Wang Jue's tone was suffocated, he opened his mouth, he couldn't say anything, sighed, and said: "There is no excuse for the crime you want to add, if the Hou Ye says this, I have nothing to say." ”

"Look at what I said," Li Mu said unhappily, "It seems that I want to harm you, Lao Wang, do you know that if I hadn't tried my best to protect you, Your Majesty would have cut you all down a long time ago!" ”

Wang Qi snorted and didn't say anything, but the meaning was very clear: I don't believe it.

"Don't believe it, do you?" Li Mu snapped his fingers, and Dugu Jiu came over and handed the Longquan Sword to Li Mu. Li Mu raised his sword flat, hooked his hand to signal the torch to get closer, and said, "See clearly, what is this?" ”

Wang Qi was disdainful at first, but after a closer look, his face suddenly changed, and he muttered: "This is the Longquan Sword, Your Majesty actually ......."

Li Mu snorted and said, "Now you believe it?" He handed the sword to Dugu Jiu again, and sighed: "Lao Wang, I don't mean you, you door valves, the biggest problem is that you are small-minded, not only your own heart is small-minded, but also to treat others with yourself, and to spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain." You don't believe I'm speaking for you, do you? Cheng, if you can get through this misfortune, you go and ask Your Majesty, I have not spoken for you, if you can't get through, there is no need to know. Okay, kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs, whatever you want. ”

After saying that, he waved his hand and motioned left and right to take Wang Qi down.

Wang Jue's heart struggled violently, he didn't know whether to believe Li Mu or not, but he knew that now that he couldn't see Li Shimin, Li Mu was the only lifeline. As for Gonggong Gao, who was interrogating the assassins on the other side of the woods, he was a eunuch, and a wise lord like Li Shimin would not take the eunuch's words into consideration!

"Master Hou!"

Wang Jue finally made a decision, he didn't know where he got the strength, pushed away the brocade guard who grabbed him, pounced in front of Li Mu, and grabbed his trouser leg. Li Mu was taken aback and said, "What are you doing?" Do you want to die with me? Hey! You don't repair it, and you still have to take off my pants? Come on, pull him away for me! ”

The left and right Jinyi guards pounced on them like wolves and tigers, pulling Wang Jue away, Wang Jue struggled hard, and shouted: "If Hou Ye is willing to rescue, Taiyuan Wang is willing to look forward, please Hou Ye think twice!" ”

shouted a few times in a row, Li Mu looked soft-hearted, waved his hand, Jinyiwei retreated, and Wang Jue pounced again. Li Mu cheered him up and said: "I'm a soft-hearted person, since I entered the court as an official, we will deal with each other." Although most of the time, you have no skin and no face, and I am affectionate and righteous, but if you die in vain, I also have a little ...... in my heart Alas, that's it, there's no need to look at anything, anyway, what you say now, you will have to regret it later......"

Wang Qi's old face turned red, and he whispered: "Don't regret it......"

"Don't say these useless words, in the end, I'm just doing things for Your Majesty, what is the fate of you and the Taiyuan Wang family, it depends on what Your Majesty says, if he is discouraged, maybe there will be a turnaround, if he is iron-hearted, I can't help it." What I can do now is to delay as much time as possible and wait for Your Majesty to dissipate. Are you satisfied with my promise? Go and rest, maybe it's dawn, and your majesty will summon you. ”

Although Wang Jue couldn't grasp Li Mu's thoughts, but in this situation, when he could hear these words, he couldn't help but be moved to tears, held Li Mu's hand, and said: "Hou Ye is very kind, and it is difficult to repay the grass rank, the old man is already half a person in the ground, and it doesn't matter whether he lives or dies." It's just that tens of thousands of descendants of the Taiyuan Wang family are all in the mind of the Hou Ye, begging the Hou Ye to save him! ”

"It's easy to say...... Li Mu leaned into Wang Jue's ear and whispered: "Lao Wang, now that the matter is over, I have to tell you something." Do you remember that I once said in front of you that I had a third lady and was everyone's best girl."

Wang Jue was stunned, he didn't know what Li Mu meant by mentioning these at this time, and said, "Master Hou, this ......"

"That, I won't hide it from you. My third lady, it is your niece. ”

Wang Qi blinked his eyes, thought of an outrageous possibility, and muttered, "Should it be, should it be ......?"

Li Mu smiled and nodded, patted Wang Jue's shoulder, and said, "We are relatives, if I don't save you, who will save you?" As he spoke, his expression turned cold, and he said: "I only told you about this matter, if it leaks out, I have my own way to get out, and you Taiyuan Wang Clan, but it may be over." ”

Wang Jue hurriedly said: "I will never dare to divulge half a word!" ”

"That's fine." Li Mu beckoned to Jinyiwei and sent Wang Jue, who had still not recovered from the shock, to leave. Wang Jue turned around three times in one step, but he still couldn't believe that Li Mu dared to do such a thing, robbing a woman with the emperor, and he didn't want to die?

