Datang: Destroy Tang Taizong Li Xiao at the beginning

"father!"

Li Chongyi supported his crutches, and rushed into the study with a look of excitement.

"Have you heard? Then Li Xiao was assassinated and seriously injured."

"Haha, as expected, good and evil are rewarded, and finally someone punished this kid!"

"Don't run around if the injury is not healed." Li Xiaogong said expressionlessly.

"My son is so happy, I don't know who made this bad breath for me!"

Li Chongyi's face was ecstatic.

After a pause, he continued: "I don't know if the person who assassinated the prince and the person who assassinated Li Xiao are the same group. Who is so bold?"

"The key is that none of them were killed."

"Tsk tsk..."

Li Chongyi continued with a bit of sarcasm on his face, "These assassins are trash among trash! I don't know who instigated it, and the person behind the scenes is probably an idiot."

The words were full of gloating, and even a little disappointed with the result.

But when Li Xiaogong heard this, his old face turned black immediately, and he shouted: "Get out!"

Chapter 84: Trial Trial

Li Chongyi was kicked out.

From beginning to end, he didn't understand where he offended his father.

But Li Xiaogong in the room, looking at Li Chongyi's back, sighed quietly.

"When will you grow up..."

……

The next day.

Lantian Villa.

"Your Highness, I found it. This is a summary of Zhang Ji's life."

Li Junxian took a document and hurriedly found Li Xiao.

"Let me see."

Li Xiao took it and looked at it carefully.

In the description of the document, Zhang Ji has been in the army since he was a child, and has experienced two dynasties and three generations of monarchs.

In the former dynasty, he was already at the rank of a general. Later, the Sui Dynasty was overthrown, and under the general trend, he took refuge in the Tang Dynasty.

Afterwards, the wind and water gradually flourished, and he made great contributions in several rehabilitative battles, and was later promoted to the general of Xiaoqi.

In the sixth year of Wude, Zhang Ji was promoted by Li Yuan as one of the guards of Chang'an.

"Who supported him?" Li Xiao immediately found the key point and asked.

Li Junxian said thoughtfully: "Your Highness also knows this person, he is Li Xiaogong, Minister of Rites."

After a pause, Li Junxian continued: "In the early years, Li Xiaogong was the most powerful. He led the army to conquer Bashu, then destroyed Jingzhou, and took another year to pacify Jiangnan. His achievements are unparalleled."

"As for Zhang Ji's promotion, only he has that power."

"Li Xiaogong!"

Li Xiao frowned instantly, lost in thought.

"Could it be that this Li Xiaogong is 'Lord Hou'?" Li Junxian said with a frown.

"We can't rule out this possibility, but we can't be sure yet." Li Xiao was thoughtful.

"Your Highness, someone came from Dali Temple just now, and the Tripartite Trial will be held today, and you will be asked to bring the assassin over there."

"Let's go, I want to see what the hell is going on behind the scenes."

……

Soon after, Li Xiao brought people to Dali Temple.

The guards here are heavily guarded, almost every three steps, and there are at least several times more guards than usual.

Judging by the attire, it seems to be the forbidden army in the palace.

Sure enough, when Li Xiao asked, he found out that Li Er had also come.

Wei Zheng presided over the trial, and Li Er listened.

It can be seen from this that Li Er was really angry about this assassination incident.

Not long after, Li Xiao led people into the hall.

In the high position, Wei Zheng sat upright, with a screen behind him.

Looking at the imperial guards standing on the left and right sides of the screen, Li Xiao guessed that Li Er was sitting behind.

And below, there are people from various ministries.

The Ministry of Punishment, Yushitai, and Fuya.

In addition, Li Xiao also met many acquaintances, such as Li Daozong, Li Xiaogong, Fang Xuanling and other important court officials.

It can be said that almost half of the top officials of the imperial court gathered here.

The joint trial of the three parts is so grand that I have only seen it in my life.

At this time, Lu Li brought people over and handed over the assassin from Li Xiao's side. At the same time, he found an opportunity to whisper to Li Xiao.

Only two words -

Be careful!

Be careful of what?

Li Xiao frowned, subconsciously looked at Li Xiaogong.

At this time, Li Xiaogong also looked at Li Xiao.

The two of them looked at each other and said nothing.

Not long after, Li Xiao took his seat, and Li Chengqian, Li Ke, and Li Tai also took their seats one after another.

"Okay, everyone is here!"

Wei Zheng got up first, glanced at everyone present, and continued: "I believe you already know that the crown prince and the king of Yue have been assassinated one after another."

"The location of the assassination is the Third Prince's Yunlan Courtyard, and the elm forest dozens of miles away from the Yunlan Courtyard."

