Chapter 5 The First Battle!

On the other side, Li Taiyi raised his eyebrows, but his expression was as usual.

The scene in front of him was not beyond his expectations. As soon as he left the Royal Racecourse, the fourth prince had already informed the second prince Li Chengyi.

With Li Chengyi's character, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he will not let it go easily.

But it would be a big mistake to think that he would just sit there and die.

Li Taiyi turned his eyes and ignored his second brother Li Chengyi who was making "generous speeches" in the main hall. Instead, he turned to look at his father on the gold-lacquered dragon throne at the top of the main hall.

In this hall, there is only one person who can really decide his fate.

"Guizi, what else do you have to say?"

Emperor Tang's face was as cold as frost, and his expression did not soften at all.

"Father, I did kill Huo Yuan, but everything I did was not only for personal grudges, but also for the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Taiyi bowed, his expression was dignified, and his voice was even more resounding. Even when faced with the sword-like gazes of the court, he remained calm and unflustered.

As soon as these words came out, all the officials in the palace looked startled. Even the Emperor Tang, who was sitting on the golden lacquered dragon throne, couldn't help but fluctuate slightly.

Brother Xuan today seems completely different from usual.

At least, the fact that he could say these words in front of the ministers was beyond everyone's expectations.

However, it only took a moment for everyone to react.

"Third Prince, you still dare to quibble! The facts are all there, but in front of His Majesty, you still dare to make excuses and talk nonsense. It is simply hopeless!"

"For the Tang Dynasty? Are you killing people for the Tang Dynasty? Your Majesty, this matter must not be tolerated!"

"The prince's crime is the same as that of the common people. It is rare for a prince to kill an official of the court. Such evil deeds must be severely punished. Otherwise, where is the majesty of the country's laws and regulations? How can it convince the public?"

"Third Prince, please think carefully, deceiving the Holy One is a double crime!"

…

In an instant, the ministers were furious. The Tang Dynasty used officials to govern the Qingming Dynasty. Tang laws, from the emperor to the ministers and the common people, must abide by them. The behavior of the third prince had obviously offended the public.

But in the main hall, when he saw this scene, Li Chengyi's expression remained unchanged, but there was a slight smile on his lips. Looking at today's situation, he, his third brother, was afraid that he would definitely die.

But on the other side, Li Taiyi looked as usual, his eyes slowly swept over the ministers, and then he smiled confidently:

"Father, I wonder if you still remember that in January of the 14th year, when Quzhou was flooded, I embezzled the money for disaster relief?"

"This matter has been settled for a long time. Why are you bringing this up?"

Emperor Tang frowned and said in a deep voice.

"Third Prince, it has been so long, do you still want to make excuses?"

In the main hall, the officials also had unkind expressions. This third prince was really hopeless.

"Father, in that incident back then, the person who really took advantage of Mo's disaster relief money was not my son, but Huo Yuan!"

Li Taiyi said loudly.

"!!!"

As soon as the words fell, there was silence in the main hall, and then it was like a huge stone falling, the whole hall was filled with a crash, and all the officials were shocked.

Li Taiyi's words were unexpected by everyone.

Even Li Chengyi in the main hall was shocked, and suddenly showed a look of shock.

For some reason, he suddenly felt something bad.

"Sanlang, do you have any evidence?"

On the golden lacquered dragon throne, Emperor Tang's expression became much more solemn.

"Father, I intercepted a batch of account books earlier, which recorded in detail the whereabouts of the disaster relief official banknotes. All of them are related to Huo Yuan. After that, I launched an investigation in private. As a result, It turns out there’s a lot involved.”

Li Taiyi lowered his head and said in a deep voice.

"Because this matter is of great importance, I submitted all the information collected to the Ministry of Justice seven days ago. What? Didn't the emperor receive it?"

Speaking of the last sentence, Li Taiyi turned to look at Li Chengyi in the main hall.

With just one sentence, Li Chengyi's heart skipped a beat, and his whole face suddenly changed.

He gained the trust of the Tang Emperor and had just been able to participate in politics, and he was currently in charge of the Ministry of Punishment.

He had previously investigated the disaster-relief official bank matter.

More importantly, not long ago, the Ministry of Punishment did receive an account book and a letter, but few people knew about it. At the same time, Huo Yuan had defected to him and was already in his camp, so Li Chengyi He was asked to detain Huo Yuan and protect him.

