Of course, the figure was not an assassin, but a happy Zhu Er: "Brother-in-law, you are finally back!" ”

Zhang Shou didn't know if it was his delusion or other reasons, he always felt that Zhu Er was a little tearful at this time...... No, it should be said that it is a feeling of tears of joy. After Zhu Er almost diligently helped him get off the horse, he was completely clear about this. Sure enough, then Zhu Er said something that startled him.

"Brother-in-law, Yingying has a temperament, and she can't stop it. We ran to three workshops, and in the third one we happened to meet a bunch of smashing up the workshop. Those guys were still holding hammers and axes, but Yingying was so powerful that she was like a ghost, regardless of taking the lead and rushing up, she directly kicked down two by herself, beat down one, and the remaining three were cleaned up by Zhu Hong! ”

Zhu Er stretched out three fingers, and he felt palpitations when he thought of the previous scene: "Don't you know, those guys' hammers have grazed her arms and shoulders several times...... Even the face, I was almost scared to death by her! She tied up those people and came back to see the eldest brother, I didn't dare to follow up, for fear that the eldest brother would know about it and not scold her, but come and beat me! ”

Zhang Shou really couldn't say that Zhu Er was worried, he looked at the poor second uncle, turned around and gestured to Ah Liu, and directly dragged Zhu Er inside. And Ah Liu, who was lagging behind, saw that Little Peanut was dumbfounded, so he patted the young man's shoulder again considerately, and said meaningfully: "Just get used to it." ”

Habit...... What to get used to? What Zhu Ergongzi said just now should be his sister, right? That's the daughter of the Zhao State Mansion, and she actually rolled up her sleeves and went into battle...... Fight? When he saw her for the first time, he felt that people were not as domineering as those local ladies in Cangzhou, but now it seems that she can still fight and kill, and the villains are all not opponents?

When Xiao Peanut followed Ah Liu into the Changlu County Ya, the whole person fell into a deep confusion, so that he left behind his secret when Zhang Shou and Ah Liu's master and servant had seen through the confusion. It wasn't until he followed him to the county hall in a daze and heard the cold voice inside that he came to his senses.

"Don't say? Even so, come, drag it down, beat it, beat it until he says it. Remember, move lightly, pace slower, play for an hour or two, and maybe they'll do it! ”

He stared in with wide eyes, and saw two strong men with hands and feet tied, and a vaguely familiar hook-nosed man came out, and directly threw the person on the platform, dragging it over and beating it. As the thumb-thick wooden staff rained down on the man's buttocks and legs, the man couldn't help but let out a scream like killing a pig, and he couldn't help but take a light breath, completely forgetting what he had just thought.

And that's it, the second, the third, the fourth...... People kept being dragged out and thrown on the ground and beaten. But all I heard was screams, moans, begs for mercy, and occasionally shouts that I would say anything. But even so, the scene of the chaotic rod did not stop.

At this time, Little Peanut only heard Zhang Shou say softly: "It turns out that the wooden cane that beats people these years is so thick...... Also, if you really use that kind of big board like an oar, it doesn't take thirty or fifty, maybe three or five strokes can kill someone. ”

Although he didn't understand why Zhang Shou cared about this kind of torture instrument, Xiao Peanut still hurriedly said: "I heard my uncle say that these torture instruments are of special size, but even if they are so thin, if they hit the back, it is easy to beat people to death...... Therefore, Emperor Taizu said that in the future, in addition to beating people with a small cane, they will all be beaten on the buttocks and legs, and they are not allowed to hit the back, and they will be killed, and those who are in charge of the punishment will be guilty of the same crime! ”

Little Peanut paused as he spoke, imitating the tone of the old salted fish when he told him at the beginning, and whispered: "Emperor Taizu said that whether it is torture with a rod or punishment, it is to make people suffer, not to beat people to death and mutilate. Therefore, how to make people suffer the greatest hardships and get the greatest lessons, but still retain their ability to be punished next time, the person in charge of the punishment must be measured. ”

"As for those who rape people's wives and daughters, rob and kill people, abduct and sell people to death, and kill people maliciously for no reason, all of them will be executed immediately, and there will be no time to wait. Before the beheading, every three days in front of the official office, the buttocks were forty canes until they were beheaded. Thought that posterity would prescribe. ”

These are really too literary words, Xiao Peanut is very unaccustomed to saying it, seeing Zhang Shou looking at him with some surprise, he couldn't help but scratch his head and explained with a smile.

