The law of the Tang Dynasty stipulates: "Those who escape and hold people hostage will be beheaded. Both the Ministry and the neighbors know that those who avoid quality are unqualified, only two years (above the quality period, those who are close to their ancestors are unqualified). "
That is, the kidnappers all beheaded. This is the most severe criminal law compared with later generations.
But it is also possible to sentence Tang law. The criminal law in six dirty things, that is, robbery, will be lighter. But the most important thing is beheading.