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Chapter 138 Li Chengqian in front of Suzaku

Because it was dark under the light, Li Shimin didn't think about who leaked Li Tai's letter for a while, so he attributed the matter to Li Chengqian's recent arrest of Yu Yongning, which made Yu Zhining suspicious.

Li Shimin put down Yu Zhining's memorial and picked up another memorial by Liu Dewei, the Minister of Justice. The content of the memorial was about the plot of the assassination of Shi Quan Wanji, the head of the Qi Prince's Mansion. Through detailed investigation, Liu Dewei can confirm that Li You had planned to assassinate Shi Quan Wanji, the head of the Qi Prince's Mansion.

After reading Liu Dewei's memorial, Li Shimin slapped the memorial on the table and shouted: "Damn it!"

Li Shimin was suddenly frightened and the eunuchs in the hall hurriedly lay on the ground and did not dare to head, but Li Shimin was conscious of this. He kept staring at the memorial on the table for a while, sighed, and slowly picked up the memorial and criticized it directly: When the King of Qi Li You and the Chief Shi Quan Wanji of the King of Qi, he saw the order to enter Chang'an quickly and wait for the end.

After writing the comments, Li Shimin was in a state of irritation, so he got up and walked out of the Ganlu Palace. Standing on Danbao, he saw Li Zhi and Princess Jinyang whispering while stroking a female doe.

Li Shimin looked at their brother and sister, golden boy and jade girl, and smiled unconsciously, and walked over.

Li Zhi and Princess Jinyang saw Li Shimin coming and saluted Li Shimin. Li Shimin laughed and said, "What are you doing?"

Princess Jinyang smiled and stepped forward to grab Li Shimin's hand and said, "Brother Jiu saved a doe."

Li Shimin looked down and saw that it was a pregnant doe with a big belly, but the doe was slumped on the ground. He saw so many of them coming to support their front legs and stretching their strength on the ground, but half of the body behind them could not get up. It was obvious that the deer's two hind legs were seriously injured.

Seeing this, Li Shimin put down his face and asked in a cold voice: "Who hurts the doe in spring?"

Doe usually gets estrus in autumn the year before, and has cubs in late spring and early summer the next year. Deer grows fat and strong in summer when the aquatic plants are abundant in summer and autumn to safely survive the winter.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, underdeveloped agriculture mainly relied on fishing, hunting and gathering to supplement food and clothing, so people cherished the prey in the wild. In order to achieve sustainable hunting, the ancients summarized the hunting rules such as "open the net", "not entering the fountain pool", and "not hunting in spring", leaving time for wild animals to recuperate.

Li Shimin was deeply influenced by Confucianism and had always hated others' pain in spring. As his favorite son, Li Zhi was naturally very clear about this.

Seeing that Li Shimin's face changed, Princess Jinyang took the chance to lean on Li Shimin's arm and refused to speak. When Li Zhi heard this, hesitated for a moment and whispered: "I don't know."

From Li Shimin's eyes, it was naturally possible to see that Li Zhi was lying, his face became even more ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "Don't you know what you saved?"

Li Zhi quietly looked up at Li Shimin, who was as heavy as water, and hurriedly lowered his head and did not dare to look at Li Shimin's eyes again. He said whispered: "My son just went to see off his fourth brother (Li Tai). When he came back... He passed by Yong'an Palace and saw this injured doe, he brought it back, so he didn't know at all... who injured this doe..."

Li Shimin knew at a glance that Li Zhi was untrue, but he didn't need to ask about the Yong'an Palace. Yong'an Palace was built by Li Shimin for Li Yuan in the eighth year of Zhenguan. Li Yuan died before he could build it. Later, Li Zhi expanded it into the Daming Palace.

Near Yong'an Palace, people arranged by Li Chengqian to reclaim wasteland, it is self-evident what the deer was hurt.

Li Shimin thought that Li You had a conflict with Quan Wanji because of going hunting, and Li Chengqian was not as good as he was... and he felt even heavier.

But seeing that Li Zhi is kind and still hiding for Li Chengqian, I feel very relieved. I stretched out my hand to stroke Li Zhi's shoulder and said, "You have done a good job and let someone take good care of this doe."

After saying that, Li Shimin turned around and walked slowly back to Ganlu Palace.

