"The person in front of him, but his surname is Li Mingmu, born in Mayi?"

"Yes!"

"Can you plead guilty to the crimes you have committed?"

"Yes."

……

After some approval, Sun Fujia looked up at the sky, noon had passed, there was no news in the palace, no matter how much he wanted to delay, he couldn't delay, sighed, and said: "County duke, offended, such a thing just happened, you need to let the messenger ......"

"Okay," Li Mu understood what Sun Fujia meant, he was going to 'check his body', Sun Fujia smiled apologetically, and asked the messenger to come over and look at Li Mu. Every prisoner, when he or she is in prison, keeps a record. For example, a round face and a square face, height and long arms, where there are moles on the body, whether there is anything special or not, there are archives. Li Mu also has it, and the servants are based on this to verify their identity.

Li Mu stretched out his arm and cooperated with the officer's inspection. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a masked person in the crowd, and he could tell at a glance that this person must be Dugu Jiu. He glanced around, and among the surrounding crowd, there were many people who looked like masks, and his heart became anxious. Dugu Jiu really went to gather the people in the rivers and lakes, and planned to rob the law field.

Li Mu wanted to make his eyes let Dugu Jiu leave, but when Dugu Jiu saw him looking over, he turned his head and disappeared from Li Mu's sight.

"Alright, you're still done!" Li Mu impatiently pushed away the errand officer, reached out and took the knife from the executioner's hand, wanting to stop Dugu Jiu, all he could do was kill himself before Dugu Jiu made a move!

When Sun Fujia saw Li Mu snatching the knife, he was so frightened that his soul was not possessed, thinking that Li Mu was going to hurt someone, so he hurriedly shouted: "Come on!" ”

Bai Qiaoqiao saw Li Mu snatching the knife in his hand, his eyes were dark, and he fainted directly.

Jin Chen didn't get much better, caught Bai Qiaoqiao, and collapsed to the ground with weak legs.

Among the onlookers, some turned their heads unbearably, and some widened their eyes, wanting to see Li Mu's blood splattered in five steps, as if they could only rest assured if they saw him die with their own eyes.

Dugu Jiu turned around and caught a glimpse of it, and immediately shouted, and the sword came out of its sheath to stop it, shouting: "Big brother! Don't-"

In this time of chaos-

"Keep people under the knife!" Gao Gonggong's sharp voice came with his inner breath breaking through the air, and the blade in Li Mu's hand had already cut through the skin, and when he heard this sound of 'leaving people under the knife', he quickly let go, and the knife fell to the ground.

The crowd was too dense for Gao Gonggong's horse to pass, and at this time he didn't care about whether he was exposing his kung fu, so he jumped on the horseback, performed light skills over the human wall, landed in front of the guillotine, held up the death-free card and the holy decree in his hand, and shouted: "The holy decree has arrived!" ”

When the onlookers heard the three words of the holy decree, they all knelt down. The first to kneel down were all members of the gate valve family with an unwilling face, and the people knelt down when they saw them kneeling. Everyone knows the Divine Decree, but they do not know where the people have seen the Divine Decree and what the rules are for receiving it.

"In the third year of martial arts, Dugu Huaien and Liu Wuzhou rebelled, and the Tang Dynasty was only three years old, and it was sometimes in danger of being overhanged. Fortunately, Tang Jian, the Duke of Juguo, endured humiliation and exposed injustice, saved the country from danger, and the Emperor Taishang decreed that he would not die once, and he was given iron coupons as evidence. ”

"Today, Li Mu, the Duke of Luoyang County, committed a capital crime, and Tang Jian, the Duke of Juguo, is willing to use an iron coupon to avoid death. I inherit the great treasure to the Emperor, and I will fulfill the promise of the Emperor. This is filial piety and faithfulness. However, the death penalty can be forgiven, but it is still not forgiven. He deprived Li Mu of the title of Duke of Luoyang County, the post of Minister in charge of the Internal Affairs Office, and demoted Li Mu to the order of Luoyang County. ”

After reading the holy decree, Gonggong Gao handed the holy decree to Li Mu with a smile, and said, "Congratulations to Li Xianzun, frightened, right?" ”

Li Mu raised his hand and rubbed the blood on his neck, smiled, and said, "Thank you for Your Majesty's grace for me." ”

Gonggong Gao shook his head and said: "It's inconvenient for our family to say this, it's better for the county to tell Your Majesty in person, Your Majesty has a will, please invite the county to enter the palace to meet you." ”

Li Mu looked at Gonggong Gao and said, "Can't you see it?" ”

"County Zun, what do you say?" Gao Gonggong's tone was full of ridicule, as if to say, you are all 'county honor', what power do you have to pick and choose?

