"Brother Huang, do you mean that I framed Liu Wenqi?" Li Shimin, who was on the side, finally couldn't help but say angrily.

"I didn't say you planted it!"

Li Jiancheng was frightened and sad in his heart, he suddenly knelt down in front of his father, "Father, maybe this is a false accusation by the spies of the Sui army, and the son suspects that this is a trap from beginning to end, because of the matter of Pingyuan County, Yang Yuanqing has a grudge, he set a trap and lured us step by step, his purpose is to let us kill Liu Wenjing with our own hands, father, we must not be discerned." ”

Li Shimin sneered beside him, "Brother Huang really knows how to tell jokes, if Yang Yuanqing wants to kill Liu Wenjing, does it take so much effort?" On the way to the court, at the door of the mansion, in the dead of night, where can you not do it? He has the ability to plant false accusations, but he doesn't have the ability to take people's heads? He is also the king of Chu, and in his capacity, he will attack a minister of an enemy dynasty? ”

Li Shimin also saluted his father, "Father, Xiao Jin's dismissal is Tang Feng's plan, and his son has reported to his father in detail, in this case, Xiao Jin is dissatisfied, and it is completely reasonable to tell Yang Yuanqing's secret, and his son thinks that Xiao Jin's words should not be doubted." ”

Li Yuan nodded, he agreed with Li Shimin's words, if he doubted Tang Feng's information, then no information could be trusted, he glanced at Li Jiancheng, "I can understand the emperor's feelings, but this is the case, the emperor, as the crown prince, don't say such absurd words anymore." ”

Li Jiancheng's heart was gloomy, his father's words were almost the tone, Liu Wenjing couldn't escape this catastrophe, he kowtowed again, "Father, the son doesn't dare to argue anymore, but for the sake of Liu Wenjing is the founding minister, just depose him to the people, and the son begged his father to spare his life." ”

Li Yuan looked at his eldest son with tears streaming down his face, and the murderous intent in his heart eased a little, so he waved his hand, "You all retreat!" Let me think about it. ”

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin both bowed and retreated. Li Yuan was the only one left in the imperial study, and he was pacing back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and at this time, he thought of something. Taking out a box from under the imperial case, Li Yuan opened the box, there were several letters inside, he flipped through it and found one of them.

This is a letter written by Liu Wenjing to his wife when she was captured in Fengzhou last year, and Li Yuan has always stayed with him. He opened the letter with a gloomy face...... Fengzhou is rich and its people are stable. The rule of officials is honest, which makes people all over the world yearn for it, and it is a pure land in troubled times! ’

The murderous intent in Li Yuan's heart ignited again, he knew that this was the root cause of Liu Wenjing revealing his bottom line of negotiation to the Sui Dynasty, as a dignified Xiangguo, he actually secretly helped the enemy country, which made him intolerable no matter what.

At this time, a eunuch reported at the door: "Your Majesty." Bae Sang-kook asks to see! “

Li Yuan nodded, "Announce his audience." ”

After a moment, Pei Lin walked quickly into the imperial study. Bowing and saluting, "Weichen see Your Majesty!" ”

"Pei Xiangguo, have the courtiers all gone back?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the courtiers have all returned to the courtroom, and everyone is very worried when I hear that Your Majesty is sick."

Li Yuan sighed slightly, "Today is my mistake, my dragon body is related to the society, and it is not easy to excuse me to feel sick, and there must be no next time." ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

The two were silent for a moment. Pei Lin said: "I just heard the news that Liu Wenqi may have fornicated with the Sui Dynasty, the minister was surprised, but he was even more angry, how could he repay the grace of the saint so much!" ”

Pei Lin and Liu Wenjing are both ministers of Longxing, but relatively speaking. Li Yuan prefers Pei Lian, Pei Lian's intelligence is not as good as Liu Wenjing, he has repeatedly lost battles, and he was greedy for life and death, and greedy for fame and fortune, but it is precisely such a minister with shortcomings that reassures the emperor more.

