"Your Majesty, bring all the people involved in the poisoning case at Wangyou Baozi."
"The businessman who reported the crime in the west of the city was found last night. His whole family died in his house. He must have been silenced."
"Zhang Xing, the Prime Minister of Dali Temple, has brought it!"
As soon as Kong Yingda finished speaking, Dai Zhou led someone into the Tai Chi Hall.
At this moment, Dai Zhou looked gloomy.
How could he have thought that the Si Cheng next to him was actually someone who participated in the plot to frame Zhao Chen!
"Let's talk about it." Old Li Tou was not in a hurry at this moment.
Based on the current situation, even if Hou Junji is fine, Zhao Chen's so-called crime of treason and collaborating with the enemy will not be established.
In today's battle, Zhao Chen is already in an invincible position.
"Zhang Xing, please tell me carefully what is going on. If you are really guilty, I will not let you go!" Li Tai said before the Prime Minister of Dali Temple could speak.
The shop owner of Wangyou Baozi Shop and his waiters "committed suicide", but Li Tai asked the Prime Minister of Dali Temple to do it.
If this guy shakes himself out, then Li Tai will be doomed.
In order to protect himself, Li Tai had to open his mouth to "remind" the person in front of him.
The emperor looked back at Li Tai and said nothing.
His mood improved a lot, and he didn't bother to argue with him about it.
Besides, regarding today's incident, Lao Li Tou's heart was like a mirror.
"I...I am guilty. I have never been used to Zhao Chen being arrogant and domineering in the court, so I wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to frame him."
"I asked people to forge the suicide scene and put their fingerprints on the confession written in advance." said the Prime Minister of Dali Temple.
He has been threatened by Li Tai.
He knew that if he didn't take all the responsibility on himself, not only would he not be able to survive, but no one in his family would be able to survive.
"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Li Shimin said three good words in a row, with a cold expression on his face.
"Come here, push this man out and kill him!" Old Li Tou didn't even hesitate. He waved his hand and the guards dragged the Prime Minister of Dali Temple down.
Even though he knew that he was going to be beheaded, the Prime Minister of Dali Temple did not even ask for mercy.
It looks very weird.
"Father, it seems that Zhao Chen's collusion with the enemy and treason was framed by the Prime Minister of Dali Temple."
"Zhao Chen...should be innocent." Li Tai had no choice at the moment.
He just wanted to quickly deal with today's matter. If he couldn't take down Zhao Chen, he should at least keep Hou Junji.
If this continues, Hou Junji may not be able to escape today.
Although he is very reluctant to let Zhao Chen go, he has no way to capture Zhao Chen now.
"Zhao Chen is innocent?" An inexplicable look flashed in Lao Litou's eyes.
"What do you think?" the emperor asked the officials in front of him again.
The prince has said this, but the officials still dare to confront Li Tai.
Wei Zheng and others hope to confirm Zhao Chen's innocence now.
In the Tai Chi Hall, the opinions of all the officials were surprisingly unanimous.
"I believe that Zhao Chen is not guilty!" the officials' voices sounded in the Tai Chi Hall.
Empress Changsun was sitting at the top, her face always worried, but now she finally showed a relaxed smile.
"In this case, the accusation that Zhao Chen collaborated with the enemy and treason is invalid."
"That's it for today!" The emperor nodded with satisfaction, and then announced the end of today's court meeting.
"Wait a minute." The officials were about to bow and leave when they heard Zhao Chen speak again.
When Hou Junji heard the voice, his body that had already relaxed suddenly became tense.
Today, the sudden rebellion of the officials of the Ministry of War under his command caught Hou Junji by surprise.
He thought, taking advantage of the emperor's idea of reducing big things to small matters, he would first solve the dilemma in front of him.
After he has dealt with these traitors, he will deal with Zhao Chen properly.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Chen actually wanted to deal with himself!
"Zhao Chen, it's getting late. Now that the person behind the scenes has been found out, then..."
"Has the person behind the scenes been found out?"
"Your Majesty, Hou Junji is standing right in front of me. How can I say that the person behind the scenes has been found out?"
"Today is far from over!" Zhao Chen said to the emperor.
Then he took out a pamphlet and two letters from his arms.
"Hou Junji, do you know what this is?" Zhao Chen asked, holding up the two letters in his hand.
Hou Junji looked at the seal of the letter, and his expression suddenly became ferocious.
"What, are you scared?" Zhao Chen said jokingly.
"The left minister of the Ministry of War found this general from your secret room in the Office of the Ministry of War. He was worried that you would deal with him in the future and use it to threaten you."
"This time, the left minister of the Ministry of War gave this thing to me."
"Hou Junji, I told you to prepare your funeral arrangements in advance!" Zhao Chen handed the letter in his hand to the emperor.
The words "Goguryeo Yuan Gaisu Wen respectfully" appeared in front of Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, I have been wronged. I have never seen this trustworthy minister before." Hou Junji stood up.
The moment I saw the letter, I knelt down again.
The emperor looked at the words on the seal, and his expression instantly became extremely fierce.
Yeon Gae So Moon!
Xu Shiji's military newspaper already had this name.
Now all the military and political power of Goguryeo fell into the hands of this man named Yeon Gaesumun.
Chen Bing on the border means that he is eyeing the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
The Eight Bull Crossbow that Zhao Chen produced last time has been sent to the border front line, also because of the tense situation on the Goguryeo border.
Hou Junji, the Minister of the Ministry of War and the Duke of the Tang Dynasty, actually had correspondence with Yeon Gaesumun of Goguryeo.
Treason and collaboration with the enemy!
These two thoughts suddenly came to Li Shimin's mind.
They say Zhao Chen is treasonous and collaborating with the enemy, but in fact it is Hou Junji himself?
"This is the Ministry of War account book since Hou Junji took charge of the Ministry of War. Every payment in it has specific records."
"As for the content, your Majesty should keep it for further study!" Zhao Chen placed the pamphlet in the emperor's hand.
"Okay, we can retreat!" Zhao Chen said with a smile, looked at Hou Junji again, and put his arm around Wei Zheng's shoulder.
Under the gaze of hundreds of officials, the two people slowly disappeared under the early morning sunshine.
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The eighth day of the first lunar month of the eleventh year of Zhenguan.
At the first court meeting of the new year, shocking news broke.
Hou Junji, who was the Minister of War, actually had secret correspondence with Yeon Gaesumun, the powerful minister of Goguryeo.
Corruption, taking bribes!
Buy an official, sell an official!
It's even documented.
In the morning of that day, Hou Junji, who was one of the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion, was stripped of his official uniform and official hat in the Taiji Hall.
Put into prison in Dali Temple.
Chen Guogong's Mansion was even more tightly sealed by the officials of Jingzhao Mansion.
In addition, the left and right ministers of the Ministry of War and the left and right ministers were demoted to common people by the emperor.
The only strange thing is that they were just dismissed from office.
Other than that, nothing happened.
However, the matter of Zhao Chen's collusion with the enemy and treason that caused a lot of commotion a few days ago was no longer discussed in one day.
It's as if this never happened.
But everyone discovered that Wangyou Baozi Shop in the west of the city was completely closed.
After the shopkeeper and the waiter were taken away from the bun shop, Wangyou Bun Shop never opened its doors again.