Originated from the boiling discussion of the people, placed in the court, it was just an inconspicuous issue, mixed with hundreds of state affairs without causing any waves, the emperor seemed to stand in the middle of the scale, trying to keep one side at the same time, and pull the other side, so the balance was balanced, not only balanced, both sides were grateful to him.

Li Su only now realizes that from the Feng family incident to the present, it is not him who is really in complete control of the situation, but Li Shimin, or in other words, this murder case is not a matter at all in Li Shimin's eyes, a few words out, the prison that should be imprisoned, the release that should be released, the innocence that should be innocent, even if his whole body is black, he must be innocent.

Li Su understood, and at the same time had an epiphany.

This is the gap between the true dragon emperor and the ordinary man.

Li Shimin smiled very kindly, the fierce color that was revealed in the court was completely missing at this moment, Li Shimin was very open when there was no one around, and he didn't pay attention to manners at all, the stove in the hall was a little hot, Li Shimin walked around the hall barefoot and barefoot, walked around the hall with bare feet, walked in front of Li Su and patted him on the shoulder, and a layer of goosebumps suddenly appeared on Li Su's shoulder.

Creak...... I didn't wash my hands after untying my clothes just now, so I slapped someone else's shoulder indiscriminately, and I didn't pay attention to hygiene at all......

"The case is over, the people who should be done have done it, and your innocence has been returned to you, so you don't have to pretend to be sick anymore, and resign, hehe, it's hard to hear outside, saying that the monarchs and ministers of the court are disrespectful to the old, and scare a little baby into this virtue, from tomorrow onwards, you will honestly go to the Firearms Bureau to respond, I heard that you haven't been there for more than ten days, the gunpowder in the Firearms Bureau has been used up, and everyone is waiting for you to dispense medicine."

"The minister is guilty, and the minister will go tomorrow."

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, and then patted Li Su's other shoulder with the hand that had unwashed his clothes, and Li Su's face turned green. Both shoulders couldn't help but swing......

"This kid, what are you shaking...... Li Shimin glared at him in disgust, and touched Li Su's face with his hand by the way.

"Minister, minister...... Quit. ”

Li Su couldn't wait to leave, his face was terrible, and he couldn't get rid of his hatred when he went back to wash his skin.

Li Shimin nodded. When Li Su walked to the door of the palace, he suddenly said lightly: "Forget it today, but you can't do it again, and in the future, I will take some poor maid's things to force me to advance and retreat in the court, and I will not spare you." ”

Li Su was stunned, this time he was really in a cold sweat, he heard the weight of this sentence, and he did not doubt the truth of this sentence at all, and he would do it again next time. Li Shimin said that if he didn't forgive, he really didn't forgive.

"The minister is guilty, the minister is ......"

Li Shimin waved his hand and said with a smile: "You don't have to say anything to confess guilt, you and I both know that if you dare to do these things, your courage is definitely not small, how can you be guilty?" ”

Saying that, Li Shimin sighed again and said, "Li Su." You can make something like gunpowder thunder, and you're definitely a smart person. Smart people shouldn't do stupid things, the secret recipe of gunpowder is only known to you and me, I have always wanted to reuse you, enter the province, enter the Taiwan, and the court is so big. You can gallop as much as you want, and when you come in, I will feel that you and I are one heart, but ...... Why don't you want to be reused, why do you always wander on the edge of the court? I ask myself, not a cruel and unkind king. Why is it that Qing is afraid of me, and cannot be used by me? ”

Li Su was shocked, his words were subtle, but he was like a thousand pounds, faintly with a little dissatisfaction.

After a fine taste, the clothes on Li Su's back were all soaked with cold sweat, and the cold wind outside the hall blew in, and his back was cold and swishing.

"Minister...... The minister is willing to be loyal to His Majesty, and he will never give up, but ...... If His Majesty entrusts a minister with a heavy responsibility, who can be trusted by the Firearms Bureau? Is the secret ingredient of gunpowder passed on to a third person? ”

This is Li Su's answer, first show loyalty, and then ask rhetorically, the meaning is very simple, I can reuse it, what to do with the secret recipe of gunpowder? Do you dare to hand over such a crucial thing to a third person? Who else in this world can you trust except me, the inventor of gunpowder?

Li Shimin was stunned, and his expression was suddenly a little gloomy.

Li Su hurriedly added: "The minister is the supervisor of the Firearms Bureau, and His Majesty is also the same heart, His Majesty Jianfeng pointed out, the Firearms Bureau is from the ministers down, and he is not willing to die to be driven." Although the minister's temperament is occasionally a little bastard, he is still impeccable in the face of major rights and wrongs. ”

These words were pleasing to the ear, Li Shimin glanced at him, and suddenly smiled like the first melting of ice and snow.

"Go ahead, do a good job, you don't live up to me, I don't live up to you."

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The exterior of the prison is made of large strips of bluestone, and is guarded by Jinwu guards, and it is very well defended.

The prison of the criminal department is a place where felons are held, for example, those who commit rebellion, murder and other heinous crimes are usually locked up here, simply put, most of the prisoners in the prison of the criminal department are death row prisoners, every year the local government will send the prisoners and case files to the Chang'an criminal department for review, and after the review, they will be sent to the emperor for repeated review.

