"Bang!" Li Shimin angrily lifted the table, and the palace maid eunuch in the palace knelt on the ground and shouted: "Your Majesty is angry, take care of the dragon's body." ”

"Goguryeo? Goguryeo? Who gave him such the audacity to assassinate the envoy right under my nose? If I let it go, won't I even dare to assassinate me in the future? ”

Li Shimin's face turned blue with anger, and he paced around the hall, walking around, and the rest of the people did not dare to make a sound.

"What about Cheng Zhijie? I've been waiting for him for a long time, why haven't I come yet? You, go over and see if the old man hasn't woken up yet? ”

Li Shimin pointed to a eunuch and just finished scolding, and laughter came from outside the hall.

"Your Majesty, why are you in such a hurry to come to me? When I heard that I was going to be whipped, I was kicked out of the house before I could even wash my face. ”

Walking into the hall is a man with a big waist and thick shoulders, a black face and a black beard, and he is so rough that he can't be rougher anymore, it is the famous Tang Dynasty general Cheng Biting Jin.

"Humph! You're still in the mood for a joke, I don't have time to mess around with you! Li Shimin was angry when he saw Cheng biting Jin, and he poured all the dirty words on him before stopping.

Cheng Biting Jin is also wronged, he was scolded for some reason early in the morning...

Seeing the messy appearance in the hall, coupled with Li Shimin's gloomy face that was about to drip water, Cheng Yanjin understood that he had hit the muzzle of the gun today.

This scolding seems to be... It's not wrong, who dares to giggle when the emperor is angry?

Li Shimin was angry enough, briefly explained the matter, and then ordered Cheng Yanjin to lead the left army to Zhaoying County to search for thieves.

"Three days! I only give you three days, be sure to find out the thief, otherwise I see that you, the general of the left leading army, are also in vain, go home and farm! Also, take down the county order of Zhaoying County, the county Cheng and other officials, and escort them to Dali Temple to wait for the delivery, and Zhaoying County will be temporarily taken over by you. ! When I see you, I get angry. ”

Cheng Yanjin received the order to take the tiger talisman and get out of the house happily.

Soon the left army of Chang'an City was dispatched and opened Zhaoying County. Those who didn't know thought that there was going to be a war, and for a while, rumors flew up.

After getting the news of the opening of the left army, the powerful people in Chang'an Dongcheng were boiling, and they sent people out to inquire about what was going on, and even the forbidden army defending the imperial city was dispatched.

Within half a day, a piece of news blew up the magnates of Chang'an City.

The news that "the Silla envoy was assassinated and the tribute was robbed" spread among the powerful families like wings.

Soon, rumors began to spread in the market, and those who were not afraid of death even said that Li Shimin sent someone to do it, and for a while, Chang'an City was in an uproar.

"Bang!"

This is the second time Li Shimin has flipped the table.

Let the "Heavenly Khan", who is known for his broad-mindedness, be so angry, you can see how angry Li Shimin is in his heart now.

In addition to Li Shimin, there are also the crown prince Li Chengqian, the prime minister Fang Xuanling, the famous minister Sun Wuji, Wei Zheng, Chu Suiliang, Li Ji, Hou Junji and others.

Several people were silent.

"I killed the envoys to grab the tribute? How ridiculous! Even if I don't send people to do these things, the tribute is mine, so why should I suffer such a crime? ”

Fang Xuanling arched his hand at Li Shimin: "Your Majesty is angry, this is a rumor deliberately spread by people with ulterior motives, and you can know that this rumor is untenable after a little thought." ”

Li Shimin said angrily: "I also know that this rumor is untenable, but he just spread it, or it won't be long before the nearby vassal kingdoms will know about Chang'an, and such a serious thing has happened under my nose, how can I be good then?" ”

Fang Xuanling stroked his beard slightly, and said with relief: "Your Majesty doesn't need to be anxious, what you have to do now is to quickly find out the thief and find out the truth of the matter, so that you can give an explanation to the world." ”

Li Shimin took a few deep breaths and tried to regain his composure.

