bookcurios Chapter 290 - Lingchi Punishment
Chapter 290 - Lingchi Punishment
"Qing'er, Yan'er has been captured. In three days, she will be escorted to the battlefield between the two armies to be executed by slow slicing." After these words were spoken, a strange silence fell in the military tent. The brother and sister just slowly ate the rice in their bowls in silence.
"Sister, I plan to lead the troops south tonight. I cannot let Yan'er delay the entire plan. Do you understand what I mean?"
"Qing'er, I understand that speed is the key to commanding an army, but are we going to give up on Yan'er just like that?" Thinking of the person who obeyed her orders unconditionally, Gu Qinghong kept recalling the kindness Yan'er had shown her. She couldn't help but laugh at herself. It's true that one only knows how to cherish something when one loses it.
Gu Liuqing looked at his sister with complicated eyes. He wondered if his sister knew that Yan'er was a man. Did his sister know that Yan'er liked her? If she knew that Yan'er had signed a life and death agreement, how would she feel?
Looking at Gu Liuqing's cold face, Gu Qinghong knew that there was no room for negotiation on this matter, so he nodded and left with some disappointment.
Three days later, Su Qing was tied to a high execution platform in front of the two armies. There was no fear on his face, but his pair of bright black eyes kept looking at Chu Nan's army. However, as time went by, the light in his eyes faded little by little, and finally there was dead silence.
"Can't we even see each other for the last time?" Su Qing murmured with a wry smile.
The sun was rising higher, and the shadow on the sundial showed that it would be noon in a quarter of an hour. Xue Qi stood up at the right time, walked to the front of the execution platform, and shouted to Chu Nan's army, "This man is a spy sent by Chu Nan to our Nanyue. Fortunately, our emperor was wise and courageous, and he caught him with a little trick. I have sentenced him to death by slicing to serve as a warning to others!"
As soon as Xue Qi finished speaking, there was an uproar in the Chu Nan army. Before, they were still curious about what the Nan Yue army was doing. They tied up a man in front of the two armies in broad daylight, but did not take any action. Now they were told that the man was a spy sent by Chu Nan to Nan Yue.
"Do you have any last words?" Xue Qi shouted to the people on the podium.
Su Qing did not react at all and continued to stare straight at Chu Nan's army.
"Since there is none, the execution will be carried out in that hour."
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Three drum beats sounded.
Xue Qi slowly stood up and shouted, "Execute!"
Two executioners pulled up a fishing net with small holes that was as tall as a person, covered Su Qing with it, and then tightened the fishing net tightly. After dividing Su Qing's flesh into 999 equal parts, they began to cut it piece by piece.
After more than fifty cuts, the surface flesh of his left chest had been basically cut off, but he did not scream. He just kept looking in the direction of Chu Nan's army, muttering, "Hong'er... Hong'er... my Hong'er..."
Gu Qinghong, who was dressed as an ordinary soldier, couldn't help it anymore. He pushed aside the other soldiers beside him and rushed to the front of the army, shouting loudly, "Yan'er... Yan'er..."
Su Qing, who was already dizzy from the pain, suddenly woke up. He looked greedily at the figure at the forefront of Chu Nan's army. His eyes turned red instantly and he began to struggle constantly. The wooden stake behind him creaked, scaring the two executioners beside him.
"Pa!" A slap hit him in the face.
"Be quiet. The more you struggle, the more painful it will be. The end is death anyway, so don't be hard on yourself!" Another executioner spat lightly in his face.
“Ah…ah…Hong’er…Hong’er…” Su Qing’s shouts became louder and louder, and even Gu Qinghong, who was far away from him, could hear them.
Gu Qinghong froze in place for an instant. Why did Yan'er's voice change? Why did Yan'er call her Hong'er? All of a sudden, scenes of her time with Yan'er emerged in her mind. Some truth that was about to come out was stuck in her chest, making it hard for her to breathe.