Chapter 36 2. Witch case

130 BC, autumn, July.In Chang'an Palace, a major event that caused a sensation in the world happened.This is the famous witchcraft case. The mastermind of the crime, Empress Ajiao Chen; The murder target, Wei Zifu. There is no gratuitous hatred in the world.We know that since Liu Che and Wei Zifu got married, Chen Ajiao's life was like eating salt, it was so bitter that she wanted to cry without tears.Before, Liu Che and Wei Zifu had an affair, and Wei Zifu's stomach was very good, and she became pregnant with Liu Che.When Gillian's mother heard the news, she was so angry that she took Wei Qing to the knife, frightened Wei Zifu, and made her lose her love.

Unexpectedly, some god was on duty that day, and Wei Qing survived.Therefore, Liu Xun, an imperial aunt who was born as a pimp, didn't take advantage of it, but Liu Che took her into the army instead.Since then, Liu Xun has never dared to act rashly. Liu whoring is too angry, and Liu Che's wings are stiff.Ten years in Hedong and ten years in Hexi, the law of life is so cruel.Even so, can I, Chen Ajiao, just stand by and watch Wei Zifu gain favor day by day and devour her queen position day by day? Of course we can't stop there. So what to do? Chen Ajiao suddenly thought of a poisonous trick and cursed to death.

The so-called death curse refers to the use of witchcraft to curse the parties involved in feudal superstition.This method of cursing people has a long history.Chen Ajiao is not the first user, let alone the last.As for the so-called incantations, it is estimated that not many people know whether there are any real curses that have killed people.But the strange thing is that more and more people use it, and the tricks are getting more and more strange. The basic tricks and procedures of witchcraft to curse people are roughly as follows: first, let the wizard bury the puppet in the ground; second, the wizard asked Chen Ajiao to recruit a group of female disciples, draw amulets with him, and curse the resented Fang Weizifu; finally, The cursed person will suffer disaster, whether he is crazy, stupid or dead, it all depends on the mood of the cursed person.

This set of witchcraft has a characteristic, it is easy to operate, and it is unclear.Even if the curse is not successful, at least it satisfies the desire of the curser to vent their anger psychologically, so latecomers always use it frequently. It also has another feature, it is easy to vent anger, but it is also easy to reveal secrets.Just burying puppets is not an easy task.Once you are dug up and there are witnesses and evidence, then you are dead. The characteristic of political struggle is that you make me uncomfortable for a while, and I will make you uncomfortable for a lifetime.For Chen Ajiao, since Wei Zifu made it clear that he wanted me to make Ajiao uncomfortable for the rest of her life, why wouldn't I play some third-rate tricks to make her a ghost?

The higher the risk, the higher the profit.Fuck it, let's talk about it first. Chen Ajiao really did it. Unexpectedly, the heavens did not help Chen Ajiao, and she was exposed. It was exposed before it got any benefits, Chen Ajiao didn't believe the result.However, this turned out to be true.To make matters worse, some rotten person brought the matter to Liu Che.Liu Che didn't rush to punish the crime, let alone get angry, but summoned a fierce man and ordered him to investigate the witchcraft case to the bottom. The fierce man Liu Che summoned was Zhang Tang, a famous cruel official in the Han Dynasty.

Zhang Tang, born in Duling (now southeast of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province).I think that no matter what you do, you need some talent.It is precisely that Zhang Tang has shown the potential to be a judge since he was a child.It was his father who discovered Zhang Tang's talent as a judge. At that time, Zhang Tang's father was appointed Chang'an Cheng, and he was on a business trip, leaving Zhang Tang alone to guard the house.When my father came back, he found that the meat in the house had been eaten by mice, and he was immediately angry.Can't even guard a mouse, what kind of house is this guarding?Therefore, Zhang's father used the family law to serve Zhang Tang with a stick and a whip.

Zhang Tang guarded his family and lost his meat. To use a judicial term, this is called dereliction of duty.Dereliction of duty should be hit, of course.However, what surprised people was that Zhang Tang, who was beaten, turned his anger on the mouse.What's even more frustrating is that, in order to seek justice, Zhang Tang created the most creative method in the history of Chinese justice: trial of rats. Where are the mice?hole.Maybe at this time, the meat-stealing mouse was secretly eating meat while listening to Zhang Tang being spanked.However, there is a price to be paid for the mouse's secret joy.After Zhang Tang discovered the mouse hole, he smoked the mouse hole with fire.As a result, the cornered mouse was caught by Zhang Tang as soon as it came out of the hole.

