Chapter 19 Bamboo Forest "Ghost Punishment", the tyrant died

Liu Ziye lived a licentious life every day.Once, in the Bamboo Forest Hall of Hualin Garden in the back garden of the imperial palace, he ordered the maids and guards to prostitute themselves naked together, and he himself got involved in it, hugging left and right, having a great time.After a while, the emperor felt that this was not exciting, so he ordered a group of animals to be brought in, such as dogs, horses, sheep, monkeys, etc., crowded together to fill the whole room.Left and right didn't know what he was going to do, so he ordered the maids to have sex with these animals in public, and anyone who dared not obey would be killed immediately.The maids were scared out of their wits, and one of the maids refused, Liu Ziye immediately killed her.Seeing that the emperor was so vicious, the others reluctantly obeyed.Immediately, the Zhulin Hall became an out-and-out hell on earth.Only then did Liu Ziye feel very excited and happy.

At night, while recalling the wonderful scenes of the day, he went to bed contentedly.After a while, I had a dream.I dreamed of a woman with hair disheveled and shouting: "The emperor is so licentious and immoral, he should die immediately!" After waking up, Liu Ziye was very unhappy, so he searched among the court ladies and found a woman who looked similar to the woman in his dream. Killed.But I didn't expect to have another dream at night, dreaming that the woman he killed scolded him: "You killed me in vain, I have already sued God, you can't escape!" Liu Ziye felt a little scared this time, so he I asked a few wizards to show them, and after seeing them, they said: "There is a ghost in your majesty's back garden." When the emperor heard it, it turned out to be a ghost. , Are you still afraid of a few little ghosts?So, this "mage" led his sister Princess Shanyin, the concubines and maids of the sixth palace, together with those wizards, organized a large and mighty ghost hunting brigade, and stationed in Zhulin Hall.

However, the emperor did not expect that at this time Zhulintang was indeed full of murderous threats, but what was waiting for him was not a ghost, but a human being. It turned out that before this, the emperor heard someone say that "there is a son of heaven in Hunan", which naturally aroused his great vigilance. Liu Yu, the "Pig King" King of Xiangdong, became murderous and planned to kill this "pig", but he has been busy with lust recently, so he didn't take care of it for a while.Liu Yu got a little wind and was terrified. He knew that the emperor was vicious and extremely violent.At that time, the emperor's uncle, Jiangxia Wang Liu Yigong, could not understand his licentiousness, and planned to raise troops to abolish him, but was denounced by his subordinates.The emperor led his troops into his mansion and killed him and his four sons. Still feeling unrepentant, he dismembered his body, disemboweled him, and gouged out his two eyes. Soaked in honey, known as "guimu brown".Liu Yu thought about how many times he almost made the emperor cook a roast pig, and it was all thanks to the help of "Killer" Liu Xiuren that he got through.Now that the little emperor really wanted to kill him, he might have to turn into a "ghost eye brown".At this time, the little emperor was going to catch ghosts again, and he took Liu Xiuren, the "King of Killers" and Liu Xiuyou, the "King of Thieves", but he was the only one left behind.That meaning is already very clear, after killing the ghost, it is time to kill the "pig".At this time, Liu Yu had to think of a way to save his life.

Therefore, Liu Yu began to secretly contact the emperor's bodyguard.These guards followed this moody master, trembling all day long. They didn't know when the head on their necks would no longer belong to them, and they had long been very dissatisfied with him.It just so happened that Ruan Dianfu, Liu Yu's secretary, was from the same town as Shou Jizhi, a close confidant of the emperor, so by virtue of this relationship, he introduced Liu Yu's confidant, Qian Lansheng, to the emperor.From then on, Qian Lansheng reported all the movements of the little emperor to Liu Yu.Qian Lansheng also took this opportunity to win over the emperor's bodyguards, and he was very successful. Soon, most of the emperor's bodyguards, including his closest confidant, Shou Jizhi, were drawn to Liu Yu's side.They conspired to assassinate the little emperor and support the "pig king" to ascend the throne.

But the emperor didn't know about all this. He came to Zhulin hall with great interest, thinking that there would be a "mage" who appeared in person, followed by a lot of wizards and other professional ghost hunters, so there would be no need to bring guards along. , So I only followed a group of Yingying Yanyan.Holding a longbow and big arrows, the emperor wandered around looking for traces of ghosts, intending to shoot them to death when he found them, but he still found nothing after wandering for a long time.The emperor was very displeased, but he felt that it could not be done in vain, so he ordered the wizards to make a human shape with straw and hang it up high. Then the emperor shot several arrows at the scarecrow, which was regarded as shooting the ghost to death.

