Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 621 The Fate of Hideki Tojo

The next day, the Ministry of Punishment and the Security Bureau jointly executed the execution of Ling Chi. The execution ground was located in the bustling Xisi Pailou in the west of Beijing. It is arranged in the area of ​​Xisi Pailou.In advance, according to the emperor's will, Hideki Tojo and others were escorted into the prison car and paraded in the capital city.

Finally, the parade came to the execution ground of Xisi Pailou. Everything was ready. Liu Guangdi from the Ministry of Justice, Zhao Bingjun, director of the Imperial Security Bureau, and officials from the Suzheng Department and the Police Department took their positions one after another.

The executioner for Hideki Tojo's execution this time was Zhao Sanhuai, who enjoyed the reputation of "the first knife in Kyoto".The punishment of Ling Chi sounds simple, it is nothing more than cutting off the prisoner's flesh with a knife, but it also pays the most attention to the knife technique, because there is a regulation in advance, it is agreed that the cut will be [-] knives, one more knife or one less knife will not work, especially It is stipulated which knife should kill the prisoner, and no matter how many knife cuts before that, he cannot die.Back then, the eunuch Liu Jin of the Ming Dynasty was sentenced to Lingchi, and it was stipulated that the [-] knives would be executed in three days. After the execution on the first day, Liu Jin returned to the prison and drank half a bowl of porridge until the third day. It's dead.

Since the punishment of Ling Chi was almost never used since the Qing Dynasty, this skill was almost lost later on. Now there are about a dozen executioners in Beijing who can cut 15 knives, but only those who can cut [-] knives Zhao Sanhuai alone.In order to practice Ling Chi's unique skills, the executioner of the prison guard established a close relationship with a big butcher shop outside Chongwenmen. When the execution season was off-season, the master took them to volunteer in the butcher shop.They cut an unknown number of fat pigs into stuffing buns, and finally they all practiced their hand-eye skills as accurate as a scale. They said that if they cut a catty, it would never be [-] taels.

Zhao Sanhuai stood in the center of the execution ground with a sharp knife in his hand.Beside him, stood a bow-legged little apprentice.In front of him stood a tall and straight pine pole, on which several criminals including Hideki Tojo were tied.Behind him, there are a group of execution officers on the execution stage, surrounded by white flags to separate the execution ground from the onlookers.Behind the execution post, [-] soldiers formed a neat square formation, which looked like a tree from a distance, but looked like a group of puppets up close.The dry wind in summer blows up bursts of white alkaline soil, passing over the faces of the soldiers.

Under the gaze of so many eyes, Zhao Sanhuai, who had been through the execution ground for a long time, also felt a little nervous, instead of looking at the officers and onlookers, he concentrated on studying the criminal in front of him.At this moment, in his eyes, the five criminals had been dismembered into individual muscles and bones.

After more than 40 years of tempering, Zhao Sanhuai has reached the state of proficiency, but today his heart is a little flustered.He has been in prison for decades, but it is the first time that five criminals have been executed at the same time.Hideki Tojo had never seen such a scene before. At first he thought it would be a big deal to be shot, at least he could die happily. Later, he heard the jailer in the prison say that he would cut himself into pieces. Such a punishment sounds like it It was maddening, and now that he was about to be punished, his lips turned white with fright, and the initial enthusiasm to serve the emperor and regard death as home has long since disappeared.

At this time, Zhao Sanhuai was walking back and forth with a sharp knife in his hand, his eyes never leaving the naked upper bodies of the prisoners, Tojo only felt chills, this kind of scene is like a wolf carefully appreciating before biting own four prey.

On the edge of the field, crouched three black steel cannons; a dozen soldiers were busy around the steel cannons.Three consecutive cannon fires startled Zhao Sanhuai, and his ears were buzzing.

In the echo of the rumbling guns, a high-pitched voice shouted: "The imperial decree is here!" Everyone present knelt on the ground with a slap.Amidst the sound of loud horns and clanging drums and cymbals, a big green sedan chair carried by eight people passed through the poplar lane beside the execution ground, came to the execution post, and landed smoothly, carrying the soldiers who got off the chair stool. Fei ran forward, arranged the stools, and opened the car curtain casually.A rich father-in-law comes out.It was the eunuch, the chief of the palace, the emperor's close servant, Wang Shang.

Wang Shang came to the center of the execution ground calmly, glanced at the five desperate people, unfolded the yellow satin imperial decree, and shouted in a shrill voice: "By God's fate, the emperor's decree said, that one, a country that is benevolent and unrighteous, will cause chaos in the sea and spread poison." It is getting deeper and deeper. Today, the remnants of the Japanese people are still alive. They conspired to assassinate the officials of the imperial court. Fortunately, God bless China and make Jiang Zhongzheng safe. The crimes of the Japanese pirates are serious and heinous. If they are not eliminated, they will not be enough to anger the people and stop the chaos. Give [-] knives as a warning to others. This is my honor."

"Long live Long live Long live."

After reading the imperial decree, Wang Shang also came to the execution ground to meet Liu Guangdi, Zhao Bingjun and others one by one, and then sat upright, looking at the prisoners on the execution ground.

Liu Guangdi threw down a fire stick, nodded slightly at Wang Shang and Zhao Bingjun, and shouted at the firing squad: "Shoot!"