Later, Li Chengyi even sent someone to check the tail left by Huo Yuan to find out who submitted the account information and where the information was collected.

But no matter how much he investigated, he couldn't find any clues about the other party.

He didn't expect that it was his third brother who he had never paid attention to!

"I--"

In full view of everyone, with so many ministers watching, even Li Chengyi could not help but be stunned for a moment and did not react.

But before he could release him, Li Taiyi immediately said first:

"That's not right. Brother Huang has always been fair, and even the courtiers praised him. This matter cannot have anything to do with Brother Huang. Could it be that someone was tampering under Brother Huang's nose and withholding the submitted information? This is disrespectful. !”

As soon as he said this, the second prince Li Chengyi's face turned ugly.

Li Taiyi's words were like swords and arrows, and there was something in them.

If he says he doesn't know, it means he is incompetent and has failed his father's expectations. If he says he knows, he means he has no father and knows the law and breaks the law. This is the crime of deceiving the emperor, and the crime is increased by one degree!

Regardless of whether he admits it or not, Li Taiyi has been pushed into the water in front of the officials, especially his father, and has fallen into an extremely passive position.

This is extremely detrimental to him.

Sure enough, when he heard Li Taiyi's words, Emperor Tang's eyes turned cold, and his piercing eyes were like the cold wind in winter sweeping towards His Highness Li Chengyi.

"Chengyi, is this happening?"

Emperor Tang's voice rumbled like thunder, reaching everyone's ears.

Feeling Emperor Tang's gaze, Li Chengyi froze, but his reaction was quick. He immediately lowered his head, bowed to Emperor Tang, and said solemnly:

"Father, I have not received such discounts!"

Li Chengyi lowered his head, and no one could see his expression at all, but only he knew how shocked he was at this moment.

Brother Xuan today feels so wrong to him. When did he become so sharp?

Do you still know your third brother?

What's even worse is that because of his previous image as a playboy, everyone looks down on him. If they don't take him seriously, how can they possibly guard against him.

Who would have thought that he would do so many things in private!

Could it be that he has been pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, and now is his real present.

If this is the case, then this kid's city is too deep and too scary.

However, if he thought that he could defeat himself in this way, it would be too simplistic.

"Father, the officials of the Ministry of Justice are conscientious and loyal. Father and the ministers all know this. Since they did not submit it, there must be a reason, or the account book itself is not enough. Letters are too childish, so I keep them without sending them. After all, the Ministry of Punishment receives a lot of letters every year, almost all of them pile up into a mountain."

Li Chengyi said in a deep voice.

In the main hall, all the ministers couldn't help but nodded. The Ministry of Punishment does have a lot of affairs. It manages nearly ten million square kilometers of land in the entire Middle-earth Divine Continent, involving tens of millions of people. There are indeed many such twists and turns.

Moreover, in fact, regardless of some public vengeance and deliberate fabrication of other people's stories, it is impossible for the Ministry of Punishment to investigate everything.

"Of course, if the Ministry of Punishment did not make any mistakes, there is another possibility that the third brother never sent it at all, or that the third brother wanted to do so, but his people did not do the job well, so he did not send it at all, or sent it to other places."

"After all... this is not the first time that my third brother has misunderstood people."

At the end, Li Chengyi stared at Li Taiyi and smiled coldly.

Huo Yuan, who was killed by Li Taiyi, after all, wasn't he serving him in the first place?

If other people don’t know this, how about your father not knowing it?

More importantly, as long as he bites the death penalty department and doesn't receive it at all, what can Brother Xuan do to him?

"Sanlang?"

After hearing this, Tang Huang's expression suddenly became serious and he said coldly.

"snort!"

Hearing this, Li Taiyi stared at Li Chengyi and smiled coldly. As the second prince, he thought of him too simply. Do you really think that he could get away with it with just a few words?

If he was really unprepared, how could he shoot Huo Yuan in broad daylight in full view of everyone?

"Father, I don't dare to deceive you. Fortunately, in order to prevent loss, I handed over only a copy."

Li Taiyi immediately bowed:

"The real originals are still in my hands, and I have ordered people to take those originals outside the palace."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Taiyi clapped his hands, and the sound of wheels turning came from outside the hall. The next moment, three young eunuchs appeared outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony pushing three trolleys.

"This this……"

Seeing the three small carts and the mountains of books on them, the hall was buzzing.

All the ministers had shocked looks in their eyes, especially the Grand Master and Grand Tutor who had been unmoved in the main hall. They couldn't help but glance at Li Taiyi subconsciously, looking quite surprised.

