When the executioners heard the order, they all removed the red cloth covered by the ghost-headed knife, then took the liquor handed over by the servant next to them, first took a sip of the whale and sprayed it on the knife, and drank the rest in one go, and then threw the wine bowl to the ground.

When the arrow in the hand of the Dali Temple Minister was thrown to the ground, the executioner pulled out the wooden sign with the word "prison" written on the back of the prisoner's neck. With a "hey", he raised his knife and fell.

When the people in the audience saw this, they cheered in unison, thinking that the beheading of such corrupt officials was also a great thing to be very pleased.

However, the many court officials on the stage looked increasingly ugly. Except for Xu Xianchun, everyone else was worried that he would have such a day. He was just worried that he would still have to be an official. Otherwise, according to the murderous nature of Emperor Chongzhen, if he dared to resign and not be an official, he would probably have someone from the Jinyiwei to come to him first.

After the execution of ten people, someone immediately cleaned up the bodies on the execution platform, and then dragged ten people over to continue the execution in the order of the older man to the younger man, then the older woman and then the younger woman.

At this time, the stage was full of crying.

When the execution ground was far away, there was a burst of rapid sound of horse hooves. It was obvious that the knight on the horse was urging the horse to run quickly.

The sound of horse hooves became closer, and the figure of the horse knight gradually appeared. However, when the person came, he was dressed in an in-house prison in the palace. When he looked closely, he was Wang Chengen, who was always indifferent to Chongzhen.

The horse ran at full speed so quickly. In a blink of an eye, he came outside the execution ground. While Wang Chengen was running quickly, he kept shouting loudly: "Your Majesty has an order to postpone the execution!"

The soldiers and soldiers in the five cities who were guarding the outside world did not dare to neglect them and hurriedly isolated the crowd from a passage so that Wang Chengen could ride over.

Seeing that the isolation had left the passage, Wang Chengen did not stop and ran past the horse and ran past until he was under the punishment platform. Then he pulled the horse rope and shouted "Wow!"

Seeing that many court officials on the stage looked at him, the executioners also stopped the ghost-headed sword in their hands. Chongzhen then dismounted and quickly came to the stage, saying loudly, "Your Majesty has an order, everyone will kneel down and listen!" However, Chongzhen ordered Wang Chengen to return to the palace quickly to draft an imperial edict.

When they saw court officials, executioners, and those who were waiting for the platform, and those who were close to the platform, they all knelt down, and those who were unknown in the distance were all knelt down.

Then Wang Chengen said to the executioners: "Our family will read the emperor's will later. When you hear a sentence, you will shout it out with great force. Be sure to let the people who are nowhere to be heard. Do you understand?"

Seeing that the executioners responded in unison, Wang Chengen then unfolded the imperial edict in his hand and read it: "The emperor Fengtian Chengyun, and the imperial edict said: The family members of the officials, Zhou, Qian, Hou, Luo, Chen, etc. should be punished by the law, but what is the baby? I sympathize with his feelings, so he specially pardoned him. His order that all men and women under the age of ten will be forgiven for their crimes. They will also pardon their mothers if they are pregnant. However, the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped. They will be placed under the Jinyiwei to be custody and wait for disposal. The original sentence will not change, so it is appropriate to be executed in one. I respect this."

After Wang Chengen read it loudly, the ten executioners also shouted, and the voices spread from afar, so that the prisoners and the people under the punishment stage could hear it clearly.

There was an old Tongsheng who had been through three dynasties in the audience, who stroked his gray beard and smiled: "You are benevolent, you are benevolent. I have hope for the Ming Dynasty."

Someone who is accused of making fun of it deliberately said, "Hey, old man, these guys are greedy and abused the law. Isn't it better to die?"

Lao Tongsheng was a ignorant person. When he glared at his eyes, his beard became so angry that he said angrily: "What do you know? In the ancient sages and one siege, he would not hurt the pregnant mother beast. This is the way of kindness and forgiveness. Your Majesty is doing things today, with the legacy of the Saint King, and the three generations of governance are expected. Even if you were punished on the stage, and you were willing to see the child and pregnant woman die? What if you were in it?"

The funny man next to him suddenly shivered when he heard this and said, "What you always say is, what you are saying is."

The old Tongsheng then smiled and said, "As the saying goes, do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you. This is the reason. People on the stage seek death, even if they really kill the nine clans, they are all right in terms of principles and laws. Now that his children have been pardoned by His Majesty, they are beasts, and they should also be grateful to the emperor for their kindness."

At this time, when the women on the stage heard this, they were like they had gone from hell to heaven, and they couldn't believe their ears. The mothers of the children were all snuggling up to their children and crying. As for those young women who could still hold babies, they even kept kissing their children with their children, thinking in their hearts that God blessed, Your Majesty was kind. Some people were so annoyed that the child was kissed, the child even stretched out his little hand and tried to push his mother away.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Wang Chengen was also impressed by Chongzhen's kindness, so he said to the ministers of Dali Temple on the prison and other court officials: "Your Majesty's decree has been read out. All lords, we can go back and report our orders."

All the ministers knelt on the ground and shouted long live. The Dali Temple Minister received the order and ordered the yamen runners to go and open the big shackles on the children and their mothers, and took them out of the court with the young women holding the baby and those pregnant women, and sent them to the Jinyiwei to take them away.

After these people who were pardoned left, the execution continued on the criminal platform, but a group of ten people continued to be cut down.

Chongzhen was on the second floor of the restaurant. After seeing the scene in front of him, he saw the execution on the platform, but he was very excited.

Chongzhen didn't know whether he was right or wrong. From a legal perspective, all these people deserved to die. From a selfish perspective, these let go of children and female offenders are hidden dangers in the future. What if a person like Nie Siniang was found, can he still have a good sleep?
Chapter completed!