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

Li Shimin's face was as black as ink.

Sitting in the study, the table in front of him was full of memorials of all kinds, large and small, but at this moment, he was not in the mood to deal with these things.

Now the most important son in his heart was assassinated, and his heart was completely occupied by this matter.

Fortunately, the son did not have any major problems.

Although he is still in a coma now...according to what the doctor said, he can just rest for a few days—this kind of coma due to blood loss was not uncommon for him before.

When recruiting soldiers and fighting, the people around them will always be hit by arrows, and then they will lose a lot of blood.

Except for those who were nailed to the vitals, or the treatment was not timely, most of them survived safely, and a few had some sequelae, but most of them were weak and cold. Although the days were a bit bitter, it did not affect the normal daily life .

He was angry, who dared to attack his son after eating the bear's heart and leopard's courage.

Do you really think that after a Duke Zhengyang was born in the Tang Dynasty, he became the Shaodi of the Han Dynasty?

He was very relieved to leave this matter to Zhou Xiaosan, even if Zhou Xiaosan couldn't find out, wouldn't he still be able to ask Mr. Zhengyang for advice?

Just as he was thinking of this, Cao Cao arrived.

Zhou Xiaosan led Li Jing and Cheng Yaojin into the house led by the eunuch.

"Your Majesty." The three of them saluted and greeted each other.

Li Shimin waved his hand and frowned slightly: "I told you to call more people, why... only these two."

The distaste in his mouth was undisguised.

For Cheng Yaojin, Li Shimin was extremely reassured, a man who was as wise as foolish and loyal, could not do such a thing.

Li Jing... Li Shimin was actually not at ease with Li Jing's words. He was always wary of this person who was not inferior to him in military affairs, and even surpassed him by a lot.

But...the two of them are now the father-in-law of Lord Zhengyang. After such a calculation, they are still in-laws. Li Shimin also feels that Li Jing cannot do such a thing.

So Zhou Xiaosan only brought two people over, and Li Shimin felt that his efforts were wasted.

Zhou Xiaosan sang, and said, "Your Majesty, Duke Zhengyang has also been assassinated."

Li Shimin's face froze.

"However, Lord Zhengyang was fine, and the murderer who assassinated Lord Zhengyang was also caught on the spot, and has been sent to the Ministry of Punishment. I have invited Jinwu Guards to guard him strictly."

Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief: "Has Zhengyang also suffered from this?"

Zhou Xiaosan nodded, and continued: "According to the guns and bullets left at the scene..." He paused for a moment, and looked back at Cheng Yaojin and Li Jing.

"The firearms were made by Duke Lu's mansion."

"The bullet was made by Duke Wei's mansion."

Li Shimin gasped and looked at the two.

"Your Majesty, my old Cheng doesn't know these things." Cheng Yaojin immediately complained, "Although this gun belongs to our family, but I swear to God, we really have no intention of doing anything against His Royal Highness Jin."

Li Jing quietly added: "Even if the two of us attack His Royal Highness Jin, it is absolutely impossible to attack Zhengyang."

Li Shimin's face collapsed.

Words... this is the reason.

But in front of me as a father, is it really appropriate to speak out?

"Nonsense!" Li Shimin slapped the table and yelled viciously.

Li Jing's expression didn't change, Cheng Yaojin shrank his head like a tortoise.

He cursed a few words, took out the bullet casing that assassinated his son, and threw it on the table: "You two, check to see if this bullet was made by your family."

Cheng Yaojin picked it up, turned it around, and shook his head: "It's not my property."

Li Jing took it over, looked at it for a while, then nodded and said, "It belongs to my family."

Cheng Yaojin's face turned bitter immediately: "It seems that the gun that was not fished out should also be produced in my family."

Zhou Xiaosan stood aside respectfully, without speaking.

When it comes to the two princes, Li Shimin has to make up his mind.

"Zhou Shangshu." Li Shimin thought for a while and said.

Zhou Xiaosan responded immediately: "The minister is here."

Li Shimin waved his hand and said softly: "You go to the residence of the two princes and investigate the matter of guns and ammunition to see who stole them, or who leaked them."

Zhou Xiaosan responded: "Yes."

Cheng Yaojin was generous, untied the fish amulet on his waist, and handed it over: "And take the token, it's more convenient."

Li Jing was not surprised, and also untied his own fish talisman.

Zhou Xiaosan didn't shirk, and took it, then turned around and left.

There were only three people left in the house.

Li Shimin looked at them, they looked at Li Shimin, after a while, Li Shimin waved his hand and called an eunuch: "Go, invite the emperor here."

After the eunuch went out.

Li Shimin got up and smiled: "I haven't seen you for a while, especially you Yizhen."

"You haven't retired yet, and you won't come here all day. Yushitai has something to say about you. See your memorial, and it's almost like a poker game."

Cheng Yaojin immediately said: "The minister has the courage to resign and return to his hometown."

Li Shimin glanced at him, didn't respond, but changed the subject: "Today is my day to relax, wait for the emperor to come, let's play a few rounds of mahjong together."

Li Jing's heart warmed up.

This is Li Shimin's protection for them - Li Jing and Cheng Yaojin don't care about their future in the court anymore, but a big case involving the assassination of a prince is not a good thing after all.

Li Jing is better, he only has two sons.

The eldest son has already been abolished. When Li Chengqian rebelled, although his eldest son Li Dejian did not join in the rebellion, he was still implicated because of his close relationship with Li Chengqian.

Now he is exiled to Wu County as a small county magistrate.

As for the second son... he is now a registered player in the Cuju League, but he didn't play with Li Ke. He was the main midfielder of the No.4 team last season, scoring a total of twelve goals and five assists.

But Cheng Yaojin is different.

Several of his sons still want to develop in the court. After this incident, with such a layer of stigma, there may be a lot of resistance to their development in the officialdom in the future.

When His Majesty did this, it sent a signal to the outside world.

That is... Your Majesty still trusts them.

And...playing mahjong with His Majesty till late into the night is better than being put under house arrest until the investigation of the case is over.

Half an hour later, the eunuch sent by Li Shimin came back alone.

"Where's the emperor?" Li Shimin looked at the empty space in front of and behind the eunuch, and became puzzled.

The eunuch bit his bullet and said in a low voice: "The emperor doesn't want to come to the palace, the emperor said... said... he thinks it's safer to be in the restaurant."

Li Shimin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he waved his hand: "Since the emperor doesn't want to, then forget it, go and invite the empress."

The eunuch didn't move, and replied directly: "The queen left the palace and went to the teahouse."

Li Shimin paused, sighed, pondered for a while, and said softly: "Go and invite Concubine Wei over there."

Concubine Wei is a person who is quite favored by him, her surname is Wei... Naturally, she was born in the Wei family.