Is “The clever honey fly case and the plot to kill Sun Chen” true?
Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wu, Biography of Sun Liang and Tales of the Yangtze River record the historical facts of Sun Liang's wisdom in inspecting the case of the hidden honey and flies, and his failed plot to kill the powerful minister Sun Chen, which led to his deposition. The novel copies this entirely. For example, Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wu, Biography of the Heir Apparent, annotation quoting Records of Wu states: 「使黄门至中藏取蜜渍梅，蜜中有鼠矢……令破鼠矢，矢里燥。亮大笑谓玄、邠曰：‘若矢先在蜜中，中外当俱湿，今外湿里燥，必是黄门所为。’」
Both official history and fiction record his clever solving of the honey fly case and his failed plot to kill the powerful minister Sun Chen, leading to his deposition.
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