I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

This is what Li Shimin promised Zhou Xiaosan long ago.

Now that Zhou Xiaosan has made another great contribution, the court's reward is one aspect, and Li Shimin can't procrastinate on what he promised before.

If it dragged on, Li Shimin felt that he was really too ruthless.

Coincidentally, he also had the idea of ​​"crime an edict".

What shocked the officials in the court was precisely this edict of guilt.

It is not easy for the emperor to issue a "crime edict"—unlike a "shameless" person like Yin Xuan, each emperor not only represents himself, but also represents the entire royal family and the entire country.

It is really too difficult for this kind of person to send down the edict of guilt.

Li Shimin has been on the throne for so many years, and he has only issued an edict of guilt.

That was when he had just "usurped the throne", the world was plagued by locusts, and in order to maintain the stability of his regime, he had no choice but to issue an edict of guilt.

As for now...

The officials in the court did not know why Li Shimin had to issue an edict of guilt.

Does this have anything to do with Li Shimin?
Even if the son has done some heinous things, he can indeed say "the son does not teach, it is the father's fault", but this is also a problem with Li Shimin's "father" status, and what does it have to do with the status of "emperor"?
Li Shimin exhaled, clenched his fists, and said slowly: "I... have three crimes."

"Knowing people but not knowing, one thing."

"Self-disruption of the law, two things."

"The good and the good are not rewarded, the evil and the evil are not punished, these are the three things."

When his words fell to the ground, the courtiers suddenly realized why Li Shimin had set up such an edict of guilt.

He is taking the blame for his own son.

With this guilty order, no one will discuss Li Tai's light punishment - even if it is placed among the people, no one will think that Li Tai's punishment is too light.

Even...not even much infamy.

I can only regret that as a father, Li Shimin has indeed paid a lot.

Even if you want to scold, you will only scold Li Shimin, not Li Tai.

The court fell silent, and they had to sigh with emotion that Li Shimin had exhausted his thoughts for Li Tai.

No one objected.

The officials at Yushitai breathed a sigh of relief, and they laughed, not only because of Li Shimin's heart, but also because of this sin against themselves, their life will be much easier in the future.

At least…

In the past two years, they can be blatant and justified by scolding Li Shimin.

In Chang'an City.

There was a lot of trouble in Wei's house, especially since the front door was still open, and everyone who came and went could see it, which further promoted the spread of the topic.

Naturally, Tongfu restaurants applauded.

Dongshi, in a tea house.

Several people were sitting together, they were all merchants who had been taken care of by the Wei family, their brows were slightly frowned at this moment.

"Duke Zhengyang...how could he do such a thing." A person sighed.

He thinks Mr. Zhengyang is very good. With Mr. Zhengyang, he has grown from a small merchant who can only earn more than ten guan a year to a merchant who can earn more than ten guan a month now.

But he also thinks the Wei family is very good.

Because he received a lot of care from the Wei family, and even some supplies were provided by the Wei family.

As a result, there was a conflict between the two, and he couldn't accept it.

Even...he felt that this was the fault of Mr. Zhengyang. Although the Wei family was an aristocratic family, they had always kept a low profile. They were nice, so why did they discount their legs in the past and humiliate them like this.

The other person looked serious and shook his head: "That's right, Lord Zhengyang is really a little reckless..."

Before he finished speaking, the person who spoke first tapped the table lightly and whispered: "Speak carefully!"

As he spoke, he glanced to the side.

A few tables nearby cast unkind glances. They had received real benefits from the Wei family, and their hearts were biased towards the Wei family, but... most of them still had their hearts towards Duke Zhengyang.

Now the environment of Datang.

You can scold Li Shimin, and you can scold other people. If the atmosphere is up, they can scold along with them.

But the only way to scold Mr. Zhengyang is not enough.

They will scold whoever scolds Mr. Zhengyang.

"I think there must be a reason for Mr. Zhengyang to do this." The person on the table who had been silent all this time spoke slowly, expressing different opinions, "Before..."

"Before that was before." Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted, "Duke Zhengyang did such a thing before, which one didn't spread the reason at that time."

"But now?"

"It's been a day, and there is no reason."

The other person, who was leaning towards the Wei family, spoke immediately, lowered his voice, and said softly: "I see, Duke Zhengyang was assassinated, and he needs someone to vent his anger on."

"It's a coincidence that the Wei family has become this target."

The man who was leaning towards Duke Zhengyang muttered, "Then maybe...it is."

He didn't finish his sentence, but it was very clear what he meant. He wanted to say, "Maybe the Wei family is the one who assassinated Duke Zhengyang", but he couldn't.

It's too bad for people's reputation.

If he wants to tell the truth, he will offend both the Wei family and Duke Zhengyang.

"How is it possible?" As soon as this concept was brought up, the other two couldn't help laughing.

They don't buy into that idea.

It’s ridiculous.

It is impossible for them to do such a thing, let alone a thousand-year-old family.

Moreover…

"The Ministry of Criminal Justice is responsible for this matter. That Zhou Shangshu, I'm not saying he's not powerful." A man smiled for a while, then spoke slowly, and tried to persuade him, "But Zhou Shangshu is different from Zhengyang Gong. It’s still only on a human level.”

"Such a big case can be solved in just a few days?"

The person next to him corrected a small mistake in his words: "It's not a few days. If Brother Yang's conjecture is true, Zhou Shangshu only has one day to solve the case."

"No matter how powerful Zhou Shangshu is, he still can't do it in just one day."

"Besides, if the court solves the case, how can it not make it public—His Royal Highness Jin Wang doesn't care, at least the matter of Duke Zhengyang must be explained to the people."

When they said these words, their voices couldn't help but become a little louder, and they also became more confident.

Although the people at the next table were staring at him, they...couldn't refute it.

This is the case.

We discussed it for a while in the teahouse.

Suddenly a person rushed in, and as soon as his front foot stepped over the threshold, he began to yell, with a hint of joy in his words.

"Good news! Good news!"

"The murderer who assassinated Duke Zhengyang has been captured by the court."

"It's Duke Xiaoyao of the Wei family, the son-in-law, King Wei...no, King Jiang...no, now he has to be called Duke Jin, and he has also participated in it."

There was no cheering in the teahouse.

Almost everyone turned their attention to the three people at the table who first discussed this matter.