"Mr. Wu An, what do you mean by this? Do you suspect that the Taifu planted a traitor in the imperial army and instigated Scholar Han to steal the exam?"
Emperor Su Sheng's eyes turned cold, with a hint of disbelief.
Taifu Dugu Jingwei was his teacher and his staunch supporter who made it possible step by step. How could such a person place a traitor next to him?
Su Sheng didn't believe it!
Not to mention Su Sheng didn't believe it, even Dongfang Ming and Liang Wang didn't believe it. They looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.
Even if Su Cheng said that they planted a traitor beside the emperor, there would be no problem. But if Taifu Dugu Jingwei planted a traitor beside the emperor, they would not believe it even if they were beaten to death.
The reason why the emperor was able to reach this stage under the coercion of the Shangguan family was because of the existence of Taifu Dugu Jingwei. How could such a person plant a traitor next to the emperor!
But Su Cheng was not surprised by the emperor's reaction. He said calmly: "Don't tell me that your Majesty doesn't believe this. Even I was not willing to believe it at first."
"It wasn't until the Taifu decided to hand me over to the Yan Dynasty just now that I had to believe that all this was the Taifu's doing!"
As soon as this statement came out, Su Sheng and others realized that Dugu Jingwei had supported the fifth prince of Yan to destroy Su Cheng's family from the beginning, and just now wanted to hand over Su Cheng to the Yan Dynasty to calm the matter.
If there is only one thing, it can be said that Dugu Jingwei is thinking about the Liang Dynasty, but both of these things are aimed at Su Cheng, that is, he wants Su Cheng to die and deliberately targets Su Cheng!
As soon as these words came out, Su Sheng's originally determined heart suddenly wavered.
Yes, if Dugu Jingwei didn't target Su Cheng intentionally, why did he suddenly do these two things today?
He turned to look at Dugu Jingwei, with the last glimmer of hope on his face, and asked in a trembling voice: "Master, Mr. Wu An is wrong. You must have your own reasons, right?"
In Su Sheng's heart, Dugu Jingwei will always be the stern master who wakes him up from bed before dawn, not a plotter!
Now he would rather Dugu Jingwei refute, and as long as Dugu Jingwei refutes, he is willing to believe Dugu Jingwei!
But Dugu Jingwei glanced at Su Sheng and said nothing!
This scene made Su Sheng explode. He suddenly slapped the case and shouted angrily: "You must have chosen to send Wu'an out for the sake of Daliang not to go to war with the Yan Dynasty, right?"
Dugu Jingwei didn't explain, so Su Sheng explained it to him.
It was obvious that Su Sheng was anxious!
However, Dugu Jingwei looked at him like this, but still had no intention of defending himself.
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became awkward.
Su Cheng didn't speak at this moment. He knew that Dugu Jingwei had understood what he meant, and he also understood that there was no way to escape today. It would be futile to explain now. He had many reasons and evidence to prove that Dugu Jingwei was the one who arranged the traitor.
But Su Sheng couldn't bear this atmosphere. He rushed to Dugu Jingwei's side, grabbed his shoulders with both hands and shook him desperately: "Speak, you speak, you speak!"
At this moment, Su Sheng hoped that Dugu Jingwei could make a few excuses. Even if it was a lie, he would have a reason to excuse the other party!
"Your Majesty, there is no need."
Dugu Jingwei allowed Su Sheng to shake his body, and he said expressionlessly: "Since Mr. Wu An dares to say it in public, it means that he must have other evidence."
Then, he turned to look at Su Cheng: "Mr. Wu An, what I said is true, right?"
Su Cheng nodded with a smile and gave a thumbs up: "As expected of the Master, he even guessed the other evidence in my hand!"
"No, you have no evidence, you have no other evidence!" Su Sheng suddenly stared at Su Cheng like crazy, his eyes full of warning.
It was obvious that Su Sheng really wanted to save Dugu Jingwei!
Su Cheng shrugged: "Well, since His Majesty said I didn't, then I have no evidence."
Anyway, this matter is the emperor's business. If the emperor doesn't want to take down Dugu Jingwei, he doesn't need to be a villain.
But Dugu Jingwei suddenly said: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be like this. Even if you let me go today, the people of Daliang will not let me go. As the emperor, what you have to do is to be ruthless. You can't do it just because the person who committed the crime has something to do with you."
Just keep an open mind!"
"Your Majesty, this may be the last time I teach you. You must remember that you must be ruthless as a human being, and even more ruthless as an emperor!"
After finishing speaking, Dugu Jingwei looked at Su Cheng, with relief, fear, and a complex look in his eyes that he couldn't explain.
"Mr. Wu An, I have to say that you are the smartest person I have seen in these years. Shangguan Hao and I lost to you, it is not unfair!"
"However, I would like to know, when did you start to doubt me?"
Not only Gu Jingwei wants to know this, but Su Sheng, Liang Wang, Dongfang Ming and others also want to know.
Su Cheng said slowly under the gaze of everyone: "Actually, at the beginning, I was ordered to investigate the case of a traitor in the Forbidden Army and the case of Han Xuexian stealing exams. My target was the chief minister and the King of Liang. But after investigation, you two
The suspicion has been eliminated.”
"The first assistant is from a noble family, and he represents the noble family, and the people of the noble family are all well-educated people. There is no need for them to risk stealing questions. As for the King of Liang, let alone
If you want to go, why would you do something like stealing questions? What Prince Liang wants is those who passed the exam, not those who failed to pass the exam."
"Of course, I also suspected other people, but I eliminated them one by one. In the end, only the Taifu was left without investigation. But then the fifth prince Murong Jie arrived, so I wanted to take the opportunity to use this matter to test who would be here.
After I died, I jumped out and added insult to injury."
At this point, Su Sheng suddenly said: "Prince Liang just now agreed with Murong Jie to destroy your whole family!"
Prince Liang's face changed slightly, a little embarrassed.
Su Cheng smiled and said: "The King of Liang just wanted to take away my common wife Shangguan Yunge. He would do this because of personal feelings. I am not surprised."
Then, he looked at Dugu Jingwei: "It's true that Taifu and I have no grievances, and he actually agreed to this matter. This shows that he really wants me to die, and even wants to eradicate the roots."
Su Sheng stopped talking immediately after hearing this!
On the contrary, Dongfang Ming frowned and said: "These alone are not enough to explain anything. Could it be that you were actually deceiving the Taifu just now and wanted the Taifu to stand up and admit it?"
Su Cheng glanced at Dongfang Ming appreciatively: "Yes, I really want the master to jump out on his own. Of course, I have another piece of evidence in my hand!"
Then, he took out a list: "This is a list that the Grand Master gave me before I came to Kyoto. It lists several major forces in Kyoto, but the only one on it is the Shangguan family!"
"At first, I thought that the Taifu didn't want me to confront the Shangguan family, but now it seems that the Taifu deliberately didn't write the Shangguan family in the list. The purpose was to let me suffer a big loss from the Shangguan family without knowing it.
He even wants to use Shangguan Hao’s hand to destroy me!”
As soon as this statement came out, everyone's eyes turned to Dugu Jingwei.
Dugu Jingwei did not avoid this topic. He nodded and said calmly: "Yes, I do hope that Shangguan Hao will destroy you!"