"Uncle is usually very improper, but when he talks about the old stories of Emperor Taizu, he often cites scriptures and classics, and says that he sees them from books. Because I heard him recite it countless times when I was a child, and I could recite it backwards. ”

Zhang Shou already had a clear understanding of the political tendencies of the old salted fish, and at this time, Xiao Peanut's words just made him further convinced that he had guessed correctly, and he couldn't help but smile: "Emperor Taizu hated those who did evil and evil, so he severely punished the law, although it was once criticized and harsh, but now it seems that it is indeed a great deterrent to the evildoers." ”

As he spoke, he added another thing to his compulsory subject in his heart - Da Ming Law. I have to say that the senior traverser does have some common language with him in many places.

He has always despised certain human rights activists who have been calling for the abolition of the death penalty and criticizing the death penalty at every turn. In his opinion, for some vicious crimes that challenge the bottom line of tolerance of people, it is simply too cheap to give a gun! Taizu's additional sentence before the death penalty was obviously aimed at those who were full of evil - this is the so-called taking the law as the criterion, and how many times to beat him before the execution?

Others talk casually, but this one has turned his imagination into reality! While laughing dumbly, Zhang Shou didn't notice that their topic turned from Zhu Tingfang's torture of the prisoner to another weird angle, but he felt that this kind of thing was too difficult to carry out, and it could easily lead to another situation.

"However, knowing that they will die but still have to suffer piecemeal, these prisoners may not survive the execution and will kill themselves in anger, right? Moreover, it is also possible to simply do evil to the end knowing that you will die. Moreover, it is difficult to define the heinousness, and it is easy for it to spread to all capital crimes due to changes in the decrees of the imperial court. At that time, I am afraid that the original intention of punishing evil and promoting good will not be maintained. ”

"I heard that in the past, before the beheading, the buttocks were shown to the public, and all of them had to be decided by Emperor Taizu himself." Speaking of what happened so many years ago, Xiao Peanut was also a little unsure, and hesitated for a moment before continuing, "Uncle said that Emperor Taizu had deliberately set up iron plaques in various official offices before, and wrote the charges applicable to such a disposition on them. As for the ...... who committed suicide without waiting for execution"

The young man couldn't help but shudder, and whispered: "It is said that the will at that time was to break the bones and scatter them into the Yellow River, so that they would never be able to live beyond their lives." Don't look at those who are full of evil, most of them still believe in the afterlife, and sometimes they still hope for amnesty, so they can't help but suffer. Although one or two of these great criminals are pardoned every year, there is hope for it. ”

"Uncle, he has read some manuscripts that have survived back then, saying that Taizu's amnesty is actually a lie, and often those who have been reported to death row have already selected those who are not so guilty of such a big crime, and only need to beat a few times to show 'light punishment', and turn around and let it go, it is impossible for ordinary people to be amnesty. But don't say these words to this Dr. Zhang. ”

But speaking of this, Xiao Peanut suddenly came back to his senses, caught a glimpse of the people on the platform being beaten and cried for his father, and suddenly thought of another decree, and suddenly turned pale: "But Dr. Zhang, you are right, after Emperor Taizong, before the death penalty, he still had to show the public with a cane, and he added ten evil criminals, as if he was plotting rebellion and rebellion, etc...... Uncle Yunhe won't be included in this category, right? ”

Zhang Shou saw that the little peanut seemed to be so anxious that he was about to cry, and Ah Liuzheng patted the little guy's shoulder again to comfort him, so he also comforted him: "The matter hasn't come out yet, don't worry about it first." ”

Little Peanut nodded vigorously, but his face was full of worry: "Uncle not only adopted me, but also taught me to read and write, and so did Uncle Yunhe, but in Cangzhou, there was no way to pass the exam, and later he followed his uncle to the sea in order to make a living." After his uncle's ship sank, his mother had a big quarrel with his uncle, forbade him to go to sea again, and forced him to learn to spin. ”

Zhang Shou narrowed his eyes slightly, and then asked: "Speaking of which, I'm a little curious, it seems that there are more men than women in Cangzhou's spinning workers?" ”

"Yes, there have always been more men than women. One is that there are more men and fewer women in Cangzhou, and the second is because there is less land and not enough planting, now there are more sea transportation than water transportation, and the canal wharf does not need so much labor, and the third is that if there are several spinning machines at home, a family of men and women spinning, it is more profitable than farming. ”

"Although the cotton cloth woven in Cangzhou is not as many patterns as in Jiangnan, it is fortunate that it is strong and durable, and the cotton cloth can be sent to the capital by waterway, because the road is near, the freight is cheaper than the Jiangnan cotton cloth, and the price of ordinary cotton cloth is only two-thirds of that of ordinary cotton cloth in Jiangnan."

Zhu Er didn't expect Zhang Shou and Little Peanut to be able to pull the topic so far away when they watched the execution, so they couldn't help coughing vigorously.

