Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 393 The Witch's Calamity
Sitting in the car, Liu Chang played with the wild boar tooth in his hand.

"I heard that this thing can be made into a horn, but I don't know if it's true"

Liu Chang asked with a smile.

Before Lu Lu could answer, Yuan An opened his mouth and said, "Since Your Majesty has read the book of sages and sages, you should know that it is not a matter of life, and obey it. Your Majesty wants to be a righteous person, but also a righteous person?"

Liu Chang hesitated for a long time, and slowly put down the wild boar tooth in his hand.

He didn't answer, cleared his throat and asked, "Lu! What do you think?"

Lu Lu turned around in "surprise", "Ah? Your Majesty, I'm concentrating on driving, what are you asking?"

Liu Chang looked at him with disdain, and then looked at Yuan Ang sincerely, "You are right! I am short of ministers who dare to persuade like you, I will definitely remember your persuasion, don't worry! "

Seeing that His Majesty was so good at talking, Yuan Ang did not continue to dwell on this issue, nodded, and continued to look forward.

Qunxian is different from the fake Qunxian's dictionaries. Like the real Qunxian's dictionaries, they are all simple and clear, such as King Wu spit meat, Shang Tang released birds, set three laws, pumped water and fished, as soon as you heard it. It's great to be able to understand what it means, to express your thoughts accurately, and to be easy to understand. However, false sages use allusions and always dig from the cracks of the words. You must not only be able to read, but also get Memorize it, and the allusions may come from anywhere.

If you want to connect with these allusions, you have to be very familiar with the sources of the allusions, and you can only answer them by reciting them.

Therefore, the false sages of this era are debating, and ordinary people sitting on the side can't understand anything, and ordinary people are not worthy of debating with them. If you don't even understand what others say, then you are debating what?

And this allusion used by Yuan An is of course from "Mencius", Mencius said: "Is it not the order, obey its righteousness, so the one who knows the order does not stand under the rock wall! The one who does his best and dies is the right order! The shackles of the dead are not righteous lives!"

After all this time, Liu Chang didn't talk to Yuan Ang much anymore.

He chatted with Lu Lu very happily.

"The first emperor is really not as good as me. It took him more than ten years to build the road, and how much manpower was used to complete it. Look at me, it only took me a few years, and there were not many people who were recruited, so he did it. Impossible to do!"

"Then why do you still send someone to guard his imperial mausoleum and repair the imperial mausoleum for him?"

Lu Lu is also very strange. The first emperor's tomb was in ruins for a long time. Xiang Yu burned down the ground buildings with a fire, leaving the tomb as tall as a mountain. Liu Bang didn't want to see the first emperor. Dahan, it belongs to zzzq to oppose the violence of Qin, and there is no exception. Whoever dares to say that Qin is good, then don't stay in Dahan, go to accompany the first emperor.

The Han Dynasty completely ignored the tomb of the First Emperor, and did not send anyone to guard it, worship it, or repair it. After the emperor who did not want to be named and restarted the corporal punishment found his country, he set up the Emperor Temple. There were [-] emperors, including Liu Bang, Liu Xiu, and even Kublai Khan, but there was no first emperor.

By the time of a certain Shiquan old man who did not want to be named, the number of emperors enshrined in the Emperor Temple had reached 180. Almost all the kings with names and surnames in the Han Dynasty were selected, and even Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms period was also selected. , Even the kings of the Ming Dynasty were basically all selected, and they even enshrined all the kings of the previous dynasty, but still did not enshrine the first emperor.

Not long ago, Liu Chang actually sent someone to repair the ground buildings on the first emperor's mausoleum, and found the people from the Qin State's royal family, and asked them to guard the emperor's mausoleum, allowing them to perform sacrifices.

This behavior of Liu Chang made the ministers somewhat incomprehensible.

As the emperor, how could you take the lead in such an incorrect behavior?
Liu Chang didn't care much. Legalists didn't dare to speak at such a time. The imprint of Qin's remnants on their bodies had not completely disappeared. They didn't dare to say anything more on such sensitive matters. The Confucianists' reaction was Much to Liu Chang's surprise, he thought that with the Confucian hatred for Ying Zheng, he would definitely oppose it with all his strength.

