Du Qi shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is not suitable for me to intervene. After all, this matter involves the Eastern Palace. Now, there is no connection between me and the Eastern Palace, and the Crown Prince is no longer targeting me. "
"Therefore, it is better for me not to get involved in this matter. If it is just Zhang Qucheng, then it is fine. But behind Zhang Qucheng is the Crown Prince, once I make a suggestion, I am afraid it will affect me in the end. "
"And it will affect the Crown Prince, this is not good."
"And if it involves Zhang Qucheng, it will inevitably involve the Crown Prince, I also think it is somewhat inappropriate for Your Majesty to deal with this matter personally. Therefore, my suggestion is that Your Majesty should not deal with this matter personally, and simply let the Supreme Court handle this matter. "
Du Qi said directly, "If Your Majesty makes a personal appearance, I am afraid it will cause unnecessary influence."
He did not hesitate to hide anything, directly speaking his thoughts.
It was precisely so, showing that he was frank and open.
Hearing Du Qi's words, Li Yuan nodded slightly, but said, "Erlang, since I know about this matter, how can I ignore it? Whether it involves Zhang Qucheng, the Crown Prince, or other people, it must be investigated and dealt with immediately. I cannot ignore this matter. "
After a pause, Li Yuan said again, "I know that you have always been resourceful and resourceful. Now, with Zhang Qucheng here, the evidence is obviously insufficient, although I also think that the possibility of Peng Xiuer leaving with the money is very small, the problem is that evidence is needed. Tell me, what should be done about this matter? "
Hearing this, Du Qi was silent for a moment.
He thought carefully.
He was very clear that Li Yuan said this to be a genuine inquiry, with no other intentions.
Du Qi thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, to deal with Zhang Qucheng's matter, there is a certain amount of trouble. But to really deal with it, it is not particularly troublesome. Your Majesty only needs to summon Zhang Qucheng first, and then arrange for people to arrest the chief steward of Zhang Qucheng's residence for interrogation. I believe that his chief steward must know about Zhang Qucheng's matter. When the time comes to separate and interrogate, the matter will be clear. "
After Li Yuan heard this, he laughed and said, "Erlang, you still have a way."
Du Qi said, "Your Majesty is overpraising me. In fact, it is because of Your Majesty that this matter is relatively easy to deal with. If His Majesty wasn't around, it would indeed be troublesome for Uncle Du Chuke to handle it. In fact, it will be difficult to intervene in many aspects. "
Li Yuan said, "It is indeed so."
After that, Li Yuan looked at Xiao Li and instructed, "Xiao Li, arrange for people to go to the Zhang Clan and bring Zhang Qucheng over. After Zhang Qucheng was taken away, they captured Zhang Qucheng's housekeeper. Bring both of them to the restaurant. I will personally interrogate them. "
"Yes!"
Upon receiving the order, Xiao Li immediately went to make the arrangements.
Li Yuan, on the other hand, looked at Peng Qingshui and instructed, "Peng Qingshui, come, sit down and eat together."
Peng Qingshui quickly shook his head.
He was just an ordinary citizen. How could he eat with the emperor? He didn't have the guts.
Li Yuan thought about it and did not insist. He arranged for Peng Qingshui to go to the side to eat with Liu Jian and the others. This time, Peng Qingshui did not refuse. However, he was still somewhat restrained. After all, he could not let go.
Li Yuan and Du Qi continued to eat.
The two people chatted, talking about the interesting things in Chang 'an City.
From time to time, Li Yuan also looked at Peng Qingshui and asked about Peng Qingshui's current situation and the current harvest. As soon as Peng Qingshui heard the inquiry, he hurriedly stood up and answered respectfully.
The emperor asking him was something that was impossible even in eight lifetimes. But now, it happened to him, so Peng Qingshui was quite nervous. Li Yuan told Peng Qingshui not to be like this once or twice, but Peng Qingshui was still like this. Li Yuan did not insist and did not ask anymore. He chatted with Du Qi and waited for Zhang Qucheng to be captured.
Time passed little by little.
Just at noon, a series of footsteps came from outside the courtyard.
