Li Shimin was also unable to figure out whether Zhao Chen was cheating him.
Looking at the grain merchants in front of him, Li Shimin also raised his throat.
No one in the Tai Chi Hall spoke, and they looked at the grain merchants.
After the grain merchants stole the small box from Zhenghe Mansion, they had never opened it to see it.
They all felt that this contract is the safest to put in this box.
At this moment, when they saw a corner of the contract that appeared in the small box, the few of them breathed a long sigh.
A smile appeared on his face.
The grain merchant led the company took out a contract wrapped in satin from the small box.
It slowly opened, and there was only a piece of white paper among the silk.
There is no handwriting on it.
"This...this..." The grain merchant's expression suddenly changed drastically.
He was just smiling, but now he can no longer speak.
I read the paper in my hand many times, but found that there was still no word.
"How could it be...this happen?" The head grain merchant's hand holding the contract was trembling violently, his eyes full of panic.
He never thought that the contract, which was clearly written in black and white, turned out to be just a piece of white paper?
“Where is the contract?”
"What's going on? Where did the contract go?"
"Who secretly changed the contract?"
"What's wrong with this?"
The few grain merchants next to them who were originally full of joy were waiting to get the 200,000 ounces of grain from the emperor, and now they also found the piece of white paper that was the leader of the grain merchant.
They all looked panicked and rushed over one by one, looking at the white paper in the hands of the leading grain merchant with a trembling expression.
"Where is the contract?" A grain merchant swallowed his saliva with difficulty, his face showing a pale look.
"I...I don't know!" The head grain merchant muttered subconsciously.
He was completely confused at this moment.
How could this contract, which was originally written in black and white, suddenly turn into a piece of white paper?
The six locks, including five of them, are all on them.
Why is this...
The leading grain merchant looked at Li Shimin.
The ministers in the court also discovered something strange about the contract at this moment.
A mere grain merchant, would he dare to use a fake contract to deceive His Majesty the Emperor?
This is absolutely impossible.
But, this contract...
For a moment, all the court officials in the hall looked at Li Shimin sitting on the dragon couch.
Even Cheng Yaojin, who was nervous on the side, was also shocked and suspicious at this moment.
But he handed the contract to Zheng He personally, how did it turn into a blank piece of paper?
Li Shimin looked at the white paper in the hands of the leading grain merchant, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he felt a faint relief in his heart.
"Where is the contract?" Li Shimin looked at the grain merchants led and said in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, I am guilty!" The headed grain merchant immediately knelt down on the ground and shouted at Li Shimin.
The other grain merchants didn't know that their lives were at stake at this moment.
Although there is no idea why there is a problem with the contract, if they still hold on at this moment, they will be dead.
"Your Majesty, we are all deceived by Zheng He. Please punish him!"
"We were all deceived by Zheng He in the contract. Zheng He deceived us and our food. Please ask His Majesty to deal with Zheng He."
The other grain merchants were all kneeling on the ground at this moment, kowtowing to Li Shimin desperately to admit their mistakes.
He even pushed all the responsibilities to Zheng He, who had been imprisoned.
"You mean, there is no such contract at all?" Wei Zheng's face was gloomy and glared at the grain merchants in front of him.
He thought the emperor really owed these grain merchants 200,000 yuan, and he was just talking to the emperor like that.
But at this moment, the contract these grain merchants took out was just a piece of white paper.
Doesn’t this mean that Wei Zheng was being fooled by others?
Wei Zheng was a straight minister, but he was not a fool either.
Wei Zheng's face was filled with anger at this moment.
"Yes... no, it's Zheng He, it's Zheng He who deceived us, causing us to make this big mistake."
"Your Majesty, please spare me, the villain knows his mistake!"
"Your Majesty, please spare me, the villain knows his mistake!"
Several grain merchants were already bloodless at this moment and kowtowed to Li Shimin desperately.
Li Shimin looked at the white paper in the grain merchant's hand and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.
He clearly remembered clearly that the contract was written by himself when he looked at Zhao Chen.
Zheng He certainly would not think about deceiving the other companies in advance.
So why did this contract suddenly turn into a piece of white paper?
"Your Majesty, these people have cheated on this Tai Chi Hall, so they must not be spared."
"This matter must not be tolerated by falsely accusing His Majesty of owing you food and money."
"Your Majesty, these people must push the Meridian Gate to behead him, otherwise where will His Majesty behave?"
Just as Li Shimin was thinking about something, he heard the ministers in the court speak one after another.
"Wei Zheng, what do you think?" Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng with an angry face and said lightly.
Wei Zheng's expression slackened slightly and his brows frowned.
He knew it was the emperor watching him.
Who told him to openly disgrace the emperor in the hall for these grain merchants?
If it were someone else, Wei Zheng would have been taken down and dismissed from his post and investigated.
"Your Majesty, I know my mistake, but these grain merchants..."
"Hmm?" Li Shimin glanced over and looked at Wei Zheng.
Li Shimin suddenly understood what Wei Zheng meant.
In love, can he still want to plead for these people?
"Your Majesty, these people dare to deceive the Tai Chi Hall. They are not allowed to be punished. I would like to push the Meridian Gate to behead him immediately, but..."
"But what?" Li Shimin looked at Cheng Yaojin who suddenly stopped talking, and was a little surprised.
"But Your Majesty is kind and broad-minded, so he will definitely not care about the people. I ask Your Majesty to drive a few people out of the hall." Cheng Yaojin said slowly.
"How can this be done? This person has tricked him into Tai Chi Hall. If he doesn't kill him, where is the power of my Tang Dynasty?"
"That's right. If this happens again in the future, will Your Majesty not kill him?"
"How can you forgive the crime of deceiving the king?"
Cheng Yaojin's words attracted opposition from many court officials.
If you open this mouth today, where is the emperor's majesty?
"Forget it, the heavy rains have stopped, the people in Chang'an City are fine, and the land of Jinyang is also worry-free. The Tang Dynasty is prosperous and the people are safe, and I don't want to see blood."
"This matter is given up. Several people are bombarded out of Chang'an City. You are not allowed to step into Chang'an City in this life!" Li Shimin waved his hand and said.
"Thank you for not killing your Majesty."
"Thank you for not killing!"
Several grain merchants kowtowed to Li Shimin one after another, but they breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.
Before they could speak, Cheng Yaojin asked someone to hold a few people and drag them down the palace.
"Your Majesty!" The eunuch around him handed the white paper contract from the merchant's hand to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin took the white paper and found that there was no trace of ink on it.
And this paper is clearly the rice paper I gave to Zhao Chen.
Why did this word disappear suddenly?
"Your Majesty, in a few days, it will be the autumn harvest. Chang'an City suddenly suffered heavy rains. The harvest is probably much less than in previous years." Liu Zhenghui, the Minister of Revenue, bowed to Li Shimin.
"It's okay. On the day of autumn harvest, I will take all the ministers to witness the auspiciousness of my Tang Dynasty." Li Shimin waved his hand and said.
Chapter completed!