In the autumn of the fourth year of Jing Yuan (263), Zhong Hui led an army of 100,000 to attack Shu Han together with Deng Ai and Zhuge Xu, Deng Ai smuggled yinping and destroyed Shu Han, and the later lord Liu Chan ordered Jiang Wei to surrender, so Jiang Wei surrendered to Zhong Hui.
After Jiang Wei surrendered to Zhong Hui, he attempted to use Zhong Hui to get rid of Deng Ai and others, and then get rid of Zhong Hui and restore Shu Han.
At this time, Zhong Hui and the overseer Wei Ou framed Deng Ai for having an antipathy, and Sima Zhao ordered that Deng Ai be captured, so Deng Ai was captured, and Zhong Hui annexed the troops of Deng Ai and Zhuge Xu, and the strength of the army in his hands reached more than 300,000 troops, and began to drift, preparing to rebel, standing on his own in Chengdu, and becoming the second Liu Bei.
However, unfortunately, Zhong Hui failed and was killed along with Jiang Wei.
At that time, Zhong Hui made a big taboo and hesitated.
Zhong Hui first used the pretext that Empress Guo had a will and ordered the generals to join forces to attack Sima Zhao, and in order to make these people listen to him, Zhong Hui locked these generals and military officials together, forced them to sign, and left a note.
Zhong Hui had a man named Qiu Jian, who had previously been a subordinate of Hu Lie, and he suggested that Zhong Hui send someone to pour water for Hu Lie's food, but for some reason, Zhong Hui fainted and actually agreed.
The problem was here, and Hu Lie took the opportunity to fabricate a lie that Zhong would beat all the generals to death and bury them. For a time, people's hearts were in turmoil. Someone advised Zhong hui to kill all the officials above the governor of the yamen, but Zhong hui hesitated.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms and the Biography of Zhong Hui records that: "You can kill the Governor of the Tooth Gate or above." "Will hesitate.
Eventually, Hu Lie's men rushed in with Hu Lie's son and killed Zhong Hui along with Jiang Wei.
At this time, Deng Ai's subordinates caught up with Deng Ai's prison cart and prepared to release Deng Ai, and the overseer Wei Ou was afraid that Deng Ai would come out, and he was unfavorable to himself, so he sent Tian Xu, who had a vendetta against Deng Ai, to catch up with Deng Ai and kill Deng Ai's father and son.
Zhong Hui rebelled, and Sima Zhao liquidated, because Zhong Hui did not marry a wife and had no children, and he adopted two sons of his brother Zhong Yu, Zhong Yong and Zhong Yi, as adopted sons.
Among them, Zhong Yong followed Zhong Hui and had been killed, at this time, there was also Zhong Yi. Zhong Hui's adopted son Zhong Yi and his nephews Zhong Jun and Zhong Yuan were all arrested.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms Zhong Hui records that the brother Yong died with the club, and the adopted brothers of the club, Yi, Jun, and Yuan, were imprisoned and ambushed.
Sima Zhao advised the Wei emperor Cao Huan, remembering the merits of Zhong Hui's father Zhong Xuan and his brother Zhong Yu to the state, and only executed Zhong Yi and Zhong Yong's sons, and pardoned Zhong Hui's nephews Zhong Jun and Zhong Yuan.
The "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, The Biography of Zhong Hui" records: With the sins of Hui and Yong, and the absolute and Yu, I have no shame! Jun, The Brothers of The Dragon are special, and those who have officials and lords are the same. Wei Yi and Yong Shi Fu Fa.
Originally, Zhong would have destroyed the three clans, but fortunately, except for his two adopted sons, the rest of the family members were spared.