Evil, I want to know you and live a long life.

There are no mountains and no tombs, and the rivers are exhausted.

Thunder and tremors in winter, rain and snow in summer.

Heaven and earth are together, but dare to be with the king.

After all, Du Wu did not step into the ancestral hall again. For several days, he was nestled in his small yard, he didn't know what else he could do, but he also knew that he couldn't do anything. Two days later, in the afternoon, Wang Mang entered the ancestral hall and stayed for about an hour, and then Wang Yu's body was carried out. And Wang Mang stayed inside until the time of the lamp before coming out.

The five-day court meeting arrived, and at the beginning of the day, Du Wu avoided Wang Mang and deliberately rushed to the side hall of Weiyang Palace early to wait. It was midsummer, the sky was not yet bright, the sky was full of stars, like human eyes, Du Wu looked up at the sky, imagining which star was Wang Yu.

After a while, the ministers had almost arrived, and began to chatter in the side hall, and several people were talking about the auspicious things that had recently appeared. The sacrificial wine came over and asked Du Wu: "I have heard about the prince recently, is it true?" ”

Du Wu looked around and nodded. The sacrificial wine sighed and advised: "Brother Xian, be careful, I think An Hangong may still have a follow-up move, foolish brother, get out as soon as possible, so as not to fall into this quagmire." ”

While the two were talking, Kuang Xian walked over, and Du Wu and the sacrificial wine stepped forward to salute. Kuang Xian didn't speak, patted Du Wu's hand, and walked into Jiuqing's ranks.

The Great Dynasty Meeting began, and Du Wu and the sacrificial wine were all officials under six hundred stones, and they were not qualified to enter the palace to face the king, so they could only wait outside. I only heard a slight quarrel in the hall, and then the quarrel quieted down again. After standing for almost an hour, a little eunuch came out to announce the end of the early dynasty, and everyone bowed three times and bowed nine times, and after the three princes and nine secretaries left, they began to work in their own places.

In the past few days, Pipa has been exhausted, and every time Du Wu goes out, she is a little frightened, for fear that she will never see her husband again. After Wang Yu was killed, under his own strong request, Du Wu finally agreed to the round house. Lying in Du Wu's arms that night, the whole person was like a fool, saying something out of tune, she never thought that she would talk for so long, and she never cherished the time with Du Wu so much as that night.

When it was almost time for lunch, Shisu ran over crying, saying that her grandmother had fainted. During this time, Shisu's life was very sad, and the whole person was haggard. Thinking about it, my father was killed, my mother was arrested, and I couldn't take revenge, so I had to go to my grandmother to cry and ask my grandmother to come forward to save my mother. The old lady stayed in the backyard all day, and she didn't know anything about the things in front of her, which was of course the reason why Wang Mang deliberately blocked the news. When the old lady learned that her eldest grandson was killed by her son, she fainted directly without a mouthful of phlegm, and then the whole family became a mess. The old housekeeper drove the carriage to the palace, Wang Mang stood up with filial piety, and this matter must be informed to him as soon as possible.

The news of An Hangong's mother's illness spread all over Chang'an at once, and the entire capital moved. From morning to night, there was an endless stream of high-ranking officials and dignitaries who came to visit, and the gifts were even more varied, and there was a street lined up, which made Wang Mang, who didn't want to see guests, had to open the door of the mansion and bring a pale-faced old woman in Tsing Yi to receive him at the door. Du Wu took a look, stole Wang Mang's name with Zisu, and the two sneaked out of the Great Sima Mansion.

Yeting is the women's prison of the Han Dynasty, and most of the concubines or female officials who lost in court battles are imprisoned, and Wang Mang originally wanted to imprison Lu Yan in Yongxiang. Yongxiang is also the women's prison of Dahan, which was originally used to hold some female political prisoners. After the death of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, Empress Lu's most jealous concubine, Mrs. Qi, was imprisoned in Yongxiang. Empress Lu hated Mrs. Qi to the core, so she punished her for rice. In ancient China, before entering the Industrial Revolution, rice was a manual job. In ancient times, after the rice or millet was harvested, the rice or millet was pulled from the plant by manpower or cattle on flat land and turned into husked grain. Next is the part of Chung Mi.

The mortar used for the rice is slowly hewn from a large piece of stone. After the mortar is made, there are almost a few hundred catties, and four or five people can carry it. The mortar is buried in the ground, the mouth of the mortar is slightly higher than the ground, and the unhulled grain is placed in the mortar. Because the mortar is very large, the corresponding body will also be very large, usually made of the trunk of a whole tree, one end is tied with a pestle, covered with an iron sheet to make rice, and the other end is equipped with a handrail for the person who is making rice to grasp. The man who is making the rice is like a seesaw and presses the huge body down and waits for it to rise, separating the husk from the rice with the pestle one by one. Ordinary people's rice is generally the work of adult men, and two people have to work together.

