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"Your Majesty think deeply, has Li Mu done something to betray Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty thinks again! The main characters of Jisitang come from the five surnames and seven sects, and from the clans. If Li Mu had a relationship with Jisitang, why did these people want to frame out six boxes of memorials and kill Li Mu? If Li Mu was really his son, shouldn't they openly build a plank road and secretly go to Chen Cang to protect Li Mu and wait for the future?"

Li Shimin was slightly stunned and thought rationally. He also thought that Empress Changsun’s words were reasonable. Yes, if Li Mu was really related to Jisitang, how could the aristocratic family members who had a close relationship with Jisitang want to die?

But now these memorials-

Li Shimin suddenly thought of an extremely terrible possibility, that is, Changsun Wuji colluded with the aristocratic families and wanted to get rid of their common enemy, and this enemy was Li Mu.

But why did Changsun Wuji do this? He is not a clan either!

In Li Shimin's mind, he suddenly remembered what Empress Changsun just said. Although Changsun Wuji finally himself, the first thing he had to consider was the Changsun family.

Changsun family, Changsun family... Li Shimin understood that before he knew it, Changsun family had gradually transformed from a noble family to a clan. There was no difference between Changsun family and the five surnames and Qiwang, and what they wanted gradually became consistent.

Li Shimin was a little sad, and he murmured: "I can't even believe in the auxiliary machine. Can you really be an emperor?

"When Your Majesty sat on the dragon throne, he should have thought of this situation." Empress Changsun's voice seemed to be a voice-over, which made Li Shimin gradually realize the reality. He sighed and said, "I have let Li Mu down, and he will not forgive me."

"Then will your Majesty be determined to do it?" Empress Changsun said seriously: "No matter whether Li Mu forgives Your Majesty or not, when Your Majesty realizes the mistake, Your Majesty should correct it. This is the way of a gentleman and the character that the emperor should have. If Li Mu dies unjustly today, will your Majesty, a talented person in the world, dare to serve Your Majesty?"

"The Queen is right!" Li Shimin was convinced. He looked up at the sky. Just after the hour of Si, and time was still in time, he shouted: "Great official, please pass on my will and release Li Mu."

"No!" Eunuch Gao was overjoyed and was about to turn around and go out, but was stopped by Empress Changsun again.

"Why is the queen?"

Empress Changsun said seriously: "Your Majesty, please ask me, how to release Li Mu, how to release him?"

Li Shimin frowned and said, "Just say--" He was suddenly confused and thought of the problem. He wanted to kill Li Mu because Li Mu committed a serious crime in the massacre of the city in Gaochang, and wanted to explain to the people of the world. If Li Mu was released without a statement, how could he explain to the people of the world? If the emperor said that if he went back on his word, he would not be fart? How should people of the world view him as the emperor in the future?

"What should I do?" Li Shimin scratched his head and his thoughts became confused again.

Empress Changsun said: "Your Majesty, why not just say that Li Mu saved His Majesty's life during the young assassin incident. When Your Majesty remembered this, he gave Li Mu a life, and he could be spared the death penalty. How about it?"

"Okay!" Li Shimin no longer wanted to kill Li Mu, so he agreed when he heard this. At this moment, a small eunuch hurriedly ran into the door with a panic on his face and said, "Your Majesty, Duke Ju rushed into the palace and said he must see Your Majesty!"

"Tang Jian?" Li Shimin frowned and said, "Where did he get the courage!"

Queen Changsun's eyes lit up and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need for the excuse I just said, the ready-made reason is here."

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, thought of something, nodded and said, "You are right, the ready-made reason is here! High-ranking officials, let Tang Jian come in!"

...

The execution time is about to arrive, but Sun Fujia still did not wait for the new news in the palace. He looked up at the sky and couldn't hold on anymore. According to the process, he must verify his true self.

The death penalty is a very cautious matter no matter which dynasty or generation. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, in order to prevent the emperor from "imperatively killing people", every time the emperor convicted the prisoner, according to the rules, civil and military officials had to "please three times for pardon", that is, request pardon three times, giving the emperor a chance to rethink.

During the Tang Dynasty, although there was no such rule, it was necessary to check it repeatedly and make sure that the person to be killed was the victim himself, so as not to have any guilt. Because this was a death penalty, I had no regrets and could not take it even if I cut my head.