Shooting the ghost, the emperor felt a sense of accomplishment, so of course he had to celebrate it, so he held a big banquet in the Zhulin Hall, hugging left and right, drinking and listening to songs, having a great time.At this time, suddenly a group of people broke in with knives, led by Shou Jizhi.The little emperor saw that although he was his confidant, he also felt that something was wrong, so he took out his bow and arrow and planned to shoot him.I don't know if he was too flustered, or if there was a real ghost at work, he fired several arrows but failed to hit them.At this time, his group of Yingying and Yanyan were frightened and fled in all directions, so the little emperor also started to run away.As soon as the emperor ran away, Shou Jizhi started chasing him. The emperor didn't expect that his cronies would come to kill him. While running, he yelled in horror: "Ji! Ji!" But Shou Jizhi didn't care so much, and chased after him , finally caught up with the emperor, so he raised his sword and fell, and the seventeen-year-old little emperor "died".At this time, it was only a short year since he ascended the throne.

"Killer" Liu Xiuren and "Thief King" Liu Xiuyou, who followed to catch ghosts, saw that the emperor was dead, and immediately ran to the "pigsty" where the "pig king" Liu Yu was imprisoned by the Secretariat.But Liu Yu was imprisoned here, unable to know the situation outside, just like an ant on a hot pot, anxious.Hearing that the door was slammed open, he thought the emperor was going to cook himself a roast pig, and was so frightened that he was out of his wits.But he saw Liu Xiuren stepping in, and kowtowed to him beamingly. Before Liu Yu realized what was going on, Liu Xiuren dragged him out of the door. He was so busy that he didn't have time to put on his shoes, so he was barefoot and undressed. The whole place came to the west hall, boarded the throne, and summoned all the officials.Seeing that he was still wearing a black hat, Liu Xiuren hurriedly replaced him with the white hat worn by the emperor.Then let Shou Jizhi announce: "The king of Xiangdong has been ordered by the empress dowager to get rid of the mad lord, and now he has calmed down." Only then did the officials know that the little emperor was dead, and they all felt relieved and very happy, plus Liu Yu's popularity has always been Yes, they kowtowed to him one after another, expressing their acknowledgment.Although Liu Yu has not formally ascended the throne, he is considered the emperor at this time.Afterwards, he issued an edict in the name of Empress Dowager Lu, announcing that he would join the Great Unification.

Then, Liu Yu conferred titles on all those who assassinated the emperor.As for Liu Ziye's sister, Princess Shanyin, she was charged with "fornication" and died, and the thirty "face heads" were buried for her.At this time, the little emperor's body was still lying in the bamboo forest hall, and no one took care of it.It was the same Cai Xingzong who handed him the emperor's seal when he ascended the throne, and lamented that the country would be in trouble. He couldn't bear it, so he quietly found the new emperor Liu Yu's brother-in-law Wang Yu, and told him that although the little emperor was tyrannical, he was also tyrannical. He was once the lord of the world, so he should be buried according to ceremonies. If it is like this, the world will inevitably be in chaos.Wang Yu told the new emperor, and Liu Yu also felt that it was reasonable, so he asked people to collect the body of the young emperor, and buried him hastily in the mass burial mound in Moling, calling him "abandoned emperor".

In December of that year, Liu Yu officially ascended the throne as emperor, and changed Yuan Taishi to Emperor Song and Ming. The vicious little emperor died, and a new emperor was replaced, and all the officials breathed a sigh of relief.But they were overjoyed too early. Although the new emperor Liu Yu performed well before he ascended the throne, he was very popular, but he didn't expect that after becoming an emperor, he would change his face and become extremely cruel. Compared with the little emperor It is more than that.The two princes, Liu Xiuren and Liu Xiuyou, had saved his life from the young emperor many times, and later helped him become emperor, but he found an excuse to kill them shortly after he ascended the throne.He is also very superstitious and has many taboos. If anyone accidentally breaks his taboo by speaking, he will be hacked to death immediately.He even dreamed that someone was rebelling against him, and he actually killed that person.Not only that, he has also learned enough about the licentiousness of the little emperor.Once, he held a big banquet in the palace, and all the concubines, princesses, and wives were seated at the banquet. When the wine was half drunk, Liu Yu ordered that no matter whether the concubines in the palace or the women outside the palace, they must take off their clothes and behave freely with each other. joking.The women did not dare to disobey his order, so they had to take off their clothes in shame.The queen couldn't see it, and covered her face with a fan, which aroused his fury, and was thrown out immediately.It is said in history: "The Song family's career has declined since then."

Later, Liu Yu died, and his son, ten-year-old Liu Yu, became emperor.This little emperor is even more of a little devil in the world. All kinds of absurdities and tyranny during his reign are really too numerous to describe.Later, the little emperor was killed by his subordinates, and he was also called "Deposed Emperor".Therefore, in order to distinguish them, later generations called Liu Ziye "the former abolished emperor" and Liu Yu the "later abolished emperor".Shortly after Emperor Houfei was killed, General Xiao Daocheng became emperor and established Southern Qi as Emperor Gao of Qi, and Liu Song perished.