▁death ▁sentences , ▁but ▁then - ch ief ▁judge ▁of ▁the ▁supre me ▁court , ▁Ma ▁Z hi , ▁object ed , ▁and ▁submitted ▁a ▁pet ition ▁to ▁Emperor ▁X u ā n z ong ▁arg uing ▁that ▁that ▁len iency ▁would ▁have ▁the ▁opposite ▁effect ▁of ▁drawing ▁further ▁divine ▁dis ple asure . ▁ ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁mach in ations ▁of ▁Lu ' s ▁fellow ▁ch an cell or ▁B ai ▁Min zh ong , ▁Emperor ▁X u ā n z ong ▁approved ▁Ma ' s ▁pet ition , ▁and ▁soon ▁there after , ▁Lu ▁was ▁removed ▁from ▁his ▁ch an cell or ▁position ▁and ▁made ▁the ▁military ▁governor ▁of ▁W uch ang ▁Circ uit ▁( 武 昌 , ▁head qu arter ed ▁in ▁modern ▁Wu han , ▁H ube i ). ▁ ▁In ▁ 8 5 9 , ▁Lu ▁was ▁suffering ▁from ▁an ▁ill ness , ▁and ▁he ▁submitted ▁a ▁pet ition ▁request ing ▁a ▁replacement . ▁ ▁Emperor ▁X u ā n z ong ▁re called ▁him ▁to ▁Ch ang ' an ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁minister ▁of ▁census ▁( <0xE6> <0x88> <0xB6> 部 <0xE5> <0xB0> <0x9A> 書 , ▁Hub u ▁Shang sh u ). ▁ ▁Later ▁that ▁year , ▁though , ▁before ▁Lu ▁could ▁reach ▁Ch ang ' an , ▁he ▁died ▁at ▁H any in ▁( 漢 <0xE9> <0x99> <0xB0> , ▁in ▁modern ▁An k ang , ▁Sh a an xi ). ▁ ▁Notes ▁and ▁references ▁▁▁ ▁Old ▁Book ▁of ▁Tang , ▁vol . ▁ 1 7 6 .