Chapter 13 Trial
Soon, the list of the trial team was finalized. This time, the prime minister Changsun Wuji was the chief judge, and the prime minister Fang Xuanling, the secretary Yang Shidao, and the counselor Chu Suiliang were the deputy judges.
The Dali Qing Sun Fujia and the special promotion Xiao Yu assisted in handling the assassination of the prince.
Changsun Wuji and his team were divided into three groups. One group went to Huayin County to investigate the assassination of the prince, one group secretly investigated the Wei Wang Mansion, and the last group went to the East Palace to investigate.
The secretary Yang Shidao went to the East Palace in person and checked the East Palace from top to bottom. During this period, Yang Shidao found many people with bad intentions in the East Palace.
Yang Shidao detained all these people and transferred them to the Dali Temple, where Sun Fujia, the Minister of the Dali Temple, tortured them and forced them to question their accomplices.
Among these people, apart from the spies planted in the Eastern Palace by Li You, the Prince of Qi, and Yin Hongzhi, the most spies were those planted by Li Tai, the Prince of Wei.
Through the assassination of the crown prince, two-thirds of the people with ill intentions were taken away from the Eastern Palace, which made the Eastern Palace much quieter.
After Li Er learned about this, he was not only furious, but also more afraid. If it weren't for the assassination of the crown prince, he would not have known that there were so many cats and dogs hidden in the Eastern Palace separated by a wall.
The thing he least wanted to see was finally placed in front of him. His two beloved sons finally embarked on the road to seize the throne.
Li Er knew very well that Li Tai had long been planning to seize the throne, but he had always been unwilling to face such a fact.
Even if the facts were now in front of him, Li Er had no intention of dealing with his son Li Tai, who was his darling.
The atmosphere in the Prince of Wei's mansion was solemn!
When the news of Li Chengqian's assassination in Huayin County reached Chang'an, Li Tai was both happy and regretful! He
was happy that Li Chengqian was assassinated, which meant that the obstacles had been removed for him, Li Tai, and he would have the hope of entering the East Palace.
It was a pity that Li Chengqian was so lucky that even the assassins could not take his life, which made him happy for nothing.
But now Li Tai was not happy at all.
"Wei Ting! Did you send the person who assassinated the prince?" Du Chuke questioned Wei Ting.
Among all the people present, only Wei Ting was the most suspicious, so as soon as Du Chuke saw Wei Ting, he questioned Wei Ting face to face.
Wei Ting had just suggested assassinating the prince during the day, and the prince had an accident that night. It was hard for them not to connect the two things together.
Although Wei Ting's assassination plan was rejected at the beginning, it did not mean that Wei Ting would not do something privately, and it was not impossible for him to be unfavorable to the prince.
This made Li Tai very dissatisfied and a little scared.
If this was really done by Wei Ting, once Wei Ting was found out, it would definitely be implicated in him. At that time, what would he use to seize the position of the prince?
Even at this time, Li Tai still had his mind on the position of the prince.
"That's right! I did it, but I didn't expect it to fail." Wei Ting sighed without any excuse.
Wei Ting originally thought that everything would go smoothly, but he didn't expect something to go wrong, which led to the failure.
"Do you know what the consequences will be once it is discovered?" Du Chuke gritted his teeth.
"Of course I understand what the consequences will be, but you can rest assured that the killers have been dealt with by me, and they will definitely not find out about us." Wei Ting said.
Wei Ting knew what the consequences would be if the assassination of the prince was exposed. Fortunately, he acted quickly and killed all the remaining killers who came back.
Even if these assassins were found, they would only be rotten corpses, and they would definitely not be able to find out about him. He had already handled everything.
Changsun Wuji and the others will never find any clues, and Wei Ting is still very sure of this.
"Wei Ting, you made the decision on your own! Do you want to implicate the King of Wei? Assassinating the prince is a capital crime. Do you want the King of Wei and us to be buried with you?" Du Chuke was very angry.
He didn't expect Wei Ting to be so bold and arrogant, and he even admitted bluntly that he did it.
This is obviously to push everyone into the fire pit. Are you Wei Ting in the same group with us, or are you a gap sent by someone else?
You don't look stupid on weekdays, but why do you have zero IQ at the critical moment and do stupid things.
Don't you know that now is the critical moment to seize the throne?
Everyone was very angry about what Yu Weiting did.
"Du Chuke, don't worry about this. If it's really my fault, I will take it on by myself and will never drag down the King of Wei and everyone." Weiting said. "
You make it sound so easy. You take it on by yourself. Do you think His Majesty will believe that you are the only one who did it?"
"What is your motive for assassinating the prince? Did the prince have any irreconcilable hatred with you in the past?"
"Don't forget, you are also in charge of the affairs of the Prince of Wei's palace. Who would believe that it was done by one person and not ordered by the King of Wei? Do you know that this is harming the King of Wei?" He stamped his feet and beat his chest.
Weiting was speechless by Du Chuke's words. He intuitively felt that it was a good opportunity to get rid of Li Chengqian and support the King of Wei Li Tai to ascend to the throne of the prince.
Without considering other things, he sent people out to assassinate Li Chengqian in a fit of rage.
He thought he could kill Li Chengqian, but who could have thought that Li Chengqian was so lucky to escape this disaster.
Now thinking about it carefully, Wei Ting couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. This matter was really not something he could handle alone.
If he was really found out, it would definitely involve Wei Wang Li Tai.
Wei Ting sighed: "It's come to this! What else can we do?"
Wei Ting's tone was already somewhat submissive.
"What? Now you know the powerful relationship between them? What were you doing before!" Du Chuke said.
Now even the little fat man Li Tai came to his senses. If Wei Ting really got into trouble, he would not be able to escape the blame. Everyone knew that Wei Ting was working for Li Tai, the Prince of Wei.
Li Tai was a little panicked, but on the surface he was still calm, as if it was just a small matter for him, and he was extremely stable and mature.
"Now is not the time to pursue personal responsibility. Let's talk about how to overcome this difficulty." Li Tai said.
Everyone fell into deep thought, thinking about the countermeasures, how not to be affected by this storm.
At this time, Sun Yifu, the director of the Ministry of Personnel, was secretly happy. He felt that his chance to show off had come.
Li Yifu straightened his clothes, stood up and walked to the middle, bowed to Li Tai and said, "King of Wei."
"What's the matter, Sun Dianyi?" Li Tai looked at Sun Yifu and asked politely.
Li Tai didn't think Sun Yifu could come up with any good ideas.
Didn't you see that all the important officials in the court couldn't come up with any good ideas, and their brows were furrowed.
What ideas could Sun Yifu, a small official from the ninth rank, have?