This bastard, under such circumstances, dare to say such a thing!
"Okay, okay, Your Majesty, you have also heard that County Duke Zhao himself admitted that he was the one who ordered the killing of the eighty-two members of the Bolingcui family."
"It's pitiful that more than eighty members of my Cui family were killed by this man. Please, Your Majesty, make the decision for me, the Boling Cui family."
Cui Yushi did not expect that Zhao Chen, who could save his life immediately, would suddenly admit to killing Cui Yan.
The reversal of things was that even he himself was stunned for a while.
This would help him regain his composure, but it would be very difficult to directly execute Zhao Chen on the spot.
On the contrary, no one spoke at the moment, even the officials who had yelled so fiercely before.
But any normal person, under the protection of the emperor, would not take the initiative to give away his life if he could save his life.
But Zhao Chen really did this.
After the emperor announced that he would let him go, he proactively admitted that he had sent someone to kill Cui Yan.
No one has figured out this desperate operation.
But what everyone understood was that as soon as Zhao Chen's words came out, his final fate had already been decided.
Even the emperor could not save his life.
"Zhao Chen, what do you want to do?" Wei Zheng looked at Zhao Chen with disappointment in his eyes.
"Doctor Wei, I did instruct him to kill him, but Zhao Chen was also forced to do nothing." Zhao Chen and Wei Zheng handed over.
Wei Zheng frowned, wondering what Zhao Chen meant by this.
Just because he knew Cui Yan was going to send someone to assassinate him, he acted first. This is totally unreasonable.
"Cui Yan's so-called suicide note was just a way to cover up his crimes. So at the same time on the night Cui Yan died, Cui Yan sent out fifty assassins."
"Fifty assassins?"
"Zhao Chen, now that things have come to this, do you still want to forcefully argue?" Cui Yushi scolded him coldly.
He has no way out today. Unless Zhao Chen dies, he will have no way out.
The emperor will not let him go if he makes such a fuss!
"These fifty assassins, each holding military crossbows, set out from the ambush location at 1:00 p.m. and arrived outside the village of Wannian County at 3:00 noon."
"If I hadn't made preparations in advance, it would have been me, Zhao Chen, my wife Li Ruoshuang, or more than a hundred villagers from Wannian County who died that day."
"I just don't know, if I, Zhao Chen, died, would there be so many adults today seeking justice for me, Zhao Chen?" Zhao Chen turned around with a smile and asked with the ministers.
No one met his eyes.
They knew very well that if it was Zhao Chen who died, what happened today would never have happened.
"Zhao Chen, this is just your family's words. We need to see the evidence. Otherwise, even if you tell the truth today, you will not escape death." An official said.
"Yes, Cui Yushi has produced evidence, but you, Zhao Chen, can only talk nonsense here?"
"Full of nonsense? Evidence?" Zhao Chen smiled, turned around and cupped hands with Empress Changsun and said, "Don't worry, Madam, Zhao Chen will never talk nonsense. This evidence will be available soon."
When he came to the court meeting today, Zhao Chen originally thought that he would leave the court hall as soon as possible.
When the time comes, it would be nice to take Li Ruoshuang, Uncle Fu and the others away, leave Chang'an, and live a peaceful and wealthy life elsewhere.
So he just let everyone scold him and said nothing.
Because there is no definite evidence for this matter, Zhao Chen will only be stripped of his title at most, but his life can still be saved.
The only thing that Zhao Chen didn't expect was that Old Li Tou was so determined to protect himself.
At that moment, Lao Li Tou was very real.
He even accepted the infamy!
She just wanted to save Zhao Chen's life.
Old Li Tou still cared about himself very much, and Queen Changsun's behavior even scared Xiao Li Zhi to tears.
These two people are the two elders who care about them the most in the Tang Dynasty.
If he leaves like this, how will Zhao Chen deal with himself in the future?
"Zhao Chen, I'm warning you, if you can't produce evidence, I will break your limbs and make you stay in the palace for the rest of your life and wash my feet!" Li Shimin sat back down expressionlessly.
Although the words seemed harsh, he actually wanted to save Zhao Chen's life.
"Cui Yan has a guard beside him, who is the leader of these fifty assassins. He was a captain in the army. After the assassination failed, this person wanted to commit suicide and was caught by my people."
"Now, this person is outside. Please let him in, Your Majesty." Zhao Chen said slowly, and held hands with Li Shimin.
Li Shimin looked deeply at Zhao Chen and said nothing.
With a wave of his hand, a eunuch went out to deliver the order.
After taking a few breaths, I saw a man with unkempt hair and a disheveled face, his hands and feet bound by iron chains, coming into the main hall.
"Zhang Geng?" Cheng Yaojin looked at the middle-aged man kneeling in the hall and asked tentatively.
The middle-aged man raised his head and looked at Cheng Yaojin, a flash of excitement flashed across his face, and then he was filled with shame and hurriedly lowered his head.
"When you left, didn't you say you were going back to your hometown? Why did you follow Cui Yan?" Cheng Yaojin's voice was a little excited.
It seemed that he was very familiar with this middle-aged man.
"General Cheng, subordinate..."
"Were you the one who led the men to assassinate Zhao Chen?" Li Shimin asked.
Cheng Yaojin was familiar with this person, and Li Shimin didn't care at all.
He wants to know now whether what Zhao Chen just said is true!
If it's true, then nothing happens.
If it is false, then...
"Yes!" The middle-aged man didn't raise his head and just responded.
"Why?" Li Shimin asked again.
"The master of the house has entrusted me with it, so I dare not refuse."
"Then why did you say it again today?" Li Shimin asked again.
"The Duke of Zhao County said that if you don't tell the truth today, the entire Boling Cui clan will be destroyed."
"call--"
Li Shimin looked at Zhao Chen in front of him and let out a long breath.
I don't know what kind of look is in his eyes.
Even Li Shimin did not dare to say such a thing after annihilating the entire Bolingcui clan.
But Zhao Chen dares!
And he is not afraid of being known at all.
Li Chengqian stood in front and suddenly saw Zhao Chen smiling towards him.
In just a moment, Li Chengqian broke into cold sweat behind his back.
He was sure that Zhao Chen knew about his previous conspiracy with Cui Yan.
Behind the smile just now, there were sharp fangs exposed.
Cui Yushi stopped talking and pointed at Zhao Chen, trembling.
Destroy the Bolingcui clan, even though it is just six simple words.
But it makes people feel great fear.
Zhao Chen killed more than 80 members of the Cui family and even threatened to destroy the entire Boling Cui family.
This murderous intention is enough to shut them up.
"Everyone has heard clearly. Cui Yan was the first to assassinate Zhao Chen, but he was killed by Zhao Chen's men instead. Are there any questions about this case?" Li Shimin took a breath and said slowly.
No one said anything at this moment.
Since Cui Yan was the first to assassinate Zhao Chen, strictly speaking, he deserved to be killed by Zhao Chen.
No matter what, Zhao Chen's life cannot be lost today.
If they say something to offend Zhao Chen, who knows if this lunatic will destroy their family?
After all, Zhao Chen was really the first person who dared to tell someone to destroy the Bolingcui clan in front of the emperor.?