Shouyang Maharaja's Mansion.

"What do you say, the accompanying Ming army asked the people of Gyeongbokgung Palace to change into military uniforms and hide among the soldiers, and it was the pretended Ming army who died in the fire?" Li Yao looked at the subordinates who came to report with a look of astonishment, he thought of all the possibilities, and never expected the Ming army to come to this hand.

That is to say, the people who were burned to death in the fire were pretending to be Ming soldiers, and this time the matter is going to be big, Li Yuntian will definitely not give up, otherwise where is the face of the Ming Dynasty?

Then, Li Yao waved his hand to the subordinate to signal him to retreat, and patted his head with annoyance, the two fires that had taken his heart and soul did not hurt the survivors of Gyeongbokgung Palace, but ended up taking the lives of the Ming soldiers, which made him feel extremely regretful.

"Someone, prepare a sedan chair, this prince is going to see the loyal prince." After pacing back and forth in the room a few times, Li Yao made up his mind, stopped and ordered the people outside the door, and decided to personally go to the Hancheng Office of Jiangwutang to find out the truth and find out if the survivors of Gyeongbokgung Palace had confessed it.

"Lord Wang, the Lord of Shouyang is here." When Li Yuntian was busy with the official business at hand, Yun Na came in to report.

"Yes, please." Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, and nodded to Yun Na, he knew that Li Jin would definitely come to inquire about the news, but Li Jin's calculation was wrong, and Li Jin would find nothing this time.

"Lord Wang, I heard that something happened to the Ming army who came to Seoul, I don't know how the lower officials can serve the prince." Li Yao was soon led into the door by Yun Na, bowed down and saluted Li Yuntian, his words and deeds were extremely awe-inspiring.

"Shouyang Dajun, you came just in time, this king has something for you to do." Li Yuntian stretched out his hand and pressed down towards Li Yao, and said with a serious expression, "This king is going to try those people from Gyeongbokgung Palace, you go and inform the royal family in the city, so that they can all come to hear the trial at that time." ”

"Xia Guan understands that he must do this errand well." Li Yao couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief in his heart when he heard this, and bowed down to agree, in his opinion, those survivors in Gyeongbokgung Palace did not confess to him, otherwise Li Yuntian would have such a gentle attitude towards him, and asked him to go and inform those royal families in the city.

"In addition, now that the weather is cold, the remains of the dead soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will be transported back to China for burial, and the prince will be bothered to buy some coffins to place their bodies." Then, Li Yuntian looked at Li Jin solemnly and said.

On the surface, this is Li Yuntian's trust in Li Yao, otherwise he would definitely not let Li Jin do this, but in fact, it is just Li Yuntian's delaying tactic, the purpose is to stabilize Li Jin, lest Li Yao do anything radical, this guy even dares to kill the king of Joseon, so what else can't be done?

What Li Yuntian needs is a complete victory that shakes the Korean country, so it is necessary to stabilize Li Yao, Li Yao got the errand to prepare the coffin, in fact, there were no casualties of the Ming army in the fire at all, everything is just Li Yuntian laid a game for outsiders to see.

When he left the Hancheng Office of Jiangwutang, Li Yao had a faint smile on his face, and his steps were brisk, and he could see that he was in a very good mood.

"Lord Wang, if Li Yao knows the truth, I'm afraid she won't be able to cry." Yun Na glanced at Li Yao's departing back, and said to Li Yuntian with a smile, Li Yao thought that he had heard useful news from Li Yuntian, but he didn't know that he had fallen into the trap set by Li Yuntian.

"The throne of the Joseon King has been vacant for too long, and it is time to settle it completely." Li Yuntian pondered for a while, and said slowly, as long as Li Yu is taken down, then the remaining Li Xuan and the others will be much easier to deal with.

"Lord Wang, where are you going to open a court trial?" Yun Na bowed slightly when she heard this, and then asked in a coquettish voice, since Li Yuntian came to the Korean country, he has been very busy, and he can rest after the matter of the king of Korea is resolved.

"Righteous Forbidden Mansion!" Li Yuntian groaned for a moment, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he slowly said three words.

He originally wanted to use the Seoul Division Office as the lobby for the trial, but after thinking about it, he gave up, after all, the Righteous Forbidden Mansion was the official yamen of the Korean State to interrogate such cases, so he was going to come to the Righteous Forbidden Mansion to try the case publicly, which seemed more formal.

"Lord Wang, then my subordinates will go and prepare." Yun Na bowed to Li Yuntian when she heard this, and then left quickly, since Li Yuntian chose the Righteous Forbidden Mansion as the place of public trial, then the security of Seoul needs to be raised to the highest level at that time, so as not to have unscrupulous people fishing in troubled waters and mixing among ordinary people.

At the same time, the Maharaja's Mansion of Linying.

"Maharaja, I have good news for you, the Ming army escorted the people of Gyeongbokgung Palace to Seoul on the way to Seoul and encountered a fire, although the people of Gyeongbokgung Palace were fine, but the accompanying Ming soldiers died, and the prince Zhong has been angered by this matter and is doing his best to investigate the matter thoroughly."

