Chapter 41 4. Murder in the hotel

Some historians said: Marriage marriage is just a trick, but what brought the Han Dynasty to the world is a great disaster that will never be peaceful. Although this statement is reasonable, in terms of the national power of the Han Dynasty at that time, marriage was a last resort. As for the marriage, Mo Dundan was very happy. He not only got a beautiful woman, but also accepted a lot of textiles, fine wine and food, even though the beautiful woman was a fake eldest princess. Liu Bang and Mao Dun Shanyu agreed that the north of the Great Wall was a nomadic area under the jurisdiction of Shan Yu; the south of the Great Wall was a farming and weaving area under the jurisdiction of the Han Dynasty.

This agreement seemed fair, but psychologically, Mao Dun Shanyu had the upper hand, and he had already mixed up to the point where he could stand against the Han Dynasty.Therefore, although he named the impersonated princess the Yan family, he did not recognize Liu Bang as the father-in-law, but only became a brother with him.In a word, the rivers and lakes are yours and mine, but sooner or later they will be mine. Calling you big brother is enough to give you face.As long as you pay tribute every year, I will not beat you. Liu Bang was very annoyed, and Liu Jing suggested that the wealthy families of the past six countries be moved to the Guanzhong area to enrich the power of Guanzhong. Once the situation changes, on the one hand, they can resist the Xiongnu. crusade.This is called a strong base and a weak end.

This suggestion turned Liu Bang's anger into joy, and he issued an edict to forcefully relocate more than 100,000 people from the six kingdoms to Guanzhong. This trick is very clever, but it was not created by Liu Jing. It was done like this as early as after Qin Shihuang unified the world. He once moved some wealthy families to Xianyang in order to control them. After finishing the relocation of the wealthy families from the six countries, Liu Bang and Qi Ji went back to the Luoyang Palace to enjoy the blessings.Half of the affairs of the court were handed over to Xiao He and half to Lu Zhi.Xiao He assisted the prince to supervise the country, while Lu Zhi supervised Xiao He.

And Liu Bang didn't just want to enjoy himself. The reason why he lived in Luoyang was mostly because he was worried about Peng Yue, Yingbo and other princes.These people are entrenched in the Central Plains and the South. On the surface, they are obedient and obedient, but in fact, they may become a disaster at any time. It should be noted that the reason why there are loyal subjects in the world is because the time is quite short before they can show the spirit of loyalty and courage.The so-called long-term sickness without a filial son, protracted time is not easy, the beauty of all things lies in "no time to go bad".

There are also some that go bad in a short time, such as Tibetan tea and Han Wangxin. Not long after Liu Bang lived in Luoyang, the remnants of Han Wangxin's treasonous forces made trouble in Dongyuan.Liu Bang once again led a personal conquest. This time, Han Wangxin's remaining party did not have the support of the Huns, and Liu Bang won a complete victory. After the chaos in Dongyuan was quelled, Liu Bang remembered that the beauty of Dongyuan had come again. On the way back to Luoyang, the teacher went to a residence in Zhao State. The so-called residence is a temporary residence for officials traveling abroad.Before Liu Bangren arrived, he had sent a notice to his son-in-law Zhang Ao in advance, ordering him to send Dongyuan beauty to a temporary residence for his own temporary use.

Upon receiving the notice, Zhang Ao immediately sent Prime Minister Guan Gao to send Dongyuan Beauty to take care of the affairs of the hotel. If Zhang Ao sent another person to go, I am afraid that there will be no troubles later.But he sent Guan Gao, and he couldn't avoid a disaster even if he wanted to. Guan Gao has been looking for an opportunity to kill Liu Bang, how can he let this golden opportunity be missed.So he arranged carefully, ordered his soldiers to lie in ambush in the latrine, and when Liu Bang came in for convenience, he would kill him. When Liu Bang arrived at the hotel, he couldn't wait to have fun with Dongyuan Beauty.After the fun, I still have more ideas, I want to stay for a few more days, and ask around: Where is this place?

The left and right people answered: This is Bairen County. Liu Bang was surprised: This place is not suitable for staying for a long time! Could it be that Liu Bang can pinch and count, and figure out that Guan Gao's plot is wrong?of course not.He just thought of the meaning of the word "Boren". In ancient Chinese, "Boren" and "forcer" sound similar, so he interpreted "Boren" as "forcer", meaning being forced by others. This is called homophonic analysis in rhetoric.Liu Bang doesn't care about rhetoric, he just has a bad feeling literally.

