Even Zhao Xu was a little confused.

"What's going on?" he asked: "The left prime minister has always been in good health. Even though he was ill at home recently, he should not have passed away without any warning..."

Sima Guang nodded, it was indeed true.

Wang Gui is younger than him, and he has never heard of any illness.

Why did he die suddenly?

Could it be?

Sima Guang's eyes glanced into the curtain.

Although that kind of thing is unlikely to happen in the Song Dynasty.

But I can't say for sure.

Right?

When Sima Guang was studying history, he read astronomical amounts of historical materials.

Especially those unique books and treasures given by Emperor Daxing, which record various secrets since the Han Dynasty.

So he knew that since ancient times, when the royal family wanted to kill people, they did not need to use knives, and sometimes even jailers were not needed.

A cup of poisonous wine, three feet of white silk, and a piece of gold are delivered to the minister by someone holding a palace token.

Does this minister dare not die?

You don't even need to bring anything, the person just needs to give a hint.

A minister who is aware of his situation will kill himself after the messenger leaves.

Just like King Yue Yi, Taizong only said to him: You do it yourself.

He had completely understood it, and he would kill himself when he returned home, not even daring to splash blood in the palace!

What made Sima Guang especially sensitive was that during the period when Zhang Xianmingsu was behind the curtain, the prime minister Cao took advantage of him and was forced to death by the ministers around Zhang Xianmingsu.

Now, will the Empress Dowager who is hanging the curtain learn from Zhang Xian Mingsu?

Sima Guang didn't know and couldn't guess.

He could only look at the old minister who entered the small hall.

Just listen to the chamberlain named Shi Deyi play: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and the Inspector General: Duke Xun heard a ballad more than an hour ago and cursed him angrily.

Vomited blood and died!"

"A ballad?" Queen Mother Xiang asked curiously from behind the curtain: "What ballad?"

Can a ballad make a prime minister angry to death?

Is it too exaggerated?

But the curiosity in Empress Dowager Xiang's heart drove her to impatiently want to know - what kind of song was it that could actually make even an old minister like Wang Gui, who was scolded as a sworn minister, angry to death?

!

Shi Deyi took out a piece of white paper from his sleeve, held it in his hand, and presented it to Zhao Xu's case.

Zhao Xu looked down and became happy, then sent it to the curtain and showed it to the Queen Mother.

He took it from the Queen Mother and put it in front of him, and his expression suddenly became strange.

Then she brought the paper to the Empress Dowager in person: "Your Majesty, take a look!"

The Empress Dowager read it once and laughed.

"This is what is called a thousand words, what is called a man's word is like a knife!"

She looked at the veteran minister standing in the palace through the curtain and ordered: "Liang Weijian, take it to Sima Xianggong to see how the prime minister worshiped by the Daxing Emperor and the prime minister in the capital hall are.

What kind of person do the people of Bianjing think?"

So, the piece of paper was sent to Sima Guang by Liang Weijian.

When Sima Guang spread it out and took a look, his expression suddenly became extremely wonderful.

On paper, it is a ballad with barely adequate literary talent but witty lyrics.

The poem says: Zuo Xiang is a son of a wealthy country. He has no name but money in his life. Nuonuo is trying to defeat Wang Tejin. He is diligently keeping Zhang for observation. There is no talk on the railing well. There is no counting of years in the government hall. There is no land in Dongfu.

No authority is required for full authority!

There is another line of writing on the paper: I also heard that recently someone was singing songs day and night outside Zuo Xiang's Mansion: Yu Yu Yu Yu is full of energy, except for being empty, and everything is complete.

Every word is like a sword, every sentence is like an arrow.

Sima Guang felt that if he were Wang Gui, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood if he heard the people of Bianjing singing such a song that completely denied and overturned his life!

This is an intolerable shame for a scholar-bureaucrat!

Note: This ballad by the citizens of Bianjing was circulated after Wang Gui's death.

I have changed the first two sentences and the last title here.

The original text of the first two sentences is: The grand master gave Sun Jian to his descendant, who has no name but money.

Wang Tejin is Wang Anshi, he is the elder of Tejin, Sikong.

In the original text, Zhang Guan was Song Zhaoxuan, also known as Song Yongchen. However, at this time, because the sixth brother recalled Song Yongchen to the palace and wanted to open the Embankment Division for buying, Song Yongchen's taunting effect failed, and the Bianjing people automatically focused their fire on the highest-ranking person.

The internal minister was Zhang Maoze. At this time, Zhang Maoze, the Yaojun official, was the Lizhou Observer, so he was generally called Zhang Observer.

This thing is particularly interesting.

The Wang family later went to the government to sue the government because of this incident, and the lawsuit was brought before Cai Jing. They were watched by countless people in the government office, which caused a roar of laughter.
Chapter completed!