Chapter 317: The Crown Prince (17)

Liu Min wanted to tell about Zhao Guangyi's poisoning of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, but he still left three points on his lips; only said, "The father forced the third uncle, Dezhao, and Defang to death, and King Xiang went to ask for the life of the brother of the foreign witch; I still have to go to the northwest border, and my father doesn't suspect that you two have bad intentions! ”

Liu Min said this, and said after a moment: "The eldest brother wants to go to the northwest border, which is actually a great benefit to physical and mental health, and Minzi has already arranged it!" ”

Zhao Yuanzuo and Zhao Heng heard that Liu Min had already made arrangements, and the two looked at each other; I don't know what she meant by this arrangement, they all stared at her with wide eyes.

Liu Min said that he had already arranged to tell Lu Chengyu before, so that Lu Chengyu would ask for help in front of the emperor; He led the forbidden army to Xia, Yin, Sui, Xuan, and Jing to kill Li Jiqian.

Liu Min estimated that once Lu Chengyu asked Song Taizong for help, Song Taizong would not only agree; Moreover, Lu Chengyu will be awarded the sword of Shang Fang, which acts cheaply, and Lu Chengyu's subordinates and soldiers will be treated twice as favorably.

If Lu Chengyu makes the trip, then hiding Zhao Yuanzuo in the army is tantamount to an idea.

If Zhao Guangyi asked Zhao Yuanzuo's whereabouts, the maids Feng'er, Qing'er, Yin'er, and Yun'er only said that the eldest prince was sick and went to the border with the army of the concubine.

If Zhao Guangyi knew that Zhao Yuanzuo had gone to the border, not only would he not complain, but he would also be happy in his heart; Because his "crazy" eldest son can also go to the front line to kill the enemy, why not.

Then the problem is, Liu Min took Zhao Yuanzuo to the northwest border; Why don't you bring Zhao Yuankan, that is, Zhao Heng.

Liu Min also thought about this question, she knew that after Zhao Yuanzuo, Song Taizong wanted the second prince Zhao Yuanyou, also known as Zhao Deming, to be the Yin of Kaifeng Mansion; But Zhao Deming soon drank poisoned wine and died, and the throne was to be passed to Zhao Yuankan (Zhao Heng); Only then did he stay in the capital to watch the dynamics.

Of course, Liu Min didn't talk about this idea at the moment, she wanted to tell the brothers about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty forcing the crown prince Liu Ju; After telling the tragic story of Liu Ju and his mother Wei Zifu, he told Zhao Heng and Zhao Yuanzuo their plans.

Liu Min thought about it in his heart, so he fixed his mind: "Does the eldest brother know about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty forcing the crown prince Liu Ju to kill?" ”

Zhao Yuanzuo said: "When I listened to books in the school before, Yishan said it roughly; But the memory is not deep! ”

"Then the little sister will tell Brother Chong and Brother Heng the suspicious story of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!" Liu Min said calmly, cleared his throat and said, "The crown prince Liu Ju and his mother Wei Zifu were martyred in the suspicion of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!" ”

Emperor Wu believed in the art of immortality when he was young, and he became even more obsessed with it in his later years; During the years of Taishi and Zhenghe, he toured the east several times, following the example of Qin Shi Huang who sent Xu Fu to the East China Sea to seek immortals, in an attempt to meet immortals.

But the gods are ethereal, the traces are difficult to find, but there are continuous floods and droughts for many years, and the grains are not harvested, which makes Emperor Wu even more depressed.

Therefore, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was suspicious in his later years, and always felt that someone was going to kill him, and at this time, the villain Jiang Chong and Mrs. Gou Yi appeared.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty crossed the Yellow River in the north and saw that there was a blue and purple air in the sky, and felt strange, so he asked Fang Shi to ask.

Fang Shi said: "Blue and purple entangled, there must be a strange woman here!"

Emperor Wu ordered people to search as he said, and found a woman surnamed Zhao in the river; The strange thing is that the hands cannot be stretched out from the womb.

Emperor Wu ordered someone to massage and massage, but no one could make her stretch out her fingers.

Emperor Wu wondered and did it himself; Who knew that without effort, Zhao Nu's fingers stretched out with Emperor Wu's hand; Each hand holds a jade hook in his palm.

