Clo was dead.
Jiang Shu, wearing a thick, fleece-lined sweatshirt, instinctively took a sip of soy milk but failed to pick up a steamed bun from his plate.
Displayed on the Simulated Light Screen was an official video that had just been released.
In the video, a man with a cloth sack over his head was being shoved before a medieval gibbet. He was held in place by two Mechanical Soldiers standing behind him, motionless beneath the gallows.
The gallows, painted with black lacquer, stood like a vast stage with three or four massive logs forming its frame. From the middle crossbar of the frame dangled a rope, its end tied into a noose.
Hanging, an execution method exclusive to the old Nobles but considered an insult to them because of the immense pain experienced upon death, was a form of punishment that had been abolished even in the old days.
Now, to create such an insulting gallows was indicative of the Three Major Groups' rage over Clo's actions.
