Chapter 278: Backbite

In fact, the officials who came over all wanted to sue Li Shimin, and it was needless to say who the person who sued was, it was the crown prince Li Chengqian who was lying on the ground at the moment.

But Li Chengqian is dead at the moment, and everyone can't say anything to Li Shimin anymore, because no one thinks that a dead person can bear the fault.

Li Shimin snorted coldly and looked at everyone: "I know some things, and I don't know many things, tonight I will sort out all the things, and if anyone dares to hide it, they will be killed." ”

Li Shimin said this easily, but the atmosphere at the moment was indeed very solemn.

Li Shimin first came to Li Zhi's side, kicked his kneeling knee with his foot and said, "You say first, why did you assassinate your brother!" ”

Li Shimin knew that Li Zhi was still saying that, but at this moment, Li Shimin wanted him to say these words to all the adults, so that everyone could know what happened, and let everyone distinguish the truth of the matter.

Li Zhi did not hesitate, and immediately said what he had prepared, "Brother Huang had a quarrel with his father because of some things before, and at that time, I overheard him say that he wanted to kill his father, and only in this way can he control himself." After that, my father and the emperor went to Goguryeo, and the emperor brother had friction with the adults because of some things, and the emperor said to himself that he would kill the adults who opposed him, and then the emperor brother learned that his father was coming back a few days ago, so he said that he wanted to kill his father, so that he could inherit the throne, and then this afternoon, when the father came back, the emperor brother was holding a dagger and was about to assassinate his father, but I killed him first, because I was afraid that he would hurt my father. ”

Li Zhi's words seem to have no loopholes, but they are full of loopholes, because all these are his own words, and no one can testify at all.

Li Shimin also narrowed his eyes, looked at Li Zhi and then looked at the adults: "Have you heard what King Jin said, do you have any questions about what he said?" ”

But no one answered.

Li Shimin looked at them with a gloomy face and said, "Speak, do you think the prince is this kind of person who wants to kill his father?" Or could he have been the one who assassinated the court's top officials? Just because they are against themselves? ”

After some hesitation, the eldest grandson Wuji still spoke: "Your Majesty, we naturally know if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is such a person, if it was in the past, the minister would immediately speak out and fight back without thinking, but during this time, His Royal Highness the Prince's actions made the minister unable to understand, so the minister did not dare to pack the ticket." ”

Li Shimin snorted coldly, looked at them and said, "What has the prince done during this time?" Let's take a closer look! ”

Seeing that no one answered, the eldest grandson Wuji cured himself and then took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seems to have gone crazy after you set out on the expedition, and from time to time he said that he dreamed of Satisfaction, saying that Satisfaction was entangled by lonely souls and wild ghosts outside, hoping to bury him in the imperial mausoleum, originally Weichen thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was joking, but when he mentioned this matter several times, he realized that he was not joking, but serious!" ”

After hearing the words of the eldest grandson Wuji, the other officials also responded one after another, "Yes, Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has told Wechen about this in private several times, but Wechen naturally will not agree with his absurd approach. ”

Li Shimin was still a little hesitant, and shifted his gaze to Fang Xuanling's body, only to see Fang Xuanling sigh, but still said truthfully: "Your Majesty, Weichen has not seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mention this matter, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has denied it many times, and the minister thinks that this matter is not credible!" ”

The other officials were unhappy when they heard Fang Xuanling's words, looked at Fang Xuanling and said, "How could His Royal Highness the Crown Prince take this matter to the court and say it, he told us secretly in private!" ”

Seeing them arguing, Li Shimin said angrily: "What about after that? Don't talk about these things! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji took Li Shimin's words, looked at Li Shimin and said: "After that, all the adults expressed their attitudes and resolutely refused to enter the imperial mausoleum, and we all complained at home and expressed our opinions. ”

Speaking of this, Li Shimin interrupted: "What are you doing at home? Is there anything that is good to say to your face, and hiding at home will solve the problem? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji seemed to have decided that he had to be this bird, so he looked at Li Shimin and said: "It's that Weichen didn't think about it, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince seemed to be a little anxious at that time, and we didn't want to make a big deal about it, so we chose to go back to the house and choose to stay at home, hoping to force His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to give in and give up the idea of persuading us." ”

The rest of the officials should also say in harmony: "Yes, Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is too crazy, so we thought about dodging it first, so as not to touch his brow!" ”

Li Shimin took a breath, looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and said, "What about after that?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji paused and continued: "Later, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince found out that we were deliberately hiding at home, and he was a little displeased, so he personally came to the door in the hope of persuading us to wait, and we all felt that his approach was not appropriate, so we discussed giving him a closed door." ”

The rest of the officials chimed in: "That's right, we want His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to realize his mistakes, so that we can become a generation of Ming Jun!" ”

Li Shimin took a deep breath, looked at the officials and said, "What about after that?" What happened again? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji looked at Li Shimin and said: "After that, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince found that it seemed better for him not to come to the court, so he ordered someone to send the tonic to our house, but although this medicine is a tonic, but after drinking it, the person will fall into a short coma, so His Royal Highness the Crown Prince plans to bury his heart in the imperial tomb during this time." ”

Li Shimin recalled what Changsun Chong said, corresponding to what Changsun Wuji said, as if everything was done by Li Chengqian.