As for Li Chengyi, although he still tried his best to remain calm on the outside, he was already extremely ugly in his heart.

What he saw in front of him was completely beyond his expectation.

He didn't expect that Li Taiyi was so well prepared.

On the other side, the eunuch in charge of Emperor Tang received the instruction and immediately walked quickly towards the three carts. After taking a book each, he returned to the red lacquered square platform and presented it to Tang Emperor with both hands. Emperor.

Tang Huang took it and just glanced at it twice. His face suddenly turned livid. He threw the book to the ground with a bang and said angrily:

"Gu Lianqing, Liu Shiming, Fei Qi... you are so brave! It is in vain that I value you so much, you actually stole the national treasury and misappropriated public food!"

"Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty, spare your life!"

Before he finished speaking, several middle-aged officials in purple robes with pale faces came out and knelt down, kowtowing and begging for mercy.

Looking carefully, half of the officials in the Hall of Supreme Harmony knelt down. It was obvious that the contents of so many accounts were too detailed, which they could not deny.

In an instant, Emperor Tang's expression became even more gloomy.

"Your Majesty, corruption is a serious crime, and counting the time since the imperial court allocated funds, the officials involved in this matter must have been involved for at least two years, and the changes in officials, large and small, are by no means just in name!"

"Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance and concerns the royal family's face. It must be thoroughly investigated!"

At this time, the Grand Master standing next to Emperor Tang spoke.

They thought that this court meeting was about Prince Xuan's deliberation, but they never expected that in the end, a serious corruption case would be involved.

What is being corrupted is the country's money, what is being corrupted is the people's money, and they will never tolerate it!

"Your Majesty, I suggest that this matter be investigated thoroughly! All officials involved will be severely punished and will never be tolerated!"

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

…

After hearing the words of the Grand Master, many officials came out and agreed in a deep voice.

"Duan Yushi, I'll leave this matter to you! We must find out all these people!"

After Emperor Tang pondered for a moment, his voice rumbled like thunder, resounding throughout the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony.

The emperor is as angry as the dragon!

In front of so much evidence, Emperor Tang was furious. The pressure was unbearable to all of them.

"Xuan'er, no matter what your reasons are, you cannot kill court officials without permission. Although according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, they should be killed, but because you have a reason for the matter and solved the serious case of corruption and saved the country, I will exempt you from the death penalty for the time being!"

"However, such a bad thing must not be opened without permission. You can avoid the death penalty, but you cannot escape the punishment of living. From today on, you will be confined in the Jade Dragon Palace. Within three months, you are strictly prohibited from stepping out of the palace gate without my order."

"Thank you, Father, for your kindness!"

When Li Taiyi heard this, he immediately knelt down to thank him.

Everything today was as he expected, and the three months of confinement had the least impact.

On the other side, the second prince Li Chengyi was stunned on the spot when he saw an official named purple robe, scarlet robe or green robe being dragged out by the Jinwu Guards.

He deliberately grabbed Li Taiyi's handle and summoned him, but he beat him up. The camp he had managed to pull together was actually "beaten" by Li Taiyi to a large extent.

What's more, what he didn't expect was that after paying such a heavy price, Li Taiyi would only receive a small punishment such as confinement.

For a moment, Li Chengyi felt extremely angry.

Looking at the back of Li Taiyi leaving casually, Li Chengyi gritted his teeth:

"Li Sanlang, you will pay the price, this matter is not over yet!"

…

After getting on the palace carriage and leaving the Hall of Supreme Harmony, when we returned to the Jade Dragon Palace, the night was already cold and the night was even more revealing.

Li Taiyi sat cross-legged on the red sandalwood bed inlaid with gold dragons. He closed his eyes slightly and looked carefully. In the void, spiritual power surged into Li Taiyi's body from the outside to the inside at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Practice!

Li Taiyi knew that his current body was too weak. If he wanted to change the Tang Dynasty and lead the Tang Dynasty to turn things around, in addition to changing everyone's impression of him and gaining status in the court, he must improve his physique and enter a higher realm. realm.

His current cultivation level is only the True Martial Realm, and the generals of the Tang Dynasty are at least the Xuanwu Realm. He must find a way to enter the Xuanwu Realm first!

"Dong dong dong!"

And just as Li Taiyi was thinking, a gentle and rhythmic knocking on the door sounded.

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