It was the soldiers who escorted Zhang Qucheng.
When he was captured, he was still drinking and making merry in the residence. In particular, he drank a lot of wine, so much so that there was a trace of redness on his face. He was so drunk that he even swayed a little when he walked.
Zhang Qucheng was curious about why the emperor summoned him.
He did not commit any crime.
He did not perform any meritorious service.
The emperor summoned him at the restaurant. Could it be that the crown prince was also there? Because of the crown prince's recommendation, the emperor called him over and let him participate together.
Thinking of this, Zhang Qucheng's heart was looking forward to it.
Not long after, Zhang Qucheng entered the courtyard and saw Li Yuan. He directly ignored Du Qi, and he did not know Du Qi. So Zhang Qucheng saluted with cupped fists and said, "This general, Zhang Qucheng, pays respect to Your Majesty."
Li Yuan said, "Zhang Qucheng, as a general of the imperial court, you tortured and killed innocent women, indiscriminately killing the innocent. As a general of the imperial court, you knowingly broke the law, your crime is one level higher. Do you know your crime? "
When Zhang Qucheng heard, he was suddenly stunned.
What was going on?
Instead of giving him benefits, he wanted to condemn him, especially the crime of torturing and killing women.
After all, Zhang Qucheng was an old general on the battlefield. His psychological quality was very strong. After being stunned for a moment, he recovered his composure and said, "Your Majesty, this is definitely a false accusation. As an official of the imperial court, how can this general knowingly break the law? This kind of thing, this general absolutely will not commit a crime. Your Majesty, please judge clearly. "
Li Yuan said, "Looks like you're not willing to tell the truth."
Zhang Qucheng raised his head and said in a powerful voice, "This general is magnanimous and has nothing to tell. Therefore, there's nothing to say. This general absolutely did not break the law. "
"No, you killed my daughter."
At this time, Peng Qingshui stood up, looking like he was gnashing his teeth.
He hated Zhang Qucheng to the core.
Everything was Zhang Qucheng's problem.
After Peng Qingshui roared, he rushed straight at Zhang Qucheng and said, "Give me back my daughter, Zhang Qucheng, give me back my daughter."
At the thought of the people around the Zhang family saying that Zhang Qucheng liked to torture and kill young women, he was terrified. Peng Qingshui rushed in front of Zhang Qucheng, assuming a posture to hit Zhang Qucheng.
According to Zhang Qucheng's nature in the past, such an old man rushing over, that was courting death. He would definitely kick over. It was just that Li Yuan was here, Zhang Qucheng did not dare to be arrogant and unbridled. He could only dodge quickly.
Zhang Qucheng looked at Li Yuan again and said, "Your Majesty, this general is wronged!"
Li Yuan said, "Wronged? But I feel that you're not wronged at all. Forget it, since you're not willing to tell the truth, I don't have to have any misgivings. "
"Come!"
Li Yuan ordered.
In an instant, there were imperial guards from the palace who entered and directly came to Zhang Qucheng's side and stood still.
Li Yuan ordered, "Take Zhang Qucheng down for me."
"Yes!"
When the imperial guards received the order, they immediately took action.
Zhang Qucheng did not dare to resist at all.
He was now the crown prince's man, so Zhang Qucheng's idea was to drag it out here first. Anyway, he refused to plead guilty to the death. The emperor could not do anything to him. After enduring through now, and then ask the Eastern Palace to come forward to plead for leniency, he had a chance to escape this calamity.
Moreover, the matters in his residence were all extremely confidential. It was not spread outside, and there was no evidence left behind.
Therefore, Zhang Qucheng was at ease.
As long as he refused to plead guilty to the death, then there was no problem.
Seeing Zhang Qucheng being taken down, Li Yuan ordered again, "Gag his mouth and bring him to the room next door. Next, when his housekeeper is brought over, let him listen carefully. "
Zhang Qucheng's expression changed drastically.
The housekeeper was crystal clear about the matters in his residence.
If the housekeeper could not withstand the interrogation, then the things he did, everything could not escape. It was just that at this point, no matter what, Zhang Qucheng could only endure and take one step at a time.
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