For Lou Shide, Chen Zhengtai was so kind to him.

Because of this, deep down he hoped to go back to Chang'an immediately.

Only when he arrived in Chang'an and met Chen Zhengtai in person did he feel better.

So he didn't care about not sleeping all night. He really felt energetic at this moment. He told Zhang Ye seriously: "These treasures are temporarily sealed in the county. Since they have been tested, I don't dare to do anything. I will leave tonight. There are more than 3,000 prisoners here, most of them are Baekje's imperial guards, civil and military officials, and Baekje's royal family. You can send someone to guard them well, so don't make any mistakes. As for the Baekje King, I need to take them with me. If this guy is not there, how can I prove my innocence? I will take a few people and escort him. Oh, what about Fuyu Weigang?"

As soon as this was finished, Fu Yuwei immediately emerged from the shadows after the torch shone, and said diligently: "What are the instructions of Captain Lou? I am willing to go through fire and water."

After all, he was a noble family and could speak Chinese, but his accent was a bit strange. However, in order to prevent Lou Shide from listening intently, Fu Yuwei deliberately slowed down his speech very considerately.

Lou Shide only glanced at him and his chin was slightly raised: "You go with me too. When you arrive in Chang'an, report it to me truthfully. I tell you the truth. When you arrive in Chang'an, what you said will affect your life, death, honor and disgrace. If you say something wrong, or be smart, be careful that the head of the person will fall to the ground at that time."

Fu Yuwei felt relieved, and he was afraid that Lou Shide would not take him there. As long as he went, he could really meet the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Based on his years of experience, the more noble a person is, the more generous he is. As long as he performed properly, he would not only save his life? Maybe... he would also receive some kind of preferential treatment.

Therefore, he nodded seriously and said, "I understand."

The answer is concise and powerful, without any delay. The more verbose you are at this time, the more unreliable it will give people the impression that it is.

Then Lou Shide and others rode on horses one after another. The Baekje King was imprisoned in a four-wheeled carriage. The people were stuffed in. The outside was locked, and two horses were pulled in front.

In Lou Shide's words, just run hard. Even if it's bumpy, it's okay to follow the official road. As long as the people in the carriage are not dead, it will be done.

Before dawn, Lou Shide set out and took his group to the west day and night.

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At this time, Huainan Censor Zhang Wenyan and Yangzhou Governor Cui Yan entered Chang'an.

Cui Yan was quite calm along the way? He was leaning against a big tree to enjoy the cool air. After all, he came from the Cui family in Qinghe and was confident.

This time the emperor summoned the two of them into Chang'an, and obviously he was still unsure of Lou Shide's case, so he sent the person to the palace to question him.

But Cui Yan didn't seem to be worried. In this world... how many disciples and former officials of the Cui family in Qinghe are? Everyone is talking about money, so what are they afraid of?

But Zhang Wenyan is obviously different. Although Zhang Wenyan's official position is greater than Cui Yan, her background is much worse than Cui Yan, so she is worried all the way.

When he arrived in Chang'an, he first went to the Ministry of Rites to settle in Chang'an, and then temporarily settled in Chang'an. Then Zhang Wenyan went to find Cui Yan to ask for advice: "Governor Cui, Your Majesty summoned us. Eight out of ten is because Prince Chen has been defending Lou Shide. This Prince Chen is Your Majesty's favorite minister and a royal relative, and has an extraordinary status. At that time... If it is Your Majesty..."

"Don't be afraid." Cui Yan said disapprovingly. He had already discussed with the Cui family. In fact, the Cui family did not take this case too seriously. This was just a small matter for the Cui family after all, and it was just a lieutenant. Why did it take such a big fight?

This also made Cui Yan even more calm at this time. He looked at Zhang Wenyan with a smile, and actually looked down upon him in his heart. He felt that this guy looked like an ant in a hot pan, which was really funny.

But Cui Yan was still worried that Zhang Wenyan would lose her manners when she arrived in front of the imperial court. When someone grabbed the handle, he calmly said: "Nine out of ten Lou Shide is dead. Even if he is not dead, he will not dare to come back. There is no evidence of death now, and it can be said that everyone is making money. He has no rebellion, but you and I have the final say? No matter how Chen Madam is in a relationship with Lou Shide, he cannot overturn so much evidence. What else can he do? My Tang Dynasty is a place where the law of the kings is, and Your Majesty will never do it by him. So you can just keep it ten thousand."

