Joke---The Clever Condemned Man

The king captured a prisoner who had plotted rebellion and decided to sentence him to death. However, the king was in a good mood that day and decided to give the prisoner a chance. "I grant you leave to speak your last words," the king said to the prisoner. "If what you say is true, I will hang you; if what you say is false, I will behead you. Choose for yourself!" The prisoner thought for three seconds and then shouted to the king: "I will be beheaded today!" The king was stunned for a moment: If he were to behead the prisoner, his statement would be true, and according to the rules, he should be hanged. But if he were to hang the prisoner, his statement would be false, and according to the rules, he should be beheaded. The king's head throbbed, and finally, he waved his hand and said, "Enough, enough, you may go!"