Chapter 9 5. The death of Xiao Wangzhi

Shi Xian knew that God still owed the Han Dynasty a deadly battle, and the storm would come sooner or later.However, this time they were uncharacteristically, not taking the initiative to attack, but waiting for Xiao to send troops to attack. Sure enough, he made a move.This time, the three masters of the Xiao faction still had the same idea, to get rid of Da Sima Shi Gao, they had to deal with Shi Xian first.Quite simply, this great eunuch is the boulder that prevents them from presiding over the so-called righteous way.So this move, the goal is very clear, which is to go straight to Shi Xian.

At this time, God seemed to feel that something was wrong, and suddenly there was an earthquake.Not long after the earthquake, someone submitted a complaint to Liu Shi, and the defendant was Shi Xian.There are complaints every year, and it is not surprising that Shi Xian is the defendant, but the strange thing is that the complainant even brought Shi Xian and the earthquake together to talk about the matter. The meaning of the indictment is roughly as follows: the earthquake in the Han Dynasty was obviously aimed at the evil Shi Xian, not at the other three lonely old people.Only when the emperor gets rid of Shi Xian, will the world be peaceful and peaceful.otherwise……

Obviously, this is a person with background, backing, and background, otherwise he wouldn't be so arrogant as to want to be the bull with Shi Xian.The three lonely old men were talking about Xiao Wangzhi, Zhou Kan and Liu Xiang.Did they write this indictment?no.The indictment was signed by a stranger. In the eyes of today's people, it is pure nonsense to say that the earthquake was caused by some bad person.However, in the Han Dynasty more than two thousand years ago, it was definitely not nonsense.The ancients believed in heaven and worshiped the theory of destiny.In the eyes of people at the time, Tian was an old man who was omnipotent but unstable in temper and emotion.The world is peaceful, and the sky is comfortable to see from above, and it may bring auspiciousness; if disasters occur everywhere, and the sky can't see it, it will lose its temper, or earthquake, or flood, or drought, as a warning.

In my opinion, the ancients were not wrong.In a world without faith, maintaining awe of heaven is, in a sense, a kind of faith.However, the person who complained should also know that most of the official documents of the Han Dynasty passed through Shi Xian first, and then entered Liu Shi's hands.Therefore, if you want to tell Shi Xian, Shi Xian is the first reader. Shi Xian believes that this complaint, to put it bluntly, is a letter of challenge.However, this complaint is good and comes at the right time.Because in the complaint letter, it did not explain how Bai Shixian caused the earthquake, nor did it explain why the earthquake had nothing to do with Xiao Wangzhi and the other three.

Since you haven't explained it clearly, then grab it and ask to understand it!So Shi Xian immediately handed the indictment to Liu Xi, and said, "The person who made the complaint is a bit evil. He may have been instigated by others to plot something wrong. Therefore, he must be arrested and interrogated first." When Liu Shi heard it, he had no objection and approved it. Who did Shi Xian think did the trick?In fact, he already knew who this person was.If there is no wrong guess, the person who instigated others to sue should be Liu Xiang.Because Liu Xiang is a master in the study of astronomical phenomena.

Facts have proved that Shi Xian's political sense is very sensitive.He sent someone to arrest the complainant, and after a look, it turned out that this person was a relative of Liu Xiang; after the first trial, this person recruited everything, saying that Liu Xiang indeed instructed him to do the nonsense complaint. Shi Xian smiled.Then, he immediately went to see Liu Shi and reported the truth.This time, Liu Xi couldn't keep Liu Xiang anymore, so he had to raise a red card and drive Liu to the next game-Liu Xiang was dismissed as a commoner again. After Liu Xiang was settled, there was Xiao Wangzhi and Zhou Kan.bring it on!If you have any tricks, just show them up!

