In the courtyard has knelt densely a place prisoner, these prisoners have the male to have the female, has always has few, the clothing ragged wisp, the face whiten, obvious many years had not seen the sunlight, they already lost the courage that continues to go on living or to long for that died regarding them or is an extrication, they kneel is very numb, without any meaning of making reparations, the rain water that therefore appears suddenly has not made this scene increase many feeling with deep veneration. 院子里黑压压跪了一地囚犯,这些囚犯有男有女,有老有少,衣衫褴缕,脸色苍白,明显已经多年没有见过阳光,他们早已失去了继续活下去的勇气或者说渴望,死亡对于他们来说或者是种解脱,他们跪的很麻木,没有任何赎罪的意味,于是自天而降的雨水也没有让这场景增添多少肃然的感觉。 These come from the officials of household unit to look at this picture, unavoidably is somewhat anxious, shivers with the hand of setting pen to paper slightly, but these executioner who waits for in side, then appears very tranquil, is grasping the hand stability of hilt. 那些来自户部的官员看着这幕画面,不免有些紧张,拿着笔的手微微颤抖,而那些在旁等候的行刑者,则显得很平静,握着刀柄的手稳定至极。 „Kills?” “怎么杀？” The Shangguan Yangyu half bow the body is standing in Ning Que behind, said in a low voice: „In the past participated in Cultivator of rebellion, except for dying of illness and receiving punishment dead, here, all killed has been selecting killing?” 上官扬羽半躬着身子站在宁缺身后,低声说道:“当年参与叛乱的修行者,除了病死和受刑死的,都在这里,是全杀了还是挑着杀？” Ning Que looks in the autumn rain these prisoners, said: „Possibly must kill several times, today first do not kill off.” 宁缺看着秋雨里那些囚犯,说道:“可能要杀几次,今天先别杀光。” Shangguan Yangyu said: „What standard according to chooses? To the importance of West Ling temple or in the past in the crime weight in the rebellion violating? In these fellow hands has dyed the blood.” 上官扬羽说道:“按照什么标准挑选？对西陵神殿的重要性还是当年在叛乱里犯下的罪行轻重？这些家伙手上都是染过血的。” Ning Que said: „Since to the temple looked that selects randomly some kills is.” 宁缺说道:“既然是给神殿看的,随机挑些来杀便是。” Shangguan Yangyu has not understood, asked puzzled: „Random?” 上官扬羽没有听懂,不解问道:“随机？” Ning Que beckons with the hand, said: „The meaning of blindly selecting.” 宁缺摆摆手,说道:“就是瞎挑的意思。” The household unit officials look at each other in blank dismay, is these grasps the murder expert who the blade is preparing to execute also somewhat to stare, only then Shangguan Yangyu without hesitation, is waving to the rain, hinted selects half to kill first. 户部官员面面相觑,便是那些握着刀准备行刑的杀人老手也有些愣,只有上官扬羽毫不犹豫,对着雨中挥手,示意先挑一半杀了。 The knife point cuts the fine rain, falls on the napes of the neck of these prisoners, cuts easily broken full is the flesh and dry muscle of dirt and mud, cuts off the skeleton, is bringing not bright bloody water. 刀锋划破雨丝,落在那些囚犯的脖颈上,轻而易举地斩破满是泥垢的肌肤与干涩的肌肉,斩断骨骼,带着一蓬并不鲜艳的血水。 , The head thoroughly ripe fruit falls to the ground likely. The springing two in the water on azure flagstone are then peaceful, the blood that gushes out rapidly was also diluted by the rain water. 啪的一声,人头像熟透的果实般落地。在青石板上的积水里弹动两下便安静下来,涌出的鲜血也迅速被雨水冲淡。 Saw is having the companion dead, these prisoner finally died frightened stimulation was more sober, the numb nerve restored some vigor, some people tried the breaking away rope to run away, some people poured in the rain water desperately sob, some people look to stand Ning Que under courtyard porch, in the look full was the hatred. 见着有同伴死去,那些囚犯终于被死亡的恐惧刺激的清醒了些,麻木的神经恢复了一些活力,有的人试图挣开绳索逃走,有的人绝望地倒在雨水里哭泣,有的人看着站在庭廊下的宁缺,眼神里满是痛恨。 