Sapphire Warriors

After Rukawa brought Fujima to the inner hall, they chatted.

Fujima was still worried about the safety of the old lady, but now seeing that the old lady could be taken care of by Mr. Rukawa, he felt relieved, thinking to himself, this is the best, Master Domoto should also be at ease, you know, just now Gao The head is trying to ask for someone, and the aura really makes people suspect that he has bad intentions.

Rukawa listened to Fujima's words, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said: "The power of Gao Touli in the court should not be underestimated, and he himself is treacherous and cunning. Relying on the support of the queen, he often bullies civil and military officials."

"So, does he have a personal grudge with Mr. Domoto?" Fuji really didn't understand.

Rukawa said: "My son has never asked about the factional struggles in the court, so I only have a half-knowledge."

Then, Rukawa explained to Fujima that he would settle the old Mrs. Domoto well later, and would not let her old man be disturbed by Gaotouli.

After hearing this, Fujima couldn't help admiring Rukawa's way of dealing with the world even more, admiring him for not being afraid of the powerful, being affectionate and righteous, and worthy of Domoto's dedication to him for so many years...

Of course, Gaotou is not a vegetarian!

Since you can't use the old mother to blackmail Tang Ben, then you can only go to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

So in the afternoon of the same day, Gao Tou came to the Ministry of Punishment to be in charge of the prison, sat in Mitsui's seat, and named Dao surname to be interrogated.

Hearing that the Prime Minister wanted to interrogate himself, Mitsui dared not refuse, and immediately ordered his subordinates to take Tangben to the court.

Speaking of Takatou and Domoto, there was no grievance in the first place. If it wasn't for Yayoi Aida and Kaede Rukawa's fight for favor, he wouldn't bother to come to this muddy water, but since Yayoi Aida confessed, he couldn't help it. So he said to Tang Ben: "You and I were officials in the same dynasty. The prison robbery happened last night. I am worried that the perpetrators will not let it go. Therefore, my lord, you are still in a very dangerous situation."

Unexpectedly, Tang Ben bluntly said: "Life and death are fate, and the guilty minister has already ignored it."

Gao Tou saw that Tang Ben was somewhat self-aware and knew that he had no way out, so he proposed: "If I am in this predicament, I will show you a way to survive, what if I don't know?"

Tang Ben glanced at him, and said: "The prime minister's kindness, the guilty minister's understanding, is just a way of life that the lord said, for the criminal minister, it is nothing more than another way of no return."

Seeing Tang Ben's refusal, Gao Tou became angry for a while, and asked: "At this moment, do you think you have other choices? Tell me, where is the prince now?"

The fox's tail is finally revealed!

The hall was neither arrogant nor impetuous, nor hurried nor slow, bowed his head to the sky and said: "If the blood of the royal family is still in the world, it will be the protection of the previous emperors and the blessings of the heavens. Know."

Hearing this, Gao Tou didn't have the patience to deal with him anymore, and told him straight to the point that Liu Chuanfeng was going to capture him alive and go back to interrogate him, and Lord Anxi was afraid of leaking the news, so he wanted to put him to death.Ever since he let the Shangchuan family go, he has been inhumane on both sides. Now why not be a smart person and get close to the queen, so as to save his and his mother's lives.

However, no matter what the high-ranking head said, Tang Ben still refused to explain anything, only saying that he was a guilty minister, waiting for the court to deal with him.

Seeing that there was nothing to do, Gao Tou stood up from his seat, walked up to Tang Ben and said, "Don't think that all the past has nothing to do with you because you are hiding in the prison. The empress has already sent someone to liquidate your assets. You are corrupt There are countless gold and silver treasures in the house, and there are even some tributes from the emperor..."

This time, Tang Ben became anxious, and he immediately replied: "Those are all rewarded by Mr. Ruchuan to the criminals."

"Okay, then you swear to God, haven't you done something that is ashamed of the emperor and the community?!" Gao Tou asked him loudly, then squatted down, and persuaded with nice words: "I sincerely want to give my lord a way out..."