Dugu Jiu came over sideways and said, "Big brother shouldn't say this, it will become a handle." ”

Li Mu sat down, took a sip of tea, and said, "What kind of character Wang Qi is, how can he be fooled by a few words. If I don't give him a reason and a handle, he won't believe that I will save him. Don't worry, he didn't dare to say it. After a pause, Li Mu asked again: "What about the eldest grandson Wuji?" ”

"Watch the interrogation in the woods."

"Bring him here."

Dugu Jiu nodded, and after a while, he brought the eldest grandson Wuji over.

The eldest grandson Wuji's face was a little ugly, and he looked like he had just vomited. Li Mu hurriedly asked him to sit down, looking worried.

The eldest grandson Wuji stabilized his mind and asked, "Why are you looking for me?" ”

"Uncle Guo, in extraordinary times, I won't go around the bend. From the perspective of ancestry, we are relatives, and from the eldest grandson Chong, our relationship is not far away. I trust you, that's why I came to you to consult. Just now you came over from the woods, and saw those assassins, although only one has been recruited now, but where did they come from, whose family they belong to, presumably Uncle Guo also knows it in his heart. They won't be able to resist for long, and they will definitely have to confess before dawn. Now I'm in a dilemma."

Li Mu took out the Longquan Sword and showed it again, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty asked me to kill, I"

Li Mu leaned closer to the ear of the eldest grandson Wuji, lowered his voice, and said, "I don't want to kill." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji frowned and said, "Why? ”

"It's obvious!" Li Mu spread his hands and said, "Your Majesty is angry now, if I really kill him." When your majesty is angry, and when you see that half of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are gone, you still have to ask me to be angry? Besides, you forgot what I was for? I'm the Minister in Charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs! The Ministry of Internal Affairs is still counting on these people to open a business, kill them all, who will produce, who will transport, what else will the Ministry of Internal Affairs do? The Ministry of Internal Affairs has collapsed, where does the money come from? I don't have any money, Your Majesty is still looking for me, it's all one link after another, dead knot! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was still very cautious, and after thinking about it for a while, he said, "Then are you going to save them?" But Your Majesty is now in a rage, how can he save it? ”

Li Mu leaned forward and said, "I, I don't want to save the assassin, of course I can't save it, the forces behind this also have to be dug up, but innocent people, don't be implicated, they are all killed, and no one will work, right?" Moreover, I have a small plan, I think about it, killing people will not solve the problem, and the gains will outweigh the losses, it is better to take this opportunity to knock on a sum of money, fill the treasury, and let this group of gate valve families have some blood"

As he spoke, Li Mu swept his eyes left and right again, leaned close to the ear of the eldest grandson Wuji, and whispered: "By the way, it also makes those who are truly loyal to His Majesty a little sweet." ”

There were words in the words, and the eldest grandson Wuji heard it, but he didn't dare to pick up the stubble, but if he didn't pick up the stubble, his heart itched again, and he struggled for a while before he said vaguely: "Then what kind of person do you think is a person who is loyal to His Majesty?" ”

"What is this...... Li Mu did not give a direct answer, and said: "Before the assassin came, His Majesty was talking to me about a word, and he was quite emotional. ”

"What word?"

"The word "home and country." Li Mu suddenly became square, and said: "Everyone comes first and then the country, I thought otherwise. For me, there is a country to have a home. Without a country, what kind of home can you talk about? If the country is broken, the family will die! Is this personal, for Your Majesty? Your Majesty's home is the country, and the country is Your Majesty's home! Therefore, only by managing the country well can we have a small family. Seeking personal gain is also the nature of human beings, but it can't damage the country. In the same way, if anyone contributes to the protection of everyone, His Majesty, as a parent, will naturally not be treated badly, and when he gets benefits, he must give priority to those who contribute to everyone, does Uncle Guo think it is fair? ”

Eldest Sun Wuji nodded and said, "Naturally, it is very fair. ”

"Uncle Guo understands, then I won't repeat it, please rest in peace, when Your Majesty wakes up, I will fight for Uncle Guo to meet Your Majesty, and then please ask Uncle Guo to persuade Your Majesty to dissipate your anger and reveal my meaning to Your Majesty, killing people can't solve the problem, who will kill to contribute, or knock on a good deal."

The eldest grandson Wuji didn't say anything to death, but said, "I will do my best." ”

"Send Uncle Guo back to rest."

Li Mu got up and personally sent the eldest grandson Wuji for a while before turning back. Looking at the sky, it was dawn in more than an hour, Li Mu lay on the rocking chair, covered with a blanket, and took a nap.

