"Your Majesty, the matter has been investigated. The evidence of the rebellion of King Qi is conclusive, and the King Qi and his gangsters have all confessed. This is a case file for interrogation. Please ask Your Majesty to judge!" In Liangyi Hall, the Minister of the Dali Temple, the Minister of Justice and the Censorate, came to Liangyi Hall together to report to Li Shimin, and submitted the case file for interrogation.

Li Shimin frowned at this time, and immediately asked someone to take the case file and open it. He personally read the case file in detail. As a result, he became more annoyed the more he looked at it. In the end, he even slapped the case file on the desk and could no longer read it.

Seeing Li Shimin getting angry, the three people below looked at me and looked at you and didn't dare to speak again for a while. However, the case has been clear now. If it were ordinary people, they would have drawn a conclusion long ago. However, the protagonist of this matter was Li You, so they didn't dare to make a decision. Today they came to ask Li Shimin to make a decision.

Li Shimin sat behind the desk and gasped, as if he was suppressing the anger in his chest. After a while, he slowly spoke: "The case has been cleared. What are your opinions?"

When Li Shimin asked about their meaning, the three ministers couldn't help but hesitate for a moment. Then the Dali Temple Minister finally took the initiative to stand up and said: "Report to Your Majesty, the evidence of the rebellion of the King of Qi is conclusive. Among them, the King of Qi who participated in the rebellion was 47. The opinions of the ministers were all deadly crimes and they were absolutely unforgivable!"

The Dali Temple Minister was also a slippery person. He only said that he wanted to execute Li You's gangsters, but he did not say what to do with Li You. This was obviously kicking the ball to Li Shimin again. However, the censor and the Minister of Justice next to him both showed a look of appreciation for him. After all, this kind of thing would be decided by Li Shimin himself.

Li Shimin naturally saw through the plans of the three people below at a glance, but he also knew that Li You's life and death would be decided by him. Although he had already tended to execute Li You Yizheng Zheng Zheng Jian, when it was really time, he hesitated a little, and even thought of killing his own son, he felt that his heart was bleeding.

Thinking that his son's life and death were all in his thoughts, the expression on Li Shimin's face was also shady and sunny. After a while, he finally gritted his teeth and slowly spoke: "All the forty-seven people involved in the rebellion of King Qi were executed, as for King Qi Li You..."

When Li Shimin talked about his treatment of Li You, he suddenly hesitated again. He had already made up his mind to sentence Li You to death, but at this moment he suddenly thought that when Li Xiu came to see him before, he advised him to be cautious in his verdict on Li You and not to regret it in the future. This made him feel dazed for a moment.

"Temporarily remove the title of King Qi from his or her title, demoted him to a commoner, and detained him in the palace for introspection. I will deal with it in the future!" Li Shimin finally failed to make up his mind to kill Li You immediately, but he was temporarily locked up in the palace. However, this does not mean that Li You will not die, but that Li Shimin needs some time to consider the treatment of Li You.

After hearing Li Shimin's decision, the three ministers below had no objection. After all, they could not force Li Shimin to kill Li You. This kind of thing was against family, and the royal affairs were troublesome, so except for Li Shimin, they were not willing to participate too much.

"Your Majesty, I have another thing to report!" But at this moment, suddenly, Liu Dewei, the Minister of Justice, stepped forward and said. Speaking of which, Liu Dewei escaped from his life in Qizhou last time. Later, after Li You was arrested, he personally escorted him to Chang'an and served as the presiding for the rebellion of King Qi.

"What's the matter?" Li Shimin asked weakly at this time.

"This..." Liu Dewei hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke, "Report to Your Majesty, because of the rebellion of King Qi, we have arrested many people related to King Qi, one of whom was Hegan Chengji, the prince's personal guard Hegan Chengji, who had had close contact with Yan Hongxin and others around King Qi. According to Yan Hongxin's confession, Hegan Chengji had many disrespectful words to Your Majesty, and according to the law, he should be punished for death, but he is the prince's personal guard, so our Ministry of Justice was also hesitant."

"Hmph, I have said just now that no matter what background the other party is, they will be handled according to the law!" Li Shimin snorted coldly at this time. Although he was reluctant to execute his son, he would not be so kind to others. He even believed that the reason why Li You got to this point today was also inseparable from the group of villains around him.

After receiving Li Shimin's reply, Liu Dewei immediately agreed. In fact, he had already sentenced Hegan Chengji to death in his heart, but this matter involved the prince. So to be on the safe side, he still sought Li Shimin's opinion. After all, the prince and the King of Wei are very sensitive figures now, and he did not want to be involved in the fight between the two for no reason.

After dealing with Li You's affairs, Li Shimin felt upset, so he asked Liu Dewei and others to retreat, and Liu Dewei was also in a hurry to go back and deal with Li You's affairs. After all, these people were all locked in his prison for the Ministry of Justice, so after chatting with the Dali Temple Minister, he hurriedly said goodbye and left.

After returning to the Ministry of Justice, Liu Dewei personally wrote a conviction for Yan Hongxin and others, and also prepared to be executed. According to the Tang Dynasty, the execution of prisoners was usually carried out after the autumn. To be precise, it was the period before the frost fell to the winter solstice. According to the ancients' concept, during this period when all things withered, the execution of prisoners at this time was also in accordance with the will of heaven.

However, treason is an unforgivable serious crime, and there is no need to wait until after the autumn. Moreover, if such a serious crime is left for one more day, it may be more variable. Therefore, as long as you are convicted, you will be executed immediately.

The Li You rebellion case is the most concerned case of the Ministry of Justice during this period. Not only did Liu Dewei personally try it, but most of the officials in the Ministry of Justice were also involved. Many people also knew that he went to the palace today to ask Li Shimin's opinion. So as soon as he came back, many people came to inquire, and he did not hide it. After all, Yan Hongxin and others would be executed in a few days. So in a short while, the entire Ministry of Justice had already known about Li Shimin's verdict.

However, just when Liu Dewei had just written the conviction of Yan Hongxin and others and was about to send it to Li Shimin for him to write the sentence, he didn't expect that someone suddenly came to report that something happened in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, to be precise, the prince's personal guard Hegan Chengji had an accident.

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