After finishing speaking, Wei Zheng looked at Li Ke: "Third Highness, may I ask His Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the King of Yue, were you invited by Your Highness to the poetry meeting?"

"Not bad." Li Ke nodded expressionlessly.

"So……"

Wei Zheng narrowed his eyes, looked at Li Chengqian and asked, "His Royal Highness, apart from the Third Prince, who else knows your whereabouts?"

"I only mentioned it to my third brother..."

Li Chengqian recalled: "However, if you know the whereabouts, you can't make evidence. Maybe someone is following you, it's still unknown."

"Your Highness said so."

Wei Zheng nodded, then looked at Li Xiao: "King Yue, did you confess to the two assassins you captured?"

"The mouth is very strict." Li Xiao shook his head, "But one of them is the city guard general Zhang Ji."

"I already know this, but Zhang Ji should have followed orders."

Wei Zheng glanced at the high-level personnel again, and said in a low voice: "So, the person who ordered must be in a high position."

"Or someone who is kind to Zhang Ji." Li Xiao added.

As soon as these words came out, everyone glanced at Li Xiaogong.

"Exactly who Zhang Ji was instigated by, I am afraid no one knows except himself, and there is no way to verify this point."

After a pause, Wei Zheng continued: "On the contrary, the most suspected people are the third and fourth princes."

"The two of you, as the initiators of this poetry meeting, have such a big incident, do you have an excuse?"

At this moment, Li Daozong next to him suddenly said: "If I were an assassin, how could I invite the prince to come to my mansion and assassinate him? Isn't this the word assassin written on his face? The two princes should not be so stupid."

"That's right, there's no such thing as assassinating the prince in your own mansion."

"I also agree, the two princes may have been blamed."

"Yes, very likely!"

At this time, some ministers also said one after another.

"What about the fourth prince? How do you explain?" Wei Zheng looked at Li Tai.

Li Tai got up, with a little anxiety on his face: "Everyone knows that I am good at writing and writing, and the people I usually make friends with are only some young literati. How can I be so capable? Don't talk about assassinating the prince, just let me do it." I can't even find a hundred dead soldiers, let alone instruct the generals of the city guard."

"There is some truth to this statement."

"That's right, the fourth prince has no followers in the court, so it can't be him."

The ministers also nodded.

"Then that's a little strange."

Wei Zheng frowned: "If the crown prince is assassinated, only the third prince and the fourth prince will be the ones who will benefit. Besides, who else can be? Who has the motive to assassinate the prince?"

"What if the enemy is spying on you?" Li Xiaogong suddenly said, "I was assassinated just after I was canonized by the Tang Dynasty as the crown prince. Maybe it was someone from Turkic or Dongying, who wanted to give me a blow from the Tang Dynasty."

"Think about it carefully, everyone. At this moment, the north and the Turks are constantly fighting. If the prince is assassinated at this time, Chang'an will be in chaos, and the morale of the soldiers in Youzhou will definitely decline. At that time..."

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers fell into deep thought.

After a while, Wei Zheng nodded and said, "It's not impossible."

"Master Li, what else do you want to say?"

"Master Wei, I did find a doubtful point."

Li Xiaogong got up, suddenly glanced at Li Xiao, and continued: "I don't know if you still remember, a few days ago, Princess Dongying disappeared from Honglu Temple."

"What does this have to do with this matter?" Wei Zheng was puzzled.

"Of course it has something to do with it, because the night before the Dongying princess disappeared, she met someone and then disappeared. This is too coincidental."

After finishing speaking, Li Xiaogong looked at Li Xiao expressionlessly.

The next moment, everyone's eyes were on Li Xiao.

"King Yue?"

Wei Zheng looked at Li Xiao in surprise.

"That's right, on the eve before Princess Dongying disappeared, the person I met was His Royal Highness the King of Yue!"

Li Xiaogong continued: "If she wasn't guilty, why did she flee in such a hurry?"

"So I guess that this assassination may have something to do with Princess Dongying."

Chapter 85: It's been blamed!

"His Royal Highness, did you take Princess Dongying away?" Wei Zheng stared at Li Xiao and asked slowly.

"No." Li Xiao replied lightly.

Not to mention that it wasn't him at all, and Li Xiaogong's statement has no evidence at all.

It's just a guess, he doesn't need to justify anything.

Wei Zheng nodded, and then looked at Li Xiaogong: "His Royal Highness King Yue was also assassinated, and the battle was brutal. He lost a lot of manpower, and even himself was injured. Why do you doubt him?"

"That's right, the assassin assassinated the crown prince and the king of Yue at the same time, how could it be him!"

"How can there be any reason to send someone to assassinate yourself?"

"Maybe it's doing the opposite?" Li Xiaogong chuckled lightly.