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"Your words make my brother not even know what to say."

"Your Highness, there are some things that Cui Yan shouldn't have said, but I have lived in Chang'an for so many years, and I have contacts with some high-level celebrities and the families of ministers in the court. King Wei's calamity has nothing to do with him."

"Why did Sister Cui say that?"

"Your Highness, have you asked how long those two maids have been with King Wei?"

Li Zhi shook his head, how could he ask this.

"This elder sister does know that one has been with her for five years and the other for three years, and they are all the kind of maids who serve her personally."

"Your Highness, you said that people's hearts are made of flesh. Even if it's a stone, if you really have to warm it with your heart, it can be warmed up in three to five years, right? But Your Highness, seeing how they assassinated the King of Wei, is there any sign of reluctance? ?”

Li Zhi shook his head, the assassination of King Wei by those two maids was really an assassination with no regard for his own life!

"Your Highness, King Wei's temperament is too cold. Sometimes I think, fortunately, the crown prince is the eldest brother of His Highness. If it is King Wei, it will be bad."

Li Zhi did not speak for a long time, Wei Wang Li Tai's character, recorded in history, is indeed as Sister Cui said.

Even this kind of disposition eventually led him to miss the throne. Why, after Prince Li Chengqian was abolished, the most likely candidates to succeed him were undoubtedly King Wei and King Jin.

In this era, the legitimate son inherits the family business, whether it is the royal family or those aristocratic families.

Why, people in this era actually have some customs that future generations can't think of. There is always only one wife, no matter who it is.

There can be many concubines, and concubines can be used to serve others.

For example, if you have a good friend who comes to your house as a guest, you may arrange for the concubine to sleep with you.

With such a tradition, no one can guarantee 100% that a child born to a concubine will be your child.Such a child, who would dare to inherit the family business to him.

Those who can inherit the family business are the children born to the main wife, and they are the legitimate sons.

Of course, it is impossible for the royal family to let the concubines sleep with them, and those born from the first line and concubine are definitely the blood of the emperor.

However, the background of this era is that the family business is inherited by the first son, and the second son has no right to inherit.

When Li Chengqian was abolished, there were only two sons left. At this time, Taizong asked Li Zhi to inherit the crown prince. The most important consideration was that Li Tairuo inherited the throne. to his murderous hands.

Others can see clearly how Li Shimin, as his father, can't see clearly that his second son is exactly the same as him in Xuanwumen.

"Sister Cui, don't say such things in the future."

"I will only say these things to His Highness. His Highness's heart, no matter who it is, will be warmed by His Highness after staying by His Highness's side for a few years."

As Cui Yan said, he kissed Li Zhi's palm with his red lips, leaned against Li Zhi's body for a while, and kissed on that body again.

In Xingyang, which is hundreds of miles away, the snow is getting heavier. County Lord Guide is nestling in his mother's arms, watching the falling snowflakes outside.

"Mom, shall we wait for the snow to stop before returning to Chang'an?"

"Well, we'll leave when the snow stops. We've been in Xingyang for a while, and we've seen all the people we should see, and all the old friends we should visit. It's time to go back to Chang'an."

"Mother, Guide feels that mother's complexion has improved a lot these days, even the white hair on her temples has decreased a lot."

"Guide, mother has also seen it, probably because she has been in a good mood recently, so this is all brought by Zhi'er for mother."

"Mother, Guide misses his cousin."

"Mother misses him too. When I go back, I really want to put my arms around the two of you and have a good talk until I fall asleep so sleepy that I can have a good sleep."

"Mother, I saw my fourth uncle sleeping with a maid yesterday, and they started fighting. The maid's clothes were ripped off, and she was bleeding in the end."

"I'll see it later, run away quickly, don't look at it."

"Oh, mother, why did fourth uncle beat that maid?"

"Silly girl, that's not beating. You'll understand later."

Zheng Guanyin scratched the bridge of Guide County Lord's nose, watching her daughter getting bigger and bigger, it seemed that it was time for her to experience being a woman, Guide was not young anymore.

When I go back and ask the queen if I can let Guide enter the Prince Jin's mansion, it can be considered as a kiss.

At this time, Zheng Guanyin slowly took off her clothes, put her arms around her daughter, and fed County Lord Guide like she did when she was a child.

