Attack after the end of the Sui Dynasty

"Father, I ask father to be the master of the child, and find out who is going to kill the child." Li Jiancheng was lying on the bed, with grief and indignation in his pale face.Li Yuan lifted the cloth covering the wound bit by bit, and the arrow on his chest had been pulled out, but the smell of blood was extremely strong. One can imagine the danger at that time. This son may really be gone.Thinking of this, an uncontrollable anger rose in Li Yuan's heart, "Come here! Assassin, did you catch him?"

"Report to the emperor, the person who assassinated the prince was killed on the spot, only two people are missing."

"Go and investigate, go and investigate for me! Find out who it is, who dares to attack my prince, I will destroy his nine clans." Li Yuan slapped the couch with his palm, causing Li Jiancheng to cough violently.

"Your Majesty, those assassins didn't have any tokens to show their identities, only one of them was found." The attendant carefully held a blood-stained jade pendant and presented it to Li Yuan.

The jade pendant was crystal clear, with some blood stained on it, and there was a small gap in one corner of the jade pendant.The moment Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng saw the jade pendant, their expressions changed. This jade pendant, this jade pendant!This jade pendant clearly belonged to their brothers, Madam Dou asked someone to give these brothers some consideration.The style of this jade pendant is very unique, and the material is extremely exquisite. At that time, Mrs. Dou ordered someone to give each of the brothers one piece. The five jade pendants were all taken from one piece of jade material. They were of the same style and size, and only the words on the back Different, the two recognized it at a glance.

Li Yuan reached out and snatched the jade pendant, and looked at the words on the back of the jade pendant.However, Li Jiancheng closed his eyes and lay back, without even looking at it, even if he would really like to know which brother's jade pendant fell on the assassin.After reading the words on the back of the jade pendant, Li Yuan's face sank like water, and he kept silent. The atmosphere around him dropped to freezing point in an instant.

"Who have seen this jade pendant just now?" Li Yuan suddenly asked an irrelevant question.

The attendant hurriedly ordered people to go down for questioning. When Li Yuan left, he brought back everyone who had touched the jade pendant, and put away the blood-stained jade pendant close to his body, regardless of the blood on it.

Who is it, among his four brothers from the same mother, which one killed him, the second brother Li Shimin, or the third brother Yuanji?Or the fifth child is Li Feirong.As for the fourth brother, Li Yuanba, Li Jiancheng simply ignored it. That guy probably didn't know what assassination was in his simple mind.But this matter is really strange, each of the brothers and the others, the jade pendant was polished by the mother herself, how could the assassin carry such a thing?Li Jiancheng didn't think that the owner of the jade pendant would be the real murderer, so he left the jade pendant as evidence on the assassin.If it is framed, this method is too naive. Putting the jade pendant on the assassin is [-]% likely to be done by one of his brothers.Who did it?What is the other party's thoughts?

Li Yuan returned to the palace, sat alone for a long time, then ordered people to call Li Shimin, Li Yuanji, Li Yuanba and Li Feirong to the palace.The four brothers who entered the palace heard about the assassination of the prince early in the morning.Everyone didn't know what they were thinking, they stood expressionlessly in the outer hall waiting to be summoned, only Li Yuanba looked indifferent, because this guy was suddenly called into the palace, his heart was very depressed, and he was thinking about it for a while. Find someone to fight with.

Each of the four brothers was called to the inner room by Li Yuan alone. No one knew what Li Yuan said to his sons in the room, and all the attendants serving in the hall had already been dismissed.

When it was Li Feirong's turn to go in, he first glanced at Li Shimin and Li Yuanji who came out, and seeing that their expressions were normal, he relaxed, straightened his clothes, and entered the inner hall with his head bowed.Just as he was about to kneel down to salute, Li Yuan threw the blood-stained jade pendant in front of him.Li Feirong was taken aback for a moment, picked up the jade pendant, and felt a surge of shock in his heart, this blood-stained jade pendant?Obviously he personally gave it to Lin Nan back then.But now, how could it be in the hands of my father, and at this time?Could it be that this jade pendant has something to do with the assassin?

"This jade pendant was found on the assassin's body." Li Yuan said indifferently, there was no hint of joy or anger in his calm voice.

Li Feirong was startled, threw herself on the ground, and kowtowed her head, "Father, this is definitely not what I did. The jade pendant was lost on the battlefield a few months ago, and I didn't find it because of my carelessness." Come here, thinking that it will not hinder anything, but I don't want to fall into the hands of thieves. He will never have such thoughts for the eldest brother."

Li Feirong did not dare to say that he had given the jade pendant to Lin Nan. He knew very well that according to his father's temperament, once he knew that the jade pendant belonged to Lin Nan, there would probably not even be an interrogation. will be thrown into prison.When it comes to the assassination of the crown prince, no matter what hero you are, even if you were framed by someone, you will probably be stripped of your skin.It is only because of the father-son relationship that the father is hiding now.

Li Feirong is not worried about what his father will do to him. He knows that his father deliberately called the other sons into the palace, asking each of them individually, probably in order to disturb the sight of the people around him. Even if it is found out that he did not do it in the end, he will still be covered in fishy smells. I am afraid that the courtiers and the prince will be suspicious, and the future will definitely not be easy.

