Chapter 40: Bloodbath in the Court
Don't look at the old man Yangxiong is not young, but he is still vigorous and resolute in doing things, his current position in the dynasty is a doctor, and his place of work is Tianlu Pavilion, responsible for managing and revising the world's books. Yangxiong doesn't like to talk because of his stuttering on weekdays, likes to meditate, and has no hobbies, doesn't chase wealth, doesn't worry about poverty, doesn't deliberately cultivate conduct, lives casually, free and easy, and is true, that is, because of this, in the eyes of the world, Yangxiong is a talented and high-minded Confucian, and many literati want to become his protégés, in addition to being knowledgeable, he can also improve his value.
Since Zhen Feng started the year before, it took a lot of effort to let Yangxiong accept his son Zhen Xun as his protégé.
Although Zhen Xun is a Mao Dehou, an official residence and a Jingzhao Dayin, he is still very honest in front of Yangxiong, but honesty also means that he will study hard, and Zhen Xun's mind is full of money through this gilding to increase his worth, so that he can please a woman.
This woman's name is Wang Yan, she is Wang Mang's eldest daughter, she is twenty-seven years old, she is slim and elegant, and her appearance is outstanding, Yangxiong has long known about this, otherwise he would not have agreed to Liu Xiu's request with confidence.
On this day, Yang Xiong saw that Zhen Xun was always absent-minded, so he pretended to be angry and knocked him, and said sarcastically: "If you don't want to grow up like this, unless the talisman appears again, your career will stop here." ”
"Talisman!" Hearing these two words, Zhen Xun was like an initiation, why didn't he think of such a good way.
The more he thought about the whole plan, the more Zhen Xun felt that it was feasible, he couldn't wait to say goodbye to Yangxiong, and ran away with a stinking smile, but he didn't notice the weird smile on Yangxiong's face at the same time as he left.
Sure enough, after more than ten days, there was a sudden collapse on the outskirts of the imperial city of Chang'an, and an ancient monument appeared underground, which wrote that the new dynasty should set up two uncles in Shaanxi, Zhen Feng was the right uncle, and Taifu Pingyan was the left uncle, imitating the old example of Zhou Gong and Zhao Gong.
God opened his eyes, after this talisman was presented to Weiyang Palace, Wang Mang really approved it. Zhen Xun saw that the talisman was effective, and the original worries in his heart disappeared, but he didn't know that Wang Mang was already angry in his heart, but for the sake of face, he had to pretend to accept the will of the sky.
The authorities were fascinated by bystanders, Zhen Xun once again planned the time of the talisman, but he didn't realize that he had been tricked, Liu Xiu and Wang Sunqing and a total of ten others had already stared at him after receiving Yangxiong's notice, ready to arrest him at any time.
When the second talisman appeared in the Imperial City of Chang'an, Wang Mang's mood was already bad, so much so that the words on the talisman completely served as the fuse of the explosives package.
"The queen of Emperor Ping of the Han clan should be Zhen Xun's wife." Wang Mang lifted the stone tablet and fell into a slump, and shouted and scolded angrily: "The Huang royal family is the mother of the world, how can he be Zhen Xun's wife?" ”
Before the news came out in the palace, Zhen Xun was full of hope that Wang Mang would approve it again and marry his daughter, so that he could be his son-in-law.
Who knew that what came from the palace was not surprise but fright, Zhen Xun knew that it was self-defeating, and planned to run to find his father Zhen Feng for help, but as soon as he took the guards onto the street, he was coerced by Liu Xiu, Wang Sunqing and his party with daggers.
"Shhhh You'd better not shout, or I'll kill you if I'm afraid. ”
"Old man Yang hurt me!" Seeing that the guards around him were all controlled, Zhen Xun really lived in vain for decades if he couldn't guess it.
Not long after Zhen Xun disappeared, the Tiger Ben Army surrounded Zhen's Mansion, and the guards were frightened, and they ran into the inner hall and shouted for the head of the family to come out to deal with it. Zhen Feng, as the first general, must still have the momentum, and on the spot, he summoned the generals and guests to take up arms and confront the Tiger Army.
After the arrogance is over, and the face is gone, Zhen Feng naturally has to ask his son what crime he has committed, and after Guangluxun explained the situation, Zhen Feng was so frightened that his soul flew out of the sky, and ordered the generals and guests to surrender on the spot, and fully cooperated with the Tiger Ben Army to arrest Zhen Xun and tie him into the Weiyang Palace to apologize. At this moment, the son must die, but no matter how Zhen Feng looks, he can't find Zhen Xun. Because Zhen Xun's team had long been hidden by Liu Xiu in the dark room of Tianlu Pavilion.
Guangluxun's backer was already at odds with Zhen Feng, and he fought in the court last month because of the fierce quarrel, and both of them were punished.
Zhen Xun couldn't find it for a long time, Guangluxun asked Zhen Feng if he had hidden the person, his tone was aggressive, which made people very uncomfortable. Zhen Feng is a minister from the dragon, and he is the first general of the dynasty, even if his son makes a mistake, at most he will be dealt with according to the laws of the court, how can the little Guangluxun dare to bully me?
Zhen Feng didn't calculate that he would be touched, he just nudged during the quarrel, Guang Luxun immediately fell to the ground and called for help, and the two sides fought inexplicably in a hurry.
The incident was out of control, and when the news reached Wang Mang's ears, I don't know how many times the version was modified by the public's fantasy.
Wang Mang was furious on the spot, and issued another holy decree.
"Give yourself the death penalty." Holding the hot holy decree, Zhen Feng's face turned pale, and he shouted loudly to see Wang Mang, Guangluxun didn't want to bird him, stretched out his hand, and the soldier stepped forward to forcibly pour poisoned wine into Zhen Feng. Then he searched Zhen's mansion according to the order, and saw that Zhen Xun could not be found, so he hurriedly went back to his life.
Wang Mang ordered Zhen Xun to be wanted and his henchmen to be investigated, and found out that Liu Di, the son of the national teacher Liu Xin, Liu Yong, Liu Xin's disciple Ding Long, and Wang Qi, the younger brother of Dasikong Wang Yi, were all friends of Zhen Xun, so he arrested them all and put them in prison and interrogated them one by one.
This is the crime of killing the head, who is willing to admit that he has a share.
Just when the development of the incident continued to heat up, Zhen Xun suddenly appeared on the street, but his hands and mouth were injured, he couldn't write or speak, he was still trying his best to shake his head to exonerate his friends, but when he heard his uncle talk about his father's accident, the friends not only watched the fire from the other side, but even the people who fell into the well, everything changed, Zhen Xun began to point out all irrelevant people, so more and more people were implicated, and these people who were arrested and brought to justice were speechless, and all of them were condemned to death by Wang Mang.
When the Tiger Ben Army came to arrest people, he did not shout injustice, but just wrote a lyric on the spot to express the anger in his heart and jumped down from the attic.
Although the attic is not high, it can also be fatal to the elderly, and Yang Xiong fell and was seriously injured.
In Guangluxun's impression, Yangxiong is an honest man, and now he is half dead. Out of soft-heartedness for a while, he left someone to guard it, and he returned to the palace to tell the tragic situation, indicating that Yangxiong did not know, so Wang Mang ordered Yangxiong to be exonerated and only ordered the rest to be executed.