The first year of the levy and the first year.

Emperor Wu was old and faint, and witchcraft was prevalent.

At that time, it was believed that the shrine of a sorcerer or a puppeteer buried in the ground would curse the complainant, and the cursed person would have a disaster.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was obsessed with women in his later years, and many beauties in the harem fell out of favor one after another.

In order to regain the favor of the emperor, the harem invited many witches into the palace, trying to achieve their goals through witchcraft, and at the same time casting witchcraft on those they were jealous of.

For a time, the harem was confused, and there were incidents of implicating the ministers of the court and the central government because of the witchcraft of the harem.

Two years of enlistment.

Gongsun Jingsheng, the son of Prime Minister Gongsun He, was accused of witchcraft and curse Emperor Wu and committed adultery with Princess Yangshi.

Gongsun He's father and son were imprisoned and died, and Princess Zhuyi, Princess Yangshi, and Wei Qing's son Changping Hou Wei were all killed.

Emperor Wu's favored minister Jiang Chong was ordered to investigate the witch Gu case, and used torture and framing to force people to confess, and the ministers and the people were frightened and arbitrarily accused others of crimes, and tens of thousands of people died as a result.

Jiang Chong and the crown prince Liu Ju had a gap, seeing that Emperor Wu was old, he was afraid that the prince would be guilty of him after he ascended the throne, so he took the opportunity to frame the prince, and framed the prince with the case Hou Han Shuo, the eunuch Su Wen and other four people.

The prince was frightened, and in order to protect himself, he had to raise troops to kill Jiang Chong.

Later, he was suppressed and defeated by Emperor Wu.

Empress Wei Zifu and Prince Liu Ju committed suicide one after another.

Those close to the prince and the guardians, and even the gatekeepers, were brutally bloodbathed, and the blood of the unjustly killed was poured into rivers, and the whole of Kyoto was enveloped in this terrifying atmosphere.

Hundreds of thousands of people were implicated in this incident, and it is known as the scourge of witchcraft.

Every time Wei Yan reads this history, his heart is blocked.

I feel sorry for the Wei family, I feel sorry for the stupidity of Emperor Wu in his later years, and I feel angry for Jiang Chong Suwen's treacherous villains.

If Wei Qinghuo is still sick, I'm afraid it won't come to this.

"Brother Yan, you're sighing again."

The voice next to his ear pulled Wei Yan back to reality, and turned his head to look at the young man who would dominate the fate of the empire in the future, and said bitterly: "I'm sorry, Brother Yan was implicated by us not long after he came. ”

Wei Yan came to his senses.

Reality is not all history.

Jiang Chong is not dead, and many people are not dead.

Perhaps Emperor Wu read the letter of the third elder of Huguan Ling Gumao, and suddenly woke up to the fact that the prince had been wronged, and immediately issued a pardon.

Maybe the crown prince and other families have room for redemption.

"I hope so."

Wei Yan didn't want to be beheaded as soon as he crossed over.

He looked at the young man next door, and pretended to be calm and said: "The meal you choose, even if it is prison food or death penalty food, you have to eat it, no wonder others." My uncle and aunt and I came from the countryside to ask for food, so what kind of food is not rice? As long as you can eat, you have no regrets when you die. ”

Liu Yi looked at him with some surprise.

When this distant cousin first came, he was not like this, he was cowering, timid and restrained, and he was afraid when he saw a carriage or a large number of people, but now he was facing the fate of being beheaded, but he was so calm and calm, which really surprised him.

It may be that you are facing life and death, and you suddenly see through it.

Liu Yi no longer spoke, and looked at the outside of the cell, the only light that spilled from above, in a daze.

was originally a noble grandson, and his father was a prince above 10,000 people under one person, but overnight, he ended up in such a situation.

Whoever it is, for a while, it is difficult to accept.

Wei Yan glanced at him, and wanted to comfort him, saying don't worry, you will be safe, but he is not sure.

After all, this is the Great Yan Empire, not the Great Han Empire in history.

Anything can change.

