Outside the prison of Dali Temple, looking at this slightly old place, Li Yuanji's heart was somewhat emotional.

He wished that this place would remain so old that it could be torn down one day.

Not to rebuild, but not to need to use the place again.

Dali Temple is mainly responsible for the trial of cases, the Tang Dynasty stipulates that whenever a major case occurs, it must be tried by the Dali Temple, the criminal department Shangshu or Shilang, and the imperial history of the Cheng meeting, that is, the three divisions, that is, the three divisions are often said.

Most of the ordinary cases are handed over to Dali Temple for trial, and then submitted to the Criminal Department for approval, and after passing, a notice is issued, in case of death row prisoners, there are also three divisions to interrogate, and then handed over to the emperor for disposal.

However, due to various reasons and some historical factors, there were some deviations in the triage of the three divisions, as well as in the understanding and division of this responsibility.

This also led to two prisons, namely the Criminal Department Prison and the Dali Temple Prison, and usually, the Dali Temple Prison only detains some important people and relatives of the emperor, and the rest of the criminals are imprisoned in the Criminal Department Prison.

Hou Junji's matter is not small, but it seems that it is really a little big, and the important thing is that the emperor is very angry.

Therefore, it is impossible for the three divisions to make any moves before the emperor really decides.

And Hou Junji was also locked up here for nearly a year, but as long as it is a prison, the conditions cannot be much better, even in a place like Dali Temple.

Maybe it's a little better than the big prisons in other places, but that's limited.

The cell where Hou Junji was held was naturally not an ordinary cell, it was cleaned cleanly, and even a desk was placed, a clean and comfortable bed was even placed, and even when the weather was good, the jailer could be moved out to dry the bedding.

But the prison is a prison after all, and it is still a little dark and damp inside, with a musty smell coming to the face, and there are even some other dirty smells in the air, which is extremely unpleasant.

There were no windows in the cell, and the only thing used for ventilation was the main entrance, which was opened during the day and closed at night.

Even if there is a whole day of ventilation, it is still a little insignificant for the prison of Nuoda.

At this time, Hou Junji has long lost his former majesty, and the whole person seems a little depressed, but those who are familiar with him can't help but be shocked when they see his figure at this moment.

Even Li Yuanji, who had already prepared, was still taken aback.

If the previous Hou Junji gave him a sense of bohemianism, then the current Hou Junji, although a little sluggish, intuitively feels that there is only one word, stable!

This stability may be stability from the heart, or it may be that he has been in it for nearly a year, allowing him to see through a lot of things and reveal a change from the inside out.

Or maybe it's all just an illusion, an illusion to get him away with it.

But no matter what the result is, since he has come here, Li Yuanji has actually made a decision in his heart, and he will never change anything because of certain circumstances.

Of course, if Hou Junji's changes are true, it will naturally be a great thing for himself and for Datang.

But if it is fake, the consequences are unimaginable, Li Yuanji feels that he can't take this risk, not because he is afraid of things and is afraid of being overthrown, but once he is deceived, it will be countless people of the Tang Dynasty who will be injured at that time.

"Sin Minister, Marquis Junji, see Your Majesty!" Seeing Li Yuanji's figure, Hou Junji first trembled violently, and then quickly stood up, looking at him with the posture of a criminal minister.

"Aiqing is exempt!" Li Yuanji responded indifferently, although there are waves in his heart, but this does not mean anything, he is determined to follow, there should still be flattery, no matter what the purpose, "I came to see you, I said that Aiqing has been here for nearly a year, and I have never seen Aiqing ...... in the future."

"In fact, Your Majesty can remember that there is such a person as a criminal minister in this world, and the criminal minister feels very happy, as for the rest, the criminal minister does not dare to hope for extravagance." Hou Junji smiled a little bitterly, and there was a slight regret in his tone.

"Aiqing has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, how can I forget Aiqing? Hey......" Li Yuanji sighed helplessly, not because of the intuitive impression of Hou Junji in his heart and didn't want to come, but how can people be ruthless if they are not saints?

The emperor is also a human being, and the emperor also has his own emotions, just like now, if it weren't for the fact that he had already made a decision in his heart before he came, seeing the appearance of Hou Junji at this moment, he would definitely not execute him, even if he violated military discipline, disobeyed military orders, and brought bad atmosphere to the Tang army, and even buried moths on the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuanji had to find a way to save his life.

Isn't Hou Junji talented?

Yes!

If there is no talent, how could Li Shimin let him learn the art of war from Li Jing in history?

If you don't have talent, after you reach the top, how can you take in and reuse Hou Junji, a general who has followed Li Shimin from the beginning?

