(The final point of this article is from Pony Serial's "The Past Is Like a Flower in the Song Dynasty.") Thanks to Little Pony)

Guess who made this wooden sign? I believe that 2/3 of the people will say that it is Zhao Kuangyin, and the remaining 1/3 will say that it is Li Chongjin. Let's interrogate the suspects one by one:

Suspect No. 1: Zhang Yongde. Zhang is honored and unfortunate to do this position, coupled with the identity of the son-in-law of the first emperor Guo Wei, he has become the first object of suspicion. Of course, no one is so stupid, and it is obvious that setting himself on fire is not something Zhang Yongde would do. However, Zhang was still very unfortunate to become the first victim of the wooden card incident. This can only be said that Chai Rong would rather miss the decision made under his thoughts, and the real criminals are still at large.

Suspect No. 2: Li Chongjin. Li and Zhang held the same position, and they were both the top leaders of the forbidden army. The identity is also the same, they are all imperial relatives of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The abilities are also similar, and they all have a lot of military merits. And Li and Zhang have long had contradictions. As early as the Huainan front, there had been an unpleasant secret letter incident. What's more, Li Chongjin was in front of Guo Wei's sickbed back then, and Guo Weiqiang pressed his arrogant head down and knelt down for Chai Rong in front of hundreds of officials. Does he have any hatred for Chai Rong? Can you have no ambition for the throne? In Chai Rong's opinion at that time, nine out of ten were Li Chongjin's killing two birds with one stone. But most importantly, we couldn't find any evidence. But it's okay if you don't have evidence. For such a major event as rebellion, we have always preferred to kill a thousand by mistake rather than let go of one! So Chai Rong's class returned to the dynasty, but he threw Li Chongjin to fight the Northern Han. The question is, is it necessary for the Northern Han to fight? In addition, Li Chongjin couldn't beat Shouzhou City back then, let alone let him go to Taiyuan, which was higher and deeper in the city? There is only one possibility: Chai Rong did suspect Li Chongjin. So let him be outside, and the affairs of the Jingshi can't be taken care of. Later, Empress Dowager Fu and Fan Zhen transferred Li Chongjin to Yangzhou, which was farther away. So if it was really Li Chongjin who used this plan to kill two birds with one stone, then he would also have lost 1,000 enemies and 800 self-inflicted losses.

The ultimate winner of the benefit is often the one who started the incident? So there is the third suspect: Zhao Kuangyin. Because we all knew about it later, the emperor ticket was checked in front of the palace, and finally Zhao Kuangyin, the lucky one. It may be that Zhao Kuangyin has a loyal and generous face, and his bold style has confused Chai Rong. However, Chai Rong really lost his son and soldiers this time. In fact, it is very simple to break the proverb on the mysterious wooden card, and directly abolish the position of checking in front of the palace. Maybe Chai Rong thinks that this is the creation of the first emperor Guo Wei, and the son can't change his father's way. But Chai Rong, do you still remember that the first emperor had his last words: I heard folk rumors that the Zhao family should be the son of heaven. Therefore, I got rid of this person as soon as possible, so as to protect my great Zhou for ten thousand years... That's right, Zhao Feng was killed, but Chai Rong, isn't your newly appointed inspector still surnamed Zhao?

Is there any evidence to support that this mysterious wooden card was done by Zhao Kuangyin? Originally, there wasn't, but there was one later.

Not long after Chai Rong's death, the proverb on this wooden plaque, "Check to be the Son of Heaven", was known all over Kaifeng City. Of course, this is someone creating public opinion for Zhao Kuangyin's final imperial robe. But it stands to reason that only Chai Rong and the author of the wooden card will know these five words? Chai Rongding would not tell anyone such a rumor that was unfavorable to him. So who leaked these 5 words? It is clear that there is only that author!

There is ironclad evidence. Is there any circumstantial evidence? Yes! First, Wang Pu died, Chai Rong was seriously ill, and Zhao Kuangyin's ambition suddenly swelled. There were also two bystanders who were as clear as a mirror. The imperial history Zheng Qi and the counselor Yang Huizhi once quietly wrote a book to expose Zhao Kuangyin's disobedience. But Chai Rong didn't listen. He was completely deceived by Zhao Kuangyin's chubby face. The second is obvious, as soon as the mysterious wooden card came out, Zhang Yongde was dismissed, Li Chongjin was released, and all good things were towards Zhao Kuangyin. In addition, Chai Rong died of illness, and the young lord ascended the throne. Zhao Kuangyin's obstacle to the emperor of Zhou became extremely bright all of a sudden (if you want to say that the obstacle is only Han Tong), this is too coincidental, right? If you insist on saying that no one is behind the means, then you must have received Zhao Kuangyin's money.

