"You banded together to deceive me?!"

In the imperial study room, Li Shimin glared at Fang Yuan and the others.

He first returned to the imperial study and read the testimony provided by Liu Zhenghui.

There isn't even the murderer's name on it, only the words "Deng Lingshi's Mo" instead.

Testimony without even a name, what a stupid mistake this is, it is almost certainly deception.

Li Daozong was a little confused. He happened to stand in the middle of the three people and looked at Liu Zhenghui and then at Fang Yuan.

It was the Ministry of Punishment that caught the murderer. Dali Temple was not involved at all. I heard that the Chang'an County government even provided help.

But Li Daozong didn't check the details carefully. As long as the case was solved, he didn't mind heavy rewards or anything like that.

"Liu Zhenghui, tell me!"

Seeing that there was no answer, Li Shimin looked at Liu Zhenghui with cold eyes.

"This matter. This matter is all Chang'an Order's plan!"

Liu Zhenghui hesitated and whispered.

He sighed in his heart, he was discovered by Li Shimin after all.

There is no other choice but to push Fang Yuan out. After all, it was agreed upon before.

I have already recommended Fang Yuan to the emperor as Minister of Justice, and I don’t care whether he succeeds or not.

"What do you mean?"

Li Shimin’s eyes changed again.

The anger in his eyes became even stronger, as if it could devour everyone.

The plan meant that they had discussed it in advance. To deceive him?!

Li Daozong was also confused and looked at Liu Zhenghui in astonishment, then looked at Fang Yuan on the other side.

Facing the gazes of the three people, Fang Yuan's expression remained calm.

"Ahem, Your Majesty, I want to talk to you alone."

Fang Yuan coughed dryly and said calmly.

"Accurate!"

Li Shimin dropped a word.

Liu Zhenghui and Li Daozong left the imperial study obediently.

Even the eunuchs and maids present also left.

As soon as he left the imperial study, Li Daozong asked Liu Zhenghui why.

"Your Majesty, I didn't lie to you. I just missed the other person's name."

Fang Yuan coughed again and then said slowly.

"You're still lying to me?!"

"Then tell me, who is the real murderer?!"

Li Shimin was furious and scolded.

Even now, I still want to lie to myself.

It’s really rampant, don’t you know that the crime of deceiving the emperor can be beheaded?

"Nie Yinniang!"

"The number one shadow assassin!"

"The super master of Deng Ling's ink!"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

My thoughts are clearer than ever before.

Cheating the emperor is a matter of serious consequences.

If your thoughts are not clear, you may be discovered.

"Then why did Liu Zhenghui say it was your plan just now?!"

Li Shimin frowned slightly and his anger subsided a lot.

After learning that it was Nie Yinniang, Li Shimin felt that the case was difficult.

Fang Yuan and others can still know who the murderer is, which shows that they have put in a lot of effort.

Therefore, what Li Shimin is most angry about is not that the case was falsified, but that Fang Yuan and others deceived him.

"Nie Yinniang is too powerful and elusive. We cannot find her. Please forgive me."

"But actually Nie Yinniang is not the most important thing. The most important thing is to bribe Nie Yinniang's employer!"

"So after we knew it was Nie Yinniang, we deliberately spread the news to the outside world, saying that we had caught the murderer. The other party would be afraid and run away, showing his fox tail, and then we would take the opportunity to arrest him!"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

This was the plan he had thought up when trading with Liu Yichen.

Nie Yinniang can't be caught, and she doesn't know where to catch her, so let's see if we can catch the employer behind her.

As long as the employer is caught, the case is barely solved, and the emperor and the court will not pursue it too much, and may even reward him greatly.

"Are you suspicious?!"

Li Shimin's anger faded a lot and he said in a deep voice.

He is not an unreasonable person and knows that Nie Yinniang is powerful and difficult to catch.

In the case that Pei Ji is not dead, it is understandable not to arrest the other party, just keep an eye on the employer.

But Li Shimin was still angry, angry that Fang Yuan and others had teamed up to deceive him, even if they had said hello in advance, they wouldn't be so angry.

"Yes, Princess Linhai!"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

As of now, there is only one suspect in the case, and that is Princess Linhai.

But there is no evidence whether the employer is Princess Linhai, it is entirely Fang Yuan's guess.

Liu Yichen said last night that when questioning Lawyer Pei, Lawyer Pei was very impatient and had no taboo showing his dissatisfaction with Princess Linhai.

But he didn’t point out anything bad about Princess Linhai, and he didn’t suspect that Princess Linhai was related to the assassination of Prime Minister Pei.

"Didn't Zongzhengji find no evidence?"

Li Shimin frowned, not good at teaching.

When it comes to evidence, Zongzhengji didn't come up with anything useful.

"Yes, but is it really not her?"

"I have sent people to keep an eye on her. If she wanted to escape, she would have already started running away by now."

"Your Majesty, please wait a little longer. No matter if there is any result or not, my people will inform you within a stick of incense at the latest."

Fang Yuan looked solemn and said.

He is betting and just hopes that he is not wrong.

"Aren't you afraid of guessing wrong?!"

Li Shimin sneered.

He heard that everything Fang Yuan was guessing.

"Then it will be punished by Your Majesty."

Fang Yuan shrugged and smiled bitterly.

In addition to being threatened by Liu Yichen, the most important reason for this bet is that Fang Yuan wants to make meritorious deeds.

If the bet is right, then he is the major contributor to this case, and with Liu Zhenghui’s recommendation, there should be no problem with his promotion.

Fang Yuan feels it is necessary to leave the post of Chang'an Order within half a year to avoid subsequent rebellions.

"Why don't you say hello to me in advance?"

Li Shimin's anger disappeared and he said dissatisfied.

"I'm afraid His Majesty won't agree!"

Fang Yuan said sarcastically.

There will always be a gap between the king and his ministers.

The emperor can treat his ministers as friends, even brothers.

But the ministers should not regard the emperor as a friend, nor as a brother.
To be continued...