The picture of murder is unavoidable, Ning Que does not have the anomaly to be willing to appreciate. Does not have the interest and these person of dying will carry on the look and spiritual exchange, turns around to turn back in the hall. 杀人的画面难免血腥,宁缺没有变态到愿意欣赏。也没有兴趣和那些将死之人进行眼神和精神上的交流,转身走回厅内。 Held up the still have residual heat the teacup to drink the mouth, his raise one's head looked once more to out of court, saw only in the autumn rain to drop down several corpses, the blood in blue stone ground became rich. 举起犹有余温的茶杯喝了口,他再次抬头望向庭外,只见秋雨里已经倒下了十几具尸首,青石地面上的血变得浓郁了很多。 Autumn rain chilly fan. In the courtyards kills people like the weeding, enters the meat to break the sound of bone except for the knife point, then only then the corpse leans forward, layer on layer smashes the ground, pounds the water splash the water the sound. 秋雨凄迷。庭间杀人如除草,除了刀锋入肉断骨的声音,便只有尸首前倾,重重砸到地面,把积水砸出水花的声音。 Ning Que looks the tea that in the bowl clear passes, does not know is thinking anything. Shangguan Yangyu looks at his profile, does not know that is thinking anything. The household unit officials keep the picture hook smudging in prisoner register of names. As these names are getting fewer and fewer, their complexions become more and more pale, does not know that is thinking anything at heart, 宁缺看着碗里澄透的茶水,不知道在想什么。上官扬羽看着他的侧脸,不知道在想些什么。户部官员们在囚犯名册上不停画钩涂抹。随着那些名字越来越少,他们的脸色变得越来越苍白,不知道心里在想些什么, The autumn rain continues. The frequency that in the courtyards the sound resounds slows down gradually, the breathing of executioners is getting more and more thick, cuts to fall these many heads, eventually is a very tired matter. 秋雨持续。庭间声音响起的频率渐渐变慢,刀斧手们的呼吸声越来越粗,斩落这么多颗人头,终究还是件很累的事情。 Medical examiner and related line of business personnel of household that unit the Ministry of Justice sends. Before flooding into the courtyard, starts to inspect the corpse, simultaneously prepares to process these corpses. After the executioners drink one bowl of strong liquor, takes a short break in side. 刑部派来的仵作和户部的相关职司人员。涌进庭前开始检查尸体,同时准备处理这些尸体。刀斧手们饮完一碗烈酒后,在旁稍事休息。 Has not ended, Ning Que has said that today must kill many people, moves out these corpses, comes out the ground before courtyard spatially, when the executioners recover the energy, but must continue to kill people. 还没有完,宁缺说过,今天要杀很多人,把这些尸首搬走,把庭前的地面空出来,待刀斧手们恢复体力,还要继续杀人。 The prisoner who then delivers are more, detains except for the Ministry of Justice, dozens people that should the Ning Que request, the military headquarters deliver specially, in the ground before courtyard does not have the means to kneel down, has to be divided into several batch. 接着送过来的囚犯更多,除了刑部押过来的,还有应宁缺要求,军部专门送过来的数十人,庭前的地面上根本没办法跪下,只好分成几批。 „These...... The majority is only a family.” In household unit officials turned have turned the hand the prisoner register of names, looked said to the Shangguan Yangyu shock: „Do these people also want to kill?” “这些……大部分只是家眷。”一名户部官员翻了翻手里的囚犯名册,望向上官扬羽震惊说道:“难道这些人也都要杀？” Shangguan Yangyu had not replied that his issue, looks asks to Ning Que: „Also blindly is selecting killing?” 上官扬羽没有回答他的问题,望向宁缺问道:“也瞎挑着杀？” The complexion of officials is somewhat ugly. Before being detained to appear in court several hundred people of implicated families, even if held back what one knows about an incident in the war in the past, even there is an accessory act, is also very difficult to sentence the capital crime according to Law of the Tang, sentences capital crime that is also the authority of Ministry of Justice or Dali Buddhist temple, can kill like this? 