In the same boat with the son

Zhang Rang didn't sleep well all night, thinking about Zhang Shuo's affairs in his heart, he fell into a drowsy sleep.Half asleep and half awake, Zhang Rang felt as if someone was scratching the door outside the hall, got up and opened the door, only to see Zhang Shuo was wearing white underwear, his face was pale, and there was no blood or scars on his body, Zhang Rang felt relieved Coming down, he stretched out his hand to grab Zhang Shuo's sleeve, and called happily, "Ah Shuo, come in and sit down, don't stand outside."

Zhang Shuo smiled bleakly, "No, brother, the holy body has dragon energy protection, so I can't collide with you. I'm leaving, and I'm here to say goodbye to you." Zhang Rang looked at him blankly, not understanding what he was doing. say what.

"Brother, you have to take good care of yourself, and take good care of your father for me. I used to be too ignorant, I only knew to cause trouble for you everywhere, and I didn't do anything serious. The current fate is all caused by myself. Who am I? Don't complain, brother, I want to ask you one last thing."

Zhang Rang moved his lips with difficulty, "Tell me—"

"The person I like is stupid and stupid. He is the bastard of the family. He is not welcome. I hope my brother can help me take care of it. I don't want to be rich or expensive. Just be safe and happy."

Zhang Rang felt very blocked in his heart when he heard it. Although he didn't know the situation very well, Zhang Rang only wanted to respond to what Zhang Shuo said now.Seeing that his elder brother had agreed, Zhang Shuo smiled at Zhang Rang, and disappeared in front of Zhang Rang in a blink of an eye.

Zhang Rang was bluffed into a cold sweat, only to realize that he was dreaming just now, and Emperor Huan was still sleeping soundly beside him, but he felt very bad in his heart and panicked very badly.Zhang Rang pushed Emperor Huan beside him, and urged, "Your Majesty, it's dawn, call Li Huang into the court!"

Emperor Huan was still a little tired, but he had no choice but to order the palace servants to come in and wash up.It was only after the maids put on the emperor's clothes neatly that the Grand Duke came in in a hurry, and after seeing Zhang Rang, he didn't speak.Emperor Huan hadn't recovered from his early exhaustion, and he was a little impatient, so he reprimanded, "It's slow, just say what you have!"

The Grand Duke wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said bravely, "Master Li killed Zhang Shuo, magistrate of Yewang county after the interrogation last night!" Suddenly, as if lost in a daze, his face turned completely pale. Emperor Huan hurriedly hugged Zhang Rang, patted him on the back, and his face was a little angry.The Grand Duke couldn't help shrinking himself to be even more inconspicuous, he was so embarrassed that he had become the person who reported the funeral so early in the morning, and it was better not to take the anger of innocence on him.

People always instinctively try to shrink themselves smaller when they feel danger, as if this can increase the density of their own resistance to life, or reduce the scope of their own violations.It's just that since humans are no longer animals that rely on instincts to survive, these instincts will only seem a little ridiculous and redundant.

Zhang Rang couldn't help but squeezed his hands tightly, the hands were distorted and deformed, they were bluish white, and the knuckles were exposed, trembling all over, sure enough, Ah Shuo really went, it must be at that time—— Zhang Rang only felt that if he persisted a little more and was more self-willed, maybe Ah Shuo wouldn't die.Emperor Huan asked the palace people to retreat, helped Zhang Rang to sit on the couch, and hugged him tightly in his arms.

Zhang Rang buried his head in Emperor Huan's arms, his body trembling and crying uncontrollably.Back then when he was sent to the palace, Ah Shuo was still a two or three-year-old milk baby, he liked to cling to himself very much.Although the family is poor, the mother is very gentle and always touches her head to let herself take good care of her younger brother.Since the birth of Ah Shuo, her mother has been in poor health. Her father is a very honest and honest person, and most of the money he earns is paid for medicine.His mother had been lingering on the sick bed for several years, but finally went. Zhang Rang still remembered the incomparably nostalgic and worried eyes of his mother when she left.Her sons were still so young, but she couldn't watch them grow up, and she had to leave them behind in such a poor family and an unfair world.

After my mother left, I couldn't even get the money for the burial. It just so happened that there was a eunuch in the village who worked in the palace. I heard people say that the palace is very prosperous, at least there is no need to worry about big fish and big meat.And if you send it to the palace, you can get some money. After burying your mother, there will be some left over, which can also relieve the family's plight.Zhang Rang took the initiative to talk to his father. Zhang Rang's father really had no choice but to consider whether to send the younger one in. The older one was already so big that he would be a labor force in a few years, and he could start a family and start a business.

But Zhang Rang firmly disagreed with his father's idea. He still remembered that his mother had always told him to take good care of his younger brother. How could he be sent to the palace when he was still so young? He would definitely not remember himself and his father when he grew up. He is still so small.For the fact that he entered the palace and became a eunuch, Zhang Rang has never resented or regretted it.But now, Ah Shuo just left like this. Zhang Rang couldn't face his father, nor could he face the Zhang family's ancestors. Ah Shuo was still so young, so he lost his life.

Not long after he entered the palace, he was taken by the eunuch next to Queen Mother Liang and kept him by his side.The great eunuch has been in the palace for many years, and he can be regarded as a good-looking man, and he has seen a lot of secrets in the palace.When Zhang Rang entered the palace, because he was very young and a beauty, he was noticed by the eunuch. Such a child was kept by his side. According to the preferences of the king and dignitaries, he could be used as a potential investment when he was older, and he could retire when he was young. beckoning.The eunuch was very strict with Zhang Rang, so that Zhang Rang would develop a master who would look at people from an early age.

