The representatives of the three families were completely dumbfounded. Could it be that they said to Li Shimin that it was because they were preparing to trap Li Tai, and after the defeat, Li Tai could not repay their silver.

Just because they can't say it doesn't mean that no one says it. Cheng Yanjin, who was standing on the side, said with a smile: "It should be that stealing chickens is not a recipe for rice." ”

"Lao Cheng's words are right, they are just lucky to meet Li Tai's kid. If you meet me, Wei Chigong, you still want to take back the silver. Not seeing them is already an eye-opener. Wei Chigong on the side said.

"Brother Cheng Wang, it seems that you know what happened. Why don't you talk to me on their behalf? Li Shimin looked at Cheng Yanjin on the side and said.

"Back to the emperor, I really know a thing or two about this matter. Because that kid in my family specially brought a letter and asked me to prepare gold for him......" Then Cheng Yanjin told Li Shimin about the general situation of the matter.

"Your Majesty, the two boys of our family also brought back the letters. It is estimated that it is not only me and Cheng Yanjin who have received it. I am afraid that there are still people in the court who have also received letters from their sons. Wei Chigong said to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, what Wei Chigong said is right, I don't know if others have received ministers. But the minister did receive a letter from Xu Liang, asking the minister to prepare gold for him. Xu Mao said openly.

"Then I wonder if you have prepared gold for them? How did the prepared gold get to them? Li Shimin opened his mouth and asked Xu Maogong and others.

"Your Majesty, at first we didn't know why they wanted so much gold. So naturally, they did everything they could to prepare for them. And according to their requirements, it was sent to the hands of Sun Chong, the eldest of the horses in Mozhou City. Xu Mao said openly.

"Your Majesty, what the British Duke said is right, the gold in the minister's family was also taken away by the eldest grandson. It wasn't until the eldest grandson Chong was in the Jinluan Palace and mentioned to the emperor about asking for gold that the ministers knew the purpose of their request for gold. ”

"But at that time, if you want to recover the gold from them, I'm afraid there is absolutely no possibility. Therefore, the minister also hoped that the emperor would forgive his sins. The eldest grandson Wuji opened his mouth and said to Li Shimin.

After the eldest grandson Wuji finished speaking, Xu Maogong, Cheng Biting Jin and Wei Chigong also knelt down on top of the Jinluan Hall and saluted Li Shimin to admit their mistakes.

And at this time, a Huangmen official came to report to Li Shimin, saying that Qin Qiong, the protector of the country, was waiting for the decree outside the palace. Hearing that Qin Qiong was coming, Li Shimin immediately ordered someone to announce Qin Qiong to the palace.

Qin Qiong came to the top of the Jinluan Palace, and first bowed to Li Shimin three times and bowed nine times to the monarch and ministers. Then he opened his mouth and said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, the minister came to ask the emperor for his guilt this time. ”

"Someone is coming, hurry up and give Brother Qin a seat." Li Shimin didn't pay attention to it, Qin Qiong said to ask for sin. Instead, he directly ordered someone to move a chair for Qin Qiong.

Qin Qiong did not sit directly on the chair, but spoke again and said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, the ministers dare not sit down. ”

"Brother Qin Wang has made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, and it is not a big deal to make a small mistake occasionally. If you have anything to say, it's not too late to wait for Brother Qin to sit down. Li Shimin said to Qin Qiong with a kind face.

After Qin Qiong thanked Li Shimin, she sat on the chair. Then he opened his mouth and said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, the dog Qin Huaiyu is a criminal who deceives the king......"

Then Qin Qiong told Li Shimin the reason for his guilt. It turned out that it was also because of Li Tai's request for gold, so Qin Qiong came to ask for guilt in person.

Now the five old ministers in the Jinluan Palace are all virtuous ministers of the pillars of the country. So everyone pleaded with Li Shimin one after another. And he said that the blame for this matter did not lie with any of them.

"It was a state affair for the eldest grandson to rush to me to ask for gold, which is why I beat his board. But it is a family matter for your sons to ask you for gold. As for what they want the gold to do, I don't seem to have the right to ask. Li Shimin said.

Hearing Li Shimin say this, everyone didn't understand what Li Shimin meant. That is to prepare for the big things to be small, and the small things to be turned into small things, and in the end, it will not be done.

This time, the representatives of the three families quit, so they opened their mouths and said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, just as the emperor said. If someone borrows money from our family, we have no right to interfere with what they do. ”

"Therefore, it is only natural that Li Tai, the king of Yan, sent someone to return the arrears. Who asked him to bear all the debts owed by those Youzhou families. ”

"But His Royal Highness King Yan, when he repaid our family's loan, his behavior was very inappropriate. Not only did they send heavy troops to besiege our mansion. He also instructed his generals to maliciously intimidate us. ”

"Please also ask the emperor to make decisions for us in this matter. Otherwise, how can there be justice in this world? Where will the face of our family remain? ”

Hearing them say this, Qin Qiong opened his mouth and said: "I, Qin Qiong, have already understood this matter, this time His Royal Highness King Yan returned the loan, and it was the dog Qin Huaiyu who was responsible for escorting. ”

"And I have already asked Qin Huaiyu to verify this matter, all of this is his own behavior. It has nothing to do with His Royal Highness King Yan. Today, the minister went to the palace to ask for guilt, and he had already detained the dog Qin Huaiyu outside the palace. ”

Everyone never expected that Qin Qiong would bring Qin Huaiyu with him. Is it really ready to let Qin Huaiyu calm the anger of the five surnames and seven sects for Li Tailai.

