Under the escort of the elite of Zhechong Mansion, hundreds of internal guards returned with the murderer and evidence.
Li Yan was very satisfied when he looked at the pill furnace equipment, the cloud pills that had not yet entered the market, and the prisoners in the prison van.
The prisoner pushed at the front attracted his attention: "Is that Dou Decheng's confidant, the slave Hao Da?"
He is not big either, but rather short and plump, with a somewhat rich face.
Don't tell me, it's a bit like a general's success but ten thousand bones withered.
At this time, his body was covered in blood, his eyes were still fierce and unruly, and he was silent, obviously knowing that he would die.
Di Renjie rode his horse and followed him: "Liu Lang, this thief is fierce. Seeing that the situation is not going well, he wants to set fire to the workshop and create chaos. Fortunately, Peng Wuwei took action and captured him alive!"
Li Yan nodded: "You have all made great contributions. Did Dou Jing provide the location of Hao Da and others?"
Di Renjie said: "Dou Jiyi wants to make meritorious deeds."
Li Yan shook his head: "Every other matter can be discussed. Selling poison pills is a heinous crime and will cause endless disasters. You must not be lenient!"
Di Renjie nodded: "That's true. I didn't agree to him at that time. If you make a mistake, you will be doomed..."
Dou Jing has not yet been dismissed from office, but it goes without saying what her fate will be.
He originally had nothing to do with the matter, but later Dou De got away with it and dragged his son into the drug trade, leading him on a road of no return.
Not only Dou Decheng and Dou Jing and his son, their entire lineage is over.
At the very least, he would be assigned to Lingnan, a fate worse than death.
Li Yan asked again: "Where are the account books?"
Di Renjie said: "The account books have been sealed in public and are in that box."
Li Yan followed his gaze and looked over.
Next to the account book, I saw Doulu Qinwang and five other envoys guarding it. Their eyes were very alert, fearing that others would look through the contents of the box.
Li Yandao: "It was handled well."
He originally planned to use the account books to capture Dou Decheng, but later Ming Chongyan came to his aid.
A batch of new elixirs falsely entered the market, causing the drug connections built by the big drug lords to disappear and directly suffer backlash.
But as a result, these account books have become a hot commodity.
Because all the above are the dark histories of people who took drugs.
Those who are addicted to taking medicine will have no more cloud pills to take. They will either give up their addiction or die in pain.
However, the form of elixir is no more toxic than opium. In addition, most of the people taking the medicine are elderly patients with poor health. It is almost unrealistic to give up drug addiction.
In other words, they are already dead. If the account books are exposed, they will have to lose their security, and the family will have to fight hard.
Therefore, Di Renjie's best solution was to seal it directly in front of everyone and hand it over to the saint.
Let Li Zhi handle it!
Soon, the long queue arrived at the Qingxiao Gate of the Daming Palace, but An Yuanshou showed up, sent the imperial army to take over the escort from Zhe Chong Mansion, and took them to Xuanwu Gate.
Although the names are the same, it was the Xuanwu Gate of Taiji Palace that Li Shimin initiated the Xuanwu Gate Revolution. This is the Daming Palace, not the same place.
However, historically, the Jinglong Coup and Tanglong Coup also occurred here.
The former was Li Xian's prince Li Chongjun, who killed Wu Sansi and his son and fought his way into the palace.
The latter is the scene where Li Longji led the imperial army to kill Empress Wei and Princess Anle.
But this time, after entering Wengcheng, everyone discovered that there was actually a Yubao umbrella tower standing on the city wall.
The emperor and empress came in person from the Xuanwu Gate.
Everyone saluted: "Greetings to Your Majesty, Queen!"
The chamberlain came down and said, "Your Majesty, Li Jiyi comes up."
Li Yan climbed up the wall and came to Li Zhi and Empress Wu.
Interestingly enough, this was the first time he saw what Li Zhi looked like up close.