For a while, there was only the sound of breathing in the room, and after a long time, Li Yuan's slightly cold voice sounded again, "Get up, I have already dealt with anyone who has seen this jade pendant, your elder brother probably doesn't know about it. The jade pendant is yours. But how did this jade pendant fall into the hands of the assassin, you must give me an explanation!" Although he believed that his youngest son would not do such a stupid thing, the person who can get this jade pendant is definitely Li Feirong How could ordinary people get this jade pendant for those who are close to them.

Li Feirong kowtowed heavily again, and said in a deep voice, "My child will definitely investigate this matter strictly."

On the way back, Li Feirong thought to himself.The assassin took his own jade pendant to assassinate the crown prince, such a poor method of framing, what is the plan of the man behind it, who is framing him like this, and who will benefit from this matter.If the assassination of the prince is really dead, the biggest beneficiary must be the second brother Li Shimin. Once the prince dies, it is a certainty that the second brother will succeed to the throne.But the prince didn't die, did the prince play tricks?

Was this done by the crown prince, or by the second brother Li Shimin?Li Feirong didn't think of a reason until he returned home.

"Call General Lin over, the lonely king has something to discuss with him." Li Feirong ordered his subordinates, and went to the study without even changing his clothes.

When Lin Tong entered the study, Li Feirong was still thinking in a daze. Seeing Lin Tong coming in, he immediately waved away the attendants around him.Lin Tong closed the door smoothly, and turned to look at Li Feirong with a worried face.

"what happened?"

"Zhiyan, we are in trouble."

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As soon as Lin Nan returned to the mansion, his father called him over. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Lin Tong's gloomy face. Where is your jade pendant now?!"

Seeing Lin Tong's appearance, the child felt a little uneasy, "The jade pendant that Uncle Li gave me was lost a while ago, and I haven't found it, Daddy?" Get restless.

"Why didn't you tell me if you lost it? Do you know that your jade pendant was found on the assassin who assassinated the prince?" Lin Tong said coldly.

"How could it be!" Lin Nan's face lost all color in an instant.

"Why not? Why didn't you tell me when you lost the jade pendant!" Lin Tong looked at his son's bewildered face, feeling anxious, wishing he could pick him up and beat him up, "Now I'm asking you, Tell the truth, has anyone seen you wear that jade pendant?"

With a pale face, Lin Nan shook his head subconsciously. Since the day he got it, the jade pendant has been kept close to his body.Lin Tong was very strict with him, he had no one to take care of his daily life on weekdays, he made it all by himself, even the servants had never seen this jade pendant.

"It's fine if you haven't seen it before." Lin Tong murmured, not because he was selfish.The involvement of this matter is too great, and the father and son will only die if they get involved.Like that Liu Wenjing, who was also a hero in persuading Li Yuan to fight against the Sui Dynasty, made a lot of contributions along the way. Li Yuan also personally promised that Liu Wenjing can pardon two deaths, and people who can forgive two capital crimes are killed by Li Yuan for just one slip of the tongue. Of course, this is also related to the battle for the reserve position between the crown prince and Li Shimin.

Lin Tong didn't think he could be any special than Liu Wenjing. Once his father and son were brought out in this matter, there would be no way out.

"When did the jade pendant disappear, do you remember?" Lin Tong was only worried about one thing now, how did the person who planted the jade pendant get the jade pendant?If it was picked up, it’s okay to say; if it was stolen, the person who framed it must know that the jade pendant belonged to Lin Nan...

Lin Nan carefully recalled that the jade pendant was still hanging around his neck before the expedition, but he had no memory of when it was lost, "I found it disappeared after entering Luoyang City." It can lock the time when the jade pendant is lost within that period of time.

Not to mention how Lin Tong and his son traced the source of the time and place where the jade pendant was lost. One day after the crown prince was assassinated, the story had spread throughout Chang'an City.There is nothing wrong with the royal family being selfless, but the bad thing lies in these rumors. Some people said that the token worn by the prince was found from the assassin.What was even more unexpected was that someone privately said that some people who looked like assassins had contacts with people in the fifth prince's mansion.Those who spread the rumors were naturally arrested, but this matter could not be covered up.Li Yuan was furious that everyone who knew about it had been sealed, but it was still leaked out.

Anyone who is a little smarter knows how it is possible for the chief messenger to put a personal jade pendant that can prove his identity on an assassin. This is simply the most stupid frame-up.But Prince Li Jiancheng doesn't care so much. He and Li Shimin have reached the point where they can't tolerate each other. Li Feirong has already taken refuge in Li Shimin. It's a big trick, if he doesn't take the opportunity to trample the other party to death, then it will really be a waste of a great opportunity.

It's just who did this thing, who was framing Li Feirong, the assassin really wanted to put him to death, kill him, and then blame Li Feirong.The ultimate beneficiaries of this matter are only Li Shimin and his third brother Li Yuanji.

So, is it Li Shimin or Li Yuanji?