After hearing this, Zhang Wenyan's face finally calmed down a little, and she said, "Just..."

"Nothing is just..." Cui Yan smiled and said calmly: "You will know when you go to the palace tomorrow."

Seeing that he was full of confidence, Zhang Wenyan calmed down. In fact, he actually regretted it. If he had known that he would have caused such a big trouble, he would not have been in a relationship with Cui Yan at the beginning, and there would not have been so many troubles in the future.

The next morning, a member of the Ministry of Rites came to Zhang Wenyan's place to invite him to the palace.

Zhang Wenyan couldn't help feeling nervous again, but she still forced herself to cheer up.

After sorting out his clothes, he set out to enter the palace, entered the palace from Tai Chi Gate, and entered the Tai Chi Hall.

I saw that in the Tai Chi Hall, there had been a gathering of civil and military officials.

At this time, Li Shimin sat high in the Golden Palace, looking at Zhang Wenyan who had just come in.

Cui Yan has arrived. After all, he is just a small governor, so he stands in the corner of the hall.

The other ministers seemed to be quite curious about the recent public cases.

After all, this matter has been going on for so long, so there should be an explanation.

Chen Zhengtai came very early today. He was standing in the crowd at this time, but he was also looking at Zhang Wenyan and Cui Yan.

These two people obviously don’t know that Chen Zhengtai is paying attention to them.

However, Zhang Wenyan was still a little nervous and followed her forward and said, "I am the Censor of Huainan, Zhang Wenyan, I have seen Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty."

Li Shimin didn't have many expressions on his face. He had already investigated Zhang Wenyan. His official voice was pretty good. The inspector was originally a Qingliu official and had the right to supervise the local area. It was of great importance and not everyone could be appointed.

At this time, Cui Yan also stepped forward and said, "My minister Cui Yan, I have seen Your Majesty."

Cui Yan seemed neither humble nor arrogant, calm and composed. He was different from Zhang Wenyan. Zhang Wenyan seemed nervous, but he was very calm. After all, he was a person who had truly seen the world and would never be angry even if he met the emperor.

Li Shimin said lightly: "The right and wrong of Lou Shide's case has not been determined yet. I have summoned the two ministers to come here just to find out the matter clearly. It would be better for the two ministers to come here."

"Your Majesty." Cui Yan said without hesitation: "This case has a conclusion, but so far, the court has delayed it repeatedly. I am just a mere governor of Yangzhou, with a slight burden, and should not discuss this matter. Your Majesty has clearly observed everything. However, the court ignored such a heinous crime, and even repeatedly suspected that it was a disheartening thing."

Li Shimin heard what he said sadly, but was unmoved: "I just want to know why Lou Shide rebelled."

"He was guilty before, and knew that he was very guilty. Moreover, when he was in charge of the governor of Yangzhou, he indulged his family and committed illegal acts. No one dared to expose him when he was in office. He was demoted to the lieutenant and replaced his position as governor. I also noticed some of the previous bad policies in Yangzhou, so I asked someone to inspect. I dare not discuss Lou Shide's intentions, but... I dared to speculate that it was because this person was afraid of the crime."

This is very reasonable. In fact, Cui Yan has already said this reason many times in his memorial, and there are basically no flaws.

Lou Shide was the governor, and it was easy for someone to find some faults during his tenure as governor, which extended it to Lou Shide's fear of crimes, which was reasonable.

Li Shimin looked at the ministers on both sides, especially his eyes fell on Chen Zhengtai, but saw that Chen Zhengtai was unmoved and did not stand up to refute. I thought that it was difficult to find any problems with Cui Yan's motivation in theory.

After all, Lou Shide could not appear here to defend himself.

Li Shimin immediately said, "If he was really afraid of the crime, why did you insist that he had defected to Baekje and Goguryeo?"

"Because there are many rumors in Yangzhou." Cui Yan said sternly: "It was said that someone in the water camp had secretly contacted Lou Shide. These people were suspected to be from Baekje. Of course... this is just a rumor. Although it is not true, I think this kind of thing cannot be groundless. If Lou Shide had not taken his navy to go out to sea rashly, there would be no news since then, and I would not believe it."

All of this is said, and it is nothing different from what Cui Yan said before.

But... Cui Yan's words are so impressive, but they are also unrequited.

Li Shimin nodded and continued, "Since the Qing family said that he had rebelled based on speculation, then...why did those sailors rebellion with him?"

