Chapter 1500: A Sudden Change On The Execution Ground (3)
The officer bowed and awaited his order. "Celestial Master Zuo, please select your desired prisoners."
Celestial Master Zuo observed the prisoners at the pillars. His eyes blazed like torches. The prisoners trembled when their eyes met his.
"This one. This one. That one." He pointed out ten people, including elders, children, and women.
They were all Gu family distant relatives. These people had lived their whole lives in the simplest and most peaceful ways. They were merely regular people, so none of them had seen or experienced horror like this. When they were being pointed out, their faces were immediately filled with despair. Some cried. Some screamed. Some begged for mercy. However, Celestial Master Zuo had voiced out his command. The executioners quickly tied these people to the pillars.
These executioners were not professional ones who worked for the government. They were Celestial Master Zuo’s men. Nonetheless, they had obviously been trained, as their hands were quick. They tied the prisoners in specific positions to ease their execution. Then, they took off the prisoners’ clothes and sprayed water on their bodies.
Anxious, the bystanders all clenched their fists and held their breaths.
Gu Xietian eyes were swollen with tears. "Try it on me first!"
Celestial Master Zuo responded, "What is the rush? It will be your turn sooner or later. You are the principal culprit, so you have to wait until the executioners become more experienced to carry out the sentence on you. No worries, we have to cut your flesh 2300 times. Every slice will be so equally executed. If you die before they even finish, these executioners will be considered as failures and will die along with you."
The executioners were nervous. They also knew that Gu Xietian had been falsely accused, but his sentence was out of their control. They did not want to die along with him. The officer gave his first order but before the execution began, someone finally spoke up for them.