In the past, people were separated by curtains and could only see their silhouettes. During court meetings, they had to stand far back, but they could not be disrespectful in front of the court.
At this time, I met a middle-aged man with slightly sparse hair and a very old look.
Empress Wu is four years older than Li Zhi. She is already forty-seven this year, but she looks like she is less than forty.
Li Zhi was only forty-three, but he looked to be over fifty. No matter how powerful his tactics were, it would be useless if he could not survive his wife.
However, although this saint's face was old, he was still in good spirits. He said, "Yuanfang, are all the poison pills here?"
Li Yan knew that he was deliberately distinguishing himself from Wuyun Dan, so he nodded and said, "There are also more than a thousand boxes of poisonous pills from the inner guards."
Li Zhi said angrily: "Gather them together and destroy them. These harmful things cannot be left behind!"
Li Yan immediately said: "Yes!"
Yun Dan's control of the courtiers was a powerful impact on the imperial power. Seeing that this thing was about to be destroyed, Li Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Hao Da and other drug traffickers, and said coldly: "All of them will be sentenced to death, Yi tribe!"
The criminal law of the Tang Dynasty was actually not as severe as later generations imagined. Even if it was a heinous rebellion, the principal offender would be beheaded, the principal offender's father and son would be hanged, and the property of relatives within the three clans would be confiscated and all would be exiled.
Of course, the emperor could increase or decrease the criminal law at will. Starting from Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, the criminal law was basically not followed. The jealous Yang Jian had many examples of beating ministers to death during his reign.
Yang Guang will not say it anymore. Li Yuan attaches great importance to personal relationships. No matter how serious the crime is committed by the ministers he likes, as long as it is not rebellion, he can be pardoned. This is also treating the criminal law as nothing.
In comparison, among the past five emperors, Li Shimin was the best, and Li Zhi ranked second.
Of course, their trampling on the criminal law, all put together, is not as good as the era of cruel officials that Wu Zetian started later...
Now Li Zhi's treatment of these drug traffickers is more serious than the unpardonable crime. It is obvious that he must use capital punishment as a deterrent.
After the emperor's words, the population surged. After Li Zhi dealt with the elixirs and prisoners, he finally asked intentionally or unintentionally: "Where are the account books?"
Li Yan said: "It's also among the evidence. That car is where the account books are."
Li Zhi had poor eyesight and could not see clearly. Empress Wu had already noticed Doulu Qinwang and others standing around the car and whispered a few words.
Li Zhi's eyes flashed: "How many people have seen the account book?"
Li Yandao: "No one has seen it, but from the account list, it can be determined that it is the sale of poisonous pills."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Li Zhi was silent for a moment, and then said: "There is no need to open it, just burn it on the spot!"
Keep it in hand to serve as a deterrent.
Burning it on fire will appease the nobles.
In the past, Li Zhi would probably have stayed. After all, he didn't do this, and he wouldn't leave anything behind. Who told you to listen to the traitor Dou?
But thinking about that rumor, if the high-ranking nobles were not angry, they secretly pushed for it. In the end, both sides would lose.
Therefore, Li Zhi categorically burned the account books, and the matter was revealed and will not be mentioned again.
Sure enough, after receiving the order, Doulu Qinwang and others were overjoyed. They all bowed down and shouted in unison: "Your Majesty is a saint! Your Majesty is a saint!!"
They executed it very quickly. They opened the box, took out the account book, and after flipping through it to make sure it was correct, they threw the torch in.
Under the black smoke, the family's dark history of drug abuse disappeared.
At the same time, the inner guards who received the order also moved all the cloud pills in the imperial city and piled them high in the middle.
Seeing that everyone wanted to burn it like this, Li Yan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if you burn it directly, the smoke will be poisonous, so you should put the poison pill into the pill furnace to smelt it..."
He thought of Lin Zexu's Humen cigarette burning.