Cui Yan said with gaze: "I have always heard that Lou Shide is good at winning people's hearts, so the water village is full of hearts. When the water village was built, the Chen family spent a lot of money, and Lou Shide rewarded all of this money to the sailors of the water village. It is no wonder that the sailors obeyed him. In addition, when Lou Shide went to sea, he said that he was going to sea to practice. The sailors did not understand it, so naturally he obediently followed him to Yangzhou. I think Lou Shide was very scheming and deliberately used this as an excuse to take the navy to sea. He never returned since then. Even if there were sailors who did not want to be rebellious, they were already in the boat. Once they left the mainland, they would not be able to do so."

Cui Yan said it very well, and everyone whispered to each other.

Although many things are Cui Yan's guess, they all sound very reasonable, at least they make sense.

Li Shimin then looked at Zhang Wenyan: "Is this the case with Zhang Qing's family?"

Zhang Wenyan hurriedly said: "Yes, that's it."

Li Shimin then said, "It's a pity that there is no ironclad evidence."

"I have it here." Cui Yan suddenly said loudly.

Everyone focused their attention on Cui Yan again.

Cui Yan then took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and said, "There are some things here, Your Majesty must take a look. One of them is Chen's story told by the magistrate of Anyi County, Yangzhou. The magistrate of Anyi County was Lou Shide's confidant, and this is well known to everyone."

"The Magistrate of Anyi County confessed that once he drank with Lou Shide. When Lou Shide was drunk, he was very dissatisfied with the court's handling of him and claimed that he was innocent. It was just because Your Majesty was bewitched by traitors. He also claimed that he had the talent of civil and military, and should be the prime minister, but Your Majesty did not know the wisdom of others. Now... it is a pity that he has become a minister to be punished, so he sighed his fate and even said that good birds choose trees to live in. If the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty doesn't like him, he can surrender to Goguryeo and Baekje. These words were said by Lou Shide when he was drunk. The Magistrate of Anyi County heard them with his own ears, and His Majesty saw them all."

The ministers all looked at the confession in Cui Yan's hand, but for a moment, they suddenly realized it.

Cui Yan was indeed prepared to come. The magistrate of Anyi County was indeed recommended by Lou Shide when he was appointed as the governor of Yangzhou. It can be said that this person is Lou Shide's confidant!

Now this man directly bit Lou Shide. He didn't know that it was because Lou Shide had rebelled and he couldn't sleep or eat, so he quickly explained. Or maybe he fell down and was bribed by Cui Yan.

But at least... with this person's testimony, Lou Shide was dead and had no evidence, and no one could refute it.

"And here..." Cui Yan took out another official document: "This is..."

When talking about this, there were little eunuchs outside looking out.

Zhang Qian, who was standing next to Li Shimin, saw this and pulled his face down, then tiptoed out of the hall along the corner of the hall.

The little eunuch outside the hall hurriedly retreated and saluted Zhang Qian respectfully.

Zhang Qian suppressed his voice and said with anger: "What's the matter? Why is it so unruly?"

The little eunuch immediately said: "Yin... Yintai received a new report, saying yes... said yes... that he had to report immediately, saying yes... Lou Shide and Yangzhou Navy arrived at Sanhai Huikou."

Zhang Qian, who was originally a bad-looking person, listened... for a moment, he was a little confused.

In the hall behind him, Cui Yan's passionate voice was also heard: "Your Majesty is clear, not only the magistrate of Anyi County, but also the family of Lou's mansion. He also said that he had seen Lou Shide secretly dressed in the prime minister's clothes in the mansion, claiming that he was the reincarnation of Yi Yin. Such a person has such a great ambitions. If Your Majesty doesn't ask, you can summon the servants in the Lou's mansion. I have half a false statement and beg your Majesty to behead him."

This was clearly heard in Zhang Qian's ears, which made Zhang Qian think that he had heard what the little eunuch said wrongly. He looked at the little eunuch with a strange expression, then took a deep breath before asking, "What did you say?"

The little eunuch had to say again: "Zhang Lishi, the magistrate of Wuqing County, reported that Lou Shide had returned to the flight and landed at Sanhai Huikou. The matter was urgent, so an urgent report came. I felt that the situation was serious, so I should come and report it quickly."

Zhang Qian immediately stretched out his hand: "Where is the report?"

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Chapter completed!