Zhao Defang's road to the virtuous king

"Your Majesty! I have been wronged!"

"Injustice? Then tell me, what did you say to the assassin just now?"

"This...he..."

"What? Can't explain it?"

"He...he said...he has a relationship with the minister several times, and he doesn't want to hurt the minister..."

"Fate of several faces? Don't want to hurt you?" Taizong clenched his fist and said, "So you step aside and let him assassinate me!"

"No, Your Majesty, the minister was injured and fell to the ground, not getting out of the way! Your Majesty is clearly aware!"

"I understand everything now! These assassins pretended to be troupe members and went to your palace to receive orders, so they stayed in your palace for one night, and you sent someone to send them away the next day. It was clear that you were afraid that people would find out. I made an order If you have a banquet in the palace, they will join the theater troupe, and you will give them orders, and when you come back, they will start to assassinate!"

Hearing this, Defang was shocked, "Your Majesty! I was wronged! I absolutely never did such a thing! I would never do such a thing as killing a king!"

"Your Majesty," said Zhao Pu, "this matter is very strange. If the prince really did it, why would he help him?"

"Help me?" Taizong said with a cold smile, "I'm afraid he is pretending to be more like him. Once I die, no one will suspect him!"

"Your Majesty!" Jia Jun was stunned when he heard this, and he also knelt down and said, "My lord is really innocent, and my lord will never kill the king! Your Majesty, please be careful!"

"Shut up! You are all from Nanqing Palace, I won't believe you!"

The assassin shouted at this time, "We did this! It has nothing to do with the prince! He doesn't know anything!"

Taizong looked at the assassin, "What? I'm worried that your chief envoy is in trouble, and he won't be able to save you then! It's ridiculous for an assassin to excuse the prince! I won't believe a word of your words! All I know is that this jade pendant is You belonged to the opera troupe and you found the palace, and after you entered the palace, you left the banquet to meet them. As soon as you came back, they began to assassinate you. Now the assassin is still absolving you. These are not enough to prove your crime of regicide !"

"Your Majesty! I have been wronged!" Defang said anxiously. At this time, his mind was in chaos. He didn't know what was going on. Why did these assassins have their own jade pendants on them? I have seen myself, and why the captured assassin excused me, everything doesn't make sense, Defang doesn't know these people at all, and can't explain these things clearly, besides calling for injustice, I really don't know what to do.

"I don't want to hear it!" Taizong walked up to Defang, leaned over and looked into Defang's eyes, "My nephew, your skill and archery are not unfamiliar, it's so different from what you were three days ago. How can I trust you? Hmph!" Taizong snatched the jade pendant from Defang's hand, turned around and said, "Put the Eight Sage Kings and a group of criminals into the prison!"

Yuan You and Yuan Kan on the side froze in place. Yuan Kan was holding the golden mace thrown by Defang to save him. If you haven't done it, the minister is wronged!"

"Enough! Immediately put them in the sky prison! When you find your accomplices, execute them together!" Taizong walked into the inner palace after speaking.

"Your Majesty! I have been wronged! Your Majesty..." Defang knelt with her hands on the ground, her heart was in turmoil, and the imperial guards stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, forgive me for being rude." He was about to set up Defang , Jia Jun ran over to push away the imperial guards, and knelt in front of Defang, "My lord! The general knows that the lord must have been wronged! The lord will never do such a thing!"