"Mingche, have you ever blamed me?"

Ming Che bowed his head and saluted: "The emperor is wise, but the ministers don't dare." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Li Shimin sighed: "You are still blaming me, there are no outsiders here, and you are so angry." When we were young, we used to take care of our mother's knees together, study and practice martial arts together, and also planted grass to worship, although it was a young play, there was also a real brotherhood.

Big brother ......, King Yin is nearly ten years older than us, Yuanji and Ming and Qing Yuanba are still young, only the two of us are the same age, and we are the closest, you have always called me the second brother.

Even if I later became the king of Qin, you only called me the king of Qin in front of people, and the queen still called me the second brother, and now in front of the spirit of the queen mother, only us and Mingjing, but you don't even want to call me the second brother?

Everyone says that I am wise and a wise man, but unfortunately I am not a good brother, and I can't stand you. ”

When she was still in the Great Sui, the Queen Mother was still Mrs. Dou, because the children were young and couldn't stand the climate of Jinyang, she did not go to office with her husband Li Yuan, and she was afraid that the elders of the Li Mansion and the clan relatives were entangled in many things, so she took several sons to live in the Li family's other courtyard in Wugong County, and Li Yuan changed to the palace after succeeding to the throne, which is now Qingshan Palace.

Li Yuan and Xie Wuya were good friends, so they asked the Xie family to take care of their wives and children, at that time Ming and Qing, Ming Jing and Yuan Ji were still young, they and Jiancheng were young and high-spirited, and they were inseparable from each other every day, and Jiancheng was much older than them, so the relationship between the two of them was the closest.

A few people also learned from the heroes of the Three Kingdoms, privately planted grass for incense and worshiped brothers, built the elder as the eldest brother, Shimin as the second brother, and Mingche as the third.

Later, they went to Jinyang together to join Li Yuan to make contributions, because of age and temperament, Mingche and Shimin were even better.

Later, at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, Li Yuan raised the anti-flag, Jiancheng separated from them, and led the troops to garrison Guanzhong for many years, while Mingche followed Li Shimin to garrison Jinyang, and fought everywhere with Jinyang as a battle.

It was Li Shimin who crowned the king of Qin, and it was not an important occasion for the two to still be called brothers. This is the first time that the two have met after Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, and this is also the first time that Ming Che has called him the emperor, and he is really not used to it.

It is clear but like the sun shining on an iceberg that has not melted for thousands of years, it looks gentle and polite, respectful and calm, but in fact, his heart is as cold and alienated as ice, and he still bows down and says lightly: "The minister does not dare." Then he cherished words like gold, and refused to say more than a word.

If the previous indifference and respect were to dispel the doubts of this suspicious king, now he is really resentful because of Lin Xinyi's death.

He stayed in Jinyang for him for a long time, and wanted to take his wife to the post with him, but at that time, King Qin and Jiancheng had not really turned their faces, and they didn't want to give people a handle, so he persuaded him to abide by the court system and leave his wife and daughter, and promised to take care of his wife and daughter, but made Xinyi a victim of the power struggle.

Later, after he and Jiancheng openly turned their faces endlessly, because he was not worried about his loyalty, he actually wanted to take Jinshu as a hostage, which was too chilling.

After the Xuanwumen Incident, he didn't remember the loyalty and merits of the Xie family, but he just guessed and put the Xie family in prison without real evidence.

At that time, he also guessed that he refused to take Shu'er away, nor did he refuse to send Shu'er to the Qin Palace, and if Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, he would definitely take revenge on him. and the prince's lackey Ming Qing will also be condemned, and Ming Jing, as an adult man of the Xie family, is likely to be implicated.

In order to stabilize people's hearts, he is silent on the surface, but he is actually ready. First of all, a sacrificial field was built around the ancestral tomb, a grange was built, and even the furniture and supplies were prepared, and everything was arranged properly, so that people could live in it at any time.

also left the loyal Lao Xia family to guard the Zhuangzi to take care of the sacrificial field, and also left a lot of silver in Lao Xia's hand in case of emergency, even if there is no adult man to support the family in the future, there is no problem for the family to live for a long time, but they can no longer enjoy the glory and wealth of the past.

Because of Baimei's matter, he was already wary of Xie Chengzhong at that time, so he hid from him and destroyed all the things that should be destroyed in the general's mansion, and all the very important things were hidden.

Before the incident, he also told them not to expose their strength in vain, and after this visit to relatives, he sent Yan'er to contact them with tokens to retrieve those important things.

But he didn't expect that Li Shimin would send the Xie family to prison, he thought that with the loyalty of his father Xie Wuya, Li Shimin would let go of the women and children of the Xie family, at most he would just seize the title and drive them out of the county uncle's mansion, but he didn't expect him to be so angry.

If he had known that this was the case, he would have spared his life, but also took his daughter out in advance and hid it first, and would never let his daughter suffer that crime.

If it weren't for Changsheng's desperate follow-up and care for Jinshu, he couldn't imagine that in that frightening and harsh environment, Jinshu would not have been able to come out alive without the person who really loved and took care of her.

So he really resents this former brother and the current king, especially after learning the cause of his wife's death, he is really resentful.

Mingjing knows the mind of the eldest brother.

When King Qin and Jiancheng were still able to maintain their apparent brotherhood, he was worried that Mingche would openly tear his face with Li Yuan and Jiancheng by his side by taking his wife with him, making him the target of public criticism, and the situation would become worse and worse, so he strongly persuaded Mingche to leave his wife in the county uncle's mansion, and said that he would take care of his wife and daughter for him, so that he could rest assured that he would take office.

