In the military tent by the river, Wang Gui and others who had not slept all night were waiting for the result nervously.

Here we can see the closeness and distantness of the people. Last night, all the forces that had abandoned past grudges and worked together to work together, returned to their own state after writing the congratulations. In the small military tent, they all had their own small piles of people standing or sitting.

Wei Zheng was originally a Shandong force, but now he was sitting alone in the corner with his eyes a little straight. When someone talked to him, he didn't respond, as if he had been attacked, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Wei Zheng himself didn't know what he was thinking. His intuition told him that there must be something wrong, but he didn't know which part was wrong.

Are the assassins fake? Absolutely not. As one of the presiding judges, Wei Zheng believed in his eyes. These assassins were definitely not fake, they were assassins. But they were definitely not the ones who assassinated Li Shimin, they came for Li Mu. But Li Shimin killed these people and was unable to argue. After all, he was injured, and the assassin admitted that the knife was done by him, which was ironclad evidence and could not be overturned.

If we want to say that this is a game, then there may only be two people who are planning, one is Li Shimin and the other is Li Mu. But there is a prerequisite for these, there must be an assassin. But how did they calculate that the assassin will come? This can't be a collusion, right?

What Wei Zheng couldn't understand the most was that the assassin named Wang Zhi had lost half of his tongue. He asked the person who was handed over to the person. He said that the man could not bear to eat and torture him and bit him off. However, when he asked his assassin accomplices, they said they didn't know. When they were tortured together, Wang Zhi still had a tongue. After seeing Li Mu and came back, his tongue disappeared.

Then, it is very likely that Li Mu cut his tongue. But why did he do this? Does a dying person know something that he shouldn't know?

Wei Zheng frowned and was about to exercise the power of the presiding officer again, he called Wang Zhi to interrogate carefully. Suddenly, a captain got into the military tent, and the conversation in the military tent stopped abruptly.

The captain came to the four presiding judges and bowed and said, "Report that the assassin Wang Zhi, who wants to escape, has been ordered to be shot and killed by General Cheng."

Wei Zheng stood up: "Why are you dead?"

The captain looked at him in a daze, thinking that he didn't hear it clearly, so he repeated it again and said, "Assassin Wang Zhi, I want to escape, so..."

"There is a problem here!" Wei Zheng was furious and shouted: "It must be Li Mu who wants to cover up the truth. Why did that guy Wang Zhi break his tongue? He must know some secrets that he shouldn't have known. He died before the secret was dug out. Someone must have silenced him! How can this be so, a fool! A fool!"

Wang Gui's face changed and he hurried over to cover Wei Zheng's mouth.

Changsun Wuji waved his hand and the captain stepped back. Wang Gui let go of Wei Zheng's mouth, wanted to speak, and stomped his feet, saying, "Duke Wei, Wang Zhi is a member of my tribe, I didn't say anything, why are you shouting? At this critical moment, if you offend Your Majesty again, everyone's efforts have failed. Can you afford to take care of what happened?"

Wei Zheng glared at Wang Gui and said, "Shujie, why do you speak like this? Do you still know that Wang Zhi is your tribe member? Don't you want to investigate the matter clearly? You..."

Wang Gui turned his head and said in a muffled voice: "Wang Zhi dares to assassinate Your Majesty. Such a ruthless person is no longer worthy of being a son of the Wang family in Taiyuan. The lord of the clan has already opened all the branches he is in from his clan," said Wang Gui, paused for a moment, and said: "But no matter what, it has nothing to do with you, Duke Wei, please don't make any trouble."

Wei Zheng gritted his teeth and said, "I really didn't expect that Shujie, you can fall to this point! If you don't ask, I want to ask, you can be punished for your crime, but you must die in vain. I want to see Your Majesty..."

Before he finished speaking, someone spoke outside the tent: "Who wants to see me?"

Everyone in the tent was startled and bowed quickly, shouting: "Welcome to Your Majesty."

Eunuch Gao lifted the curtain, Li Shimin walked on a dragon and tiger steps, Li Mu followed closely behind, and the two ignored everyone and walked straight into the tent. Changsun Wuji let the seat open, and Li Shimin sat down. Seeing Li Mu standing next to him, he also pointed to the chair next to him and said, "Your dear, sit."

Li Mu pretended to be polite and sat down with a smile. He had already written the script and Li Shimin had memorized the lines. He had just shot Wang Zhi to death, and the plot was also laid out. Just watch the show. It's time for him, as the director, to take a break.

Li Shimin glanced at everyone, finally stopped his eyes on Wang Gui and Wei Zheng, and said, "The two beloved ministers seemed to have a lot of controversy just now, and they could not tell others everything. Since it is involved, don't hide it. Stand out and talk about the matter, and see who the problem is."

