Sixty-three, Wang Mang and her son
In fact, Liu Wu already knew a little about Wang Mang's deeds from the curator, but when he heard Huang Shuo say this, he was still greatly moved.
Wang Mang here turned out to be so amazing, but unfortunately, like Wang Mang in another world, she also left an infamy.
Many of her ideas may be too advanced, she broke the class barrier, so that the children of the common people can participate in social management, it is no longer enough, as for the idea of equality between men and women to build a harmonious society, in this world where women are in charge, I am afraid it will not work for a while.
The old man said again, in fact, Wang Mang's prestige is extremely high, after she was convicted, the entire Han Dynasty was shocked, whether it was men and women, they were all following a large number of followers, making trouble in the name of Wang Mang's revenge, and finally the Han Dynasty was implicated in the Wang Mang case and imprisoned, no less than 300,000 people, and it is said that until now, there are still people who risk their lives and ask for Wang Mang's rehabilitation.
Therefore, from the empress to the princess and the ministers, everyone was shocked and frightened by the word Wang Mang, not only forbidding the people to talk about this person, but even in this history book that only officials can read, like Wu Zetian, artificially erased most of the relevant information of the prince.
Huang Shuo said: "This senior is indeed admirable......"
Sun An said: "Yes, it's a pity that nothing helped us." ”
Huang Shuo said: "After being arrested, what happened to this senior Wang? Have you ever been killed? ”
The old man said: "The court originally wanted to deal with her in public, but it didn't succeed...... Because it was during the public execution, a strange light suddenly erupted from her body, and the executioner's knife could not cut it down, and at that time her light went straight to the clouds, and from a distance, this light looked like a human statue in the air, like a god, at that time, many people who watched the execution were stunned, and they all knelt on the ground, and after that, the court continued to use various methods, fire and water, or hanging or smashing, trying to kill her, but they were all protected by this light, and they couldn't kill ......"
Everyone exclaimed in unison, "Evil light? ”
Huang Shuo said: "It should be said that it is the Holy Light." ”
The old man said, "Yes, it is the Holy Light. That is the aura of her previous life and the aura of this life, the light that burst out when she was attacked by murderous aura, because many people witnessed this scene at that time, folk legends have that this is Prime Minister Wang Cheng did too many good deeds but was killed by traitors, so God came to bless her. It took many years and all kinds of means for the imperial court to suppress such a voice, and since then there have been palpitations in the heart, and for all those who have memories of their previous lives, even if they are worried about rebellion, they will not dare to execute again, but only dare to imprison. Because Wang Mang also said that God will not send her alone, there will be people in this world in the future, and such holy light will be emitted, according to the signs of heaven, the day when the holy light reappears is when the world is full of yin spirits and the world is facing another catastrophe. ”
Everyone looked at each other, and there were all kinds of feelings in their hearts, and it was difficult to describe them for a while.
Huang Shuo flipped through Wang Mang's notes, and finally said: "Hey, there is a song here, written in Jane...... Ode to the Yellow River...... I stood on the top of a high mountain, watching the Yellow River roll and run to the southeast...... This seems to be a song in the Yellow River cantata, and I have some impressions. You can still sing......"
As he spoke, he began to hum, but as soon as he sang, several people followed suit, and the old man's face lit up, and he also began to hum.
Liu Wu finally understood why he was arrested.
Because, he used the same symbols as Wang Mang, and such symbols should have been banned after Wang Mang, although Wang Mang's influence on this society was already ubiquitous at that time - but as a ruler, he still tried his best to hide all her related symbols, and Liu Wu actually knew these symbols, so they guessed that he and Wang Mang must have the same origin.
Everyone stopped humming, and Huang Shuo asked, "Old man, who are you, I guess, you must have a close relationship with Wang Mang." ”
The old man said, "You guessed right, I'm ......."
"Wang Mang himself?"
"No, Wang Mang is a woman, but he is a man."
"Yes, Wang Mang is actually his mother."
Everyone was amazed.
No one expected that this old man would be Wang Mang's son. No wonder he was kept here for decades.
"Are you here alone?" Big Joe asked.
"Originally, I had two older brothers, who were also imprisoned here, but unfortunately they both died of illness in prison, and in the end I was left alone."
"What about your mother?" Big Joe asked again.
"She is the culprit and a person with status, so she naturally has to be held in solitary confinement."
"Don't you feel lonely when you're here alone?" Little Joe asked.
The old man smiled bitterly: "It can be said that it is very lonely, plus the prison officials and villains, often scolded and made it difficult, and it is like a year to live alone here." If I hadn't been ordered by my parents to stay here and wait for the Light, I wouldn't have been able to stay any longer. ”
"You mean, you've always wanted to kill yourself?"
"No, my parents have repeatedly warned me that it is not easy for people to live, if they do not die for righteousness, then they must live, no matter how many setbacks and tortures they face, they must live and help their parents live."
"Then you still say that if you hadn't been ordered by your parents, you wouldn't have been able to stay a long time ago?"
The old man said lightly: "If you can't stay here, you don't have to die." ”
Huang Shuo said: "You mean, you can escape ......"
"Yes, you can escape."
"It's impossible, this tiger prison is a place where the imperial court prisoners are imprisoned, it is more heavily guarded than the lion forest, and there are many opportunities, not to mention people, even if it is a flying bird, it can't escape if you enter the tiger prison......"
This is not an exaggeration, it is true, birds cannot fly. The traps here are like nets, and it's hard to get out. ”
"I see, you're saying that someone will use all kinds of connections to get you out?"
"If you want to save it, I'm afraid it will be saved long ago. I couldn't save it in the early years, but now there are a few people in the whole world, who can still remember the people of our Wang family? ”
"You can't get out, and no one can save you, so you still say you can stay here?"
The old man said: "The reason is very simple. ”
"How?"
Wang Mang smiled but did not speak.
"You say, how simple is the reason, do you have any special method, or have you been discovered, there is a secret passage to freedom here?"
Wang Mang still smiled lightly.
Sun An couldn't help but say: "It's sold again, you can use it, let's just say it, do you really have a way to get out?" Is there any way to get out? ”
But at this moment, the door of the dungeon opened again.
A group of people walked in.
Wang Mang smiled mysteriously and said, "Okay, don't worry, after a while, you will know what the reason is." ”