After Zhao Shuhua went to the prison to visit Zhao Ningsong and others, she stayed in the room quietly for only one night. The next day, she cheered up and got busy.
She has more important things to do and shouldn't be affected by them.
A month later, Zhao Ningsong and those officials sentenced to beheading were paraded in prison carts through the busiest streets of the capital for three days.
Wherever they went, they were greeted with curses from the people, gravel, rotten eggs, and rotten vegetable leaves. Several of them had small wounds on their bodies, and their already dirty prison uniforms became even dirtier. In addition, the weather was hot at the time, and flies were always around them. Even dogs were disgusted by their miserable and dirty appearance.
After three days of parade, all those sentenced to death were taken to the execution platform early in the morning.
"The time has come, behead..."
As the executioner gave the order, Zhao Ningsong's whole body trembled like a sieve, his pupils dilated instantly, he looked up at the executioner's raised knife, his mouth wide open, and he only had time to utter "Don't kill..."
The executioner's knife fell, and the unfinished words remained in his mouth forever.
The person who collected his body was Mrs. Xu. Originally, Zhao Shuhua should have done this, but Mrs. Xu did not allow it. She did not want Zhao Ningsong to drag down her daughter after his death.
Just a thin coffin, a handful of yellow earth, and three incense sticks ended everything between the two.
After the beheading, it was the turn of exile. Old Mrs. Cao and the three Wangs still disliked each other and stayed together in pairs.
Looking at the other people with them, there were at least some people who came to see them off and secretly gave them some silver, but they were ignored from beginning to end and could only watch others.
At this moment, they couldn't help but think of Zhao Shuhua. If they had been nicer to that girl at the beginning, perhaps she would come to see them now and give them some change!
At this moment, a little beggar suddenly ran over from a distance, looked around at the others, and walked straight up to Zhao Shenghao. "What's your name?"
Although Zhao Shenghao didn't know the purpose of the little beggar's visit, he had a hunch that it was a good thing, so he quickly gave his name.
Sure enough, after hearing this, the little beggar handed him a bundle and said, "This is what your aunt gave you. She told you to take care of yourself along the way. She said that this is all she can do for you."
"Aunt? Aunt, where are you? Come out and save Shenghao!" Zhao Shenghao seemed to see hope, and shouted as he rushed out to find his aunt.
"What are you doing? Behave yourself." Seeing this, the officer standing guard nearby shouted loudly and came over with a knife.
Not only did Zhao Shenghao ignore it, he even quickened his pace and rushed out of the crowd.
The noise here alarmed the other officers. Seeing that he was about to run away, four or five officers immediately surrounded him.
Zhao Shenghao was not a big man, and his hands and feet were tied, so he was soon caught up by a constable. Everyone saw that the constable took a sudden run-up, jumped up, and kicked him from behind, sending him flying far away.
Then the rest of the men walked up to him and started punching and kicking him again, not stopping until he vomited blood.
"Okay, that's enough. We still have to get going! Don't waste time."
After saying that, an officer grabbed his clothes and pulled him up, "Don't pretend to be dead, get up and leave." Then he pulled the rope on his hand and led him back to the team like a dog.
This was the first time that Zhao Shenghao had been beaten like this since he was a child. The places on his body where he was beaten were burning. He wanted to stop and sit on the ground to rest, but he didn't dare to. He was already scared by the beating just now.
At this moment, he really regretted not leaving with his aunt. If he had left, perhaps he would not be in this situation today.
After the officers and soldiers dragged Zhao Shenghao back to the team, they threw him to the ground viciously. Seeing this, Mrs. Cao hurried over to see him, "Brother Hao, how are you? Are you okay? Does it hurt?"
"I've been beaten like this, do you think it hurts?" Facing the concern of Mrs. Cao, he looked at her coldly and spoke harshly.
At this moment, he hated Old Lady Cao in his heart. If it weren't for this damn old lady, he would have followed his aunt and would definitely be as safe and sound as that bitch Zhao Shuhua. How could he be beaten like this?
Seeing that Old Lady Cao was holding the bag he had left behind when he hurried to look for his aunt, he snatched the bag and held it in his arms, "This is what my mother gave me. I'll keep it myself."
Because of Zhao Shenghao, the officials announced that they would set off early. In the bag his mother gave him, in addition to some small change, there were also two sets of clothes and some food.
Along the way, when the dry food distributed by the officials was not enough or difficult to swallow, he took food out of his bag and ate it alone. The other three people, including Old Lady Cao, did not even pick up the little crumbs of snacks he dropped on the ground.
Even when Mrs. Cao was extremely hungry and asked him for food, he would say that he had finished eating and had no more. Then, at the next meal, he would take food out of his bag and eat in front of them as if no one was around.
After a few times, even if Mrs. Cao was slow to react, she could see through her grandson's attitude.
It is said that people from the same family tend to be similar, and the whole family is selfish and cold-hearted.
Because she no longer had any hope for Zhao Shenghao, when Wang and Zhao Qianhua, mother and daughter, went to grab Zhao Shenghao's bag together, she sat aside and watched coldly, even preparing to take advantage of the three people's fight to grab it.
The silver in the bundle had long been secretly hidden by Zhao Shenghao, and they only found two sets of clothes and a few cakes in it.
Unfortunately, it was the hottest time of the year, and after so many days, the cakes had already gone bad.
Wang's mother and daughter took the cakes they had already confiscated and threw them to the ground in anger. "You little bastard, you'd rather let them go bad than give them to me. I'll kill you."
The two men pounced on Zhao Shenghao fiercely. Zhao Shenghao was not willing to be outdone, and the three of them soon started fighting.
It was a rest time, and as long as they didn't run away, the officers in charge of guarding them would ignore them and just watch the show. It didn't matter if they were beaten to death, it would just save them trouble.
After a while, the three men stopped fighting because they were tired. Zhao Qianhua scratched Zhao Shenghao's face, and Wang tore his clothes and bit his arm.
Zhao Shenghao was surrounded and in the chaos he grabbed a stone from the ground and smashed Wang's forehead. He also pulled out a few strands of Zhao Qianhua's hair and pinched her tongue so hard that it stuck out very long.
The three of them cried and wailed, all looking miserable with bruised faces and noses.
The officers who saw this burst into laughter and without waiting for them to catch their breath, they ordered them to continue on their journey.
The three men who had just had a fight were lying on the ground, just one step slower, and were whipped again. They immediately stood up quickly like eating jumping rice noodles, and continued on their way with wounds all over their bodies.
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