In short, there is only one principle of criminal trial today: careful killing.

It is said that in the second year of Zhenguan, there was an official named Lu Zushang, who was the assassin of Yingzhou, and Li Shimin wanted to transfer him to Jiaozhou as the governor, from the official position, this is obviously a promotion, but Lu Zushang is unwilling to go to Jiaozhou to take office, why? Looking at the geographical location of the two places, Yingzhou is located in Hedong Road, which is now Hebei Province, close to Guanzhong and Luoyang, which is where the prosperity of the world is, and Jiaozhou, located in Hanoi, Vietnam, is a real barren land.

The most straightforward thing to say is that as an official in Yingzhou, as soon as you get out of the official office, you will be countless beauties on the street, white and beautiful, pleasing to the eye, it can be said that the eyes are clear and the heart is clear, and the aphrodisiac nourishes the kidneys. And as an official in Jiaozhou, when you go out, don't talk about beautiful women, you can't even see ugly women, and the city there is simply a primitive tribe wrapped in animal skins and Ulala singing war songs hunting and catching fish.

Lu Zushang was reluctant to go, too far, too backward, too unpromising.

Li Shimin was patient and persuaded him the first time, not to go, the second time, or not to go, the third time, Li Shimin was furious, this is not to take the emperor as a cadre, give you face, right?

Don't say a word, kill and kill.

So Lu Zushang's head was left in Chang'an forever, and he didn't want to go anywhere.

cut Lu Zushang, Li Shimin was refreshed, and finally let out a bad breath.

Immediately afterwards, Li Shimin regretted it again, impulse is the devil, to be a saint, how can a saint kill people indiscriminately?

So Li Shimin learned a lesson and set the principle of "careful killing" to the Criminal Department and Dali Temple. But every year to review the death row prisoner, each death row prisoner's case file must be studied and studied, when the autumn is approaching, if Dali Temple wants to execute a death row prisoner, it must be divided into three times to Li Shimin, after each performance, Dali Temple Qing has to ask Li Shimin, "Should this person be killed?" Repeated three times in a row, if Li Shimin's answer is "should be killed", then this person is dead.

For example, Zheng Xiaolou killed someone in front of everyone's eyes, and there was both human and material evidence, not to mention asking Li Shimin three times, asking 100,000 times was "should be killed".

Not to mention whether this is true benevolence or political performance, even if it is a political performance, it is already remarkable to be able to do such a thing.

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Li Su stood outside the prison of the Criminal Department, reclining on the carriage, waiting quietly.

The wind was blowing, it was a little cold, and the chill was to the bone, Li Su retracted his hand in his sleeve, paused on the spot, and his body warmed up a little.

After waiting for a long time, the stone door of the prison of the Criminal Department slowly opened, and under the help of the jailer, Zheng Xiaolou, who was dressed in rags and haggard, slowly walked out of the prison door, looked up at the gray sun, and felt a little dazzling, Zheng Xiaolou squinted his eyes and looked at the square outside the prison blankly, looking dazed.

Obviously, this guy hasn't figured out why he escaped for no reason.

Li Su smiled and greeted him from afar, Zheng Xiaolou looked at him blankly, and after a long time, he finally showed a sudden look, and then his expression was very grateful, and his eyes turned red.

"Li Xianzi...... No, Shaolang-kun......"

Li Su looked him up and down, Zheng Xiaolou's condition was very bad at this time, not only haggard, but also full of scars, obviously the officials of the Criminal Department used a lot of torture on Zheng Xiaolou in order to drag the case to Li Su, and Li Su is still safe and sound, no one took out Zheng Xiaolou's confession and bit him, indicating that Zheng Xiaolou did not give in after being tortured.

Yes, it was in vain that I went to great lengths to save his life.

"It's good to come out, go back and ask your subordinates to stew some bone broth to replenish your vitality." Li Su smiled warmly, in this cold weather, he smiled like a warm man with good looks and love.

Zheng Xiaolou was very moved, and felt that he was being inserted like Yoremi...... Hold it in the palm of your hand, comfortable and joyful.

"Is it Shaolangjun running for Zheng?"

Li Su smiled and nodded: "After a few twists and turns, I don't know how much my face was put in, and I was exchanged for His Majesty's extrajudicial grace, ah, I'm not trying to repay the favor, I just said it casually, uh-huh......"

Li Su patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "It's cold outside, let's go, go to the carriage and talk." ”

Zheng Xiaolou staggered a little, Li Su helped him to the carriage, and Zheng Xiaolou sat in with difficulty.

The carriage was still parked in front of the prison of the Criminal Department, and a small basin of charcoal was burning in the carriage, which was very comfortable.

Li Su smiled and said, "I saved your life, why didn't you even say thank you?" ”

Zheng Xiaolou said in a deep voice: "Thank you for your kindness. ”

Li Su was very satisfied: "Okay, from now on, if I am bullied, you have to help me beat him, and if I bully others, you can also help me beat him." Okay? ”

"Okay."

"Also, if you want to train your strength in the future, you don't have to lift the stone mill in the yard, put on a plow to help my father turn over the ground, ......" Li Su sighed earnestly: "Thirty runs, very expensive, you must use more to be cost-effective." ”

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PS: There is one more ...... (To be continued......)