"Execution!" Deng Zhengqing glanced at Zhang Zongchuan, who was pale, and turned his head to his subordinates and ordered.

A member of the ship's military band beat the drum, and with the sound of drums, a Beiyang sailor walked towards the Wei copper hammer with a long whip with nine whip tips.

Seeing the whip in the hand of this sailor, Zhang Zongchuan's eyes widened in surprise.

"The punishment of this 'nine-tailed cat' is the system of the French English sailors, Lord Zhang thinks it is the first time I have seen it, please take a closer look." Deng Zhengqing smiled slightly and said.

Hearing that this whip was called a "nine-tailed cat", Zhang Zongchuan's eyes flashed with surprise.

The nine-tailed whip held in the hands of the Beiyang Navy is also called the "nine-tailed cat", which is a kind of multi-strand soft whip, which was originally used as a torture tool for heavy corporal punishment in the British Royal Navy and the British Army, and has also been used in law enforcement corporal punishment in the United Kingdom and some other countries.

The reason why it is called "nine-tailed cat" is not only because it has nine whip tips, but because the parallel scars it causes are like those caused by cat's claws, hence the name.

This nine-tailed whip consists of nine knotted cotton cords, about 70 centimeters long, and its design is such that it is used to tear the skin, which causes intense pain. The reason why it generally has nine strands is due to the traditional method of braiding rope. Three yarns are braided into one thin cord, and three threads are braided into one coarse cord. At that time, people untied a thick rope into three thin ropes, and then untied into three thinner ropes, so that it became a nine-tailed whip.

The nine-tailed whip used by the British Royal Navy was only commanded by the captain, so it was also called the "captain's daughter". All formal punishments, decided by the captain or court-martial, are solemnly held on deck. The entire crew was to gather to "watch the punishment". The drama of the whole punishment is also heightened by rituals such as drumming and resting, whipping, and drinking.

The sailor who was executing followed the drum beat and walked towards Wei Tonghammer, and when he reached the execution position, the drum beat stopped, and then the nine-tailed whip was raised high, making a sharp sound in the air, and hit Wei Tonghammer's back fiercely.

With a crisp sound, Wei Tonghammer's back clothes were instantly shattered, blood flowers scattered in all directions, Wei Tonghammer's body let out a violent convulsion, it may be that he couldn't bear such pain at all, Wei Tonghammer screamed, and the cloth towel on his mouth couldn't stop him from screaming.

The power of this whip alone made the faces of the soldiers of the Dengzhou Navy Division who were tied down and kneeling there look like earth.

The whip whip whipped on the back of Wei Tonghammer again and again, and after five whips, Wei Tonghammer could not stand it anymore and fainted, then the whip stopped whipping, and a sailor stepped forward and poured cold water on Wei Tonghammer's head, and after he woke up, the whip man whipped again.

Twenty lashes, Wei Tonghammer's back was already dripping with blood, two sailors stepped forward to loosen his ties, he could no longer stand, and suddenly fell to the ground, one of the sailors took out the cloth towel in his mouth, he let out a gasp like a cow, supported the ground with his hands, and wanted to stand up, but after several attempts, he still did not stand up. He turned his head and looked at Ding Yuting, his eyes full of resentment.

"This whip is to punish you for gathering a crowd to mutiniate and burning the warship." Ding Yuting noticed Wei Tonghammer's eyes, knew that he was not convinced, smiled slightly, and said, "But you refused to use the boat, expose the treacherous scheme, and protect the overall situation of the court, but you have merit, and you should be rewarded." ”

Wei Tonghammer originally planned to scold Ding Yuting after taking a breath, but after listening to Ding Yuting's words, he felt something, so he immediately stopped, his eyes widened, looking at Ding Yuting, waiting for his next words.

"Someone! Reward him with five hundred taels of silver! Two bottles of rum! Ding Yuting turned his head and ordered, "Take this to him!" Call the doctor again and treat him! ”

Listening to Ding Yuting's words, Wei Tonghammer's eyes couldn't help but darken, his heart beat violently, and he almost fainted again.

He didn't know what kind of rum Ding Yuting rewarded him with, but he really heard "five hundred taels of silver"!

Five hundred taels! Five hundred taels!

You know, for a poor family like his, five taels of silver is enough for their whole family to live a whole year of prosperity!

Hearing that there was a reward of five hundred taels of silver to be taken, Wei Tonghammer was in ecstasy, and the wound on his back felt less painful.

After a while, a sailor brought a tray in front of him, on which were neatly placed ten large silver ingots of fifty taels and two bottles of red wine.

Wei Tonghammer looked at the big ingot silver and foreign wine in the tray in front of him, rubbed his eyes vigorously, looked at it for a while, stretched out his hand and touched the silver ingot, and pinched his palm, which made sure that this was not a dream.

"Such a reward and punishment, can you be convinced?" Ding Yuting looked at Wei Tong's hammer lying on the deck in a daze, smiled, and asked.

"Serve! Wear! A small hundred hearts! Wei Tonghammer woke up like a dream, he turned his head, looked at Ding Yuting, and replied in a loud voice.

At that moment, the two sailors took Wei Tonghammer aside, and the military doctor on the ship came to treat his wounds, and Wei Tonghammer's companions suddenly became energetic from the depression just now.

They almost all understood that if they had passed the twenty lashes, they would have 500 taels of silver!

Sure enough, two sailors stepped forward, dragged another Shui Yong, tied him to the mast, and whipped him like a bronze hammer on Wei.

This Shui Yong's physique is obviously inferior to Wei Tonghammer, he has been beaten with twenty whips, fainted to death a few times, and his screams are particularly terrible, but as soon as the twenty whips passed, Ding Yuting really gave him 500 taels of silver and two bottles of foreign wine. This Shui Yong was also overjoyed, and this person was obviously an alcoholic, so he couldn't wait to open a bottle of rum and fill half a bottle into his stomach when he was treating.

Seeing this, the remaining few Shui Yong were all greedy, and even wished that they were the ones who hit him first just now, so they could receive the reward earlier.

Seeing this dramatic scene, Zhang Zongchuan finally let out a long breath in his heart.

After several sailors whipped and rewarded, Zhang Zongchuan looked at Ding Yuting and said in a sincere tone: "Thanks to Ding Junmen this time, if Ding Junmen hadn't brought the ship here, what would have happened in the future, I almost can't think about it." caused this incident, the crime deserves death, and Ding Junmen is also asked to punish him. ”

"Lord Zhang doesn't have to be like this, he is all working for the imperial court. Mr. Zhang is an official of the imperial court, and he is at the same level as my brother, and my brother has not disposed of it, so he should report to the court for instructions. Ding Yuting waved his hand and said gently, "This mutiny, there is a reason, Lord Zhang can restrain his subordinates, it is not easy to cause chaos, but the burning of the division ship should not be after all, I think, I am afraid that it will inevitably lose his position." ”

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