Chapter 1208
Li Qiufeng, Xiao Dong and Zhang Shi listened to Qin Lao Wu talk farther and farther, and they didn't know what he was going to say, and they were all a little surprised and uncertain. The more Qin Lao Wu spoke, the more he rose, and when he arrived, he actually danced while talking.
"After the Tatars entered the Central Plains, they levied and oppressed the Han people. However, the Hu people did not have a hundred years of luck, and I raised an army against Emperor Taizu against the Yuan Dynasty and defeated the Tartars. Not counting the capture of Jiangnan, the two generals Xu Da and Chang Yuchun led the Northern Expedition, and the troops were directed at Dadu. The Tartar Emperor fled in a hurry, and General Xu Da captured the capital and forced down the commander of the Yuan army stationed in Liaodong. It's just that some Tartar soldiers refused to surrender, and even occupied Motianling to fight against our army. These Tartar soldiers were so ferocious that they coerced tens of thousands of civilians and forced them to build a city on the Sky Ridge. Unexpectedly, our army came very quickly, and the Tartar city had not yet been built, and the army had gathered at the foot of the Sky Ridge. There was a big battle between the two sides, and the Tartar soldiers were all wiped out.
"These Tartars killed thousands of people in order to build the city. When the battle was defeated, the people rose up and attacked it. It is said that at the top of the Sky Ridge, there are more than 100 defeated and fleeing Tartar soldiers were caught by the people, and were cut by thousands of knives and died tragically, and even the skin and flesh were torn and eaten by the people.
"You might as well think about it, for thousands of years, Motianling has repeatedly fought wars, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and people have been killed in battle, how can it not be haunted? However, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Holy Son of Heaven has reigned, the demons have been defeated, and Motianling has also fallen silent, and nothing strange has happened. Just a few years ago, Dongliao County used the top of Motianling as an execution ground for beheading prisoners, and it turned out to be ghostly. ”
When Qin Lao Wu said this, he reached out and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and then said: "But a few years ago, the Motianling was haunted, and it was nothing more than a ghost crying wolf in the middle of the night, and as for what the ghost looked like, no one saw it. Although the people of Dongliao County were a little frightened, they did not take it to heart. But after dark, no one dared to walk on the ridge. This Ferris Ridge is the throat road from Liaoyang Mansion to Dongliao County, and the merchant travelers, as well as the grain and grass equipment for the guards stationed in the east of Dongliao County, have to pass through the Ferris Ridge when they are transported. After the news of the haunting of Motianling, there were some threats to pedestrians and carrying grain and grass, but fortunately, it was only impassable at night, and the threat was not great.
"Just a few months ago, Dongliao County caught a Jiangyang thief. This person not only stole and robbed property, but also killed the owner of the goods, humiliated the women, and carried more than a dozen human lives. Dongliao County concluded the case, and reported the case to the Yamen of the Governor of Liaoyang Prefecture and the Yamen of the Governor of Liaodong, and finally the Governor of Liaodong sent the case file to the Criminal Department of the Capital and the Metropolitan Procuratorate for reference, and the Dali Temple drew up it in detail. It is said that according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to the rebellion, the big rebellion serious case, the Dali Temple will prepare a decision, and the rest of the cases will be sentenced to a maximum of one autumn decision. However, the case was too bad, and Dali Temple sentenced a decisive decision, and played the imperial front. The emperor punished him severely and ordered Dongliao County to behead the offender.
"Because this case is known to everyone in Liaodong, on the day the murderer was killed, there were a sea of people up and down Motianling, and they all came to see the murderer. This dead thief prisoner was very fierce, tied up in a prisoner car, and sent from the Dongliao County Prison to the Dharma field on the top of the Sky Ridge, talking and laughing all the way without the slightest fear, and also shouted at the onlookers, saying that 'Lao Tzu will be a good man again in 20 years'. In addition, he also pointed to the heavens and cursed the earth, and threatened to kill all the officials and people in Dongliao County after becoming a ghost, so as to avenge himself.
The catchers of the county yamen listened to his viciousness, and in order to prevent him from talking nonsense, they first tied a wooden stick to his mouth. When this person was severely tortured in prison, he had already lost more than a dozen teeth, but he was so ruthless that he used the remaining few teeth to bite off the wooden stick, and he still screamed. Moreover, he sneered and said many dirty things in the homes of the county magistrate and the wealthy businessmen in Dongliao County who heard and saw when he was stealing. When the people heard this, they burst into laughter. The county lord who was in charge of the battle was angry and wanted to arrest the fast boss and the master. In desperation, these people stabbed the murderer in the mouth with knives, cutting off almost all of his tongue, so that he could no longer scream.
