The criminal laws of the Ming and Qing dynasties were particularly cruel.
This was to make people carefully consider whether they had the guts to violate the king's laws before committing a crime. read.
At that time, female prisoners were punished particularly severely.
Among the tortures used on women, the most terrifying is "riding a wooden donkey".
For example, if a female prisoner committed adultery and committed murder, she would definitely be punished with capital punishment according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty.
However, before she was executed, she would be stripped of all her clothes and placed on a horse made of wood, shaped like a donkey or horse.
On the same wooden stakes, the guards were escorted and the gong players beat the gongs to clear the way in front, and they walked around the four cities.
This was called traveling to the four gates at that time.
It is said that in the last years of Tongzhi, there was a talented girl named Mao in Tianjin Wei named Mao Yanyu.
She was not only good at poetry and painting, but also extremely beautiful.
Many dignitaries wanted to seduce her.
But Mao Yanyu's vision was too high, and she looked down on ordinary people.
She actually fell in love with a scholar from a poor family.
Unexpectedly, Mao's mother discovered this.
When Mao Yanyu saw this exposed, in order to prevent her mother from making the scandal public, she cruelly poisoned her mother to death.
Finally, the matter became known and was reported to the government.
During the interrogation in the court, Mao Yanyu wrote the confession by herself, with good sentences and gorgeous handwriting.
When the officials interrogated her, she also responded calmly, cited scriptures, and spoke clearly, which made everyone present feel sorry for her.
Such a talented and beautiful woman is rare in the world.
However, if she commits a murder case, according to the criminal laws of the Qing Dynasty, she must be sentenced to death.
The officials who investigated the case took pity on his talent and decided to hang him.
However, he still had to ride a wooden donkey to travel around the four gates first.
On the day of execution, countless people came to see the excitement, and the streets were packed with water.
Unexpectedly, Mao Yanyu's fate was not destined to die.
After riding the wooden donkey, the executioner was about to hang her when suddenly news came that Emperor Guangxu had ascended the throne and offered amnesty to the world.
This woman was pardoned and released from prison, and it was a legend among the people for a while.
While Mao Yanyu was being held on death row, she met the jailer's son, who had coveted her beauty for a long time and took good care of her from time to time while in prison.
Mao Yanyu has always been grateful for this.
After being pardoned and released from prison, the young master wanted to accept her as a fool, and she was willing to give her body to him.
Unexpectedly, the jailer strongly opposed and obstructed the girl on the grounds that she had killed her mother.
Mao Yanyu was so angry that she instigated the young master to kill her father.
Unexpectedly, the matter was soon exposed and she was captured by the government.
This time, the two crimes were punished simultaneously.
The crime was unpardonable and he was sentenced to death.
Before the execution, he still rode a wooden donkey and visited the four gates according to the law.
This event was unprecedented and was simply an anecdote among anecdotes
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