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Chapter 4: Old Things


After a courtesy and greetings, Zhao Kang went straight to the point, telling what he had just seen and heard.

At the end, he bowed his hand to Zhao Lang and said, "Brother Huang, the palace maids of the courtiers and sisters-in-law have all seen this matter, it is definitely not a lie, and I ask the imperial brother to find out." ” Hearing this, Zhao Lang looked embarrassed, and asked Zhao Zeping, who was standing aside, "Does the prime minister have an opinion on such a strange and chaotic thing?"

” Zhao Zeping stroked his long beard, lowered his head and pondered carefully for a while, then raised his head, "The emperor, King Jin, I often hear people say that the older the house, the heavier the yin qi, although our palace looks new, but after all, it was rebuilt on the original site, and the minister wondered if it was the previous yin that remained in the palace, so it's just" Before Zhao Zeping finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhao Kang, "Prime Minister, if you count forward, it will be the Later Jin, is it the bane left by the stone noble?"

” Zhao Zeping shook his head slightly, "After Du Chongwei, a heavy minister of the Later Jin Dynasty, surrendered to the Khitan, Shi Chonggui was forced to surrender, and his family was captured to the Khitan, and he died in Daliao a few years ago, so I think this matter has nothing to do with him." ” Zhao Kang locked his eyebrows, "Who could that be?"

If you don't die a few palace maids and eunuchs, it will make the palace city unpeaceful, in this past dynasties, which imperial city is not dead?

” Zhao Zeping rolled his eyes, "Your Majesty the King of Jin, if it weren't for the previous dynasty, then you have to move forward a little further, do you think, who lived here before the Later Jin Dynasty?"

” As soon as Zhao Kang was reminded by him, he reacted at that time and muttered to himself, "In front of the Later Jin Dynasty was the Later Tang Dynasty, but the emperor of the Later Tang Dynasty, Li Cunqing, had the capital of Luojing and never built a palace here.

If you push it forward again, it will be Houliang, and this palace was built at that time," Speaking of this, he looked at Zhao Zeping intently, "What does the prime minister mean, the strange things that happen in the palace now are all related to Houliang?"

” Zhao Zeping pursed his lips and smiled, "Your Majesty, King Jin, and the minister were born in the market, and they have long been accustomed to unrestrained days, and when they have nothing to do, they like to put on civilian clothes and wander around the market, so there are some things that you know a little more than the two of you." ” Zhao Lang knew that he had guessed the truth of the matter, so he returned to the Wende Hall with the two, ordered the palace people to set up tea, and then asked Zhao Zeping to explain the truth of the matter in detail.

"Liang Taizu Zhu Wen was the first emperor of the Liang Dynasty, in the second year of Qianfu, he participated in the rebel army led by Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao, and successively captured Luoyang, Chang'an and other places.

In the second year of Zhonghe, he joined the Tang Army and jointly suppressed the Righteous Army with Li Keyong and others.

Because of his meritorious service in suppressing the rebels, he was given the name "Quanzhong" by Tang Xizong, and was appointed as the deputy envoy of the Henan Zhongxing Battalion.

In the following year, the Xuanwu Army was envoy to the Xuanwu Army, and then entered the King of Liang. ” With Bianliang as the center, he tried his best to expand his power, and gradually formed the largest separatist force in the late Tang Dynasty.

In the first year of Tianfu, Zhu Wen led his army into Guanzhong, forced Tang Zhaozong to move to Luoyang by force, and soon killed Zhaozong.

Li Ji, the son of Zhaozong, was appointed as the emperor, that is, Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty. ” In the fourth year of Tianyou, he seized the throne of Emperor Tang Ai in the form of Chan Rang, called the emperor on behalf of the Tang Dynasty, founded the country Liang, changed the year name to Kaiping, and was known as "Hou Liang" in history. ” Zhu Wen was greedy for beauty, and after his wife left due to illness, his unscrupulous nature was gradually revealed, and it is rumored that he often summoned his daughters-in-law into the palace and had fornications with them.

And Zhu Wen's sons not only did not stop Zhu Wen's incestuous behavior, but used their wives to compete for favor, win the favor of their father, and compete for the throne.

The wife of the adopted son Zhu Youwen, Wang, is the most beautiful, and Zhu Wen especially dotes on her, so he wants to make Zhu Youwen the crown prince. ” "It is precisely for this reason that he has brought death to himself."

"In the second year of Qianhua, Zhu Wen was killed by his parent-child Zhu Youqi because of the problem of succession.

In order to cover up people's eyes, Zhu Youqi temporarily buried Zhu Wen's body in the dormitory, and after killing Zhu Wen's heir Zhu Youwen, Zhu Wen's body was picked up, the news of his death was announced, and Zhu Wen's coffin was announced to succeed to the throne.

In November of the same year, Zhu Wen was buried in Xuanling. ” Speaking of this, Zhao Zeping will look at Zhao Lang, "Your Majesty, although Zhu Wen's death had his own reasons, but being killed by his own son and hiding in the dormitory was too miserable. ” These words were obviously said to Zhao Lang, but when Zhao Kang heard it in his ears, he suddenly felt a chill behind him, and a cold sweat fell in an instant.

Fortunately, Zhao Lang did not continue this topic, he looked puzzled, and asked Zhao Zeping, "Zeping, there is one thing I haven't figured out yet, this Zhu Wen has been dead for so many days, haven't Zhu Youwen and others found out?"

” Zhao Zeping smiled slightly, "Don't be anxious, the emperor is in a hurry, this is the main event." ” After Zhu Youqi killed Zhu Wen, he wrapped it in a mosquito net and put it in the bedroom, and kept it secret for five days, it was the height of summer, the weather was hot, and Zhu Wen died of a sword wound, and his intestines flowed all over the ground, and the corpse quickly became rotten and smelly, so Zhu Youqi ordered someone to dig a hole under the dragon bed and put Zhu Wen's body in it and seal it.

However, although the body was hidden, the problems of the previous dynasty were not solved, although Zhu Wen indulged in lust, he was still quite concerned about state affairs, and he would go to the court every day to listen to the government, and he did not delay for a day.

Zhu Youqi and his comrades summed up and found a lieutenant official who was similar to Zhu Wen's body to go to the court on his behalf, hid behind the curtain, and used his cough as an excuse to keep quiet, so as to make time to deal with Zhu Youwen.

In the first few days, the lieutenant also handled it very well, after all, this errand couldn't be simpler, he only needed to sit on the dragon chair, don't think about anything, don't say anything, and even take an occasional nap No one notices.

But on the fifth day, something went wrong.

It was a thunderstorm day like today, the raindrops of copper coins hit the tiled eaves, the whole main hall was smashed "dongdong", and the voices of the courtiers were drowned out by the noise of the noise, and nothing could be heard clearly.

But the lieutenant was a big-hearted man, and in this environment, he still leaned on the dragon chair, slept so much that he almost snored in the court.

"Boom."

A thunderbolt exploded directly above, finally waking the man from his dream.

He sat up straight with a snort, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and was about to hear what the ministers had said, when he noticed a white thing dangling above his head, and laughing at him as he shook it.