【Assassination of Xu Jihun 2】
Zhu Jin deceived Xu Zhixun into the inner room and invited his wife Tao (the daughter of Tao Ya) to come out to pay homage to Xu Zhixun. Mrs. Tao knelt down and kowtowed to Xu Zhixun, and Xu Zhixun quickly kowtowed in return.
Just when Xu Zhixun knelt down and kowtowed, Zhu Jin suddenly raised the wat board in his hand and hit Xu Zhixun on the head. Xu Zhixun was knocked to the ground in one fell swoop. Immediately after, the ambush soldiers in the inner room rushed out and chopped off Xu Zhixun's head with a knife. .
Zhu Jin had tied two untamed horses in the courtyard in advance. After he lured Xu Zhixun in, he ordered someone to secretly untie the ropes. Then the two horses bit and fought with each other, croaking and neighing loudly. huge. So when Zhu Jin beheaded Xu Zhixun in the inner room, the guards brought by Xu Zhixun outside could not detect anything strange inside.
Zhu Jin carried Xu Zhixun's head and walked out swaggeringly. Seeing this, hundreds of Xu Zhixun's guards dispersed in a hurry. Afterwards, Zhu Jin galloped to the palace and showed the head to Yang Wei, "Your Majesty, I have eliminated this great harm to Huainan!"
Yang Wei took a closer look and was instantly frightened. He covered his face with his sleeves and fled back to the bedroom, shaking like chaff.
Zhu Jin carried the head and chased him outside the bedroom door, bowed his hands and saluted, "Your Majesty, the traitors have been eliminated. The generals are willing to support your Majesty in presiding over military affairs. Please go out and take charge of the overall situation!"
Yang Wei turned pale with fright and said tremblingly: "Uncle, you did this alone. I don't know anything. Please don't hurt me!"
Yang Xingmi's first wife's surname was Zhu (Zhu Yanshou's sister). In order to win over her, Yang Xingmi asked his sons to call Zhu Jin "uncle".
Seeing Yang Wei's cowards and cowards, Zhu Jin was so angry that he smashed the head against the doorpost, pointed at Yang Wei and yelled, "You son of a bitch, you are worthless and useless!" Then he pulled out his sword and said, When he walked out of the palace, he found that the city gate had been closed and the relevant departments were searching for Zhu Jin throughout the city.
Zhu Jin knew that the situation was over, so she ran to the backyard and climbed over the wall. However, she sprained her ankle when she fell and there was no hope of escape. When the pursuers surrounded him, Zhu Jin said to the pursuers: "I have eradicated a scourge for thousands of Huainan people, and I will die without regrets. One person will do the work and one person will do it!" After that, he swung his sword and killed himself. .
The news of Xu Zhixun's murder spread, and Ma Renyu, the general guarding the Suanshan Crossing on the other side of the river, immediately informed Xu Zhigao.
It is completely consistent with the script deduced by Song Qiqiu! Runzhou and Yangzhou are separated by a river, and those who are near the water get the moon first. Xu Zhigao crossed the river into Yangzhou that day, quickly stabilized the order in Yangzhou, and gained actual control of Yangzhou City.
Ma Renyu, the young general who promptly reported the news, rose rapidly from then on. Xu Zhigao gave him a lot of rewards. He was first promoted to the governor of Chuzhou, the general of the Jinwu Guard (Central Forbidden Army), and later to the Jiedushi envoy. Xu Zhigao also gave him his daughter (Future Princess Xingguo) married him.
After Xu Zhigao entered Yangzhou, on the one hand he took over Xu Zhixun's power, and on the other hand he executed Zhu Jin's entire family.
It is said that Zhu Jin's wife Tao cried before leaving. A concubine said: "What's there to cry about? We will be reunited there soon. (Why are you crying? I'm going to see you now." )" After hearing this, Mr. Tao also put away his tears and went to die happily. The onlookers were quite moved and felt deep regret.
Later, Xu Wen ordered people to drag Zhu Jin's body to the streets of the busy city and expose it to the public. As a result, a strange scene happened: It was midsummer, but Zhu Jin's body did not rot, and it did not attract flies, maggots, etc.
When Zhu Jin was alive, he was famous in Jianghuai and people were quite afraid of him. However, after his death, his body did not rot, which made people believe that Zhu Jin was extraordinary. From word of mouth to word of mouth, the legend became more and more miraculous. From word to word, Yangzhou had a prescription that could cure all diseases - Zhu Jin's Exposed Corpse Soil.
