Chapter 682 With Tang Yin's order, six guards with big shoulders and round waists brought in a large guillotine knife from outside the square, this big guillotine knife must be more than one person long, more than half a person high, the knife is a steel knife, even the base is made of bronze, weighing three or four hundred catties. 78 no pop-up window update fast When it was put in place, there was a muffled bang, and even the dust in the cracks of the floor tiles was shaken.
Seeing this big guillotine, everyone present felt a cool breeze on the back of their spines, and their scalps were numb for a while.
Shangguan Yuanji frowned secretly, the king didn't come to invite everyone to drink and party tonight, it looked more like killing chickens and monkeys, knocking on mountains and shaking tigers, but it was strange that such a big thing, how could the king not even reveal a little bit of tone before Thinking about it, he looked at Qiu Zhen opposite, thinking that the king might not have discussed this matter with him, but should have discussed it with Qiu Zhen.
As a result, when he looked at Qiu Zhen, he found that the latter was also at a loss, and he also looked at him with questioning eyes.
Ah, even Qiu Zhen didn't know it, Shangguan Yuanji couldn't help but gasp, and stayed for a while before subconsciously looking at Tang Yin again.
At this time, Zhao Yuting was already paralyzed by fright on the spot, he knelt on the ground, snot and tears flowed down together, walked with his knees as feet, knelt in front of Tang Yin, and begged in a trembling voice: "The king spares his life, the king spares his life."
"You say, has this king wronged you" Tang Yin looked down at Zhao Yuting who was kneeling in front of him, his face was sinking like water, and his eyes flashed with a cold and terrifying fierce light.
"There is no king who has not wronged the minister, it is the minister who is wrong, the minister knows that he is wrong, the king sees that the minister has followed the king for many years, and there is no merit and hard work, spare the minister this time" Zhao Yuting burst into tears, kowtowing to the ground as he spoke, but in an instant, the flesh of his head was broken, and blood flowed all over his face.
He suddenly remembered something, his body shook, he raised his head and said urgently: "King, Wechen is willing to tell the old man to return to his hometown, and Wechen doesn't want the king's reward."
"It's late" Tang Yin's eyes darkened, slowly squatted down, looked at Zhao Yuting, whose face was like ashes and sweat like rain, and said quietly: "Just now, this king has given you a chance, but you don't know how to cherish it, so it's no wonder that this king doesn't talk about the old feelings, and he turns his face ruthlessly" After speaking, he patted Zhao Yuting's shoulder, then stood up, walked back to the throne, and said without looking back: "Drag it down, it's done" "The king, the king, Weichen knows that he is wrong, the king spares his life, Qiu Xiang, Qiu Xiang rescues his subordinates."
Zhao Yuting cried and cried for help, looking at Qiu Zhen with blank eyes, hoping that he could say good things for himself and plead with the king.
But how could Qiu Zhen save him, not to mention what evidence was in the papers that the king took out, just the fact that he withheld the tribute without permission was a capital crime of beheading.
Qiu Zhen hung his head and was silent, and everyone present didn't even dare to breathe, and beads of sweat the size of beans dripped down their foreheads.
In full view of everyone, Zhao Yuting was dragged to the front of the guillotine by two guards, and then the executioner stepped forward and pressed his head under the guillotine, and another tall executioner held the handle of the knife and pulled it down violently, just listening to a click, Zhao Yuting's heart-rending cry stopped abruptly, and the big head rolled from the front of the guillotine to the ground, and it was rolled out for a long distance.
"Ah" Seeing Zhao Yuting's head cut off by a guillotine, the sound of inhalation at the scene rang out, and everyone's cold sweat flowed more, and many timid people were so frightened that they couldn't sit steadily, and their bodies shook from side to side on the collapse.
After Zhao Yuting was captured, Tang Yin slowly turned back to his figure, his face was expressionless, and he said coldly: "Like this, it's not a pity to die" As he spoke, he looked at the people left and right, and said: "Brothers, if you are in trouble and there is something missing in your family, just ask me, I am not a stingy person, I will definitely give it to you, but if you are corrupt and pervert the law, it is not you who are scolded by the people, but the court, even if I want to protect you, I can't protect it, do you brothers understand?"
"Yes, yes, yes, it is the king's golden mouth, the ministers must follow the teachings, and they will definitely learn from them in the future" Shen Zhichen hurriedly bowed his hand and said.
Tang Yin turned his head and looked at Shen Zhichen, the look in his eyes became darker, he took a deep breath, tried to calm himself, and asked, "Zhichen, don't you have anything to say to me?"
Shen Zhichen blinked, shook his head again, and said, "Weichen doesn't understand what the king means."
Tang Yin said: "I'm asking you, do you have anything else to say to me." ” Shen Zhichen's eyes rolled, and he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, the king is not worried, Weichen is loyal to the king, and he has no second intentions."
"That's not what I want to hear," Tang Yin sighed in a low voice.