In order to torture the prisoners, the prison will not do so many labor-saving measures at all. Within a few days, Mrs. Qi had a haggard face and a mental breakdown, and she missed her son, so she wrote a song "Song of Chungmi" on the wall of Yongxiang:

The son is king, and the mother is captive.

All day long, twilight, often with death.

Three thousand miles apart, who should sue the woman?

Unexpectedly, this song turned out to be Mrs. Qi's masterpiece.

When Empress Lu heard this, she was furious and directly ordered to kill Mrs. Qi's son------ Liu Ruyi, the king of Zhao at that time. But before he could get rid of his hatred, Empress Lu sent someone to cut off Mrs. Qi's limbs, gouge out her eyes, cut off her tongue and ears, poured copper juice into her ears and throat, and then threw her into the toilet, and sent people to watch her day and night until Mrs. Qi died of pain. Pity a big beauty who is like a flower and jade, and was made into a human being by the vicious Empress Lu. But she was not satisfied, so she asked her son Emperor Han Hui to watch, originally wanting her son to see the cruelty of politics, but the young Emperor Han Hui was so frightened that he couldn't get out of bed for a year, and after his body recovered, he began to indulge in alcohol, and no longer paid attention to the government, and died not long after.

Since then, there has been a legend in Yongxiang, saying that Mrs. Qi, who died unjustly, would look for a ghost to avenge the death in Yongxiang, and Yongxiang gradually fell into ruin, except for the most heinous female prisoners, ordinary prisoners would not be imprisoned in Yongxiang. However, Lu Yan can have such a good treatment entirely because of the fetus in her womb.

After deceiving the guards of the court with their names, the two finally met Lu Yan, who had been imprisoned for ten days. When Zi Su saw his mother, the two hugged and cried, and Du Wu also became sad on the side. Although Wang Mang sent someone to bring delicious meals every day, how could Lu Yan be able to eat it, he hadn't seen it for ten days, his originally round face had been thinned down at the moment, his eye sockets were deep, bloodshot eyes, and the whole person looked like he had lost his soul.

The two cried for a while, and Zisu suddenly turned around and kowtowed to Du Wu: "Master save my mother, Master save my mother......" Du Wu leaned down and helped Zisu up: "Now it's useless for you to beg me, it's better to go and ask the queen, in An Hangong's place, I have no weight in speaking, otherwise how can I not save your father......"

"What did the gentleman say? What's wrong with my husband? Lu Yan, who was still sitting just now, pounced all of a sudden, grabbed Du Wu's shoulders and shook it vigorously, her voice was too anxious, and her voice was a little hoarse.

"Mother, my father was killed by Ah Weng, woo woo ......"

Zi Su lay in Lu Yan's arms and cried again, causing several jailers to look sideways, but they didn't dare to scold loudly, so they had to watch from a distance.

"Sure enough, when they didn't come back the next day, I guessed if my eldest brother had been killed too?"

Du Wu nodded painfully, and the feeling of weakness welled up in his heart for the second time, he clenched his fists and said nothing.

What should have happened finally happened, but Lu Yan was a little relieved: "Zisu, my child, get up, you have to live well, follow Mr., live well." Don't think about avenging your parents, born in such a family, there is no choice. ”

She turned her head again and looked at Du Wu: "Sir, please take care of Zisu in the future, Lu Yan has thanked Mr. here." ”

After speaking, he kowtowed to Du Wu, and then stood up: "You Ah Weng don't kill me now, because I still have the blood of the Wang family in my stomach." Sir, do you know? When I got married to my husband, everyone said that we were a match made in heaven. My husband loves to write articles, I haven't read many books since I was a child, and many words I learned later were taught to me by my husband. I miss those days. Thunder and tremors in winter, rain and snow in summer. Heaven and earth are together, but dare to be with the king. Husband, the Netherworld is extremely cold, and I have come to accompany you. ”

With that, he slammed the bowl beside him to the ground, picked up a piece of broken stubble, and cut his throat at once, and slowly fell backwards, bright red blood gushed out, but the corners of his mouth had a smile of relief.

"Mother!"

Everything happened between the lightning and flint, and it was too late for Du Wu to react. At this moment, Zisu was already crying into a tearful person, Du Wu held back his tears, dragged Shisu up, carried it on his shoulders and hurriedly escaped from the court, and there was a noise behind him.