Chapter 52: The Ten Clans (2)
Fang Xiaoru is not a simple person.
It is said that before Fang Xiaoru was born, Fang's father coincidentally obtained a piece of feng shui treasure suitable for burying the bones of his ancestors.
Father Fang was overjoyed.
However, that same night, Father Fang had a very strange dream.
Father Fang dreamed of a white-bearded old man, dressed in a red robe, bowing to him and begging bitterly: "I have been living in this piece of land that my husband bought for many years, and I would like to beg you to give me another three days' grace to wait for my children and grandchildren to move to a new house, and then you will build a tomb, and you will surely reward him for his great kindness in the future." ”
The red-robed old man respectfully bowed to his father, said three times in a row, and told his father to break the ground and build a grave for three days, and then bowed and left.
After Father Fang woke up from a dream, it was very strange. Where did the old man come from is talking nonsense.
Dreams are ethereal, and Father Fang is a person who doesn't believe in gods and ghosts. What's more, the next day is the chosen auspicious day, how can it be postponed for three days because of a dream.
Therefore, the next day, Fang's father still ordered people to dig the soil and build the tombs of their ancestors.
Digging underground, a cave was discovered, and hundreds of red snakes were found in the cavern. Father Fang was furious and ordered someone to burn all the red snakes to death.
If so, strange things happened again. That night, Father Fang dreamed of the red-robed and white-bearded old man again.
Lao Suo burst into tears, and cried bitterly: "Last night, Lao Su sincerely begged Mr. for a three-day grace period, and if you refuse, why do you want to burn the eight hundred descendants of Lao Su alive?"
After Fang Xiaoru's father woke up from the dream, he was very surprised, he didn't believe in gods and ghosts, and thought to himself how could there be such a bizarre thing.
Later, Fang Xiaoru was born shortly after the tomb of his ancestors was built. I heard that when Fang Xiaoru was born, there was a red mole on the back of his neck, which was like red tears.
After Fang Xiaoru grew up, he rose all the way to the top of the ranks, and became a bachelor of Hanlin, both loyal and filial. It seems that it is really good feng shui for the ancestors' graves.
Today, Fang Xiaoru, as a generation of Confucian scholars, has protégés everywhere, was an official in his early years, fair and honest, preached and taught, and was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and many people supported him.
Therefore, His Royal Highness King Yan sincerely wanted to ask him to write an edict to announce it to the world.
Fang Xiaoru was directly rejected, and the Confucian idea of loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness was deeply rooted.
One day, His Royal Highness King Yan sent someone to announce Fang Xiaoru's filial piety to the palace.
I saw Fang Xiaoru wearing linen and filial piety, standing in the main hall with tears in his eyes, he was here for the Jianwen King who was burned to death in the rebellion.
Seeing this, King Yan personally walked down and persuaded: "Mr. Fang doesn't have to suffer so much, this king just wants to emulate Duke Zhou and assist him as king." ”
Hearing this, Fang Xiaoru glanced at him and asked, "What about Cheng Wang?"
King Yan replied, "He died by self-immolation." ”
"Then why don't you become the son of the king?" Fang Xiaoru asked again.
King Yan thought for a while and said, "The country cannot be without a long king." ”
"In this case, why don't you make the king's brother the king?" Fang Xiaoru asked again.
King Yan was speechless and had no choice but to say, "This is my family matter." Sir doesn't have the right to ask so much, so please write an edict now, and I will immediately send someone to release your family. ”
Fang Xiaoru sneered, took the pen, and glanced at him again. turned around, turned his back to King Yan, and wrote four big characters with a pen, "Yan thief usurped the throne" in one go.
When King Yan saw it, he was furious: "Aren't you Fang Xiaoru afraid of destroying your nine clans?"
Fang Xiaoru stood on top of the main hall, laughed, and said, "Even if we destroy my ten clans, our filial piety will still not write this kind of edict for a person who seeks to usurp the throne!"
King Yan was furious: "Okay, I will destroy your ten clans!"
Being punished by the Nine Clans is already a great punishment, and it is simply uprooting a person and his relatives and beheading them all over the house.
Where did the Tenth come from?
What the emperor said, the king did not joke.
Fang Xiaoru's tenth clan had to be arrested and killed, as had trouble with his teachers and friends, his protégés, apprentices, and their clansmen.
At this time, the Wen Mansion did not know that in the early years, Wen Shaoqing worshiped Fang Xiaoru by chance, which made them about to face a catastrophe.