My older brother said I'm invincible.

Chapter 250 is done.

Liu Hongji carried the water and splashed it directly onto Shi Shuhuxi.

"Forehead"

Shi Shuhu opened his eyes in pain, breathing heavily. Something had just hit his chest, and he felt as if his ribs had been broken, causing him unbearable pain. When he saw his surroundings, his eyes widened in shock.

Of all the people in front of him, he only recognized one.

"My Lord! My Lord!!"

"Don't kill me! I'll give you all the money! All of it!"

Shi Shuhu cried out, and Li Shimin immediately drew his sword and held it to Shi Shuhu's neck, instantly silencing him.

Li Shimin said fiercely, "Shi Shu Hu Xi, I know who you are, and you know who I am, so stop pretending!"

Shi Shuhu's face showed struggle. After hesitating for a moment, he finally sighed helplessly, "How did you know?"

"You underestimate us too much."

"Never mind how I know, or how much I know. Just tell me, who did you give your horse to? Which minister in the court did you give it to?"

Shi Shuhu hesitated for a moment, "If I tell the truth, will you let me go?"

"Actually, I have no intention of interfering in Turkic affairs. In fact, I would be happy to befriend you. If you need help, I can provide it. Too many things have happened in the Sui Dynasty recently, and I just want to know the truth about it all."

"Tell me, who is it for?"

Shi Shuhu sighed deeply, "Things have come to this point, there's no point in hiding it anymore."

"Those horses were a gift for Yang Xuangan, the Duke of Chu."

“Puff~~~”

Li Shimin swung his sword and slashed, instantly drawing blood from Shi Shuhuxi's chest. Li Shimin controlled his strength, and the blow did not disembowel Shi Shuhuxi. Shi Shuhuxi cried out in pain, looking at Li Shimin in terror, "Spare me! Spare me! I'm telling the truth!"

"truth?"

Li Shimin laughed, "It was clearly a gift for Yuwen Shu, but you said it was for Yang Xuangan. Is that what you call telling the truth?"

"you!"

Shi Shuhu stared at him in astonishment. Li Shimin wiped the knife in his hand. "The next question is the same: if you lie, I'll stab you once; if you keep lying, I'll cut you into a thousand pieces."

"Tell me, why did you send someone to assassinate Yang Wang at the gate of the Imperial College?"

Li Shimin chuckled and stared at Shi Shuhu Xi.

Just as Shi Shuhu was about to speak, he accidentally met Li Shimin's gaze. At that moment, Shi Shuhu hesitated. Li Shimin's eyes were extremely confident, as if he knew everything. What if he was still deliberately cheating?

Shi Shuhu said, "Actually, the person we wanted to assassinate was the Marquis of Bocheng."

Li Shimin laughed again. He sheathed his sword. "It would have been better if we had done this earlier. You see, as long as you tell the truth, I won't hurt you. I am a man of my word. I love my brother very much, but for the sake of my promise, I can still let you go. What I said just now still stands."

Shi Shuhu nodded.

Why did you attempt to assassinate Xuanba?

"In order to frame Yang Xuangan and cause chaos, Yuwen Shu sent someone to inform us that the Holy Khan already knew about our plot and was preparing to send Pei Shiju to deal with us. At that time, I happened to hear that Yang Xuangan's younger brother, Yang Xuanzong, had been humiliated by Li Xuanba at the Li residence, so I used this plan. I didn't expect that Yang Wang would take the fall for it."

Changsun Wuji looked at Li Shimin in surprise, then lowered his head.

Li Shimin then asked a few more questions, which Shi Shuhu answered one by one.

"Second Young Master!"

“I truly have no intention of opposing the Li family. My only goal is to assist my lord. If you, Second Young Master, can help me, my lord will certainly not forget this kindness. After he ascends the throne, he will do everything in his power to assist me. I know that the Li family's current situation is very critical, but I have a way to resolve it.”

Shi Shuhu spoke very quickly, but Li Shimin looked at Li Xuanba and said, "Third brother, I just promised him that I would let him go. He is yours now."

"let's go."

Li Shimin turned and left. Shi Shuhu was stunned for a moment, then looked at Li Xuanba beside him. Li Xuanba narrowed his eyes, his eyes full of fierce light, showing none of his usual harmless demeanor.

