Chapter 86 The second sure move
After Qu Wenyi finished speaking, Li Shimin comforted him with a pleasant face:
"Qu Aiqing, is what you said true?"

Qu Wenyi kowtowed, "If I have even the slightest lie, I would rather die by the sword now."

Li Shimin turned his head to look at Hou Junji, "Marquis Gao Chang, what do you want to say?"

Hou Junji jumped out immediately, glared at Qu Wenyi fiercely, and said:
"Your Majesty, this person is a fake. The King of Gaochang has died in the rebellion. Many people in the army can testify to this."

"I think Zhang Liang was jealous of my hard work and success, so he found someone similar to Qu Wenyi to frame Wei Chen."

After hearing this, Qu Wenyi kowtowed again, "I have the imperial seal of Gaochang Kingdom, so I can prove my identity."

After saying that, he took out the jade seal from his arms and handed it to Li Shimin.

When the eunuch carefully held it in front of Li Shimin, he recognized Gao Changwen on it at a glance: he was ordered by heaven to live forever.

But he was secretly laughing in his heart: a clown, an imitator.
After finally stopping the thoughts in his heart, he was about to ask another question, but Hou Junji said angrily again: "Your Majesty, as soon as I come back, I will report to the Ministry of Household Affairs about the disappearance of Gaochang Yuxi."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "I know this. You don't have to worry."

Then he looked at Qu Wenyi and said, "Qu Aiqing, just relying on a jade seal cannot prove your identity. I can't help you either."

Qu Wenyi argued: "Now there are many prisoners of our Gaochang Kingdom in your Majesty's army, and they can all prove my identity."

Hou Junji immediately pointed his finger at Maimang and said: "That's nonsense. The corpse of King Gaochang that everyone in the Japanese army saw looked exactly like you."

"Even if the prisoners are called up to identify you, will they be able to identify you?"

"I still want to say that you pretended to be the king of Gaochang and committed the crime of deceiving the king."

Zhang Liang, who was standing next to him, looked at the furious Hou Junji and felt very proud. He knew that it was time for him to take action.

So he went out to work again and took out his first big killer.

"There is one person who can prove the identity of this King of Gaochang."

"That is the former Queen of Gaochang. I have obtained the exact information, and that person was hidden at home by Hou Junji."

"I implore Your Majesty to bring someone to search Hou Junji's house and verify his real identity."

After that, he told the results of his investigation and stated that Queen Gaochang was willing to testify.

These words immediately caused an uproar, and the ministers were talking about it.

It turns out that Zhang Liang hid a cruel move here. He only said that Hou Junji hid Queen Gaochang, but did not say where Hou Junji hid her.

Now that this hole card is suddenly revealed, it can not only prove the identity of King Gaochang, but also completely confirm Hou Junji's kidnapping of Queen Gaochang.

Looking at Hou Junji again, his face was ferocious and sweat was visible on his forehead.

Li Shimin immediately ordered Guo Xiaoke to search Hou Junji's home.

After a short time, Guo Xiaoke brought a beautiful woman full of exotic style into the hall in a Tang suit.

Everyone's eyes lit up when they saw the woman. This woman was indeed beautiful, and she had a delicate temperament that could be picked by anyone. It's no wonder that Hou Jun gathered in the golden house to hide his beauty.

The woman was already trembling all over. After seeing Qu Wenyi looking at her infatuatedly in the hall, she didn't even bother to salute Li Shimin.

There was a wail in his mouth: "Your Majesty." He plunged into Qu Wenyi's arms and cried loudly.

Qu Wenyi also hugged her, and the two hugged each other and cried.

There is no need to prove this, at first glance they look like a couple.

Hou Junji looked at the scene in front of him and felt regretful in his intestines.

If I had known this, after enjoying this little girl that day, I should have chopped her into pieces, and there were still all these troubles.

Thinking of this, he decided to take a sidestep first, then turned to look at Li Shimin, and fell to his knees with a plop.
"Wei Chen secretly hid the Queen of Gaochang and committed a serious crime. Please deal with it. It's just that Qu Wenyi said that I killed the people of Gaochang, and I didn't accept it."

"Since ancient times, battles have been fought with swords and swords. If I don't kill the treacherous ministers and traitors of foreign countries, I will definitely not be able to conquer Gaochang." "Your Majesty, please listen and be enlightened, so as not to chill the hearts of the soldiers in the world."

There is nothing wrong with what he said. It is normal for two countries to fight, burn, kill, and loot. Otherwise, how can you conquer them?
Do we really want to convince people with virtue?

After all, according to historical records, when Confucius traveled around the world, he often used his fists to speak.

After Hou Junji finished speaking, all civil and military officials nodded in unison.

Although most people don't deal with Hou Junji, it doesn't mean that they will favor Qu Wenyi, after all, he is a foreigner.

Li Shimin also knew that if this matter was not handled well, it would inevitably cause a series of shocks.

Then he said: "The Marquis of Gaochang is right. Your Gaochang Kingdom is treasonous and unethical by cutting off the Silk Road between the Western Regions and the Central Plains."

"It was I, Li Shimin, who sent him to punish you. Don't say he didn't commit a big crime, even if he did, it was for my Tang Dynasty."

"Dai Aiqing, you put Hou Junji in prison, find out the truth, and deal with it according to Tang law."

"Well, I also want to report to Hou Junji for his military exploits and consider entering."

By this time, Li Shimin was already very satisfied, and he did not expect that so many things would be involved.

I never expected that Hou Junji would be praised so quickly.This completely achieved its own effect. Hou Junji was first imprisoned in the sky prison.

After a while, find an excuse to demote him to a commoner and leave it to his son.

After thinking of this, Li Shimin couldn't help but smile.

Just when he thought the matter had come to an end, he heard His Highness Zhang Liang say:

"Your Majesty, I still have this performance."

"The minister impeached Hou Junji for falsely reporting military merits and deceiving the emperor. He should be executed according to the law."

After hearing this, Hou Junji almost went crazy.

He looked at Zhang Liang with eyes like fire, wishing to burn Zhang Liang into ashes.

All the ministers were taken aback. You must know about impeachment, except for the imperial historians and Wei Zheng, very few people directly said that the other party was impeached for capital crimes.

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Liang and Hou Junji were completely at odds with each other, and there was no room for reconciliation.

Li Shimin was also a little impatient at this time, and thought to himself: Zhang Liang is really ungrateful, I have already made a conclusion without even looking at it.

However, it was not easy for him to have an attack in full public view, so he pretended to be calm and said, "My beloved, please tell me carefully."

Zhang Liang didn't bother to care about what others thought, but directly launched his second special move.

I just heard him say impassionedly: "I have found out that when Hou Junji reported his merits for the second time, except for those soldiers who accompanied him on the expedition."

"We also reported many unrelated people, including his son-in-law Helan Chushi."

"Even the concierge of Hou Junji's family was among the reward recipients. He simply regarded the reward from the imperial court as if he were his own family."

After saying that, he handed over the list.

Strictly speaking, Hou Junji was wronged by this matter.

Compared with other things he has done that have happened, this matter has not yet settled.

But compared with other things, the most serious thing about this matter is that Hou Junji really committed the crime of deceiving the emperor.

So Zhang Liang seized this opportunity very keenly.

(End of this chapter)

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