Wei Zheng's face turned red, but when he reached this joint, he could not retreat, and the unfairness in his chest made him unable to retreat. He took a step forward, and bowed as if he was making a sound from the hall, saying, "Your Majesty, I want to ask, why did Wang Zhi die?"

Li Shimin did not answer, but said, "Xuan Cheng Yaojin is here to see you."

Eunuch Gao turned around and went out. Soon after, Cheng Yaojin walked into the military tent and was about to show his respect, Li Shimin said, "Don't let the courtesy, I love you, Wei love you have a question, come and answer it."

Cheng Yaojin looked at Wei Zheng, and Wei Zheng asked again. Cheng Yaojin snorted and said, "Wang Zhi intended to escape, but was discovered by the patrol captain and shot to death. At least twenty people witnessed this. If Mr. Wei doesn't believe it, he can ask them to come and do verbal evidence."

Wei Zheng glared and said, "If it were all arranged by you, what's the use of circumstance evidence?"

If other people in the court might be afraid of Wei Zheng three points, but Cheng Yaojin was not used to him. He has always been known for his "hum" and has a qualification. He said that the Qin Palace is from the Qin Palace, and the Xuanwu Gate is the Dragon, and he is also the first one. He can be said to be the best in the knowledge of the times. He dare not be the first and second in the court. He is also among the top ones and has won the trust of Li Shimin. Otherwise, he would not have been announced to protect him.

The civil and military factions in the court have never dealt with much. When Cheng Yaojin heard Wei Zheng's tone, he seemed to be questioning. He immediately snorted coldly and said, "Duke Wei is slandering me, old Cheng? Whose arrangements? My old Cheng's arrangements? I asked the assassin to escape, and he ran away? How could he listen to me so much?"

Suddenly, Cheng Yaojin looked like he suddenly realized and said, "Ha, I understand. Mr. Wei is not talking about assassins, he is saying that I am the mastermind behind the scenes! As a result, assassins are all sent by me, and my sins are unforgivable. Come on, the surname Wei, you chop me up with an axe!"

As he said that, he stuffed the axe in his hand into Wei Zheng's hand.

Wei Zheng couldn't carry Cheng Yaojin's axe, so he quickly pushed it away and said anxiously: "Cheng Yaojin, don't mess with me! I don't mean to accuse you. I was asking why the assassin died so coincidental!"

Cheng Yaojin glared at the bull's eyes and shouted, "Who are you asking? He wants to run away, how do I know? He runs away, can I not catch him? Seeing that someone is about to escape, is there any problem with shooting him to death? You are so old that you are talking nonsense!"

Wei Zheng couldn't understand Cheng Yaojin, so he simply ignored the muddy man and bowed to Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, assassin Wang Zhi, when I was interrogating me, I found that his tongue was broken. According to other assassins, when I interrogated in the woods that night, his tongue was intact, but after seeing Zhulu Hou, his tongue was broken halfway. Based on this, I have reason to infer that Wang Zhi's broken tongue was inseparable from Zhulu Hou! There must be a reason, but when I thought of this and wanted to figure out the matter, I heard that Wang Zhi was dead. How could such a coincidence be made? Your Majesty, isn't this strange enough?"

Li Shimin sneered and asked, "Wei Aiqing is really an upright person. He has to fight for the assassin who assassinated me to this end, and he still has to involve my thousand-mile horse. This idea is worthy of admiration."

Wei Zheng couldn't hear the sarcasm, and his old face turned red and said, "I am not exonerating Wang Zhi. Assassinating Your Majesty, I deserve to die ten thousand times, but I think that if I have a crime, I can punish you or even kill you, but I can't die in vain. Some things must be clear."

"Ha!" Li Shimin sneered, reached out to point at Wei Zheng, and said, "Wei Zheng, Wei Zheng! I have always regarded you as a tolerant and polite person. Today, it seems that this is not the case. Compared with Li Mu, your narrowness really makes me eye-opener!"

Wei Zheng pursed his lips and said nothing. Now that things have come to this, he can only persevere to the end.

Li Shimin looked at Li Mu and said, "My dear, Wei Zheng questioned you, do you have something to say?"

Li Mu stood up and said respectfully: "I have nothing to say about this. Although I know the truth of the matter, I have promised others to keep it confidential. The word "trust" is as heavy as Mount Tai in my heart. I must not violate the righteousness of faith. Therefore, if Wei Gong believes that Wang Zhi's tongue was cut off by me, then I will admit this crime."

Wei Zheng was stunned when he heard Li Mu say this. Before he could speak, Wang Gui suddenly knelt down and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, Zhulu Hou is righteous and unlucky. The old minister cannot let him take responsibility. The old minister admits his guilt! Please deal with it!"