Suddenly, the cry of a baby could be heard in the cell.

Wei Yan turned his head to see that a woman was holding the baby in the corner, breastfeeding the baby, but the baby was still crying, and the woman's face was full of anxiety.

Looks milkless.

I don't know if it's because of the fright, or if it's because of the lack of milk.

The woman almost cried out in a hurry, hurriedly held the baby, squeezed through the crowd, knelt in front of the iron fence and cried outside, "My lord! My lord! Please, give me some rice soup. ”

But there are so many people who are noisy, and many people are crying and shouting for grievances, and they can't be heard outside at all.

Maybe I heard it, and no one paid attention to it.

They are all death row prisoners, and they will be beheaded in two days, who will care?

The woman cried, and the baby cried, but they were all drowned out by the noise.

At this time, a middle-aged man in a black official robe walked in with a group of armor soldiers, and his murderous momentum suddenly made the noisy voice gradually quiet down.

The middle-aged man glanced at the prisoners in each cell, and Fang said coldly: "The prince has rebelled, he has been defeated and fled, and you are all in the same party, and the crime is unforgivable!" Today, on the orders of His Majesty, I am here to escort you and others to the execution ground and make a decision! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was terrified.

The cell, which had just been quiet, immediately became noisy again, with cries of injustice, cries for help, and begs for mercy.

Wei Yan secretly screamed "unlucky", he is probably the shortest time traveler in life.

Just as he stood up and was about to go out to die, Liu Ai suddenly grabbed the iron fence and said loudly: "Where is the prince? Have you escaped? ”

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, glanced at him, and said coldly: "Escape for the time being." But under the whole world, it is not the king's land, where can he flee to? ”

Liu Yi's heart was already relieved, and he didn't speak again.

At this moment, a young eunuch hurriedly ran in with a document in his hand, panting and said: "Lord Ji, Your Majesty has an order, the children of the royal family and the children of the Wei family, stay for the time being, and wait for all the thieves to be arrested and brought to justice. The rest of them were beheaded. ”

The official surnamed Ji immediately received the order and sent someone to call the warden in charge of the prison, take out the list of prisoners, and screen them one by one.

In the end, more than half of them were forcibly removed from their cells and sent directly to the execution ground.

Liu's two servants were also taken away.

Originally, Wei Yan was also beheaded.

He is just a relative of the Wei family, he can't be regarded as a child of the Wei family, and he can't even compare to the slaves of the Wei family, but at the critical moment, Liu Yi has saved him.

Liu Yi had already grabbed his arm from the iron bar, preventing the soldiers from taking him away, and said loudly: "He is my brother, my father's son-in-law. is not only a disciple of the Wei family, but also a disciple of my Liu family! You can't take him away! ”

The official surnamed Ji saw that he was the emperor's grandson, and Wei Yan was indeed surnamed Wei, so he had no choice but to give up.

It's just an ordinary teenager, it's nothing to take one less, anyway, when the prince is arrested and brought to justice, everyone will be beheaded.

Wei Yan was really scared into a cold sweat.

After everyone left, the cell suddenly became empty.

Originally, there were thirty-five people in this cell, but now with him, there are only nine.

The woman with the baby in her arms was also taken away.

As for the baby in her arms, she was naturally not immune.

The Son of Heaven is angry, regardless of whether you are an old man or a baby.

After being quiet for a while, Wei Yan suddenly turned his head to look at the silent young man next door and said, "Do you have a sister?" ”

Liu Yi was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes, what's wrong?" ”

Wei Yan looked at him strangely and said, "What's wrong?" Didn't you just say that your father personally recognized me as his son-in-law? What about your sister? ”

Liu Aiji: "......"

"Brother Yan."

At this time, a little girl's voice suddenly sounded behind her, and she said crisply and sweetly: "Here, I am his sister." ”

Wei Yan's expression froze and he looked back.

A little girl of eight or nine years old stood there prettyly, with messy hair and wrinkled dress, but her eyebrows were picturesque, her eyes were like water, clear and innocent, and she was looking at him with a smile.