There were many particularities in the process of death row inmates in the Qing Dynasty. The operation was usually scheduled at three quarters of noon. Three quarters of noon was the time when Yang Qi was sufficient, which represented righteousness. But the Yamen had to start preparations from early in the morning.
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| In the early morning, the government servants arranged their shifts to clear the queues, and the county magistrate turned around the screen and took his seat. Someone took the prison card and went straight to the death row. When the officer came to the door of the death row, he could not enter. There were also officers inside the death row who were responsible for picking up the condemned prisoners.
When the condemned prisoner is brought out to the door of the death row, the police officer inside pushes him out, and the police officer outside has to catch him. During this process, the police officer inside said: "Hand it over", and the police officer outside replied: "Collect it". You can only say it after you catch it. If you don't catch it, you can say it. If the criminal banged his head against the door frame or wall and died, it's hard to say whose responsibility it is.
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After being caught, he put his feet up and rushed to the lobby. When he came to the lobby, the prisoner knelt down, and the chain around his neck was loosened from the shackles on his hands. The chain under his feet was not loose, and the shackles could not be removed until he was dead. There is a term called: "Relax the sentence without removing the shackles."
Someone came over and took off the chain, and the offending county magistrate took a pen to pull the trick. The trick is to stick a wooden board behind the back of the condemned prisoner, with a triangle on the top and a rectangle on the bottom, with the prisoner's name written on it.
Because of what crime, grind cinnabar with tea and use this to draw the name of the prisoner. After finishing the hook, he threw the pen on the ground and everyone dodges away. They said it was unlucky to have the pen touch them. After the pen fell to the ground, they all went over to pick it up. They picked it up and gave it to their children to learn how to write with this pen. It is said that they can become the number one scholar.
Then someone came and ordered the death row prisoner to be tied up. The Baihumen exit from the county government office was tied up. There are six doors in the Yamen Gate, two in the middle, two on the left are Qinglong Gate, and two on the right are White Tiger Gate. Normally, the county magistrate and the police officers would go out and enter the Qinglong Gate. The White Tiger Gate will not open until someone kills people, but today it will kill people. The White Tiger Gate will open wide...
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There is a table outside the door, with a bowl of wine, a bowl of rice, and a piece of meat. The rice is called "Changxiu Rice", and the wine is called "Farewell Wine", which is the last thing in this life.
Before he died, he made the prisoner well fed and used fifty taels of silver to prepare a banquet with eight delicacies. The prisoners were about to be beheaded and were not in the mood to eat, so they wasted it. Later it was changed to eight large bowls , and the eight large bowls was changed to six bowls, and finally it was changed to stewed vegetables , and finally it was a glass of wine and a piece of meat. It was a glass of wine and a piece of meat. There is a pair of chopsticks standing in the bowl. Why are the children in folk families not sensible when eating and inserting the chopsticks in the bowl standing up? The old man is not happy. It is the chopsticks of death row prisoners that stand up.
After drinking the wine for the prisoner, the bowl must be thrown, and it must be smashed into pieces. It is said that the wine bowl was broken. Today's killing went smoothly. If it is not broken, something big will happen today. The rice bowl was dropped casually, and even the chopsticks were broken. This is the rule.
Then the official escorted the condemned prisoner out of the county government office and came out of the government office gate. The first one was the local land security guard, holding a big sign in his hand called "Prison Notice" [which means why the prisoner was beheaded].
The second one is the execution master. In the past, there were many people who could not read. As they walked to the execution ground, the execution master would shout out the contents of the "Guilty Note". Behind him was Mr. Yin Yang, who was responsible for telling the time. Behind Mr. Yin Yang was the gunner, holding a horseshoe cannon in his left hand and a matchlock in his right hand, blowing as he walked, and behind him were the prisoners on death row.
Ordinary death row inmates generally walk on the ground, and those with sufficient status can ride in cars. Behind the condemned prisoner is the executioner, who wears a large-leaf wind scarf, a deer antler mandarin jacket, fast boots shaped like big donkey teeth, and holds a sword with a ghost head in his arms. The Ghost Head Sword is usually placed on the tower of Xuanwu Gate in and is enshrined there. There are three words on the gate hole: "Regret Too Late".
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| The executioner had a bowl of wine alone. After drinking it, it represented the possession of the god of death. He followed the condemned prisoner with the knife in his arms, and then personally escorted and protected the executioner. The group went straight to Caishikou. When arriving at Caishikou, the prisoner must kneel facing east. To the east is Hufang Bridge, which means that the prisoner will be sent into the tiger's mouth. After the execution platform was set up, some soldiers began to shout: "Family members can come forward to cry and say their final farewells."
After three quarters at noon, the executioner on the execution platform pulled out the stick, and there was a sound of wind blowing, and the head fell to the ground...
Why is it necessary to kill with a sword? Because the autumn air is crisp and clear, you should have a clear mind to avoid accidental killing.
The life of the ancients paid attention to rules and details, and they were more particular about formalities.
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