Amidst the loud applause, Li Jiancheng had no time to think about anything else, and Li Yuanji explained the decision-making process of killing Luo Cheng without any worries.

"It was a royal meeting, and I attended it with my eldest brother. My eldest brother may know the content, but I don't.

"I followed my eldest brother, mainly because he would not drive me away, so I reciprocated the favor and supported him.

"No matter what it is, no matter whether it is right or not, as long as it is what big brother wants to do, I will support it without any conditions.

"The killing of Luo Cheng was brought up by my eldest brother. Everyone who participated came up with some ideas and no one objected.

"The first step is to send Luo Cheng to Tongguan to deal with the powerful enemies outside the pass.

"Of course, resisting the enemy is the common goal of everyone. If those anti-kings come in, the great clan of Longyou in Guanzhong will suffer heavy losses.

“Although I am not sensible about these things, I am still aware of them.

“So when it came to arranging troops, everyone made arrangements carefully and did not do any tricks.

"At that time, when the generals were specifically dispatched, everyone arranged their own people, and at the same time instructed these people to follow Li Jiancheng's command.

"Of course, if there is no order from Li Jiancheng, you must listen to Luo Cheng and cannot reveal your identity in advance.

"The second step is to send my eldest brother and me to Tongguan to serve as supervisors. This is a crucial step.

"According to general circumstances, the supervisory army should help the commander-in-chief complete the defense task. Their goals are the same.

"But in terms of the power structure, the supervisory authority has higher rights than the commander-in-chief. He can remove the commander-in-chief from his position, replace the commander-in-chief, and issue orders directly.

"However, it is also very dangerous for the supervisor to do this because he is facing arrogant and powerful generals.

"Although Luo Cheng is not a particularly famous thorn, he is by no means a good quarrel. If you dare to attack him, you will probably face strong backlash.

“So we discussed for a long time how to achieve the goal.

"Fortunately, the people who participated in the discussion were also very resourceful people, and in the end all the steps were arranged properly.

"During the process of deciding on this matter, Emperor Gao has always been very concerned about it, but he has not raised any opinions.

“Until the end, he just said ‘retreat from the court’.

"This is the situation at that time. If you make a false statement, you can be beaten or punished."

By this time, Li Jiancheng had finished slapping him in the face and his head had turned into a pig's head, but he was not unconscious and could even speak.

Probably he paid special attention to Li Yuanji's confession, because it decided his life or death, so he shouted out at this time.

"The one who wanted to kill Luo Cheng at first was not me, but Pei Ji!"

As soon as Pei Ji's name came out, everyone fell silent at the same time.

Including everyone present, including Luo Cheng who held up his body, Luo Cheng who spoke, and Hua Xiansheng.

Everyone knows that this person's abilities are not outstanding, but he is definitely Li Yuan's most important minister.

The problem is not how much he is relied upon, the problem is that he planned this matter, and Li Yuan definitely agreed!

As for why Li Yuan wanted to kill his own general, it would be intriguing if he wasn't crazy.

Although everyone is thinking deeply about the cause and effect of this incident, Li Shimin is the one who has the biggest headache.

Everyone on the street knew that Luo Cheng was Li Shimin's favorite general, but Li Yuan wanted to kill him.

If this matter were not peeled away layer by layer, a loving father and a son with filial piety would be a warm feeling, and everyone would be well with you and me.

But when the lid was opened, it turned out to be a bloody massacre of flesh and blood inside.

Of course Li Shimin knew that he contributed the most to overthrowing the Sui Dynasty and establishing the Tang Dynasty, and he made the greatest contribution, but he was not the kind of person who lived alone.

If dad wants to be the emperor, there is no problem in eating, drinking and having fun. You can concentrate on drinking with beauties and satisfying your needs.

It's okay for your eldest brother to be the prince. As long as you don't harm me and don't deprive me of my military power, I will tolerate you.

Although brother, you haven't accomplished anything yet, and if you don't succeed enough, you will fail more than you do.

But if you want to harm my brother, that won't be tolerated.

Li Shimin was furious and asked Li Yuanji a question: "Who else participated in that imperial meeting? No matter who it is, please tell me one by one."

"Dad is one, and his two concubines must be there to serve him. Dad can't live without them.

"Needless to say, my eldest brother and I didn't take any of us with us that day, and we weren't allowed to take them with us.

"Pei Ji is the first minister, and there is another veteran minister whom my father relies on, Liu Wenjing."

As soon as the name came out, the whole place fell silent again.

The shock caused was even greater than that of Pei Ji.

Because everyone knows that Li Yuan's rebellion against the Sui Dynasty relied entirely on the assistance of the three pillars. Otherwise, he would have accomplished nothing on his own.

These three pillars are Pei Ji, Liu Wenjing, and Li Shimin.

Needless to say, Li Shimin is a rising star of the Li family. It is related to the life and death of the whole family, so he has to rebel.

Pei Ji and Liu Wenjing, on the other hand, are purely assisting the Li family in hoping that the Li family will become the emperor, so that they can achieve the goal of serving the dragon.

However, Pei Ji and Liu Wenjing are different.

Pei Ji is Li Yuan's die-hard loyalist. He does everything for Li Yuan and does not care about anything else, including weakening Li Shimin's power and influence.

Liu Wenjing was much more capable than Pei Ji, so he was dissatisfied with Li Yuan's reuse of Pei Ji.

In fact, it was because of his own confusion that when establishing a relationship with someone like Li Yuan, loyalty comes first and ability only comes second.

He expresses himself by his ability and should be satisfied with the current situation instead of being dissatisfied and complaining.

It is for this reason that he gets closer to Li Shimin, who pays more attention to ability.

This also confused Li Shimin. Isn't your uncle Liu Wenjing closer to me? Why did you participate in the meeting against me again?

In this way, you are responsible for killing Luo Cheng!

If I can't even tolerate my brother because of this incident, is there any way for you to survive?

When he heard this name, Luo Cheng, who was holding up his corpse, was also very shocked.

He also never expected that someone Liu Wenjing respected as his father would not tolerate him.

If he had raised objections at that time, it is estimated that those people would give up even if they were determined to kill Luo Cheng.

Because once this kind of thing is exposed, it will have earth-shattering consequences.

And with Liu Wenjing's ability, the inside story of killing Luo Cheng cannot be concealed.

"Brother, will you ever find out what happened to Liu Wenjing and why he wanted to kill you too?"

Hua Xiansheng also felt it was too strange and had to ask.

Luo Chengdao: "I really spent a lot of time thinking about this matter, and I think I figured it out.

"This is determined by Liu Wenjing's character, that is, he wants to be recognized for his abilities, but in that environment, loyalty always comes first.

"He was like this to Li Yuan, and he was also like this to Li Shimin. In the end, he didn't get the reliance he wanted.

"Because the first condition for relying on Zhong is loyalty, which he doesn't have. His extravagant desires are like asking for fish at the last minute and will never get it.

"But he also prides himself on being smart and likes to be clever.

"Seeing that the civil servants and generals under Li Shimin were already full-fledged and would soon become irrelevant, I wanted to weaken Li Shimin's power.

"Of course killing Luo Cheng is one of the measures.
Chapter completed!