Slay, knock thirty; Yuan Huazhong was exempted from punishment because of illness. Compared with the seventh day of August, there is no torture. Compared with the ninth day of August, Gu used a slap and knocked thirty times; Zhou and Yuan did not use punishment.
On August 12, Lieutenant General Yuan Hua paid off all twelve thousand "stolen silver". Of the six people, Yuan Huazhong's family is richer, so it is easier to complete the figure of 6200. None of these three people was punished today.
Compared with August 14, Zhou Chaorui also paid off all the twelve thousand "stolen silver". There was no torture on this day.
Zhou Chaorui's family is also spared, and with the concerted efforts of Qi Xin and Qi Xin, the children carefully handled it, so the number of twelve thousand pieces of silver was paid in less than forty years.
Compared with August 16, there was no torture.
Compared with August 18th, there is no torture.
On August 19, Yuan Huazhong passed away. Xu Xianchun reported that Zhou Chaorui was seriously ill.
Yuan Huazhong was the least punished among the six people, because he was sick at ordinary times and was bedridden after being sent to prison, making it more difficult to walk. In addition, he paid more money than others every time, so he was only fined a stick and punished and flogged two or three times. Nevertheless, Yuan Huazhong could not escape the fate of being killed. /kloc-On the evening of 0/8, he was held in Wang Guan Temple alone and was killed by the jailer Yan Zi himself.
The death of the Six Gentlemen was predetermined by Wei Zhongxian, but it was different in the morning and evening. When their "stealing silver" is not over, they are tortured to extract confessions every few days; Once the silver payment is completed, the death of the silver payer will come. Yuan Huazhong belongs to this kind of person.
As for Zhou Chaorui, when Xu Xianchun said that he was seriously ill, the emperor also sent a medical officer to treat him. When the prison guard came to the prison and he was reprimanded by Xu Xianchun, he saw Zhou Chaorui. In fact, on this day, Zhou Chaorui was thinking about getting out of prison for "stealing silver" and easily sorting out his shoes and hats. There is no sign of illness at all.
Compared with August 22nd, there was no torture. Yuan Huazhong's body was sent from prison. Yuan Huazhong's body was put in prison for four days. Although not as rotten as Yang, Zuo and Wei, the muscles are rotten and difficult to identify.
There are only two of the six gentlemen left, and the cruel comparison continues. Compared with August 24th, there was no torture.
On August 26th, Gu slapped him in the face and hit him eighty times, but Zhou Chaorui didn't use torture.
On August 27th, the jailer reported that Gu was seriously ill. In fact, this is also a signal. At this moment, Ke Yan peeked among the bearers. When he heard this, he couldn't help crying. He said to himself, "It's over. It seems that we have to arrest all six people. "
On August 28th, Zhou Chaorui passed away. At noon that day, Zhou Chaorui, Gu and a guard named Meng were having dinner. The jailer Guo Er came and said, "Please talk to the teacher in class." With that, they put the instruments of torture on their bodies and went out. Just as he reached the door, the jailer surnamed Liu grabbed Gu from behind and said, "Come back, today is none of your business." It was inside that killed Master Zhou. "Say that finish, Zhou Chaorui was taken to prison alone, and soon the news of Zhou Chaorui's death came.
Zhou Chaorui is a simple and honest man. In prison, he often said, "It's easy to die. Just use a foot of cloth." After the "stealing silver" was handed over, I always thought I could have a chance to live, so I looked forward to getting out of prison all day and didn't make any arrangements for the aftermath. Gu and the guard named Meng knew in his heart that it was not good to remind him himself. They discussed it for a long time before they came up with a reminder.
On August 20th, it was sunny. Gu Zhangda stared at the sun with wide eyes. After watching it for a long time, he turned to the guard named Meng and said, "I once heard that ghosts can't watch the sun. Fortunately, they are not dead yet. Go and have a look." Hearing this, Zhou Chaorui leaned in curiously to see Sun. When Zhou Chaorui arrived, Meng, the guard, severely criticized Gu and said, "Mr. Gu should have a big plan in his heart when he encounters this situation. What are the benefits of chatting like this all day? " Gu Zhangda turned to Zhou Chaorui and said, "The so-called great event is the thing behind me. I knew from mid-July that I could never get out alive this time. I wrote a long farewell letter to my family. I just can't get it out. It is still under the bed. How can you say that I am chatting all day and don't think about big things! " Hearing this, Zhou Chaorui said generously, "Since you say so, I'll write a few lines."
Zhou Chaorui's suicide note was written in this way by the guards of Gu and Meng.
After Zhou Chaorui wrote a suicide note, he kept it in Gu.
After Zhou Chaorui's death, prison monitoring was stricter and the suicide note could not be sent out. Gu wrote the situation into a piece of paper, twisted it into a piece of paper rope and quietly handed it to him. Ke Yan, with silver in his hand, waited at the back door of the imperial edict prison all day. When Zhou Chaorui's body was sent out, Ke Yan gave the jailer a lot of money. After many requests, he took out a suicide note from the body. Later, after Ke Yan returned to the south, he asked a friend to send the suicide note to Zhou Jia. Before that, no one knew that Zhou Chaorui had a suicide note.
