At the hour of October 11, Li Kuan was taken out of Dali Temple by the Jinwu Guards, and Master Cui Ren was also taken out at the same time. As for the Lucheng County magistrate, the county magistrate and others, they have already taken a step forward, and they have suffered spurned by the people of the capital.
At this time, the streets and alleys of the capital were crowded with old, young, women and children. They hated the corrupt officials. Some people yelled at them, which aroused public outrage and caused many stones to be thrown at them. This is the only way to go through the streets during execution. Show the public!
The officials of the Jingzhao Mansion’s Yamen led the way, beating the gongs and drums to signal everyone to avoid them. Almost without exception, the corrupt officials were injured. Everyone’s faces were regretful and ashamed, but they had nowhere to say that they deserved all their sins.
Li Kuan and Cui Ren were escorted to the prison car after them. General Jin Wuwei saw Wu Jue in a wedding dress and persuaded: "Wang Hao, please go back to the house!"
Li Kuan persuaded no less than a hundred times, but Wu Jue had made up her mind. Naturally, she would not leave, nor did she follow the persuasion of Jin Wuwei, and followed the prison car alone, her face full of determination made people feel compassionate. The people in the capital did not complain about Li Kuan and Cui Ren, and were very puzzled by his behavior.
Li Kuan and Cui Renshi also paraded the streets, Wu Jue was not afraid, she rode side by side to follow which way the prison cart went. Had it not been for Wu Jue to be Princess Chu, she might have been driven away long ago. This time Jin Wuwei had no choice but to personally escort him, and the officials of Jingzhao Mansion had to let Jin Wuwei take over.
If people throw stones at Li Kuan and Cui Renshi, it would be their sin if they accidentally injured Wu Hui, and they had to carefully follow Wu Hui to protect her. The people in the capital watched Wu Jue's persistence and affection for Wu Jue with the prison car. As women, they empathized with each other, and they were silent and watched Li Kuan and Cui Ren leave.
Seeing that there was no accident, Jin Wuwei still did not dare to take it lightly, and they had to send the news here to the palace to be handled by the emperor himself. At the same time, Li Shimin, who was far away in the History Museum, was anxiously waiting for a reply. As time passed, he couldn't calm down, roaring violently, urging everyone to hurry up.
"Father, the time is coming soon!..." Crown Prince Li Chengqian reminded him of tears, and Li Shimin said furiously: "I don't know if it's there yet?"
"Father, please pass the edict to postpone the execution time!"
Li Chengqian knelt down and requested that there is only a glimmer of life when the time is delayed. The hour has passed, and he will be escorted to the execution ground, and the death penalty will be executed in two quarters. Now the history museum has finally found the laws of the dynasty and checked the history. The laws of previous dynasties cannot be solved in a short while in comparison.
"According to my edict: order the superintendent to postpone the beheading hour to three noon, and it will not be executed before the hour is up, and the offender will rob the house and destroy the door!"
Li Shimin couldn't care about anything else. He immediately issued an edict and ordered that the officials of Jing Zhaoyin should not be sentenced at Si Shi, and the hour was postponed to three o'clock in the afternoon, giving sufficient time to find a chance to save Li Kuan. Crown Prince Li Chengqian was overjoyed. This time he did not send anyone to pass the order, but went to the execution ground to pass the order in person.
Li Chengqian hurried out of the palace and went straight to the street of Xishi. He patted his horse on the way and hurried to the street of Xishi. When Jing Zhaoyin officials and Jin Wuwei saw the prince came, they bowed to greet him, and Li Chengqian immediately announced an edict, and strictly ordered Jingzhao's residence not to be sentenced before three noon.
Then Li Chengqian turned to Li Kuan on the execution stage regardless of other people's gazes, and saw Wu Jue's wedding gown. His heart was extremely heavy. Wu Jue saw Li Chengqian come to bow and give salutes. Li Kuan was surprised how Li Chengqian came suddenly.
"Second brother, the emperor is reviewing the law for you in the History Museum!"
Li Chengqian’s voice came from Li Kuan’s ears. He looked at Li Chengqian with wide eyes in disbelief. Seeing him nodded solemnly, Li Kuan was sure that what Li Chengqian said was true. In addition, Li Chengqian whispered to Li Kuan for three days. For three nights, Li Shimin was trying his best to save him, and finally found a glimmer of hope. Only then did he issue an order to postpone the execution time to three o'clock in the afternoon.
When Li Kuan saw that the eighteen people were executed at Chenshi, he felt a little strange. Generally, it was not noon when the sun was executed at noon. How could it be executed at Chenshi? Then the execution time between him and Cui Ren became Shishi, and now it directly changed to noon, and he said suspiciously: "Big brother, isn't the execution time the same?"
Seeing that Li Kuan was still in the mood to ask about this, Li Chengqian was speechless for a while and explained patiently: "The time of execution is indeed different. The identity of the prisoner and the degree of crime are different, and the time will change. This is also because the father couldn’t bear it. Execution of the death penalty."
"If it is an unforgivable minister, it will be the first batch, that is, it will be sentenced as soon as the hour arrives; if it is an official, it will be executed at the time, in order to show example to the officials of the world and make them obey the law. But this time for your father. The emperor directly changed the execution time, fearing that the execution time in the future will be noon."
Li Kuan really didn't expect that because of himself, the next Datang execution time would be changed to three quarters noon, which is the time often heard in modern times. At this time, Li Kuan had no intention to take these into account. The hour he had agreed with those people was the hour. However, the hour has passed and those people have never appeared. Li Kuan was finally worried and thought: "I'm afraid that I will really explain this time. !"
Li Kuan turned his head to look at Wu Jue, and saw her forbearing tears to accompany him with a heartache. If it wasn't for his own persistence, it wouldn't make Wu Hui worry about being afraid, and let Wu Hui follow him because of himself, which made Li Kuan very regretful.
If he were to make another choice, Li Kuan would definitely not choose this result, because he could not afford it!
At the same time, Qian Wu, Wang Huai and others who were hiding in the dark heard that the execution time was delayed, and they were puzzled. Originally, they had to postpone their action, and they would only take action when it was very close. If Li Kuan was not guilty, he would become a capital offense if he rushed to make a move at this time.
When Zhao Qian, who was in the restaurant, saw Li Kuan being taken to the execution platform, he hurried out of the restaurant, looking at Li Kuan who was kneeling on the ground with red eyes. His heart was also uncomfortable. When Li Chengqian was about to do it, Li Chengqian suddenly The announcement edict appeared, and a glimmer of hope suddenly rose in my heart.
Li Chengqian did not return to the palace after passing on the words, and stayed at the execution table to accompany Li Kuan. He also persuaded Wu Hui to go back, but Wu Hui couldn't listen to it. Without seeing Li Kuan coming back safely, her heart could not be calmed down.
As time passed, Li Chengqian became more and more anxious, looking at the shadow on the sundial from time to time, Li Chengqian anxiously said: "Why hasn't the father sent someone to pass on the decree? It will be too late if this continues!"
Jing Zhaoyin looked at the hour on the sundial that was close to three o'clock in the afternoon, and had to bite the bullet and ask for orders: "Prince, it's three o'clock in the afternoon!"
Li Chengqian looked back at the sundial. It was indeed three quarters noon. He nodded helplessly and looked at Li Kuan and Wu Jue apologetically. His face was full of shame. As the prince, he was the elder brother of Li Kuan and Wu Jue. But she couldn't do anything, so she watched Li Kuan be executed. (End of this chapter)