"This little bit of evidence shouldn't be enough to convict you. ”

Li Shimin laughed: "But I think if I can follow this clue, I can always find some clues, right?"

Li Jing's face was condensed: "Therefore, the Duke of Chu is afraid that he will not sit idly by." ”

"Maybe—"

Li Shimin can understand Li Jing's subtext, if this red-whisked girl is identified as a chaotic party and is connected with the Chu State Mansion, she may definitely not be able to sit still.

"However, people have long been on guard, this red whisk girl has been expelled from the Duke of Chu State Mansion after the death of the late Duke of Chu, and now she is just a rootless and stateless person. Or she has colluded with Nan Chen Yusin over the years, it is unknown. ”

All in all, even if he started from the Red Whisk Girl, Yang Xuangan still had a way to get out safely, and he could push it onto Nan Chen Yu's body.

"So do you guess he will be a strong man who breaks his wrist and abandons the car to protect the handsome, or does he take the initiative to jump out and provoke suspicion? On the contrary, it is Li Yuanwai, this time I am afraid that it will inevitably affect the family. You haven't married a wife yet, but you still have two brothers and two younger brothers, so don't you think about them?

"Needless to say, Lord Kaifu. ”

Li Jing's face turned pale: "I have heard that your Li Kaifu has a reputation for squandering wealth and righteousness in the forbidden army, and you don't think this move is too despicable?"

Li Shimin sneered when he heard this: "I didn't plan to implicate your family, but Xiuyiwei would definitely think so, and the Son of Heaven might not think so." But you, Li Yuanwai, aren't you too naïve to say this? When you are desperate to help her get out, shouldn't you first think about the consequences?"

Li Jing was speechless for a moment, he wanted to speak several times, but fell into silence again.

"There's nothing to say, is there?"

Li Shimin brushed the corners of his sleeves and sat down on the wooden chair behind him for a long time: "I advise you not to think about how to get out, but to think about how to convince me." Come up with a reason for the general's subordinates to be merciful and not to beat you Li Jing as an anti-party. ”

Li Jing's facial muscles twitched again. However, he also heard that Li Shimin did not seem to have any intention of putting him to death.

This made his expression calm again, and after a little thought, Li Jing asked in a calm voice: "I listened to the tone of Lord Kaifu just now, and it seems that I believe that the Duke of Chu is preparing to rebel?"

"Why do you need to ask this? Does Yang Xuangan have any plans to rebel, shouldn't you Li Jing know it in your heart? You have taken the initiative to distance yourself all these years, don't you have the mind to worry about being affected by them?"

Li Shimin looked at Li Jing with a playful gaze: "But if you have the intention of betraying Yang Xuangan in exchange for being magnanimous, then I advise you to take a break from this thought." ”

Yang Xuangan's incriminating evidence, he has actually collected almost everything on his side. Even if it can't be defeated for a while, it can deepen the suspicion of the Son of Heaven. The reason why it hasn't been launched so far is just for another reason.

"Hmm~ I probably understand, my lord is a rat bogeyman? Martial arts Li clan, could it be that he also has a handle in Yang Xuangan's hands?"

Li Jing saw that Li Shimin's eyes suddenly sank, and his breath was cold, so he sighed lightly: "It's a pity that the criminal evidence collected by the lowly post in the military department, in the past year, the Duke of Chu has colluded with Hu Sizheng to outline tens of thousands of ink armor weapons on the account of the military department. ”

Li Shimin's expression suddenly turned grim: "There is such a thing?"

He knew that Yang Xuangan had a good relationship with Hu Sizheng, and he was also very close on weekdays, and a year ago, Yang Xuangan went to their clan study Weishan Hall to review the qualifications, and when he surveyed the academic rank, he came together with Hu Sizheng.

But Li Shimin never expected that these two people would have such courage.

Speaking of which, their Tang State Mansion, and even the people of their mother Dou Clan, should have been staring at the military department all the time. But none of these people noticed any clues. Otherwise, he should have known.

"These ink armor weapons are still there on the books, so others can't detect them, but they can't hide them from me. ”

Li Jing replied calmly: "In those warehouses, in fact, most of them have been emptied, and only a part of them is left, which is used to cope with the routine inventory above. But when the Son of Heaven crusades eastward, he may not be able to hide it. ”

Li Shimin couldn't help frowning, his heart was unusually cold.

In this way, the day Yang Xuangan raised the flag of rebellion was most likely at the time of the Son of Heaven's Eastern Expedition, which was not quite what he had expected.

Although Li Shimin had the intention of 'wanting to capture the old and indulge', he never wanted the second crusade of the Son of Heaven to the east, so he failed.

The problem is that the problem of their martial arts Li clan and Dou clan has not been completely resolved. Although he now has a lot of evidence of Yang Xuangan's crimes, it is difficult to ensure that he owns.

Li Shimin was not only upset for a while, but his face also began to look ugly.

"When did it start, and how many did it get?"