But it is only a few factions in Confucianism who are opposed to it. The rest of the factions actually support Liu Chang's behavior. They also believe that it is ritual to set up sacrifices for the king. Even if he is a tyrant, he is also a king. The sacrifice of the Shang, the behavior of Your Majesty, is not the virtuous act of the ancestors?

But Lu Lu knew that his Majesty never cared about etiquette, and he didn't understand Liu Chang's behavior very well.

Liu Chang said with emotion: "In the past, I heard that Tingwei caught a group of thieves. These people wanted to dig the tomb of the first emperor and were caught by the local pavilion."

"I think it would be my dereliction of duty if a man who destroyed six kingdoms was bullied by a villain!"

"Besides, this fellow is quite powerful, hahaha, Orc Enze, can't let him riot in the wilderness, right? Those villains in the world say that I am a tyrant, in case the big man also perishes like Shang, Zhou and Qin in the future, I hope that too. Someone will set up sacrifices for me and repair the imperial mausoleum!"

Lu Lu was shocked and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty! The country of the Han Dynasty will last forever, and it will last forever. Don't say such unlucky words!!"

"Hahaha, it's all farts!"

Liu Chang laughed wildly.

But listening to such "deviant" words, Yuan Ang didn't say a word. This person doesn't usually like to talk much. Liu Changkou said a few words, but he didn't pay attention at all, unlike the ones arranged by Uncle Suntong at the beginning. The person who monitors the etiquette, but if Chang Liu takes action, he will try his best to dissuade him. As for things like repairing the emperor's mausoleum for the first emperor, despite the great controversy outside, there is no other voice around Chang Liu.

The legalists were reluctant to open their mouths. Someone once came to see Yuan Ang, hoping that he would persuade Liu Chang in his own capacity.

Yuan Ang replied: "The prosperity of the country is because of the people. At the beginning, the Qin state had so many troops, and they couldn't prevent its own demise. Now that he has perished, what is there to worship a dead person? , the big man has the heart of Limin, even if Qin's army of one million appears again, he can easily defeat him!"

Although Yuan An was in the same group as Luan Bu, his academic views seemed to be more inclined towards Mencius.

However, there have been many factions of Confucianism in recent years, and they have merged with each other. It is impossible to say who is like who. They all have something from each other, and even things from other schools.

Because of the speed, Liu Chang's speed was relatively fast.

Soon, Liu Chang had appeared in Liang Guo.

King Liang was very happy with Liu Chang's arrival. He had been thinking about this younger brother all the time. Liang Guo was the closest to Chang'an, but he could not visit at will.King Liang also learned that Liu Chang had twins, and expressed regret, why didn't you bring all your sons?
At the banquet, Liu Chang sat in the upper seat and looked at the ministers of Liang State.

Zhang Yan was sitting in the group of ministers, and his whole person took off his original childishness, sat quietly among the group of ministers, and took a sip of hot tea without rushing or slow.

Liu Chang is completely disappointed with these people. Liang Guo seems to have some kind of magic power. No matter who Liu Chang sends to come, he will be turned into a loyal supporter of the Huang-Lao School.

Shall we send Zhidu to be the prime minister?
"Your Majesty, come, don't be in a daze, eat, this is what you love to eat. I know you are coming, and I specially prepared it for you, hahaha~~"

Liu Hui smiled, all kinds of delicious food were piled up with the case in front of Liu Chang.

Liu Chang took a big mouthful of food, "Brother, you can eat less. How fat you are. Do you still know what your feet look like?"

"I've been practicing swordsmanship with everyone recently, but there's still no change."

"Eat more vegetables and less others, and it will probably be useful."

After the banquet, Liu Hui took Liu Chang to rest, but Liu Chang brought Zhang Yan with him.

Looking at this You Zi, who was releasing Huang Lao's laziness from the inside out, Liu Chang said disappointedly; "When I asked you to come to Liang Guo, what did I say to you? Do you remember? ?"

Zhang Yan hesitated for a moment and said, "Remember."

"Then why did you become like this? Didn't you ask the ministers to supervise them?"

"No. Your Majesty"

"Call Uncle!"

"Uncle, this Liang Guo really has nothing to do. I can't do anything. What should I urge?"

Zhang Yan's eyes were also full of despair.

"Forget it, forget it, you can do it here in peace."