官员们的脸色有些难看。被押到庭前的数百人都是受牵连的家眷,就算当年在战争里知情不报,甚至有从犯行为,依据唐律也很难判死罪,判死罪那也是刑部或者大理寺的权力,难道就要这样杀了？ These several hundred families were imprisoned the several years in the prison, spirit but actually also good, because is not Cultivator, has not received anything to ban, but can also make the sound, at this time is listening to the words of official, they know that what today is going to have, panic-stricken extremely, is crying protesting. 这数百名家眷在狱中被囚数年,精神倒还不错,因为不是修行者,也没有受到什么禁制,还能发出声音,此时听着官员的话,他们才知道今日将要发生何事,不由惊恐万分,哭着喊起冤来。 Their charges are the collaborations with the enemy, in Law of the Tang maximum difference of collaboration with the enemy from committing treason, lies in has the driving implementation, therefore the most common collaborator often is the family of traitor, this is the matter that is good to understand. 他们的罪名是通敌,唐律中通敌与叛国最大的不同,在于有没有主动实施,所以最常见的通敌者往往就是叛国者的家眷,这是很好理解的事情。 Before for several years , after that war explodes, many Tang people return from various in world places, the South Gate of Vast Sky Taoism two-thirds handymen in buddhist temple and West Ling temples cut off the relation, but still has the reverent Vast Sky follower to pledge to fight to the death to give loyalty to the West Ling temple not to be willing to return, even in protecting of West Ling temple teaches in the cavalry soldier to hold an office. These people are the traitors, their families are the collaborators, regardless of there are with cuts off the relations in the West Ling family member, forever is the collaborators, because the bloodlines relation is not to cut off, this is in Law of the Tang the most cold blood most brutal article of law. 数年前那场战争暴发后,有很多唐人自世间各处归来,昊天道南门都有2的道人与西陵神殿切断联系,但依然有虔诚的昊天信徒誓死效忠西陵神殿不肯归来,甚至在西陵神殿的护教骑兵里任职。这些人都是叛国者,他们的家眷便是通敌者,无论有没有与远在西陵的亲人断绝关系,永远都是通敌者,因为血脉联系是斩不断的,这便是唐律里最冷血最残酷的律条。 In the past few years, the Tang Country government and people hunted down in all directions, took strict precautions against to cling to tenaciously in the border line, captures the people that several thousand were a suspect of the collaboration with the enemy, then detained them in the prisons in various Chang An City and in state counties, except for the bright regulation, the most important reason naturally to frighten to divert these traitor in another region. 过去数年,唐国朝野四处搜捕,在边境线严防死守,擒获数千名涉嫌通敌的民众,然后把他们关押在长安城和各州郡的大牢里,除了明正律法,最重要的原因自然是为了震慑牵制那些远在他乡的叛国者。 Today, the Ning Que preparation has killed these people, this is makes the person think that very much not the clear matter , to continue these families not to think clearly, the officials in royal government do not think clearly. 今天,宁缺准备把这些人杀了,这是很令人想不明白的事情,不止这些家眷们想不明白,朝廷里的官员们也想不明白。 In the tunnel of garden flank full is the bloody flavor, these heads of formerly being cut, were piled in the animal-drawn cart temporarily superior processing, suddenly had a head get lost, the bone in the rain water was rolling common, has rolled appears in court, rolled to the families at present, annoys one to call out in alarm and sob. 庭院侧方的巷道里满是血腥的味道,先前被斩下来的那些人头,暂时被堆在板车上等着处理,忽然有颗人头滚了下来,在雨水里骨碌碌滚着,一直滚到庭间,滚到家眷们的眼前,惹来一阵惊呼与哭泣。 