Chapter 125: The Fate of the Traitor (Part II)
"Gu Xianrong, when the Japanese army arrived, you took the initiative to surrender to the Japanese army, and in turn brutalized our people. Even mobilized civilians to lead the way for the Japanese army, and then caused heavy losses to our army. Moreover, you have taken the opportunity to plunder the property of hundreds of people. After our investigation, you helped the Japanese army lead the way to loot the people of Taipei City, and about one-twentieth of the wealth fell into your pocket. Moreover, you also took the opportunity to give revenge to those who usually have hatred and resentment, and you took the opportunity to take revenge for personal gain, and killed many righteous people who did not want to be traitors, are you guilty? ”
And then, the charges against Gu Xianrong were put forward one by one, and this one has many crimes such as mutilating compatriots and robbing wealth. And the most important thing is about the crime of leading the way for the Japanese army, and after Wang Guorui's careful "investigation", this group of leading the way party brought almost tens of thousands of innocent losses to Wang Guorui's army. Of course, in fact, the losses caused by this gang of traitors were less than three hundred. But Wang Guorui directly added 10,000 people, so he was afraid that they would not be charged enough and then fall into the ground.
Anyway, in the army, it is Wang Guorui's territory, and he wants to say that there are as many people as he wants, and he can't help them resist. This kind of loss caused by leading the way, which is actually very idealistic, cannot be accurately quantified at all, and cannot be used as an accurate refutation. However, Wang Guorui also took the opportunity to use these unquantifiable and refutable things to convict them, and these charges are the most important, causing great losses to the Taiwanese army, which is enough to kill them.
"Lord Wang, spare your life!" Gu Xianrong knelt down and cried.
Gu Xianrong immediately said: "We are all forced, if it weren't for the Japanese, then we wouldn't be forced to do this!" We were all persecuted by the Japanese, and I ask Lord Wang to deal with it lightly! If we don't do what the Japanese ask us to do, we're all going to die! Please also ask Lord Wang to spare his life. I will definitely do a good job for Lord Wang in the future, and I will be loyal to Lord Wang to the death, and I am willing to repay Lord Wang's great kindness by making cattle and horses for Lord Wang. As long as Lord Wang is willing to spare me, I will be regarded as a dog of Lord Wang, and I will bite whoever I want. ”
In order to survive, Gu Xianrong can say anything. He actually said that he would bite whoever he wanted. But he was negligent, he said that Wang Guorui couldn't kill him if he wanted to, because Wang Guorui couldn't clearly say that he had a biting dog, right?
And Wang Guorui was also a little speechless, this Gu Xianrong really knew nonsense, and he actually wanted to say what was a cow and a horse for "Lord Wang" at this time, didn't he just want to take the opportunity to sell himself and take refuge? This not only exempts the death penalty, but also can get the official job, this guy really has a flexible head.
"You said you were forced? Then you have transferred a lot of wealth to your own family, and you have seized a lot of women from your private house. These are also forced by the Japanese to force you? And then all kinds of evil things, you didn't shirk anything, but did more ruthless and desperate than the Japanese, these are all forced by the Japanese to force you? Wang Guorui asked.
Gu Xianrong immediately said: "Lord Wang, if we don't do this, then we will all die!" ”
"Hmph, your life is your life. Isn't someone else's life a life? If you are wronged, then those innocent who died under your sword and the Japanese sword. Where will they go to avenge themselves? Is your life worth more than the lives of those people? Wang Guorui asked.
"Those are all mud legs, let's ......" Gu Xianrong immediately wanted to say, but was immediately stopped by Wang Guorui.
"What do you say? Mud legs? You mean farmers? Do you mean that the life of a peasant is low? I tell you that they at least rely on their own labor for food. They rely on their own labor to obtain living conditions, and you kill your own compatriots in exchange for a chance to survive, in exchange for glory and wealth, who do you say is more noble? Wang Guorui said angrily.
"Lord Wang said it well, this kind of person who lives on the blood of his compatriots. Not worthy to live in the world! "Yes! What if we make a living from farming? Do we deserve to die? "Also, a guy like him, who is not diligent in his limbs and does not divide grains, can actually collect a large amount of grain from us every year, and now that the Japanese are here, he will take refuge in the Japanese and be a lackey of the Japanese, shouldn't he be killed?" "We are all descendants of Yan and Huang, and we are not so lowly to be a barbarian lackey." ……
The people began to spit on this traitor Gu Xianrong, obviously because they hated the traitor very much, after all, for the vast majority of people, they hated the traitor even more, far more than the enemy. And the destructive power that traitors can bring is even more powerful, so everyone hates this Gu Xianrong very much.
