Chapter 94 Section 7 Winter Thunder and Snowstorm

On the day of the beginning of winter, a shocking news came out of Xianyang City - a large execution ground was being built in Caotan of the Weishui River, and Shang Jun was going to be executed! The news spread like wildfire and spread throughout the mountains and fields of Qin State, and the common people were deeply shocked. This is the twenty-fourth year of Duke Xiao of Qin and the first year of the new emperor Ying Si.According to the popular calendar at that time, this year was the Jiashen year.According to Yin-Yang experts, the physical nature of Jiashen Year is restless and monkey-like, and the world is troubled and restless.The people of the country think that it should be due to the death of Qin Xiaogong.I don't want to think that after the new king came to the throne, Shang Jun was imprisoned, the family came back, there were rumors in the government and the public, saying that the ancestral system would be restored and the new law would be abolished, people were really panicked and restless.But as long as Shangjun is around, people still believe that the sky will not change.Now that Lord Shang is going to be killed, the common people of the country panicked all of a sudden!In the past few months, the people in various counties have listened to many consolations from the government officials, saying that the six countries will join forces to attack Qin and kill Shang Jun. Kill Shangjun.After all, people don't take it all seriously after all.When were the old Qin people afraid of war?When were you afraid of the coalition attacking Qin?When Xian Gong was beaten, only half of the country was left, isn't he still beating to death?Now that the Qin State is so powerful, is it possible that the Duke of the State is really afraid that the Six Kingdoms will fail?The people of the country firmly believe that the Duke of the State is unwilling to kill the Lord Shang no matter what.The last time the people of the country asked for their orders, Zhao Liang was right. The Six Kingdoms were afraid of Lord Shang and forced the Duke to kill him!

Now hearing the news, people flocked to Xianyang from four counties and eight counties.Riding a horse and riding a car in the distance, and striding in a hurry nearby.People were panicked and confused. They couldn't tell if they were going to pay homage to Lord Shang, or to plead for Lord Shang.Or do you want to demonstrate to the Six Nations?Or to inquire about a real news - will the new law be abolished?Only one thing is clear, Shang Jun is the great benefactor of the Qin people, and benefactor is going to die, and he will give up his life to see benefactor! The vast beachhead on the north bank of the Weishui River runs uphill toward the south gate of Xianyang, forming a natural embankment.From the south gate of Xianyang to the rolling river, it is three or four miles wide.At the beginning of spring, this is the place where the grass grows and the warblers fly.When midsummer comes, here is another paradise for shepherd boys, cattle and sheep to have fun with boys and girls.When the autumn frost begins to fall, the withered grass and reeds here become a good place for farmers in the four fields and the people of Xianyang to harvest firewood.How many passionate and tragic Qin Feng songs have floated in a grassy beach of the Wei River?How many beautiful and moving stories have been born?The old people said that the song "Qin Feng Jian Jia" in the "Poetry" edited by Confucius is an old song in this Weishui river beach!The long Weishui River and the vast grass beach, they are the "ancient scriptures" that the old Qin people can't finish talking about, and the endless nightmare.

This is also the execution ground of the government. Every autumn, people kill people in the grassy beach of Weishui River.In the first three years of Shang Jun's reform, the number of murderers was the most, and in one year, seven hundred people were killed at a time, and the Wei River was stained red with blood!However, they were both on the Weishui grassland in Liyang and the Weishui grassland in Mei County.The Weishui Caotan in the south of Xianyang City has not been used as an execution ground, and it is still clean. Who would have thought that the first execution ground here would kill Shang Jun?

Throughout the year, only the Weishui Grass Beach in winter is empty and remote, cold and lonely.The long and thick sea of ​​grass has been mowed away long ago, and the withered and yellow grass roots are tenaciously paved into an endless grass blanket, making a desolate dress and the final protection for the pale yellow land, lest the howling north wind blow away yourself The land on which to live.Beginning of the beginning of winter, only a few hunters and ice-breaking and fishing officials enter the river beach.The Weishui Grass Beach has become accustomed to the emptiness and desolation of winter.