Liu Chang waved his hand, "I don't send anyone anymore."

Liu Chang stayed in Liang State for another four or five days, and followed his brother hunting in various places. Liu Hui was quite happy, but the warhorse he rode was a little unbearable.

Liu Chang left Liang Guo and continued toward Jinan.

"When did she die?"

Zhang Shizhi walked into the inner room, raised his head, and carefully observed the interior decoration.

"Zhang Gong. What do you mean? My wife passed away, and I am saddened."

"Wu Jun!!!"

Zhang Shizhi shouted that Liang Zouhou Wuzui was cut off, and stared at him with a very sharp look. Under his gaze, Wu Zui's face flushed, and he said angrily: "If you can't give me an explanation today, I will Of course I won't let you go! My grandfather used to follow Emperor Gao."

"When your grandfather fought with Emperor Gao, didn't he put rouge on his body?"

"How dare you humiliate my father!!!"

"I never humiliated your father, it's just the smell of rouge on your body. It doesn't look like you have suffered the pain of your deceased wife."

Wu Zui's face changed immediately, "I just miss my wife, so I smell the rouge she used."

Zhang Shizhi did not reply.

And Wu Zui didn't dare to stop him any more, and let Zhang Shizhi look around.

"The Son of Heaven died suddenly at three quarters. There are four retainers, Xin, Xu, Meng, and Hu."

"Your wife is seriously ill, why is there no maid by your side?"

"Where is your wife's maid?"

Zhang Shizhi asked.

"When I saw them, I thought of my wives, so I asked them to go back. When my wife was seriously ill, I specifically ordered them to avoid me. I don't know why, probably because I was afraid they would be sad."

Wu Zui explained, and then asked bitterly: "Eunuch Zhang, you are the ninth minister of the temple, how come you have started to pay attention to such trivial matters??"

"Life is at stake, is this a trivial matter?!"

"No. I'm just saying it doesn't seem to be up to you"

Zhang Shizhi nodded, "You're right, this was originally out of my control, but the Queen ordered that if I wanted to find out, I had to come."

This is the case. Empress Cao often summons the female relatives of ministers to come. Among them, because Wu Zui's wife is often beaten by Wu Zui, the empress is very fond of her and often sends people to inquire about the situation, and sees her from time to time. However, recently, the wife of the Wu family had not come to see the queen for six days. The queen felt that something was wrong, so she sent someone to inquire, only to learn that she died suddenly two days ago.

Empress Cao was naturally furious. She felt that the wife of the Wu family had always been in good health, but suddenly she died suddenly, most likely because of her beloved, so she directly ordered that Zhang Shizhi was brought in and asked him to come over in person. Check this out.

Although Empress Cao is very gentle on weekdays and doesn't like to interfere in government affairs, if she wants to intervene, there is no problem. After all, it is the beginning of the Han Dynasty. To be a queen, there is no clear statement on what the queen can and cannot do.

Zhang Shizhi was very sharp. He suddenly came to investigate this matter, just to see Wu Zui's reaction.

Wu was most panicked and frightened.

This piece of Shizhi is understandable. After all, the minister of the Manchu Dynasty was suddenly visited by the Tingwei. Who wouldn't be afraid?

However, Wu Zui's next reaction made Zhang Shizhi begin to doubt him. He blocked Zhang Shizhi's investigation everywhere, all kinds of prevarication, and even his servants dared not speak, so he asked him to go to the maid. Do not cooperate.

This is very wrong. If Wu Zui's wife died of illness and he was afraid of Tingwei, he should actively cooperate with him and clear his suspicions as soon as possible. Why would he block his investigation like this?
His behavior was very strange, and Zhang Shizhi always felt that something was wrong.

But he was already convinced that Wu Zui's wife was probably killed by him.

"I want to open the coffin. Let Ling Shi check the cause of your wife's death."

The so-called "Lingshi" is today's "forensic doctor", specializing in leading subordinates to conduct autopsy and biopsies. The establishment was during the Warring States Period. In the Han Dynasty, there were already many Lingshi, and each county established three. There are also many salaries.

Hearing this sentence, Wu Zui's face was full of fear.

"No! How can this be so?! This is blasphemy, this is disrespectful"

"I heard that you beat and scold your wife on weekdays, and you are accompanied by many beauties outside, but I don't know how you love her so much."