Emperor Wu was very surprised, and immediately took her into the harem behind the car, and set up a special place in the palace for her to live in called Gouyi Palace; called Zhao Nu Mrs. Hook Yi, also known as Mrs. Boxing.

After more than a year, Mrs. Gou Yi gave birth to a son named Fuling; Mrs. Hook Yi was promoted to Jieyu.

Mrs. Gou Yi was fourteen months pregnant before giving birth to a child, and Yao's mother in ancient times was also fourteen months pregnant before giving birth to Yao; Therefore, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty called the Hook Yi Palace as the Yaomu Gate.

When he was born, Emperor Wu was nearly seventy; People say that at this time, Emperor Wu was unable to give birth to children, and it must be Mrs. Gouyi who knew the Yellow Emperor's skills as a plain woman; It can make Emperor Wu rejuvenate and rejuvenate, and the old clam gives birth to pearls.

Later, Emperor Wu killed the crown prince and made Fuling the crown prince; But he was afraid that the son would be young and the mother would be strong, so he would think about interfering in the government in the future, and decided to put Mrs. Gou Yi to death.

Emperor Wu deliberately reprimanded Mrs. Gouyi, and Mrs. Gouyi took off the hairpin to apologize, which made Emperor Wu angry and ordered her to be dragged out and sent to the court prison.

When Mrs. Hook Yi was leaving, she looked back frequently, and her attitude was pitiful. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty said: "Go quickly, you may not be able to live." That night, he issued an edict to die in prison.

Emperor Wu was fortunate to be Mrs. Gouyi, and he was also old, and gradually felt that the disease and evil invaded the body, especially the last time he saw a man wearing a sword into the palace, he couldn't search for it, and he still didn't forget it, plus the case of Gongsun He, he gave death to his own two daughters, and he was even more restless, so he felt in a trance.

One day when I was taking a nap in the palace, I suddenly dreamed that many puppets were dancing and beating with wooden chimneys in their hands; Scared him out of a cold sweat and woke up suddenly.

After waking up, I was still frightened and couldn't calm down for a long time. At this moment, Jiang Chong asked to see him.

Jiang Chong started by informing, was ruthless, and won the trust of Emperor Wu.

Jiang Chong was originally a disciple of King Peng Zu of Zhao (Brother of Emperor Wu), and he once offended King Zhao and was afraid that King Zhao would punish him; He fled to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and exposed King Zhao's adultery with his sisters, and King Zhao was convicted of being knighted.

Emperor Wu saw that Jiang Chong was majestic in appearance and generous in speech, so he worshipped him as a direct messenger; Specializing in supervising the negligence of close ministers and nobles.

Once, Jiang Chong followed Emperor Wu to Ganquan Palace, and on the way, he met the prince Liu according to his family driving in the middle of the road and stopped the car.

When the crown prince Liu found out, he hurriedly pleaded with him; asked him not to report it, but Jiang Chong still reported Emperor Wu.

Emperor Wu thought that Jiang Chong was loyal and upright, and said that "people and ministers should be like this", so he promoted him to the captain of Hengshui.

Emperor Wu saw Jiang Chong and told him the scene in his dream, Jiang Chong deeply understood Emperor Wu's psychology, so he took the opportunity to conclude that it was Wu Gu's doing.

When Emperor Wu heard this, he was in the middle of it, so he sent Jiang Chong to investigate it on his behalf.

Jiang Chong just took the opportunity to commit adultery, he cited a few witches, dug everywhere, and once the puppet was dug up, he was arrested and interrogated.

In fact, the puppets dug up by Jiang Chong were all buried by him in advance for the wizards; In order to understand the idea and ask for merit and reward, Jiang Chong used a red-hot iron to roast the officials and people, forcing them to admit to burying the wooden people and cursing the court.

At first, the arrested officials and civilians refused to admit it, but because they could not bear the torture to extract confessions, most of them finally confessed falsely, so that tens of thousands of people were killed by Jiang Chong.

At this time, Jiang Chong was gaining power, and he thought about his future path. Jiang Chong offended the prince in many things, one was to impeach the prince's family, the other was to sell his direct pets, and then he created a Gu witch and killed the princes, and the prince also complained.

Jiang Chong knew that once the crown prince ascended the throne, he would have to be killed, so he wanted to take advantage of his power to bring down the prince.