But must the mysterious wooden card be from Zhao Kuangyin himself? To know the way, this northern expedition is no better than the previous one. Chai Rong is facing the most powerful Khitan, and Zhao Kuangyin is his confidant. Can he rest assured that he will give Zhao the troops to act alone like the previous expeditions to Huainan? Judging from historical records, Zhao Kuangyin himself has been following Chai Rong closely in this northern expedition. Does he have a chance to make this wooden card? In addition, this wooden sign should be able to intimidate Chai Rong, indicating that it does have some magic. It has to be done very quaintly, not just take a board and write it casually. It has to look like an ancient artifact or something, so that it can function as a prophecy board. Zhao himself should not be able to do it.

From this, we can infer that this suspect is literate (nonsense), has excellent carving skills, can have such things as thousand-year-old wood, and is a warlock or has knowledge in this area. Let's interrogate the suspect again from the Zhao Kuangyin group:

Suspect No. 4 is a group of people, the so-called Zhao Kuangyin's 'Ten Brothers of the Righteous Society'. But it's a pity that most of these nine benevolent brothers are illiterate, and whether these five words can be denied is a big question.

Suspect No. 5: Zhao Guangyi. My conclusion about this person's coffin is: Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother, the second emperor of the Great Song Dynasty. A super-conspirator, a masterful forger of documents, and a failed military strategist. To say that Zhao Guangyi does have this potential: he loves to read, and he is usually quiet, and he looks like a bad guy at first glance. But he was only 21 years old at the time of the Mystery Wood Plaque Incident. Maybe in ten years, he could be a good carpenter. However, they do not yet have the extensive knowledge and carving skills required to make sacred trees.

Suspect No. 6: Zhao Pu. This person was born as a small official, has some level of education, and has mixed contacts, so he may be a superb craftsman. But Zhao Pu's cultural level is really not high, and in the reading movement initiated by Zhao Kuangyin after the establishment of the Song Dynasty, he was named by the emperor and asked to make up for cultural classes. And the textbook he tutored was called the Analects. I searched through the Analects, but I couldn't find anyone who taught me how to do carpentry. Therefore, unless Zhao Pu's comprehension is abnormal, and he can learn the method of making a divine tree in the Analects, it will not be him.

Maybe we took a detour at the beginning and tried our best to find this mysterious person by Zhao Kuangyin's side, ignoring the other peripheral figures.

Let's go back and look at the clue again: this suspect is literate (nonsense), has excellent carving skills, can have something like a thousand-year-old wood, is a warlock or has knowledge of it. That's right! We forgot the most crucial thing: the Warlock background.

Don't move! Hands up! Suspect No. 7: Chen Tuo! First of all, he had read books, and when he was a Taoist priest who understood metaphysics, and did a miscellaneous Taoist study, he had a great chance to learn some carving. And he has more materials, just remove a piece of wood from an ancient Taoist temple in Huashan, and he can make a fake antique with a long history. Secondly, he has a close relationship with Zhao Kuangyin, and can even be said to be Zhao Kuangyin's civil propaganda minister. created many rumors that Zhao Kuangyin should be the emperor in the future: 1. Song Taizu gambled on chess and lost Huashan; 2 There is no Son of Heaven in the world, and today the Son of Heaven is a burden; 3 met Guo Nai'an, and the beginning of the week. Two days of heavy light, sac wood should be prophesied; 4 Chen Qiao mutiny, Zhao Kuangyin said that after the emperor built the Song Dynasty, this person happily fell from the donkey to the ground, and after getting up, he added the amount with his hand, "The world will be determined from now on". Third, this person is dissatisfied with Chai Rong. When Chai Rong summoned him from Huashan to Bianliang, in fact, Chen Tuan was full of joy, thinking that he could achieve his life's ambitions. However, Chai Rong only gave him a left-behind official. To put it bluntly, he is a counselor, and he is a petty official of seven or eight grades. How can I say that I, Chen Quan, now have the reputation of an old fairy in Huashan, just give me a sesame mung bean official? Chen Jian got angry and shook his hand and went back to Huashan. At this time, Chai Rong realized that he had gone too far, and asked Tao Gu to write a letter of consolation, but it was too late. In the Song Dynasty, Chen was treated with great courtesy by successive emperors. He became a famous Taoist and was known as the ancestor of Chen Tuan and the sleeping fairy by later generations. We know that it is very difficult to become a famous religious figure without political power and support behind it.

To sum up, Chen Shu is the author of the mysterious wooden card! At the request of Zhao Kuangyin, he brewed this 'thousand-year-old divine tree' that was so powerful that it changed history.