It is said that no matter what kind of disease you suffer from, as long as you take the soil from the place where Zhu Jin's body was exposed and drink it with water, you can be sure that the medicine will cure the disease and you will be cured instantly. After recovering from the illness, some new soil must be sent to fill the previous vacancies.
Folk prescriptions are used to treat serious illnesses. It is said that anyone who takes this prescription will see immediate results and be cured of their illness. So not long after, Zhu Jin's body was buried like this, gradually turning into a high tomb.
Xu Wen was very angry and ordered Zhu Jin's body to be dug up and sunk into Leigong Pond. Later, Xu Wen fell ill. During his serious illness, he dreamed that Zhu Jin shot him with a bow and arrow. After waking up from the nightmare, he ordered people to use fishing nets to fish out Zhu Jin's bones and rebury them on the edge of Leigong Pond. Ancestral hall for people to offer sacrifices and commemorate.
There is also a theory that Xu Wen later learned about Xu Zhixun's actions and eliminated his hatred for Zhu Jin, so he salvaged his body and buried it grandly.
When Zhu Jin made a rebellion, veteran general Mi Zhicheng rode on horseback with more than a dozen personal cavalry to inquire about Zhu Jin's whereabouts. After learning that Zhu Jin had committed suicide, he stopped and returned home. Xu Wen suspected that he was also involved in Zhu Jin's conspiracy and wanted to liquidate him as well.
Mi Zhicheng and Zhu Jin are known as the "Double Masters of Huainan". Historical records say that "Zhu Jin is good at shooting and Zhicheng is good at shooting, both of them are the first." An Renyi was quite dissatisfied with this and left a famous comment, "Zhicheng Crossbow" Ten is not worthy of being one of Jin's bows; ten of Jin's bows is not worthy of being one of my bows."
Mi Zhicheng asked about Zhu Jin's whereabouts. He was probably assisting the public security organs in hunting down the murderer. How could he become an accomplice of the suspect?
The pain of losing his son made Xu Wen rather willing to kill three thousand people by mistake without letting one person slip through the net. Who could know that this was not Xu Wen's use of the murder of Xu Zhixun to carry out rectification and purge?
How can we successfully hunt down veteran Mi Zhicheng, one of the "Two Masters of Huainan"? The think tank Yan Keqiu came up with a plan: to announce to the outside world that he had defeated the Chu soldiers in Yuanzhou, and to ask all civil and military officials to come to the palace to congratulate him, and to ambush the swordsman in advance. In this way, Mi Zhicheng was arrested and brought to justice inexplicably.
In addition, Xu Wen also believes that the "mascot" Li Yan is also involved. The reason is that Li Yan has long been neglected because he has lost his use value. Now he lives in poverty, so he has bad motives for retaliating against society... and wants to incriminate him. , why bother?
As a result, Mi Zhicheng and Li Yan were accused of being "Zhu Jin's accomplices" and were executed.
In addition to these two people, Xu Wen also has a long death list. He will take this opportunity to eliminate dissidents. Anyone he considers to be dissidents will be on the list, and without exception they will be dubbed "Zhu Jin's Companions" crime.
The think tank Yan Keqiu and others tried hard to persuade him to stop it and not blindly expand it to avoid causing greater panic.
Xu Zhigao, Diao Yanneng and others also exposed various illegal behaviors of Xu Zhixun.
According to historical records, Xu Wen had no idea about his son's rebellious and illegal behavior. Suddenly, when he heard everyone talking and pointed the finger at Xu Zhixun, Xu Wen also had some doubts in his heart. Until he visited Xu Zhixun's office and discovered that there was a secret room hidden in the office. There was a mural in the secret room: In the painting, Xu Wen and Wu Mu were added to the body (the highest level of restraint torture instrument), and all the disciples except Xu Zhixun were bound and tortured. But Xu Zhixun was wearing the emperor's clothes and sitting in the middle. Each character's name is clearly marked in text next to it...
Xu Wen was furious and cursed on the spot: "The dog should have died long ago! (It's too late for the dog to die)"
Subsequently, the liquidation and massacre against "Zhu Jin's accomplices" were stopped, and Zhu Jin's body was reburied. Xu Wen announced that the murder case of Xu Zhixun was over.