In fact, Liu Xiang's dismissal has disrupted Xiao Wangzhi's rhythm.This is not the most important thing, what's more, Xiao Wangzhi has no way to deal with those who play yang; and those who play yin are not opponents at all.Therefore, they were passive in the past, and now they are truly passive, with no power to counterattack at all. It seems that the best way is to use defense as offense.So, Xiao Pai sent someone to write a letter again. It's really sad to think about it, Shi Gao and Shi Xian wrote the letter, they all rushed to Xiao Wangzhi after he was on vacation.What people do is well-organized and well-planned.On the other hand, these academic masters like Xiao Wangzhi didn't have any plans, they were all unconstrained romanticists, except for writing letters, they still wrote letters.

Shi Xian is not afraid of you being able to submit a letter, he still accepts the order.He can take orders with confidence, mainly because he is a legal expert.Trying to find a few absurdities in your memorandum is a piece of cake.Could it be that Xiao Wangzhi didn't understand the mystery? Maybe they know, maybe they still have fantasies about Liu Shi.To bet on someone who is simple-minded, lazy, and has no opinion is really tantamount to courting death.Sure enough, this time Xiao Wangzhi was courting death. It was not Xiao Wangzhi who wrote the letter this time, but his son Xiao Ji.Xiao Ji wrote the letter for no other reason than to overturn the case, which happened a few months ago.

A few months ago, Zhou Kan and Liu Xiang were both imprisoned, and Xiao Wangzhi's case was only handed over to Tingwei, but not arrested.But Xiao Ji thought that in that matter, Xiao Wangzhi had nothing wrong with it, and it was unreasonable for him to be dismissed from office.Therefore, I now request the emperor to retry the case and hold the relevant persons accountable. It seems to be redressing grievances, but in fact it is to stab Shi Xian back.This is the so-called defense as offense. Shi Xian was not stupid, he saw the essence of the problem at a glance.He acted quickly, and immediately found a key crime in Xiao Ji's memorial.

When a scholar files a lawsuit, he always has to give full play to his strengths, quote scriptures, and slobber.In fact, many things are bad because of this ability to write too much.At this time, Shi Xian extracted a quote from Xiao Ji's memorial.We don't know exactly which sentence it is, but Shi Xian is very clear. He thinks that Xiao Ji's words are inappropriate and he has committed great disrespect. Then, Shi Xian added another thing on the basis of disrespect: Xiao Wangzhi should be grateful to the emperor for appointing Xiao Wangzhi, but he even has the face to reverse the verdict. This is called unrepentant and arrogant.