It snowed overnight in Chang'an, and the ground was covered with a thin layer of white snow. In the morning, the wheels pressed against the thin snow, making a series of slight rolling sounds.

Li Zhi got up early and was about to get dressed, but was hugged tightly by Cui Yan, insisting that Li Zhi sleep with her for a while.

Li Zhi had no choice but to shake his head lightly at this moment, he must have drunk too much last night.Not only him, sister Cui also drank a lot.

Looking out the window, Li Zhi saw that the winter red plums were already in full bloom.

Suddenly, like a spring breeze overnight, the red plum blossoms are all in bloom.

In the morning, Cui Yan personally served King Jin to dress. When the clothes were finished, Cui Yan also put on his own clothes and added a fox fur.

The whole cheek is wrapped in furry fox fur.

"Sister Cui Yan, do you know what you look like now?"

"like what?"

"Fox spirit!"

Cui Yan stretched out his hand, and twisted Li Zhi's buttocks, and Li Zhi slapped his own buttocks several times.

"I'm praising my sister!"

"Foxes are very flirty, it's even more f*cking to turn into a ghost, didn't you flirt last night?"

Cui Yan chased after Li Zhi, and the two walked through the Jin Palace, chasing and beating them, passing through several courtyards, Li Zhi was already standing in the courtyard where he usually trained.

There, Murong Xueying was dressed in white, holding a longbow in his hand, and there were already several sharp arrows on the target.

"Little aunt, you are so hardworking."

"Your Highness, it's snowing again. It snowed a lot this year."

"No, by the way, how about we go for a horse race?"

In the imperial palace, Li Zhi handed the reins to the maid and entered the Ganlu Hall.

Accompanying Cui Yan and Murong Xueying went to Wanchun Hall to rest.The place has been vacant for a long time, and Empress Changsun specially left it for her son to let him have a rest place when he enters the palace on weekdays.

Regarding this, as long as His Majesty doesn't care, no one else can say anything.Therefore, people from the Jin Palace generally entered the palace, but they also had a place to rest.

At this time, Li Zhi was with his father, and his face was still a little dignified.

"Zhi'er, is there any way to make that woman speak?"

"Father, Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice can't do anything about it. Where would Zhi'er be? They have interrogated prisoners all their lives. Zhi'er has not seen many prisoners until now, and he has never been to the prison in Dali Temple."

Chapter 466

"Let's go to Dali Temple with my father!"

Li Zhi looked at Li Shimin, this, Father really took him to Dali Temple!

His father had already spoken, even if Li Zhi was unwilling at this time, he could only go with his father.

Along the way, Li Zhi naturally thought seriously about how to get that woman to speak.

Li Zhizhen is not good at interrogating prisoners, what he knows is how to trick women into being happy with sweet words, which is completely opposite to interrogating prisoners.

Do you want to use the criminal law that you saw in TV and movies before? At this moment, Li Zhi thought about it, and he really remembered a lot, but it was just sticking bamboo sticks, pinching hands, soldering irons, etc., he should be more concerned with that. Women are useless at all.As for the powerful ones, playing the pipa, riding a wooden donkey, etc., it seems that the humiliation is higher. A person who wants to die is still afraid of humiliation?

After thinking all the way, Li Zhi had already heard his father say that Dali Temple had arrived.

At this time, Li Zhi hurriedly followed his father into Dali Temple. Li Zhi had only heard of Dali Temple before, and it seemed that people who committed crimes in the palace were more afraid of Dali Temple than the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

The establishment of Dali Temple began in the Northern Qi Dynasty. By the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the system of Dali Temple had become extremely mature.

Li Zhi entered Dali Temple with his father, and the Shaoqing of Dali Temple greeted him immediately.

"Has she spoken yet?"

"Return to Your Majesty, not yet, this woman is too tight-lipped, we have already used all available methods."

"Take me to see!"

The thing Li Shimin cares most about is the brotherhood between his sons. When King Wei was assassinated, Li Shimin must investigate thoroughly. At this time, the only survivor left, Li Shimin naturally cares.

Dali Shaoqing led the way, and the father and son quickly entered a separate cell. Here, felons are generally detained. This felon is not because of the seriousness of the crime, but because the emperor thinks it is serious. Obviously, assassinating King Wei is in Li Shimin's heart. It is enough to be locked here.

