The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 650 It's a big deal

Li Muyun's words are completely trying to cover up, but it makes sense.

Although the purpose of sending troops to Linyi is those rice seeds, it cannot be said so to the outside world, otherwise, if it is known by other neighboring countries, it will damage the image of Datang.

After all, no one wants to have a predatory neighbor next to his house. Whenever he sees something in his house, he will kick the door open and rush in to take it away. At the beginning, Fang Xuanling and others did not recommend it. Li Er's purpose of mobilizing the army is also derived from this.

So no matter whether he got the three-season rice seed this time, it actually had nothing to do with Li Muyun. Even if he didn't get it, he couldn't use such a reason to punish him, otherwise it would be a slap in the face.

Zheng Shanguo realized that he had said the wrong thing only after Li Muyun finished speaking. He was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say. He glanced at Li Shimin and found that the emperor didn't intend to 'justice' for him, so he could only grit his teeth secretly and bear the tone. down.

With the development of the matter to this point, impeaching Li Muyun for treason or not has no practical significance. The mouthpieces of those aristocratic families saw that Zheng Shanguo had already turned off their flames, so naturally they would not come to make trouble again.

However, that night, Li Muyun, who thought nothing had happened, was awakened from his dream again, and then a shocking news made him sleepless: Zheng Shanguo died!

"Boss Old Zheng is dead? It's a good thing!" Li Muyun looked at Wei Zheng with a serious face, and made no secret of his glee.

Unexpectedly, Wei Zheng gave him a strange look, and said slowly after a long time: "For King Xiaoyao, I'm afraid it may not be so."

"Not necessarily? What do you mean?" Li Muyun frowned.

Wei Zheng himself is a serious person, at least Li Muyun has never heard of him joking with anyone, and now using such a tone, it is obvious that things are not that simple.

But Old Wei seemed to be addicted to selling things, staring at him blankly and continued: "Could it be that Xiaoyao Wang thought that the old man was idle and had nothing to do, so he came here on purpose to inform you of the death of the Patriarch of the Zheng family?"

Now Li Muyun was even more confused, and couldn't help yawning: "What the hell does Master Wei mean? If you have anything to say, why not just say it, Li is still asleep, and he is not in the mood to play dumb with him."

"Wei Zheng is not in the mood to play dumb with the county king." Wei Zheng stared at Li Muyun again for a while, as if he wanted to see something in his eyes, but in the end he saw nothing but eye gum.

"Then what does Master Wei mean? Could it be asking Li to get up and sleep in a different position?"

"I hope that Zheng can tell the purpose of coming here, and the county king can still laugh." Wei Zheng's mouth twitched, and he glanced around again. When Li Muyun's patience was about to run out, he paused word by word. Said: "The Patriarch of the Zheng family was killed by someone. He was killed with a knife. Together with his thirteen family members, none of them survived!"

"What? Was someone killed?" Li Muyun really couldn't laugh anymore, sat up straight on the chair and said, "Your Majesty Wei, you don't think I did it, do you?"

Wei Zheng said in a deep voice: "Except for the county king, Wei really can't think of anyone in the court who would have such a big enmity with the head of the Zheng family, and didn't the county king also say a few days ago that the Zheng family is going to be wiped out?"

"I'm just bragging!" Li Muyun exclaimed angrily, "Could it be that I'm despised by others, so I can't even brag about it?"

Wei Zheng said expressionlessly, "But now someone is taking it seriously!"

"I..." Li Muyun didn't come up in one breath, almost choked to death, and said with staring eyes: "I don't care, I don't know about this matter, it's the so-called catching the thief, catching the dirty, catching the adulterer, and wanting to kill me without evidence It just won't work to put a shit bowl on it. Besides, who knows if that old boy has lived enough by himself and wants to drag me to be buried with him, it doesn't make sense that if he dies, it must be done by me."

Wei Zheng waited until Li Muyun had finished venting, and then said unhurriedly: "The old man didn't say that it must have been done by the county king, but the county king is the most suspicious."

"It's okay to be suspicious. I'm a law-abiding citizen. I've lived for so many years. I haven't even killed a chicken, let alone the old man Zheng's family."

At this time, Wei Zheng seemed to have completed the task, shaking his sleeves and stood up and said: "The county king should explain this to His Majesty face to face."

Li Muyun was stunned for a moment and said: "Brother Huang? Why did you startle Brother Huang? Then old man Zheng has such great energy?"

Seeing that Li Muyun still didn't realize the seriousness of the matter, Wei Zheng stopped and turned his head and said seriously: "Of course Zheng Shanguo's energy isn't that great, but Zheng's energy is extraordinary, not to mention that the five surnames and seven look forward to the same spirit. , the head of the Zheng family in Xingyang was wiped out overnight, do you think this matter is trivial?!"

Yes, it seems that the matter is indeed not small. Looking at a group of forbidden soldiers patrolling around with swords in the courtyard, and looking at the flames outside the courtyard wall that almost reflected half of the sky red, Li Muyun sighed and said: "Master Wei this time is not Are you here to catch someone?"

