Many ministers all followed behind Li Shimin.

Knowing that the thief was finally caught, some of them were happy and some were sad.

There are many loyal and honest ministers who don't want to believe that this incident was done by Chai Shao!

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Sure enough, when Li Shimin, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and others came to the backyard of Duke Qiao's mansion, they saw ten large wooden boxes neatly stacked at the foot of a wall piled with dry firewood.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Seeing this, Fang Xuanling immediately ran forward, took out a key from his pocket, and opened one of the boxes.

"Crack!"

As soon as the box was opened, a golden particle appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Everyone suddenly turned pale with shock.

"Sure enough, it's the 100,000 disaster relief gold that the emperor sent to Liang Guogong!"

"Is that true? Then, isn't this thief really Chai Shao, the Duke of Qiao?"

"Well, this is the end of the matter, what else is there to say?"

"The truth has come to light! I never expected that it would end like this, and that Duke Qiao did it? Sigh..."

The ministers on the side began to discuss one after another.

Li Shimin looked coldly at him, looked at Chai Shao, and said, "Duke Qiao, what else do you have to say now?"

"Report to the emperor! Old minister, old minister..."

Chai Shao trembled with his hands and spoke quickly.

Because all the facts point to that he is the sinner who stole one hundred thousand gold.

But in fact, Chai Shao didn't do anything at all!

Chai Shao cried: "Your Majesty, the old minister did not do this. You are wronged, Your Majesty! The old minister is wholeheartedly thinking about the people of Tang Dynasty, and staring at the six dog days to go out to do things for the people. How could he steal 100,000 disaster relief gold?"

"Hmph, Duke Liang is different. He went out to do things in the dog days? He is also loyal to Datang. Why did you pay attention to him and steal 100,000 disaster relief gold?"

Li Shimin shouted angrily: "Okay, Chai Shao, since you said you were wronged! Then give me a reasonable explanation, how did this one hundred thousand gold appear in your house?"

Everyone could see that Li Shimin was really angry.

Chai Shao trembled his lips, and was speechless for a while.

In his mouth, he could only keep yelling over and over again, wronged, wronged.

But all the evidence points to Chai Shao, he is the thief who stole the gold, so none of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty stood up to intercede for Chai Shao.

Because they come out to intercede, it is very likely that they will put themselves in.

Among the crowd, Yun Guogong Zhang Liang smiled slightly.

Hehe, this trick is still very good.

If you don't point the finger at Chai Shao, I'm afraid the person the emperor is targeting now is himself.

Stealing one hundred thousand disaster relief gold is undoubtedly a capital crime.

"Come here!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Remove Qiao Guogong's official hat and take him down!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Li Shimin issued an order, and a team of guards immediately arrested Qiao Guogong.

"At this moment, witnesses and physical evidence are all there. What else do you have to say? Chai Shao?"

Li Shimin looked at Chai Shao majestically, his eyes full of anger.

Chai Shao gritted his teeth tightly, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this old minister was wronged! Old minister, I have never done anything like steal one hundred thousand gold! Old minister, I refuse to accept it!"

"What? How dare you refuse to accept it? Are you treating all of us as blind? There are ten gold boxes of such a size hidden in your backyard, why are you still unconvinced?"

"It wasn't the old minister who did it, the old minister just refused to accept it!"

"Aren't you convinced? Well, then I will completely convince you today!"

Li Shimin put his hands behind his back and shouted suddenly: "From today on, Chai Shao, the Duke of Qiao, will be reduced to a commoner for stealing one hundred thousand disaster relief gold. Three days later, he will be executed on the execution platform!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

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"You can't do it, Your Majesty! You can't do it! You can't kill Duke Qiao!"

When Du Ruhui heard that Li Shimin was going to kill Chai Shao, he was shocked and immediately knelt down to beg for Chai Shao's mercy.

"Duke Lai, this matter has nothing to do with you, I advise you not to interfere!"

Li Shimin looked at Du Ruhui coldly.

Du Ruhui gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister will never believe that Qiao Guogong will steal 100,000 gold for disaster relief! Back then, Duke Qiao was wearing civilian clothes and wanted to go south to Chang'an City to provide disaster relief for the people. With such integrity, how could it be possible to steal 100,000 disaster relief gold?"

"Presumptuous, do you want Du Ruhui to plead with Chai Shao? Are you questioning my judgment?"

Li Shimin roared and said.

On the side, Chai Shao pulled Radu Ruhui's sleeve compassionately, and said, "Duke Lai, don't speak for me! I, Chai Shao, ask myself, what I have done in this life is worthy of the emperor and the Tang Dynasty! Duke Lai, wait After my death! Please, you must help me find the real culprit, otherwise the old man will be in **** and die with regret!"

After finishing speaking, Chai Shao knelt and crawled down.

At this time, Li Chengfeng looked at Chai Shao's face and found that his eyes were already full of tears!

That's right, such a matter more injustice than Dou E fell on Chai Shao?

Whoever it is, no one can accept it.

If Li Shimin dared to treat Li Chengfeng like this, without further ado, Li Chengfeng would directly scold Li Shimin to the head~lightnovelpub.net~ and then reveal the truth and slap Li Shimin in the face.

Li Shimin watched Chai Shao crying bitterly, and he also clenched his teeth and clenched his fists tightly.

He also didn't want to believe that it was Chai Shao who did this, but seeing is believing, that's the truth.

As the king of a country, Li Shimin must have the majesty of an emperor. If Chai Shao is not severely punished this time, what is the majesty of the national law?

Li Shimin waved his hand and shouted: "Come here, take Chai Shao down for me, and execute him in three days!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Two guards walked to Chai Shao's side and held Chai Shao's hands.

All the ministers were watching from the sidelines, and no one dared to step forward to stop it.

Fang Xuanling sighed repeatedly, Du Ruhui sighed and shook his head, as if they didn't want to see Chai Shao be beheaded.

"People are doing it, but the sky is watching! People who framed me, in this life, I, Chai Shao, will not let you go even if I am a ghost!"

"Hahaha…"

Chai Shao laughed wildly.

Li Shimin frowned slightly. He felt that it was too early for him to draw a conclusion?

And looking at Chai Shao's demeanor and words, it seemed that he really had a great injustice and couldn't say it out?

Li Shimin sighed, Chai Shao was also an important minister of the Tang Dynasty, he had accompanied Li Shimin for decades, and he had a good relationship with Li Shimin in private.

So at this moment, Li Shimin hopes so much that a minister can stand up and talk to Chai Shao, and then he will make a difference and delay the execution.

But it seems that none of the ministers dare to stand up.

After all, 100,000 gold is in the backyard of Duke Qiao's mansion right now.

Whoever came out to intercede for Chai Shao, wouldn't that set him on fire?

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