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Lu Yéju was a Clerk favored by Zhang Tang.
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Book of Han, Chapter 69Volume 59: Zhang Tang · 6 passages
湯有所愛史魯謁居，知湯弗平，使人上飛變告文奸事，事下湯，湯治論殺文，而湯心知謁居為之。
Tang kept a favorite clerk, Lu Yéju, who saw how Tang brooded on the grudge. Yéju arranged for a sealed denunciation accusing Wen of misconduct; when the case landed in Tang's hands, he tried Wen and had him executed, all the while knowing Yéju was the author of the charge.
謁居病臥閭里主人，湯自往視病，為謁居摩足，趙國以冶鑄為業，王數訟鐵官事，湯常排趙王。
When Yéju fell ill and lodged with a neighbor, Tang visited him in person and massaged his feet. The kingdom of Zhao lived by its foundries; its king repeatedly sued the monopoly officials, and Tang as a rule ruled against the king.
謁居嘗案趙王，趙王怨之，並上書告：「湯大臣也，史謁居有病，湯至為摩足，疑與為大奸。」
Yéju had once prosecuted the king, who nursed a grudge. The king now sent up a joint memorial: "Zhang Tang is a chief minister; when his clerk Yéju fell ill, Tang actually massaged the man's feet—clear evidence of some monstrous conspiracy between them."
謁居病死，事連其弟，弟繫導官。
Yéju died before trial, but the investigation ensnared his younger brother, who was locked up in the guide office prison.
謁居弟不知而怨湯，使人上書，告湯與謁居謀，共變李文。
The brother did not understand and blamed Tang; he had someone memorialize that Tang and Yéju had conspired to frame Li Wen.
減宜亦奏謁居事。
Jian Xuan weighed in with his own memorial on the Yéju business.