Ning Que gained ground, looks to kneel these everybody in autumn rain, as if sees many years ago old pen room opposite that by the plastered wall that the spring rain moistens, saw the small black mole of dying. 宁缺抬起头来,看着跪在秋雨里的那些男女老少,仿佛看到很多年前老笔斋对面的那堵被春雨打湿的灰墙,看到了死去的小黑子。 Looks in the rain water that head, he remembers the year ago the extermination massacre that in General's Residence has, remembers these overflow cracks in a door the heads of blood plasmas and these looks like watermelon acquaintances. 看着雨水里那颗人头,他想起更多年前将军府里发生的灭门惨案,想起那些溢出门缝的血浆和那些像西瓜般的熟人的头颅。 „That year Chang An City fell” spring rain, the royal government and temple is negotiating, prepares to negotiate peace, I am bringing Fish Dragon Gang and imperial guards crash in the Qing He County clubhouse, the Qing He County person killed off in the rain completely. “那年长安城落了场春雨,朝廷和神殿正在谈判,准备议和,我带着鱼龙帮和羽林军冲进清河郡会馆,在雨中把清河郡的人全部杀光了。” He said: „Now wants to come, I somewhat regretted.” 他说道:“现在想来,我有些后悔。” The officials facial expression micro, thinks the Academy Jin/benevolent friendly...... However Ning Que said: „At that time should remain takes your time to kill, or can obtain more advantage.” 官员们神情微和,心想书院仁善……然而紧接着宁缺说道:“当时应该留些慢慢来杀,或者能够得到更多的好处。” In courtyards a deathly stillness, wail that only then the noise of the rain and children cannot constrain. 庭间一片死寂,只有雨声和孩子们压抑不住的哭泣声。 „I know that you thought you are very innocent, these natives of Qinghe also thought so probably, even from Law of the Tang or the morals, your some people are really innocent.” “我知道你们觉得自己很无辜,那些清河人大概也这么觉得,甚至从唐律或者道德来看,你们有些人真的是无辜的。” Ning Que looks at several hundred people in rain, said: „But I do not care.” 宁缺看着雨中的数百人,说道:“但我不在乎。” The official and imperial guards between courtyards are Tang people, they care about these matters very much, therefore the complexion is somewhat ugly, however Shangguan Yangyu does not care, raises the right hand in the autumn rain slowly. 庭间的官员和羽林军都是唐人,他们很在乎这些事情,所以脸色有些难看,然而上官扬羽不在乎,在秋雨里缓缓举起右手。 He and Ning Que are non- model Tang people, Law of the Tang regarding them are only tools, as for these happy moral or moods, is used to appreciate then well, does not need. 他和宁缺都是非典型唐人,唐律对于他们来说只是工具,至于那些美好的道德或者说情怀,用来欣赏便好,不需要拥有。 The hand gets up, is the blade falls. 手起,便是刀落。 The blade falls, is the head falls. 刀落,便是头落。 The old cheeks, young cheeks, still bring the naivete cheeks, because loses the blood by the autumn rain wash, instantaneously becomes pale incomparable, does not have any life aura again. Is accompanying the panic-stricken shout, the sorrowful and uneasy begging for mercy sound and hatred bawl and dismal wail, all kinds of heads keep falling in the rain. 苍老的脸颊,年轻的脸颊,犹带稚气的脸颊,因为失去血液又被秋雨洗过,瞬间变得苍白无比,再没有任何生命的气息。伴着惊恐的喊声、凄惶的求饶声、怨毒的叫骂声、悲凉的哭泣声,各式各样的头颅不停掉落在雨中。 The families of several hundred traitors, died in the autumn rain in abundance, the knife point has cut the flesh and blood, brought the death, the sound became more and more stuffy, that was the relations of front mouth bending, until finally, the sound of beheading turned into some type of stick to strike, was the broken drum is kept striking likely, sad and terror. 数百名叛国者的家眷,在秋雨里纷纷死去,刀锋切过骨肉,带来死亡,声音变得越来越闷,那是锋口卷刃的关系,直至最后,砍头的声音变成某种棒击,像是破鼓在被不停敲打,沉闷而恐怖至。 