In the eleventh year of Shaoxing, the Jin State was unable to defeat the Southern Song Dynasty, so it prepared to negotiate peace with the Song court. The Song court took the opportunity to suppress the generals with heavy troops, especially Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, who were firmly advocating resistance to Jin. At this time, Yan Wushu wrote a letter to Qin Ju and said, "Yue Fei will be killed, and then he will be able to become a man."
In April, Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong, and Yue Fei were transferred out of the army and served in the Privy Council of Lin'an. In May, Yue Fei returned to the imperial court, where he was impeached by Wan Qianbi and Luo Ruhui of the Qin Juniper Party, accusing him of flying to Aid Huaixi for "staying still" and advocating "abandoning Shanyang". They wrote to the emperor and demanded that Yue Fei be removed from his post as privy councillor. Zhao Zhuo also wanted to attack Yue Fei, so on August 9, he was deposed from his official post and filled with the idle post of "Wanshou Guan Envoy". Yue Fei took the initiative to resign and returned to his former residence in Lushan, Jiangzhou.
Although Yue Fei no longer had military power in his hands, the persecution of him by Qin Ju and others had not stopped. At the behest of Qin Jun, Zhang Jun took advantage of the internal contradictions of the Yue family's army to coerce and induce Wang Gui, the ruler of the capital, and Wang Jun, the deputy commander, to come forward to first accuse Zhang Xian, the general whom Yue Fei relied on most, for "plotting rebellion", and then implicated Yue Fei. Zhang Jun privately set up a public court and tortured Zhang Xian to extract a confession, to no avail. He went so far as to fabricate Zhang Xian's confession, saying that he was "plotting rebellion against Yue Fei's writings." Therefore, Yue Fei was arrested by the Song court and imprisoned in the Dali Temple. Wan Qianbi exhausted all means, but he could not make Yue Fei and Zhang Xian bend a word.
The coercion of confessions failed, and Wan Qianbi and others fabricated several charges in order to sit in the prison and wanted to convict Yue Fei of death in one fell swoop. Dali Temple's Li Ruopu, He Yanyou, and others argued on the basis of reason, saying that Yue Fei was not guilty, but was deposed. On December 29, Emperor Gaozong of Song issued an order: "Yue Fei specially granted, Zhang Xian, Yue Yun and implemented in accordance with military law." Yue Fei was killed in prison at Dali Temple at the age of 39.
As we all know, after Yue Fei was killed, a man named Kui Shun risked his life to carry his body out of Hangzhou City. Later, what happened to Kui Shun.
Kui Shunben was a jailer in Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, who was loyal and loyal and always admired Yue Fei. After Yue Fei was innocently killed, he disregarded the danger to his life and carried his body out of the city overnight. Then he secretly buried Yue Fei next to the Jiuqu Cong Ancestral Hall, and in order to facilitate future identification, he tied the jade ring that Yue Fei had worn under his waist, and also carried two orange trees in front of the grave. Kui Shun had been keeping this secret, knowing that he was dying before he told his son, and said: "Yue Shuai is loyal to the country, and there will be a day when the injustice will be revealed!" ”
20 years later, Emperor Xiaozong of Song ascended the throne and prepared for the Northern Expedition. In response to the will of the people, he ordered Yue Fei to be wronged and humiliated, and to requisition Yue Fei's body at a high price of 500 silver. After learning of this, Kui Shun's son informed the government of the location where his father buried Yue Fei. Yue Fei's remains were able to be relocated to Qixialing, and a temple was erected in Wuchang, Hubei Province, with the name of Zhonglie, and the biography of The History of the Song Dynasty was repaired, so that future generations of people could hang themselves in front of the tomb.