With everyone's understanding of Li Tai, they absolutely didn't believe it. Because Li Tai is definitely a master who dares to act. And from beginning to end, he never put the five surnames and seven sects in his eyes. How can he use his own brother to bear the guilt?

Just when everyone was puzzled, Li Shimin opened his mouth and said to Qin Qiong: "Since Qin Huaiyu is here, then take him to the Golden Palace." I will interrogate him myself. ”

Not long after, Qin Huaiyu came to the Jinluan Palace, and at this time, Qin Huaiyu had a rope on his body, and he looked like he was guilty of pleading.

Li Shimin opened his mouth and said to Qin Huaiyu: "Qin Huaiyu, is it really as your father said." Are you all doing it alone? Do you know what kind of crime it is to intimidate the five surnames and seven sects? ”

"Back to my father, all this is indeed the unauthorized work of the sons. It was not explained by His Royal Highness King Yan. Qin Huaiyu opened his mouth and said to Li Shimin.

Then why did you do that? You can't just do such a ridiculous thing for no reason, right? Li Shimin opened his mouth and asked Qin Huaiyu.

"Father, it's just because they secretly colluded to prevent His Royal Highness King Yan from implementing Tang Yuan in the territory of Yan Kingdom. They even do not hesitate to harm the interests of the people in order to achieve their ulterior motives. ”

"Erchen really couldn't see it, so he was excited for a while, so he did this ridiculous thing. I also felt a lot of regret afterwards, so I came to Chang'an City to confess to my father. Qin Huaiyu opened his mouth and said to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, since this Qin Huaiyu has admitted it to himself, then please ask the emperor to give us an explanation for this matter." The representatives of the three families said to Li Shimin proudly.

"Wei Zheng, how should the crime committed by Qin Huaiyu be punished?" Li Shimin opened his mouth and asked Wei Zheng.

"Back to the emperor, the crime of intimidation should be punished with thirty rods." Wei Zheng opened his mouth and said to Li Shimin. Wei Zheng deliberately downplayed the matter. After all, the crime of intimidation is serious.

If you intimidate the common people, you will only be punished with a rod of thirty. If you intimidate the officials of the imperial court, then the matter is not so simple. If you intimidate the current emperor, it will definitely be the crime of the nine clans.

And Wei Zheng said so lightly that Qin Huaiyu intimidated the three major families. Naturally, there is no need for Li Shimin to interrogate him personally, after all, it is just a simple trivial matter, so why should he alarm the current emperor?

But the representatives of the three families didn't do it, so they opened their mouths and asked Wei Zheng: "Lord Wei, do you think that the heads of our three major families are undoubtedly not the same as ordinary people?" ”

"May I ask the three, what is the official position of the head of your family? What is the title? If they have no officials and no lords, they are ordinary people, and what is the fault of this official who pronounces such a sentence? Wei Zhengyuan asked, glaring at the three of them with his eyes open.

The representatives of the three major families were said by Wei Zheng to be speechless. After all, what Wei Zheng said was true, the patriarchs of the three of them were just ordinary people. Because they simply despise the title given by the emperor.

Even in their subconscious, even the emperor should be on an equal footing with them. There is no need for them to grovel and receive titles from the emperor.

"Then the matter of Qin Huaiyu leading troops to surround our family is so understated. If this is the case, I am afraid that in the future, it will be impossible to stop the matter of bringing troops privately to settle personal grievances. The three representatives spoke.

Seeing the uncertain expressions on the faces of the representatives of the three families, Li Shimin opened his mouth and said, "Although the three family heads do not have titles. But it is not a trivial matter to besiege other people's mansions with troops without permission. ”

"Qin Huaiyu, how do you think you should be convicted? I'd like to hear from you. Then Li Zhimin asked Qin Huaiyu again.

"Enlighten the father, the crime committed by the sons is the same as the crime of deceiving the king. Because of the patriarch of the three major families, his identity is probably not much worse than that of his father. Therefore the sin committed by the retainer is a capital sin. Qin Huaiyu said.

Hearing Qin Huaiyu's words, Cheng Yanjin on the side almost didn't laugh. said in a low voice to Wei Chigong beside him: "Li Tai's character of this kid has not changed at all. ”

"I was secretly put on a show, if I don't do something, is it still that kid's character?" After Wei Chigong nodded, he said to Cheng Yanjin with a smile.

Cheng Yanjin and Wei Chigong said well, this matter was deliberately arranged by Li Tai. And it wasn't Qin Huaiyu who returned to Chang'an City by himself, even his wife, Princess Jingluo, also came back. And at this time, Princess Jingluo was already pregnant.

And Li Tai did this for only one reason, and that was to take this opportunity to knock on the three major families. Let them know what imperial power is, and in front of the imperial power, their families are nothing at all.

So all this was planned a long time ago, Xu Maogong and Li Shimin were all cooperating with Qin Huaiyu in acting. Even Wei Zheng is one of the participants.

And there is also an actor with a noble status, and it is not yet time to appear on the stage. When he appears on the stage, the big drama directed by Li Tai will really reach the climax.

(End of chapter)