Yun Jiao and Jiang Youzhi both wrapped in cloaks, squeezed into the crowd under the protection of several guards.
The beheading usually took place at three quarters past noon, because the yang energy was strongest at noon, making it less likely for any unusual events to occur.
When Yun Jiao and the others arrived, the accused criminals had just been brought over.
The criminal law of the Great Chu Dynasty was relatively lenient; for the heinous crime of treason, the entire family line was executed, but this only applied to adult men. Women and children under fifteen were not included in the beheading list; they were all exiled three thousand miles away with no chance of pardon for life.
The prison cart was a wooden cage, with Grandmaster Yan and Yan Beichen each standing inside one of them.
The cage was deliberately built lower than an adult's height, making it impossible for people inside to stand straight, forcing them to crouch.