Li Mu nodded and said, "Okay, see, can you send someone to send my mother home first-no, send it to my mother, and I will also go to see my mother later." ”

"Well, it's all trivial."

Father-in-law Gao agreed, and a little eunuch came over and helped Bai Qiaoqiao and Jin Chen into the car. When Gonggong Gao saw Jin Chen, his brows furrowed slightly, and he said, "This girl, you should also go." ”

Li Mu stretched out his hand to stop and said, "Father-in-law Gao, this is not necessary, right?" ”

"Li Mu, there are some things that it is better to explain clearly to Your Majesty."

Li Mu heard the change in title, didn't say anything, glanced at Jin Chen, looked at her face that was exactly the same as herself, and reached out to hold her hand, and said, "Don't be afraid, let's go together." ”

……

Time goes back a quarter of an hour ago.

Tang Jian knelt on the ground and 'begged bones', Li Shimin looked at him, and his heart was full of bad feelings.

Tang Jian is a very special person among the civil and military ministers. His family's courtyard is not weaker than the current royal Li family. Tang Jian is the grandson of Tang Yong, the left servant of the Northern Qi Shangshu, and the son of Tang Jian, the assassin of Rongzhou in the Sui Dynasty, his father Tang Jian was friendly with Li Yuan, and when Li Yuan raised troops in Taiyuan, Tang Jian's father and son participated in the planning. Legend has it that Li Yuan was indecisive at that time, and it was Tang Jian who went to meet Li Yuan and said that he 'looks like a dragon court', which is in line with the emperor's destiny, and is a person who is destined to return, if he does not stand up to save the people of Li from fire and water, the people will be finished.

It was this move that made Li Yuan make up his mind, and he had the future Datang.

The Tang family has been in business for several generations, and its power is quite deep, and when Li Yuan just started his army, he got the help of the Tang family. Li Shimin couldn't be clearer about this.

When the country was first founded, Lonely Huai'en, Liu Wuzhou and others rebelled, and it was Tang Jian who denounced it, and the Tang Dynasty was saved. But so far, Tang Jian has made contributions to Li Yuan, and Li Shimin really regards Tang Jian as his own because of what happened next.

Liu Wuzhou was defeated and fled to the Turks, leaving behind a lot of weapons and armor to prepare for the rebellion. At that time, the dispute between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng for the heir had already begun to take shape, and it stands to reason that this batch of weapons and armor should be dedicated to the prince's mansion. But Tang Jian chose to seal it and leave it to Tiance Mansion to accept. Li Shimin's acquisition of these weapons and armor played a pivotal role in establishing his own power in the future.

In the change of Xuanwumen, Tang Jian stood on Li Shimin's side clearly. After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he greatly reused Tang Jian and supported him to become the only 'neutral' force in the court, enjoying a special status. Tang Jian also repaid Li Shimin with his own actions, when he attacked the Turks, Tang Jian sent an envoy to the Turks, maneuvered between the tents of the Turks, and died nine times in his life.

Looking at the road Tang Jian has walked, it can be said that Li Shimin cannot find fault with Tang Jian. Li Shimin once felt that Tang Jian was one of the most reassuring people in the court, but now because of Li Mu's affairs, Tang Jian also stood up, and also took out the most precious card for the Tang family. Coupled with the previous incident of the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Shimin suddenly felt that there was no one in this world that he deliberately trusted completely.

No matter how relieved a person is, he will do things that he doesn't expect.

Li Shimin thought about it for a while, and the time was delayed a little, and Empress Changsun was worried that she had missed the time, so she asked Gonggong Gao to remind Li Shimin. Li Shimin woke up like a dream, and was busy with the matter, so he asked Gao Gonggong to pass on the decree.

After Father-in-law Gao left, Li Shimin sent Tang Jian home and told him that he wanted to do something, but he didn't say yes, and he didn't say no. When he left, he discussed with Empress Eldest Sun.

Li Shimin said what he thought in his heart, and Empress Eldest Sun had a close relationship with him and could understand what Li Shimin's concerns were. After the most reassuring courtiers repeatedly did things they didn't expect, Li Shimin's trust in people has dropped to the freezing point, not only for the eldest grandson Wuji and Tang Jian, but also for anyone.

I was not at ease with the two of them, and I was even more worried about Li Mu. It is said that it is a gentleman's belly with the heart of a villain, Li Shimin really thinks so, so he must take precautions.

"What does Your Majesty want to do?"

"I can't give Li Mu a chance to form a party."

"That's why Your Majesty arranged Li Mu in Luoyang?" Empress Eldest Sun suddenly frowned and said, "But something is wrong, Your Majesty, didn't you say that the foundation of the power of the Succession Hall is in Luoyang?" Isn't Your Majesty afraid—"

"I think so, if I think about this matter according to the queen's thinking, Li Mu must not be the person who succeeds to the heir, and it has nothing to do with Li Jiancheng. This is the best, with Li Mu suppressing it in Luoyang, it can also make the heir hall jealous. If Li Mu is the successor of the heir, he will inevitably show his feet, and I will be able to catch them all at that time. In addition, I asked Li Mu to go to Luoyang, and there is a deep meaning. ”

"What does it mean?"

