The so-called "can not become a country", if a country does not have the law to restrain and regulate, it will become a scattered sand, can not be condensed. Therefore, the law is fundamental to the state. Since ancient times, our country has advocated ruling the country according to law, and anyone who commits a crime will be punished accordingly. However, compared with modern times, ancient punishments were much harsher and more cruel, and all kinds of torture were very smelly. One of the most cruel is the "lighting of the sky lantern", which will make the tortured life worse than death, even more cruel than Ling Chi's execution.
So what kind of punishment is "lighting the sky lantern"? According to the "Thirteen Dynasties of the Qing Palace", "lighting the sky lantern" means that during the day, all the clothes of the prisoner are first taken off, and some flammable items are applied to his body, such as sulfur, grease, etc., and then wrapped in flammable linen cloth and soaked in an oil tank.
At this time the prisoner was still alive, and after dark, the prisoner was fished out, tied and hung on a high stake, and then in full view of everyone, he was set on fire. In this way, a living person was burned up until he was burned to ashes. The pain is self-evident.
Because "lighting the sky lantern" is too cruel, therefore, only the criminals who have committed heinous crimes will be punished by this punishment, and many people will inevitably feel unbearable when watching the torture process, so there are not many people in history who have really been "lit by the sky lamp", one of which is Dong Zhuo, a great minister in the Three Kingdoms period.
Dong Zhuo was originally just an ordinary courtier of the Han Dynasty, but after he gained power, he waited for an opportunity to rebel, first capturing the capital, and then deposing Emperor Huan of Han, holding Emperor Xian of Han hostage, and taking sole power. Dong Zhuo was fierce in nature and did a lot of bad things, so he made countless enemies. When he rebelled, the forces of all sides immediately rose up in line with the situation, preparing to uphold justice and kill him as a great courtier.
However, Dong Zhuo himself has excellent ability, and there is a strong and heroic Lü Bu around him to help him, so all the forces can not help him. At this time, Wang Yun, the chancellor of the Han Dynasty, thought of a good plan, that is, to use the beauty plan to alienate Dong Zhuo and Lü Bu. So he sent the beautiful heavenly sable cicada to complete this task, and the sable cicada really lived up to expectations, mediating between Dong Zhuo and Lü Bu, and successfully separating the two of them, making them turn against each other, so that Dong Zhuo lost a big help.
After losing Lü Bu's help, Dong Zhuo soon lost power and was killed. But because Dong Zhuo really did many evil deeds, many people hated him, including Wang Yun. Wang Yun felt that it was too cheap for him to let Dong Zhuo die like this, and he should also torture his body to dispel the hatred in his heart. Therefore, he decided to torture Dong Zhuo's body by "lighting the sky lamp".
Wang Yun ordered people to dig a hole in the stomach of Dong Zhuo's corpse, insert a wick in the stomach, and light it, using the oil in the body as lamp oil to burn the corpse like a candle. Dong Zhuo himself is a big fat man, and the oil in his body is very much, and it is said that it took a whole few days to burn out his body. However, because Dong Zhuo was already dead at this time, he did not feel pain. But there was a woman who was "lit up" alive.
This woman' name was Zhu Jiumei, a famous beauty during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but it was precisely because of her beauty that she suffered bad luck. At that time, Yang Xiuqing heard that Zhu Jiumei was beautiful and matchless, so he became interested in her and wanted to occupy her. But Zhu Jiumei had a stubborn personality and refused to obey, and Yang Xiuqing, angry, wanted to force her. At this time, a female hundred chief was very sympathetic to Zhu Jiumei's plight and hid her, but Yang Xiuqing was rich and powerful and quickly found her.
In order not to involve the female hundred chiefs, Zhu Jiumei could only follow Yang Xiuqing, but she was stubborn in her heart and always refused to submit to Yang Xiuqing. Gradually, Yang Xiuqing lost patience and wanted to coerce Zhu Jiumei by executing the female hundred chiefs. Deeply humiliated and unwilling, Zhu Jiumei decided to poison Yang Xiuqing. However, before this plan could be implemented, Yang Xiuqing was known, and Yang Xiuqing was furious and ordered zhu Jiumei to be tortured by "lighting the sky lantern". In this way, a good beautiful woman was eventually tortured to death.