"If I want to arrest you, can I talk to you now?!" Wei Zheng asked back.

Li Muyun pointed to the guards around him: "Then why did Lord Wei bring so many people here?"

Wei Zheng said: "These are all sent by His Majesty to protect you, lest you be killed by those crazy Zheng clan members outside. Of course, you can also regard them as guarding you, if it turns out afterwards You are a murderer, they will take you directly to Dali Temple."

"Bullshit, because they want to catch me?" Li Muyun pouted.

However, Wei Zheng didn't pay any attention to him, took two imperial guards and left straight away, his voice came from a distance: "King Xiaoyao, don't go out during this time, stay at home honestly, this is His Majesty's order." will."

In the palace, Li Shimin frowned and paced back and forth in the study. Three or five old men were kneeling in front of him, their heads deeply stuck on the ground. They were the other Patriarchs with five surnames and seven Wangs.

After a long time, Li Shimin finally stopped and stood in front of an old man: "Patriarchs, you should get up first."

"If Your Majesty does not bring the real culprit of this matter to justice, I am willing to kneel and die here." An old man said angrily, but because his head was stuck on the ground, he didn't know who it was.

Li Shimin clenched his fists somewhat annoyed, suppressed the anger in his heart and continued in harmony: "I also want to arrest the murderer, but right now the case is unknown, and I don't even know who the murderer is, how can I arrest him?"

"Your Majesty, this matter must have been done by Li Muyun, the king of Xiaoyao. This man is narrow-minded, and he must take revenge. Brother Zheng impeached him a few days ago, and he held a grudge against him, so he committed this shocking crime at night." One of the old men yelled fiercely. Raising his head, he roared with his eyes tearing open.

Hearing Lao Lu mentioning Li Muyun, Li Er narrowed his eyes slightly: "Patriarch Lu, these are all your guesses, how can they be used as evidence."

Lu Zushang said in a loud voice: "Of course there is evidence. He said a while ago that he was going to slaughter the whole family of Zheng's family. He didn't want to do it today."

Fang Xuanling looked at Li Eryou as if he couldn't hold back his anger, and hurriedly came out to persuade him: "Patriarch Lu, maybe someone set the blame on this matter, so don't do things that make your loved ones hurt your enemies. .”

But Lu Zushang seemed to be sure that Li Muyun did this, and insisted: "Master Fang, don't you know why it's dark under the lamp? Maybe Li Muyun wanted to take advantage of this, so he did this."

But I have to say that Lu Zushang's statement is not without reason, and Fang Xuanling fell into hesitation for an instant, and couldn't help turning his eyes to Li Shimin.

Just when Li Shimin didn't know how to settle the matter, Wei Zheng walked in from the outside: "Your Majesty, I'm back."

"How is it?" Li Shimin asked anxiously.

Wei Zheng glanced at the old men who couldn't kneel on the ground, shook his head and said, "It doesn't look like he did it."

Lu Zushang rolled his eyes and said with disdain: "Wei Zheng, why are you so sure! Could it be that you are that Li Muyun's gang?"

Wei Zheng turned a blind eye to Lu Zushang, and met Li Shimin's questioning eyes and said: "When I arrived at King Xiaoyao's house, he was already asleep. When I told you about Patriarch Zheng, he even felt a little... a little gleeful, until The minister told the cause of Patriarch Zheng's death, and he felt that something was wrong, judging from his expression and demeanor, King Xiaoyao probably didn't know about it."

"Hehe, what a joke, Mr. Wei said just now that Li Muyun was taking pleasure in others' misfortune, and now he said that he didn't know about it, so the preface is not right, and he said that he is not with him?!" Another old man couldn't help it. Zhuo straightened up and sneered.

"Patriarch Cui, this old man is just discussing the matter as it stands, without making any comments, but as long as he is a murderer, he must have a ferocious aura, which is impossible to hide no matter what. When the old man arrived at Xiaoyao Wang's house, he didn't see it at all. This breath is enough to prove that he did not do this."

"Forget it, Wei Zheng, you don't want to be a peacemaker, yes or no is actually very simple, as long as Li Muyun is arrested, Sanmu will definitely confess." The eyes of the old man of the Cui family flashed a hint of ruthlessness, obviously not achieving his goal The meaning of unstoppable.

Wei Zheng's stubborn temper also came up when he was squeezed out again and again, and asked in a deep voice, "Patriarch Cui, what if the wrong arrest is made? So what if Sanmu finds out that King Xiaoyao is not the real culprit?"

Patriarch Cui sneered and said, "Doesn't that just prove Li Muyun's innocence?!"

Very poisonous thoughts, everyone present knows what Patriarch Cui means. It doesn't matter whether Li Muyun is the real murderer or not, the important thing is to abolish him. If you catch them wrong, you will catch them wrong. Does anyone dare to come out and find them, the Patriarchs, responsible.

As for the real culprit, this is of course to be caught. Patriarch Zheng cannot die in vain. If the real culprit behind the scenes is not found out, the other patriarchs will not be able to sleep peacefully even if they sleep. It is also necessary to clear the way for the family.

(End of this chapter)