Birds of Prey 3
'Boom'
Suddenly, thunder started rumbling in the sky and the rain started to fall even harder.
Shen Yunlan looked at the Duke of Zhenguo, who was sitting alone in the center of the prison car with his back straight, and paused.
The next moment, without looking at the indifferent look of his third brother, he helped Shen Luli up and let him lean against the wooden frame of the prison car. Then he took out a black pill from his sleeve and stuffed it into Shen Luli's mouth, allowing him to swallow it smoothly.
Shen Xiuwen took a look and asked
"What did you feed him?"
Shen Yunlan touched Shen Luli's cheek and suddenly realized that he had not looked at his son's face carefully for so many years. Now he looked like his first wife who died in childbirth in his early years. He couldn't help but look dazed for a moment.
Hearing Shen Xiuwen's question, he subconsciously murmured
"Breath-holding pill, if you take this pill, you won't be in such pain when you die later."
"Oh, Shen Yunlan, you are so cruel and selfish"
Chen Xiuwen shook his head, glanced at the equally numb women in the other prison car, turned his gaze to look at his wife and daughter, his eyes were dazed for a moment, and suddenly said
"Give me two and I'll give them to my wife and daughter later."
At this time, the two stopped arguing. Shen Yunlan handed him two, and Shen Xiuwen put them away and laughed at himself.
"Father gave the golden medal of immunity from death to your second son?"
He rolled his eyes for a moment, looking at Shen Yunlan's darkened face and said
"Don't look at me like that. I'm smart enough to know that my father has a way out. It's a pity that no matter how hard I try, I won't get it in the end, so I didn't ask in front of my father."
Shen Xiuwen leaned his head against the wooden frame and said tiredly
"After all, I am a son of the Shen family. It is not the time for me to snatch things from a junior. Besides..." He looked at his wife and daughter who were looking at each other from afar, and his eyes softened for a moment.
"If I were to remain alone in this world, my wife and daughter would be heartbroken if they couldn't find me in the underworld."
Shen Yunlan was silent, and glanced at his second wife, who also had a numb face. It was a pity that the face that used to be as beautiful as Xi Shi was now so ordinary, not even one tenth of his first wife's appearance.
The other person's eyes were looking at him with no emotion, cold and dim.
Shen Yunlan felt that his life was so muddled, not as good as the best and not as good as the worst.
It doesn't matter if I die
Turned into a pile of yellow earth, no one to offer sacrifices, very good
It's a pity that I feel so guilty towards this legitimate son that I can only repay him in the next life.
As he was thinking this, the prison van had already arrived at the execution ground.
With the sound of whipping and insults, all of them were taken to the execution ground.
The eunuch Hou Delin, who had been waiting for a long time, stood on the high platform and nodded slightly to Gao Hongguang, the judge on the scene.
"Ahem, silence! I will now read the imperial edict. Everyone, kneel down and listen."
Hou Delin looked around, watching the bustling crowds of people outside the arena, the guards and executioners inside, and the high officials kneeling on the ground before nodding with satisfaction.
Just as he was about to open the imperial edict and read it out, he caught a glimpse of a figure lying unconscious on the ground.
It turned out to be the grandson of the Duke of Zhenguo, Shen Luli. He had been weak and sickly since childhood, relying on medicine to survive. He was lucky to have survived for three days and still be alive. However, this person with shallow luck will die today.
Hou Delin sighed and called the guards to hold the unconscious man down and kneel to receive the order. Then he moistened his throat and spoke in a shrill voice.
"By the providence of Heaven, the Emperor declares that the Duke of Zhenguo's family has colluded with the enemy and committed treason, engaging in corruption and bribery, disregarding human ethics and disrupting the imperial court, with the intention of destroying the ancient foundation of the Chu State. These crimes are unforgivable and deserve the death penalty. Remembering their ancestors who fought for the country for generations and countless heroes who died on the battlefield, I, out of consideration for our past friendship, permit the execution of the entire family of the Duke of Zhenguo, sparing the entire clan from being implicated, as a demonstration of the Emperor's great grace. The execution will be carried out today, and the whole world will be informed. This is my decree!"
"Master Gao, please accept the order!"
Hou Delin smiled and passed the imperial edict to Gao Hongguang, the judge of today, then lazily patted his whisk, glanced at him and said
"The execution should be completed soon so that I can report to the palace."
The judge Gao Hongguang took the imperial edict, read it again, then closed his eyes, stood up and carefully placed the imperial edict on the table, picked up the sign and threw it down.
"Execute!" Gao Hongguang said in a deep voice, looking at the hundred or so people below who were neither sad nor happy, with a trace of pity in his eyes.
There were still children who knew nothing about the world, young ladies who had not yet married, ladies of high rank, etc. People who usually lived a life of luxury were now kneeling in a miserable state, and were occasionally hit by stones and rotten eggs thrown by the people.
At this moment, the sky, which had been misty and drizzling, suddenly boomed and thunder struck again.
This time, heavy rain began to fall from the sky. The cold rain splashed on the clothes and hit everyone's hearts.
As the raindrops gradually grew larger, the people gradually left. Gao Hongguang and Hou Delin also hurriedly retreated and returned directly to the tents set up by the guards.
"It's raining so hard, why don't we hurry up and execute the execution so that we can all go back and report back?" Hou Delin shivered in the cold, secretly sighing that the rain was coming in a strange way, rubbing his clothes and complaining.
The sturdy executioner stepped forward and pressed the Duke of Zhenguo and Shen Yunlan and other direct descendants onto the beheading platform. There were two executioners in total, so they could only come in twos.
Just as he was about to chop it with his sword, he saw a staggering figure coming out of the dense rain in front of him.
This man had delicate features and a handsome appearance. He was dressed in a clean and neat coarse cloth shorts. He happened to be the only child that the Duke of Zhenguo had exchanged from the emperor for a gold medal of immunity from death. As he watched the young man slowly approach
The executioner involuntarily stopped the knife in his hand and looked at the young man with red eyes.
Shen Changle walked to the front of the stage, then suddenly knelt down on both knees. After a crisp sound of "bang", the Duke of Zhenguo opened his eyes soaked by rain and looked at Shen Changle silently.
Shen Changle's tears burst out, mixed with the rain and slid down his face. He knelt down and kowtowed.
"The unfilial son Shen Changle bows to thank his grandfather"
He raised his head and looked at his mother who was also in tears, grinning an ugly smile.
"Let Chongguang send you off for the last time."
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Time passed by minute by minute. Hou Delin sighed as he looked at the young man kneeling in the rain with his back straight.
"The Shen family is truly doomed."
Gao Hongguang glanced at him and did not agree. These things, small officials like them did not dare to get involved, for fear that there would be ears behind the walls, and that they would be like the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion that day, and they would be executed along with their entire family.
"How many more people are there?" Hou Delin took a sip of tea and looked at the rain outside, which was gradually getting heavier and heavier, like a waterfall. From his perspective, it was impossible to penetrate the heavy rain curtain. He could only order his servants to check.
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