Many people think that burning tobacco means burning it, but this is not the case.
Because if the tobacco soil is mixed with tung oil and burned, not only will the smoke produced be toxic, but the residue will also seep into the ground.
After the officers and soldiers leave, those crazy drug addicts will definitely dig up the local soil and extract 20/10 of the opium from the soil.
Therefore, Lin Zexu used the "seawater immersion method".
Build a large pond by the seaside, pave the bottom with stones, nail boards around the pond to prevent opium leakage, and dig a ditch.
Pour salt water from the ditch into the pond, cut the opium into four pieces, soak it for a while, and then add lime.
Lime boils when it meets water, and the tobacco soil dissolves.
During the whole process, the soldiers stood by the pool and had to stir the pool with a wooden rake to ensure that the opium was completely dissolved into the water.
Since it is on the beach, when the tide goes out, the pool water is sent into the ocean and the bottom of the pool is washed with clean water, so that no droplets are left.
Chang'an is not by the sea, and without that condition, these elixirs cannot be poured into the water at will.
Fortunately, compared to the huge amounts of opium in the late Qing Dynasty, the quantity here is too small, and it is in the form of pills, so there are actually many ways to destroy it.
Li Yan was being cautious, and Li Zhi did not dare to neglect after hearing this, and immediately said: "Go and summon Ming Chongyan, open the furnace in person, and burn the pills!"
Before half an hour, Ming Chongyan rushed over.
The inner guard took out the cloud pills, counted the number, and looked at the pills one after another, which were put into the pill furnace by Ming Chongyan himself. Many people's eyes flashed.
They don't want to destroy all the elixirs, but their families are still craving for them.
But when I think of the endless pills, howling like crazy when I can’t get them...
They also hope that these elixirs will never appear again.
Under this contradictory mentality, Doulu Qinwang closed his eyes.
This is fine...this is good...
At the same time, the confession from Qiu Shenji's interrogation also arrived.
"That's right!"
Li Zhi and Empress Wu each read it again.
They are all very smart people. When they matched several confessions, they knew that the final version was indeed the truth.
If this truth were initially revealed, Li Zhi's anger would be focused on Dou Decheng alone.
Because he was the only one who sold the elixir afterwards, in an attempt to use the elixir to create power and expand its influence.
As for the crimes of the other two, it is not important. Even if they involve the death of villagers, how they are sentenced depends on political arrangements.
But now it is revealed that Dou Decheng, Li Sichong and Cui Shouye are all must-kills!
Because cloud pills flowed into Chang'an, the three of them have unshirkable responsibilities.
Looking at it from another angle, the handling is completely different.
Li Zhi directly characterized it: "It is a shameless act to disregard human life. It must be severely punished to serve as a warning to others! Order Dali Temple, Yushitai, the Ministry of Punishment, and the three departments to conduct a joint trial and make the case known to the world!"
This is to make the three main criminals' notoriety fully public.
A son of a foreign relative, a legitimate son of a prime minister, and a minister of the Ministry of Justice!
Execute them all!
Everyone shouted "Sheng Ming", Ming Chongyan's eyes were slightly red, and he suppressed the turbulent emotions in his heart.
Master, your great revenge has finally been fully avenged!
In fact, it's not quite complete.
Li Zhi thought about it for a moment, then a hint of coldness escaped from the corners of his lips, and suddenly said: "Destroy the poisonous elixir slowly and let Li Shilang come to witness it!"
Everyone was stunned and felt a chill in their hearts.
Prime Minister Li Jingxuan is going to fall?
Li Yanze secretly gave a thumbs up.
The truth about the Jiangnan murder case came to light. Li Sichong was found guilty and was about to be brought to justice. There was also Cui Shouye who was covering up the crime.
Think about it, who did Cui Shouye protect Li Sichong?
At this time, Li Jingxuan was ordered to come to Xuanwu Gate to watch the destruction of Yundan!