"I"

Wu Zui obviously couldn't stop Zhang Shizhi. After checking by Ling Shi, he was able to confirm that the wife of the Wu family did not die of illness, but was strangled to death.Zhang Shizhi immediately won Wu Zui, but Wu Zui did not plead guilty, insisting that it was done by his followers and had nothing to do with him.

And his retainers did plead guilty, claiming that he killed himself.

Even if Zhang Shizhi threatened to kill the clan, this courtier insisted that it was his own doing.

The murderer dies, but the murder of slaves is only the removal of the country and the title.

Just when Wu Zui was in Tingwei's prison, this incident had spread throughout Chang'an and became a new topic for Chang'an people.

When the queen heard about this, she was very angry. She immediately went to Changle Palace, found the queen mother, and told her about it.

That night, the people sent by the Queen Mother came to Tingwei.

"This is against the law! It should be handled by Tingwei!"

Zhang Shizhi led Tingwei's officials to block the door, refusing to let others in.

The person who came was Hou Feng, the captain of the Chengmen school. Hou Feng had soldiers at the city gate. They were well-equipped and had a large number of soldiers. Not afraid of it, just when the two sides were arguing and Hou Feng was about to give the order, the Queen Mother's frame came here.

Empress Lu leaned on a cane and got out of the car with the support of the attendant, her eyes were full of gloom.

With her white hair and her body hunched over, she stepped into the courthouse step by step, and everyone who was still holding a weapon immediately stopped.

Hou Feng hurried forward to meet him.

Empress Lu just looked at him indifferently, "Why can't you do this thing?"

"The queen mother. This minister is negligent. Even a stubborn minister is not good at killing His Majesty's minister."

Hou Feng was also very helpless.

Empress Lu slowly looked at Zhang Shizhi, and under her gaze, Zhang Shizhi was also a little speechless.

"Zhang Shizhi does not obey the edict, arrest him."

Empress Lv said, and immediately the soldiers pushed Zhang Shizhi to the ground and gagged his mouth. Zhang Shizhi could only groan, then Empress Lv looked at Hou Feng, "Take him and his retainers. They were interrogated separately and asked about the reasons for the incident. Wu knew best that his wife and the queen knew each other. If he could force him to kill, there must be some other reason. Tingwei and these idiots only stared at the murderer, but did not find out. The reason, this Zhang Shizhi should be punished."

"only!!!"

These people then fell into Hou Feng's hands.

Regarding Hou Feng, there are not many records of later generations, but it is said that he was the most loyal minion of the Queen Mother, and that he was cruel and vicious, and did many bad things for the Queen of Lu. After the fall of the Lu family, the family was executed.

Wu Zui thought that Tingwei's criminal law was very harsh, but after falling into the hands of Hou Feng, he began to miss Tingwei.

Hou Feng is an out-of-the-ordinary torturer. He doesn't care what the law is, whether he is guilty or innocent, he just keeps torturing these people, and he wants to know the reason from their mouths, all kinds of cruel criminal laws, in Hou Feng. It is very common here. Some people in later generations speculated that the criminal law that Empress Lv imposed on Mrs. Qi was executed by Hou Feng himself.

After five or six days of torture, two retainers could not stand the torture and died. One who survived was already insane, while the other screamed and told the truth.

Hou Feng hurriedly went to Changle Palace and reported the matter to the Queen Mother.

"What?! Collusion with the witch to curse and kill the emperor?!"

Empress Lu's eyes widened, and her face suddenly became very hideous.

Wu Zui waited for a series of people who held a grudge against the emperor, and recruited witches, asked them to perform sacrifices, cursed the emperor, and buried them at home with puppets, trying to kill the emperor in this way. When his wife saw that she wanted to expose her beloved's behavior, Wu Zui really ordered his retainers to kill her after she was discovered.

At that time, Wu Zui didn't care whether the queen would find out that if she was alive, it would be a treason, and she would rather bear the crime of murder than the crime of treason.

At that moment, the queen mother was furious.

Dahan's first case of witchcraft disaster began like this.

ps: This witchcraft really made a big man miserable. This kind of harmful thing should be asked by a certain King Li to give it a thorough understanding.

(End of this chapter)