The men in black glanced at Yuchi Gong coldly, then turned their heads to the side and remained silent.
"Looks like you're all stubborn."
Yuchi Gong sneered. "I love stubborn people. Since you don't want to talk, then die."
Then, Yuchi Gong looked at the soldier beside him and gave him a look.
The soldier understood and dragged the men to the side of the corpses. He took out the long sword at his waist and finished them off with one slash.
Seeing this, Yuchi Gong took out a cigarette from his waist and flicked it over the oil lamp on the table. He put it in his mouth and took a deep puff. He exhaled the smoke and muttered to himself, "This is the fifth batch tonight. Chang 'an is going to be chaotic."
Then, Yuchi Gong glanced at the men in black squatting in the corner and frowned.
These people were just caught, but they were from Zhenla, Tubo, and Tuyuhun.
The Tang Dynasty was on good terms with these countries, so he couldn't just kill them.
But after interrogating them for a long time, there was no result. Should he kill them or let them go? Yuchi Gong was stumped.
He glanced at the men in black, then looked at the soldier beside him and said, "Lock them up. Don't let any of them escape."
Then, he turned and walked out of the house.
The next day, early morning.
As the morning bell rang, the morning court officially began.
At this time, the hall was filled with officials holding white jade tablets. They all looked solemn and serious.
Li Shimin sat on the dragon throne and looked down at everyone.
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
The officials bowed.
"Everyone, please rise."
Li Shimin waved his hand and gestured for everyone to rise.
After getting up, Yuchi Gong stepped forward and bowed. "Your Majesty, last night, a large number of Tubo, Tuyuhun, Indian, Turkic, and even Goguryeo spies appeared in Chang 'an. They seemed to be after that cotton coat."
"What?"
Li Shimin's eyes flashed with disbelief.
He knew that once the cotton coat was revealed, the foreign ambassadors in Tang would definitely take action. But he didn't expect to catch so many in one night.
From this, it could be seen how tempting this thing was to them.
These places, especially Goguryeo, the Turks, Tubo, and Tuyuhun, did not have a good winter. Almost every year, it was up to the heavens to see if they could survive.
But now it was different. Feng Zi had created such a thing. Once this thing flowed into these places, what would the consequences be?
Li Shimin knew this better than anyone else.
It was almost as if the cold no longer affected or weakened them.
This was not a good thing for the Tang Dynasty.
However, the most troublesome thing right now was Tubo and Tuyuhun. Although there were plans to target them, these plans were still in progress.
Furthermore, whether or not he should give it to her was a difficult question.
Li Shimin knew that the reason these envoys did not come to court today was probably because they were considering the matter of the missing people last night.
Once they recovered, then tomorrow's morning court session …
Li Shimin's expression could not help but change.
But he still flicked his sleeves and said calmly, "Minister Yuchi, what do you think about this?"
At this moment, the officials in the court were in an uproar.
Previously, they had thought that this was rather baffling.
After all, the Tang envoys were always very low-key in Chang 'an. How could such a thing happen?
But what did His Majesty mean?
The Emperor meant …
Could it be that all of this was real?
For a moment, the court was in an uproar.
"What? The Turks' spies? "
"Why did these spies come to the Tang Dynasty?"
"Could it be that these guys have some bad intentions?"
On the dragon throne, Li Shimin frowned and glanced at the crowd.
Seeing this, Little Guizi hurriedly shouted in a sharp voice, "Stop arguing."
Hearing Little Guizi's words, everyone quickly stopped talking and stood respectfully in place.
Seeing this, Li Shimin shifted his gaze to Yuchi Gong and said slowly, "Yuchi Gong, tell me in detail what happened last night."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Yuchi Gong regained his composure and said, "Last night, when I was patrolling Chang 'an, I discovered quite a number of men in black. Later, I sent guards to apprehend them, but they were discovered to be Turkic spies. After interrogating them, they refused to say anything and were killed by me. However, later on, I discovered quite a number of spies from Zhenla, India, Tubo, and Tuyuhun. Among them, there were even some Wokou spies who wanted to break into Zhang Mansion at night. I didn't dare to make a decision. "
Hearing this, Li Shimin frowned.
The Turks and Indians were easy to understand. They were just spies for some information. Just kill them.
But why would these Wokou pirates break into the Zhang Residence at night? Could it be related to the recent cotton clothes? I need to interrogate them more.
And Zhenla, Tubo, and Tuyuhun. The Tang Dynasty has always been on good terms with them. What are they thinking now that they sent spies? If I kill these people, it will inevitably cause conflict between the two countries and may cause some unnecessary trouble.
But if I don't kill them, I can't show the imperial power of the Tang Dynasty.
This is a bit difficult.
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