The crown prince Liu was born to Mrs. Wei, and he was cautious by nature and was willing to reduce his crime and avoid prison on behalf of others, and he was quite famous.

Emperor Wu liked him very much at first, but later felt that he was average and not like himself, so he was not very satisfied.

Thanks to Mrs. Wei's reminder, the prince was not deposed if he had to bend the emperor's wishes.

Jiang Chong took advantage of Emperor Wu's psychology and teamed up with Su Wen, the squire of the Yellow Gate, to slander the prince.

Once, when the prince entered the palace to meet his mother, he didn't come out for a long time, so Su Wen took the initiative to say to Emperor Wu: "The prince doesn't come out of the palace all day long, I'm afraid it's messing with the palace maids!"

Emperor Wu did not answer, but only allocated 200 women from the East Palace to the crown prince.

The prince felt that something was wrong, and paid attention to the investigation, only to know that he was slandered by Su Wen, so he paid more attention to the inspection and did not dare to be careless.

Su Wen colluded with Xiao Huangmen Changrong again, and let him wait for an opportunity to slander.

Once, Emperor Wu was sick and asked Chang Rong to summon the prince, Chang Rong came back and said that the prince heard that there was a happy face behind him, and when the prince came in, Emperor Wu found that there were still tears on the prince's face, so he knew that Chang Rong framed the prince, so he pushed Chang Rong out and beheaded.

Seeing that his plan had been frustrated, Jiang Chong thought that he should grasp Emperor Wu's desire for immortality and belief in gods and witches.

Jiang Chong secretly sent a Hu Wu named Tan Ke to report to Emperor Wu, saying that there was a Gu Qi looming in the palace, and if it was not cleared quickly, it would be difficult for the emperor's illness to heal.

When Emperor Wu heard this, he really believed it, and immediately sent Jiang Chong into the palace to dig Gu for governance.

Jiang Chong held the edict, and according to the Daohou Han Shuo, the imperial history Zhang Zhen, Huangmen Suwen and Hu Wu Tanke into the palace to dig Gu, not much was dug up elsewhere, but the queen and the queen palace dug up a lot of wooden people, especially in the prince's palace, and also dug out the silk book, on which were written some evil and incomprehensible words, obviously a rune map, Jiang Chong did not ask about the indiscriminate, as evidence, and threatened to sue the emperor.

The prince did not bury the puppet, but now that it has been excavated, it is difficult to argue, he knows the temper of Emperor Wu, and immediately panicked, not knowing how to deal with it.

Hurriedly summoned Young Fu Shide and asked him for advice. Shi De knew the stakes and was afraid that he would be implicated and punished, so he offered advice to the prince and said: "The former prime minister Sun He's father and son and the two princesses were killed because of this crime, and now they have dug up the wooden man rune from your palace, even if they know that they are framed, it is impossible to discern it." Now the plan is to catch Jiang Chong and the others first, ask the facts, and then think of a way. ”

The prince asked in surprise: "Jiang Chong and the others came with the emperor's edict, can they be arrested without authorization?"

Shi De said: "The emperor is recuperating in Ganquan Palace, he can't be a director, and the traitorous ministers dare to act like this, they must have deceived the emperor, if they don't send troops quickly, won't they repeat the mistake of the prince of the Qin Dynasty Fusu?"

When the prince heard this, he also felt reasonable, but without any preparations, he pretended to pass on the holy decree, recruited the warriors, and captured Jiang Chong. Han Shuo and others died in battle, but Su Wen and Zhang Jian fled to Ganquan Palace.

The crown prince executed Jiang Chong, burned Hu Wu Tanke, and sent people to Weiyang Palace to inform the Queen Mother, open the arsenal in the palace, and let people guard the gate of Changle Palace.

Su Wen and the others rushed back to Ganquan Palace, saying that the prince had rebelled, and Jiang Chong and others had been arrested.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty understood at this time, and said to Su Wen: "The prince has changed, I am afraid that he is digging out the witch Gu for Jiang Chong, call him quickly, I want to inquire clearly." ”

When the envoy left, Su Wen gave him a look, the envoy understood what Su Wen meant, but also feared that Su Wen would be killed, so he didn't dare to summon the prince, so he ended up betraying him, and he hid outside the Ganquan Palace for a long time, and came back to Emperor Wu and said: "The prince has indeed rebelled, not only did he not want to come, but he almost killed me......"