Preface
In the history of power struggles, sometimes a trivial matter can trigger fierce revenge and bloody struggle. And the rich man snatched an acre of land from Li Lianying's family, and the seemingly trivial dispute became the fuse of an unknown power game.
In this revenge, the ugliness of human nature is completely exposed. When power corrupts human nature, when the desire for revenge clouds reason, where does a man go, and what price does he pay?
1. The trick of fate
Lijia Village, Dacheng County, an obscure small village, where the people living here live a life without fighting. No one thought that in this small village, a figure would be born, and his life would be so wonderful and full of ups and downs.
Li Yongfu is the most ordinary peasant in the village, relying on a few acres of thin fields and hard work, he can barely maintain the food and clothing of his family. His son Li Yude (Li Lianying's original name) has been smart and clever since he was a child, and he is the pride of the villagers. However, fate played a cruel joke on the Li family.
When Li Yude was 12 years old, the rich man of the village, the bully, coveted the Li family's one acre of fertile land for a long time. Although this land is small, the soil is fertile and the irrigation is convenient, which is the lifeblood of the Li family.
One day, the rich man Wang took a group of fox friends and dog friends to drag Li Yongfu out of the ground, punched and kicked him, and put him in prison. Since then, the Li family has lost this precious fertile land, and their lives have fallen into difficulty.
In desperation, the Li family could only leave their hometown and move their family to the capital to make a living. There, they lived a life where even eating a hot meal was a problem. Just when the Li family was in a desperate situation, an opportunity to change their fate appeared......
Second, the court is soaring
A fellow came to Li's house and said that the palace was recruiting eunuchs, and asked 13-year-old Li Yude to try. Although Li Yongfu and his wife were very reluctant, for the sake of the family's livelihood, they could only cut their love and let their son enter the palace.
The smart and clever Li Yude soon made a name for himself in the palace. He was assigned to the Empress Dowager Ci'an's Chuxiu Palace as an errand boy, and with his clever mind and extraordinary skills, he soon won the appreciation of the Empress Dowager Ci'an.
In the third year of Guangxu, the Empress Dowager Ci'an died, and the Empress Dowager Cixi began to take charge of the government. In his unique way, Li Yude quickly gained the trust of the Empress Dowager Cixi. In the twelfth year of Tongzhi, at the age of 24, he was promoted to the first-class guard of the imperial front.
From an ordinary little eunuch to becoming a personal guard serving the Empress Dowager Cixi, Li Yude only took 11 years. This is very rare in the palace, which shows how outstanding his talent and skills are.
In the fifth year of Guangxu, the 31-year-old Li Yude was promoted to the imperial eunuch to manage all the affairs around the Empress Dowager Cixi. He became a veritable "chief eunuch", powerful and powerful, and became a big celebrity around the Empress Dowager Cixi.
3. The conspiracy of revenge
In the spring of the fifth year of Guangxu, Li Lianying (Li Yude's new name) asked the Empress Dowager Cixi to return to her hometown to visit relatives. The Empress Dowager Cixi was reluctant to let this confidant leave, but after his repeated requests, she finally agreed.
In order to ensure Li Lianying's safety, the Empress Dowager Cixi sent eight imperial guards to accompany her and gave Li Lianying a yellow dragon flag to show his identity and status. Li Lianying returned to her hometown after a long absence. He was dressed in a gorgeous official uniform and held a yellow dragon flag, with a majestic appearance, which stunned the villagers.
The news soon reached the ears of the rich man. He heard that the son of the Li family, who was bullied by himself, has now become the chief eunuch in the palace, and he was so frightened that his soul was scattered.
He knew that he occupied the Li family's land and put Li Lianying's father in prison, and Li Lianying probably remembered all these things. Now that Li Lianying is in power, I am afraid that she will not be able to escape death.
The rich man Wang hurriedly took the whole family to the place where Li Lianying was staying to ask for guilt. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Lianying again and again, begging Li Lianying to spare his life. At the same time, he also prepared a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry, and wanted to redeem his life.
What the rich man didn't expect was that instead of embarrassing him, Li Lianying helped him up with a smile. Li Lianying said that the events of the year have passed, and she doesn't remember it for a long time, so let the rich man not take it to heart.
Fourth, the implementation of the conspiracy
The next day, Li Lianying visited the rich man again. He told the rich man that he was accustomed to seeing magnificence in the palace, but he longed for the simple life in the countryside even more. He offered to visit Wang's house for a few days to experience the life of a rural person. Naturally, the rich man couldn't ask for it, so he agreed again and again.