Zhao Sanhuai took a step forward and stood opposite Hideki Tojo. His apprentice handed him the Lingchi special knife forged from fine steel, regardless of whether the other party could understand or not, he murmured in a low voice: "It doesn't matter if you are a human being or not. You are still a Chinese, no matter what evil things you have done, if you die at the hands of my surname Zhao, it will be regarded as a ghost relationship!"

Hideki Tojo stared blankly at Zhao Sanhuai, his mind was a little blurred in the extreme fear.

Zhao Sanhuai slapped Dongtiao's heart fiercely, causing the opponent's eyes to turn white.Just in this space, with a deft turn of the knife in his right hand, a piece of meat the size of a copper coin was unscrewed from the opponent's right chest.This knife just unscrewed the opponent's breast, leaving a wound that resembled a blind person's eye socket.Because the knife technique was so fast, it took a while for the blood to flow out slowly. Tojo grinned in pain, and then howled like a pig.

According to the unwritten rules of their profession, Zhao Sanhuai used the tip of the knife to tie the piece of flesh, held it up high, and showed it to the prison officer behind him, while his apprentice shouted loudly: "First cut!"

On the huge execution ground, tens of thousands of people were silent and held their breath, watching the scene that they might only see this once in a lifetime.

Zhao Sanhuai flicked his wrist, the silver light of the small knife shone, and the piece of flesh stuck on the tip of the knife, like a projectile, flew up with a whoosh, flew to a high place, and then landed on a black-faced soldier with a thud on the head.The soldier screamed strangely, as if a brick had fallen on his head, and his body was shaking.According to the industry, this first piece of meat is thank God.

The second cut was from the left chest, still clean and accurate, and the left breast was unscrewed at once.Now there are two holes the size of copper coins on Hideki Tojo's chest, but there is very little blood flowing out. The speed of the cycle is greatly slowed down.This is the experience accumulated by many generations of executioners in the prison department of the Ministry of Criminal Justice during the long execution process, which can be described as tried and tested.

Zhao Sanhuai tried his best not to look at the other party's face. He was used to the miserable screams of slaughtered prisoners. He concentrated on piercing the piece of meat on the tip of the knife, and held it up meticulously to show the public. Count: "Second knife!" Then he threw the second piece of meat that was spun off to the ground. According to the saying in the industry, this is thankful.

He used a clean sheep's belly towel dipped in salt water to dry the blood on the prisoner's chest, making the knife edge like a brand new cut on a tree.Then he made a third cut on Tojo's breast.This piece of meat was still the size of a copper coin and shaped like a fish scale.The edge of the new incision and the old incision meet and have a clear boundary, also known as "fish scale cutting". The third cut, the stubble exposed is white, and only a few blood beads jumped out, because Ling Chi is most taboo to bleed too much. At that time, it will affect the executioner's observation, and there is no basis for the knife, which is bound to make a mess.

Zhao Sanhuai threw the third piece of meat into the air again, this throw is called thanking ghosts and gods.The apprentice shouted from the side: "The third knife!"

After throwing the third piece, he cut the fourth knife back.He felt that the opponent's meat was very crisp and easy to cut. This is the good meat that only healthy and muscular prisoners have. It can be said that the knife will not hinder it.When cutting off a piece of meat, Tojo's chest muscles on both sides were just exhausted.So far, one-tenth of Zhao Sanhuai's work has been completed.The apprentice handed him a new knife.He took a couple of breaths and adjusted his breathing.

The ribs on Hideki Tojo's chest were fully exposed, and there was a layer of film between the ribs, as if he could see the beating heart. Tojo's shouting became louder and louder, making his voice hoarse. The other four Seeing such a torture scene, a soldier was so frightened that he passed out.

Zhao Sanhuai frowned, and asked his apprentice to pour a bucket of cold water on Dong Tiao who was being tortured. Sure enough, the prisoner's cry suddenly became much quieter, whining like a dying wild dog.

According to the rules, if Ling Chi is a male prisoner, after the breast meat has been spun, the crotch should be spun off next.This place requires three cuts, and the size does not have to be the same as the size of other parts of the meat.

The bow-legged apprentice peeled off Dongjo's trousers, revealing the small black thing, Zhao Sanhuai pulled the thing out of its nest with his left hand, and cut it off with his right hand as fast as lightning.His apprentice shouted loudly: "One knife!"

He threw the piece of meat on the ground casually, and a skinny dog ​​came out of nowhere, picked up the treasure, and got into the crowd of onlookers.Tojo, who was tortured, saw with his own eyes that his stuff was cut off, and he couldn't cry out, tears streaming down his face, and he didn't know whether it was the pain in his heart or the pain in his wound.

Zhao Sanhuai looked up at his apprentice, the boy's face was ashen, he picked out one of Tojo's without hesitation, and spun it off.The apprentice shouted and reported the number in a crying voice: "two knives"

Then another knife spun down another.

While Hideki Tojo opened his mouth wide to breathe, he stretched out his hand to pinch the other person's throat, and the purple tongue stuck out of his lips.Then he took the knife from his mouth with the other hand, and with a flick of the knife tip, he cut off the opponent's tongue, and the blood flowed down immediately.

"Four knives" counted by his apprentice.

Zhao Sanhuai wiped the criminal's body contaminated by water and blood with a salt water towel.Tojo's mouth was still opening and closing, but the sound was getting weaker and weaker.

(End of this chapter)