200 BC, December.
We know that that winter was one of the most depressed and difficult winters for Liu Bang. Bai Deng was besieged and almost died, after the siege was lifted, The Banshi returned to the dynasty, just passing by the door of Zhao Guo Zhang Ao, and stayed as a guest by the way.
To say that he is a guest is to be an evil lord. Zhang Ao entertained Liu Bang with the courtesy of a son-in-law and personally served food and poured water, but Liu Bang still did not change the habit of cursing people like slaves, and scolded Zhang Ao with a bloody head.
Zhang Ao, the reason why he has today, is because he has a good father and a good mother-in-law. Zhao Guo was left to him by his father Zhang Er; before Liu Bang was rewarded for meritorious deeds, Xiao He jugong was the first, Cao Shan was second, and Zhang Ao was third. This third place was exactly what Aunt Lü Yan strongly asked Liu Bang to reward.
As for how Liu Bang scolded Zhang Ao, history does not record it. But according to Liu Bang's mood at that time, we can imagine this:
Don't you think you're my son-in-law, I can't scold you; don't think like a dog lying around me, I don't want to kick you; don't you think I'm besieged by Mo dun, and then come back and fire at you? wrong! I'm upset because you're incompetent! I ask you, where were you when Wang Huang li and Zhao Li were the new King of Zhao? Others have robbed you of the throne, you are still willing to lie in the Zhao Kingdom to sleep, let my old father-in-law go to fight for you, you say you are like a bad word?
Zhang Er Hero I, I really don't know how I gave birth to your brave son. If it wasn't for your father helping me in his early years, don't say that you were crowned king of Zhao, you wanted to marry my daughter, there was no door. Listen, don't think you have a mother-in-law covering you, just think that everything is worry-free. I can lift you, I can also step on you, if you annoy me again one day, you don't want to mix in Zhao Guo!
Cursing people like scolding slaves has always been a character trait of Liu Bang. At that time, Zhang Ao was like being deaf and deaf, bowing his head and not speaking, and he didn't dare to put one. Let Liu Bang finish scolding, eat enough, drink enough, pat his ass and go back to Chang'an.
However, his lofty posture immediately angered two people.
They were Zhang Ao's ministers of state, Guan Gao and Zhao Wu.
They went to see Zhang Ao together, and said in unison: "The world is full of heroes and masters, and those who can stand first, now the king is very respectful, and the emperor is rude, please kill him for the king!" ”
What the?! Zhang Ao was shocked and frightened when he heard it, and two fingers couldn't help but insert them into his mouth, biting out blood.
What Haojie and up, please ask me is Haojie?
The one who can stand first, is I the one who can do it?
Please also kill for the king, why should I do it for myself?
So-called, people are valuable in self-knowledge. I know exactly what kind of goods I am. Don't brag desperately, and don't make a fuss. If you take the lives of all the officials and the people of the Zhao Kingdom, then you will not be able to do it!
After a while, Zhang Ao finally calmed down.
He said to Guan Gao and Zhao Wu, "You are angry for me, and I thank you." But you two have made such a decision, and you must not do it. Unbeknownst to you, my father lost the Zhao Kingdom before, and it was thanks to His Majesty that he was able to restore the country and I was able to inherit the throne. Every grass and tree, every bird and one animal in the Zhao Kingdom was given to us by the emperor, please don't say such a thing about killing the head and exterminating the clan in the future! ”
Sure enough, it was a king!
King Zhao was timid, and it seemed that he could only do it himself.
Guan Gao and Zhao Wu secretly discussed, and the result was: if you say it, the water that is spilled out will not be killed by King Zhao! At the same time, they also decided that the assassination would be attributed to King Zhao; the matter of leakage and self-inflicted blame had nothing to do with King Zhao.
All assassins must also be divided into three, six, nine and so on. There is courage and strategy, we call it the best, such as Zhang Liang; there is courage and no strategy, we call it the next product, such as Guan Gao. This is a bit detrimental to him, saying that his head is not developing soundly. However, judging from his later performance, he actually had his head in the water.
He said that the failure of the operation was not about King Zhao. The problem is that you are zhao xiang and say that assassinating the son of heaven has nothing to do with king Zhao. May I ask, if you were Liu Bang, would you believe it?
Therefore, how to kill Guan Gao is inferior. Zhang Ao is weak and innocent, timid and reasonable!
However, Guan Gao still acted!
199 BC, winter.
At this time, it had been nearly a year since Liu Bang insulted Zhang Ao, and in the past year, Guan Gao and Zhao Wu and others had made various assumptions for the assassination operation, and none of them had ideals.
Everything was providential, and in the winter of that year Liu Bang personally led a large army to Dongyuan (Zhengding County, Hebei Province) to conquer the remnants of Han Wangxin. To go to Dongyuan, you must pass through the Bai people (southwest of Longyao County, Hebei Province), and Guan Gao decided to assassinate Liu Bang in the Bai people.
Regarding the assassination, Qin Shi Huang experienced it twice: Jing Ketu was poor and the blood stained the palace; Zhang Liang ambushed XuanDao, and the iron vertebra struck it. Guan Gao believed that Jing Ke and Zhang Liang were brave and fierce, and they were not enough to teach them. Since it was an assassination, it was necessary to take him by surprise and kill him by surprise.
After everyone's discussion, Guan Gao finalized the specific location of the assassination of Liu Bang -
lavatory!
lavatory? Is it true? Didn't you read that right?
Honestly, I read it right, the place where Guan Gao assassinated Liu Bang was indeed in the toilet. This middle toilet is the toilet of the Bairen Guest House.
In the Han Dynasty, whether it was a commoner or a nobleman, or a magnate or a rich person, toilets were made in pigsty. Liu Bang will stay here, and if he stays overnight, he will choose the Bairen Guest House, enter the guest house, and enter the pigsty and go to the toilet.
At this point, I can only say that this idea is really too nonsensical.
Guan Gao is cute, Liu Bang is even more cute. At that time, as Guan Gao expected, Liu Bang marched through Bairen County and planned to stay overnight. But when Liu Bang was preparing to get off the horse, he suddenly asked left and right: "What is this place?" ”
Left and right answer: "Kashiwajin! ”
Liu Bang's heart moved, and he said, "Bo ren? The Cypress is forced by the people. This place is ominous and it is not suitable for overnight. ”
Liu Bang did not stay in the Bai people and continued to drive forward.
Therefore, the high-ranking people squatted in the pigsty for a night in vain, and the assassination operation was inexplicably lost!