Tang Ben thought for a while and said, "What if the guilty minister still can't accept the favor of the lord?"

"Then deal with it in accordance with the law, execute Ling Chi, and choose a day for execution!" After finishing speaking, Gao Tou threw the verdict of the Ministry of Punishment in front of Tang Ben.

Ling Chi! ?

Tang Ben was so frightened that he sat paralyzed on the spot. As an imperial doctor, it was impossible for him not to know what punishment Ling Chi was. Three hundred knives were cut on the bloody flesh one by one. How could he bear the pain.

Gao Tou saw that Tang Ben stopped talking, so he tried to persuade him again: "Master Tang Ben, anyway, there is still some time before the sentence, you can think about it slowly, think carefully, I will send someone to stay in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, waiting for you reply."

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After Fujima came back from Xiangguo Temple, he immediately told Nan Lie about Rukawa picking up Domoto's old mother, and kept praising Rukawa for his pure temperament, sincerity in dealing with people, awe-inspiring righteousness, not afraid of the powerful, and a great good man.

After Nan Lie heard this, he wanted to tell him the truth several times, but he swallowed the words back.Doesn't he understand what kind of character Fujima has?As far as his acting skills are concerned, if he knows the truth, it would be strange not to show his feet in front of Rukawa Feng.Therefore, Nan Lie didn't dare to tell Fujima everything he knew.

However, he had no choice but to find an opportunity to tell Tangben about Ruchuan Feng taking away Mrs. Tangben. After hearing this, Tangben was afraid at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he figured it out, so he asked the yamen servant for a pen and paper. Send a letter to Fengya Hall!

In the following days, Tang Ben still asked three questions and refused to say anything, so the days went by like this, and it was the night before the sentence in a blink of an eye!

Mitsui sent someone to deliver "Ciyang rice" to Tang Ben, but Tang Ben said that he had no appetite and didn't want to eat.At this time, an unexpected figure appeared in front of him, it was Fuji Shinichi.

Yixian specially cooked a pot of beef brisket for Tangben tonight to bid farewell to this proud student.

After the two sat down facing each other, Yixian lifted the lid of the pot, and a strong smell of meat wafted out of the pot, evoking Domoto's memories of the past:

That year, he had just become an imperial doctor. To celebrate him, Yixian also cooked a pot of beef brisket, but there were more radishes in it than beef brisket. Yixian used this to advise him: from thrift to extravagance, from extravagance It is difficult to be frugal.After hearing this, he nodded repeatedly in agreement.

Later, in the military camp, he gave Ruchuan a happy pulse, and Ruchuan rewarded him with a piece of high-quality suet white jade, so as to win him to do things for him.He fixed his eyes on the suet white jade, and his upright heart was ready to move.

Later, when Rukawa heard that Concubine Jing was pregnant, he gave him a dose of abortion pills. He hesitated, but Rukawa sent a rare coral tree to his house, which captured his only remaining conscience.

In this way, Concubine Shu and Concubine Lan followed, and one after another concubine miscarried under his "conditioning"...

From then on, whenever he dreamed back in the middle of the night, those women who were murdered by him were like innocent ghosts, lingering on him endlessly. Only then did he finally understand that good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil. Everything is over. irreparable!It wasn't until this moment that he realized that the decision a person makes at a certain moment in his life will really change his life!

Tomorrow, he will use three hundred pains in his body to atone for the sins he committed in this life...

Thinking of this, Tang Ben felt a lot more relaxed. He picked up a piece of radish in the pot with his chopsticks, put it in his mouth, and chewed it. Only then did he taste that the taste of "radish" was so sweet and delicious... …

The so-called Ling Chi means that the executioner uses a small knife to cut off the flesh of the prisoner one by one, first the chest, then the thighs, arms, abdomen, ears, eyes, and finally the heart. The whole process takes several hours, but until the end Before cutting, it is required to ensure that the prisoner is still alive.

