Chapter 6 (1/2)

Chapter 6: Cuckoo Lou1, the bane of others' existence

The handso on a round His clothes had been stripped away, leaving only fishnet wrapped tightly around his upper body The pressure ui to even breathe Above hi alcohol on the razor knife in his hands Beneath him, the crowd stretched out like a sea as they all cursed the prisoner Who didn't hate a traitor to his country? A few co bowls in their hands They aiting to collect his blood and flesh after he'd beenthat flesh could they soothe the hatred in their hearts

”The tie of corporal punishment picked up a command tablet carved with the character for execute and tossed it fro platform

Cheers rose up from the crowd

Lou Zigui raised his head to look at the viewing platform opposite the execution platfor in the ly, and there was even a trace of regret on his face

The executioner had inherited his craft froenerations of his family He kne to slice a person bit by bit until only their bones remained, yet still keep theui's shoulder before he lifted them up to cleanly remove a section of skin Without that layer of protection, fresh blood and muscle were exposed before the crowd Those timid at heart didn't dare watch any further and closed their eyes The executioner next cleanly sliced off a section of ui's shoulder, where it dropped onto the platforh it didn't bleed round belo couldn't it hurt when the skin was being lifted up section by section, and the ui's entire body shuddered in agony, but he forced hi

”This traitor's stubborn to the very end,” an official re platform

Grand Preceptor Xie lightly shook his head ”A pity that his father and brothers all died for the country The illustrious men of the Lou Clan had their heroics ruined by this one 2 both!”

”When this man was born, the cuckoo in the Lou faui also ave hiht are an unlucky o but calamity”

”That's right,” an official dressed in the robes of a military officer smiled ”This lad's survived the deaths of his father, mother, and brothers His two sister-in-laws all died in labor with their children, while the only surviving child of his older brother is often sickly It doesn't look like that child will survive into adulthood Cuckoo Lou is just the bane of others' existence He caused the deaths of everyone in the Lou household If he doesn't die now, he'll cause the death of our Yongning as well”

Those who could sit on the viewing platform were all on the side of the Grand Preceptor Naturally, nobody would speak up for Lou Zigui Even if they doubted that Lou Zigui had secret communications with the northern barbarians, they couldn't afford to offend the athered officials cos from their platfor below