At this time, the eldest grandson Wuji said: "Your Majesty, this matter has too much impact, and the minister suggests that Your Majesty do a good job of cleaning up the aftermath before the matter is big." ”

Li Shimin nodded: "What the auxiliary machine said is reasonable, since the incident has happened, I have been thinking about countermeasures. ”

Li Shimin paused and continued: "Passing on my order, burying the Silla envoys who were killed, giving the families of the victims and the injured a hundred pieces of gold, and giving back 100 pieces of Silla silk, a number of porcelain, 1,000 taels of silver, crowning Queen Seondeok of Silla, giving a crown and a jade belt, and a pair of beads, can I arrange it like this?" ”

Several people present looked at each other and felt that Li Shimin's reward was a bit heavy, Silla is just a small country that is not even in a stable state, so there is no need to engage in such a big battle, right?

Wei Zheng moved his mouth, and finally half-closed his eyes, but he didn't make a sound after all.

If such a big thing happens, it is not necessary to give a heavy reward, what Li Shimin wants is to put on the posture of a big country to show other vassal states: assassinated in my country? I'll find out the assassins for you, and I'll pay for them. What the? You don't have insurance? It's okay, I'm rich and capricious, and if I lose less, I lose.

"Your Majesty, the ministers feel that something has happened, and it must be important to appease Silla, however, the envoys of various countries in Chang'an City are here, and rumors have been spread, so if you want to recover the influence, why not treat the envoys of various countries well and make them have no different thoughts?"

The proposer was Chu Suiliang, and his proposal was endorsed by all the ministers present.

"Good! What do you think of what Sui Liang said? ”

Everyone present bowed to Li Shimin and shouted: "My emperor is wise." ”

............

Cheng Yanjin is an anxious man, and after receiving Li Shimin's order, he took the left leader to besiege Zhaoying County without saying a word.

In fact, there is no need for Cheng Yanjin to send troops to besiege the city, Li Zhixian has already ordered the city gate to be closed, and no one is allowed to be released.

It's just that the battle put forward by Cheng Yanjin was too big, so frightened that the guards at the head of the city thought that someone was coming to attack the city, so they all clenched their swords and guns, staring nervously at the army below, for fear that a vulgar general would emerge in the army, shouting "Siege!" "And then... And then there is no more...

Sure enough, a vulgar general came out of the army, riding on horseback and shouting at the city gate: "Ah! Which one guards the gates? Don't you recognize your Grandpa Cheng? Why don't you open the gates and let us in? ”

A small general appeared at the head of the city, and shouted to Cheng Yanjin with a bitter face: "General Cheng, if you enter the city, you will enter the city, but I don't dare to let you in easily if you make such a big battle." ”

Cheng Biting Jin was angry, and took out the tiger talisman and Li Shimin's holy decree and held it high above his head.

"See clearly, this is the Tiger Talisman and the Holy Decree personally granted by His Majesty, which of you dares to disobey?"

As soon as the holy decree was issued, the soldiers at the head of the city and under the city bowed down and worshipped, and the mountain shouted long live.

After a while, the city gate opened, and Cheng Yanjin gave instructions behind him. "You, lead a hundred people into the city with me, you take people to scatter and search for people nearby, as long as there are suspicious characters, they will all be taken down, and it is better to catch the wrong person than to let anyone go! Three days, Your Majesty only gave us three days, if you can't get someone, you can do it yourself! ”

"Yes!" Several generals clenched their fists and took their own soldiers and horses to search for people.

In the blink of an eye, there were only more than 100 people left at the city gate.

Cheng Biting Jin slapped the horsewhip fiercely and spat on the ground: "His grandmother's, a ghost place in Zhaoying County, the harmful Lao Tzu was scolded by His Majesty early this morning, who did Lao Tzu recruit to provoke whom?" Walk! Let me go into the city and surround the county government! ”