His voice was too low, Shen Zhichen sat far away, and he didn't hear what he said, but Shangguan Yuanji and Qiu Zhenke, who were at Tang Yin's hand, heard it clearly, and the two of them were shocked, and secretly screamed badly Qiu Zhen was the first to sit still, he got up, looked at Shen Zhichen, and said: "Zhichen, you have also been the head of the county in Hedong for so long, it's time to let the virtuous and capable ministers, this time the king gave such generous conditions, don't miss it."
His hint was already obvious, and Shen Zhichen also understood, but he deliberately pretended to be confused, and he smiled dryly: "What did Qiu Xiang say, his subordinates did a good job in Hedong, and they handed over millions of stone of grain to the imperial court every year."
Before he finished speaking, Tang Yin had already interrupted: "But you swallow more and more grain every year, and the account book of Hedong County's grain storage is just a superficial article, and there is a dark account in private, Zhichen, what this king said is right."
"Great King, who is this slander" Shen Zhichen was full of surprise, swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and stammered.
After finishing Zhichen and finishing Qiu Zhen beside him, his heart was already clenched, his fists were clenched and loosened, loosened and clenched, at this time, he slapped him twice at the rush over, he had obviously reminded him, why did he have to covet the position of the county head "Slander, slander, is this king so ignorant and ignorant in your heart, if there is no real evidence, how can this king say this?"
Tang Yin closed his eyes and shouted: "Cai Gui, take out the secret account of the Hedong grain storage and hand it over to our Lord Shen for a look."
"It's the king" Cai Gui slowly took out an account book from his cuffs, then got up and walked to Shen Zhichen, handed the account book to him, and said at the same time: "Lord Shen, this account book has been carefully checked by my political participation hall and confirmed that it is true, please take a look."
Shen Zhichen took the account book with trembling hands, and after opening it, he only glanced at it and knew that it was true, it was indeed the secret account of Hedong Grain Reserve, but he had always hidden this secret account well, and even his father and mother didn't know where it was hidden, how could it fall into the hands of the Political Participation Hall "Lord Shen, what else do you have to say now" Tang Yin still closed his eyes and asked slowly.
"King" Qiu Zhen stood up, walked around the table quickly, knelt down in front of Tang Yin, and said: "Zhichen is just confused for a while, the king will look at Zhichen's past merits, spare him this time" As Qiu Zhen stood up to plead, Xiao Muqing, Peng Haochu, Ziying, Shangguan Yuanrang and other generals and generals came out together and knelt on the ground to plead.
Shen Zhichen is a veteran in the army, and he is the first person to follow Tang Yin with them.
At the beginning, Tang Yin was only the head of Tianyuan County, and he had already followed Tang Yin to fight in the south and north, and it was the most difficult period at that time, I don't know how many times he was in a desperate situation, how many times he escaped death, and how many times he had set up miraculous achievements.
Looking at the people kneeling in front of him, Tang Yin lowered his head and was speechless for a long time.
When he came, he had already made up his mind, no matter who it was, as long as he was corrupt and did not take the initiative to abdicate, he would be severely punished, and now it was Shen Zhichen's turn, his original determination was gone, and he really couldn't do it.
"This is not in the army, let alone in enemy territory, even if you make a big mistake, I can open the net.
This is governing the country, the law is not strict, who will abide by the law in the future, as soon as this precedent is opened, how can you let me punish others" Tang Yin muttered, put the wooden boxes under the table one after another on the table, he pulled off the lid of the wooden box one by one, grabbed a large handful of paper with handwriting written on it from it, and said: "Look at these incriminating evidence, it is difficult to write, the officials involved do not know hundreds, thousands, if Zhichen is let go today, then what will happen to these people and what will happen if someone is corrupt and perverts the law in the future."
Looking at the wooden boxes on Tang Yin's table, everyone present was dumbfounded, and no one was sure whether their incriminating evidence was also among them.
At this time, Shen Zhichen knelt on the ground with a thud, his eyes were red, tears fell, he kowtowed forward, and said in a trembling voice: "Wechen can follow the king, it is the greatest blessing for Wechen in this life, Wechen has already made an oath, and he will be loyal to the king in this life, this time, Wechen made a big mistake, but he will never make it difficult for the king."
As he spoke, he stood up, looked around, and said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, please take me as an example" As he spoke, he pulled out the sword at his waist, crossed it in front of his neck, and slashed it with all his might. hiss The cold light flashed, blood light sprayed, and the scarlet blood formed a blood mist in the air, and Shen Zhichen's body also fell straight down.
Qiu Zhen and the others in front of "Zhichen" realized that it was not good and wanted to stop it, but it was too late.
Seeing Shen Zhichen draw his sword and kill himself, Tang Yin stood up all of a sudden, stared blankly at the corpse that fell to the ground for a long time, he slowly sat back again, and at the same time, tears came out of his eyes, and he said in a low voice: "Why don't you beg for mercy, by the way, there has never been a person among my brothers who is afraid of death":