Li Shimin looked at Wang Gui and said, "What does this have to do with my dear?"

"Your Majesty!" Wang Gui cried with his head and said, "Wang Zhi's tongue was cut off by me! When Zhulu Hou interrogated Wang Zhi, I also went to see Zhulu Hou. I was just halfway through hearing, worried that Wang Zhi would implicate more people in the family, so I was confused for a moment and robbed Zhulu Hou Hou and took out the weapon identified by the assassin and cut Wang Zhi's tongue. Zhulu Hou Nianchen thought about the family's painstaking efforts, and had the kindness of implicating less one person, so I promised to conceal this matter for me. Since the incident happened today, how could I let him take responsibility for me? The old minister admitted his guilt and confessed his guilt!"

Wang Gui knocked on the ground with one head and couldn't get up for a long time. Wei Zheng was completely stunned and stammered for a moment, and had nothing to say, so he had to kneel down.

Li Mu sighed and took over the words, "Your Majesty, I am hiding this matter at that time, but I felt compassion for a moment. I also thought that Wang Zhi was already a dying person. He had admitted all the things he should say. It would be okay to have this tongue or not, so I agreed to hide this matter. I wanted to tell Your Majesty, but since I had agreed to Wang Shizhong, I could not disobey him. I had concealed anything from Your Majesty, which was really a deception to the emperor." As he said that, he also knelt down and said, "Please punish Your Majesty."

Such twists and turns made the big men of the Three Provinces and Six Ministry standing next to him stunned. Those who reacted slowly could not keep up with their ideas.

Li Shimin helped Li Mu up and exclaimed: "Your beloved is the first, how can I bear the punishment? But Wei Zheng, looking at his words and deeds today, I may not be as good as you praise me. I should reconsider it."

Li Mu immediately said, "Your Majesty, one thing goes one thing, I still think that Duke Wei is the most suitable candidate for that position. You have no jokes. How can you change the candidate you have already decided at will!"

Everyone was confused when they heard this. Even Wei Zheng himself was confused. Who would be the one who would choose? As for such a dispute?

Li Shimin sighed, raised his hand, and said, "Get up first."

Wei Zheng and Wang Gui got up, Li Shimin sat down again, pursing his lips and silenced. After a while, he spoke and said, "Great Cadre, read my order."

Eunuch Gao took out an imperial edict from his arms, opened it, and said loudly: "The edict said:... Since I ascended the throne, I have been dressed and eaten overnight, just to make all industries prosperous and the people rich. However... During the time of Yao and Shun, the people all used the hearts of Yao and Shun as their hearts, and the people were the kings, and the people each took their hearts as their hearts, so they were painful. What the staff said was my fault. Now I issued an edict to blame myself..."

Halfway through hearing this, everyone understood what the imperial edict meant. It turned out to be a self-criticized edict!

Changsun Wuji knelt down on his head, and tears seemed to be in his pocket, which flowed down in the blink of an eye. Others also learned and knelt down and cried bitterly. The king was guilty of himself, and all officials were to blame. Even if it was a form, they had to do so.

After reading the imperial edict of sin, Li Shimin took the imperial edict of sin and handed it to the Secretariat of Secretariat Cen Wenben, saying: "I will write to you all over the world and tell the world."

Cen Wenben cried, "Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, he has worked hard to govern. Now he is injured by the thief and has to issue an edict to blame himself. How can such a reason be made in the world!"

Everyone advised him, but Li Shimin resolutely said, "I have decided my intention, so you don't have to persuade him anymore." After that, he said, "The senior official, the second decree."

Eunuch Gao wiped his tears and took out another imperial edict, saying: "The edict says: If the law is clear, there will be no internal troubles; if the plan is clear, there will be no external disasters of dead captives. Therefore, the country is not be benevolence and righteous, but according to the law. Now the ten thieves assassinate me, and according to the law, they should be barred from their tribes. I cannot bear it. However, the law does not tolerate human nature and life. In order to save innocent lives, I have issued an edict to re-enact the laws of the Tang Dynasty, preserve the foundation of benevolence and righteousness, and eliminate the root of cruelty. Recruit the wise scholars of the world and appointed Wei Zheng, the chief supervisor of the censor, and the deadline for three years, so that all things can be followed and not let my expectations be disappointed."

After reading the eunuch Gao, he handed the imperial edict to Wei Zheng and whispered: "Duke Wei, the Marquis of Zhulu knelt for an hour before he could get this result. It was him who strongly recommended that you preside over the practice of the Dharma. What you just said just now was really a bit judged by the heart of a villain."
Chapter completed!