Lü Hou hesitated for a moment and then wept: "That Zhang Ao, the dog is still powerless, what is the plot against him?" When I saw that you had won the world, I lost my heart! The old lady did not theorize with you, but went to visit my son-in-law. ”
Liu Bang's anger did not subside, nor did he speak, allowing Lü Hou to leave.
Lü Hou brought his people to the Zhao Prison, that is, shouting loudly to see Zhang Ao. When Xuanyi heard this, he rushed to dissuade him: "Your Majesty the Empress, there is no rune festival, and neither the palace nor the hundred officials are allowed to enter." ”
"I only look at my son-in-law, what do you want?"
"Although King Zhao is now in prison, there is absolutely no torture, and the diet and living are as usual, so please have no worries about the empress."
"What did Guan Gao say?"
"Although Zhao Xiang was flogged, he silently confessed and took the charge himself, saying that he had nothing to do with King Zhao."
"What is the matter with King Zhao still?"
Xuanyi could not answer for a while, so he had to say: "The words of Guangao may be untrue, and the book has not yet been completed." ”
Lü Hou was furious: "Xuanyi, what a court lieutenant you are!" The old lady has come today, and she has her own reason. If that Ao rebels, I will also rebel! You are the ninth secretary of the government, is it not lai bang flogging? What is the profit of suffering? If you can force a confession, can you crown the princes? I know today that the unjust imprisonment in the world is the work of such a cool official as you! Today's old lady has a word: If you flogg the high and die without proof, I will make you die in the future, unless I die before the heartless man. After finishing his words, he sneered and brushed his sleeve away.
Xuanyi's face was like the color of earth, and he was stuck in place, he couldn't move, and he weighed what Lu Hou said in his heart for half a moment, and felt that he couldn't afford to wait, so he had to enter the palace to report to Liu Bang.
Seeing Liu Bang, Xuanyi went through the tortures from beginning to end, one by one. At first, Liu Bang still had a sneering smile on his face, but when he heard that his tall body was not finished, he still insisted on not changing his mouth, so he was moved and praised: "Strong man! In this way, whether King Zhao was the mastermind or not was difficult to determine. ”
Xuanyi thought of Lü Houcai's threatening words, and his heart was afraid, and he busied himself with playing: "Guan Gao, absolutely not very human." His wounds were so severe that he could not be sentenced to any more. ”
"Or Kwon and keep him in prison for a long-term perspective." I don't know if any of those courtiers are familiar with Guan Gao? If so, you can ask about it privately. ”
When Xuanyi was given his life, he instructed the prison order to apply medicine to Guan Gao and let him raise him. After visiting the group of ministers again, he finally discovered that Zhongdafu [6] had an old friendship with Guan Gao.
Liu Bang heard the report and immediately summoned the public to ask. Gong Gong said, "Guan Gao, with the subject Tongyi also, a little old friendship." This man is straight, unknown to everyone in Zhao Di, and is a man who keeps his name and keeps his promises. ”
Liu Bang said, "Even so, it is very good!" Gong may hold the festival and go to visit in prison. Privately asked: Is King Zhao the mastermind? ”
When the prince received his order, he rushed to the prison with a rune and knocked on the door. When the prison order was issued, the leaker showed it with a rune: "The Lord's commanding minister advises him to comfort Guan Gao." ”
"Guan Gao?" The prison order took the rune and looked at it again and again, but still did not dare to put it in, and rushed to ask Xuanyi to come.
When Xuanyi arrived, he checked the runes and asked about the leak, before opening the door and putting the leak in.
The leaker came to the outside of the guangao prison, waited for the prison order to open the door, and saw that the guangao was seriously injured, reclining on the bed, and was dying. The catharsis was unbearable in his heart, and hurried to the bamboo bed and whispered a few sounds. Na Guan Gao opened his eyes, looked up for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up, struggling to get up: "Come man... Could it be a leak? ”
The leaker hurriedly helped gao lie down and said, "It is underneath." Wen Guangong is here, and he has come to visit. ”
"Then how can you be allowed to come in?"
"This, I have my own dredging."
When Guan Gao saw the deceased, he couldn't help but shed tears. He sat down on the edge of the bamboo bed, asked for warmth, and said many comforting words. The two talked about the joy of life, just like the joy of life. In this way, the topic of going from far and near, talks about imprisonment. He couldn't help but sigh, and suddenly seemed to ask casually: "Is King Zhao the mastermind?" ”
Hearing this question, Guan Gao was immediately alarmed, and it was expected that Liu Bang had sent him to test the leak, so he replied: "I am plotting rebellion today, and all three tribes will die on the basis of sin." If king Zhao is confessed as the mastermind, then all my relatives can live. In terms of human affection, who does not love his parents and wives? If King Zhao is opposed, how can I hide it from him? Although I am a vassal, how can I abandon the lives of my relatives and exchange them for a King of Zhao? However, King Zhao is indeed not opposed, so why should I bear to slander him? This plot was only done by officials such as me, and had nothing to do with King Zhao. ”
Gong Gong sighed, "Gong is a celebrity of Zhao, known for his high festivals, but how did he do such a thing?" ”
Guan Gao then made the ministers unfair to the King of Zhao and conspired with him privately, but the King of Zhao did not know the situation and elaborated on it.
When he heard this, he had a good idea in mind and hurriedly instructed: "Don't be anxious, a good life will be nurtured." King Zhao's grievances can finally be justified. So he summoned the prison order, left some money, told him not to treat Guan Gao badly, and then resigned.
When he was released from prison and saw Xuanyi, he invited him to join him in seeing Junshang. Entering the palace, the leaker general probed the beginning and end of the assassination, and told Liu Bang, and Liu Bang was relieved: "This is so!" Sure enough, he wronged the child. ”
Xuanyi said on the side: "The subordinates of the subjects have discovered that more than ten people who have crossed the high gate, in order to defend the King of Zhao, all dressed up as pincer slaves, followed all the way, and vowed not to abandon the old lord." ”
"Oh? It's very bizarre! So he went back, pardoned Zhang Ao, and sent him to the empress. ”
Xuanyi took the order, immediately withdrew, and went back to prison to release people.