In the few days at the Wang family, Li Lianying behaved very humbly and politely. He praised the rich man's mansion as magnificent, and praised the food of the royal family as more delicious than in the palace. The rich man Wang was overjoyed by him, and accompanied Li Lianying to eat, drink and have fun all day long, and the guests and hosts were happy.
Before leaving, Li Lianying also proposed to take away Wang's rich man's daughter, Wang. He said that the Wang family was virtuous and intelligent, and wanted to bring her back to the palace and cultivate her well. When the rich man heard this, he was overjoyed and said yes again and again. In his opinion, if his daughter can follow Li Lianying into the palace, she will definitely have a bright future in the future.
In this way, Li Lianying left Dacheng County with the Wang family and returned to the capital. In the eyes of outsiders, Li Lianying's trip not only forgave the enemy, but also took away the enemy's daughter, which is really magnanimous and admirable. However, no one knew that behind this, Li Lianying had already laid out a shocking situation.
V. The Execution of Revenge
After Li Lianying returned to the capital, she did not keep her promise and sent the Wang family to the palace. Instead, he sold the Wang family to a Qinglou and reduced her to a prostitute. Although Wang is young and beautiful, she comes from a humble background and has no background, so she has been bullied and humiliated in the Qinglou, and she lives a life that is worse than death.
At the same time, Li Lianying secretly sent someone to send a letter to the county magistrate of Dacheng County. In the letter, Li Lianying claimed that the rich man had oppressed the people for many years and did all kinds of evil, and the imperial court had ordered that he should be severely punished.
After receiving this letter, the county commander immediately led people to arrest the rich man Wang and put him in prison. In prison, the rich man was subjected to inhuman torture. In order to curry favor with Li Lianying, the county magistrate made things difficult for the rich man in every possible way, and changed ways to humiliate him.
The rich man was hung on a beam, whipped until his skin was cut open and blood was dripping. He was stripped naked, locked in a filthy cell, and could only eat some moldy steamed buns and dirty water every day.
What made the rich man Wang even more desperate was that his family property was also confiscated by the county order. His wife and children were kicked out of the house and reduced to beggars, begging for food in the streets every day. The rich man's former magnificence has vanished in a blink of an eye, and he has changed from a high-spirited rich man to a prisoner.
The rich man begged bitterly in prison, hoping that Li Lianying would be kind and spare his life. He wrote letters begging for mercy one after another, claiming that he would change his mistakes and never do evil again. However, these letters were lost in the sea, and there was no news of them. In the end, the rich man died in despair in prison, leaving not even a single intact corpse.
6. The darkness of human nature
When the news was transmitted back to Lijia Village, the villagers were discussing. They all said that Li Lianying was really powerful, and even a big bully like the rich man dared to punish him, and it seemed that no one would dare to bully the Li family in the future. They also said that Li Lianying was broad-minded, and she didn't remember the hatred of the year, but instead promoted the daughter of the rich man, which was really kind-hearted.
Only Li Lianying herself knows that all this is a scene carefully designed by herself. He took advantage of the greed and stupidity of the rich man to trick him into the palm of his hand, and then crushed him fiercely. He wants to let the rich man taste the humiliation and pain suffered by his family back then, let him live rather than die, and let him live but not die.
Li Lianying's revenge methods are insidious and creepy. He pretended to be magnanimous on the surface, but behind the scenes, he was calculating how to put the rich man to death. He mercilessly played with Wang's body and mind, making her a prostitute and completely ruining her life. He used his power to make the county commander his executioner and brutally persecuted the rich man.
In this process, Li Lianying exposed the ugliest side of human nature. In order to satisfy his desire for revenge, he did not hesitate to use the power in his hands to destroy the lives of others. He has no mercy, he turns a blind eye to the suffering of others, and even humiliates them even more. He pretends to have a benevolent face on the surface, but behind the scenes, he is doing shady things.
epilogue
With her ingenuity, Li Lianying has risen from a poor peasant child to the pinnacle of power step by step. However, the hatred in his heart and the desire for revenge led him to a path of no return.
This story warns us to always be vigilant against the dark side of our hearts, maintain the moral bottom line, and cherish the lives of others. Power is a double-edged sword, it can make people soar in the clouds, but it can also drag people into the abyss.
Only by maintaining high moral character and pure heart can we avoid being corrupted by power and leading to depravity and destruction.