Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1158 Secret Talk with the Emperor

After Qin Tian finished speaking, there were many people in the court who said that Duan Lun was guilty of rebellion.

After all, since Qin Tian and Tang Dynasty didn't pay much attention to Duan Yu's murder, they could see Li Shimin's attitude to some extent.

Perhaps, they didn't really think that Duan Lun was in rebellion, but since Li Shimin thought he was in rebellion, they just had to follow suit.

However, just as the officials were saying this, Gao Shilian stood up again.

"Your Majesty, we must not listen to Qin Tian's one-sided opinion. I think that Duan Lun should be called to see what he has to say."

Gao Shilian just wanted to fight against Qin Tian, ​​so he didn't say anything about what Qin Tian said, and he didn't really care whether Duan Lun rebelled or not.

After Gao Shilian said this, many people in the court immediately stood up and echoed.

"Yes, Your Majesty, partial listening is not acceptable, we must have sufficient evidence."

"That's right, that's right, what Qin Tian said is not enough to constitute evidence of treason."

"........."

Everyone was chattering, Qin Tian was standing in the main hall but he was not in a hurry, seeing this, Li Shimin knew that unless Duan Lun was brought up to ask, these officials would not let it go.

Thinking of this, he nodded: "Come here, bring Duan Lun to the main hall."

As soon as the order was given, some palace officials ran out, and after a short while, Duan Lun walked in from the outside.

However, when he walked in, everyone was in an uproar, and immediately covered their noses, because the person who came in was really smelly all over. He seemed to have not bathed for a long time, and the key point was that he could still smell excrement and urine. the taste of.

"This... who is this person, why is he so smelly?"

"It stinks, it stinks."

"That's right, that's right, this is even more of a beggar than a beggar, is he Duan Lun?"

Everyone was full of disgust and doubts. Li Shimin frowned slightly, a little displeased. Duan Lun looked like this when he met him, the emperor. This was simply disrespect for Li Shimin.

However, at this time Gao Shilian stood up again.

"Your Majesty, I want to impeach Qin Tian, ​​but he humiliated Duan Lun like this. This is simply inhumane. Qin Tian is a devil. How can such a person be reused?"

Even death row prisoners still have human rights in the prison in Chang'an City, but Duan Lun's appearance is a bit too much, and Duan Lun's excessiveness is all because of Qin Tian's abuse.

Gao Shilian wanted to impeach Qin Tian, ​​but at this time, Qin Tian shrugged his shoulders and said, "Your Majesty, this person is Duan Lun, and the reason why he is like this is not because of his humble servants, but because the people of Yangzhou City have left after he left." At that time, because of his dislike for him, he threw rotten eggs and so on. These are all evidences that the people of Yangzhou City dislike him, please see clearly."

When Qin Tian opened his mouth, the officials in the middle were stunned.

"I'll go, don't you think the common people hate Duan Lun to this extent?"

"This should be normal. Duan Lun has done so many evil things in Yangzhou City, and he even wants to plot rebellion. It's really normal for the people to hate him."

"That is, that is, a person who is hated by the people to such an extent, there are still people who excuse him, I really don't know what this person thinks, maybe this person is also with Duan Lun, intending to rebel? "

When they said this, some officials immediately turned their attention to Gao Shilian, because Gao Shilian was the only one who spoke for Duan Lun today.

Everyone soon became suspicious of Gao Shilian.

When Gao Shilian saw this situation, he panicked immediately, and quickly explained to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, I have come here according to the rules, and I have no intention of protecting Duan Lun at all. Please be careful."

Li Shimin glanced at the officials, then waved: "Quiet."

Everyone stopped, and at this moment, Li Shimin asked again: "Duan Lun, why did you rebel? Did I treat you badly?"

It wasn't until this time that everyone suddenly realized the purpose of calling Duan Lun up, and they were a bit off topic just now, and Gao Shilian did all of this, and everyone couldn't help but resent Gao Shilian again.

But at this time, everyone turned their attention to Duan Lun, wanting to know why Duan Lun wanted to rebel.

However, in the face of Li Shimin's question, Duan Lun not only did not kneel down, nor did he show the slightest panic. He just lost his eyes and muttered non-stop.

"Dead...dead..."

Duan Lun's situation is very common, and he is commonly known as a fool.

He's almost an idiot now.

After seeing his situation, everyone quickly understood what was going on.

"My lord, Duan Yu was killed, Duan Lun might be stimulated, stupid."

Hearing that Duan Lun was dumbfounded, Li Shimin's eyebrows froze. A fool would not be able to ask anything.

"Put Duan Lun in prison, when will it be better, and when will I ask again."

Based on Li Shimin's understanding of Duan Lun, Duan Lun is definitely not the kind of person who would be stunned if his son was killed. He did this in order to get away with it. After all, rebellion requires beheading.

But Li Shimin is not in a hurry, he wants to see how long Duan Lun can pretend to be stupid.

After taking Duan Lun down, Li Shimin waved his hand and retreated, but left Qin Tian behind.

Soon, the monarch and his ministers came to the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, I have killed many people along the way, but most of the time, I have no choice but to be less aggressive and fail to do many things well. Please don't blame me, Your Majesty. I really think that I am a murderous monster." .”

As soon as he entered the imperial study, Qin Tian began to explain, but Li Shimin didn't care, and said: "Okay, who are you, don't I understand? This time patrolling the whole country, your contribution is indeed indispensable."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding."

Li Shimin nodded: "I called you here, I just wanted to ask you one thing, whether Duan Lun's rebellion is true or not, does he have any accomplices?"

Seeing Li Shimin asking this question, Qin Tian smiled wryly, and said: "My lord, how dare I lie to you, this rebellion is true, it can't be faked at all, if it wasn't for the humble minister who rebelled some troops decisively, I am afraid I would not be able to return to Chang'an As for the accomplice, I think it should be Huainan King Li An."

"It really is him!" Hearing the Huainan Queen, Li Shimin immediately said such a sentence, but Qin Tian was not surprised by this, as if he had expected that Li Shimin would have a guess, and he would definitely guess the Huainan King.

"When I was in Yangzhou City, Huainan King Li An once sent someone to find Duan Lun, and then Duan Lun began to transport iron, but when I found out that they were transporting iron, it was already the last, so there was no King Huainan and Duan Lun. Here is my conclusive evidence that Yichen did not tell the story, so as not to startle the snake."

(End of this chapter)