After arriving at the execution ground, the county magistrate reluctantly got out of the sedan chair. But he didn't dare to go to the platform that had just been set up the day before, but just asked the master to read the official document sent back by the Criminal Department, and then ordered the criminal to be killed. The executioner raised his knife and cut off the murderer's head with a single blow. I saw that the human head flew out a few feet, and then it fell to the ground.
Who knew that the head was rolling around on the ground, and I didn't know what was going on, but it actually reached the feet of the county magistrate, and I was scared to learn that the county lord retreated again and again. Strange to say, the county lord staggered back, and the human head rolled forward, and finally arrived in front of the county lord, opened his big mouth, and firmly bit the tip of the county lord's boots...... "Trade Wind Literature Network."
When Qin Lao Wu said this, Xiao Dong snorted and sneered: "As long as the executioner's knife is fast enough to cut off the head of the death row prisoner, the death row prisoner is not completely dead in an instant, but it is not an uncommon thing." The people of Dongliao County are ignorant and think that evil ghosts are doing things, which is really ridiculous. ”
Qin Lao Wu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then said: "Lord Xiao, this matter was told to me by those people, and the villain just relayed it. If Lord Xiao doesn't want to listen, the villain won't say anything. ”
Xiao Dong saw Qin Lao Wu's unconvinced expression, and secretly thought in his heart, these rough people who ran boats only like to listen to these nonsense folk rumors. It's just that this person has to be encircled right now, he likes to talk nonsense, so it's up to him to say it. Thinking of this, Xiao Dong smiled reluctantly, and said: "It's Xiao Mou's gaffe, and please don't blame the brother." Brother will still tell me the news in detail, let's listen to it. ”
Qin Lao Wu then continued: "The county master saw the murderer's head biting the tip of his boot fiercely, and his eyes were looking at him with great viciousness, so frightened that he almost fainted, and shouted for help. The master and the catcher who were standing beside him rushed forward one after another, but when they saw that the face of the human head was distorted, they were extremely frightened, and they were all frightened, how dare they step forward? In the end, it was He Zhutou of the Yamen who was bold, his feet were stunned, he jumped high, and kicked down on the human head fiercely.
He Zhutou's feet fell and he was kicking on the head. I only heard a 'click' sound, and the brains burst out when the human head landed and shattered into several pieces. Immediately afterwards, the county magistrate let out a miserable scream and fell to the ground on his back. It turned out that He Zhutou used all his strength to kick the head, not only kicked the murderer's head to pieces, but also stepped on the instep of the county magistrate fiercely, and kicked off several of the county magistrate's foot bones.
Everyone helped the county magistrate up in a hurry, only to see that the county magistrate's face was pale and he almost fainted. He first scolded He Zhutoutong, and then ordered a fire to be set on the top of Motianling, and the head and body of the murderer were incinerated in the fire, and the ashes were thrown into the valley. It's just that what happened on the day the murderer was killed was spread in Dongliao County. Some people say that this murderer is so vicious that although he has been filed, the ghost will come back to take revenge.
"At first, it was just some people chatting about this matter after tea and dinner, and later the whole county spread the news that the murderer had turned into a demon and wanted to find the county master and the master in the yamen to arrest and take revenge. The county magistrate was trampled on by He Zhutou and injured his foot, so he could only stay in the mansion to recuperate. Naturally, no one dared to tell him these strange theories. It's just that those masters in the yamen are scared and frightened, for fear that there will really be ghosts looking for revenge.
"It's just that the more you are afraid of something, the more you come. Ten days later, a farmer went to Thang Long to help his father-in-law's family. The town of Thang Long is more than ten miles north of Motianling, and by the time the farmer finishes his work, it is almost dark. The father-in-law persuaded him to stay overnight and rush back to Dongliao County early the next morning. But the farmer relied on his fast feet, and only said that if he walked faster, he would be able to climb the Sky Ridge before dark. The father-in-law had no choice but to let him go.
Three days later, the daughter suddenly returned to her parents' house to look for her husband. It turned out that the farmer had never returned home, so the daughter went back to her parents' house to find someone. The father-in-law was so frightened that he took the whole family out to look for him, but there was no shadow of his son-in-law? In a panic, the family went to the Yamen of Dongliao County, the magistrate of Dongliao County, to report the case. The county lord was recuperating from his injuries in the mansion, and when the criminal master first heard about it, he didn't take it to heart, but when he heard that the farmer was missing when he crossed the Sky Ridge, his face changed greatly. He asked He to take the head of the hunt to search on the Ferris Ridge, and found the farmer's headless body in the deep valley next to the top of the ridge. ”