法苑珠林 91.80

91.80

齊真子融。齊世甞為井陘開嶮阻使。賂貨甚多。為人所糺。齊主欲以行法。意在窮治。乃付并州城局參軍事崔瑗與中書舍人蔡暉。共考其獄。然子融之事皆在赦前。瑗等觀望上意抑為赦。後子融臨刑之際。怨訴百端。既不見理。乃誓曰若此等平吉。是無天道。後十五日法。瑗無病暴死。經一年許。蔡暉臥疾。膚肉爛墮。都盡苦楚。百許日殂。

Under the Northern Qi dynasty, Zhen Zirong once served as Commissioner for Clearing Obstructions at Jingxing. He amassed a vast fortune in bribes and was impeached. The Qi ruler wished to enforce the law and intended to investigate him thoroughly, so he assigned Cui Yuan, Adjutant for Urban Administration of Bingzhou, together with Cai Hui, Secretariat Drafter, to jointly conduct the inquest. However, Zirong's actions had all taken place before a general amnesty; Yuan and the others, watching the ruler's intentions, suppressed the facts to place them after the amnesty. When Zirong was about to be executed, he voiced his grievances in a hundred ways, but since he obtained no fair hearing, he swore: 'If these people live in peace and good fortune, then there is no Heavenly Way!' Fifteen days later by the law, Yuan died suddenly without any illness. After about a year, Cai Hui fell ill and was bedridden; his flesh rotted and sloughed off completely in immense torment, and he passed away after about a hundred days.