What are some of the thinly veiled incidents in history?

The famous Empress Lu most likely died of rabies.

(Liu Bang and Empress Lu)

In 180 BC, Empress Lu died of an illness. The legendary woman who ruled the world for 15 years was 62 years old. Empress Lu was not willing that the world should be owned by the Lu family. When she was critically ill, Empress Lu also ordered her nephew Lu Lu, the king of Zhao, to become a general and command the northern army. Her nephew, Lü Yan, commanded the southern army.

Before she died, Empress Lu told her two nephews that as soon as she died, there might be a mutiny. The two nephews must firmly grasp the military power, can't have half a bit of relaxation. It can be seen that if Empress Lu did not die so early, the world will become what really do not know.

The Book of Han puts the death of Empress Lu very simply: she died of illness.

But let's look at the Records of the Grand Historian again. In the middle of March, Empress Lu purified, but also through the 轵道, see things like a pale dog, according to the high queen tucked away, and suddenly no longer see. She saw something like a pale dog, which she suddenly stopped seeing. She divined that the king of Zhao, Ruyi, was an evil spirit. The queen was then sick and injured.

purification (f?)? The meaning of the river to fast and bathe, pray for blessings and avoid disasters, which is a traditional custom of the ancients. In the middle of March, just before the death of Empress Lu, she also came to the river to pray for blessings according to the custom.

On the way back, a dog-like object suddenly pounced on the armpits of Empress Lu and disappeared in a flash. After returning to the palace, Empress Lu immediately asked someone to divine. The soothsayer said that it must be King Liu Ruyi, the hidden king of Zhao, who was responsible for this! From then on, Empress Lu was sick in her armpits and gradually got worse.

(Liu Ruyi in movies and TV dramas)

First of all, let's talk about this Zhao Yin Wang Liu Ruyi, who was the most favored son of Liu Bang, and was born together with Mrs. Qi. From the very beginning, Liu Ru was much stronger than Empress Lu's son, Liu Ying, and posed a great threat to Empress Lu's mother and son. After Liu Bang's death, Empress Lu immediately found an opportunity to poison Liu Ruyi.

So, when the diviner here said that Liu Ruyi was the culprit, he was actually saying that Liu Ruyi's ghost had come to take revenge. However, we know that such things as ghosts taking revenge don't actually exist.

Then the root cause of Empress Lu's illness could have been the dog. Bitten in mid-March and dying of the disease on August 1, a four-month incubation period, a rabies attack is entirely possible.

More favorable evidence is that the later Wang Chong, in his "On the Balance", mentioned the scene when Empress Lu was sick, ? Empress Lu and died in the shape of a demonic image of a dog? died like a mad dog possessed, that should be rabies without a doubt.

Why do you say that this thing is fine to think about?

Because being bitten by a mad dog and dying of rabies is really a very, very small probability. There's no way that Empress Lu went out by herself, she must have had a large group of people in front and behind her. The dog that contracted rabies is not everywhere, but there is just one, just these days onset of the disease, just rushed into the queen Lu's team, just scratched the queen Lu?