But speaking from the bottom of his heart, the chief eunuch was making way for Zhang from the bottom of his heart, he was strict with him, but he didn't abuse him, and he also took him by his side like his own child in his heart.Zhang Rang has always remembered the kindness of the eunuch in his heart. After the death of Queen Mother Liang, Emperor Huan did not let the eunuch down too much under Zhang Rang's begging.

When Zhang Rangcai first learned about human affairs, he was already quite attractive, and he was considered a well-known person to the Empress Dowager Liang, so he sent him to Emperor Huan.Once it can be used as one's own eyes and ears, and if Emperor Huan is tied down, it will be no longer easy to find other concubines in the harem, and the chances of giving birth to dragon sons and grandsons will be reduced, and the status of Queen Liang will not be threatened.

At the beginning, Emperor Huan just wanted to show his favor to Queen Mother Liang. He knew that Zhang Rang was from the side of Queen Mother Liang, and he was very close to him. In fact, Emperor Huan still disliked Zhang Rang in his heart.

Maybe they were still young at that time, blank enough, bold enough to love and hate, not stubborn, ruthless or tired because of the vicissitudes of life, nor could they curl up and dare not love again because of the hurt of reality. to trust.

After knowing a person's story and understanding a person's mood, it may not be so difficult to fall in love with this person again, even though Emperor Huan knew that he was someone close to the Empress Dowager Liang.Maybe it was Zhang Rang's background, maybe his temperament, or maybe his beauty. Emperor Huan's mother was just a concubine of Marquis Liwu, and he also had a younger brother.

It was somewhere that could not be expected that Emperor Huan was moved, and the original disgust and rejection were replaced by understanding. Even if he would do things that were not good for him, he would forgive and tolerate him.Perhaps it is precisely because it is unpredictable that it is called fate.

When Li Huang entered the palace, he had already prepared for the worst. The bronze crane under the imperial case in the Chongde Palace was fluttering like flying, with strands of incense floating from its long mouth.Zhang Rang waited by Emperor Huan's side, his eyes were red and swollen, his face was very pale, and his eyes were full of resentment and viciousness.

After Li Wei saluted, Emperor Huan did not let him die, but condescendingly reprimanded him a little angrily, "Sili Lieutenant supervises all officials, but those who commit the crime of punishing the officials should ask the emperor for instructions, but Master Li made his own opinions. That is to say, the magistrate of Yewang County will be sentenced to death, I don’t know where Master Li will put me?!”

"The Spring and Autumn Period once explained that if the murderer is not caught by the side of the emperor, whether the murderer is guilty or not cannot be determined; if the murderer is caught by the side of the emperor, he can be sure that the murderer is guilty. Now the county magistrate of Yewang County is in the important place of Gyeonggi, at the foot of the emperor, killing Pregnant women can be determined to be guilty based on this. The book of rites once said that if the public family is guilty, even if it is forgiven, the judge may not obey according to the righteousness."

"I have served as the captain of Sili for ten years. I am afraid that I will not be able to punish rape and eliminate evil because of my ineffectiveness. I am slow to act and dereliction of duty. I don't want the Holy One to reprimand me for being too fast in administration."

In fact, what Li Huang said had two meanings, that is, first of all, he did not despise the king or infringe on the king's judicial power, because according to the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, if the emperor's side commits evil deeds, he can be convicted, because the emperor's eyes and ears reach his side , now that Zhang Shuo committed evil deeds for the officials of the Gyeonggi rather than the local officials, it is precisely because of the king's sageness and ability to see and hear that Li Huang can judge Zhang Shuo as guilty based on this.

Secondly, if Li Huang did not infringe the king's judicial power, then Emperor Huan's reprimand of him can only be interpreted as thinking that he handled the case too quickly.Li Wei avoided major offenses, admitted minor faults, and sincerely expressed his loyalty to the king.It can be said that the whole set of rhetoric was watertight, neither violated the real power of the king, nor denied that the king's accusations were wrong, and gave Emperor Huan enough face since childhood.

However, rhetoric is just rhetoric after all, no matter how tight the water is, no matter how complete and clear the logic is, it cannot change the essence behind the rhetoric.If it wasn't for thinking that Emperor Huan would be partial, why would Li Huang execute Zhang Shuo so quickly? The three people present all knew this well.But this is something that no one can say, let alone in front of Emperor Huan.

Emperor Huan saw that Li Wei had already said so, so he couldn't reprimand him any more, so he said to Zhang Rang, "This is your younger brother's fault, what does it have to do with Master Li—"

Zhang Rang heard the blame in Emperor Huan's words, although it was very light, he couldn't help biting his lips, and knelt down beside Emperor Huan with his head bowed.The majesty of the sky is unpredictable, even if he is like him, he must not damage the dignity of the king.Zhang Rang seemed to see his position more clearly. How could Emperor Huan destroy himself for him? For him, black is still black, and it is impossible to call black white because of his emotions. of.For everyone, Zhang Shuo was a life officer who committed a great evil. Except for his father, no one would feel sad because of Zhang Shuo's death.This is true even for Emperor Huan.

The author has something to say:

small theater:

Zhang Rang: You don't love me at all!

Emperor Huan: How come? —

Zhang Rang: I like white and you like black. I like sweet and you like bitter. If I mistake a deer for a horse, you will still regard the deer as a deer!

Emperor Huan: Khan—. —(Isn’t a deer a deer?)

Dongyue: Hey, Xiao Shouxin, the sea needle. . .Even if he says black is white, you still have to say it is white. . .

PS The section on the interpretation of the Spring and Autumn Annals is the commentary on the Gongyang Biography attributed to Duke Cheng of the Jin Dynasty by Duke Wen of Jin, which should not be delved into; also, it is the first time I write a small theater, so I am very nervous