Nine hundred and ninetieth nine chapters top crime
This time it went beyond Gu Chengyu's expectation. It was indeed a last letter. However, the owner of the blood letter was not Xia Qing, but Xia Qing's disciple Zhang Shuo.
After Gu Chengyu was surprised, he carefully checked the contents of the blood letter.
"I am guilty!
The guilty minister had already taken refuge in Daxing ten years ago, when he had just been promoted to a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment. At that time, people from Daxing found the guilty minister and lured him with gold and silver. The guilty minister was confused for a while and did something wrong, and he felt guilty all the time. However,
It's all too late. How could those people let go of the sinner because of their arrogant ambitions?
Because of this incident, the guilty minister also implicated his mentor. After his mentor learned about the incident yesterday, he wanted to take the blame for the guilty minister. Taoist Priest Tianji was originally recommended to his mentor by the guilty minister, but his mentor did not doubt that he was there, so he recommended him to his mentor.
emperor.
The sinner was greedy for life and feared death, which caused his mentor to suffer. Now he has repented and just wants to give his mentor justice. All the evidence of the crime is in a small courtyard on South Street. The sinner knows that the wrong he committed is unforgivable. Such disloyalty
How can an unfilial person survive in this world?
Today, the guilty subject commits suicide here. I hope that my mentor will be innocent!"
Gu Chengyu read the blood book in one breath. He had to admire that the centipede worm died without becoming stiff!
What the hell, this kind of operation can still be done? Now that it has reached this point, is there still a chance for a comeback?
No matter how he beat Gu Chengyu to death, he would not believe that Zhang Shuo was the mastermind.
But before Xia Qing came to the palace, if he had planted all the evidence of his crimes on Zhang Shuo, then Xia Qing's chances of making a comeback would indeed be great.
The prince said that no evidence of Xia Qing's collusion with foreign countries was found in the Xia Mansion, and now Zhang Shuo's bloody confession of guilt appeared. All this was planned.
He didn't know if Zhang Shuo and Xia Qing colluded with Daxing, but he believed that Xia Qing must be the mastermind.
Judging from Xia Qing's behavior of not taking sides in the past, it must be because he believes that Dayan will be overthrown sooner or later. So what do these princes mean?
"Your Highness! May I ask if Zhang Shuo can be saved?" Gu Chengyu pinched the blood book in his hand and looked at the prince who was staring at him.
The prince shook his head with a regretful expression, "He swallowed the two gold rings hidden in his sleeves and eventually died."
Gu Chengyu sighed, the only thing that can threaten Zhang Shuo is his family. If Xia Qing is guilty, Zhang Shuo will definitely not be able to escape the involvement. So when Zhang Shuo learned that the teacher had pinned all the evidence on him,
You can imagine how you feel in your heart.
But the matter has become a foregone conclusion, and Zhang Shuo has to consider his family. The ancients valued the inheritance of the family line, and they must not cut off their incense.
Xia Qing's methods were nothing more than those, and he would attack the other party's heirs out of nowhere. For example, he would threaten the life of the other party's legitimate son, and so on.
However, this trick has been tried and tested time and time again. Parents, of course, want to protect their children. So in the end, they can only swallow their anger and sacrifice themselves.
However, this Xia Qing is indeed a ruthless person, Zhang Shuo is his disciple, and he was very respectful to him in the past, so Xia Qing was willing to push Zhang Shuo out.
It is not easy for a right-hand man to climb up to the position of the third rank. If it were not for the emperor's permission, Zhang Shuo of this rank would never be able to stay in the capital as an official with Xia Qing, and he would have been released by the emperor long ago.
From this point of view, the emperor treats Xia Qing very well! Xia Qing has been able to call the shots in the court in recent years, and he is so majestic.
In this way, Xia Qing actually wanted to rebel. The first assistant was already a first-class official, what else did the other party want? Gu Chengyu found it difficult to understand Xia Qing's move.
Suddenly, he had an idea. Did Xia Qing still want to be the emperor?
Huh? When Gu Chengyu thought about it, he felt that it was not impossible.
But Xia Qing colluded with Daxing, but Daxing was so covetous towards Dayan. If it were annexed, where would there be Dayan?
Now he really didn't understand why Xia Qing did this.
"Your Highness! What do you think of the contents of this blood book?" Gu Chengyu's thoughts cannot replace those of superiors. It depends on what the prince thinks.
If he wants Xia Qing to be innocent, then the contents of the blood book are true. If the prince doesn't want to, then he will definitely pursue it.
Gu Chengyu naturally believed that people like Xia Qing, who had colluded with Daxing, should not be kept, but if he wanted to get rid of the other party, it could not be now. But he was afraid that the prince was willing to believe Xia Qing, and the purpose was naturally self-evident.
He saw that the prince was quite skilled in using the emperor's balancing technique.
Looking at the imperial court, there are currently very few people with outstanding abilities. If you want to support another person to fight against him, it will definitely take a lot of energy. Moreover, he also has the leverage to make the prince sleep and eat uneasily.
The prince pondered for a moment, then frowned and asked, "What do you think, Mr. Gu? Do you think Zhang Shuo is the mastermind of colluding with foreign countries?"
Seeing that the prince threw the question back again, Gu Chengyu couldn't help but feel worried. It seemed that the prince's plan was contrary to his own plan.
"Your Highness! I believe that the blood letter states that Zhang Shuo colluded with Daxing when he was still a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment. This is consistent with the time when he recommended Taoist Priest Tianji. It's just that Zhang Shuo was just a regular at that time.
Among the fifth-grade doctors, why would the other party choose a low-grade official? Among the hundreds of Chinese and military officials in this dynasty, why did they only choose Zhang Shuo?"
Gu Chengyu threw the question back to the prince again, he wanted to test the prince's thoughts.
"That's naturally because Zhang Shuo is a disciple of Xia Qing. As the first assistant, Xia Qing is naturally very important in the court. For their great cause, it is not surprising that Zhang Shuo was chosen." The prince replied without thinking.
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Gu Chengyu nodded, "Since the other party wanted to borrow Xia Shoufu's power, then after Zhang Shuo took the bait, didn't they collude with Xia Shoufu? I believe Zhang Shuo would definitely recommend it to them, right?"
Hearing this, the prince suddenly raised his head and glanced at Gu Chengyu. Was this leading him into a trap? But he really hadn't thought about how to deal with Xia Qing yet.
"You mean to say that even if Xia Qing was not involved, he didn't know anything about it. He must have known what his disciple had done, but he just kept it hidden and didn't reveal it?"
Gu Chengyu's heart sank, and he said after a while: "Not everyone can do it for the sake of justice, but why does His Highness think that Xia Qing was not involved? Maybe"
"Is he the mastermind?"
After Gu Cheng finished speaking, he looked at the prince. The prince's performance just now made him a little disappointed.
Xia Qing is a collaborator with foreign countries. If he keeps such a person in the court just because he wants to balance the power of the court, then he has to really think about whether his previous decision was right.
Still wrong.
The prince pondered for a while, and then said after thinking for a long time: "But there was no evidence found in Xia Qing's mansion that he was colluding with foreign countries. Even if I want to punish him, there is no evidence. What's more, everything now is our speculation. It's better to wait.
After we find out, let’s discuss how to deal with it!”
Gu Chengyu raised his eyebrows. Is this just perfunctory, or does he really think so?