Li Chengqian was finally able to leave the East Palace. It just so happened that Li Chengqian had to leave the palace once. Although the cases handled by Li Yi Mansion these days have been publicly tried and pronounced, which greatly satisfy the people, all the judgments have not been executed yet, and the most important thing is that the plaintiff and the people have not been fulfilled.

According to common sense, these serious crimes involving major rebellion cases were clearly heard by the East Palace to hand over to Li Shimin for personal judgment. However, because Li Shimin had issued an edict to Li Chengqian have the right to rule the case, only if there is still someone who is dissatisfied with the case of Li Chengqian's ruling, it is necessary to hand over to Li Shimin for personal judgment.

Moreover, Li Chengqian wants to reduce the tax on Guanzhong now, relying on Yan Lide's memorial alone, would definitely not work, so Li Chengqian is eager to establish his authority, so Li Chengqian decided to personally preside over the public handling of these cases, not only to be tried but also to be executed publicly.

In Chongjiao Hall, Li Chengqian sat upright on the throne, and the confidants of the East Palace were arranged on both sides, discussing the trial in front of the Zhuque Gate later.

"It's really a good thing for God. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to personally conduct a public trial, which is clear sky, haha..." Du He said with a smile.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, your throne should be set on the city tower of Zhuque Gate. If there are any evil people taking the opportunity to cause trouble, the safety of Your Highness the Crown Prince..." Zhu Suiliang hopes that Li Chengqian's safety will be guaranteed.

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Mr. Zhu, don't worry. Although everyone in Chang'an's house is here to watch today, there are only tens of thousands of people. Su Dingfang and Xue Rengui are inspected on the outside. The front rows are full of the original people from Longshou, so the Lone King can trust them."

Zhu Suiliang sighed when he heard this, "Your Highness the Crown Prince has always been able to enjoy the people. You are naturally loved by the people, but you are hated by villains. It is better to be careful in everything. I will go out and see how they are doing."

Zhu Suiliang has also heard about many people suing the nobles of Chang'an in the East Palace these days. He hates this nobles for their crimes and is very supportive of Li Chengqian's personal trial.

Seeing Zhu Suiliang go out, Xu Jingzong said with a worry-faced look: "It is safer to leave the case of His Majesty to ruling."

Of course, Li Chengqian knew that the crimes committed by these people had been tried publicly, and it was a death sentence for Li Shimin, but their property would definitely be returned to these people's families with the idea that Li Shimin was determined to be a benevolent king.

"No, the Gu Wang must take charge of this matter personally, so that the people of Chang'an City will know that the Gu Wang Wang will uphold justice for them." Li Chengqian said firmly.

Xu Jingzong knew that he could not persuade him, so he stopped talking.

Then everyone chatted about other things. After the people and officials entered the venue, Li Chengqian set up a car and took his confidants straight to Zhuque Gate, the main gate of the imperial city.

When Li Chengqian's car arrived at Zhuque Gate, there were already a lot of people in front of Zhuque Gate. Because the matter was heard by the imperial city, the offices and officials in Tai Chi Palace and the offices in the imperial city also came out early to see how Li Chengqian would make a judgment.

Xue Rengui and the guards of the East Palace set up a high platform in front of the Zhuque Gate. On it, he set up the throne that Li Chengqian sat on when he was judging him. The people who came to watch were arranged in different places to be placed in the open space in front of the high platform. The officials were arranged by Su Dingfang on the left and right.

At this time, I saw Li Chengqian's carriage walking around the platform. The people standing in front of the platform were all hurriedly kneeling down to salute, and shouting loudly various words of wishing for good luck.

Seeing this, officials on both sides bowed to Li Chengqian's car. Li Chengqian waited for the car to stop and slowly walked out of the car with a crutch, waving to the people in front of the city gate.

When the people saw Li Chengqian wave to them, they were excited and repeated the auspicious words in their mouths over and over again. The entire venue of thousands of square meters was buzzing.

Although Li Chengqian didn't hear anything clearly, his mood was also infected and very excited.

The officials standing on both sides of the high platform were at a loss when they saw this. Many officials disagree with Li Chengqian's many actions, but when they saw this scene, they felt mixed feelings...

Li Chengqian walked up and slowly walked up to the platform, stood in the middle of the platform and looked up at the cloudless sky, then looked at the cheering people under the platform, stretched out his hands and pressed them down gently, and the people below immediately stopped whispering and waited for Li Chengqian to speak.
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