In the living room, Li Ji said to Li Xuan excitedly, "If the prime minister didn't guess wrong, this matter must have been done by the Shouyang Monarch, and now the Shouyang Monarch is dead, how can the loyal prince be so easy to fool?" ”

"Prime Minister, are you saying that the Lord of Shouyang sent someone to set the fire?" When Li Xuan heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and there was surprise in his eyes that couldn't be concealed.

These days, he has been living like a year, and he is much worse in all aspects than Li Ji, but if Li Ji is planted, then he will be able to ascend to the throne of the king of Korea with the support of Li Ji.

Although Li Xuan also suspected that the fire was related to Li Ji, but because there was no evidence, now seeing Li Ji's words, his mood immediately became nervous, and he thought that he had some unknown gossip.

"Maharaja, now there are only two people in the Korean State who have the ability to light fires in two places at the same time, one is the Lord of Shouyang, and the other is His Royal Highness the Prince of the World." A smile appeared on the corner of Li Ji's mouth, and he explained to Li Xuan with a smile, "Now that His Royal Highness the Prince is in prison, the Lord of Shouyang will not be able to escape the involvement!" ”

Looking at Li Ji with a smug face, Li Xuan's heart suddenly felt shuddering, not long ago Li Ji was submissive to Li Jue, before and after the saddle, he forgot about Li Jue in a blink of an eye, is it really a phoenix that has fallen hair is not as good as a chicken? Or are he and Li Jue just tools used by Li Ji?

"Maharaja, the reason why Shouyang Maharaja sent people to take risks to kill people and exterminate their mouths must be worried that those people in Gyeongbokgung Palace will tell the truth, since Prince Zhong is going to personally try this case this time, then he will definitely be able to make the truth of the case revealed!"

Li Ji was happy in his heart at this time, and he didn't notice the slight change in Li Xuan's face, and said to Li Xuan in a comfortable mood, "Dajun, when the Shouyang Dajun is subdued, you will be the new king of North Korea at that time!" ”

"Prime Minister, do you have any news of those people in Gyeongbokgung Palace?" Li Xuan didn't feel the slightest bit happy, his brows furrowed and then asked Li Ji, at this moment he suddenly felt an inexplicable disgust for Li Ji.

Although Li Xuan has long known that Li Ji has a lot of selfish intentions for pushing him out to fight against Li Ji, he has never felt disgusted or even feared of Li Ji like today, maybe Li Ji will sell him for profit in the next moment.

"The news of the Ming army is very strict, and the prime minister has not yet learned any news, but the stricter the Ming army's defenses, the more important those people from Gyeongbokgung Palace are." Li Ji shook his head when he heard this, and then said with a smile, "Don't worry, if the prime minister is not wrong, this time the Lord of Shouyang will definitely not be able to escape." ”

"I hope so!" Li Xuan's face showed a relaxed look, the most important thing now is to inherit the throne, only in this way can he free his hands to deal with Li Ji, a senior minister, so as not to be constrained by him at that time.

The reason why the kings in history like to kill the heroes who follow them to fight the country is not all ruthless and unjust, but to clear the obstacles on the way to the successor emperor.

What is particularly important is that those founding heroes are strong in the military and political fields, their power is intertwined, and they have the capital to fight against the new monarch, which makes those founding emperors have to find an excuse to eradicate these hidden dangers that threaten the imperial power while they are alive.

Li Xuan is now in such a state of mind, from Li Ji's performance just now, he suddenly sensed the crisis and realized the danger of his situation, which made him suddenly awaken, and secretly decided to get rid of powerful ministers like Li Ji in the future, their practice of abandoning Li Jue was really chilling to him, he didn't want to become the second Li Jue.

Li Ji couldn't have imagined that he would accidentally lead to the disaster of killing himself, it seems that the companion of the king is like a companion tiger, God knows when he will offend the king, so that he will be killed.

In the afternoon of the same day, the soldiers of the Ming army posted notices in the streets and alleys of Seoul, informing the public that Li Yuntian was preparing to try the survivors of Gyeongbokgung Palace, which made Seoul boil in an instant, which meant that the cause of the death of the king of Joseon was about to be ascertained.

Not only that, but the news that the Ming army who came from Hwanghae-do and Chungcheong-do to escort the survivors of Gyeongbokgung Palace was invariably caught in a fire last night, resulting in the death of some Ming soldiers, has already been spread, and today's notice confirms this.

In order to arrest the murderer, Li Yuntian offered a reward of 1,000 taels of silver, which is an out-and-out huge amount of money in Seoul, enough for a person to buy a house, land and a servant, and live a life of prosperity and prosperity from then on.

Moreover, for those involved in the case who have lost their way and returned to their homes, if they can report and make meritorious contributions, Li Yuntian will pardon or reduce their criminal responsibility, and his purpose in dealing with this arson incident is to punish the first evil and threaten to punish them lightly.

At the same time, the Korean National Assembly government also put forward a reward notice of 200 taels of silver for anyone who provided information to the government and caught setting fires.

In this way, Li Yuntian and the government offered a reward of 1,200 taels of silver, which was an irresistible temptation for the Korean people.

With the issuance of these two notices, the people of Seoul were eager to try and inquire with each other about the fire, and they all wanted to collect the 1,200 taels of silver and become rich.