Although the death of the sister-in-law was mainly due to the conspiracy of Jiancheng and the betrayal of the people around her, it cannot be said that King Qin was not responsible.

If he really attaches importance to this matter, the people installed in the county uncle's mansion are loyal and capable enough, maybe he can detect the conspiracy in advance and avoid the death of his sister-in-law.

But at that time, the battle for the crown was already at a fever pitch, and King Qin couldn't even keep his cronies and henchmen around him, and he was anxious every day, and he didn't know when he would face a catastrophe.

So he didn't have the extra energy to pay too much attention to the affairs of the county uncle's mansion, and he didn't expect that Jiancheng had reached such a point of madness in order to deal with him, although it was excusable, but the death of his sister-in-law was still related to him.

Outsiders thought that his sister-in-law died of a heart attack, and he couldn't let his sister-in-law die in vain, so he wanted the king to know that his sister-in-law died because of his great cause.

This room, where they used to read and laugh together, has now become the side hall of Qingshan Palace, and now only the three of them are present, and everyone is supported outside, he stepped forward to refill the tea for the two, and then saluted.

He said in a sad tone: "Your Majesty, my brother only found out the cause of his sister-in-law's death a few days ago, and the eldest brother has been refusing to sleep at night for the past few days, and has been sitting in front of his sister-in-law's grave until dawn, and last night too, he was in too much pain and felt sorry for his sister-in-law." ”

Li Shimin was stunned: "Didn't my brother and sister die of illness?" ”

Mingjing's eyes were red: "We just found out a few days ago that my sister-in-law was killed by the hidden king Li Jiancheng who bought the people around her!" ”

Li Shimin's eyes widened suddenly, he looked at Ming Che in disbelief, and then at Ming Jing, the iceberg-like Ming exhaled a long breath, turned his head, and tears slipped quietly.

Mingjing elaborated on the past, but only concealed the relationship between Xie Chengzhong and Lin Xinhui and the Ming and Qing dynasties, and also concealed the involvement of the Ming and Qing dynasties, only saying that the person who built it directly bought off what Xie Chengzhong did.

This was negotiated between him and Mingche, firstly, they didn't want the family to be ugly, they had to take into account their father's face and the reputation of the Xie family, and secondly, they didn't want to use the emperor's hand to clean up the Ming and Qing dynasties, this was an internal matter of their family, and they had to solve it themselves.

The third is that they want to give up the position of county uncle to the Ming and Qing dynasties, first hold him high, and then let him fall down and die in disgrace.

If the emperor learned that this matter was instructed by Li Jiancheng to do it in the Ming and Qing dynasties, not only would he not agree to the Ming and Qing dynasties, but maybe he would also punish him, and the world would also misunderstand that Ming Che used his wife's death to frame the Ming and Qing dynasties in order to compete for the position of county uncle, at least the old lady would definitely think so, and there would be no peace in the future.

Lin Xinyi's death will inevitably be mentioned again, Mingche doesn't want to disturb his wife's peace, and he doesn't want her to be talked about by irrelevant people.

Moreover, when the emperor went to the mausoleum in the morning to worship, he had just issued an order to posthumously crown Li Jiancheng as the hidden king, and the two families of Li Yuanji were buried and dedicated to the mausoleum as clan relatives, intending to expose the Xuanwumen incident and previous grievances.

If he wants to cure the crimes of the Ming and Qing dynasties, he will definitely mention the mastermind behind him, which will inevitably make people think that he is rebellious, and he is not sincere to let go of Li Jiancheng and Yuanji, and said that he is too vicious to his half-brother, and if he causes any more gossip, maybe he will have to settle the account on the head of the Xie family.

When the king has always been a king, he would rather let me bear the people of the world than let the people of the world bear me, where will I care if you are innocent or not? Therefore, more is better than less.

Li Shimin listened to the whole process in a daze, hammered the table hard, and said to himself: "Mingche insisted on Jinyang for me, and I promised to protect your family, but I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, it's really a dereliction of duty!"

I can only hate the culprits and die, and there is no way to take revenge, I can't wait to dig them out and crush them to ashes! ”

Then he raised his head and said guiltily: "Since you have already found out the truth, why didn't you report it to me earlier?" It's a pity that I don't know the truth, this morning I just issued an order to posthumously crown Li Jiancheng as the hidden king, and allowed him and Yuanji's two families to move and bury the tomb, otherwise I would never give them these posthumous grief! ”

Mingche raised his head: "The emperor doesn't need to blame himself, as early as today, the minister heard rumors in the court that the emperor was lenient and filial piety, regardless of his previous suspicions, and wanted to posthumously seal Li Jiancheng and let him be buried, so he didn't tell the truth."

It is not easy for the emperor to let go of old grievances and make this decision, it is a thing that people admire and praise, why should the minister make extraneous branches for the past?

The matter has passed, the culprits are all dead, Xie Chengzhong also apologized for his sins in front of his father's grave, and I can be regarded as avenging my wife, so let's stop this matter. ”

Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, and felt ashamed when he thought of what he had done: "No wonder you are resentful in your heart, it is I who have failed you." I have come today with a holy decree, and I have a very important matter to do, which can no longer be postponed, as you may have guessed. (To be continued.) )