At noon the next day, Nan Lie opened the cloth bag containing twelve short knives, and displayed them one by one on the incense table. After the sacrifice, Mitsui led a group of government servants to escort Domoto's prison car to the execution ground

If it is said that the common people in the market are familiar with beheading, then there must not be many people who have witnessed Ling Chi.So on this day, no matter men, women, old or young in the city, as long as they are free, they all go to the western suburbs to join in the fun.For a while, a not-so-broad official road was crowded, and Yang Ping was hiding among this group of people, waiting for an opportunity.This is the latest task Anxi entrusted to him: once he finds out that Tang Ben is going to reveal the whereabouts of the prince because he can't bear the pain, kill him.

At this time, a clear voice sounded from the crowd: "Master Tangben, drink this bowl of anesthetic, you will feel better in a while."

It turned out that Tengzhen found out that if Ling Chi's people took anesthetics, their pain would be reduced by half, so he went to collect medicinal materials such as toad cake, ice flakes, cnidium, and daphnia, and boiled a bowl of medicine for Tang Ben. .

Unexpectedly, as soon as he handed the medicine bowl forward, he was knocked down by a big hand. He took a closer look, and it was none other than Nan Lie who stopped him from delivering the medicine!

After Nan Lie overturned Fujima's medicine, he continued to follow the team without saying a word, with a ruthless face.

You bastard Nanlie, see if I go back and deal with you!

Although Fujima was extremely angry, he was helpless, the medicine was overturned, and it was too late to boil another bowl, so he could only follow the escort team all the way to the execution ground in the western suburbs.

The execution ground in the western suburbs of Shanghe City was once again heavily fortified and crowded with people.

Gao Touli, as the chief judge of this case, sat on the chair without hesitation and supervised the execution.

Mitsui glanced at the sundial beside the execution platform, saw that the sun had reached [-]:[-] noon, and signaled Gaotou to start.

After completing the formalities of verifying his integrity, Nan Lie stepped onto the execution platform and said to Tang Ben: "I will accompany you on the road ahead."

After hearing this, Tang Ben couldn't help being relieved a lot, showed a slight smile, and nodded slightly.

Afterwards, Nan Lie untied Tang Ben's skirt, and struck his atrium with a palm. This was to constrict the blood vessels, so that he would not die due to excessive blood loss when the knife was used for a while.Then, he picked up a short knife, gouged out Tang Ben's chest, picked up a piece of meat, and threw it to the sky. This is called "Xie Tian" in Ling Chi. It's called "Thank you".

Afterwards, according to each part, gouged out one by one, and Mitsui stood on the monitoring platform to report the number.

The area around the execution ground was already full of sighs. Although Qingzi and Xiaolian also came to the scene, they were too scared to open their eyes.Sakuragi and Ito sighed unceasingly, Fujima and Kazuxian burst into tears and couldn't bear to look directly.

Time passed by every minute and every second, scenes after scenes from the past appeared in Tang Ben's mind. He dared not call out, let alone call out, because he firmly believed that only the pain of the body could bring about the cleansing of the soul...

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The sun gradually deviated to the west, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood. It had been nearly two hours, and when Mitsui's count reached 290 eight knives, Gao Tou suddenly got up and ordered a pause!

Gao Tou took a bowl of anesthetic, walked up to Tang Ben, and said, "Is it very painful? As long as you tell the whereabouts of the prince, this bowl of anesthetic will let you drink it."

Tang Ben glanced at him, and said weakly: "The prince...the prince is..."

Gao Tou's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked, "Where is it?"

"At...at...at your house..." After finishing speaking, Tang Ben looked up to the sky and smiled.

Gao Tou was furious, smashed the medicine bowl immediately, and ordered the execution to continue!

So Nan Lie said to Tang Ben after taking out the last knife, "Let's go on the road."

Tang Ben closed his eyes, and immediately, Nan Lie stabbed him in the heart, ending his ridiculous life...

Although Tangben is dead, Fujima and Nanlie's accounts have not yet been settled.

