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"One time the curtain was blown by the wind, and I saw that the emperor's condition was really not very good. But even so, he insisted on comparing those courtiers whose birthdays were in July with those who were related to them and who were born in July. Everyone arrested them, saying that they were too evil, taking their blood to worship, it was like a madman, who doesn't have a relative who was born in July, and now everyone in the court is in danger." Wei Wei Bo Ran pondered for a while while talking, "Actually, I came to you today because I wanted you to sign a petition together, and try to find a way to release these innocent people."

"What does it mean to take blood to worship?" Shen Mingan said hesitantly: "But now that I have been demoted, I am so soft-spoken, I am afraid that I can't even speak in the court."

"The reason for your demotion is really inexplicable, whoever heard it would say it's unbelievable." Wei Boran continued, "Before, Tianshi Zhao said that the emperor was surrounded by evil spirits, but I really don't understand why Tianshi Zhao died the emperor. You have to believe his words wholeheartedly, anyway, the emperor sent someone to place a bronze square tripod in front of the statue of the Eight Immortals in Zhiyu Temple in the east of the city, and take out all the blood from the living people, and pour it drop by drop into the square tripod."

In fact, the scene was very bloody, it was killing people like slaughtering livestock, slashing people's necks, hands and feet, and tying them to the cauldron cover. The blood was drained drop by drop, and finally he was tortured to death.Fang Ding was originally made of bronze, but it was soon stained dark red with blood, and the rain could not wash it clean for several days.

But Wei Boran saw that Shen Mingan's face was losing color inch by inch, so he didn't go into details, just skipped this paragraph, and continued:

"Two people have been killed, one is the prefect of Tongzhou, the other is the wife of the magistrate of Tongzhou, because these two were born on the day of the Ghost Festival on July [-]th, the emperor said that they were haunted by evil spirits The rest of the courtiers who were born in July have all suffered misfortune and been imprisoned, and there are a few women and children, about a hundred people, who are now locked in the sky prison. According to the emperor's wishes, It is to kill one person every ten days."

"...Is the emperor crazy?" What he said was too shocking, and Shen Mingan was startled, "Isn't the crown prince in charge of the country now? Could it be that he can't make the decision on this matter?"

"The prince doesn't care about this matter at all. He can't take care of himself now. That's why I came up with this idea and went around lobbying the central and central officials to jointly petition, trying to put pressure on the prince to order him to release him."

Wei Boran showed Shen Mingan the petition in his bosom, held up his teacup and sighed, "Nowadays, the court is really full of smog. Didn't the prince push you out when Dule cheated in the exam earlier? I wasn't in Shangjing at all, and those candidates didn't buy it. I found out what was going on, but I didn't reveal it. I first told the emperor about it, but the emperor didn't reply, so I kept pressing this matter again and again. I don't know if it's because someone in Dali Temple was not strict or was spread by someone with a heart, but this matter was spread out, and those candidates started to make trouble after knowing the truth."

"Scholars have read the books of sages and sages, and when they make trouble, they are also difficult to deal with. They collectively stopped the exam at the re-held exam. The troublemakers were divided into two groups. One group read the exam room in unison at the gate of the East Palace day and night. According to the rules and laws of the court, another group of people blocked the prince, wrote poems to satirize the prince's inappropriate behavior, and asked the prince to give them an explanation."

The more Shen Mingan listened, the more anxious he became, he stood up from his chair anxiously, frowned and said worryingly: "This matter is not easy to handle, if it is not handled properly, there will be big trouble."

"Sit down." Wei Boran patted him on the shoulder and took a sip of tea, "This happened a few days ago, and it's already a big deal. This matter is difficult to handle, but His Royal Highness's way of handling it That's a simple one. He directly dispatched a group of guards to take down the group of candidates, and there was a stampede under the push, and the guards accidentally killed a leading and influential candidate, and the rest of the crowd became even more furious , the crown prince locked them all up. It’s ridiculous to say that now the prison is full of people, a huge crowd.”

Shen Mingan suddenly remembered that Liu Heyu had said a few days ago that the crown prince came to visit him. During that time, Shen Mingan had the worst fever and he was unconscious, but Lu Qingshi must have come to see him at that time, maybe it was also For this matter.

"Candidates are reasonable. Even if they make trouble, they can only appease them. How can they forcefully suppress them?"

"That's right, without your advice and help, he would not act like a crown prince." Wei Boran half-closed his eyes, his voice was very low, and the meaning in his words was hard to discern, "I'm afraid the emperor won't last long, The crown prince is already like this now. If he ascends the throne, the country will probably be destroyed by him. At that time, this official will not matter. Let me tell you, although the third prince's temper is difficult to distinguish, but At least he has more brains than the prince and can distinguish right from wrong."

Wei Boran is a cautious person, he speaks very little and is so outspoken, his words are too explicit, Shen Mingan's heart beats a lot faster, holding the petition in his hand, he hesitates to speak, but Wei Boran changes the topic , Pointing to the two pieces of paper in his hand, he said: "This is a petition, and the other is a list of people who were imprisoned by the emperor this time. Moon, take a look first."

Shen Mingan flipped through the list in his hand, and felt dazzled at first glance. It was a densely packed page, many of which were courtiers he was familiar with, and some were wives and children of the courtiers, and even their elderly parents.

Next to each name is the official position and date of birth. Even people who are local officials in Xiaozhou counties thousands of miles away appear on this piece of paper.

Every name on this piece of paper in your hand is a living human life. When they appear on this piece of paper and are imprisoned, it is as if a knife is hanging over their heads, and it will fall down at any time to kill them. Shen Mingan's hand holding the pen trembled unconsciously, "Why are there so many?"

The petition has the names and fingerprints of dozens of courtiers, all of whom are important officials in the court. It is obvious that Wei Boran has even been to prison. Among them are ministers who have already been imprisoned, and the rest are purely for this matter. People who complain about things.

"I will hand over this petition to the Crown Prince in public when I go to court tomorrow, hoping to persuade the Crown Prince to order him to be released." Wei Boran dried the ink that Shen Mingan wrote his name on the paper, "If you can come tomorrow, then It couldn't be better."

"Okay." Shen Mingan put down the brush in his hand and agreed.

The author says:

Happy Tanabata everyone!There are 777 starfishes in Peipeizi's sign-in today. Don't forget to get them. If you can, throw a few stars into the starfish jar that you have saved for a long time (??????)??

Myofasciitis in the fingers recently, trying to reduce the use of mobile phones and computers, next week's update may depend on the recovery of the hands