In Europe, there was a kind of torture against female prisoners, using sheep to execute, and Zhang Wuji used it against Zhao Min!
When it comes to punishment in ancient China, the first estimate that people think of is the Ten Great Tortures of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The penal methods inside, one more perverted than the other, can often toss the prisoner's life worse than death. There has also been a lot of torture in the history of the West. Today, Xiaobian will introduce you to a kind of strange torture in Western history. The name of this punishment is "laughing punishment", a type of torture invented by Europeans in the 17th century.
Laughter was originally a type of torture invented in Europe, which arose during the 30 Years' War in Europe in the 17th century. The process of execution is to tie the hands and feet of the female prisoner or prisoner of war firmly, soak the man's feet in salt solution, and let the sheep lick his feet. The site of action is not only the soles of the feet, but also the armpits, neck, torso, knees, abdomen, ribs, and navel. After licking, the executioner next to him immediately smeared it again, so repeatedly, the whole process made the tortured person itchy and unbearable, unable to restrain, and eventually died due to the lack of oxygen suffocation caused by wild laughter.
During the execution, the prisoner's hands and feet are first tied, and then the soles of his feet are coated with honey, sugar, spices and other spices, and then a goat is brought in and allowed to lick the spices on the soles of the prisoner's feet. When the goats eat delicious food, they will naturally feast on it and constantly lick the soles of the prisoner's feet, so as to achieve the purpose of torture. The prisoner, on the other hand, only feels an itch when he is first licked by a sheep, and after five minutes he can't help but laugh. If he doesn't confess, he'll give him spices on the soles of his feet, or find a few more sheep to lick. After a while his laughter will become smaller and smaller, and his mind will faint or die from lack of oxygen.
As for why sheep are looking for them to lick, not other animals. It is because there are barbs on the tongue of the sheep, and the more it is licked, the more it will be itchy and unbearable, and the feeling is still drilled straight into the heart of the foot, which makes people laugh. Even if the prisoner is tenacious, he will shrink weakly, collapse or faint due to wild laughter, and in severe cases, it will affect the normal development of the cerebellum.
In Jin Yong's novel "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", Zhang Wuji uses a similar trick to laughing in order to force Zhao Min to hand over the antidote. He also took off her shoes, and the laughing hole made her laugh wildly. At first, xiao bian was young and ignorant, and thought that Zhang Jiao was flirting with Zhao Min, but he did not expect that he was actually performing such torture. What a horror!
Some may object. I am not afraid of itching this punishment will do nothing to me. Friends who think like this can only say that you are too stupid and naïve. If this punishment is only useful for some people, then is it necessary? What was the purpose of the torture? To set an example and establish majesty. If you are not very sensitive to itching, then they will stimulate you for an hour or two until you feel it.
Normal people generally laugh within 5 minutes and surrender within half an hour. Although this punishment is exempt from the suffering of flesh and skin, the itch of the heart is incomparable to the pain of flesh and skin. About this punishment, if you are interested, you can try it, Xiaobian reminds you not to play with fire too much.