The cell is sunken, with two entrances, the inside and the outside. The outside is where prisoners are interrogated, and the inside is for detention.

When Li Zhi just entered, he heard the sound of a whip piercing into the flesh, but the sound of the whip was only a woman who was stiff and silent. At this time, the woman's hands and feet were all tied up with ropes, hanging there, her whole body No piece of intact skin had been beaten.

His hair was disheveled, and the bloody clothes on his body were covered with blood-stained welts.

Li Zhi glanced at her, and then looked at the various instruments of torture displayed around him. There are really all kinds of torture instruments here, such as iron hooks for locking lute bones, sticks for pinching fingers, various iron brazing irons and so on.

At this time, in the hot stove, there are still burning iron brazing irons and soldering irons, one for scalding and the other for poking.

"Okay, stop."

Li Zhi's first words following his father's entrance were to stop the cruel official who was beating the woman.

Dali Shaoqing looked at His Majesty, His Majesty is here, naturally everything should be obeyed by His Majesty.

"Listen to the Ninth Prince!"

The cruel official with the whip quickly put away the whip dipped in water and stepped aside.

Li Zhi passed in front of his father, walked in front of the woman, looked at the woman hanging there, who had already been beaten without a human figure, and gently raised his hand.He pinched his blood-stained cheek lightly.

"Being beaten like this, why bother?"

"If you want me to confess who instigated it, there is no way. Kill me, kill me!"

The voice was a bit leaky, after all, her silver teeth had been completely smashed out to prevent her from biting her tongue to kill herself.

The woman yelled, shaking her dilapidated body vigorously, even pulled the rope that tied her and shook it a few times.

"Untie her!"

"Your Highness, this, Your Majesty?"

Dali Shaoqing obviously didn't dare to listen to King Jin's words, but Li Shimin said again at this time, everything depends on King Jin.

Two jailers hurried over and untied the ropes that bound him.

"Your Highness, step back, this woman may hurt His Highness."

"A tiger that has been stripped of its teeth and claws is hard to hurt, let alone a woman."

The rope was untied, and the woman fell heavily on the ground, almost hitting the cold stone floor of the Dali Temple prison.

The woman twisted her body, and looked at King Jin with eyes full of hatred and determination.

At this time, Li Zhi walked towards his father, sat with Li Shimin, and Dali Shaoqing hurriedly stepped back. It was obvious that King Jin had something to say to His Majesty, and he didn't want them to hear it.

"Father, this woman is obviously not afraid of life and death. If Xing is used in Dali Temple, she probably won't open her mouth. Moreover, if the punishment here is used, her body may not be able to support it."

"Father wants to know who instigated her. If she dies, she will get nothing."

"Zhier, what do you mean?"

"Zhi'er wants people from Dali Temple to send her to Jinwang Mansion. Zhi'er has a way, but it takes a long time, as short as a year or so. Maybe she won't say a word for a few years. I think, this is the only way to try at this time."

"Can you tell my father what the method is?"

"Miss Cui's second lady said something to Zhi'er today. People's hearts are made of flesh. In a few years, even a stone will be warmed by people."

"Zhi'er thinks that since the hard one is useless to her, let's try the soft one."

Li Shimin naturally understood what his son said, but his eyes looked at Li Zhi strangely, and in the end he only asked one sentence, how sure is he? Li Zhi just shook his head, how sure is this!

Li Shimin thought about it for a while, this woman is very special to Li Shimin, all he wants is her to speak, as for how to get her to speak, Li Shimin doesn't care.

Li Shimin didn't hate this kind of pawn in other people's hands, but only the people behind her.

Leaving her in Dali Temple, Li Shimin can no longer see any hope. Li Shimin still understands the will of this kind of person. For her, severe punishment and harsh laws may really be a shortcut to death.

Li Shimin had already got up, and Dali Shaoqing hurried over, and then heard a Shengyu that he never expected.

Send that woman into the Jin Palace!

Dali Shaoqing was confused and confused, but he could hear every word of His Majesty's words clearly, and he would never mishear a word.

"Zhier, let's go back!"

On the way back, the father and son didn't say a word, Li Zhi could tell that the father was very worried.