"The big traitor Gu Xianrong, when the Japanese army arrived, did not want to be loyal to the country, but took refuge in the Japanese to help the abuse, which is really a heinous crime. And because of Gu Xianrong's behavior, we have lost tens of thousands of soldiers, so he is really a great crime. For this reason, our Supreme Court specially sentenced him to death, confiscated all his personal property, and beheaded him at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. ”
When Gu Xianrong heard this, he almost fainted. Although he had expected it a long time ago, he was still very scared when it came to such a situation. Why couldn't he be tactful at that time, and not do things so absolutely, so that he could still leave a life. This time, many of the "traitors" who were able to perfunctory the Japanese army and protect the people during the Japanese invasion were able to be forgiven, and their punishment could be reduced or even exempted. And this time the people who were sentenced were all people who took the initiative to hook up with the Japanese army and did too many bad things. And if he could have been afraid of some influence at that time and not be so extreme, then he might not have died. However, he was blinded by the immediate interests, and he hoped to curry favor with the Japanese army as much as possible, and then get the maximum benefit. But now the retribution came quickly, less than half a year later, and as soon as it came, it would kill them, and now they really regretted it.
"Come on, pull Gu Xianrong down and behead the public!" Wang Guorui shouted.
Soon, the executioner began to take out the knife, and then began to prepare to behead the traitor for public display.
"Hey!"
The executioner raised and dropped his knife for a while, but there was some surprise.
"Ahh
"What's going on?" There are some doubts in everyone's hearts.
And the executioner pretended to hesitate and said: "Lord Wang, I am guilty, I am responsible for beheading such a big traitor this time, I chose the wrong knife, I chose the most blunt knife, and I forgot to sharpen the knife, and I ask your lord to forgive me!" ”
And Wang Guorui didn't think of anything at first, but immediately burst out laughing. And many people at the scene laughed, obviously feeling that this executioner was a little interesting! He said that he had chosen the blunt knife and had forgotten to sharpen it, and although he seemed to be here to plead guilty, he was actually showing credit to everyone. Isn't this deliberately rectifying people, so that these traitors will suffer a lot before they die? This kind of knife will definitely not be able to cut off a person's head, so it takes a lot of knives to be able to cut it to death. How painful it must be for that big traitor to die, this executioner is really interesting, ruthless enough!
However, this is very much in line with the thoughts of everyone present.
"Go on, go on, just hack him to death with this knife!" Someone shouted.
"Yes, go on, that's it, let such a big traitor die so happily, it's really cheap for him."
There were shouts from the scene, apparently wishing that the executioner would use this blunt knife to cut off his head. And Gu Xianrong felt that his neck was in pain, and he didn't die with a knife just now. He was slashed in the neck, and if he had died just now, he might have been able to get by, but now that he is not dead, it means that he will be slashed a second time. Now he understood how hated he was by others, and he refused to let him go so easily when he came to get an executioner. And this kind of executioner who carried out the death sentence was in control of his fate, and this executioner, who he could not usually afford to look down on, now easily let himself die at peace.
Next, this Gu Xianrong was slashed a lot before he really died, and this made many later traitors feel scared. Because the big traitors in front of them all died so miserably, will they be deliberately rectified by others? Originally, they wanted to be alive, but now they just wanted to die happily.
"Let's go get a different knife, we'd better be merciful and let them die more comfortably!" Wang Guorui said.
And those traitors actually showed a grateful look, after all, it was a good feeling to be able to die more comfortably.
Soon, those traitors who committed the most heinous crimes were also beheaded for public display, and everyone present cheered, because the traitors were finally beheaded, which made them feel that Taiwan would be able to truly be stable. And this trial of traitors is also the last disposition of the war between Taiwan and Japan, which can be regarded as drawing an end to the war between Taiwan and Japan.
Of course, for the majority of the people, they have nothing to do with Japan, but in the hearts of Wang Guorui and a small number of people, they know that the struggle between Taiwan and Japan is the real beginning. It's just that Taiwan and Japan will shift their battle line to "cultivating internal strength." As for this "cultivation of internal strength", it is for the next expansion. And Wang Guorui knows that Taiwan, and even China, will inevitably have a decisive battle with Japan that will determine the fate of the two countries, and this decisive battle will determine the leadership of East Asia, and even lead East Asian countries to compete with Western powers for the center of the world. (To be continued......)