When Lin Han and Cheng Yaojin returned to Qinghe County, the sky was still dark.
"Lin Han, you've hidden your strength. I didn't expect you to be so good at martial arts.”
Ever since he got to know Lin Han, Cheng Yaojin had never treated him as a county magistrate. He often called him by his name.
Lin Han had never put on any official airs. Instead, he liked to be called by his name.
Lin Han clenched his fists and smiled." I don't actually know any martial arts. I'm just stronger."”
He was not lying. So far, he had only obtained the power of the Conqueror Xiangyu.
Cheng Yaojin snorted coldly,"I'll believe you."”
If Lin Han didn't have martial arts, how could he train soldiers?
Therefore, in Cheng Yaojin's opinion, Lin Han not only knew martial arts, but he was also very powerful.
Lin Han was too lazy to explain to him and said,""It's up to you whether you believe it or not, but we've already burned the rations of the Turkic army, and they'll probably withdraw soon. We should use this time to quickly finish building the walls and prevent them from attacking again.”
"Alright, I'll go rest now."”
Lin Han knew that he must be tired after waiting for a whole day.
Therefore, he did not say anything more and turned around to walk back to his room.
After Cheng Yaojin returned to his room, he did not rest immediately. Instead, he picked up a brush and started drawing on the paper.
He wanted to write a letter to Li Shiming, but he couldn't read, so he could only use drawings to express his thoughts.
After the events of this night, he was certain that there was indeed a Turkic army east of Qinghe County.
In this way, Lin Han would not be rebelling if he built the city walls, trained the soldiers, and forged weapons.
It was a measure to protect Qinghe County.
In order to prevent Wei Zheng from talking nonsense in front of Li Shiming, he had to report what he saw to Li Shiming.
In fact, he did not know that after Wei Zheng returned to Chang 'an, he had already reported to Li Shimin that Lin Han was suspected of rebellion.
However, Li Shiming hadn't received any news about Cheng Yaojin yet, so he chose to be perfunctory.
In order to prevent the Turks from attacking again, Lin Han led the people of Qinghe County to speed up the construction of the city walls.
News of this move quickly spread to Chang 'an.
Chang 'an, Taiji Palace.
Li Shi Min sat on the dragon throne.
All the civil and military officials stood below.
"Your Majesty, we just received news from Qinghe County that Lin Han has accelerated the construction of the city wall. This person's actions have seriously violated the laws of the Tang Empire.”
Wei Zheng cupped his hands and said to Li Shimin.
Li Shi Min immediately revealed a troubled expression.
Ever since Wei Zheng returned, he had been staring at this matter every morning, making him feel very troubled.
Du Ruhui walked out and cupped his hands." Your Majesty, I've also heard about this matter. Although Magistrate Lin has come up with a plan for the court, the law is the law. It can't be broken."”
"Once His Majesty sets a precedent, then wouldn't the county magistrates below be able to build city walls, train soldiers, and forge weapons on their own?”
Li Shi Min looked troubled and said,"Alright, don't say anymore. Since the two beloved ministers think that Magistrate Lin's actions are inappropriate, then I…"
Before Li Shi Min could finish his words, a guard walked in from outside.
He was holding a letter in his hand.
"Your Majesty, General Cheng has a letter for me to deliver to you personally.”
"General Cheng?"
The officials immediately looked at the guard.
A few days ago, Li Shimin had told them that Cheng Yaojin had been ordered to go out on an errand.
Now that the letter was back, they all wanted to know what kind of news Cheng Yaojin had sent back.
Hearing that Cheng Yaojin had returned with a letter, Li Shimin was excited.
Whether Lin Han really wanted to rebel or not, they would know immediately.
"Hurry up and hand it over."
Soon, the letter was delivered to Li Shi Min.
After Li Shimin opened the letter, he found that there was only one picture drawn on it.
In the picture, two people had set the granary ablaze, surrounded by Turkic soldiers. One of them had punched Ma Lianren to the ground.
If it was anyone else, they definitely wouldn't understand what Cheng Yaojin was trying to say.
However, Li Shi Min understood it at a glance and smiled.
Then, he looked at Wei Zheng.
"Minister Wei, you said that when you went to Qinghe County, you only saw Lin Han building the city walls, training the soldiers, and forging weapons. You didn't see the Turkic army, right?”
"Not bad." Wei Zheng cupped his hands.
Li Shimin didn't say much and handed the drawing to Eunuch Wei.
"Take this picture to Wei Qing's family.”
Eunuch Wei took the blueprint and personally handed it to Wei Zheng.
Wei Zheng took it and looked at it with doubt.
"Wei Qing, can you understand what General Cheng is trying to say?"”
Wei Zheng cupped his hands." If I'm not wrong, it should be General Cheng who brought people to burn the granary of the Turkic army. And he only brought one person."”
"What? You dare to burn the granary of the Turkic army with just one person?”
All the officials were in disbelief.
"Do you know who he brought with him?" Li Shimin asked.”
Wei Zheng looked at the two people in the painting again and realized that they couldn't see their faces.
"There are no markings in the painting, so I can't tell."”
"Let me tell you, one of them is General Cheng, and the other is Magistrate Lin."”
"What? How is this possible?"
"General Cheng actually led County Magistrate Lin to burn the granary of the Turkic army. No one in the Great Tang can match his courage.”
"Yes, Your Majesty. General Cheng is so brave. I suggest that we reward him.”
"Yes, we should give General Cheng a great merit.”
However, Li Shi Min only smiled and looked at the crowd.
"You all thought that General Cheng had led County Magistrate Lin to burn the granaries of the Turkic army, but I thought that County Magistrate Lin had led General Cheng to burn the granaries of the Turkic army.”
"What? How is this possible? How can a county magistrate have such courage?”
"That's right. I think General Cheng must have brought him there.”
"I will investigate who brought who, but at least one thing has been proven. The Turkic army has appeared in Qinghe County."”
"Magistrate Lin built the city walls, trained the soldiers, and forged weapons to protect Qinghe County.”
"For his actions, not only will I not punish him, I will even reward him.”
"Because at this critical moment, besides Magistrate Lin, no one else can do anything for the country. This is the tragedy of the Great Tang.”
Li Shimin looked at Wei Zheng.
Wei Zheng saw Li Shimin looking at him and quickly lowered his head.
At the same time, he sighed in his heart. He was too careless.
If he had stayed a few more days, he might have met the Turkic army.
Unfortunately, it was too late to say anything now.
Originally, he wanted to make Li Shiming change his opinion of him.
But now, it seemed that not only did it not change, but it also made Li Shiming feel that he was even more unreliable.
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