Prisoner who escaped death by a narrow margin

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In ancient Greece, there was a king who once wanted to execute a group of prisoners. At that time, there were two methods of executing prisoners: one was beheading, and the other was hanging. Suddenly, the king had a strange idea: “I want to play a joke on these prisoners.” By the way, let them choose their own way of dying and see what they say. It must be very interesting. ” Thinking of this, the king sent the executioners to announce to the prisoners, \"By the order of His Majesty the King – you may choose any method of death. You may say anything; if what you say is true, you will be hanged.\" ； If it’s a lie, beheaded. ” Such a decree is really strange. Yet, the fate of these prisoners was in the king’s hands; since death was inevitable, they had no need to overthink things and simply said whatever he told them. As a result, many prisoners were hanged for telling the truth or beheaded for telling a lie ； Or perhaps they were beheaded for saying something whose truth could not be verified immediately, and it was considered a lie ； Or they were hanged for being considered to be telling the truth because they couldn’t speak. The king was happy to see them all executed one by one. Among these prisoners, there was one who was very intelligent. When it came to his turn to choose the method of execution, he cleverly said something to the king, and after hearing that, the king spared his life. What did this prisoner say? The prisoner cleverly said to the king, “You want to behead me!” ” When the king heard this, he felt very troubled; if his head were really to be cut off. Then what he said is the truth, and those who tell the truth are to be hanged ； But if he were to be hanged, then his statement that \"they want to cut off my head\" would become a lie, and lies deserve to be beheaded; yet what he said was not a lie. His words are neither true nor false, so he cannot be hanged nor beheaded. The king could only wave his hand and say, “Then we have no choice but to spare the immortal.” ” The king’s strange decree was immediately revoked—this was the only way things could end!