It can be seen that Liu Bang is suspicious and extremely insecure.People who are insecure are usually very suspicious and very good at protecting themselves.It's almost an instinct. Relying on this instinct, Liu Bang drove overnight, left Bairen County, and returned to Dongyuan camp. Guan Gao's plan was very thorough, and the arrangements were very meticulous, but Liu Bang could only sigh helplessly. If this attempted murder case ends here, it will be fine. Liu Bang was lucky enough to save his life, but Guan Gao has not yet succeeded.But people often play tricks on people in the world. In the next year, someone reported to Liu Bang that last year Guan Gao conspired with Zhao Wang Zhang Ao to rebel and had ambushed warriors in Bairen County to assassinate the emperor.

Liu Bang recalled his premonition in Bairen County, and couldn't help but feel a chill down his back. "Rebellion" is an extremely sensitive word, especially since the Tibetan Tu rebellion, Liu Bang has a physiological reaction to rebellion from the inside out.After hearing what happened in Bairen County, he was terrified at first, then furious, and then ordered Zhang Ao, Guan Gao and others to be arrested. At this time, Zhang Ao had married Princess Lu Yuan. After marriage, the young couple had a harmonious relationship and lived a sweet life.On this day, when the envoys of the imperial court came, the envoys of the imperial court came. After reading the decree, the sage waved his hand at the guards beside him: take them in.

The guards rushed over like wolves and tigers, Zhang Ao was tied up like a zongzi, and all the men and women in the palace were also captured. Hearing the bad news, Zhao Wu and a group of old officials knew that the catastrophe was coming and they could not escape death, so they committed suicide one after another.For a time, blood flowed everywhere.After hearing the news, Guan Gao rushed over and shouted, "Stop!"Your Majesty has no knowledge of what happened in Bairen County. If I die like this, who will prove his innocence? When everyone heard it, it made sense. Anyway, death is inherent, either lighter than a feather, or heavier than Mount Tai.To die to clear the king's grievances is more important than Mount Tai.

So, a group of people threw away their sharp swords, and together with Guan Gao, accompanied Zhang Ao to Luoyang for trial. At the beginning of the interrogation, Guan Gao took all the charges in one hand. He admitted that he was the mastermind, and only because he was angry with the emperor's arrogance and rudeness to King Zhao, he had the idea of ​​murder. It was a murder of passion and had nothing to do with King Zhao Zhang Ao. Liu Bang was skeptical and brought Zhang Ao to trial.Zhang Ao cried and wiped away his tears, swore and cursed, and shouted for injustice. After the son-in-law finished crying, the daughter cried.Lu Zhi also rushed to Luoyang from Chang'an at this time. She advised Liu Bang that Zhang Ao is our son-in-law, and he would definitely not rebel. Liu Bang snorted, fart!I wanted to raise a tiger to help me, but I didn't expect to raise a tiger. Lu's pheasant said: "The poison of a tiger does not eat its offspring, and the princess is pregnant with his child." Liu Bang was even more angry: You know what a fart, the tiger's poison does not eat children, but if it is not complete, it will bite the father-in-law. Once he succeeds in rebelling, his child will be the emperor. Lu Zhi was speechless. But the case was tried and tried, but Zhang Ao's criminal evidence was not found. As for Guan Gao, all kinds of punishments were used, his whole body was almost smashed to pieces, and he was thrown on the ground, like a ragged dishcloth that was riddled with holes and could not be picked up. When it came to this point, Guan Gao still did not change his words, and Ting Wei, who was in charge of the interrogation, was helpless. Still, Liu Banggui had a lot of eyes, he felt that this tall man was somewhat similar to Xia Houying.Back then, in order to protect him, Xia Houying was also beaten to death in prison and refused to confess.For such a tough guy, you can't fight hard with him, but you have to be soft. It's best to find someone who has a close personal relationship with him and talk to him, maybe you can find out the truth. After choosing and choosing, Xie Gong, the doctor of Zhongguo, had a long-standing friendship with the old officials of Zhao State.Liu Bang sent him to spy on Guan Gao. Xie Gong took medicine, food, and blessings, and went to the prison to have a look.The result of the investigation is still that the murder case has nothing to do with Zhang Ao.Guan Gao said, I don't regret my death, but I can't go against my conscience and push the crime to others. After Liu Bang learned about it, he released Zhang Ao. Knowing that Zhang Ao was pardoned, Guan Gao kowtowed to thank God, and after thanking him, he slammed his head to death in prison. Guan Gao died, but Liu Bang became more and more uncomfortable in his heart. In order to vent his resentment, he ordered the three clans of Guan Gao to be killed. Zhao Wang Zhang Ao was demoted to Xuanpinghou. The murder case in the Bairen County Hotel did not end here.Because there is still a small tail left in this case, which is Dongyuan beauty.