Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 83 Interrogation
Seeing the weeping official, Li Shimin immediately rubbed his temples with a depressed expression.

"There's trouble again!"

Amid the bitter cry of the speaker, several more speakers came out one after another soon. In less than ten breaths, there were more than a dozen speakers standing in the middle of the hall.

These dozen or so officials all came out to sue Li Yin, and the reason for the complaint was all because Li Yin beat their son.

Seeing this scene, Li Shimin frowned immediately, and then asked the eunuch at the bottom right of him: "Has King Liang come to court?"

Hearing Li Shimin's question, the eunuch shook his head immediately.

"His Royal Highness King Liang hasn't come to court for almost half a month!"

Knowing that Li Yin did not come, Li Shimin secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and then smiled slightly at the officials below.

"Dear dears, King Liang did not go to court today, why not wait until tomorrow, after I find out the truth, then I will let him give you an explanation, what do you think?"

Hearing what Li Shimin said, these officials had no choice but to agree.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

The officials are not afraid that Li Shimin will protect Li Min. From their point of view, if Li Shimin can't give you a satisfactory answer, it's a big deal for everyone to kneel outside the Xuanwu Gate together. Anyway, there are so many of them, and things will get serious when the time comes. Who has an ugly face!

Li Shimin really didn't dare to protect Li Yin, after all, being an official is equal to reputation, so after the court, Li Shimin handed Li Yin to the imperial study.

Li Yin had just entered the imperial study when Li Shimin grabbed the pen holder and threw it over.

"Nie Zi, you did a good job!"

Li Yin was caught off guard and was beaten upright. Immediately, he yelled "Oops" and fell to the ground, his forehead was covered with blood.

"Ah, it's bleeding!"

Seeing the shocked Li Yin, Li Shimin's heart suddenly softened, but he immediately hardened his heart, and then glared at Li Yin.

"Niezi, when you go to court today, more than a dozen admonishing officials impeached you, what else do you have to say?"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Yin, who was covering his forehead and screaming, was stunned.

"I didn't do anything wrong, why are they impeaching me?"

Looking at the innocent Li Min's face, Li Shimin's anger that had just calmed down rose once again.

"You scoundrel, you have the nerve to ask me why, think about what you did yesterday?"

"yesterday?"

After hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Yin's face suddenly showed a thoughtful expression.

"I went to elder brother's place yesterday, and then elder brother, uh... Then I went to Chang'an Avenue."

Having said this, Li Yin secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

"I almost told you about my elder brother beating me. Fortunately, I reacted quickly enough!"

Li Shimin was burning with anger at this time, he didn't hear Li Yin's change of words midway, and looked at him fiercely again.

"What did you do on Chang'an Avenue? Tell me!"

The last word "speak" was completely uttered by Li Shimin. Hearing his roar, Li Yin was frightened and shivered, then shrank his head and lowered his voice.

"I... I'm going to collect debts!"

Hearing Li Yin's answer, Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, but the anger on his face became even worse in an instant.

"Debt collection? What debt are you going to collect?"

Looking at Li Shimin's face full of anger, Li Yin didn't dare to lie, he could only tell the truth.

"Last time those officials impeached my son, that's why my father beat me. My son was resentful, but my father once said that I would not allow my son to beat the imperial court officials, so..."

Li Yin didn't say the rest, but Li Shimin already understood, and the corners of his eyes twitched several times.

"So you beat their son, didn't you?"

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Li Yin nodded decisively.

"Yes, I have already inquired. None of their sons are court officials, so the sons and ministers are not considered to have violated the father's words, and the father's debts should be paid by the son, which is only right and proper!"

Speaking of this, Li Yin seemed to have found courage, he immediately raised his head and met Li Shimin's eyes, his eyes were full of determination.

Looking at Li Min who took it for granted, the corners of Li Shimin's eyes twitched a few times again.

"Father's debt is paid by son? Who taught you this?"

Hearing Li Shimin's question, a look of color flashed across Li Yin's face.

"Of course...I figured it out myself!"

After saying this, a smile appeared on the corner of Li Yin's mouth again.

"It's so dangerous, I almost confessed to my elder brother, but luckily I reacted quickly!"

Li Yin, who was proud of himself, obviously didn't expect that his pause just now exposed him. Li Shimin, who was full of anger, immediately grabbed his skirt and lifted him up.

"Niezi, with your elm head, you can still think of such a thing as repaying your father's debt? Tell me the truth, you..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Shimin frowned, then loosened Li Yin's skirt, and pointed to the bruise on his face and asked.

"What are these bruises on your face? Who beat you?"

As a typical "feudal patriarch", although Li Shimin beat or scolded Li Yin, but Li Yin was his son, he was the only one who could beat and scold him, and others absolutely couldn't.

But what Li Shimin didn't expect was that after hearing his question, Li Yin became alert and shook his head decisively.

"No one hit me, I accidentally dropped it myself!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Shimin sprayed the saliva all over his face
"Fart! Can you fall like this by accident? You really think I'm a fool, don't you?"

Looking at the silent Li Min, Li Shimin felt even more angry in his heart. He raised his hand and was about to slap him, but before the slap fell, Li Shimin immediately remembered something.

"Yesterday I beat Gao Ming, and then Li Yin beat up the sons of those speech officials. Judging by the bruises on this kid's face, he must have been beaten by someone. Adding the words that the father pays the debt, beat him up." Could it be..."

Thinking of this, Li Shimin suddenly looked at Li Yin with a strange expression on his face.

"Couldn't the wound on your face be beaten by your elder brother?"

"Huh? Father, how do you know?"

As soon as the words came out, Li Yin immediately realized that he had slipped up, and quickly covered his mouth with his hands, then looked at Li Shimin in shock, as if he had seen a ghost.

Seeing Li Yin's shocked eyes, Li Shimin closed his eyes immediately, and then heaved a long sigh.

"Ugh……"

At this time, Li Shimin already understood the general idea of ​​the matter. It was nothing more than that he hit Gao Ming, and then Gao Ming hit Li Yin in order to vent his anger. After being "inspired" by Gao Ming's words, he went to beat the sons of the dozen or so officials who had impeached him.

After thinking about this, Li Shimin ignored Li Min, but walked outside the study door, and said something to the eunuch outside the door.

"Go to the East Palace and find the prince for me."

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)