After Wang Shichong was escorted to Chang'an, he did not defend his sins. But he tried his best to explain that when he surrendered, Li Shimin promised him that he would not kill him as long as he surrendered.

Unlike Li Mi and Dou Jiande, Li Yuan knew that Wang Shichong was mean and unkind, although he was a general of a hundred battles, he was shallow in the end and had no political acumen, so he would not pose any threat to the Tang Dynasty.

He promised Wang Shichong to exempt him from capital crimes, and exiled him for 2,000 miles and sent him to Shuzhong.

Wang Shichong was also glad that he had the rest of his life after the troubled times, so he led his family south to Bashu.

Unexpectedly, Dingzhou Assassin Shi Dugu Xiude had a personal enmity with Wang Shichong, and he led his brother to intercept and kill Wang Shichong on the way, along with Wang Shichong's family.

Earlier, Dugu Xiude's father, Dugu Ji, was an official in Luoyang. After Wang Shichong usurped power, Dugu saw that Wang Shichong was fierce and violent and narrow-minded, and knew that he would not succeed after all.

Dugu Ji planned to withdraw and return to Tang, but was discovered by Wang Shichong and killed him. Duguji's family in Luoyang was not spared.

As the eldest son of Dugu Ji, Dugu Xiude never forgets the revenge of killing his father. But at that time, Wang Shichong's power was huge, and he was guarding Luoyang Jiancheng, and Dugu Xiude never had a chance to start.

At this time, Wang Shichong was already a lost dog, and he was no longer majestic. If you don't take revenge now, when?

After Dugu Xiude killed Wang Shichong, he personally went to Chang'an to pay homage to Emperor Li Yuan. Demanded that Li Yuan punish him for the crime of lynching against the law.

According to the Tang Dynasty's "Law of Martial Virtues", a murderer should be arrested and convicted by the government, and then beheaded by the government. Lynching is no different from intentional homicide; It also interferes with the administration of justice and challenges the authority of the state's laws and regulations, and the crime is increased by one degree.

Dugu Xiude, as a prefect, took the lead in breaking the law and used lynching, which is also a capital crime according to the law.

However, in this particular war year, the law could not be applied. As the old saying goes, in times of war, the law fails.

Why didn't Li Yuan apply "Wu De Law" to kill Wang Shichong? It is true that the world has not yet been peaceful, and the four seas have not yet been unified. Leaving Wang Shichong with a life can set an example for those who have not yet returned to the anti-king. In this way, I don't know how many innocent lives can be saved.

Here, I have to say that every anti-king who survived the war was actually a hundred deaths.

There are a hundred good reasons to kill them; Live them, and there are a hundred good reasons. Whether it is life or death depends on the emperor's pros and cons.

Xiao Mi, Li Mi, and Dou Jiande's generation, they died, and they each had their own considerations. The thinking in the meantime is not something that can be said in a few words.

After the world is peaceful, it will not be so complicated to govern the world according to the law.

After Li Yuan learned the reason why Dugu Xiude killed Wang Shichong, he was deeply moved by his behavior. Murder and revenge are for filial piety, and confession is for loyalty.

How can such a faithful and filial person be punished again? If it is allowed to subdue the law, it will chill the hearts of the people in the world.

At the suggestion of the Governor of Justice Dali Siqing, Li Yuan pardoned Dugu Xiude, but let him move more than 1,000 miles to become the assassin of another state. After all, taking the lead in bad law, in his original position, he is no longer suitable to do it.

On closer inspection, this feud seems to be a personal vendetta, but it is not that simple. Dugu Ji was killed by Wang Shichong because he planned to return to the Tang Dynasty, and he himself had no personal enmity with Wang Shichong. It's just that Dugu Xiude, the eldest son of Dugu Ji, has had a personal enmity with Wang Shichong since then.

This enmity, although it is a personal feud, arises out of public service. And it's a matter of people's hearts and minds, and it has to be handled carefully.

Since the Han Dynasty, Confucianism has gradually become the dominant ideology of successive rulers. The etiquette of loyalty and filial piety was enshrined, and the idea of justice in the law was changed, and the norms of judicial adjudication were established.

If Dugu Ji made a feud with Wang Shichong because of a private matter, and Dugu Xiude committed a vendetta again, I am afraid that this matter would be another result.

Because of his pure thoughts, Dugu Xiude was appointed as Zong Zhengqing and died in this position.