Chapter 552: Snow Falls Silently (Part 2)
At 3 p.m., at the vegetable market entrance of Huailing City.
Generally speaking, there are two explanations as to why death row prisoners were executed at Caishikou in ancient times.
The first one is that Caishikou is a busy place with people coming and going, and beheading here can serve as a "warning".
The second one is that Caishikou is so popular that it can suppress the souls of the dead.
Both of the above statements undoubtedly have some truth to them, but neither of them applies to today's special execution.
Ning Yongnian actually had only one purpose in mind when he chose to kill Li Qi at Caishikou.
He wanted to use this "public execution" to tell some of the restless forces in Dafeng that -
Your emperor is indeed dead, and you can fight for the throne now.
“.”
At 1 p.m., the prison van carrying Li Qi slowly drove into the execution ground under the gaze of tens of thousands of people.
The eyes of everyone crowded around the execution ground were filled with resentment and anger, but when their gazes fell on the rows of gun tips shining with cold light, this feeling of grief and indignation would be suppressed in their hearts by the instinct of survival.
Because dozens of corpses and pools of blood scattered everywhere have proved the consequences of impulsiveness.
Therefore, all the humiliation could only be transformed into glances, shooting at every Daning soldier like arrows.
If looks could kill, then the thousands of yellow-armored soldiers present would have died countless times already.
It’s a pity that this is just a metaphor after all.
Therefore, countless Dafeng people could only watch Li Qi being dragged off the prison van and escorted to the center of the execution ground like a torn sack.
And when the Daning soldier who served as the executioner kicked Li Qi in the knee, causing the latter to kneel down trembling, countless people closed their eyes in despair.
Although they were just ordinary people at the bottom of Dafeng, their previous lives had no intersection with Li Qi.
Some people even cursed the imperial court for being incompetent and losing the national war.
But no matter what, they are all people of Dafeng and Li Qi.
Therefore, this kneeling not only represents the loss of a country's dignity, but also seems to trample the dignity of each and every one of them into the vast snow of Huailing City.
Thousands of years of home and country, tens of thousands of miles of mountains and rivers.
Even though these people only have firewood, rice, oil and salt in their daily lives, all they want in their lives is a few pieces of silver.
But at this moment, these illiterate peasant women, porters, peddlers, and laborers all felt the sorrow of losing their country all too clearly.
They didn't know how to express their feelings, so they could only shed tears for unknown reasons, clench their rough and dry fists tightly, and repeat with trembling mouths:
"What a sin, what a sin."
“.”
The country does not care about the rise and fall of the country, but the setting sun brings so much sorrow.
If there is a way to save Dafeng right now, I believe many people here are willing to go through fire and water and die for it.
However, until now, no one has told these people how to do it.
Or maybe, many things may not be decided by them.
A private room on the top floor of a pub across the street.
The slanting rays of the setting sun fell on Yang Liushi's face, giving her black veil a layer of golden glow.
He looked at Li Qi, who was as small as a bean, standing on the execution ground in the distance, and then swept his eyes over the slightly moving heads around him, but in the end he still couldn't find Wei Changtian.
That’s right, although Wei Changtian asked the spies to find such a good place to “watch the show”, he himself was not here, but mixed in the crowd and squeezed to the vicinity of the execution ground.
Yang Liushi didn't know what Wei Changtian was going to do and wanted to go with him, but was rejected by the latter.
So she had no choice but to wait here anxiously, clutching the corners of her clothes tightly with both hands, not letting go for a moment.
She doesn't care about Li Qi's life or death at all.
The only person she cares about is Wei Changtian.
Before leaving, the latter had warned: "If the situation is not right, leave the city immediately and meet up with Zhang San. Don't wait for me."
After saying this, Wei Changtian left without even explaining what "something is wrong" meant.
But the more this happened, the more uneasy Yang Liushi became.
Sir, are you going to rescue someone?
But how can we save him? And why should we care whether Li Qi lives or dies? Wouldn't it be better if he died?
Her breathing became more and more rapid, and Yang Liushi almost wanted to leave the restaurant to look for Wei Changtian.
But she was afraid that she would ruin the latter's plan, so she forced herself to suppress the impulse in her heart.
Young master, what exactly are you going to do? At the same time, among the crowd only ten feet away from the execution ground.
Just when Yang Liushi was worried to death, Wei Changtian's expression was also very serious.
He had already looked around the execution ground several times, but did not find Ning Yongnian.
Not only Ning Yongnian, but also Li Huaizhong, Wu Ding, Bai Youheng and others did not show up.
It was obvious that Ning Yongnian would not fail to send a second-rank expert to "watch the scene" at this time, so these people must be hiding in places that he had not discovered.
And there is a high probability that Ning Yongnian was also witnessing the beheading with his own eyes.
But where are they hiding? "."
"Our emperor is kindhearted, but the evil deeds committed by the sinner are intolerable to heaven."
"Therefore, only capital punishment can comfort the souls of the dead and restore peace and order to the world."
Not far away, the executioner's verdict was nearing the end, and the reason he used was nothing more than "Li Qi killed millions of people in Yuanzhou City."
Wei Changtian was not interested in listening to this. He just turned his head calmly again and cast his gaze towards the row of shops in front of him.
There are about seven or eight teahouses and taverns, some are three or four stories high, and some are only two stories high.
Although he had observed it several times, he still felt that Ning Yongnian was most likely behind one of the windows.
Hmm? Suddenly, his eyes stopped at a certain place, and his expression changed for a moment.
Wei Changtian only looked for less than a breath, then looked away and never looked around again.
Although he didn't see Ning Yongnian, he saw another person.
Li Wutong.
My goodness, is Ning Yongnian such a pervert? There is no doubt that Li Wutong was kidnapped by Ning Yongnian.
The latter's purpose was undoubtedly to let her see Li Qi's head fall off with her own eyes.
Forcing children to watch their own father being killed What the hell! Wei Changtian really couldn't think of why Ning Yongnian did this except to satisfy some evil taste.
Was it because Ning Wenjun's usurpation of the throne was too much of a blow? Was he so angry that he went crazy?
After all, with Ning Yongnian's cunningness, he would not do such a thing for no reason unless it was profitable or he was really crazy.
etc!
With a frown, Wei Changtian suddenly had a guess in his mind.
He certainly didn't believe that Ning Yongnian would go crazy.
Then, there must be other intentions behind this move.
And the purpose might be related to himself. His tightly frowned brows relaxed and his eyes narrowed slightly.
Thinking of this, Wei Changtian not only did not show any worry, he even seemed to smile.
hehe.
Be it Xu Suisui or Ning Yongnian.
Now that we've come this far, let's just do something bigger.
(End of this chapter)
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