"Luoyang City, no matter which aspect, is more suitable than Chang'an as the capital. My father considered moving the capital, but I stopped him and couldn't make it! But now my mind has changed, and I didn't move the capital because of the Turks. Now that the Turkic plague has been eliminated, moving the capital to Luoyang has many benefits. The simplest grain route is that it is much smoother, and the grain ship does not have to cross Sanmenxia, saving a lot of manpower and material resources. If Li Mu can manage Luoyang well, maybe I can still touch him a little bit and move the capital to Luoyang as soon as possible, after all, it is the hinterland of the Central Plains. ”

Empress Eldest Sun said with a smile: "At this time, I remembered Li Mu's good coming, and I don't know if he is willing to serve you after this incident." ”

"I don't know—" Li Shimin sighed and said, "I also know that I wronged him, but I ...... Perhaps, this is the helplessness of being an emperor. ”

Empress Eldest Sun mercilessly pierced: "It's just that you are cautious, and you still don't admit it—maybe, if Your Majesty can't make sense, the concubines will help Your Majesty persuade you." ”

"Thank you, Queen."

"But Your Majesty," Empress Changsun asked again, "let Li Mu go to Luoyang, what should I do here in Chang'an?" As far as the concubine knows, there are still many projects that have not been completed in Chang'an, and the affairs of the Internal Affairs Office still need him to be in charge. ”

"I've taken this into account, and I've got my own arrangements." Li Shimin smiled, and seemed to have a plan in his heart.

Empress Eldest Sun said again: "Your Majesty has any other arrangements for Tang Jian?" ”

"I haven't made up my mind yet, Rong Zhen thinks about it again, I really don't want to be too mean to the Tang family."

When Empress Eldest Sun heard this, she didn't ask any more questions. What Li Shimin meant when he said this sentence was that he had mean thoughts.

After being silent for a while, Li Shimin sighed and said, "Helpless, I still have to do this!" ”

"Your Majesty has thought about it."

"Hmm." Li Shimin nodded.

……

Tai Chi Palace.

In the past, when he came to Taiji Palace, Li Mu was relaxed and comfortable, as if he was going back to his own home. Even when there were only him and Li Shimin, Li Mu picked up the pastries on Li Shimin's table and ate them, without the slightest restraint.

But this time, Li Mu strictly abided by the rules and did not exceed the slightest point. Gao Gonggong watched from the side, slandering in his heart, daring to love this kid who said that he couldn't learn the rules was lying, look at this rule, it is more standardized than the old mother who has been in the palace for ten years, where is it that you can't learn, you can't learn it!

"County Zun, let's go in?"

"Grandpa Xie." Li Mu thanked him and stepped into the Taiji Palace. As soon as he entered the door, he fell to the ground and shouted thank you, Your Majesty.

When Li Shimin saw him like this, although he knew that Li Mu was deliberate and prepared, he was still uncomfortable. But he opened his mouth, but said nothing. Li Shimin raised his hand, Gonggong Gao came over and helped Li Mu up, and a little eunuch brought a chair, Li Mu sat tremblingly, only daring to be next to each other a little.

"Li Mu, I said, I didn't want to kill you."

"The minister understands that His Majesty just wants to take back the death-free card in the hands of the Duke of Ju Guo." Li Mu replied with a smile, but the meaning of this was to remind Li Shimin that the reason why he was still alive was because Tang Jian took out the death free card. He received Tang Jian's favor, not his Li Shimin's favor.

Li Shimin looked at Li Mu, gritted his teeth in anger, and after a long while, he said, "Okay, I won't tell you this." Let's get down to business, do you know why I let you go to Luoyang City? ”

"The minister is about to tell His Majesty about this." Li Mu got up, bowed, and said, "The minister is willing to give all his family property in exchange for His Majesty's minister." ”

Li Shimin frowned: "What did you say?" ”

"The minister said that the minister is willing to give everything, and only asks His Majesty to allow the minister to return to Dingxiang's hometown to farm, and he will live for the rest of his life."

Li Shimin said angrily: "Li Mu, you know that it is impossible for me to let you become a leader!" You are not me, you don't look at the problem from my point of view, if you are me, maybe you have done more than me! Anyway, I didn't kill you! Moreover, I will greatly punish the person who has done you this time. What else do you want to do, let me make an edict and apologize to you? ”

Li Shimin glared at Li Mu and said, "Or do you not feel that you are sorry for me at all?!" ”