Last time we talked about the statutory penalties in the Tang Dynasty. This time, let's talk about the death penalty that appeared in the Tang Dynasty. If you are interested in any aspect of the Tang Dynasty, you can leave a message. Next time we will talk about what you want to know.
The lynchings we have here mainly occurred during the period of Wu Zetian . Part of it comes from the Luo Zhijing.
1 Drunken bone (death penalty):
Eyes gouged out, tongue chopped off, limbs chopped off, skin cracked and flesh smashed, soaked in wine vats. Alcohol seeps through wounds, and we all know what it feels like to spray alcohol on wounds.
2 Laughing (execution):
Insert a stick into a person's anus or mouth, and gradually penetrate deep into the intestines.
3 Sudden roar (execution):
brings special torture tools to the prisoner, the prisoner will keep spinning and faint soon.
4 Phoenix Spreading its Wings (Execution):
Fix the prisoner's head and lower limbs on a vertical post, fix his arms on a horizontal wooden pole, and then slowly rotate the horizontal wooden pole (equivalent to turning the upper body). When twisted to a certain extent, the human spine will be twisted and broken. become disabled.
5Please enter the urn (execution):
Put the prisoner into a large vat, put a lid on it, and set a fire below. The temperature in the tank is getting higher and higher, and if you don't confess, you will be roasted to death.
6 Immortal offering fruit (living torture):
Let the prisoner kneel on the broken tile, raise the wooden board above his head with both hands, and enlarge the stone on the wooden board. It can also keep getting worse. Pieces of tile dig into the flesh, and the stone is heavier and heavier. Still don't think about it.
7 Jade Girl Climbing the Ladder (Living Execution): One version of
is to bring a 40-pound shackle to the prisoner, fix the prisoner's legs to the top of the ladder , and use the rope to pull the shackles back. In this way, the prisoner needs to use the waist strength to resist the gravity of the shackles and the pulling force of the rope. The jade girl refers to the punishment at the waist.
Another version hangs the prisoner with a rope around the neck, allowing the prisoner to climb a ladder. While chanting the crime of the prisoner, the rope was hoisted higher and higher.
8 Calves hanging from the car (living):
Put shackles on the prisoners and hang the shackles up. In this way, the prisoner's jaw bears his own weight. The ghost can't stand it for a long time.
Note: the death penalty is to kill you. The death penalty is used for to interrogate suspects, and the purpose is for to confess .
9 The picture below is the famous cruel official in Wu Zetian period. There is also Lai Junchen's portable interrogation textbook "Luo Zhijing". It is said that Di Renjie can't help but sigh.
There are still many punishments due to the loss of history books, and the specific execution process is unknown. If you know of those tortures you can also leave a comment below.