Hou Junji is very talented, which Li Yuanji feels that he does not need to doubt, and even his talent is second only to Li Jing, Li Tao, and Qu Tutong at the same time.

Hou Junji's early experience allowed him to have today's achievements, but in the same way, what caused him to fall into today's step was also his early experience and habits.

What was Hou Junji like in his early years? In the words of later generations, he is the kind of person who doesn't know anything, but always likes to brag about B, this kind of person can't wait to go anywhere, there are a lot of clusters, pieces of good words and flattery, and countless beauties waiting.

In the end, there are only three results for such a person, one is that he failed to meet the right person, and he was directly shot to death, or he was pulled back by his elders. The other is to meet the right person, and have enough patience with him, and then gradually become a talent and develop. The last one is the same as the second, but because he doesn't know how to enrich himself or restrain himself after gaining power, he becomes the type of Hou Junji.

The military is a melting pot, both ancient and posterity.

But he couldn't carve Hou Junji's piece of jade, which is very regrettable.

"Your Majesty can remember the guilty, the guilty minister is already very happy, but the guilty minister himself has done the sin, and the guilty minister himself should bear the consequences." Hou Junji seemed to see all this, and the whole person seemed to relax a lot, and continued: "The minister knows that he is going to die, but he also doesn't want innocent people to be affected by the guilty minister. There were so many people that the sinner had offended in the past, so much so that at this point, he couldn't even remember who to turn to for help, and the only person who could intercede for the sinner was shameless to see him......"

Hou Junji said a lot, which directly showed that he did not ask Fang Xuanling to intercede for him, the direct reason was that Hou Junji did not feel that his friendship with Fang Xuanling was enough for him to take risks for himself.

And the news that Fang Xuanling was dismissed from the Ministry of Shangshu came here, and Hou Junji could naturally understand what the reason for his removal was, because the time was too coincidental, it would definitely not be a trivial matter for the emperor to remove Fang Xuanling.

When he was first imprisoned, Hou Junji was indeed very dissatisfied and complained constantly, but as time went by, with the indifference of human feelings, Hou Junji began to study the military regulations of the Tang Army before and now.

Yes, a general doesn't even know all the military regulations, but such a person has become a general unbelievably.

After he thoroughly studied these two sets of slightly different military regulations, he found that it was not because of his identity that Li Yuanji deliberately targeted himself, but that Li Shimin was too indulgent to himself in the past, so he caused the current situation.

If Li Shimin could have restrained himself with military regulations in the past, when he was still a small person, I am afraid that he would have already gotten rid of these bad habits that allowed him to give up his life.

That is, half a year after coming in, Hou Junji completely woke up and knew his fate, he was even ready to go to the execution ground in the autumn, but the autumn passed, and he was not sent to the execution ground.

Die?

Who is not afraid of death?

But Hou Junji also knew how much trouble he had caused this time, if he could have listened to Zhang Liang's persuasion and handed over the looted property, if he could have seized the last chance given to him by Su Dingfang, he would not have fallen to this point now.

Li Yuanji gave himself more than one chance, but he didn't seize it, and Su Dingfang gave himself a few chances, although he didn't seize it a few times, but he didn't seize it either.

Say a thousand, to ten thousand, it is not others who ruin yourself, but yourself.

"You, you, if you had the same consciousness as Fang Xiang, you wouldn't end up like this, and you still haven't understood why Fang Xiang would intercede for you?" Li Yuanji sighed helplessly, pointed at Hou Junji and reminded.

This incident once again made Li Yuanji see that Hou Junji's political consciousness was too low, and he couldn't see why Fang Xuanling did this.

"Your Majesty reminded me like this, and the criminal minister understands a little!" Hou Junji was stunned, he thought of Cheng Zhijie, he thought of why Fang Xuanling still had to do this when the relationship was not in place, but unfortunately, he understood it too late.

No, late? It doesn't seem too late, at least the ending may be slightly better than you think.

"The criminal only hopes that he can use this cheap life to make up for the misfortune caused by the criminal minister." Hou Junji, who came to his senses, naturally didn't want his family to be implicated by himself, and the only thing he could do now was to leave an environment and space for his family to survive as much as possible.

"How nice it would be if you could come to your senses a year or two earlier......" Li Yuanji sighed, feeling a little unbearable, and continued: "Your eldest son will inherit the title of Duke of Sanshui County, this is the last thing I can do for you......"

"Sin ......" heard that his eldest son would inherit his title, although he did not retain the Duke of Luguo, but according to the rules, the succession of the title is to lower the level by one level, so it is normal to inherit the title of Duke of Sanshui County, and it is an unexpected result.

The excited Hou Junji knelt on the ground, his head firmly on the ground, the veteran who fought on the battlefield and killed countless enemies in the past is now in tears......