If we want to talk about the most cruel torture in ancient China, then it is still the first to recommend Ling Chi, first of all, let's look at Ling Chi's record in the history books:
"The law is inches and inches, and it will be left to the body, and then it will be cut off, and the woman will be closed, out of her internal organs, to complete her life, to dissolve the branches, to break her bones, and then to have it."
In layman's terms, it is a thousand knives, and there is a saying in the folk called "a thousand knives", which is most likely related to Ling Chi. But you may not think that the felony of Ling Chi is actually not far away from us, and even now there is a picture of the last person who died after Ling Chi.
This person is Kang Xiaoba, he is a Tianjin native, living in the Guangxu years, is a thief wandering in Beijing, Tianjin, his story has even become the Tianjin people's cross-talk material, Mr. Lao She also wrote a short story - "Eight Taiye".
This Kang Xiaoba is by no means an ordinary thief, it is said that he has extraordinary martial arts, and he is cruel by nature, he has been a chicken and dog thief since he was a child, and he is even more lawless when he grows up. He once led bandits to rob the officials and silver many times, but the incompetent Qing government repeatedly encircled and suppressed them without being caught. Finally, it was to use the way of offering a reward to lure folk masters to arrest Kang Xiaoba.
Empress Dowager Cixi was so pleased with the arrest of the thief that she ordered him to be taken to the Summer Palace to see the man for herself. As a result, Kang Xiaoba once again exerted his rogue nature, and did not hesitate in front of Cixi's face, not only did not kneel, but also spoke ill of Empress Dowager Cixi, mocking her long face.
The externally incompetent Empress Dowager Cixi was still very tough on the inside, and personally ordered the execution of Kang Xiaoba Lingchi, and there are still photos of Kang Xiaoba being killed on the Internet, which looks very cruel, and interested friends can search for themselves.