Tang Ping never thought that the polygraph he used to assist in solving the case would be used by the Cheng family and his son to make a confession.
So much so that those former Chang'an dandies looked at him strangely afterwards.
But before the Chinese New Year, there is finally good news.
The two children who were taken away by Qin Liu's lame man were found.
Photos of all the children were rushed 800 miles away to the places where the kidnappers told them they had kidnapped the children.
Moreover, there are parents who are very close to each other and have lost their children and are rushing to Chang'an.
Cheng Chumo also proposed marriage to the daughter of the magistrate of Shanglu County.
Fang Yiai confessed that she had stolen Fang Xuanling's collection of calligraphy and painting, sold them for money, and was beaten.
Anyway, everything can make Tang Ping happy.
Apart from……
Take care of the kids!
Instead of bringing his own Tangtang, he brought the children who were kidnapped to Chang'an in the palace.
Wang Qingluan was so full of maternal love that she insisted on coming to the palace to take care of her, and even brought Tang Ping with her.
If one or two children are cute, then such a large group of children is a nightmare.
Although there were many palace attendants with him, Tang Ping still felt dizzy.
Finally finding an excuse, he slipped out and bumped into Li Shimin again.
"Brother Ping, let's go and walk with me."
"yes!"
The two of them did not go anywhere else, but went directly to a section of the palace wall. Li Shimin waved away the guards on the left and right, and then sat down cross-legged without any manners.
"Hey, the Chinese New Year is finally here, I can relax a bit." Li Shimin took out a small metal flask from his arms: "I have to say, your proposal for the New Year's holiday is very good."
"Every festive season, I miss my loved ones even more. It's not a bad thing to give everyone a holiday during the Chinese New Year so that everyone can get together with their families. Our Tang Dynasty is now booming in national strength. Although we can't finish the work, we are not in a hurry in these ten days. It’s half a month.”
"Well said!" Li Shimin took a sip of his wine, and then asked Tang Ping: "Want a sip?"
Tang Ping shook his head, and Li Shimin did not force him to persuade him: "You kid is good at everything, but you have a bad drinking ability!"
Then he asked: "It's a good idea to miss your loved ones more during the festive season. Who wrote this poem?"
"According to us, it should have been written by a man named Wang Wei decades later." Tang Ping said honestly.
Li Shimin now knew that the place Tang Ping came from was not the sky, but a future with a different history, so he no longer hid it.
"A few decades from now!" Li Shimin leaned against the parapet and looked up at the sky: "I wonder what the Tang Dynasty will be like in a few decades?"
"I think it will be stronger than now, and the people will have better food and warmer clothes. Children will be able to go to school when they are old, and when someone is sick, they can go to the hospital for free treatment. When the holidays come, the people in the north will be able to grow up as a family. Let’s go to the south to see the sea and eat seafood!”
"Hahahaha, you kid, what is this called?" Li Shimin sat on the ground and kicked Tang Ping gently: "Yes, this is the painted cake you are talking about, right? But my second uncle likes to hear it, and your cake is also used to drink wine. Not bad.”
As he spoke, he drank another two sips of wine.
Tang Ping knew from the smell that this was a medicinal wine specially prepared by the imperial physician. With Li Shimin's drinking capacity, this small pot was not considered excessive, so he did not persuade him.
"It's a pity that the world seems to be at peace, but there are a lot of people around us who have ideas about our Tang Dynasty!" Li Shimin sighed: "Look at how many spies from various countries were uncovered just a few years ago?"
"The fact that they sent so many spies actually shows how strong we are. As long as we continue to be strong, they will have no chance to take advantage of us."
Li Shimin heard the meaning behind Tang Ping's words and said with a smile: "What? Still don't want to fight?"
"It's not that I'm unwilling, it's just that..." Tang Ping thought for a moment: "After experiencing the battle in Baozi City, I was really a little scared."
He didn't say it clearly, but Li Shimin knew that he was afraid, not of the war, but of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who died because of the war.
"There are battles that must be fought, brother Ping!" Li Shimin drank the last pot of medicinal wine and said: "Since we have to fight sooner or later, why not fight them all for him while I am still here, and leave it to Cheng?" How about giving them a peaceful life?"
"Second uncle is right!" Tang Ping nodded in agreement. Not to mention other surrounding countries, East Vietnam and Tubo must be conquered. Even the Miao Man and a large area of territory in the south must be conquered in order to complete the Tang Dynasty. strategic layout.
"After the New Year, your armored ship should be ready, right?"
"Yes, the entire ship is now being installed with the Frangi cannon sent by Li Tai. It will be launched after the New Year."
"The Battle of East Vietnam, are you going?"
"I'm going of course, I promised them."
Li Shimin stood up and looked outside the city. At the end of Suzaku Avenue, he could see the upper body of the monument statue standing outside the city gate. The men Tang Ping was talking about were the soldiers who died in Baozi City.
