Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 570 The Battle of Conscience
Three days passed quickly.

Everyone is watching this thing.

On this day, in the imperial palace, in a pavilion in the middle of a lake, Li Shimin and Qin Tian were sitting opposite each other.

It's hot outside, but it's very comfortable in here.

There is a chessboard on the stone table, Li Shimin's black pieces, Qin Tian's white pieces.

"I hope you win this bet. However, people's hearts are unpredictable. If you want to win, it will not be easy."

As he spoke, Li Shimin dropped a son, Qin Tian smiled slightly, and followed suit without thinking.

"Your Majesty, you must have confidence in yourself. Your kindness is enough to influence all evil thoughts in the world."

Li Shimin curled his lips, thinking that Qin Tian could really speak, so that even if he lost, he wouldn't be able to get angry.

The two went on like this, and soon, a guard rushed to report: "Your Majesty, two people have already returned."

Li Shimin nodded and didn't say anything. They released [-] people, and now there are two people back, which is not too many, but it is indeed a good start.

Li Shimin gave birth to another son.

Time passed slowly like this, and guards came to report news from time to time.

"My lord, five people have returned."

"My lord, eight people have already returned."

"My lord, ten people have already returned."

"........."

After noon, [-] of the [-] people had come back, and one of them hadn't come back, and no movement was heard for a long time.

There were snacks on the stone table, and Qin Tian ate casually. Li Shimin looked up at Qin Tian and said, "If one of them doesn't come back, you will be considered a loser."

"Your Majesty, seventeen of them have returned, which is considered a success, isn't it?"

Li Shimin smiled slightly. Indeed, only one person did not come back, but seventeen came back, which had touched his heart and made him determined to revise the law.

For any one person, only one difference seems to have little impact, and the same is true for Li Shimin. In fact, among the eighteen people, he felt that ten of them would be enough to change his mind.

A game of chess is over, Qin Tian's chess skills are good, after winning this game, the two of them have no intention of continuing another game.

"Your Majesty, there is still one person who has not returned, can you arrest him?"

A guard asked, Li Shimin looked up at the sky, and said: "No hurry, if the man hasn't come back before dusk, it won't be too late to arrest him."

"Here!"

Prison prison.

Han Xiao was very worried at the beginning. From his point of view, the whole thing was just nonsense. How could a person who committed a capital crime come back to die?

But when the first person came back, he was shocked.

It turns out that there are really people who can keep their hearts.

As people came back one after another, Han Xiao had turned from shock to dumbfounded.

"Master Qin is so powerful. He said they will come back, so they really will come back?"

This kind of thing is really unpredictable. He even thought about whether he would come back to die if he encountered this situation. He himself did not dare to make such a guarantee.

He didn't know how these condemned prisoners persuaded him to come back. It must be a very difficult and tangled choice, right?
"My lord, there is another person who hasn't come back. Do you want to arrest him?"

"There is only one person left, just capture him."

Han Xiao is not ready to wait any longer. Although this incident shocked him a bit, he absolutely does not allow any criminal to abscond.

However, as soon as he gave such instructions, a guard ran over and repeated Li Shimin's words.

"The Holy Majesty will wait until dusk to make a decision?"

"Yes!"

Han Xiao's eyebrows moved slightly, but he still responded.

The people in Chang'an, restaurants and teahouses are all discussing this matter.

"Have you heard, one person has already gone back."

"Really, someone actually came back to die?"

"Oh, the Holy One is merciful. He gave them three days to deal with the unfinished business. Now that they are willing to come back, it makes sense."

"Hey, if it were me, I wouldn't go back. If I die, I'll have nothing. It's better to live."

"Tsk tsk, it didn't happen to you, so it's only natural for you to say that..."

"Another person has returned."

"I heard that a dozen or so people have gone back..."

At the beginning, everyone was just shocked because some people actually went back. Later, when everyone went back one after another, everyone changed from shock to discussion, and finally from discussion to shock.

"What, seventeen people have already gone back? These are all death row prisoners. They...why are they all like this? It's really incomprehensible?"

"Who says no, are they mentally ill?"

In their view, death row prisoners are very heinous and very bad, but now the very bad people are basically coming back one after another, which is beyond their cognition, so they are shocked.

After the shock, there were more discussions.

"Whether there is the last person left, will he come back? If so, this matter is really shocking."

"Conscience."

"........."

The afternoon sun was a little scorching. In a small courtyard in Chang'an City, a man was kneeling under the bright sun. He was already a little exhausted from the sun, and his body was covered in sweat.

And in front of him, stood a woman. The woman was about sixty years old, and she was old. The woman was no different from other ordinary women, but there was a trace of firmness in her eyes.

"Mother, my son begs you, you can go with my son, my son doesn't want to die, let's escape from Chang'an, we can go anywhere."

The man's voice was a little hoarse, but the woman was not moved by it.

"Your Majesty trusts you so much, and you have to leave in three days to come back. Are you worthy of His Majesty? How did your mother tell you before that to be a man is to be upright, and if you accidentally kill someone, you have to be responsible for your own behavior." Responsibility? If you want to go, go by yourself, your sins, mother will pay for you."

"mother……"

The man yelled, and sweat ran down his cheeks, but after a while, tears were also mixed in the sweat.

After a long time, the man kowtowed three times to the woman.

"Go back, my son. In this life, my son will never be able to repay my mother. I hope my mother will not give birth to a child like me in the next life."

After all, the man got up and left.

The weather is hot and the cicadas are singing.

In the palace, Li Shimin was still sitting with Qin Tian, ​​and the two chatted a lot about the revision of the law, because Li Shimin had already made a decision.

While the two were chatting like this, Han Xiao hurried over.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you are back, all are back."

Han Xiao yelled, Li Shimin stood up suddenly and asked, "Are you all back?"

"Yeah, they're all back."

Qin Tian smiled slightly: "The kindness of the Holy Majesty is enough to influence any evil thoughts, I'm not wrong, right?"

(End of this chapter)