This winter, Weishui Caotan was awakened by the surging crowd! The river beach is surrounded by wild crowds, but there is no sound of buzzing and buzzing crowds, as if it is the gathering of countless lost sleepwalkers.The crowd just moved indifferently, without passion, without discussion, and even the freshness of the people in the village was not in the slightest.Only the flying black flags in the execution ground and the howling north wind made a little noise, but it made the distant river beach even more empty, as if it was a deep valley that was rarely visited by people. Near the end of the day, luxurious bronze chariots drove into the execution ground one after another under strict guards.

This is the chariot of the elders of the family, and they dispatched without exception.Last night, Duke Ying Si issued an imperial edict. Because the old lady was critically ill, Duke rushed to Zhongnan Mountain urgently. Grand Master Qianlong was the Minister of Execution, Young Master Yingqian was Minister of Prison, and Meng Xibai San would be the general guarding the execution. , Immediately execute Shang Yang.As soon as the edict came out, the elders of the family were very excited, and they discussed secretly at the Grand Master's Mansion overnight and made various preparations.At si o'clock the next day, according to the agreement, they drove into the execution ground one by one with high chariots and four horses.A few days ago, the dress of wearing old-fashioned civilian clothes while riding a tattered ox body was completely abandoned.

They have waited for twenty-three years, and the black-haired man has turned into a white-haired man. Once they take revenge, they will be in high spirits!However, when they drove into the execution ground, they found that the black sea of ​​people was as silent as iron. Although separated by two layers of armored knights guarding the road, they could still feel the coldness shining from the boundless eyes. , can still feel the disregard in that nightmarish silence.There were no cheers of expectation, not even a trace of surprise, and the vast crowd solidified into a black iceberg.Involuntarily, the bright smiles of the elders of the clan subsided, the cheering and cheering of competing with each other lost their interest, and the galloping and jubilant horseshoes also turned into a scrambling horse for no reason.The jubilation that I made by myself was absorbed by the boundless sea of ​​cold people without a trace.All of this seemed to be announced silently, and no one had the power to dissolve the frozen and solemn silence.

This is a special execution ground that has no known legends! It's huge.Thousands of armored knights surrounded a circle with a radius of half a mile, only the side facing the Weishui River was open.The sea of ​​black people spread over the high ground on three sides, forming a basin around the execution ground.To the north of the execution ground in the basin is an earthen platform five or six feet high, on which are placed 16 long cases, all of whom are white-haired elders of the family.In the two big tables in the middle, there are Lao Qianlong and Yingqian sitting with black veils on their faces.On the high slope behind, three hundred heavy armored infantry guarded a towering watchtower. Inside the tower was Ying Si who had "already gone to Zhongnan Mountain".

In the center of the execution ground is a pre-built execution platform.It is a white wooden platform with a side length of about ten feet and a height of about six feet.Standing on the stage was a large, wide and thick black wooden plank, which could just be reached by a person with his limbs stretched out.Under the execution platform, the red-clothed and bare-chested executioners are divided into five pairs of black, white, red, yellow, and green. Each pair wears a hideous mask and leads a "torture bull" to stand around the five positions of the execution platform. .The cow is very strange, with red silk on its long straight horns, a huge bronze mask on its head, colorful animal skins on its body, and a thick red noose and somersault saddle on its neck.

No one has ever seen such an execution ground, and no one knows how Shang Jun will be executed?The common people in the mountains and fields, who have rarely seen the world, have the nature of watching the excitement and freshness, and they have already started commotion and shouting in ordinary times.This is exactly what the elders of the clan expected and expected—Shang Yang was executed, and all the people cheered!The old people said that Qin Mugong ordered the three sages to be buried a hundred years ago, and the people of the country were sad, but they still shouted in surprise when the three sages walked into the tomb door.But today there is no sound at all, the boundless black sea of ​​people is still an iceberg, only the heavy panting caught in the whistling north wind can be heard.