As a prison official, Sun Fujia had such responsibilities and obligations. He came to Li Mu, looked at Li Mu in front of him, and said, "Mr. County, according to the rules, you need to verify your identity. I will ask, and you will answer."

"The person in front of me is the surname Li and Mu, and was born in Mayi?"

This is called verifying the correctness of the body, which is a necessary link. Whether the death row prisoner is willing or unwilling, he must respond. In fact, it is also a formality. If this person was not Li Mu, the executioner would have beaten him long ago, and the beaten screams in pain, it would be considered a response.

But Li Mu couldn't beat him, nor could he beat him. After Sun Fujia asked, he waited for Li Mu's answer, but "Li Mu" still said nothing.

Sun Fujia frowned and said, "Ministry of the County, you can't change anything when you respond, so why bother with the officials?"

"Li Mu" still refused to respond. The onlookers talked in a slanted voice. Some children from aristocratic families started to boo, calling out Li Mu's words such as fear of death and timid mice.

"Mr. County, why don't you speak?"

Li Mu still didn't say anything. He knelt down, then stretched out his neck and placed it on the guillotine, which was quite like "slaying the neck". This action was very obvious, not because he was afraid of death, but just disdainful of talking. But according to the rules, he had to say a word. If he didn't answer this word, the wronged soul would not disperse, and the executioner would not want to get involved in this cause and effect.

"Mr. County Master, you..." Sun Fujia bent down to persuade Li Mu, but suddenly his nose moved and felt something was wrong. Sun Fujia was born in a criminal name and observed the subtleties very carefully. How could Li Mu have a perfume smell? Although the perfume was invented by Li Mu, only his store was sold, but he had never seen Li Mu use perfume in the past few times he had come into contact with Li Mu. This means that Li Mu did not use perfume. There was no reason to die, so he specially made some perfume on his body to make his body more fragrant?

This doesn't make sense.

With doubt in his heart, there were more flaws. He looked at Li Mu in front of him again. Although his face was exactly the same, the Li Mu in front of him seemed a little shorter than Li Mu and much thinner. According to Li Mu's algorithm in his previous life, he was about 1.78 meters tall. Although Jin Chen was not short, he was only about 1.7 meters away, at least seven or eight centimeters away. If he didn't look carefully, he might not be able to see it, but if he looked carefully, it would still be very obvious.

Sun Fujia was shocked. He never expected that Li Mu would find someone to die. What should I do?

Kill it in a daze? Can it be done! The people from Dali Temple, the Censorate, the Ministry of Justice, and the Three Laws are all here, and everyone is mixed with the food of Xing Prison. Since they have seen it themselves, it is difficult for others to see it. Even if they didn't see it at that time, they can't see it when they are restrained? He is a prison officer and can't escape this responsibility. Maybe someone will make a big fuss and slander him for conspiring with Li Mu. Then he will be in trouble!

After quickly judging the pros and cons of gains and losses in his heart, Sun Fujia gritted his teeth and decided to expose it. He shouted loudly: "Come on, take this impostor down for me!"

As soon as these words were said, they were all in an uproar. "Li Mu" also seemed a little panicked, climbed up from the guillotine and looked at Sun Fujia. Sun Fujia pointed his hand, and several officers rushed forward. The chains in his hand shook, and he used the method of sacking the prisoner. He broke the joints of his arm and pressed "Li Mu" to the ground.

"I don't care who you are, and you don't need an explanation. I only tell you that you should be punished by the law. If you can repent and tell me where Li Muren is, I may be able to let you go. If you are obsessed with it, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"What you want to kill is Li Mu. Isn't it enough to have one Li Mu kill you? Lord Sun, why should you be serious and why should you be aggressive?"

Jin Chen spoke, and it turned out to be the voice of his daughter. The people watching were excited again. What luck was this? What a big show! Among the crowd, there was a fan of Jin Chen's drama. As soon as she opened her mouth, she heard who she was and shouted loudly: "This is Boss Jin from Lichunyuan! I also thought why did Boss Jin suddenly disappear? It turned out that he was following the Marquis! He even died for the Marquis. He is kind and righteous! Boss Jin, I'm not wrong with you!"

"How can a dignified man let a woman die? Where is Li Mu coming out!"

