of disdain.But seeing Jin Yaren standing there with a very sincere intention, Ling Shu raised his hand and said, "Please sit down, son-in-law."

Jin Yaren sat down according to his words, Ling Shu glanced at the commotion, and said: "Although the punishment in the Central Plains is strict, it is also aimed at those who commit crimes. If it is not cruel, it will not have the effect of deterring people. The death penalty is not only common Beheading and hanging, as well as car splitting, cutting in half, caesarean section, washing (meat brush), pouring and lighting lamps, etc. This method of cooking in a large pot is called "soup wok". The difference is that it is not chopped into pieces Instead, live people are directly thrown into it. As for Ling Chi, it is also one of them, and it is more troublesome to operate. If you are not a master of execution, it is difficult to do it well."

What he said was the death penalty. As for the gold-threaded jade clothes and water tunes he used to extract confessions by torture, it was expected that Jin Yaren's generation of Tartars might not understand the profound punishment culture of the Central Plains, so he didn't say much. .

Jin Yaren's eyes shone faintly when he heard this, and he looked at Ling Shu intently, almost obsessed.He invited these two to watch the execution, originally with the intention of showing off and intimidating, but now it seems that it is nothing more than a piece of cake for Ling Shu, which is a bit frustrating.Fortunately, his thoughts turned quickly, and he said reverently again: "Master Ling, please give me some advice, how about a demonstration? Let my stupid clansmen also open their eyes."

Ling Shu said, "I haven't done anything."

Jin Yaren was very disappointed when he heard the words, and sighed: "It's really a pity."

Jing Huaiyu came here with the great mission of Emperor Dayan, originally intending to please Jin Yaren.Although Jin Yaren received the two of them very politely, but whenever there was an important matter, he always pushed and procrastinated and never had a face-to-face detailed discussion, so he was very anxious.Waiting to see Jin Yaren's disappointed expression, but Ling Shu just turned a blind eye.Then he strengthened his courage and said: "Lord Ling will not do such a trivial matter by himself. But the brothers of the Dong family who are behind Lord Ling are masters of execution. Since Lord Xijia's son-in-law made this request, why didn't Lord Ling grant him It seems that my wish is sincere?"

Ling Shu moved his body and turned his head to look at Dong Qua and Dong Ge behind him. He saw that the faces of the two were eager to try.He loved and valued these two competent subordinates very much, so he said: "Then you can try it. I wonder which prisoner the consort is going to use for the surgery?"

Jin Yaren pointed to the prisoner who was about to chop and cook at the end, and said: "Just use him, he deserves to be hacked into pieces."

Ling Shu said: "Okay."

However, Jin Yaren first ordered several guards to take Kan Yuzhi away to prevent him from watching such a scene.Kan Yuzhilai stayed by his side and refused to leave, wanting to watch the excitement.After being comforted by his gentle words, Fang followed the guard.Then he ordered the chief guard to take Dong Quail and Dong Ge to the Tianxu Terrace. Dong Quil and Dong Ge had a knife with them, and the chief guard prepared a large pot of cold water and a long table according to the requirements of the two of them. Place it according to the position specified by the two of them.

After everything was ready, the head guard turned around and shouted something in Sika language. The Sika people were all tough and savage. Hearing that there was such a lively scene, they burst into cheers and wanted to overthrow the sky.

In the Dayan Dynasty, as the executioner of the Lingchi punishment, his status was already extremely high.For example, the Dong family brothers have achieved a superb level of execution, and their status is even more supreme in the hands of all kinds of crooks.The two brothers walked up to the prisoner in the east, and Dong Quail took the lead, swiping the thin willow-leaf-shaped sharp blade, where the light of the knife flickered, and within seven or eight cuts, all the clothes on the prisoner's body were torn off Underneath, revealing dark and hairy skin.

The prisoner stared blankly at the two of them.Dong Ge poured a few ladles of cold water on his head, and then slapped out, right in the center of the socket.But it is to make the prisoner's heart constrict and the blood vessels to shrink, so that he can execute the sentence later.

Ling Shu rested his jaw on his hands, and while he focused his eyes on the stage, he did not forget to explain to Jin Yaren: "According to Ling Chi's rules, thank the sky with the first knife, and thank the earth with the second knife. Start from the breasts on both sides."

Following his words, Dong Quil moved like the wind, and with a twist of the knife, he spun off the prisoner's right chest, which was the size of a copper coin, and just spun off the breast.Then he flicked his wrist, and the piece of meat flew out into the sky, spinning in the air and drawing a graceful arc, with a soft "pop", it landed on the long table impartially.This is called "Thank God".

The head of the guard was in charge of counting the two of them, and shouted loudly in Sika: "One!"