"It will be noon." Qian Long said to Ying Qian who was beside him, and Ying Qian nodded. Qian Long raised his command arrow, "Destroy the prisoners!" Du Zhi was in charge of the execution. He waved the black command flag in his hand and shouted loudly, "Take the prisoner in—!" With the sound of the car rumbling, Xi Arc led a group of knights into the execution ground with a bronze chariot.Everyone knows that this is Shang Jun's special car, and it is Shang Jun who is sitting in the car!It's still the white jade crown, it's still the white cloak, it's still neat and tidy, it's still confident and majestic.When the chariot rumbled in, the old Qin people thought it was the cavalry guarding the sacred Lord Shang who came to inspect it!The sea of ​​people from all over the world suddenly cheered, "Long live Shang Jun—!" "Long live the new law—!" The sound was like a roaring tsunami, rolling thunder, violently agitating in the Weishui River. For the first time in his life, Qian Long felt fear and panic.The turbulent sound waves on the high slopes on all sides seemed to press down on the air and sweep away the black fury that swallowed him!He slapped the long table vigorously and shouted, "If you do this, how can there be any etiquette? Whose order?!" Yingqian's indifferent voice said, "The old master has been through the sea for a long time, why is he so panicked?" "Take the prisoner to the execution platform!" Du Zhi roared loudly, for fear that Xihu would not hear his order. Near the execution platform, Shang Yang calmly got out of the car, stepped onto the stage calmly, and sat down calmly in front of the blackboard. "Xuan Guojun's edict—!" Qian Long hoarse, but he couldn't hear his own voice at all. Du Zhi held up a scroll of bamboo slips and said, "Shang Yang, a rebellious minister, conspired against the law, gathered people to rebel, deceived the emperor and killed ministers without authorization. All these are obvious crimes. It is for the law of the state and to vent the anger of the people. —!” Qian Long stood up tremblingly, "Shang Yang, being subjected to this capital punishment, the way of heaven has been restored, what else do you have to say?!" Shang Yang smiled, "Gan Long, although Shang Yang is dead, he is still alive, but you are still alive. In the history, Shang Yang is immortal, but you are immortal. Does the old grand master think so?" Qian Long's face turned blue, he was so swallowed that he couldn't speak, he just kept shaking... Yingqian smiled lightly and said, "Old Master, why don't you know the fun? Du Zhi, Xu Min's living sacrifice." Du Zhi announced loudly, "Outside the arena, anyone who sacrifices Shang Yang alive will enter—" An ancient and rare living sacrifice began. The people in the four fields seemed to have been prepared for a long time. One county at a time, old people of all ethnic groups carried the sacrifices into the execution ground, and kept placing three animal sacrifices in front of the execution platform, bunches of pines, cypresses and green branches. The next jar of sake.The crowd was surging, but there was no sound.In a short while, the sacrifices were like mountains, the pines and cypresses were shaded, and the strong smell of alcohol filled the execution ground! When it was Shang's turn to sacrifice alive in the thirteen counties, thousands of people held their breaths.More than a hundred old people, led by the county guard Chi Liji and thirteen county magistrates, carried sacrifices and musical instruments, walked silently to the execution platform, knelt in a circle, and blew the Tao Xun and Bamboo Chi, which excited the mournful Folk songs spread all over the execution ground It was not so much the folk songs of the common people that stunned the elders of the family, but rather the officials of the thirteen counties of Shang Yu.They dared to openly lead the people to sacrifice Shang Yang alive, it is really inconceivable! But what came next shocked them even more.Shang Dafu Jing Jian and Guo Wei Che Ying led more than 300 original officials from their respective mansions and Shang Jun's mansion, dressed in sackcloth and white filial piety, carrying a large plaque wrapped in white silk and sacrificial wine into the execution ground.After laying out the sacrifices and sprinkling wine to pay homage, Guo Wei Che Ying pulled back the white silk, and the bronze characters on the plaque were impressively visible--the ancient Dharma sage! The gray-haired senior official Jing Jian held up a scroll of bamboo slips and read the sacrificial text loudly Alas!Cry for me Shangjun, a strong minister of the ages.Zhaozhao Dade, pan pan great talent.Reform the legal system, strengthen the country and enrich the people.Plowing and fighting are rewarded, and there is no laziness left.The prefectures and counties are under the control of the country, and the power of the country is unified.The measurement is unified, and the industry and commerce are not deceived.Sentence to the doctor, courtesy to the common people.The only law is obedience, and there is no worry about the body.Change customs and customs, open up civilization.Recovering