According to Zong Xiu's explanation, Yan Tingcheng slowly revealed the case of 'King Wei's assassination', and said it in a mixed way.

However, Li Shimin is not a fool, he has fought all his life in the world, how can the emperor who can be the founder of the country be so easy to fool?

"Yan Qingcheng, you said before that for the sake of Qingque'er's reputation, you would rather consider yourself an assassin than protect his innocence, why are you willing to say it now?"

Li Shimin stared at the two of them coldly, with a pair of tiger eyes full of murderous aura.

This time, there was no need for Yan Qingcheng to speak, Zong Xiu had already preemptively said: "Your Majesty, in fact, the reason why everyone Yan is willing to tell the truth is all because of the ministers. ”

"Because of you?" Li Shimin looked disdainful: "How can you let her tell the truth for you?" ”

Zong Xiu gritted her teeth: "Because she knows that the minister is related to this case, if she can't prove her innocence, she will be severely punished." And the hearts of the Yan family have been captured by the ministers, and it is reasonable for a woman to go against her original intention for the man she likes! ”

"Hahaha......"

Li Shimin smiled, laughing angrily and coldly.

"Zong Xiu, Zong Xiu, don't think that if you have made a few contributions, you are really a character. Everything you have is given by me, Yan Chengcheng's past I know better, she will fall in love with you? ”

Li Shimin felt that he had heard the biggest joke in history, and he even felt that the two clowns who jumped off the beam treated him like a fool in order to survive.

As the emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the lord of the world, is he so easy to deceive?

Li Shimin was furious.

Indeed, after seeing the file, he discovered the strangeness of the case.

But he didn't dare and didn't want to believe that his two sons would frame each other for the throne and play the assassination trick that he directed and acted in.

Therefore, he asked Zong Xiu to prove his innocence, and he asked Dong Xuancheng to arrest Yan Tingcheng, just to find a new excuse to comfort himself.

But he didn't expect that Zong Xiu not only laid out the 'truth' he didn't want to see the most, but also told such a ridiculous joke.

Who is Yan Chengcheng?

a woman in her early thirties, a half-aged; Zong Xiu, a guy under twenty, will there be love between them?

Li Shimin, who was furious, was even more angry, and the killing intent in his eyes was full of it, and he could call the guards at any time to drag Zong Xiu and Yan Chengcheng out and cut them down.

Zong Xiu grabbed Yan Qingcheng's hand and shouted: "Your Majesty, for various reasons, the minister doesn't want to say much, because there is no way to explain such a thing as love. It's like when the eldest grandson fell in love with you when she was thirteen years old. Something is inexplicable. However, the minister can prove that Yan is innocent, and she is just a pawn who acts at the mercy of orders. ”

"Then tell me, where did the assassin come from?"

Li Shimin shouted loudly.

Zong Xiu pursed his lips and chuckled: "Your Majesty, who can hide from the internal guards walking with a bow and crossbow in Chang'an City, I don't think there is a need for Chen Ming to say." The crown prince was assassinated, just outside the south gate, and the first time he was discovered was not the city defense army, but a bad person, isn't it strange? ”

Shangguan Fei, the captain of the bad guys, once said that they rushed over after receiving a report from the people, and they happened to run into the crown prince Li Chengqian, who had not yet lost his breath.

That's weird.

It stands to reason that ordinary people will definitely tell the captain patrolling the city as soon as they find the deceased.

However, isn't it strange that the people didn't report the case to the general on duty at the south gate, and ran to report it to the bad guys?

In terms of normal logic, when the people see the dead body, they must panic, and when they see the soldier, they report the case, but the people can calmly enter the city and accurately find the bad people, which is already the biggest suspicion.

After Zong Xiu finished speaking, he looked at Li Shimin calmly, Yan Chengcheng lowered his head, and looked at the shackles on his hands with a pair of apricot eyes.

In the Lin De Palace, the birds are silent, and the quiet needles can be heard.

Li Shimin's breathing was getting faster and faster, he understood the meaning of Zong Xiu's words, and he knew better what was reflected behind those words.

The crown prince is the crown prince, and unsurprisingly, he is the next emperor.

