mtl008 Chapter 378 Whipping
Chapter 378 Whipping
"Your Majesty, although the Life Gu's breath is weak, it is still alive, which means that Ghost Blade is not dead yet."
"Why didn't you kill Liu An if he's not dead?" The Second Prince kicked the Gu Master. "Liu An came to my house and beat me up. He also warned me not to send assassins to kill him. This shows that he knows about the existence of Ghost Blade. Ghost Blade is not dead, and Liu An is not dead either. What's going on?"
The Gu Master guessed, "Perhaps the assassination attempt by the Ghost Blade failed, and Liu An guessed that it was you who did it, so he fled to Penglai."
The Second Prince shook his head: "No, I don't think so. Ghost Blade is not dead, but Liu An came to find him. This shows one thing, that Ghost Blade betrayed me!"
The Gu Master said: "Ghost Blade cannot betray the prince. His life and death are in the hands of the prince. There is only one consequence for betraying the prince, and that is death!"
Nalan Chen was very calm at this moment. He asked the Gu Master, "If Ghost Blade really betrayed me, what do you think he would do for his freedom?"
The Gu Master was startled and asked, "Did you get the antidote from the prince?"
Nalan Chen narrowed his eyes and said, "Yes, the antidote, the antidote for the dead soldiers! Pass the order down, and secretly investigate the whereabouts of Liu An and Gui Dao for me."
The Gu Master said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to send people to search for the Ghost Blade. If the Ghost Blade is in the Imperial City, I can use the Life Gu to find him."
"But if he is not in the Imperial City, I will have no way to deal with him."
"Then why don't you go find it quickly?" the second prince said angrily.
The Gu Master immediately retreated.
As soon as he left, a secret guard appeared quietly and knelt at the feet of the Second Prince.
"Your Majesty, the Miao chief has a letter for you!"
The secret guard handed over a letter.
The Second Prince took it and took a look at it, then snorted angrily: "Useless thing, it can't help me except causing trouble."
"Go back and tell that old man that I will find a way to rescue him. But according to my father's temper, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living punishment cannot be escaped!"
The secret guard flashed away.
The Second Prince turned and went to the Princess's courtyard: "You Miao family has caused me so much trouble again!"
The next day, Ye Tang and Xiao Jingxuan had just finished breakfast when they heard He Songlin say, "The people of the Miao clan who were captured by Commander Chi will be executed at the punishment field today. Do you two masters want to go and take a look?"
Ye Tang showed little interest: "What's so good about beheading?"
Chi Long said that if a smuggler is caught and sent back to his country, he will be beheaded.
He Songlin said, "It's not beheading. I heard that he was spared the death penalty and was flogged thirty times."
Ye Tang and Xiao Jingxuan looked puzzled when they heard this, then Ye Tang smiled and said, "It seems that the Miao family has a backer!"
This backer is most likely the Second Prince. They have already found out that the Second Prince's wife is the eldest daughter of the Miao family.
Although there are many large families in Penglai Kingdom, except for the Nan family and the Shangguan family, the main branches of the other large families are not in the capital.
To be precise, these big families were all in the capital before, and had close relations with the royal family. The royal family had to rely on their help to stabilize the country, just like the relationship between the Gongsun royal family of the Yuan Dynasty and the four major families of Gao, Qiao, Su, and Han.
However, after years of baptism and the rapid growth of the Nalan royal family, the major families gradually became unable to restrain the royal family and faded out of the imperial city, no longer affecting the status of the Gongsun royal family.
Nowadays, all the major families have to obey the orders of the royal family and rely on the royal family for their survival.
Many years ago, these big families also rebelled, but they were eventually defeated. They were frightened and in order to avoid being exterminated, they all settled down.
The Gongsun royal family is not only united and progressive, but also very courageous and powerful.
Ye Tang and Xiao Jingxuan went to the punishment ground, found a window seat on the second floor of a nearby restaurant, and watched the scene on the punishment ground with great interest.
The two of them were wearing costumes from the Kingdom of Penglai. For convenience, they changed their appearance and found a local tour guide.
Ye Tang, with a gentle and beautiful face, pointed at the crowd below and asked a boy eating melon seeds nearby: "Who are those people in strange clothes?"
The young man in rough clothes smiled and said, "They are from the Miao clan, and they are wearing the unique clothing of the Miao clan."
"The Miao family defied the law and sneaked out. This was a capital crime, but because of the Second Prince's plea, His Majesty pardoned the Miao family and only punished them with thirty lashes."
"These thirty lashes are not easy to bear. After that, those people may not even have the strength to crawl. Someone must come to take them back."
The boy was a common man, a gossip among the people, and knew a lot about the affairs of the major families.
Xiao Jingxuan asked him to continue talking about the major families. As long as the money was in place, the boy would tell him everything.
In Xingtai, the seven elders of the Miao clan and others were tied up on crosses. In front of each of them stood a tall and burly man holding a whip, looking at them with cold and ruthless eyes.
The official supervising the execution was the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice. He stood in front of the desk and said loudly to the people present: "Look carefully, these people are stowaways. According to the laws of our dynasty, if you catch stowaways, you will be killed without mercy. However, considering that the Miao family has made contributions to the Penglai Kingdom, the emperor has shown leniency and given them a chance to reform. The death penalty has been pardoned, but they will not be able to escape the punishment of life imprisonment. They will be punished with thirty lashes and executed in public as a warning to others!"
"Begin the execution!" Following the order from the Left Assistant Minister, the men swung their whips one after another, and the barbed whips hit the Seventh Elder and others hard again and again.
"Ah!" screams rang out one after another.
Everyone off the field was terrified.
"What a terrible flogging! Will they still be alive after thirty lashes?"
"They asked for this!"
"If you violate the law, not to mention these big families, even the royal family will be punished."
"..."
The Miao clan members in the crowd all had gloomy and terrible expressions on their faces, and they cursed the royal family for eighteen generations in their hearts.
The Nalan royal family had secured their throne and no longer took people from these big families seriously. For simply sneaking across the border, they were sentenced to thirty lashes.
How abominable!
This is a slap in the face of the Miao family and also shows a lack of respect for the Second Prince.
Everyone knows that the Second Princess is the legitimate daughter of the Miao family.
After thirty beatings, the seven elders and their companions were left with only one breath left.
The Miao clan members rushed forward and untied the ropes on them.
The Seventh Elder and his entourage fell straight down, and were carefully supported by the tribesmen.
Feeling the Seventh Elder's faint breath, the Fifth Elder who was supporting him had a gloomy face and he glanced coldly at Minister Zuo.
"You guys are too cruel!"
The Left Assistant Minister met his gaze without fear and snorted coldly, "They couldn't even bear thirty lashes, yet they still had the guts to sneak out of the country. You should be thankful that because of the arrival of the Yuan Dynasty delegation, His Majesty is in a good mood, so he showed leniency and didn't execute them directly!"
After he finished speaking, he shook his sleeves and left with his men.
The crowd gradually dispersed, leaving the Miao clan members standing there helplessly and furiously.
In the private room on the second floor of the restaurant, the young man was still talking to Ye Tang and the others.
"There are not only people from the Miao clan in the crowd, but also people from other clans. Those few are from the Shangguan clan, those are from the Nan clan, and there are also people from the Yu clan and the Lu clan. They are all here to watch the fun."
The poison techniques used by the Miao clan are very vicious, and they also like to test the poison on humans, which has offended all the major families. Oh, the methods used by the Yu clan are also very cruel, and they have offended many people. Among the many families, these two families have the worst reputations.