On the contrary, Liu Wenjing is extremely intelligent, clean and self-conscious, indifferent to fame and fortune, and worries about the people more than about the king, this kind of person has never been difficult to control, not liked by the superiors, Li Yuan is also quite jealous of Liu Wenjing in his heart, but because he is the face of the founding hero, he must make a gesture, and now Liu Wenjing secretly helps the Sui Dynasty, Li Yuan can no longer tolerate him.

Li Yuan snorted coldly and handed Tang Feng's information to Pei Lian, "Aiqing will take a look for yourself!" ”

After reading the information, Pei Lian's face changed, and he scolded: "Damn it! actually leaked the secrets of the country, which humiliated my Tang Dynasty, and he also boasted that he was a dignified country, talented but not virtuous, why did he rank in a high hall? ”

Li Yuan's face was gloomy and terrifying, and the murderous intent in his eyes was irrepressibly revealed, and he asked coldly: "The prince begged me to spare his life and depose him for the people, what does Pei Aiqing think?" ”

"Your Majesty, the prince has always been tolerant, known to the world, but the courtiers also discussed, saying that the prince is sometimes too tolerant, but Endo is intimidating, even if the old farmer who went to the city to sell vegetables heard that it was the prince's chariot battle, he refused to give way, the minister stole that tolerance is the virtue of the prince, but blindly tolerant is the loss of the royal road, and the grace and power are the actions of the prince of a country, which is the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, and His Majesty should not promote the benevolence of the prince as a woman."

The contradiction between Pei Lin and Liu Wenjing has reached the level of life and death, if you don't seize this opportunity to kill Liu Wenjing, he Pei Lin will regret it for the rest of his life, Pei Lin has an iron heart, and he must persuade Li Yuan to kill Liu Wenjing's brother.

He saw that Li Yuan had been moved, and continued to fan the flames, "Your Majesty, Liu Wenjing's talent and strategy are above everyone, but he is suspicious and insidious by nature, and he is angry and ignores, his treason has been revealed. ”

One sentence reminded Li Yuan that Liu Wenjing leaked the secrets of the country to the Sui Dynasty, and now he is an enemy of the Tang Dynasty, how can he be lenient with the enemy?

Li Yuan nodded lightly, "What Aiqing said is extremely true, I almost have the kindness of a woman, and I will be in trouble with the enemy. ”

He immediately issued an order: "Spread my will, Liu Wenjing and Liu Wenqi fornicated with the enemy country, the crime is unforgivable, and they will be beheaded for the crime of collaborating with the enemy, and their families will be exiled to Hehuang and will not be allowed to return to Beijing for the rest of their lives...... East Palace Xiande Palace, here is the main hall of the East Palace, Li Jiancheng's study is located in the side hall of Xiande Palace, the specifications are slightly inferior to the emperor's imperial study, but there are more than a dozen book houses, at this time, Li Jiancheng stood in front of the window with his hands in his hands, his face was full of tears, and his eyes revealed endless sorrow.

He held a note in his hand, which was Liu Wenjing's last words left to him before he was beheaded, "The minister is loyal to the Tang Dynasty and is worthy of his heart, how can he be framed by the villain, the minister is not afraid of death, but he is worried about His Royal Highness the Prince, the minister can only protect His Royal Highness the Prince with the spirit of the sky, and repay His Highness for his kindness!" ’

Liu Wenjing's death made Li Jiancheng deeply distressed. In the end, he failed to save Liu Wenjing's life, and the Liu brothers were beheaded in Dali Temple half an hour ago, and his father did not even give him the opportunity to depose the people.

Behind Li Jiancheng, a eunuch knelt on the ground and whispered, "The Holy Lord has already forgiven Liu Xiangguo. But after talking to Pei Xiang, the saint changed his mind...... Li Jiancheng's fists clenched, of course he could guess what Pei Lin said to his father, how could Pei Lin know about this? This must be the King of Qin who called him over and asked Pei Lin to persuade his father to make a move.