Dugu Jiu jumped on a tree, sat on the branch, and narrowed his eyes while holding two swords.

The screams in the woods were endless, but Li Mu was so tired that he couldn't take care of it, and when he fell asleep, he couldn't hear it.

……

In the blink of an eye, the sky is bright, and the valley is more lively. So many people were captured during the night, and they couldn't all starve to death, so they had to be eaten. This will not be a congratulatory feast, even if Li Mu has money, he can't entertain them, and he didn't arrange a cook, so he asked Tunwei's men to cook in a pot and cook porridge for the bigwigs to drink.

Where can the food of the soldiers be better, the gruel with clear soup and little water makes all the bigwigs become bitter gourd faces. Except before the founding of the Tang Dynasty, when they were fighting in all directions, when did they drink gruel, this bowl was poured down, they were all full of water, and when they soaked in urine, they were gone, and many people protested.

Cheng Yanjin hid in his military tent and had just finished gnawing a sheep's elbow, when he heard the noisy sound outside, wiped off the oil from his mouth, got out of the military tent, and scolded: "I think who has the face to say?" If it weren't for you, the civilian officials, who changed the law to deduct the budget of the military department, would the soldiers have been able to live so hard? Complain about a fart, that's how you eat in the army, if you love to eat or not, if you don't eat, you starve to death! ”

Silenced everyone's voices in one voice, Cheng Biting Jin snorted, turned around and returned to the military tent, wiped another piece of dried meat out, broke it and threw it into his mouth to chew. He glanced at Li Mu next to him and said, "Boy, everyone outside drinks porridge, isn't it a bit unrighteous for us to eat meat here?" ”

"Uncle is very right." Li Mu stretched out his hand and gestured, and said, "It's better for my uncle to drink porridge with them, I don't want to be righteous myself, in the name of my uncle's faith." ”

Cheng Yanjin threw the jerky into his mouth, took a sip of wine, burped, and said, "They are to blame, I don't have any friendship with them!" ”

Li Mu hurriedly slammed it out: "Uncle can see it thoroughly." ”

As he spoke, a voice came from the door, it was Sangou: "Master Hou, the trial is over, the six confessions, the signatures and the drawings are all here." ”

Li Mu was overjoyed and shouted, "Take it in." ”

Sangou came in, handed the confession to Li Mu with both hands, Li Mu threw him a piece of beef jerky, Sangou put it under his nose and sniffed it, and put it into his arms like a baby. Beef is forbidden among the people, and there is no place to buy it if you have money.

Cheng Yanjin deliberately turned his head and signaled to avoid suspicion, but Li Mu didn't hide it from him, and read while flipping: "Taiyuan Wang's family, Xingyang Zheng's family, Fanyang Lu's family, Qinghe Cui's family, Boling Cui's family, Zhaojun Li's family, okay, the five surnames and seven wangs are except for the Longxi Li family, one family, what a coincidence." Li Mu handed the confession to Cheng Yanjin and said, "Uncle, look, is it a coincidence?" ”

Cheng Biting Jin didn't look at it, and said in his heart, believe you are a ghost, how can there be such a coincidental thing in the world, it must be your kid who made a ghost! But a smart man wouldn't say that, and he quietly echoed: "What's the coincidence, it's that you have no experience." The thief is treacherous, intending to gang up, and wants to make His Majesty jealous, this is a coercive move, and his heart can be punished! ”

Li Mu "suddenly realized" and said: "Uncle can see it through!" Why didn't I think of it? They must have thought, even if we were arrested, would the emperor still be able to kill them all? Tut-tut, these people are damned! Uncle's eyes are like torches, I must show that Your Majesty is your uncle who has seen through their tricks and will give my uncle a credit! ”

"Pull down!" Cheng Yanjin hurriedly waved his hand and said, "You kid, don't take me to the top of the cylinder, my old Cheng's wife is the daughter of the Qinghe Cui family, and I can't afford to mess with me." Our Cheng family has always been neutral, I am loyal to Your Majesty, before Your Majesty spoke, I didn't have any attitude, don't involve me. ”

Li Mu smiled and said, "Just kidding, what are you doing so seriously...... Li Mu put the confession aside, looked at Sangou, and asked: "The four who died, what is the explanation?" ”

"Tell the Hou Ye, one of them is Wang Zhi's junior brother, a person from the rivers and lakes, called San'er, and I don't know what Wang Zhi's surname is. There are also two people, who are rangers who are active in the land of Heshuo, and they are outlaws hired by Wang Zhizhongjin, and the last one is ......"

Sangou suddenly paused, and Li Mu frowned and said, "Didn't ask?" ”

"Yes, yes...... The head of the sword and gun of the Yanwang Mansion. ”