Fu Yi and Xiao Yu quarreled for a long time, but in the end they couldn't make any result. So Li Shimin turned to Li Xiu and asked him about his opinion. In fact, this was also a chance for him to express his views in advance to counter Xiao Yu's accusations.

After hearing Li Shimin's inquiry, Li Xiu immediately smiled and stood up, then came to the hall to salute Li Shimin first, then turned to Xiao Yu and said, "Xiao Xiang mentioned the monk Huiming just now. I'm very curious. How much does Xiao know about this monk?"

"Hmph, Master Huiming's story has spread throughout Chang'an. I know what's strange about it. And if it weren't for the purpose of inspiring you, he wouldn't have been forced to die by himself. In addition, I heard that many great monks and masters also wanted to imitate Huiming. If the court did not take back the attack on Buddhism, I'm afraid that the monks would burn themselves in various parts of the Tang Dynasty, which would cause resentment from the people of the world. I wonder if you can afford it?" Xiao Yu became very excited at the end and asked loudly.

"Hahahaha~" Li Xiu suddenly laughed at this moment. After a while, he stopped and asked, "I really can't figure it out. Huiming's body has been pulled to Xinzhu County Government, and the county government has also filed a case to find Huiming's cause of death, but no conclusion has been drawn now. Xiao Xiang, how did you know that Huiming committed suicide?"

"Does this still need to be investigated? Huiming had asked you several times before to seek justice for Buddhism, but he was thrown to the north of the city and allowed him to walk for several days before returning to Chang'an. This was the biggest humiliation for him. In the end, he forced him to show his will and hoped to use his own death to wake you up. This is also known to everyone in Chang'an. Unfortunately, now it seems that his death has not had any effect at all!" Xiao Yu angrily scolded with a cold face again. Originally, he had a good impression of Li Xiu, but this time because of the affairs of Buddhism, he had an unprecedented disgust towards Li Xiu.

"Is it right for everyone to know? I can't see it!" Li Xiu smiled mysteriously at this time, then turned around and bowed to Li Shimin again, "Your Majesty, I have come to bring two witnesses today. Now they are waiting outside the palace gate, begging Your Majesty to summon them!"

"Personal witness?" As soon as Li Xiu said, not only Li Shimin above was stunned, but Wei Zheng, Xiao Yu and others in the hall were also stunned. They couldn't figure out where Li Xiu got the testimony. Moreover, this was not a case of trial, so what should I do if someone testified? Only Changsun Wuji seemed to guess something from Li Xiu yesterday, so he was not too surprised.

"Report to Your Majesty, Huiming's death is not that simple. Now Xinzhu County Government is also investigating the case with all its efforts. There has been some progress now, but the content they found is very amazing. So today I have brought both Xinzhu County Magistrate and County Captain. They can explain the inside story of the case to Your Majesty!" Li Xiu saw the surprised expressions of the people around him and immediately explained again.

Hearing Li Xiu said that Huiming's death had other hidden stories, everyone around him was shocked, and many people showed serious expressions. After all, they were all old foxes in the officialdom. Even though Li Xiu didn't say anything hidden, they had already smelled a different atmosphere.

"Xuan!" Li Shimin seemed to have guessed something when he heard this, and immediately ordered without hesitation. Xiao Yu and others who were standing next to Li Xiu also felt a little uneasy, and their faces became a little unpretentious.

After a while, the magistrate Zhang County Magistrate Wu and the magistrate Wu were taken into the hall. Both of them had no chance to meet the emperor, so they were also nervous at this time. Among them, the magistrate Zhang was fine. After all, when he was a high school student, he had entered the palace and was summoned by the emperor Li Yuan himself. He performed well at this time, but the magistrate Wu was much worse. He even shivered nervously, lowered his head and was only concerned about his feet, and did not dare to look up at all.

"I am building a county magistrate (county magistrate), see Your Majesty!" After the Zhang County Magistrate and Wu County Magistrate came in, they immediately polite to Li Shimin. There was not such a big gap between the monarch and minister during the Tang Dynasty. At least there was no need to bow three times and kowtow nine times like the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In fact, unless you encounter a particularly important ceremony, such as ascending the throne, you usually don't have to kneel down when you see the emperor.

"No need to be polite. I just heard Duke Yan say that you found out that there is another hidden truth in Monk Huiming's death?" Li Shimin asked in a deep voice. If there is another hidden truth in Monk Huiming's death, then behind this is a big conspiracy against Li Xiu. Thinking that someone dared to frame his most dependent minister, Li Shimin's face also became gloomy.

However, Li Shimin was in a bad mood, which scared the two of them. The investigation of the case should have been done by Wu County Magistrate Wu, but he was so scared that he dared not speak out. In the end, the county magistrate Zhang could only bite the bullet and said, "Report to Your Majesty, I have indeed found out that Huiming's death has other hidden information. Although I don't know who the murderer is, I can conclude that Huiming should have died from it!"