Zhang Tang's genius lies in that he did not trample the mouse to death, but filed a case to track down the miserable mouse.First, Zhang Tang dug out the leftover meat of the mouse as evidence of the mouse's crime; then, he wrote a strange pleading against the mouse for robbery; finally, as a judicial officer, Zhang Tang sentenced the mouse to death, and on the spot Run over. This vivid scene of Zhang Tang surprised and delighted the old man.People try rats, they become both the plaintiff and the judge, and the two combine to eat the defendant, Gao.If such a genius is not cultivated, it will be a waste of the beneficial resources of the Han Dynasty.

Since then, Zhang's father has decided to support his son in becoming a judge.Zhang Tang hung out with his father, wrote a lot of prison books, and met a lot of people in the world.After his father died, Zhang Tang took over as an official of Chang'an.Later, he met a nobleman on his way, and was promoted all the way, step by step to become a high official. Zhang Tang's biggest nobleman is Prime Minister Tian Fu.Tian Fu saw that Zhang Tang was a talented person, and recommended him to be a royal servant.This position is the candidate for the censor position.But what Zhang Tang didn't expect was that before he had time to become the censor, Prime Minister Tian was called back to heaven because of his spirit damage due to fighting with Dou Ying.

After the death of Prime Minister Tian, ​​Han Anguo, the official censor, took over as prime minister.However, Liu Che gave Han Anguo's vacant royal doctor to a man named Zhang Ou.Zhang Tang had no choice but to stay where he was. However, Han Anguo is also bad enough.After being prime minister for a few days, one day he went out in the same car with Liu Che, but unexpectedly fell from the car and seriously injured his foot.Seeing that Han Anguo was unable to work, Liu Che dismissed him and appointed a man named Xue Ze as prime minister. Whether it is Xue Ze or Zhang Ou, they are all transitional figures. Among the political figures of the Han Dynasty, they seem to be born green leaves, destined to be foils.Therefore, when Chen Ajiao was involved in the witchcraft case, the first thing Liu Che thought of was Zhang Tang, who was too talented in the history of Chinese justice.

There is another reason why Liu Che handed over the case to Zhang Tang: Zhang Tang is very cool.Please note that it is cruel, not pretending to be cool.For Zhang Tang, since the leader trusted such a big case, of course he had to deal with it well. Sure enough, Zhang Tang used the judicial spirit of beating the rats in the water when he was a child, and filed a case for investigation. It turned out that Chen Ajiao was not the only suspect in the witchcraft case.There were more than 300 people who were implicated by Chen Ajiao.For these people, Zhang Tang had written death pleadings for them, and they all had to be pushed into the street, beheaded and abandoned in the market. So, what about Chen Ajiao?With such a big suspect, Zhang Tang is of course incapable of presiding over the trial.The only thing he can do is to hand over the evidence to Liu Che and let the emperor worry about it. It wasn't a day or two since Liu Che hated Chen Ajiao's mother and daughter.Therefore, he issued an imperial edict, the original text of which is as follows: The empress is out of order, confused by witches, and cannot inherit the destiny.The seal ribbon on it, retreat to Nagato Palace. It's over, it's over. On July 9, Liu Che revoked the title of Empress Chen Ajiao and imprisoned her in Nagato Palace.Nagato Palace, in the southeast of Chang'an City.It turned out that Nagato Palace was owned by Liu whoring.At that time, it was a back garden of Liu Xing, called Nagato Garden.Later, Liu Xun gave it to Liu Che, who renamed it Nagato Palace. Now it became clear that Liu Che sent Chen Ajiao to live in her natal family's former territory, and what Liu Che implemented was the return policy. This year, Liu Che was twenty-seven years old. More than 20 years ago, when Liu Che was held in Liu Xing's arms, he promised Liu Xing that if Gillian married me, I would build a golden house for him to live in. This is the allusion of the famous Jinwu Zangjiao. Recalling the past, the promise has been made, and everyone in the house is happy.In front of you, Yiren is there, and the kindness is endless.Yellow flowers piled up all over the ground, only to end up with a wandering chrysanthemum.