Chapter 216 Severe punishment without mercy
“how to do?”

Sun Qiang looked at Su Chen expectantly.

Unexpectedly, his words made Su Chen laugh.

“You go get it.”

“No, no, I don’t have that ability. Sir, you should let Wang Xuance and Xue Li go.”

Sun Qiang chuckled and waved his hand.

Su Chen tapped his folding fan and said in a deep voice: “Since the people and goods in Shangzhou were most likely taken away by Li You, then Li You must have silenced these people.”

“From the corpse?”

Wang Xuance frowned, “Since they are going to do it, they will definitely do it thoroughly. Even if they kill everyone, they won’t easily leave a single corpse behind.”

Su Chen waved his hand, “We need to find out why they took action!”

“Because of the explosives!”

“Correct!”

Su Chen smiled and nodded, “Because he knows that some of these people can refine explosives.”

“So, if he needs these people, he will only kill those who are not important. Only in this way can these people hide quietly in his Prince Qi’s Mansion.”

“To prove this, all you have to do is look at the seafood market in the city.”

Xue Li nodded: “Yes, if those people are in Prince Qi’s mansion, Prince Qi must want them to help make explosives.”

“We can confirm this by just looking at whether they purchase raw materials in large quantities!”

Sun Qiang raised a question: “What if those people are not in the Prince Qi’s Mansion?”

Su Chen smiled calmly, “How many confidants does the King of Qi have?”

Sun Qiang pondered and said, “In addition to Yin Hongzhi, Yan Hongxin, Yan Hongliang, Liang Mengbiao and others are all his capable assistants.”

Su Chen tapped his folding fan and said, “Since we know these people are his confidants, why don’t we just keep an eye on them?”

“No matter where they hide the people, as long as they refine explosives, there will be loopholes!”

“good idea!”

Wang Xuance nodded heavily.

Xue Li: “If we find these people, should we hand them over to the Dali Temple?”

Su Chen raised the corner of his mouth slightly, “No, no, no, why should we hand them over to the Dali Temple? We can give them a taste of their own medicine.”

Sun Qiang clapped his hands and cheered, “Great! After we find them, we will throw water bombs at their location! Let them have a taste of how powerful these explosives are!”

Wang Xuance and others also smiled knowingly.

“Send someone to keep an eye on it.”

“it is good!”

……

East Palace.

Sun Fujia informed Li Chengqian in detail what had happened in Shangzhou.

Li Chengqian pondered and said, “In that case, someone must have leaked the Shangzhou incident.”

Sun Fujia remained silent.

Li Chengqian smiled and said, “There are only you and me here, is there anything we can’t just say directly?”

Sun Fujia glanced at Li Chengqian and said slowly, “Not many people know about this. Apart from the three Fang Xiangs, there are only a few people who participated in Su Chen’s self-proving of his innocence that day.”

Li Chengqian nodded, “Are you doubting the King of Qi?”

Sun Fujia was silent.

Li Chengqian said calmly: “Is it true that only a few people on that day knew about this matter?”

Sun Fujia suddenly looked up and heard Li Chengqian say in a deep voice: “Everything that happens in Chang’an City cannot be hidden from my father.”

Sun Fujia frowned, a hint of disbelief flashing across his face.

It can’t be possible that it was His Majesty who arranged the personnel to deal with those people and things in Shangzhou?

If so…

hiss.

Thinking of the King of Wei who had always been favored, Sun Fujia’s mouth twitched.

Li Chengqian sighed, rubbed his head and said, “Alright, if there is evidence, we will do it according to the evidence, if there is no evidence, we will do it according to the absence of evidence.”

“How to conduct the trial is up to you, the Dali Temple.”

Sun Fujia hesitated for a moment and whispered, “Lord Lu is still watching.”

Li Chengqian sighed, “I actually hope that it was my father who did this, and not those two useless brothers.”

“The prince is wise.”

“Have you found out about the death of that Jiangnan cloth merchant?”

“Your Highness, we have conducted another examination on this person’s body and found that his death is most likely related to explosives.”

“Oh?”

Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows and looked at it, “Why is it related to explosives?”

Sun Fujia: “Our previous attention was on the murder weapon. We suspect that the murderer used ice to make a murder weapon and killed this person.”

“After this careful inspection and comparison, it has indeed been proven that the murder weapon was not just ice. Some explosive residues were also found.”

“Therefore, we have reason to suspect that this person’s death was an attempt to use explosives.”

Use an innocent passerby to verify the power of these explosives?

Li Tai, ah, Li Tai, you are really great.

Li Chengqian said slowly, “In that case, let’s try the two cases together. The lords will certainly ask about this matter at the court tomorrow morning.”

“If there is no substantial breakthrough, we will put the blame on the Tibetans.”

“Wei Chen understands.”

“Go.”

Li Chengqian waved his hand and Sun Fujia bowed and left.

King of Qi? Or the Emperor?

Li Chengqian pondered for a moment and took out a file, which contained detailed information about everyone in the Prince Qi’s Mansion.