Another reason for Zhou Chaorui's rapid death was that Zhen Fu Company embezzled fifty taels of silver after paying for "stealing silver". Zhou Chaorui was straightforward and offered to check. As a result, Xu Xianchun sent someone to hurt him before he checked. A jailer said afterwards that if Zhou Chaorui didn't have an examination, he might live for a few more days. Among the six gentlemen, Gu is the only one, and the cruel comparison continues. Compared with 29 August, no punitive measures were used.
On the second day of September, Zhou Chaorui's body was sent out and verified for the record in the lobby.
On this day, the jailer surnamed Liu told Yan that he had begun to arrange Gu's death, and time was tight. Asked if he could have five days, Liu said yes. So I thanked Liu for telling him the news and gave him a lot of money.
On the fourth day of September, Gu was beaten with 30 sticks and flogged 80 times.
At this point, Wei Zhongxian listened to the conspiracy of Cui Chengxiu, Xu Dahua and others, fearing that all six people died in prison and could not convince everyone, he decided to send Gu to the punishments and punish him according to law to stop everyone's mouth.
September 6th,1t. Classical Zhang Da will be sent to the Cabinet Criminal Department for interrogation. Ke Yan found the news and was so worried that he couldn't sleep all night. He was afraid that Xu Xianchun would kill Gu before the imperial edict reached the prison. Fortunately, nothing happened one night, and Ke Yan was relieved.
On the morning of the seventh day of September, the jailer surnamed Liu met him and expressed his worry that he would not last seven nights. Ke Yan couldn't explain the situation, just said wait and see, maybe things will change. Liu shook his head and left helplessly.
Not long after, I went to the court for comparison and called Gu's name and said, "Ten days later, you will come here to hold a court session and restore your memory."
Xu Xianchun's words were a sign of complete guilt. Because the prison of the Six Gentlemen was instigated by Wei Zhongxian behind the scenes, after all, the execution and mutilation were all done by Xu Xianchun, and everyone's punishment frequency, severity, date of death and method of death were also manipulated by Xu Xianchun. Now Guan is going to the punishment department, and he is afraid that he will go there to expose his sins, so he threatens to "chase him" to block Gu's mouth.
When Gu heard that he was going to be sent to the punishments department, he suddenly felt a sense of detachment.
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The feeling of heaven in prison, he said to Ke Yan: "During this time, I always feel that someone is holding my neck and I have nowhere to talk." "Although I didn't stay in the prison of the punishment department for a few days, I can always speak my mind, and I can also tell the world the darkness in the prison, the cruelty of Xu Xianchun and the names of the victims. In the future, the world has changed, and the government knows that these people will be wiped out and let me die with my eyes closed. "
Later, the crimes committed by others in prison were made public by Gu's clever tongue.
On September 13, the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Division and Duchayuan jointly tried Gu. * * * Everyone who participated in the experiment 10 sat facing south. Behind the interrogators were eunuchs sent by Wei Zhongxian to monitor. Gu Chaobei knelt under the hall and defended himself many times, exposing Xu Dahua's framing and torture and intimidation in prison. At this time, Li and others, ministers of punishments, also listened to Wei Zhongxian's orders and didn't listen to Gu's defense. Like the verdict, Jing said that Gu and other six people first framed the emperor for being unfilial by moving the palace, and then they were bought off, which was unforgivable. Six people were sentenced to death, and Gu was beaten ten times for his defense. After the trial, ten interrogators handed the trial results and each person's business card to the eunuch sent by Wei Zhongxian and respectfully sent them away.
Wei Zhongxian was very happy to be rewarded by the eunuch. Someone ordered Gu to be sent back to the mayor's office on 17.
At this point, Gu felt that his mind was gone, and he had no plan to live. He said, "I spent 100 days in prison, 100 days in the punishments department, and100 days in prison were not wasted. Why do you say that? The main reason is that I can see my family and say goodbye. In addition, I can personally confirm some legends I have heard. In this way, compared with the five people who have died, I am already very lucky. What can I worry about? What can I miss? "
I advised Gu not to commit suicide. If we wait two days, there may be a turn for the better. Gu said, "I wrote a suicide note in early August and put it under my pillow. I took it out five or six times in the middle. I thought there was nothing more to say before the date. Since then, I have put my life and death at risk. And a gentleman would rather die than be humiliated. Can I go to prison again and endure the insults of Xu Xianchun and others? Now I just want to die early, and I have nothing to ask for. "
On September 14, Zhang Da's younger brother Shao Shao came to visit his younger brother in the prison of punishments with food and drinks, and the two brothers had a farewell drink. Zhang Daxian poisoned the wine, but he didn't die after drinking it. At night, when the guards are not looking, they jump into the ring and hang themselves.
On September 19, Gu's body was sent out of prison, neatly dressed and in line with etiquette. Expression calm and natural, no pain, no regret, as if asleep.
At this point, all six gentlemen died under the destruction of the eunuch party, aged around 50.