He patted Tang Ping on the shoulder: "Okay, then spend the New Year with peace of mind, and get ready to go after the New Year!"
Then Li Shimin asked a little sarcastically: "I heard that you had some kind of polygraph test, but it's been causing a lot of trouble in the major government offices these days!"
The reason why it is said to be the palaces of major princes is because courtiers below the prince level are not in a position to borrow Tang Ping's polygraph.
"Second uncle, you have wronged me! That thing was originally used by me to interrogate prisoners. It was Lu Guogong who had to borrow it by force. Then he and Cheng Chumo invited the Prime Minister, Prime Minister Du, and General Yuchi. Come here, can you blame me?"
"Hahahaha, I think it's very good. These boys have grown up, so naturally they have to spread their wings quickly!"
Li Shimin laughed heartily, and then asked: "Do you think that lie detector can really detect all lies?"
"Of course it won't work!" Tang Ping shook his head: "This thing must be useful, but it can only be used on ordinary people or inexperienced guys like Cheng Chumo."
"Those spies who have undergone special training, or those who are determined, may not be able to measure accurately, just like Mr. Cheng...that Duke Lu, who is a shameless lie and believes everything he tells, so naturally he cannot measure it. of."
"Hey..." Li Shimin sighed and looked in the northeast direction: "It would be great if I could know who is sincere and who is fake!"
Tang Ping knew from the look on Li Shimin's face that he was thinking of Hou Junji again.
Although Tang Ping didn't like Hou Junji, to Li Shimin, he was a real brother who conquered the world with him!
Betrayal is the most hurtful thing.
Tang Ping also knew that Li Shimin had issued a decree asking Hou Jun to return to Chang'an, but he refused because he was ill. Instead, he sent a letter saying that he had not been reunited with his family for a long time and hoped that Li Shimin would approve allowing his family to return to Chang'an. Go to the current Beiyan Protectorate.
Because the Turks are naturally moving towards the Tang Dynasty. Hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops are by Hou Junji's side, and he himself is weak.
So after attacking Beiyan, he petitioned the imperial court to set up the Protectorate of Beiyan, and then took his own troops and gathered some of Beiyan's remnant troops, a total of about 110,000 people, and stationed them in Beiyan. In the Yandu Protectorate.
The Turkic Protectorate has sent Xing Guogong Su Dingfang to take over.
"Hey, forget it, let's go down. It's cold and windy!" Li Shimin sighed and said.
"Second uncle, can you help me down?" Tang Ping stretched out his hand, but Li Shimin opened it.
"Haha, if you're like this, I can beat you ten times if I drink this little wine. Do you believe it?"
Tang Ping smiled bitterly, Li Shimin was such an imminent emperor, and even if he was beaten ten times, he would look down upon him.
After getting off the palace wall and returning to the courtyard where we started, I didn't know whose idea it was to bring a lot of food to those naughty children.
The little ones all sat obediently on the blankets on the ground and started eating.
"These are the future of our Tang Dynasty!" Li Shimin looked at them and said: "I plan to sentence those who sell children with serious circumstances to death, and the rest will be sentenced to 30 years of labor reform for buying children. What do you think?"
Tang Ping nodded and said: "It should be so!"
He never thought that harsh sentences would make it easier for kidnappers to hurt children. Regardless of whether they were harsh sentences or not, those people had little humanity and would hurt children.
So it is better to increase the punishment from the beginning as a deterrent.
In particular, the crime of buying and selling a child can scare those who buy children from kidnappers.
Without buying and selling, there is no market. Only in this way can we fundamentally solve the problem of stealing and selling children.
At this moment, a child stumbled over and his hands that had just eaten persimmons were covered in red and fresh jam.
Then with a bang, he fell to the ground, and his hand accidentally grabbed the hem of Li Shimin's dragon robe.
The golden hem has a touch of red added to it.
Someone in the palace was horrified, and with just a single oversight, the child collided with His Majesty.
Your Majesty will definitely not embarrass this child, but he is afraid that he will suffer.
"Your Majesty makes atonement, Your Majesty makes atonement, it is this servant who deserves to die..."
"Okay, don't scare the child!" Li Shimin waved the palace attendant to step back, then leaned over and picked up the child: "Little guy, why are you running so fast?"
"Eat...eat..." The child was probably just over a year old. He could speak, but he couldn't express what he meant. He just held up the persimmon in his hand and said.
"Hahaha, second uncle, does this guy know how to take pictures of the emperor's horses at such a young age?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Li Shimin rolled his eyes at Tang Ping: "These are my people, and they are bringing me good things, aren't they, little guy?"
"Well, uncle...eat...guoguo!"
Li Shimin didn't mind that the fruit was half-bitten and dirty, so he took a bite directly.
"Yeah, sweet! Really sweet!" Li Shimin put the child down, looked at the children in the yard, and said with a happy smile:
"Get ready, let's celebrate the New Year!"