The hand of executioner shivers finally, the hand of household unit officials is quicker grasps does not put down the pen, the black ink block that in the register of names smudges becomes more and more greatly, the hook hard to bring about shape of picture, actually throughout has not heard again the signal that stops. 刀斧手的手终于颤抖起来,户部官员们的手更是快些握不住笔,名册上涂抹的墨块变得越来越大,画的钩再难成形,却始终没有听到停止的信号。 Shangguan Yangyu thinks one do not care, however looks that these everybody fall dead in abundance in the pool of blood, looks in the courtyards rain water head pile of high of more and more, he understands that his innermost feelings are not very still formidable hardly, puts out a hand to erase in the volume not to know that is the water drop of perspiration or rain, looks that Ning Que flutters to ask: „Sufficed?” 上官扬羽以为自己真的不在乎,然而看着那些男女老少纷纷倒毙在血泊里,看着庭间雨水里的头颅堆的越来越高,他才明白自己的内心依然不够强大坚硬,伸手抹掉额上不知是汗还是雨的水珠,看着宁缺颤声问道:“够了吗？” Ning Que said: „Household unit most excels at calculating that land tax number head, I make you handle this matter, wants to know that kills many talented people to suffice, therefore this issue should be you answers me.” 宁缺说道:“户部最擅算钱粮数人头,我让你做这件事情,就是想知道杀多少人才够,所以这个问题应该是你来答我。” Shangguan Yangyu sighed was saying: „I am an average person, is unable to understand that big Cultivator mood, what is most essential, I do not know that Heaven's Mandate Palace Hall has many influences to that person, therefore...... I am impossible to know that kills many talented people enough, I even suspected how to kill is insufficient.” 上官扬羽叹息着说道:“我是个普通人,无法理解大修行者们的心境,最关键的是,我不知道神殿对那个人有多少影响力,所以……我不可能知道杀多少人才足够,我甚至怀疑怎么杀都是不够的。” Ning Que knows that the view of Shangguan Yangyu is reasonable, is this also the matter that he most has not grasped, the vicissitudes of life in earthliness really can affect the drunkard such person of? 宁缺知道上官扬羽的说法有道理,这也是他最没有把握的事情,俗世里的悲欢离合真能影响到酒徒这样的人吗？ Icy rain wind from cold, the smell of blood that is actually not able to prevent to irritate the nose fills the air in the courtyards, he looks the thick blood that the rain water is unable to dilute, said: „Autumn wind autumn rain worries the ghost person.” 冷雨沥沥风自寒,却无法阻止刺鼻的血腥味在庭间弥漫,他看着雨水无法冲淡的稠血,说道:“秋风秋雨愁煞人。” Then is at this time, Shangguan Yangyu has not forgotten to praise: „Good poem.” 便是此时,上官扬羽也没有忘记赞美:“好诗。” Ning Que said: „Or do you also come the head?” 宁缺说道:“或者你也来首？” The Shangguan Yangyu forced smile said: „Where has this mood.” 上官扬羽苦笑说道:“哪里有这心情。” Ning Que rain water that puts out a hand then on the eave to drop, said: „Wet weather hits the child, idles is also idling.” 宁缺伸手接着檐上滴落的雨水,说道:“下雨天打孩子,闲着也是闲着。” Shangguan Yangyu said: „Mister good idle interest.” 上官扬羽说道:“先生好闲趣。” „I do not know actually kills many talented people to suffice, but like a moment ago said that idles in any case is also idling, in any case these people damn, the royal government raises these idlers also to spend the land tax in any case, then might as well kills to look. Comes the safe to kill the murder idly, the autumn wind autumn rain kills the idler, must say that this is the idle interest, passes.” “我其实也不知道杀多少人才够,不过就像刚才说的,反正闲着也是闲着,反正这些人都该死,反正朝廷养这些闲人还要花钱粮,那么不妨杀杀看。闲来无事杀杀人,秋风秋雨杀闲人,要说这是闲趣,也通。” Ning Que arrives in the rain, turns around to look that the officials said: „Or, can kill again tries, the household unit is managing the grain ration of prisoner of war, should you very clear population, kill?” 宁缺走到雨中,转身看着官员们说道:“或者,可以再多杀些试试,户部管着战俘的口粮,你们应该很清楚人数,怎么杀？”