The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 449

The Minister of Works denied his crimes, but he simply did not believe that Xu Tian would do such things to Li Er.

Therefore, this matter could only be handled by the Minister of Works.

Although Xu Tian had presented all the evidence, the Minister of Works was unwilling to admit his crimes until the very last moment.

It wasn't until Cheng Yaojin ordered his men to bring out all the evidence Xu Tian had given him that the truth came out.

The Minister of Works was then executed.

He knelt on the ground and kept making demands.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Considering my years of devoted service..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Er interrupted him.

"You still dare to say you've devoted yourself to the cause? Don't you think you're shameless? Now that all the evidence is available, you have no reason to deny it."

Xu Tian truly hadn't expected that the Minister of Works could be so shameless.

He has already presented all the evidence, yet he still dares to say that everything he did was for the sake of the imperial court.

He couldn't help but shake his head helplessly.

I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone this shameless.

Li Er punished the Minister of Works as a warning to others.

He ordered the Minister of Works to be imprisoned, and the final decision was to execute him.

Moreover, the Minister of Works was executed after betraying his post in the autumn.

Upon hearing this decision, the Minister of Works collapsed to the ground, his legs giving way.

He was dragged out by two soldiers.

Only Li Er and Xu Tian remained in the main hall.

Li Er gathered all the evidence together, and all of it pointed to the Minister of Works alone.

But they all knew in their hearts that the Minister of Works was just a scapegoat.

There must be a mastermind behind him.

Xu Tian thought so too, now that the Minister of Works has been imprisoned.

They need to get the truth about the mastermind from him.

However, given the tension between Xu Tian and the Minister of Works, it's likely that the Minister of Works will not tell him the truth no matter what.

Therefore, he had to resort to stratagem.

Li Er granted him some privileges.

"You will be in charge of investigating this matter. I hope you can get the result you want."

Li Er's face was solemn.

Xu Tian nodded calmly.

Those people were targeting him from the very beginning.

It was originally intended to be a scapegoat.

But unexpectedly, he turned things around.

Therefore, those people now definitely want Li Er to execute the Minister of Works immediately.

This way, the matter can be resolved once and for all, and the masterminds behind it will disappear without a trace.

Xu Tian returned to his place.

He thought he could wait until tomorrow to go and take a look inside the prison.

Although the Minister of Works must really not want to see him.

But we must find out about this from him.

Someone knocked on the door. Xu Tian looked at the sky and realized it was already very late.

He didn't know who had come to see him at this time, and said in a deep voice, "Come in."

The person who came in from outside was a servant boy he didn't recognize at all.

"Sir, here is your tea."

The servant respectfully served a cup of tea.

Xu Tian was already prepared when he came in.

As he approached Xu Tian, ​​the servant produced a dagger.