The city defense army was the largest army among the five cities and one guard.

If the city defense army is co-opted by the crown prince, if Li Chengqian is really desperate for the throne, the result is very likely to stage another Xuanwumen change.

Time passed minute by minute, and it wasn't until the sky was dark that Li Shimin slowly raised his head: "Zong Xiu, you can go back!" ”

"What about her?"

Zong Xiu pointed at Yan Chengcheng.

Li Shimin said coldly: "Yan Chengcheng has a lot to do with Qingque'er's death, although Qingque'er was not killed by her, but what she did has violated my Tang Dynasty law, she should be killed!" ”

'Puff'

Yan Chengcheng sat on the ground. She had long expected this result, after all, she was an internal guard, and she took refuge in the prince, and her sin was unforgivable; conspiring with the prince to falsely assassinate and frame the prince is the second crime; The prince died and was not rescued in time, which is the third crime. All crimes are capital crimes.

It's just that......

She didn't want to die, she still had unfulfilled wishes.

This is also why when Dong Xuancheng led the troops to arrest her, she chose to escape!

What is for Li Tai's reputation, it's just a rhetoric.

Zong Xiu looked at Yan Chengcheng, then at Li Shimin, and suddenly said strongly: "Your Majesty, I want her to live!" ”

"Hehe, do you want her to live? Why? Is there a sect in the world? That's what I gave you! What I gave you, you can get it back at any time. ”

Li Shimin sneered, as if he saw a clown jumping off the beam: "When you were going to leave, I have already given you enough face, and now that my golden mouth has been opened, she must die!" ”

Yan Chengcheng, who was sitting on the ground, gently pulled the hem of Zongxiu's clothes, his eyes were full of despair, and he shook his head slightly.

She has served Li Tang for many years, so she naturally knows that Li Shimin has a real fire this time. Once Zong Xiu continues to be tough with Li Shimin, he will definitely be burned and unable to protect himself.

Zong Xiu was unmoved, gritted his teeth and said: "I have a volume of military books, which can open up territory for my Tang Dynasty, protect my Tang Dynasty Qianqiu foundation, and Tuguhun and Tubo in Xiping; the north to destroy the Xiongnu; the southern conquest of the hundred barbarians; Eastern expedition to Goryeo and Fuso. ”

Li Shimin's face was stunned, and before he could speak, he heard Zong Xiu say again: "Your Majesty, the world is far bigger than you imagined. The vastness of the world is innumerable. Although my Datang is known as the Celestial Empire, compared with the whole world, it is just a drop in the ocean. You're in the prime of life, don't you want to see how big the world is? Don't you want to see where you can hit? ”

The more Zong Xiu talked, the more energetic he became, anyway, he was out of the way, he was going to leave the Tang Dynasty sooner or later, and said loudly: "Your Majesty has been martial all his life, which can be described as heroic." However, this world is so big, there are many capable people, and there are countless heroes. In terms of military exploits alone, His Majesty can only be regarded as middle and lower-class. ”

"As far as I know, as early as hundreds of years ago, there was a king named 'Alexander' in the West, who led his troops at the age of sixteen, and in his twenties, he had already conquered a territory dozens of times wider than that of my Tang Dynasty. Compared to him, Your Majesty, you only have the Tang Dynasty, are you satisfied? ”

"Your Majesty......"

Zong Xiu gushed endlessly, telling the map of later generations, the monarchs who could fight well for thousands of years, and he didn't care what dynasty he was, anyway, Li Shimin didn't know about the affairs of other continents.

One word 'blow'.

Men are competitive, and Zong Xiu blew a bunch of heroic warriors who were younger than Li Shimin and could fight better than Li Shimin, but Li Shimin said that his face was pale.

Oh, yes. His record is compared to the record of those 'monarchs' in Zong Xiu's mouth, and he is not a fart. But he was already complacent, thinking that he was the emperor of the ages.

But Li Shimin was unwilling, and said angrily: "Zong Xiu, what evidence do you have for what you say?" Before you came to Chang'an, you were just the son of a squire in Wuwei County, how did you know about overseas affairs? ”