In order to maintain their rule, the ancient rulers came up with various methods, and in order to deter the people, they invented all kinds of cruel and inhuman tortures. How cruel are these tortures? Let's take a look today.

You are a criminal, that is, an executioner who extorts confessions from prisoners by severe torture according to the arrangement of the official in the prison. This is actually a craft, because not every officer who interrogates a prisoner can master the speed of what to do. If the trial is too light, it is easy to kill the prisoner directly. You follow your master to practice in prison. The daily work is to rinse off the blood of the prisoners on the torture instruments with water, and arrange the torture tools in order according to the degree of torture. Every day's work is almost in this order. After some persuasion, he told the prisoner to confess early to avoid suffering in vain.

They were then tied to wooden stakes and whipped, stripped of the prisoner's clothes and whipped. The strength of the whip also has its own way. If the strength is small, it will be wasted effort. Blood is fine. Usually a dozen or so whips are drawn, then stop for a while, and ask the prisoner if he is willing to do it. If the prisoner is stubborn and the whip is still a trick, you are tired, and the master taught you to change to a relatively labor-saving punishment at this time - sticking to the official, you have not learned this trick yet.

He took a mulberry paper and put it on the prisoner's face, and the prisoner's heart was suspended again. I saw your master picked up a small jug, took a mouthful of shochu, and sprayed it vigorously, and the fine mist was wet. that paper. When the paper became soft and damp, it immediately fitted closely to the prisoner's face. Once you add your ninth-rank official, you will be promoted and rich. I saw the prisoner struggling with a whimper, his chest heaving violently, but his hands and feet were tied, and the tissue paper covering his face could not be removed by the tongue alone. The treatment, I will give you a taste of it today. You should hurry up.

After saying that, he brought out another piece of paper and painted it, and covered it with a gourd. The method of restricting breathing is not so bloody but the most torturous. Master is standing beside you, actually admiring the prisoner's futile struggle. When it is posted on the 4th floor, the prisoner almost stops struggling, and the mulberry paper that is about to dry has clear bumps. It is like the mask of "jumping and adding officials" on the stage. Master asked if you can learn this trick? You nodded, Master tore off the layered paper at once, and saw that the prisoner who was about to suffocate to death, like a dehydrated fish, pushed hard, gasping for breath. I saw that Master said to memorize the number of pieces of paper. The average person would die if they put up 5 pieces of paper. The prisoner was already in a trance, and the officer waiting by the side asked him a few questions before waking him up. The prisoner cried and shouted, don't fight again, I'll recruit, I'll recruit! Since your master looked at the prisoner with regret, the rest of the interrogation will have nothing to do with your master and apprentice. You asked in a low voice, does Master like this kind of errand? He patted you on the shoulder, be ruthless in doing this, and you will naturally like it when you get used to it.

You still don't quite understand. One day, the master took you out and said that there was a tiring job today. A prisoner who murdered his father and killed his mother was sentenced to Ling Chi. Your master is going to execute the sentence. Ling Chi sentence will be sentenced to a different number of knives according to the severity of the crime. Your main task today is to report the number. Before the execution, you and Master drank as usual. Binding on the execution rack, I saw your master slapped the prisoner's heart hard, and dexterously turned the knife around his chest, turning a piece of meat the size of a copper coin, and he inserted the tip of the knife into the piece of meat. Lift it up and show it to spectators offstage. You count out loudly beside you, and then he throws the piece of meat into the sky, which is called "Thank God", and then takes a piece from the chest on the other side and throws it on the ground, this is called "Thank Hell" .

At this time, the prisoner had already started screaming and sweating again and again. At this time, there was not much blood flowing out, because the first slap had slowed down the blood flow rate, otherwise the blood would have flowed like a stream of blood. Affected by the knife. The third knife is still on the prisoner's chest, and the shape of the fish scale is called "fish scale cut". Your master threw the third piece into the air and called "Xie Guishen". This prisoner is a strong man, and it is easy to cut it. If it is a fat man, it will be more difficult to cut it, because the fat is too greasy. You can clearly see the ribs between the flesh and blood, and you can vaguely see the shape of the heart beating. You went up to wipe the sweat for the master and replaced him with a new knife. When the knife was stabbed again, the prisoner's face was already in unhuman-like pain, and blood flowed out of his mouth.

At this time, the place in front of the prisoners was already blood red, and your master's hands were also bright red. You glanced down the stage and saw that every spectator's neck was stretched out, showing an expression that was both unbearable and extremely excited. , cut it down with a knife, and the prisoner was in extreme pain but still had not died. This is the real test of the executioner. Until you report the total number of sentences imposed by the government, the last knife is stabbed in the lively beating heart, and the prisoner is finally relieved. You wipe the sweat from the master's forehead, and there is still excitement in his eyes. Some madness looked at you and asked, have you learned it? This time, you only felt that the blood in your whole body was burning, an indescribable excitement enveloped you, and it didn't dissipate for a long time.

The first big job you do after you graduate is skinning. Lay the prisoner face down on the torture bed. You are a little hesitant. When the cold blade touches the skin, the prisoner struggles. After hesitating several times, you find the right position, close your eyes, and stab in it fiercely. The skin is torn in half from here, and the skin and muscles are slowly separated with a knife, tearing to both sides like the wings of a bat. At this time, your blood is surging, and you are uncontrollably excited. When tearing it, be careful not to break it. In some fat areas, a knife should be used to separate the skin from the fat. During this process, you should be careful not to let the prisoner die. After you have done this, you look at the whole piece of skin and mutter, this is called cooling after death, peel off the skin and dry it, stuff it with straw and hang it at the city gate to show the public. You thought that you would be afraid of nausea, but when faced with this human skin, you only thought it was a work worth admiring, and another official came over to endure the nausea, and said with some fear, prepare for a prisoner today. , You look at him, and the light of anticipation suddenly lights up in your eyes. This is the numbness of the ancient executioner's life.