"Your Majesty." Changsun Wuji showed a somewhat helpless expression, "If there were only traces of immortals, then we should report it as a blessing, but there are also evil spirits among them. Moreover, in these stories and rumors, the immortals did not just kill the evil spirits and leave immediately, but also questioned the people they rescued."

"Question, what question?"

Li Shimin's expression darkened, as if he had guessed something.

"This..." Chang Sun Wuji hesitated for a moment, but seeing Li Shimin's expression, he said, "In these rumors, the immortals asked the same question, which is basically asking the people, our dynasty has been established for twelve years, what do the people think of our dynasty compared to the past?"

Bang! Li Shimin slapped his palm on the table.

The force was so great that it even left a dent in the table.

His expression was also very ugly, as if he was very angry.

This question really sounded like the immortal king in heaven examining whether he, the emperor, or even his dynasty, was qualified to lead the people.

You know, although the emperor called himself the Son of Heaven, no emperor was truly recognized by God.

The whole world was conquered by relying on the army.

But to him.

There is a being who claims to be an immortal who decides whether he is qualified to be the emperor.

For Li Shimin, whether this was true or false, it was extremely painful.

In particular, once such rumors spread, it would inevitably affect his authority. People would have the idea that "it turns out that the emperor has not yet been recognized by God." The noble families who had always been hostile to him, or even hidden rebels, might use this to attack him.

This is why Li Shimin is angry at this moment.

"Your Majesty, don't be angry." Empress Changsun gently stroked Li Shimin's chest and looked at Changsun Wuji with a bit of evil in her brows. "Brother, in your opinion, is someone playing tricks on me?"

Obviously, although Empress Changsun told Li Shimin not to get angry, she was also angry.

She is not a woman in the boudoir who knows nothing.

Following Li Shimin along the way, there was also the same murderous spirit.

"Of course"

"This matter still needs to be investigated." Fang Xuanling interrupted Changsun Wuji.

He knew that Changsun Wuji never believed in ghosts and gods, and he often tried to please His Majesty. But if Changsun Wuji persuaded His Majesty to classify the matter, it would be equivalent to determining that Li Jing had made a serious mistake.

"Do you think that there really are evil ghosts and immortals in this matter?" Although Changsun Wuji was interrupted, he still looked at Fang Xuanling and said, with a barely noticeable smile in the depths of his eyes.

He doesn't believe in immortals at all.

A person who often plays tricks.

You will also feel that everyone else is playing tricks on you.

But Fang Xuanling shook his head and had no intention of arguing.

He just said to Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, it is easy to investigate this matter. We just need to send people to the places where the immortal deeds appeared to find out the truth. However, the pharmacist is on the front line with hundreds of thousands of troops. I suggest that your majesty send an order to appease the pharmacist first, and then make a decision after the situation is clear."

This sentence is a reminder to Li Shimin.

It is very likely that Li Jing will not rebel now, but he does have hundreds of thousands of troops under his command.

If you were here, you would convict him directly.

That would be bad.

Li Shimin naturally understood Fang Xuanling's words. His brows were frowned at first, then relaxed and he nodded.

"Then follow your wishes, Lord Fang, but..."

He seemed to want to say something, but at this moment, two shouts suddenly came from twenty feet away.

"Your Majesty, I, I am back home."

It was the eunuch who had just been sent out by Li Shimin.

There is also an urgent report from the Hundred Cavalry Division.

What urgent news could come from Luoyang at this late hour of the night?

Li Shimin suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, but he still said in a deep voice:

"Come in."

Several eunuchs, imperial guards, and the chief of the Hundred Cavalry Division came in and knelt on the ground.

Not only Li Shimin, Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling also noticed that the faces of several people, including the chief of the Hundred Cavalry Division, were quite ugly, and the expressions of those eunuchs were even filled with a hint of fear.

This also made Li Shimin's expression gloomy.

He first looked at the eunuchs and asked, "Have you waited for the things that were transported back with the military intelligence?"

"Your Majesty," the old eunuch in the lead spoke with a stuttering voice, "We have waited for the cavalry team coming from the border, and opened the wooden box with Your Majesty's order. Inside, inside..."

"Tell me! What's inside?!" Li Shimin raised his voice.

The old eunuch kowtowed heavily.

"Your Majesty, there are several bodies of soldiers inside, but they are extremely horrible." The old eunuch seemed to recall the scene, and his body couldn't help shaking, but he continued to speak stutteringly, "The flesh and blood on the body seemed to have been sucked away, leaving only skin wrapped around bones, and it was piercingly cold. I just gently bent it, and it broke, even my fingers."

He stretched out his right hand tremblingly, and his thumb and index finger were already blue and purple, as if they were frostbitten.

As an old eunuch in the palace, he had seen quite a few dead people.

But I have never seen such a horrible death.

Fang Xuanling and others also opened their eyes wide and looked at his fingers, as if they couldn't believe it.

A dead person whose flesh and blood had been sucked away? And even after so many days of death, he still felt a bone-chilling chill.

Is it even to the point where you will get frostbite if you just touch it?

What on earth is this? Could it be that this person was really killed by an evil ghost?

Even Changsun Wuji, who did not believe in ghosts and gods at all, hesitated for a moment at this time.

But he quickly shook his head.

He simply bowed and said, "Your Majesty, there are so many strange people and things in this world. I have seen people who can gather fire with blood and qi, and there are also people who use evil methods to harm others. It is not surprising."

If it were in a world without magic, this one move alone would be beyond imagination.

Hard to explain!

But after all, this world still has a cultivation system and a martial arts world.

Although rare.

But it is still possible that someone can do it.

but.

This consolation did not reassure Li Shimin at all, because these corpses seemed to prove that Li Jing was really in danger and even almost died.

Li Jing is one of the most powerful people in the world!

Even if it is not an evil ghost, if there really is someone who can kill hundreds of soldiers and then seriously injure Li Jing among thousands of troops, then his palace may not be safe!

73/105 I'll finish writing the fourth chapter 　　 　 (end of this chapter)