Chapter 145: Kill the chicken to scare the monkey
Killing to pay for one's life, and debts to pay for money, are perfectly justified. Since these four people were caught and committed, there is no dispute about the verdict. What's more, the colonization team has just arrived and will definitely crack down on this kind of criminal behavior. As Qian Tiandun said, if you don't kill a few chickens, how can these monkeys know how to be afraid?
As the chief justice of the Time Travel Group, Gu Kai sentenced these four people to death without hesitation. No one raised objections to this verdict. But how to carry out the death penalty was controversial. Some suggested being shot, some said that according to the rules of this era, they should be beheaded, and some said that they should be thrown out and beaten to death by the common people.
In the end, none of these proposals were passed. Shooting and beheading were too bloody, and no one was willing to do it. No one even wanted to take the job of prison. Several of the people who came to Black Earth Port from the Military and Police Department had their lives involved, but those happened during battles and were completely different from executing criminals. It is obviously not appropriate to leave it to the people to deal with it, because this is very likely to cause the situation to get out of control and cause greater chaos, and it is not in line with the development line of "establishing a society governed by the rule of law" advocated by the Executive Committee.
Finally, it was Tom Wang who came up with the idea of hanging. Hanging is less bloody than other death sentences, and the tall gallows is also suitable for a large number of immigrants to watch. Gu Kai and others hope to use the judgment of this case to carry out a legal education in the style of killing chickens to scare monkeys. Hanging is undoubtedly a The most appropriate method of torture.
"The carpentry team is a little tired, let's work overtime!" After deciding on the execution method, Gu Kai finally breathed a sigh of relief.
On the first day after arriving at Black Earth Port, two lives were lost, and a robbery and murder occurred. This was a moderate test for the colonization team headquarters. Fortunately, so far, everything seems to be going smoothly, and everyone's opinions are relatively unified, and there are no fundamental differences in the choice of handling methods.
The carpentry team had to work overnight to build not only the gallows, but also several watchtowers. After this incident, the Military and Police Department believed that the current sentry field of view was still too narrow, and a sentry tower with a better viewing angle was needed to monitor the entire camp area. However, the requirements of the Military and Police Department are not high. They only need a few commanding heights around the camp.
After asking, the carpentry team cleverly took a nap and found a few tall and strong trees around the camp. They found a bifurcation on them and used wooden boards to build a table-sized platform, and then removed the branches that blocked the view. Clean all branches and branches. This three- to four-meter-high observation point is easy to get up and down with a rope ladder and a wooden ladder, and its usage requirements fully meet the requirements of the Military and Police Department. Qian Tiandun didn't find any faults after looking at the built samples. He just nodded and acquiesced to the carpentry team's approach.
Early the next morning, the immigrants who walked out of the shack to receive breakfast found a tall wooden platform on the port, with a wooden shelf erected on the platform. The immigrants who didn't know what was going on were gathered in front of the wooden platform under the command of the militiamen, and they all whispered to each other and speculated about what happened. Soon Zhou Hengxing appeared on the wooden stage with a microphone, followed by several workers who also brought tweeters and heavy batteries onto the stage. Originally, it would be more appropriate for Gu Kai to speak on this occasion, but his language skills are indeed far behind Zhou Hengxing. If he were to give a speech on stage, most of the people below would probably not be able to understand what he was saying. .
"First of all, on behalf of the Haihan Executive Committee, I welcome you all to settle in Heitu Port!" Zhou Hengxing began his speech calmly: "In this place, you will receive various benefits given to you by the Haihan Executive Committee. Worrying about having no food, no house, no fixed place to live, and being arrested and sent to the battlefield at any time... In the areas under the jurisdiction of the Haihan Executive Committee, such a thing will never happen as long as you work hard! , everyone will be compensated accordingly if they abide by the code of conduct we have established.”
These things are basically the same old tunes. The lectures on Haihan immigration policy almost never stopped on the way to Black Earth Port. Almost every adult immigrant knows what kind of jobs they will be assigned after arriving here, what kind of treatment they will receive, and what promising prospects are waiting for them to strive for in the future. The vast majority of people were very satisfied with these arrangements made by the colonization team. After all, it was the colonization team that rescued them from the brink of war, gave them food and shelter, organized them to establish settlements, and then helped them, the refugees, rebuild society. Order, these are all things to be grateful for. Although the immigrants listened with empty stomachs, they did not feel any resentment about it.