Hexi is a shame for our country. Establishing a system and making a statement can be relied upon for thousands of years.The brilliant Dharma sage has a long history.Woah!Shang Jun was wronged, and the world was in chaos.Crying for me, Shangjun, how can I feel my heart?Alas, man and god share anger, mountains and rivers share sorrow... Following Jing Jian's mournful and indignant sacrificial oration, the people in the four fields were as silent as death.Tears hung on everyone's face, but no one wailed bitterly.However, the suffocating silence was more thrilling than the crying. All of a sudden, the sky was dark and cloudy, and the goose feathers and heavy snow were falling all over the sky! A woman in a fiery red cloak floated into the execution ground, like a ball of flames, and the fluttering snowflakes melted in all directions around her.Behind her were two strong men in white clothes carrying a long case, and one of them was Hou Ying!The flames floated under the execution platform, and the woman smiled brightly, "Husband, Bai Xue is here." Shang Yang smiled without the slightest surprise, "Little sister, I'm waiting for you, come on." Hou Ying and the two sent the long case to the execution platform, and bowed deeply to Shang Yang, "Brother Shang Jun, let's go..." "Brother Hou, how about drinking in the next life, or hard liquor?" "Okay..." Hou Ying burst into tears, agreed with a sob, and stepped off the stage. Bai Xue flew lightly onto the execution platform, her red cloak fluttering in the wind, like a fiery phoenix amidst the heavy snow.Shang Yang embraced Bai Xue with open arms, "We are finally together forever." Bai Xue snuggled against his chest and smiled sweetly, "Husband, everything has been arranged. Our son, our tomb, and sister Yingyu ... We can leave without worries." Shang Yang caressed her cloud-like hair, raised his face to the sky, and let the cold snowflakes fall on his face, "Little sister, God bless us and let us return home together. Go. If life is like this, what regrets do you have?" Bai Xue smiled brightly and softly, "Husband, let's have a drink together." She calmly uncovered the red cloth on the mouth of the long table wine jar, quickly peeled off the mud seal, filled the two copper cups with clear spirits, and raised one cup in front of Shang Yang with both hands, "My lord, this is Bai Xue himself. The daughter's wine. Twenty-four years ago, when Bai Xue met her husband for the first time, she brewed this jar of wine, waiting for this day..." Shang Yang laughed heartily, "Okay! How about calling him Sansheng Xuejiu?" "That's good." Bai Xue raised his title, "Three lives together, Bai Xue is enough." The two nobles met and drank it all in one gulp. Bai Xue walked to the table and sat down, "I'll play the piano, and my husband will sing a song, how about it?" "Accompanied by heavy snow, strong men sing long songs. It's a pleasure!" Shang Yang laughed heartily. The heavy snow fluttered, and the melodious sound of the piano wafted from the execution ground, which was as quiet as a valley.Shang Yang's singing fills the sky and the earth The singing stopped.Bai Xue stopped playing the piano, caressed the body of the piano carefully, bowed her head and gave a deep kiss, suddenly got up, and smashed the incomparably precious guqin onto the execution platform... She poured another serving, "My lord, for the three of us!" Let's get together, this wine is for you and me to drink together." As he spoke, he brought the wine wine to Shang Yang's mouth, Shang Yang took a big sip, and Bai Xue drank half of the wine in one gulp. "Husband, Bai Xue will go first and wait for you." She leisurely pulled out a dagger from under the long case, wiped the light on the fiery red cloak, suddenly hugged Shang Yang tightly, and kissed him deeply... Turning around, Baixue knelt down on the ground, held out her sword with both hands, and suddenly stabbed into her stomach... The blood flowed on the white jade-like snow, and then flowed down the execution platform and onto the ground. Shang Yang gently laid Bai Xue's body flat, and covered her with a fiery red cloak. The blizzard suddenly covered her beautiful body, and her silver-clad and jade-built figure instantly bulged on the execution platform. Shang Yang stood up slowly from Bai Xue's side, straightened his clothes, looked up to the sky and laughed, "Execution—!" He stood still with his four limbs against the big blackboard, and watched with a smile as the clattering iron rings were put on his feet. hands and neck. The five strange cows in the audience were silently driven out, and the iron chain was slowly tightened... Du Zhi shouted hoarsely, "Divide——corpse—execut—execute—punishment!" Suddenly, the sky and the earth burst apart, thunder exploded in the sky, and blizzards poured down the sky!The five monster bulls roared again and again, and ran with all their strength, and the thick snow sprinkled scarlet blood.Donglei exploded, a flash of lightning split the sky, and then there was a loud noise, and the weird execution platform ignited a raging fire! The execution ground was plunged into a vast snow fog...