Li Jiancheng was so hateful that he wanted to drip blood, and at this moment, Zheng Shanguo, a guest of the prince, reported outside the door: "Your Highness." Important information came from Taiyuan. ”

Li Jiancheng hurriedly wiped away the tears on his face and ordered, "Come in!" ”

After a while, Zheng Shanguo walked in, Zheng Shanguo won the trust of the crown prince Li Jiancheng because of the relationship between the crown princess Zheng family, and was one of Li Jiancheng's henchmen, and Li Jiancheng's external supervision hall is now taken over by him.

Although the Outer Inspectorate had been suspended, it was only the Imperial Court that it no longer accepted information about them. No more funds will be allocated, but for Li Jiancheng, the Outer Supervision Hall will still operate.

"Your Highness. This is the eagle letter just sent by Han Chang in Taiyuan. Zheng Shanguo presented a copy of the information that had been copied to Li Jiancheng.

Li Jiancheng took the information and looked at it, he was stunned for a moment, Han Chang said in the intelligence that according to the results of his investigation, Xiao Jin and Li Chongshou had no friendship at all, Xiao Jin only went to the Bafang Liquor Shop once with his colleagues, and never went to the Liquor Shop again.

Li Jiancheng was a little suspicious, with Xiao Jin's identity and the Xiao family's self-confidence, how could he become friends with a businessman, unless he was deliberately dating. Li Jiancheng suspected that it was Yang Yuanqing's plan, but at this moment, he suddenly realized.

It was not Yang Yuanqing's plan, but the King of Qin, who was planning to kill Liu Wenjing under the pretense of Tang Feng and Xiao Jin. In order to eradicate his right-hand man, this is simply a long-planned conspiracy of King Qin, and there is no such thing at all to win over Xiao Jin.

Li Jiancheng's eyes showed a trace of bitter hatred, and he remembered that he was shot by Li Shimin to kill his brother Li Zhiyun, King Qin was so vicious that he didn't even let go of his own brother, this kind of strategy of killing people with a knife was only done by him, this must be Pei Lian's strategy.

"Shimin, you are really vicious, I will remember today's hatred!"

Li Jiancheng's eyes narrowed into a slit, his teeth slowly clenched, and for the first time in his heart, a bitter hatred was born, and this hatred turned out to be his own brother.

At this time, a guard officer rushed to report, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Royal Highness the King of Qin asked to see him outside the palace, and he said that he was sorry for Liu Xiangguo's matter." ”

"Excuse me?"

Li Jiancheng turned around, he laughed angrily, "What a benevolent king, even I was moved to tears, you go and tell him, if people don't know, unless you don't do it, I, Li Jiancheng, am not a three-year-old child, I know very well in my heart, my East Palace does not welcome him, from now on, please don't step into the East Palace again." ”

The guard officer looked embarrassed, and sighed in his heart, "Obey orders!" He turned and went out.

Outside the East Palace, Li Shimin was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, and Liu Wenjing's brother was finally killed, which had advantages and disadvantages for him, the advantage was to eradicate the prince's wisdom and courage, cut off his right arm, and at the same time vacate a position in the Xiangguo, which was conducive to Dou Jin's entry into the Xiang.

The disadvantage is that he completely turned against the prince, which is very detrimental to the stability of the society, and will also increase the dissatisfaction of the court officials with him.

Li Shimin also realized that this situation was unfavorable to him, so he asked Pei Lin to come forward to persuade his father, so that the court officials thought that this was Pei Lin to avenge his personal revenge, and let Pei Lin take this responsibility, so as to get rid of the suspicion of killing Liu Wenjing.

Now he is going to make a gesture and apologize to his eldest brother to further show that he doesn't want to kill Liu Wenjing either, and it is Pei Lian's personal reason.

At this time, the guard officer hurriedly walked out, he hesitated, of course he couldn't say such ugly words to the prince, he had to euphemistically express the prince's refusal, so he stepped forward and bowed and said: "Your Highness, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he was unwell and could not receive His Highness, please come back another day." ”

Li Shimin sighed, "Okay! Please tell the prince and say that I am really sorry, Liu Xiangguo's death is really not my intention. ”

After speaking, Li Shimin turned around and left the East Palace......