After Shi Xian finished all this, he went to report the situation to Liu Xun. He said to Liu Shi like this: "Xiao Wangzhi always thinks that he is His Majesty's teacher, and he takes credit for it, thinking that no one can touch him. If this continues, it will be fine. We must find a way to dampen his arrogance. " Without even thinking about it, Liu Xi said, "It seems to make sense, but how can I dampen my teacher's arrogance?" Liu Shi was tricked.Shi Xiansi said calmly: "It's very easy, just throw Xiao Wangzhi into prison for a few days, and see if he can still be proud." When Liu Xi heard this, he immediately shouted: "How can this be done? It's not that you don't understand Xiao Wangzhi. This man has a strong personality, so how can he go to jail. If he drives him into a hurry and cuts himself off, wouldn't it be self-defeating? " Shi Xian could tell that Liu Xi still loved his teacher, and he wanted to teach him a lesson, but not too much. At this time, Shi Xian continued: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, what Xiao Wangzhi committed was only a petty crime. How could a person like him who loves life be willing to commit suicide?" Liu Shi asked incredulously, "Can you guarantee that he won't commit suicide?" Shi Xian said confidently: "We just locked him up for a few days and taught him a lesson. He has no reason to commit suicide!" Liu Xi nodded and said, "Okay, then do as you said!" The noose had been handed over to the devil, and Xiao Wangzhi was finally pushed to the brink of death. Shi Xian knew very well that if he wanted to bring down Xiao Pai, he had to kill Xiao Wangzhi first.Just as if the other party wanted to bring down their faction, they would be the first to attack him.However, if you want to kill Xiao Wangzhi, as long as Liu Xi is in power for a day, you can't even think about it.Liu Xi is very stupid, but he is so stupid that no matter how well Xiao Wangzhi fights with Shi Xian, he still doesn't want to take Xiao Wangzhi to the knife. So what to do?Xiao Wangzhi is not dead, is it possible to spend the rest of his life with him like this?At this time, Shi Xian thought of a trick, which Liu Xi never dreamed of. Winter, December.We know that as long as everything comes back to life in spring, according to the rules of the Han Dynasty, no execution will be allowed.Therefore, in this murderous winter, he must get rid of Xiao Wangzhi. Shi Xian held Liu Shi's edict approving the arrest of Xiao Wangzhi, like holding a treasure, and immediately handed it to the visitor, ordering him to send it to Xiao Wangzhi.If you want to arrest him, you can arrest him, why did Shi Xian send someone to send the edict to Xiao Wangzhi?There is a problem, there is definitely a problem here. Shi Xian is indeed vicious.Yes, he can go directly to the door, show the edict, and take the person away.However, he wanted Xiao Wangzhi to read Liu Shi's edict approving his arrest for only one reason - to stimulate Xiao Wangzhi and dampen his self-confidence. This is just one piece of the trap.Then, in order to achieve a stimulating and terrifying effect, Shi Xian mobilized the troops of the Chang'an garrison area and quickly surrounded Xiao Wangzhi's residence.At this time, the messenger knocked on the door. At this time, Xiao Wangzhi and his student Zhu Yun were standing in the room watching all this. Teacher Xiao asked Student Zhu: "What do you think should be done now?" Student Zhu said: "Scholars can be killed, but not humiliated. Rather than being arrested and humiliated, it is better to kill yourself." Teacher Xiao looked at Student Zhu with a confused face, and said excitedly: "I, Xiao Wangzhi, have been in the third class for so many years, and I am over sixty years old now. With a noble heart, I will endure those hardships." Isn't it too humble to be in a dark prison?" Xiao Wangzhi paused for a moment, then said again with great enthusiasm: "Zhu Yun, don't waste time, hurry up and grind the medicine." So, student Zhu brought a bowl of poisoned wine to Mr. Xiao.Xiao Wangzhi drank it without thinking about it. Xiao Wangzhi finally fell into Shi Xian's trap.Everything Shi Xian did before was just for today, forcing Xiao Wangzhi to commit suicide.Apart from forcing the general, there is no better way to deal with Xiao Wangzhi.Now, he finally succeeded. The news of Xiao Wangzhi's suicide spread quickly to the palace.When Liu Xi heard it, it was like five thunderbolts. He patted the table and shouted hysterically: "I said that Mr. Xiao would not go to jail, but Shi Xian really killed Mr. Xiao." Liu Xi finally knew that he was once again fooled by that naughty Shi Xian. After Liu Xun finished scolding, his face was full of tears.This weak guy suddenly yelled furiously: "Come on, call Shi Xian for me." After a while, Shi Xian ran over in a panic. As soon as he got in front of Liu Xi, he knelt down and kowtowed desperately to admit his mistake, saying that he had made a mistake in his judgment. He thought Xiao Wangzhi loved his life like money. did not expect-- Shi Xian didn't want to talk anymore.There is no need for that.At this time, Liu Xi was like a puppet, sitting on the seat, still crying, but motionless, and he didn't even have the strength to scold his mother. The air seemed to freeze.I don't know how long it took before I saw Liu Xi waved his hand weakly as if he was resurrected, and said three words to Shi Xian: "Go down..." Helpless, desolate, tragic, funny, maybe all the words in the world can't describe Liu Shi at this moment.Poor child, even if Xiao Wangzhi came back to life, he probably wouldn't even shed tears when he saw the scene in front of him. I seem to see that a hard iron curtain is slowly falling.