"But, just last night, something extremely bad happened!" Zhou Hengxing changed the topic and started talking about the robbery case last night: "Several deserters from the Li Dynasty sneaked into our midst, and last night He robbed and killed an innocent little girl and injured her brother, just to steal more than ten kilograms of dry food that the siblings carried in their luggage! ”
The audience was immediately in an uproar. Deserters killed people to steal food or property. In fact, this kind of thing was not very rare, and had happened often before. These soldiers who fled from the battlefield were often desperate to survive and relied on looting to replenish their consumption along the way. It was also common to directly kill anyone who dared to resist. If there is a large-scale rout on the battlefield, there will often be large-scale burning, killing and looting in the places where the rout passes. Otherwise, why would the residents in Thanh Hoa start fleeing so early if they were so far away from the battlefield.
But this kind of thing has never happened after the appearance of the Haihan people. When the colonization team recruited immigrants by the Qinghua River, they had already expressed their attitude with relatively tough methods. Anyone who disobeyed the arrangements would be severely punished. And no one dared to cause trouble along the way. After all, there were more than a dozen militiamen with waist knives on duty on each ship. Anyone who wanted to cause trouble had to first think about whether he could defeat so many people with his bare hands. .
Many people think that they are lucky to have met good people, because these militiamen are not interested in their personal belongings, and they will not wipe them clean first like the Le Dynasty's army. Coupled with the policy propaganda along the way, many immigrants are full of longings for a new life in the future. However, under such circumstances, on the night of arriving in Hong Kong, an army broke out and looted the immigrants, and some people were killed. This made the immigrants feel fearful and uneasy.
Then someone brought the young man from last night to the stage. The young man's eyes were red and swollen. Under Zhou Hengxing's guidance, he choked and told what happened last night. The kind-hearted people in the audience all showed indignant expressions. Some people grabbed stones from the ground and threw them on the stage, almost hitting Zhou Hengxing. The militiamen who maintained order quickly stopped this behavior. Otherwise, if the situation got out of control, these guys would be stoned to death by the angry crowd before they could be executed. "Although such an unfortunate incident happened, fortunately, our soldiers caught these criminals as soon as possible!" Zhou Hengxing pointed to the audience and said loudly: "Bring the prisoners up!"
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Qian Tiandun, who was wearing a camouflage uniform, took the lead, followed by members of the military police department who escorted the four robbers and murderers tied up to the stage.
"After our overnight interrogation and investigation, the criminal facts of these people have been confirmed. Now, on behalf of the Haihan Executive Committee, I announce the verdict of these four prisoners..." Zhou Hengxing paused here and raised his voice: "Hanging! ”
The audience was noisy again. Most people didn't know what hanging was about, so they started asking each other.
Someone soon brought several bundles of ropes to the stage, passed the ropes over the high wooden frame, and then fixed one section behind the wooden stage, and tied a rope loop slip knot on the other end.
"This is to hang them!" Someone in the audience had already seen the clues.
The robbers also knew something was wrong at this time, and they all collapsed on the ground. Someone brought up hemp rope sacks and tied up their trouser legs from the knees with hemp rope. This was done to prevent their spines from breaking during the torture, which would cause the muscles and nerves in their lower bodies to lose control, causing feces and urine to be scattered all over the floor. The sacks are used to cover the heads to prevent the ferocious expressions on their faces when they die from frightening the immigrants watching in the audience. The adults may be okay, but there are many underage children among these immigrants, and the colonization team believes that it is best not to leave a shadow on their young minds.
Someone in the audience had already taken the lead in shouting: "Hang them!" Soon the calls became more and more frequent and louder.
Qian Tiandun took the microphone from Zhou Hengxing and said: "Today we chose to publicly execute these murderers here. This is not only a punishment for their crimes, but also a warning to those with evil intentions not to offend us. The rules established. Those who abide by the Haihan Law will have their lives and property protected by us, and anyone who dares to challenge the Haihan Law will be severely punished. These criminals are the first batch to be hanged in Black Earth Port! people, but I hope they are also the last people to be sentenced to death here!”
Seeing that several ropes had been put around the necks of the condemned prisoners, Gao Qiaonan stepped forward to check again, and then saluted Qian Tiandun. Qian Tiandun nodded and said: "Execution!"
With a snap, the wooden platform floor beneath the four condemned prisoners collapsed. The carpentry team who worked overnight did not have time to build a flip-up gallows, so they just left a large rectangular hole in the middle of the platform for the seat, and used a few wooden stakes to support a wooden board as the floor. During the execution, when the rope tied to the wooden stake was pulled, the floor collapsed immediately.
The four prisoners were hanging in the air and struggling with their last strength, even the wooden frame above them was shaking a little. Zhou Hengxing and Qian Tiandun, who were standing by the stage, were both a little worried, praying secretly in their hearts that these guys would not collapse the scaffold, otherwise the hanging would become a complete farce.
Fortunately, the carpentry team's workmanship seems to be pretty good, and although it's a little shaky, it's still fine. Just over ten seconds later, there was no movement. The last stubborn guy held on for a full forty seconds before he kicked his legs helplessly and bid farewell to this world.
(End of chapter)