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"Where is the soldier who was shocked, and has the identity and background been verified?"

"I have been arrested, I am currently imprisoned in the army, my identity is true, there is no sign of impersonation, and it will take some more time for the background to be verified. ”

At this time, Qin Jin swept away the relaxed freehand just now, and there was a layer of frost on his face.

"The current capital is still under the rule of the Shenwu Army, and those cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods can't bear the loneliness, so they have to jump out, even if the King of Guangping doesn't want to pursue it, he must find out the people behind the scenes!"

Seeing that Qin Jin said this, and that the collision between King Guangping and the startled horse was the mastermind of the tomb, Li Cao pondered for a moment before he said:

"Horses are common, why is the doctor so sure that it is a man-made disaster?"

Qin Jin snorted coldly and did not say his hunch. With the nature of the Li Tang royal family, fratricide would have been commonplace, and if the most powerful competitor was not killed, how could someone who coveted the throne have a chance to ascend to the throne?

From the beginning of the founding of the country to the present more than 100 years, almost every emperor has had a coup d'état during his tenure. During the reign of Gaozu, Li Shimin killed his eldest brother Li Jiancheng and forced his father Li Yuan to move out of Taiji Palace and move to another palace. During the reign of Li Shimin, the crown prince Li Chengqian launched a mutiny, and finally ended up in defeat and death. During the reign of Gaozong and Li, Empress Wu seized power in a chaotic manner, and then replaced Li Tang with Wu Zhou, and several sons who had been emperors said they would kill without blinking their eyes.

As for the two emperors Li Xian and Li Dan after Empress Wu, which one did not come to power because of the mutiny, but also stepped down because of the mutiny?

The most direct reason for Li Dan to come to power was that Emperor Taishang Li Longji and Princess Taiping launched a coup d'état in Tanglong and killed Empress Wei, who was the emperor and left and right. Not long after that, Li Longji launched another congenital coup d'état, pulled his father who had single-handedly pushed him to power from the horse, and followed the example of his great-grandfather Li Shimin in the Zen throne and respected him as the emperor.

However, the way of heaven goes back and forth, and the retribution is unpleasant. Li Longji has now also lost his throne due to mutiny and coup, and is revered as the emperor from afar.

From this point of view, from Li Yuan's proclamation of the emperor to the present, only Gaozong Li Zhide can be regarded as a normal succession. The thrones of others were almost all obtained by abnormal means. Under this smoky political climate, anything terrible can happen. Li Longji once killed three of his own sons in one day on the charge of rebellion, which can be seen.

We must have a clear understanding of the cruelty of political struggle, otherwise we are likely to end up in a dismal end.

Therefore, Qin Jin believed from the beginning that as Li Heng took power for a long time, a new round of dispute for the prince would gradually surface.

The 20,000 swords led by the Nanyang King Li and the Southern Border Army was the beginning.

Before the crown prince was decided, Li Heng's sons all had hope of winning the throne, and naturally everyone hoped that this oversized pie would fall on their heads, and some people would even seek it by unscrupulous means. Further, even if Li Yu, the king of Guangping, gets the crown prince, there will definitely be people who are planning to pull him off the horse and replace him.

All in all, as long as Li Heng is not dead and Li Yu does not ascend the throne, this open and secret battle for the prince will not end.

Further, even if Li Yu is made the emperor, how can those vassal kings who ask themselves capable and meritorious, and who covet the throne, be willing?

Qin Jin rubbed his temples, only feeling that being an emperor in the Tang Dynasty was really a chore, not only to guard against his father, but also against his wife, his son, and everyone around him. At the critical moment, we must also abandon family affection, except for the father who can't kill, there is no one who can't be killed.

In fact, not only the Tang Dynasty, which emperor before this was stable? Even the famous Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty swept away all threats to the throne for his chosen prince by killing his mother and saving his son, even those who had potential threats. Therefore, on the day when Emperor Zhao of Han was destined to become emperor, his mother, Mrs. Gouyi, was destined to die because of him.

Think about it, is it man who makes the imperial power cold, or does the imperial power make people more ruthless?

In Qin Jin's view, this is not, as the so-called "natural selection", the rules have long been set by God, and only those who meet the conditions may become the ultimate winner.

Qin Jin followed Li Cao to the military prison. The people here are all imprisoned for violating military law, some of whom are about to be punished with corporal punishment, and some of whom are facing beheading. The atmosphere here is not much different from that of an ordinary prison, and when Qin Jin first appeared, almost all the prisoners were desperately crying out for mercy as if they were seeing the Buddha and Bodhisattva.

However, since these people are locked up in prison, they naturally have a place to be punished, Qin Jin sympathizes with them, but he will not indulge them arbitrarily.

Changshi Li Cao's brows furrowed, and he silently glanced at the prisoners who were making a loud noise. An amazing scene appeared, where Li Cao's gaze swept over, almost everyone shrank back, and the atmosphere did not dare to come out again.

