Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Chapter 928 Impeachment of Li Chengqian

Knowing that His Majesty the Emperor must have asked this question, Wei Zheng calmly said:

"Your Majesty, that barbarian acted without scruples. I sent someone to investigate last night and found out that after he beat Cheng Chumo in front of Mingde Gate, he went directly to Yang's house and then to the Prince's Courtyard in Pingkangfang. Then he went to Duke Wei's Mansion, broke into the Ministry of Punishment Prison, and was then taken away by people from the Cui family."

Hearing this, Li Shimin's eyes flashed with cold light.

Sure enough, this Marco Polo of unknown origin was sent by the Yang family. Unfortunately, he ignored him when he ordered the arrest of the Yang family yesterday.

However, according to Wei Zheng's narrative, this guy is really related to Gao Ming and the Cui family. Otherwise, why would it be such a coincidence that he first went to the Yang family and then visited the other two families?

Thinking of this, Li Shimin was ready to order Qian Niuwei to go directly to the Cui family to ask for someone.

However, before he could speak, Wei Zheng said again:

"After the barbarian entered Cui Mansion, he was busy for about two hours. After contacting some people in Chang'an City, he left Chang'an through Mingde Gate."

"Since all city gates are now closed, we can only find these. If there are more, we need to go out of the city to investigate."

After Wei Zheng finished speaking, he stood up straight, lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, and said no more.

Li Shimin heard the meaning of Wei Zheng's words. The other party said that he had contacted some people in Chang'an City, but he clearly told him that at that time, the other party contacted the prince and the Cui family to form an alliance.

However, why did his Qianniu Guards get nothing of such important information?And Wei Zheng, an old man, knows so much in detail?

Thinking of this, the murderous intent in Li Shimin's eyes became more intense. It seemed that there were some other things that he didn't know about, and someone was blinding him.

Just when he was about to open his mouth and order a thorough investigation into the matter, he saw Changsun Wuji, the leader of civil servants, suddenly stand up and said loudly:

"Your Majesty, I find it a bit incredible to hear Master Wei say this."

"That pineapple guy, a mere foreigner from a foreign country, wounded Cheng Chumo at Mingde Gate in front of all the generals guarding the gate, and left sadly. He was still able to survive after His Majesty ordered the city to be closed. Free access, this has to make Wei Chen doubt Mr. Wei's words."

Being interrupted by Chang Sun Wuji, Li Shimin immediately frowned.

He naturally knew how the barbarian got out of the city.

He didn't just use his identity as an unfilial son to sneak out of the city.

However, in front of all the civil and military officials, he did not want to make such a scandal public.

However, although I can't hold Li Chengqian accountable, changing the guard of Mingde Gate shouldn't be a big deal, right?

Thinking of this, Li Shimin immediately pretended to be angry and said:

"Who was on duty at Mingde Gate yesterday? Have someone capture it and send it to Dali Temple. I want to personally investigate the matter."

Changsun Wuji couldn't help being surprised when he heard that Li Shimin wanted to personally investigate the matter, and immediately realized that the matter might not be that simple.

Yesterday I heard that the Prince's Mansion was under siege and wanted to go in to check, but was told that no one was allowed to enter or exit without His Majesty's decree, so I felt that the situation was a bit serious.

He wanted to enter the palace to ask about Queen Changsun, but he couldn't even enter the palace gate and was blocked outside.

Now when I heard that Wei Zheng was talking about the Prince's Palace, and saw that His Majesty the Emperor looked strange, I wanted to test it out, but I never expected that Li Shimin's reaction would be so great that he would personally intervene in the matter.

Just when I was thinking about how to figure things out, I saw a group of civil servants suddenly shouting out from behind me, and with a uniform plop, they knelt down on the ground:

"Your Majesty, I and others are jointly impeaching Crown Prince Li Chengqian for spreading rumors and slandering the daughter of my Cui family. Please ask your Majesty to make the decision for my Cui family."

With that said, he held up the memorial in his hand and waited for Li Shimin's decision.

Just as everyone was wondering, huh, another large group of civil and military ministers stood up and also knelt on the ground:

"Your Majesty, the same goes for my ministers. I want to impeach the Crown Prince Li Chengqian. He disregarded his identity as the Crown Prince, wantonly spread rumors and slanders, and forced the daughter of the Cui family to death. Your Majesty, please make the decision."

Looking at the courtiers kneeling together, Li Shimin's head was buzzing.

Didn't it mean that the prince had formed an alliance with the Cui family and wanted to replace him?So why are these ministers with five surnames and seven hopes standing up to impeach each other again?

Thinking of this, Li Shimin raised his hand and motioned to Xiao Lizi beside him.

After receiving Li Shimin's instructions, Xiao Lizi immediately went down the steps, took away all the memorials from the officials, and handed them to Li Shimin.

In the main hall, some well-informed courtiers had heard as early as last night that His Highness the Crown Prince was planning to marry the Cui family.

Originally they thought it was because of this incident that His Majesty became angry and issued an order to besiege the Prince's Mansion.

But now it seems that there must be something else hidden in it.

Ever since, a large group of melon-eating people stood aside, looking at Changsun Wuji, who was standing in the middle of the hall, a little unprepared and at a loss, as well as the courtiers kneeling on the ground behind him, and the man on the dragon chair with a livid face. Li Shimin looked at the memorial in his room.

Li Shimin felt bad when he saw the five surnames and seven ministers in his hands presented the same memorials to impeach Li Chengqian.

According to what was written in the memorial, Li Chengqian took advantage of his status as prince to forcibly marry the daughter of the Cui family, but failed to force the two families to form an alliance. He actually spread rumors in the city, claiming that he had an affair with the daughter of the Cui family and that he would marry her one day.

However, the direct female of the Cui family was resolute and would rather break than bend. Faced with the rumors flying outside, she did not choose to give in, but hanged herself to death.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin secretly took out the alliance letter from his arms and turned to the end. He saw that Cui Yingying's name was not on it. The signature on the Cui family's position was just that of an unknown member of the Cui family.

And the Cui family token that Wei Zheng handed over was not a rare thing, but an ordinary waist badge.

Taking a deep breath, Li Shimin finally realized that things were not as simple as he thought.

It is very possible that he, the Cui family, and even Li Chengqian have fallen into the trap of the Yang family.

wrong.

Thinking of the Yang family, Li Shimin suddenly became excited.

Wasn't the person who sent that woman to the palace yesterday a barbarian?

The other party is probably that Marco Polo.

As for me, apart from knowing that the other party has the waist card of a direct descendant of the Yang family as proof, I have never even seen his face.

And during this period, no one proved that the other party was from the Yang family. Everything was just one-sided words of the other party.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin suddenly felt a chill running through his body.