In the side hall.

Xue Shou was kneeling on the ground, with a Zhao army soldier on each side. He raised his head slightly and saw the Emperor Li Chongjiu of Zhao who was having a meal on the table. Li Chongjiu put down his chopsticks, and then the eunuch came up to serve him tea and rinse his mouth and clean his hands with water.

Xue Shou felt that the man in front of him was wearing a dragon robe and a crown, and he seemed to be an ordinary man.

"Join Xue, we meet again." Li Chongjiu spoke.

Xue Shou raised his head and spat, "Li Chongjiu, you are only a civilian, and you dare to be a monkey, steal national weapons, and proclaim yourself emperor. I, Xue Shou, look down on you the most. Now my affairs are not close, and I have become your prisoner, I just want to die quickly."

All the people were angry, but Li Chongjiu said lightly: "I wanted to reminisce about the past with you, but I have nothing to say when you are so determined to die, but there are many kinds of deaths. You can choose. I ask you... No, I'd better use torture first!"

Xue Su was shocked and angry when he saw this, "You haven't asked yet, why did you use torture?"

Li Chongjiu did not answer, but the court magistrate stepped forward and said, "This is the rule we heard from the Ministry. We should use punishment in advance whether we ask or not. The prisoner's words are mostly useless. Only what he said under extreme pain can we believe it."

"Your Majesty, when you use torture, blood may be splattered..."

"The soldiers of the military have become accustomed to these things, so they don't have to change places, they are here."

"No! Your Majesty, don't worry, soon, our Fengxin Department's method will even speak even if it is a stone."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "Yes, when I go to court, I will ask for a confession."

The ministers had already had lunch and were now discussing in the hall.

"Your Majesty is here!"

The ministers immediately calmed down and knelt down according to the order of the class to welcome each other and shouted long live the mountain.

Li Chongjiu sat on the dragon throne and said, "All my beloveds are flat."

After pausing, Li Chongjiu spoke: "I have heard of the proposal to oppose the attack on the Tang Dynasty this morning. Whether it is to oppose the attack on the Tang Dynasty or oppose the attack on the Tang Dynasty, I have gained something after sorting out."

Hearing this, all the ministers straightened their bodies and showed a serious look of listening.

Li Chongjiu glanced across the hall and said, "From the morning discussion, my Da Zhao is now the generals in charge of the war, and most civil officials are polite. I am very pleased with the fact that the generals in charge of the war. It shows that you have the courage to be brave and willing to pierce the Tang thieves for my sharp spear and long sword."

Speaking of this, the generals of Zhao State all showed happy expressions.

"As for the civil servants who opposed the attack on the Tang Dynasty, I also appreciate it very much, because there are so many people in the court that it is not easy for you to stick to your own opinions. Especially Lu Aiqing's words, the author of good deeds may not be good. Those who start good deeds may not be good at the end. It is really shocking and I have gained something."

Lu Chengqing lowered his head.

"As for Wen Yanbo, Wang Gui, Wei Zheng, Zhang Xuansu, you are all old ministers who have been with me for many years, and you know my intentions best. This time, you have a strong opinion on the attack on the Tang Dynasty. You neither objected nor agreed. Although some ministers accused you of doing nothing, I understand what you mean."

"My dear friends," Li Chongjiu said here and walked to the steps and came to the center of the ministers, "I know that my Great Zhao was founded for only four years, but the achievements I have achieved were something that many emperors, generals, and dynasties had not been achieved in decades or hundreds of years. At present, our Great Zhao is only one country, Li Tang, and the nine states in the world are still unknown. At this point, if there is a hundred steps to capture the world, we have already taken ninety steps. Are you worried that we will travel a hundred miles and a half ninety years now?"

After hearing what Li Chongjiu said, all the ministers bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Li Chongjiu said: "Wen Qing, Wang Qing, why do you think that our army has a strong chance of winning this time when the Tang Dynasty is defeated, but it is not enough to have the confidence to win. However, if the winner further can seize the world, but if the loser is defeated, it is in danger of destruction. But now Li Tang has Li Shimin's rule, and since he ascended the throne, the momentum has become stronger day by day. So you are worried that if you don't attack at this time, you will miss the opportunity in the future. So he hesitated and did not make a decision, right?"

Wen Yanbo, Wang Gui and others heard Li Chongjiu's words and bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise, I really think so."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said, "You all think about it. They are all determined to plan for the country. I understand, so the benefits and disadvantages of this matter are compared..."

Just as Li Chongjiu was talking, he reported outside the hall: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Department has urgent documents sent by him!"

Li Chongjiu said: "Pick it in!"

A moment later, an eunuch put a document into Li Chongjiu's hands.

Li Chongjiu's eyes swept across the left and right, and all the ministers lowered their heads. There was a silence in the hall. After Li Chongjiu returned to the dragon throne, he opened the public documents to inspect the hall.

After seeing it, Li Chongjiu shouted, "Where is the guard?"

The eight tall and powerful guards outside the hall entered the hall and said, "What are your instructions?"

"Take down Xue Wanshu, Minister of Justice!"

Li Chongjiu shouted, and the ministers were stunned, while Xue Wanshu shouted on the spot: "Your Majesty, I am wronged, I am wronged, I am not guilty!"

However, the eight guards had already taken Xue Wanshu as the palace and pressed it on the palace without any mercy.

Li Chongjiu said coldly: "Xue Wanshu, are the two stunning beauties that Li Shimin gave you still in the mansion?"

Xue Wanshu's body trembled when she heard this and said quickly: "Your Majesty, I know the crime, I know the crime, I know the crime, I know the crime, I am confused for a moment!"

"It's too late to regret now. You took Li Shimin's gold, silver and treasures, as well as a stunning beauty, and then followed the advice of his aide Xue Su to stop me from attacking the Tang Dynasty! I have always treated you well, why did you do such a thing?"

Xue Wanshu cried bitterly when he was in the palace and said, "Your Majesty, I am wrong. Please give me a chance to reform myself."

Li Chongjiu took a deep breath and said, "I still remember when I first entered Youjing, there were not many talents and only a few thousand soldiers. I remember that I visited your father, Mr. Xue, who did not regard my weak power, and entrusted all of his four sons to me. Now I am half the best in the world. You are the Minister of the current dynasty, and I treat you very well. But now that you have this incident, I should have killed him, but I think of your brothers as a loyal and martyr, and you will be spared from death. You will only travel three thousand miles to Lingnan. I will not see you again in the future."

Xue Wanshu was full of regret when she heard this, and could only say, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness to not kill."

After Xue Wanshu was taken away by the guards, his brother, Xue Wanshu, the Mushou of Luoyang Prefecture, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I did not teach my good brother, and I have made such a thing happen to my Xue family. I am ashamed of you. I beg you to surrender your crime!"

General Xue Wanche and Xue Wanjun also stood up and said to Li Chongjiu: "Your Majesty, the last generals are willing to take the crime together."

Li Chongjiu looked at the three brothers of the Xue family below. In recent years, the Xue family has great power in the court and military because of their own use. Because of their great power, it is inevitable that the behavior of the brothers and the others is somewhat indecent.
Chapter completed!