His words not only made Xu Jingzong and Yuan Gongyu change their expressions, but also Liu Rengui and Li Ji were greatly surprised. Even Su Dingfang looked confused.
Wu Mei said calmly: "Chengsi, you can't talk nonsense in front of His Majesty."
Wu Chengsi cupped his hands and said: "My nephew understands, but the minister in this case has sufficient evidence and knows everything about the case, otherwise he would never dare to come to His Majesty and His Highness."
Li Zhi looked at Wu Chengsi's face for a moment and said slowly: "You just said that this big conspiracy has two purposes, what is the other purpose?"
"In order to prevent the Tang Dynasty from missing the best opportunity to attack Goryeo!" Wu Chengsi said every word.
Xu Jingzong felt anxious and winked at Yuan Gongyu, but Yuan Gongyu lowered his eyes and said nothing.
In desperation, he had no choice but to say: "Wuzhangyuan, you said that Su Dingfang was framed, but what evidence is there?" and brought the topic back.
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "Xu Pushe, don't be impatient. This whole conspiracy is very complicated, so I'll start from the beginning."
Li Zhi's eyes turned around Xu Jingzong and Wu Chengsi, as if he noticed something, he leaned back and said slowly: "That's fine, I want to hear what happened today. thing."
Wu Chengsi said slowly: "This matter started from the death of Goryeo's "Moliji" Yeon Gaesomun of illness two months ago. Yuangaisuwen had three sons. After his death, "Molizhi" The position was passed on to the eldest son Yuan Boy. One day when Yuan Boy was out on patrol, his two younger brothers launched a mutiny."
Xu Jingzong said angrily: "Isn't this the same as what Su Dingfang said? It is clearly a trap deliberately set by the Koreans. Doesn't the Wu Zhangyuan not know about it?"
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "Xu Pushe, please be patient and calm down. You will understand later."
Xu Jingzong was about to say more when he suddenly noticed Wu Mei staring at him with a sharp look. His heart trembled and he closed his open mouth again.
Wu Chengsi continued: "The capital of Goryeo was captured by Yuan Xiancheng's two younger brothers. Yuan Xiancheng had to hide in Baobie City and sent his son to the Tang Dynasty to ask for help! Who knew that his son Yuan Xiancheng was captured when he first arrived in Yingzhou? Qian Jiude, the governor of Yingzhou, was captured."
Everyone was surprised. There was a divergence between Wu Chengsi's story and Su Dingfang's testimony.
"After Qian Jiude knew that Yuan Xiancheng came to the Tang Dynasty to ask for help, he told the news to a certain big shot in the capital. The big shot ordered him to detain Qian Jiude, and at the same time told the news to Yuan Nan Jianhe of Goryeo. Yuon-nan makes brothers."
"After these two brothers learned the news, after some planning, they came up with an idea that could kill two birds with one stone. They could not only get rid of General Su, but also prevent the Tang Dynasty from taking advantage of the civil strife in Goryeo to send troops to Goryeo! They contacted the Khitan and Baekje. People, Yuan Nanchan, personally entered the territory of the Tang Dynasty to implement the plan."
The hall fell into absolute silence for a moment, and even some eunuchs and maids were entranced.
"They first sent a Korean, pretending to be Yuan Xiancheng, to find General Su and tell him that the country of Korea was in civil strife. General Su was a veteran on the battlefield and had long been aware of the signs of civil strife in the country of Korea. After sending his men to investigate, he was even more sure Got this idea.”
"So the Koreans didn't deceive General Su. The old general's judgment of the Koreans' civil strife was correct. The only thing he was deceived was that he didn't know the true identity of the Korean. But it can't be blamed on him, because he There was no time to investigate further, and Qian Jiude, together with Zheng Rentai and Pang Xiaotai, controlled him!"
Su Dingfang slapped his thigh and said, "Grandma, that's what happened! How could they deceive the "Flying Eagle Department"? It turns out there is really civil strife!" In the excitement, he uttered another curse word. .
Xu Jingzong took a deep breath and hissed: "These words are just Wu Zhangyuan's inferences without any evidence."
Li Ji smiled and said: "Wu Zhangyuan hasn't finished speaking yet. Why is Xu Pushe so anxious?"
"How can I..."
Liu Rengui sneered: "Xu Pushe, why are you sweating profusely?"
Xu Jingzong wiped his sweat and said with a smile: "Maybe it's because the weather is too hot." His smile was very stiff.
