A Complete Biography of the Xue Family Generals Who Rebelled Against the Tang Dynasty

Xue Gang made a grand display of lanterns, beat the prince to death, offered sacrifices to the Iron Hill Tomb three times, protected the King of Luling, revived the Tang Dynasty, and reunited the Xue family. The book first narrates that Wu Zetian entered the palace and was favored and was named queen. Xue Dingshan's third son Xue happened to fight against injustice and beat the traitors Zhang Tianzuo and Zhang Tianyou in the capital. He also rescued Xue Yi, who was framed by Zhang Tianzuo, and gave him his position as the commander-in-chief of Sishui Pass. Soon, during the Lantern Festival, Xue Gang went to a wine shop to get drunk and entered the inner city. At this time, there was a huge crowd of people, and no one made way for him. Xue Gang took advantage of the drunkenness, bumped and beat among the crowd, and unexpectedly kicked the prince to death. Gaozong was frightened upstairs, fell downstairs, and died of illness soon after. Xue Gang knew he was in trouble and escaped from the city gate.