If it was done by the King of Qi, then his purpose should be explosives.

Ok……

Is it possible that he intervened in this matter because he was annoyed by Su Chen’s criticism?

Thinking of how Li You was speechless after being confronted by Su Chen that day, Li Chengqian couldn’t help but laugh.

In any case, the people from Shangzhou have disappeared.

this point is very important.

……

early morning.

Li You followed the officials and walked into the Taiji Hall.

After seeing Li Chengqian, his gaze immediately turned to Li Tai. Li Tai had a smile on his face, and as if he felt his gaze, he smiled and nodded at him.

Li You snorted in his heart and walked straight to his seat.

He never had a good impression of Li Tai.

Why can such a fat pig be favored by the emperor?

Just because he is the legitimate son?
Isn’t he the prince?
Under the chairmanship of Fang Xuanling, the court meeting began normally.

As all matters, big and small, were dealt with, everyone inevitably turned their attention to Sun Fujia.

Everyone knows that the people from the Dali Temple were arresting people yesterday.

Although there has been no action from the government office, I heard that some unfamiliar faces seemed to have been arranged to keep an eye on the situation. But I don’t know the details.

Fang Xuanling asked, “Where is the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple?”

“The subordinate is here.”

Sun Fujia walked out holding a tablet.

Fang Xuanling: “How is the investigation going on with the Jiangnan cloth merchant case and the explosion case a few days ago?”

Sun Fujia: “Your Highness, Prime Minister Fang, we have new clues in the case of the Jiangnan cloth merchant. According to our second autopsy, we concluded that this man died from an explosive using ice as the murder weapon!”

“Oh?”

“According to our inference, this person may be a test subject.”

“Test subject?”

Everyone looked at Sun Fujia in astonishment.

Li You frowned and thought for a moment, then turned his gaze to Li Tai, who was as steady as a rock.

Is it to verify the power of the explosive before taking action against Su Chen?
Sun Fujia: “The weapon made of ice, under the power of the explosive, became a weapon of incredible power, instantly piercing the cloth merchant’s body!”

Chang Sun Wuji nodded, “Who is the murderer? Have you found out?”

Sun Fujia: “Replying to Lord Changsun, after confirming that this person’s death was related to the explosives, we will merge the two cases together.”

“According to the exact clues we have obtained, on the night of the incident, the Tibetan envoy Mu Chi appeared at the scene with eight people.”

“We can conclude that the nine people headed by Mu Chi are the perpetrators involved in this incident.”

“But at present, the nine people of Mu Chi have kept silent, and we have not been able to find out much of the truth.”

“Can the remaining explosives be found?”

Gao Shilian’s words raised the question that everyone was concerned about.

If there are still explosives hidden in the streets, anyone present will be in danger if they are targeted.

“Reporting to Lord Shen, no explosives have been found so far.”

Sun Fujia said in a deep voice: “The requirements for refining something this powerful are extremely demanding. It is obviously impossible to produce it on a large scale.”

“Also, we already have the raw materials for refining, so we can completely control where the raw materials go. If someone buys them on a large scale again, we will be able to find out immediately.”

Fang Xuanling: “So, Wei Xingzong is innocent.”

Sun Fujia: “There is currently no evidence to prove that the seafood he purchased was used to make explosives.”

Li Tai said with a smile: “Since there is no evidence to prove this, it is innocent until proven guilty. We should let him go. We can’t let the Wei family lose another young person.”

Sun Fujia nodded: “Your Majesty, what you said makes sense.”

Li Tai turned his gaze to Li Chengqian, “What do you think, Prince?”

Li Chengqian smiled and said, “My fourth brother is kind-hearted. In this case, Lord Sun will handle this matter according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty.”

Sun Fujia: “I obey the prince’s order.”

Li Tai spoke again, “How should Mu Chi and others be punished?”

Sun Fujia said in a deep voice: “Severe punishment without mercy.”

Li Chengqian looked at Fang Xuanling and the other two with an inquiring look.

Fang Xuanling said in a deep voice: “According to the law.”

Zhang Sun Wuji nodded slowly: “I second the motion.”

Gao Shilian: “I second the motion.”

Li Chengqian was about to speak, but Li Tai spoke first: “Isn’t this too harsh?”

“After all, they are envoys of Tubo. When two armies are fighting, they don’t kill envoys. If we punish Mu Chi and others directly, I’m worried that Tubo will use this incident to provoke at the border.”

Li You said calmly: “Although they are envoys, they can’t do whatever they want in the territory of the Tang Dynasty, right?”

Li Tai frowned and looked at Li You, then nodded with a smile, “That’s true, but Tubo is deploying troops at the border, and I’m worried that they will use this as an excuse to send troops directly.”

“Of course, this is just my personal opinion. As for how to make the final decision, I will still follow the Crown Prince’s wishes.”

Li Chengqian smiled, glanced at Li Tai and the other man, and slowly said, “Sun Fujia!”

“The minister is here.”

“According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty!”

“I obey the prince’s order!”

(End of this chapter)