Seeing that Li Shimin did not respond, the eldest grandson Wuji continued: "But the children in our house found out that we were unconscious, so they ran to tell each other, hoping to find Lang Zhong to wake us up." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince found that things were a little out of his control, so he decided to take me to the palace, because he knew that I would wake up soon, so he made a lot of nonsense outside the palace, and even criticized the children in our house. ”

Li Shimin's face gradually became gloomy, because after the eldest grandson Wuji said these things, Li Shimin realized that these were all things that Li Chengqian could do.

However, without waiting for Li Shimin to ask, the eldest grandson Wuji continued: "The children in our house are naturally not the opponents of His Royal Highness the Prince, so they told the news to His Royal Highness King Wu who came to Chang'an to do business, and after King Wu learned of His Royal Highness the Prince's actions, he immediately decided to go to the palace to find him to theorize, but he did not expect to be ambushed by His Royal Highness the Prince, and His Royal Highness King Wu died directly outside the palace. ”

Li Shimin took a deep breath, looked at the eldest grandson Wuji and said, "But I heard that it was King Wu who wanted to rebel, so the prince was forced to fight back!" Come on, there is still Cheng Chumo in the Hou Junji! ”

Hou Junji and Cheng Chumo soon came to the Jinluan Palace, Li Shimin looked at the two of them and said: "Just now, Lord Changsun said that the prince ambushed King Wu who wanted to dissuade him because he wanted to do bad things, and the news I learned was indeed that King Wu wanted to rebel, so the prince went to ambush him, which of these two statements is true!" ”

Cheng Chumo naturally immediately said: "Naturally, it is the second way of saying, that day Weichen was the commander who personally led the troops to ambush King Wu, and it was the night when His Royal Highness King Wu came to the palace with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, if you dissuade it, how can you need to bring tens of thousands of soldiers and horses!" ”

Hou Junji also immediately knelt down and buckled his head and said: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know the reason and process of this matter, but the minister knows that he has never let people into the city, especially tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, it is even more impossible!" ”

As soon as Hou Junji said this, Cheng Chumo said with some surprise: "Why do you say that? Didn't you discuss with Your Highness before, and you wanted to let King Wu and them in and destroy them together? ”

Hou Junji also looked at Cheng Chumo with a surprised face and said, "What are you talking about?" How could I approve of such a dangerous situation for His Highness, if I knew that King Wu wanted to rebel, I would definitely take the initiative to intercept it and let King Wu's people die outside Chang'an City, instead of letting them go outside the palace. ”

Cheng Chumo didn't know how to explain it at the moment, after all, only they knew about it, and now Hou Junji suddenly bit back, which made Cheng Chumo a little puzzled, but after looking at Li Chengqian's body on the ground, Cheng Chumo also knew why Hou Junji suddenly bit back.

Saying that, Cheng Chumo looked at Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty must be the master of His Highness, you know what Your Highness is like, don't listen to some people's nonsense!" ”

Li Shimin waved his hand and motioned for the two of them to go down, and they couldn't distinguish between the true and the false, so they could only wait for Li Junxian's investigation at the moment.

The eldest grandson Wuji saw that Li Shimin didn't say much, so he continued: "Later, after the death of His Royal Highness King Wu, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince relied on us and did not wake up from the coma, so he decided to bury King Wu in the imperial mausoleum, without even leaving a trace of time, but in fact, he wanted to take advantage of King Wu's death to carry out the coffin of his heart. ”

The eldest grandson Wuji became more and more energetic the more he spoke, and he didn't even pay attention to Li Shimin's anymore but said by himself: "After that, Princess Ju Ruanyu of the crown princess Gao Changguo came to dissuade Her Royal Highness, but Her Royal Highness did not give up and reprimanded the crown princess, and I don't know what His Royal Highness the crown prince said to her, in short, after the crown princess returned to the palace, she committed suicide by hanging herself." ”

Li Shimin only learned the news that Ju Ruanyu had committed suicide at this moment, and at this moment he said in disbelief: "The crown princess has died? Why did she commit suicide by hanging herself! ”