Li Zhi stared at him for a while, then turned his eyes back to Wu Chengsi: "Chengsi, please continue talking."
Wu Chengsi bowed his hands in agreement and said: "These people bribed Deng Ming, falsely accused General Su of colluding with the Korean people to rebel, and then asked the Korean people to cooperate. It will be difficult for General Su to defend himself. But there is a flaw in this plan."
Li Ji's heart moved and he said, "The flaw must be in that Korean!"
"It's true that the Korean is pretending to be Yuan Xiancheng and will enter Chang'an City for interrogation sooner or later. However, there are people in Chang'an City who have seen Yuan Xiancheng."
"Lu Zhining and Gao Funan!" Liu Rengui blurted out.
Wu Chengsi smiled and said: "Yes, Lu Zhining was demoted from Goryeo, and Gao Funan was a hostage from Goryeo. Naturally, they all met Yuan Xiancheng. But except for them, Hei Te Changzhi and Cui Baosheng were all sent to Goryeo as envoys. On behalf of General Su, Mr. Pei signed an agreement with the King of Goryeo and the King of Silla, and the three of them also met Yuan Xiancheng."
"In order to prevent Yuan Xiancheng from being accidentally seen by them when he entered the city, the big shot in the court first put Pei Shilang in jail, and then successively committed the "Hanlin Academy Murder Case", the "Liyuan Murder Case", and the "Gaofu Mansion Murder Case" "Murder Case", Lu Zhining, Cui Baosheng, Gao Funan were killed, and Hei Te Changxia was imprisoned."
Li Zhi said in a daze: "Is the Hanlin Academy murder case you mentioned one of these cases?"
Wu Chengsi cupped his hands and said, "Yes."
Li Zhijing thought for a moment, with a smile of relief on his face: "It's really commendable that you were able to track down the entire conspiracy from one of these small cases!"
Xu Jingzong's face was ashen. Li Zhi had obviously believed Wu Chengsi's words, and he had obviously not produced a single piece of evidence so far!
It was a pity that he was warned by Wu Mei and could no longer speak. After Yuan Gongyu noticed Wu Mei's attitude, he stopped speaking for him.
Wu Chengsi glanced at Xu Jingzong and said with a smile: "As for the evidence Xu Pushe wants, I just asked General Black Teeth to go to the prison to prove it. That Korean is not Yuan Xiancheng at all! The real Yuan Xiancheng has been held in the hands of those Koreans, but I have rescued him and is awaiting orders outside the palace."
Li Zhilang said: "Dongfu, hereby convey the decree, Xuanyuan Xiancheng comes to see you, and the Korean who pretends to be Yuan Xiancheng is also escorted here!"
Wei Dongfu responded and left the hall.
Li Zhi walked to the bottom of the steps, helped Su Dingfang up, and said apologetically: "I almost misunderstood the old general. Please don't take offense, old general."
Su Dingfang said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, please don't say that. It's the old minister's incompetence that allows those young men to take advantage of him!"
Yuan Gongyu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.
He and Su Dingfang originally had no grievances, but the reason why he wanted to convict Su Dingfang was because Xu Jingzong told him that this was the Queen's wish.
Su Dingfang had always opposed Wu Mei, so Yuan Gongyu believed it without much doubt. Unexpectedly, during the debate just now, Wu Mei actually spoke up to defend Su Dingfang, and then he realized that he was being used by Xu Jingzong.
He already believed Wu Chengsi's words, because Pang Jiude was Xu Jingzong's confidant. So don't think too much about the person who planned the whole conspiracy, it was Xu Jingzong himself!
The situation at hand was very dangerous, and he wanted to cut off from Xu Jingzong immediately.
However, the two of them knew each other well. If he bit Xu Jingzong now, the other party would probably reveal all the things he had done in the past, and he would also be dragged along to be buried with him.
When he was hesitating, he suddenly heard Li Zhi say: "Chengsi, please tell me about the Hanlin Academy and several other cases. I want to hear it."
Wu Chengsi stood up and responded, starting from the Hanlin Academy case.
After hearing the entire Hanlin Academy case, everyone in the hall, except Xu Jingzong and Yuan Gongyu, became more interested in the subsequent cases. However, as soon as Wu Chengsi talked about Liyuan, Wei Dongfu entered the hall with two Koreans.
One of them cowered, it was Yuan Xiancheng who was saved by Wu Chengsi.
The other man was being escorted by two guards, staring fiercely at Yuan Xiancheng. If he hadn't been escorted, he might have pounced on him.