Qin Jin secretly thought that Li Cao had changed from a celebrity to a cool official at this time, and he really didn't know whether he was blessed or gained. However, how can it be necessary to treat guests to dinner and be courteous and courteous in administering prisons? If the prisoners are not allowed to know the majesty of military law, they will not be able to play the role of warning and deterrence.

In a single room in the depths of the prison, Qin Jin met the soldier who caused the accident.

I saw that his robe was quite neat, and there were no scars on his face, so he should not have been tortured.

"Doctor Yu Shi came to see you in person, this is the last chance, if you don't tell the truth, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

This is difficult to conceive, and it usually gives people many kinds of imagination, but in short, the uncertain threat is the most difficult to resist.

The soldier's face was full of fear, but Qin Jin saw a hint of desire to die in his eyes, and his heart would not let Li Cao be frightened by a few words.

"I, I just scared the horse and collided with the big official, but, but the big official is fine, I, I don't sin to death, I know military law!"

This wording stammered, but it made Qin Jin laugh.

"Sin does not lead to death? If I tell you that not only does sin deserve death, but also that it will bring disaster to the family, will you believe it?"

"I do things alone, how can I make sense to harm my family?"

Qin Jin turned his head and asked Li Cao:

"You haven't told him that it was King Quang Binh who was hit, have you?"

Li Cao nodded yes.

After the startling horse, this guy slipped away as soon as possible, and later did not mention the king of Guangping for the sake of secrecy, only forced to ask the original situation, don't look at his cowardice on the surface, in fact, his mouth is very tight. ”

Qin Jin looked at the soldier again.

"You are the eldest son of today's son, King Guangping, although King Guangping is fine, you must die!"

"What's the King of Guangping?"

The soldier was stupid, and he didn't know what to do!

Li Cao's verbal intimidation was more direct than Qin Jin's.

"Left and right, arrest all the men and women in the three clans of thieves!"

"No, you can't do this, I don't know anything, I don't know anything...... I didn't want to be surprised by the horse, but it was a new horse that had just been sent in, and it hadn't been fully tamed yet......"

The guards fell into madness and hysteria, and the two jailers had to step forward and knock him to the ground, for fear that if this person did something out of the ordinary and hurt Qin Jin and Li Cao.

However, the soldier's expression immediately withered, and he did not cry or make trouble.

As soon as the two jailers relaxed, the soldier got rid of them like a bull, and slammed into the stone wall of the prison, and immediately bled profusely, and fell to the ground like a defeated, and it seemed that he would not survive.

Just now, Qin Jin also had a trace of doubt, whether he really wronged this soldier. But until the man struck his head against the wall, he did not hesitate to conclude that there must be something inside.

Li Cao kneaded and slapped the soldier for a while, but finally failed to save him, and finally almost sat on the ground.

"It's over, as soon as this person dies, all the clues will be cut off!"

Qin Jin glanced at the soldier who had fallen to the ground, he was originally just scaring this person and making him tell the truth, not wanting it to backfire.

"Pull it out, let's bury it!"

Then he said to Li Cao:

"Wherever there is a purchase, there must be a transaction, and as long as there is a transaction, there will definitely be a greasy finding out. Therefore, when a person dies, the clue will never be broken. Sometimes, what doesn't speak is more reliable than what comes out of people's mouths. ”

Li Cao's eyes lit up, and he felt that what Qin Jin said made sense, so he immediately started to investigate the family background of the soldier and the people who were very close in the army.

That night, all the people who belonged to the same team as the soldier, including the team, were isolated and confined and questioned separately.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, everyone could see that Changshi Li Cao had already moved to kill, and if anyone dared to cover up, once exposed, it would definitely not end well.

However, there was little progress in the army's review, and instead it was found in the soldier's home.

Fifty catties of gold were dug out of his family's manure tank, which is a huge amount of money that an ordinary family cannot earn in several lifetimes.

With this solid evidence, Li Cao asked Qin Jin for instructions and officially detained all the clansmen of the suicide soldiers. Qin Jin thought for a while but still rejected the proposal.

"King Guangping wants to calm things down, and only the wife of the soldier can be interrogated!"

The woman couldn't stand the fright, and soon all the beans poured into the bamboo tube were recognized, but there was not much useful information, and it was only half a claw.

One of the most important pieces of news is that her husband has a colleague who has been at home for a few days, but his name is not clear!

went around in a circle, and the clue still went back to the army.

In this regard, Li Cao was very angry, and he couldn't imagine that the root of the problem was in the Shenwu Army, and he was definitely to blame as a long history. In fact, this is the negative effect of the expansion of the Shenwu Army, many people have not gone through strict scrutiny, and they have joined the Shenwu Army because of their merits.

"Check, you must find out who this spy who eats inside and out!"

Soon, a man named Sun Jin came into Li Cao's sight, because it was this person who had been to the suicide soldier's house three days earlier.

Note: The previous King of Jianning was a clerical error, and now it has been changed back to the King of Nanyang. King Jianning has another person, who will appear later.