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Myths and Legends of China

The Murderer Executed

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
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The following day a report was presented to the Emperor, who gave orders for the immediate arrest and execution of the murderer of Ch’ên Kuang-jui.
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Yin K’ai-shan went with all haste to Chên-chiang, where he arrived during the night, surrounded the official residence, and seized the culprit, whom he sent to the place where he had committed the murder. His heart and liver were torn out and sacrificed to the victim.

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