In 692, the cool official Lai Junchen falsely accused Di Renjie of rebellion, and Di Renjie was arrested and imprisoned. He just wanted to torture him to extract a confession, but he didn't expect Di Renjie to shout, "Don't try it, I admit to rebellion!" ”
Di Renjie was a generation of sages of the Tang Dynasty, and if the Li family was not under his assistance and maintenance, I was afraid that they would be slaughtered by Wu Zetian. However, as a generation of sages, Di Renjie's life has also experienced a prison career.
Because in the beginning, Di Renjie still opposed Wu Zetian's becoming emperor. But Wu Zetian's ambition was not to let those who opposed her be at the imperial court, so she tried her best to get rid of those who opposed her as emperor.
As for why she didn't want to kill Di Renjie, I'm afraid it was because of love. As we all know, Di Renjie's ability is particularly strong, especially in handling criminal cases. Wu Zetian saw that his subordinates had such a great talent, where would he kill him.
Wu Zetian just wanted to subdue him and let him do things for himself with peace of mind. Once, Wu Zetian's henchmen falsely accused Di Renjie, and Wu Zetian heard his confidants say this, so he thought that there was indeed such a thing and sent Di Renjie to prison.
After Di Renjie got out of prison, it was Lai Junchen who personally tried it. Lai Junchen knew that he had falsely accused Di Renjie, and expected him not to confess guilt, so he planned to use various punishments to make Di Renjie confess. As soon as Di Renjie came in, he was trying to get out.
In his opinion, the only way now was to let Wu Zetian know that he had been wronged, otherwise he might not be able to get out. He had long heard of lai Junchen's great name, he was famous for beating him into a confession, and if he could not confess his sins, I was afraid that he would suffer some flesh and skin.
Di Renjie thought that he would have to confess his sins when he suffered, and such suffering would not be tolerated. Di Renjie saw the various punishments prepared by Lai Junchen, so he said to him: I confess my guilt.
When Lai Junchen heard Di Renjie say this, he was a little happy in his heart, because he had originally falsely accused Di Renjie, and he did not expect that now he had actually confessed his guilt. However, what Lai Junchen did not expect was that Di Renjie actually thought of a way to escape.
At that time, the weather was very hot, so Di Renjie said to Lai Junchen: Now that the weather is very hot, I want to send my cotton clothes home and change some clothes. When Lai Junchen heard Di Renjie confess his guilt, he was very happy in his heart, so he agreed without thinking about it.
The jailer who was in the prison at the time checked the clothes and found that there was nothing wrong with it, so he sent them to Di Renjie's house. After Di Renjie's son received something, he felt that there must be something hidden in it, so he looked for something inside the clothes.
As a result, a letter was found inside the clothes, which was Di Renjie's own statement of grievances. After Di Renjie's son saw this letter, he rushed to find Wu Zetian and gave it to Wu Zetian.
After Wu Zetian saw this letter, he understood Di Renjie's wrongdoing. Wu Zetian then asked Di Renjie to come over and then said to him: Since you have been wronged, why do you still have to confess your guilt?
Di Renjie told Wu Zetian that Lai Junchen was famous for false accusations, who did not know that in his hands, as long as you did not confess guilt, you would definitely use various punishments, he was already more than 60 years old, how could he possibly bear such a punishment.
Wu Zetian picked up the "Xie Death Table" and showed it to Di Renjie, and then said: "Isn't this what you wrote?" Di Renjie took a look at it and immediately said to Wu Zetian: This is not what I wrote. After Di Renjie finished speaking, he compared the "Xie Death Table" with the words he wrote the letter, and then told Wu Zetian that the handwriting was different.
After Wu Zetian heard it, he quickly picked it up and compared it, and sure enough, the handwriting was different. Wu Zetian let people investigate and discovered the truth of the matter. But Wu Zetian knew that he definitely couldn't dispose of Lai Junchen, and now he was still useful.
In order to prevent Lai Junchen from continuing to find reasons to falsely accuse Di Renjie, he demoted Di Renjie to Pengze County Order.
It turned out that Wu Zetian was not at ease with Coming to Junchen, so he sent Zhou Lin to investigate. However, Lai Junchen was powerful and powerful, and Zhou Lin came to the prison to tell Lai Junchen about the matter that Wu Zetian had asked him to investigate.
Lai Junchen said to Zhou Lin: This is the "Thank You Death Table" written by Di Renjie, so you can take this back and hand it over.
When Di Renjie faced the official scene, he understood that although he had been wronged, there was no need to suffer from flesh and skin, so he took the initiative to confess his guilt, asking Lai Junchen to relax his vigilance and create opportunities for himself to cleanse his innocence.
