After the morning court, Su Sheng met with Su Cheng alone.
In the side hall, Su Cheng told the story of the attack just now.
Su Sheng couldn't help but narrowed his eyes after hearing this: "The other party attacked you on the only way to the palace, and happened to avoid the patrol camp. This was a planned assassination. Marquis Wu'an, do you think it was Shangguan Haodong?
hand?"
Su Cheng shook his head and showed a solemn look: "Shangguan Hao can't be so stupid. I just had a conflict with them. If I were killed now, he would be the first person to be suspected. Moreover, the person who came was not a dead soldier, and his martial arts skills
It’s not very high, someone else probably wants to kill me!”
If a dead soldier comes today, whether he can come to court safely is a question. The one who attacked him today is not at the same level as the dead soldiers before.
Su Sheng's face darkened when he heard this: "He dares to take action in Kyoto and avoid the patrol camp. This person is really capable. However, since those people are not dead soldiers, the only possibility is to be government soldiers, otherwise the opponent cannot
We are blatantly feeding so many people in Kyoto.”
After thinking for a while, Su Sheng continued: "Let's do this. I will tell you the people in Kyoto who have the right to own the soldiers, and you can investigate this matter secretly."
After speaking, Su Sheng immediately asked the eunuch to bring him pen, ink, paper and inkstone. After a while, the names of eight people were written down.
Su Cheng took a look at the list handed over by Su Sheng, and it read clearly: the previous chief assistant Shangguan Hao, the general Yelu Hongsheng, the current chief assistant Dongfang Ming, Liang Wang Su Xing, Wu Wang Suming, Zhao Wang Su Xingchang, Qin Wang Su Xingzong, Yan
Wang Su rejuvenated the country.
After reading the names of these eight people, Su Cheng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "King Zhao and I have a good relationship. Shangguan Hao is unlikely to attack me at this time. These two people can be eliminated first."
After taking another look at the names of the remaining six people, he continued: "King Liang asked me to meet at the Ministry of Justice last night, saying that he had something for me, and it was impossible for him to attack me at this time, and King Wu
It’s Shangguan Hao’s side again. Without Shangguan Hao’s order, he wouldn’t be able to do anything to me.”
"The only four people left are General Yelu Hongsheng, current Chief Assistant Dongfang Ming, King of Qin Su Xingzong, and King of Yan Su Xingguo. Can your Majesty tell me about these four people?"
He was indeed not familiar with these four people. Even though the current chief minister Dongfang Ming was present every time he went to court, this person seemed to have no sense of existence. He had not spoken to each other these few times in court.
As for the other three people he had not met yet, he had only heard of General Yelu Hongsheng. He had never heard of the names of the remaining Qin King Su Xingzong and Yan King Su Xingguo.
Su Sheng was not surprised by this. He put his hands behind his back and slowly introduced the four people.
The current chief assistant, Dongfang Ming, is a representative of the family. After Shangguan Hao retired due to his age, Dongfang Ming was recommended by the family. He has a good temper and is polite to everyone.
In the battles in the imperial court, the family has always been a neutral faction, not helping anyone, but not offending anyone.
It is precisely because of this that even though many officials were left behind before Shangguan Hao retired, Dongfang Ming still did not touch these people. Anyway, Dongfang Ming would not get involved in anything as long as it did not involve the interests of the family.
Although he is the chief assistant, most of the time Dongfang Ming only acts as the representative of the family and does not participate in party struggles!
Su Cheng couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this.
I didn't expect that there would be such a person in this court.
But then I thought about it, if it weren't for Dongfang Ming's attitude, this first assistant would probably not be able to continue. After all, Shangguan Hao must have made many arrangements before he retired.
And Dongfang Ming was so obedient that he did not touch Shangguan Hao's people. In addition, Dongfang Ming had not participated in any party struggles. Shangguan Hao had no reason to make an enemy for himself. If pressed, Dongfang Ming would choose to side with the Emperor or the Prince of Liang.
, then Shangguan Hao would lose more than he gained.
In other words, as long as Dongfang Ming remains neutral, he will be invincible.
I have to say that people from these aristocratic families are really powerful, and they know the principle of being wise and protecting themselves.
Su Changcheng sighed: "It seems that the Chief Assistant of the East is also a wonderful person. Your Majesty, I am actually quite interested in the general!"
Since Dongfang Ming's suspicion is not high, he naturally wants to listen to the person who is the most suspicious in his mind - General Yelu Hongsheng!
Su Sheng glanced at Su Cheng: "Do you think the general did it?"
Su Cheng nodded: "It's not impossible. The other party can know the patrol time of the patrol camp. This alone can be used to determine that the other party has people in the army. And the general controls most of our military power in Daliang. He is the most likely to know the patrol time."
Battalion patrol time man!”
Su Sheng shrugged: "Although what you said makes sense, I have to remind you that the general at the moment is thousands of miles away on the frontline battlefield. He doesn't have time to deal with things here. Maybe you come to Kyoto, he
Only then did we know.”
As the emperor, Su Sheng naturally didn't want to doubt his general. That would be detrimental to the army. One mistake could lead to instability in the morale of the army, or even defeat!
Today's Liang Dynasty is not monolithic. Once the emperor doubts his ministers and is a general, the consequences will be unimaginable.
When Su Cheng heard this, he looked deeply at Su Sheng: "Your Majesty, do you not want to doubt, or do you not dare to doubt?"
Su Sheng raised his eyebrows and stared at Su Cheng without saying anything. The two of them just looked at each other.
After a moment, Su Sheng withdrew his eyes, shook his head and said: "I really don't dare to doubt it, but one thing is certain, the general never acts sloppily. If he really wants to kill you, the one he sends this time must be a master.
It is absolutely impossible for you to see me alive."
This sentence was enough to explain Su Sheng's thoughts. He felt that it was impossible for Yelu Hongsheng to do it.
Su Changcheng sighed: "Well, since your Majesty has ruled out the attack, now there are only those two princes that I have never heard of. Please tell me about the King of Qin and the King of Yan!"
Su Sheng thought for a while, and then said slowly: "It's normal that you haven't heard of these two princes. They were from the Taizong period, that is, people from your grandfather's period. They and your grandfather have the same father and mother.
Brother, it’s just that because they are older now, they come out less often, and many people have almost forgotten them!”
"The power of these two princes to have soldiers was given to them during the Taizong period. Even I can't cancel it. But these two old men want to deal with you? I don't really believe it."
After hearing these words, Su Cheng himself was confused.
Of the remaining four people, the chief assistant does not care about the affairs of the court, the general is thousands of miles away, and he is ruthless. If he does it, he will never survive, and the remaining two old princes are recuperating at home.
If you ask about world affairs, how could you possibly take action against him?
Su Cheng suddenly felt like he had a headache. Things in Kyoto were getting more and more complicated, more complicated than he imagined.
If it is really not these people who did it, it means that besides Shangguan Hao, there are other forces in Kyoto!
Thinking of this, Su Cheng narrowed his eyes: "Your Majesty, I will investigate the matter of my assassination myself, but your Majesty needs to pay more attention to the matter of refined salt. I have to fight with Shangguan Hao, and there are many places where I can use my money!"
Su Sheng glared at Su Cheng: "Don't worry, I have taken care of the refined salt matter. Now that I have found the salt mine, I am just waiting to mine it and refine it according to your method!"
Su Cheng nodded after hearing this: "That's good. Shenjia Buzhuang now has facial masks, and King Zhao's side can be stabilized. Then it's my turn to take action, but not today. King Liang said he has something to tell me, Your Majesty.