Shi Shu Hu Xi was greatly alarmed, "Second Young Master!! Second Young Master! I know many more things! I know about Yang Xuangan! Yang Xuangan is plotting a rebellion! Second Young Master, I can dissuade him."

"Pfft!"

The golden mace fell, blood spurted out, and his head was dented. He fell asleep immediately.

Li Xuanba wiped his golden mace, changed his clothes, and when he came out, Li Shimin was talking to Changsun Wuji and Liu Hongji. Li Xuanba sat down next to them.

Li Shimin said with a solemn expression, "My prediction was correct. Now everything is clear."

"The Turkic Khan Rangan was dying, and his eldest son sent this Shi Shuhu Xi to collude with Yuwen Shu. The Emperor favored Yuwen Shu the most and valued his opinions. The Turks secretly sent Yuwen Shu fine horses, hoping that Yuwen Shu would speak up for them in front of the Emperor to carry out their plans."

"The place where the horse is received should be in Xihe County."

"So the sudden appearance of thieves in Xihe County, these thieves did not appear in Luoyang or Loufan, but appeared in Xihe. Their purpose was clear: to find Shi Shuhu Xi. These Turkic thieves in Xihe must have been sent by this second son."

"He knew that his elder brother and Yuwen Shu were going to exchange horses in Xihe, so he sent people to Xihe County in advance to sabotage the deal. In addition, the governor of Xihe probably also knew about this, so he led everyone away from the government office under the pretext of flood control, just to avoid being implicated. That's why he forbade Fang Xuanling to arrest these thieves."

"Shi Shuhu had completely messed up the matter, so he could only come to Luoyang to see Yuwen Shu's son. Yuwen Shu and his youngest son were both at the front lines, and only Yuwen Huaji was here. He was seeing Yuwen Huaji, and Yuwen Huaji received the emperor's pardon after his arrival, which must be related to this."

“I previously suggested to my grandfather that Yang Xuangan, having learned some of my family's secrets, approached them and was mistaken by the Emperor as the adulterer. After Pei Shiju confirmed this, he became even more convinced, and so Yuwen Shu also found out. These people realized that the matter had been exposed, so they wanted to achieve their goals through other means.”

"Um"

Li Shimin laughed, "Then things will be much easier to handle."

"The Duke of Xu, Yuwen Shu, has suddenly disappeared, and Yang Xuangan has been pardoned. I'm afraid he must be very uneasy."

"It just so happens that he and that Li Hun are enemies."

“Let’s resolve this ridiculous nursery rhyme issue through Yuwen Shu. Let that scoundrel Li Hun take the blame. That bastard is ruthless. He killed his own nephew for a title and then framed his brother.”

Li Xuanba simply sat quietly to the side, listening to his brother's story.

Li Shimin flicked his sleeve and said smugly, "Yuwen Shu has just pacified Tuyuhun. He still has influence in front of the Sage. With his help, things will go very smoothly."

Liu Hongji asked worriedly, "But what about the situation on the Turkic side?"

"Wouldn't it be better to send this man's head to Xihe and hand it over to those Turkic bandits there?"

Liu Hongji suddenly realized, and then laughed, "Second Prince, I've never been convinced by anyone in my life, you're the first. You really are something else, hahaha, in that case, wouldn't the eldest prince be going to fight the second prince to the death?"

Everyone laughed.

Li Xuanba finally had a chance to speak, "Big brother, how did you find this person?"

"It's all thanks to my brothers, it's all their doing."

"Not at all, we were just doing things according to Erlangjun's ideas."

Li Shimin looked at Li Xuanba, who was still confused, and patted him on the shoulder with a smile. "There's nothing to say about this. I found it strange when I learned that those assassins were Turks. If they were Yang Xuangan's men, whether they assassinated you or Yang Wang, it wouldn't benefit Yang Xuangan. They can only survive in Luoyang by relying on the nobles here. How could they dare to do anything to provoke Yang Xuangan?"

"So I concluded that the people coming and going were from the Yuwen family. Then I learned that Yuwen Huaji had been pardoned not long ago, so I visited the place where he had been imprisoned and found out that there were indeed Hu people's caravans coming and going. Then I had them check the many residences of Duke Xu in Luoyang. That's how I connected the dots."

"Alright, stop thinking about these things. Next, we need to visit Yuwen Shu. As long as we can persuade Yuwen Shu, the nursery rhyme won't be a big deal."

"Go back and tell Grandpa the good news!"

(End of this chapter)