After the execution was over, before everyone left the punishment department, Fujima broke in. He saw Nan Lie packing up the props, so he cursed at him loudly: "Are you still human, Mr. Tang Ben is my father's friend, He is also our friend, how could you be so cruel and not even let him drink a bowl of anesthetics!"

Nan Lie didn't take it seriously, and said, "Aren't I always so cruel? It's the first day you know me?" After finishing speaking, he still kept his head down and packed the torture tools by himself.

Mitsui on the side sensed that something was wrong, so after a haha, he dragged everyone to Tianxiang Tower, and handed it over to two angry men.

Although Fujima has a pure temperament and is easy to trust others, it doesn't mean he is stupid. After seeing everyone leaving, he stepped forward and said, "No, are you hiding something from me?"

"No, I just follow the rules." Nan Lie still kept his head down while talking.

Teng Zhen didn't agree, took another step closer, and said: "You are lying, you have obviously changed, why did you change back to the old you overnight? If you didn't hide something from me, why didn't you dare to look at me!"

Now, Nan Lie was driven into a hurry, he raised his head, turned around, and faced Fujima.

Fujima then asked again: "Why did you do this? I ask you why..."

"Why are you so cold-blooded? Why are you so cruel?" Nan Lie followed his words. At this point, he paused and continued: "From the time I put on the executioner's clothes and picked up the soul-severing knife, I am a ruthless person. No matter who treats me well, as long as he commits a crime, I will kill him, because I am cruel enough and cold-hearted, not to mention that Tang Ben is just a random person. You see clearly Now, this is me, this is the executioner Nan Lie, if you have misunderstood anything before, I apologize." After finishing speaking, he left Fujima and left the Criminal Department...

Nan Lie walked onto the street in a daze, not knowing where to go, but Fujima's words still lingered in his ears, Fujima said that he had changed, yes, he really changed, he became softer than before.On the night before Tang Ben's execution, when he cleaned him, he had consulted Tang Ben, and he suggested to Tang Ben to use anesthetics to relieve the pain?

However, Tang Ben rejected his kindness. Tang Ben said that Gao Tou would be there at that time. He didn't want himself to become groggy because of the anesthetic and finally confess the prince's whereabouts. On the contrary, only pain can make him He saw more clearly the sins he had committed in his life.Therefore, he refused anesthetics!

But these, he can't explain to Fuji Shinyan, if Fuji really wants to blame him, he can only let him go...

Thinking of this, Nan Lie sighed, and when he looked up again, he realized that he had walked on the street that he was accustomed to, and the Tianxiang Tower stood in front of him...

According to the old rules, after Nan Lie entered Tianxiang Building, he went directly to Meixue's room.Pushing open the door, a smell of food entered his nose.It turned out that Meixue knew that he was going on a "red errand" today, and had arranged a table of good food and wine for him early in the morning, waiting for him to come. Of course, she would not forget that there were three bowls of white rice.

Because Nan Lie was in a bad mood, he didn't speak. After sitting down, he covered his head with a bowl of rice and started to eat. After a while, my stomach felt as if it was overwhelmed.

Seeing that he was uncomfortable, Miyuki persuaded him not to eat, but he didn't listen, and still poured food and spirits into his mouth, until he felt nauseous and vomited out everything he ate, and he had no choice but to stop. Head, gradually began to dizzy...

Seeing this, Meixue immediately asked someone to clean up the room, and then helped Nan Lie lie down on the bed...

After a while, the room was cleaned up, Miyuki gently closed the door, and came to the bed...

Maybe it's because she's been looking forward to love for too long, or maybe it's the bits and pieces of love in the past. Meixue looked at Nanlie's flushed cheeks and liked it very much. She quietly climbed onto the bed, untied Nanlie's skirt, and stroked Nanlie Looking at his tough face and stroking his slightly messy hair with one hand, she couldn't restrain the restlessness in her heart anymore, and kissed Nan Lie's lips...