"Let Li Mu come out! Don't hide behind a woman as a villain!"

"Mr. Marquis, don't let us look down on you!"

Because Jin Chen's identity was exposed, it aroused the indignation of countless men. Sun Fujia looked around and said to Jin Chen: "You heard it too, but still refuse to say it?"

Jin Chen pursed his lips and said nothing, his attitude was already very obvious.

Sun Fujia shook his head and sighed, just as he was about to take Jin Chen down, suddenly a voice came over.

"Why should Lord Sun make things difficult for a woman? Am I here?"

The sound was not loud, but it overshadowed the onlookers. Hearing this familiar, frivolous voice, everyone turned around and the crowd automatically made a way out.

Li Mu walked in through the crowd. He followed Bai Qiaoqiao next to him. Bai Qiaoqiao grabbed his sleeve tightly, looking a little nervous, but his expression was determined, and he was obviously ready in his heart.

When Li Mu came to the middle, the yamen runners who were escorting Jin Chen saw him and quickly let go. Li Mu took the key from the officer and took Jin Chen's shackles. The two Li Mu faced each other, and the picture was a bit weird.

One of them, Li Mu lowered his head and tears fell down.

Li Mu smiled, pulled him over, stopped him behind him, looked at Sun Fujia, and said, "Mr. Sun, I know there is not much favor between you and me. But there is a saying that goes, "A man is about to die, and his words are good. Can Lord Sun give me a face to this dead person?"

Although Li Mu claimed to be a dead person, Sun Fujia did not dare to make rash things in front of him and said honestly: "Please tell me the county magistrate."

"Don't make things difficult for my woman, she's also for me. I'm already here, so don't pursue this matter."

"good."

Sun Fujia agreed without any hesitation. Today he was ordered to be executed by Li Mu, and other things were just trivial matters.

Jin Chen looked at Li Mu with tears in his eyes, feeling moved, not for anything else, but for Li Mu's words "My woman".

Li Mu turned around, hugged Jin Chen and Bai Qiaoqiao in his arms, and said, "I don't want to talk about the past. After I die, I will take good care of Qiaoqiao and the children for me."

Jin Chen nodded crying, and Bai Qiaoqiao's eyes were even more resolute.

Li Mu just told her that she could not die because she had a child in her belly, so he had to leave a back for the Li family. Bai Qiaoqiao agreed, but she made a new decision at this time. After the child was born, she would go with Li Mu, but she didn't say it, and there was no need to say it.

Li Mu let go of the two girls, looked at Sun Fujia, and said, "Sir Sun, let's continue."

Sun Fujia nodded and asked again: "Is the person in front of me the surname Li and Mu, born in Mayi?"

"yes!"

...

Tai Chi Palace.

When Li Shimin saw the Jinhe, he looked at Empress Changsun. Li Shimin was really convinced by his virtuous queen. He said that she was just like a god, and there was no exaggeration at all. It was indeed as she thought.

Tang Jian knelt on the ground, bowed heavily, stood up, opened the brocade box, revealing the things inside.

This is an iron voucher with the word "Disable" in the Wei stele, and behind it is Li Yuan's seal. This is a special card for death that Li Yuan gave to Tang Jian to thank Tang Jian for gratitude to Tang Jian. This was also created by the environment at that time. The foundation was unstable in the early days of the founding of the Tang Dynasty. If it were not for Tang Jian's exposure, Dugu Huai'en would have been successful. Tang Jian was equivalent to saving Li Yuan and saving the life of the Tang Dynasty. Now, this situation will not happen again. This card for death has become the only one since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. There will be no second one in the future.

Li Shimin originally wanted to pardon Li Mu, but if he could use this to regain this only privilege of avoiding death, it would be a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.

He had a certain plan in his heart, his face was very cold, and he said, "What are you doing? This card of death exemption was given to you by the Emperor of the Supreme Emperor. You don't keep it to protect your descendants. Now you are taking it out. Are you going to be against me?"

Tang Jian lay on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, Li Mu is my stepson, and he can't be considered an outsider. The old minister begs Your Majesty to fulfill his past promise and use this death-free card to exchange for Li Mu's life."

"Tang Jian! Are you not afraid that I will get angry? Are you sure you want to do this?"
Chapter completed!