He doesn't have such a good psychological quality, and his scalp is really numb in the face of this scene, and he even has the urge to rub his buttocks.

Moreover, he couldn't help but think of the family law he had suffered in those years. Although it doesn't stop raining like now, it starts at ten, warms up at twenty, and howls at ...... This experience has not been less. Of course, the family law only spanks, unlike now, let alone the ass, even the thighs are whipped with a wooden cane without a piece of good meat!

Zhang Shou, who came back to his senses, saw Zhu Er's tangled expression, and knew what people were thinking, and he didn't go to expose the prospective second uncle who was beaten professionally, but he didn't rush in, but continued to watch the excitement outside.

After a while, one of them, who was shouting that he was willing to say anything, and the man who was still the loudest was dragged back in.

It's just that just after a while, this person's buttocks and legs were already bloody, and he had received at least dozens of blows anyway.

Seeing this, the other people who were being beaten couldn't help but shout for mercy.

But there was no sound of stopping the drinking, and a person couldn't even dodge it, so he could only endure there. It didn't take long for the person who seemed to have been dragged in for questioning just now, but he was dragged out again and thrown on the ground to continue fighting. But this time, the person could only make a babbling sound, and it turned out that his mouth was blocked by a mass of rags.

Without waiting for a few other people to gloat, another person was dragged in, and it didn't take long for him to be dragged out, gagged and continued to fight, and when he waited for the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth, Zhang Shou had already seen the fame.

Dare to love is Zhu Tingfang's intention to compare the confessions of these guys, and at the same time use these guys to make an example of chickens and monkeys.

Sure enough, when the sixth guy was dragged out and fought countless times, Zhu Tingfang slowly came out of the lobby, followed by Zhu Ying, who was dressed as a man. When he saw him, the former only bowed slightly, but Zhu Ying, whose eyes were bright, immediately bypassed the crowd and came to him, and said with a smile: "Ah Shou, you are really like a god, we just went to the third house and intercepted these guys." ”

She said as she slammed her fist proudly: "I taught them a hard lesson!" ”

"yes, yes, you've learned a good lesson. But people have hammers and axes, and you can go to the ...... with your bare hands Yingying, when will you remember the truth that the daughter of a daughter can't sit down? ”

Seeing Zhang Shou sigh, Zhu Ying suddenly laughed: "I have suffered so much in martial arts since I was a child, isn't it just in case I encounter such a time, so that I can only hide behind and point fingers?" It's okay, I'm measured. Besides, my grandmother and mother said that my father would let me out, also because they wanted me to have a good experience. You don't have to worry about my safety, I'm wearing soft armor. ”

This last sentence, Zhu Ying lowered her voice very low, and only Zhang Shou and Ah Liu, who was deaf and clear-eyed beside him, could hear it.

Even so, the two masters and servants who heard it had completely different reactions. Ah Liu nodded approvingly, as for Zhang Shou...... He's a little ridiculous. If this is Zhu Er, it is not too much to experience, and wearing soft armor to defend himself is also a proper meaning, but Zhu Ying needs to be experienced? Even if it's an experience, it won't be for her to beat people! Zhu Ying can't help but want to beat up people!

Zhu Ying saw Zhang Shou looking at her with a smile, she suddenly avoided her gaze with a little weakness, and then snorted lightly: "There are too many rules in the capital, even if it is me, I can't just go to someone to make trouble...... Whoever let these people crash into my hands, they deserve it! ”

While the two were talking, Zhu Tingfang had already ordered the execution to be suspended for the time being, and immediately ordered a few people to be sent to the palace and handed over to Du Heng to take care of—it was as if the palace was a prison, that is, he had this mental means.

By the time the guys who had been gagged but still moaning miserably had been taken out of the county office, the huge place had become quiet, and there were only specks of blood on the platform, telling people what had just happened—but as the two buckets of well water were splashed upwards, and several of the servants had to wipe them with mops and wipe them casually, the little blood stains were not very clear.

Only the dark brown stains remained, and I don't know if it was the blood and tears of the predecessors, or pure filth.

And Zhu Tingfang called everyone to the second hall together, and then said succinctly: "I have asked clearly, the people who instructed these people are the big ones who started the workshop." When I didn't send someone to watch their house yesterday, someone from their family happened to be hired outside, and they planned to frame Xian Yunhe, and they were all looking for ruffians, so they were not wronged by the beating before. ”

Zhang Shou didn't seem to see that he sneaked in, and the little peanut who was hiding behind Ah Liu at this time bowed slightly to Ah Liu: "Ah Liu, it seems that you should go and deliver tonight's invitation." ”

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