"It started a year and a half ago, and they were quite restrained at first, but after Duan Wenzhengong passed away, they began to be unscrupulous. Hu Sizheng is a pro-army background of His Majesty the Emperor, plus he is decisive and capable, able to make good decisions, and all of them are deeply trusted by the Son of Heaven. Now he is in the military department, almost covering the sky with one hand. ”

When Li Jing said this, he also frowned: "The specific number, the humble position is a peep in the tube, and it is difficult to know everything." But as far as I can now, at least 24,000 pieces of ink armor have disappeared from the arsenals of various places. ”

At this time, Li Shimin's eyes flashed slightly: "I heard that the late Duke of Chu has kindness to you Li Jing?"

"If there is really kindness, then the humble position is not just a member of the military department now. What's more, just as the Kaifu Lord said just now, although he has not married a wife so far, he still has two elder brothers and two younger brothers-"

Li Jing was halfway through his words before he realized the true meaning of Li Shimin's words, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Lord Kaifu, do you suspect that Li Mou is also involved? Not to mention the lives and future of his family. ”

Li Shimin sneered again: "Since you have long been aware of their scheme, why have you not reported it so far?"

Li Jing seemed to have known that Li Shimin was asking, and replied with no surprise on his face: "But the humble position is just a small driver outsider, what can I do with them? They have indeed emptied the arsenal well, and they can easily make up for the gap with the power of the Duke of Chu and the ability of Hu Sizheng." Once their rebellion cannot be verified, the lowly position will be so bad that they will be accused of framing the minister, and even the brothers in the family will be settled by the Duke of Chu-"

"That's it!"

Li Shimin waved his hand and interrupted Li Jing's defense: "You can give me a copy of the evidence you have collected, but it is still the same sentence, if Li Yuanwai intends to use Yang Xuangan's incriminating evidence as a bargaining chip in exchange for Ben Jing's magnanimity, then this amount is too light." ”

Li Jing frowned, and then said helplessly: "I heard that Lord Kaifu has recently had a little conflict with the Overlord of Western Qin? You went to Daxing City this time to search for the Demon Dragon Eight Divisions of the Rebellion?

Li Shimin's voice was cold: "You are a smart person, you should know what I want?"

"I can guess some, but I, Pharmacist Li, am a minister of the Great Sui, and I have no plans to take refuge in private individuals for the time being,"

Li Jing knew that Li Shimin mostly had the intention of soliciting. But Li Jing was not willing to surrender to this, and he did not think that Li Shimin had the qualifications to become his sovereign.

"But this time, Lord Kaifu, if you are willing to show me a favor or two, Li Jing will definitely be rewarded!"

Li Shimin was secretly disappointed when he heard this, and his voice gradually became unkind: "What can you reciprocate?"

"For example, outside of Tongguan, Xue Ju, Li Jing asked himself if he could help the adults in the magic circle. Another example is the Demon Dragon Babu, speaking of Lord Kaifu doesn't believe it, I actually have some clues here, which may be of some help to Lord Kaifu. ”

Li Jing's eyes were fixed, and he looked at Li Shimin without giving in: "Lord Kaifu may not believe it, if you really insist on going your own way, you will be forced to humble your position." So it's not that there is no way to get out of the lowly position, and even the fish is dead. ”

The corners of Li Shimin's lips twitched, he really didn't believe that Li Jing had a way to 'break the net' with him.

However, for a figure like Li Jing, Li Shimin didn't think that he could do it so easily, so he recruited this person to his command.

He is still self-aware, if Li Jing really wanted to find a master for himself, when the old Duke of Chu was trying to win him over, this person would have already taken refuge in the past.

And now, whether it is authority, status or talent, he is far from Yang Su.

Although this person is forty-five or sixteen years old, he still has the ambition to make contributions, where is he willing to be a subordinate?

So after being rejected by Li Jing, Li Shimin's disappointment was actually quite limited.

"Well, if you could really help me with these two things, then I could have let you go. But there's no basis for that—"

And the next moment, he waved his sleeves slightly, and held a piece of paper with a faint gold vein, held it in Zhenyuan, and sent it to Li Jing.

"If you are genuine, sign this confession. ”

Li Jing looked carefully at the piece of paper in front of him and found that it was indeed a confession, recording the details of his collusion with the Red Whisk Girl and covering the woman's escape from Tongguan.

Li Jing was stunned for a moment, and only came to his senses after a while, and asked in a strange voice: "Lord Kaifu doesn't think that the lowly government will sign this confession and draw a pledge—"

But he was only halfway through the sentence when he found that the material of the paper was different, and it seemed to be a mystery.

"Lord Kaifu, what are you?"

After a year, the confession will be burned automatically. So within this year, you will serve me with all your heart, otherwise, you should know the consequences?"

The corners of Li Shimin's lips were slightly raised, and he smiled proudly: "Of course you have to take a little risk for this and gamble on my Li Shimin's character." As you could have argued, you don't have a choice right now. ”