During the Wu Zetian period, there was a criminal law called "Dry Duck Fu Shui", how vicious is it, what do you think?
During the period when Wu Zetian was in power, he invented many criminal laws that made people feel fearful. This is actually understandable. She was a woman and sat on the highest throne. In the time when men were respected in ancient times, many people and officials at that time were not convinced of her as a martial emperor. If she is not more vicious and lets people invent some terrifying criminal laws, then she will not be able to stand up in the court. Among the many criminal laws invented during the Wu Zetian period, there is a criminal law called Dry Duck Floating Water. How vicious is this criminal law? Let's take a look next.
The operation process of this criminal law is to pour boiled water on the prisoner's feet, and then use a steel brush to brush his feet. This is repeated until the flesh on the prisoner's feet is brushed off, and then scary bones are left. It is conceivable how cruel and terrible it is to remove the meat bit by bit like this. Prisoners not only need to endure physical cruel torture, but also need to watch others perform this process, which is even more psychological torture for them. Therefore, when many prisoners encounter this criminal law, they are basically unable to carry it, and they will explain it obediently.
Of course, some people are also hard bones. Even if they are treated so cruelly, they will clenched their teeth and persevered. So at this time, there is another step in the criminal law, which is even more terrifying. The meat on the surface of the feet has been brushed off. Isn’t there any meat on the soles of the feet? So, the next step is to pour boiling water on the soles of their feet, and then continue to brush their feet with a steel brush. Everyone knows that the soles of our feet are very sensitive and will feel uncomfortable even a touch. Therefore, if the sole of the foot is brushed with a wire, the degree of discomfort can be several times more uncomfortable than the feeling on the back of the foot. At this time, the prisoner was like a land duck, with a sense of powerlessness and fear of falling into the water.
After these criminal laws are over, if the criminal still refuses to recruit, then salt will be used. Sprinkling salt on the wound, the feeling is as sour and refreshing as the alcohol on our wound. What's more frightening is that instead of sprinkling salt on people's wounds, they use steel brushes dipped in salt and then brush them on people's bodies. How terrible such a criminal law is, even many people watching by the side feel frightened, let alone those who have been tortured.
Generally speaking, this torture consists of these steps in total. There are very few people who can carry the first two steps, let alone the latter steps. So at that time, when Wu Zetian ruled the court, no one dared to oppose her. This torture was one of the reasons.