"Wow~" Just as the magistrate Zhang said, the entire hall couldn't help but make a noise. All the ministers present began to whisper about this matter. Even Changsun Wuji, who was prepared, showed a surprised expression. After all, everyone said that Huiming died of self-immolation, but now Li Xiu found evidence that Huiming was killed by him. This was like cutting off the firewood from the cauldron, which also took away all the confidence of Xiao Yu and others.

Xiao Yu's face became very ugly at this time. They used Hui Ming's death to cause a huge storm among the people, so they took advantage of the opportunity to put pressure on the court, but they did not expect Hui Ming to die at the hands of others, which made them feel that their face was ruined.

"Your Majesty, if I remember well, this County Magistrate Zhang should be a student of Fu Yi. Their masters and disciples all hated Buddhism very much, so I think his words are not trustworthy at all!" But at this moment, a censor behind Xiao Yu stood up and said loudly.

"You... you are shameless. Although Zhang Li is my student, he has always been honest and upright as an official. How could he have perjured such things?" As soon as the other party finished speaking, Fu Yi, who was in a hot temper, jumped out to retort. Moreover, he was also very angry at this time. After all, he was splashed with dirty water for no reason, and it would be unpleasant for anyone to feel.

"Hehe, so that's it. I didn't expect that Brother Fu, you have such a good student, is really unexpected!" At this time, another person sneered and mocked, ignoring Fu Yi's defense at all.

"Shut up, don't judge a gentleman with your villain's heart!" However, as soon as the other party finished speaking, Li Xiu, who had always been smiling, could not help but scold him loudly. County Magistrate Zhang was pulled to prove it, but he didn't expect that he would be slandered out of thin air, which naturally made him very annoyed.

Seeing that Li Xiu, who had always been easy-going, was frightened by the person behind Xiao Yu. The person who was about to speak mocking could not help but shut up. At this time, the county magistrate Zhang was also angry and his face flushed, saying, "The lower official is not empty talk, but physical evidence in his hand, which can prove that Huiming died of his killing!"

"Since you have physical evidence, let's take it out and let us check it out in person!" Xiao Yu finally spoke at this time, but his face was also very serious.

"This..." County Magistrate Zhang couldn't help but show a hesitant expression when he heard Xiao Yu ask him to take out the physical evidence.

"What? Could it be that County Magistrate Zhang can't take it out, right?" Someone asked again at this time, with a bit of mocking tone in his tone. Although Li Xiu was angry just now, since they dared to target Li Xiu, they naturally had the mental preparation to offend Li Xiu.

"Of course I can take it out!" Although the county magistrate Zhang was a low-ranking official, he was ridiculed several times and said a little angry at this time, "It's just that the evidence is the corpse of Monk Huiming. This is the palace, so the lower officials naturally cannot bring the corpse in!"

"Corpsy? Could it be that you found the cause of the other party's death on the corpse?" Xiao Yu asked again at this time.

"The cause of Huiming's death is not yet certain, but when we received guidance from the prince-consort, we found that Huiming was definitely not burned to death, but was burned after death!" County Magistrate Zhang said loudly again at this time, and he did not dare to hide Li Xiu's contribution to this matter.

When he heard that Huiming's cause of death was discovered under the guidance of Li Xiu, Changsun Wuji and others also showed surprise expressions again. Li Shimin even said directly: "Mr. Concubine, how did you find out that Huiming was not burned to death?"

"Your Majesty, the corpse was burned very seriously and could not tell the original appearance at all, so it is impossible to determine whether the other party was Hui Ming. He only found Hui Ming's certificate near the corpse. The reason why I concluded that this person was not burned to death was because his mouth and nose were very clean and no smoke was inhaled. From this, it can be concluded that the other party must have been burned after death!" Li Xiu replied immediately. Although he had not learned criminal investigation, he had watched Conan grow up and was proficient in hundreds of ways to kill people. Naturally, he knew this common sense thing.

"Just because there is no smoke in the mouth and nose of the corpse, the prince consort determined that the other party burned the corpse after death. Is this too hasty?" Xiao Yu snorted coldly when he heard this. He thought Li Xiu had some evidence in his hand, but he didn't expect that just judging from the corpse made him feel that he had hope of turning the tables and his face recovered a little.

"Sloppy? It seems that Xiao Xiang doesn't know how to take a mortal exam at all. The Wu County Wei who came today is a master in this field. Let's take a look at his opinion!" Seeing the expression on Xiao Yu's face, Li Xiu couldn't help but smile again. Overthrowing Hui Ming's death was only his first step. In addition, he also had a trump card in his hand. As long as he turned it out, Xiao Yu and his group would have to be in trouble, but it was ridiculous that the other party did not notice it at all.
Chapter completed!