Is “Used a large bamboo basket to hide inside the mansion for discussion” true?
based on fact
The official history 'Records of the Three Kingdoms', Wei Shu, Biography of Ren Cheng and Chen Xiao Wang, commentary quoting 'Shi Yu' states: 'Using a cart to carry a waste basket, inside was hidden the Chaoge Chief Wu Zhi to plot.' 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' Chapter 72 describes it more vividly: 'Secretly invited the Chaoge Chief Wu Zhi into the inner mansion to discuss; fearing that someone might know, he used a large bamboo basket to hide Wu Zhi inside, only saying that silk rolls were inside.'
Wu Zhi
Chaoge Chief
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