Gu Chengyu was impatient to hear these things, he just wanted to know who that person was?
Could it be the person he had suspected in his heart? He felt it was likely.
"Who is it? It’s not hard to guess, it’s the forr Grand Secretary Liang Zhirui!" Xue Miao looked indignant, but Gu Chengyu was stunned.
"Liang Zhirui?" Gu Chengyu repeated the na through gritted teeth, and after a while, his anger turned into a smile.
Ming Mo and the others were even more shocked. How could it be possible? They knew who Mr. Liang was.
For so many years, following the master to Liang Mansion was like a routine, Mr. Liang was upright, treated the master like his own child, and was kind and pleasant to them, the servants.
Regarding injustice, Mr. Liang couldn’t bear it. The master had said that Mr. Liang resigned and returned ho because of his upright and staunch personality.
How could such a person be a treacherous minister selling out the country? Not only did the master not believe it, but they also didn’t believe it.
"So, do you have evidence of him betraying the country and selling out the nation?" Gu Chengyu smiled slightly, eyes fixed on Xue Miao.
Xue Miao’s face stiffened, then, thinking of sothing, his eyes that originally looked at Gu Chengyu began to dodge sowhat.
"The evidence is not in my hands." He paused for a while and then murmured to himself.
"You’re the survivor of the Xue Family, if the evidence isn’t in your hands, whose hands is it in?"
Gu Chengyu raised an eyebrow, his gaze as cold as icy arrows tightly fixed on Xue Miao, making him suddenly a bit flustered.
"It’s true it’s not in my hands, I have explained everything, and won’t lie anymore." Xue Miao suddenly showed so hesitation and guilt, feeling very contradictory.
Gu Chengyu ordered Ming Mo and the others to take away the cold al, he had now lost the mood to enjoy lunch.
"Who exactly has it? How dare you slander a court official without evidence? Don’t you want the Xue Family’s grievances to be redressed?"
Gu Chengyu told Ming Mo and the others to pack up, intending to set out imdiately.
He had no intention of delaying any longer, as Xue Miao had been captured and had explained quite a lot. He felt an impulse now to return to the Capital imdiately to ask his teacher what really happened back then.
Trust the teacher? He did trust him!
"If I tell you, can you help the Xue Family overturn the case? The Emperor’s order was to exterminated the Nine Families, are you daring to defy it? As long as the current reign continues, there will be no opportunity for the Xue Family to overturn the case."
Xue Miao frowned deeply, which King would face up to his own mistakes? They would only try to cover up the truth to preserve their imperial dignity.
Moreover, is there really no suspicion in the Emperor’s heart about what happened back then? There are many doubts in this case, why did the Emperor not order a thorough investigation but closed the case hastily? There must be several reasons he isn’t aware of.
"Why not allowed? This matter involves treason and selling out the nation, it is a heinous cri. Would the Emperor let it go? Furthermore, allowing these people to exist would have a huge impact on Dayan. Perhaps they are planning how to usurp Dayan’s throne, making our Dayan people their slaves."
Gu Chengyu spoke righteously, this matter indeed was not trivial. Many years have passed, and it can no longer be delayed.
No matter what plan Da Xing has, over the past decade or more, it must have been set in place. If not stopped soon, it would be too late to repair.
Actually, Gu Chengyu was also quite puzzled about this matter, in theory, after the Three Ministries had tried the case, the Ministry of Justice would review and close it.
But the case was closed very swiftly. From Xia Qing’s impeachnt of Xue Haozhen, presenting evidence, to the trial by the Three Ministries, and then the Ministry of Justice closing the case, it took only half a month.
In ancient tis, major cases like this required considerable ti just to gather evidence and review by the Ministry of Justice. Not to ntion undergoing review by the Three Ministries, such a speedy resolution was truly lantable.
At the ti he thought the Emperor might have hated treason so utterly that, upon discovery, he left no margin.
But thinking about it now, there are just too many doubts, like who in Da Xing is the enemy?
Historical records ntion a Prince of Da Xing nad Wei Dan, but upon investigation, Gu Chengyu found Wei Dan was rely a teenager, sixteen or seventeen years old at the ti.
Though his mother was a concubine, this child was la.
With a physical defect, he couldn’t inherit the throne, would Xue Haozhen be that foolish? Choosing this disabled person over the other sound Princes?
Adding fuel to a cold stove must consider the stove itself, not just burnt bricks and exposed pots, that’s rely self-destruction, isn’t it?
So there’s clearly sothing fishy about this, did the Emperor truly not know? Yet the Emperor’s mind is often unfathomable.
However, Gu Chengyu understood that Xue Haozhen had been highly esteed by the late Emperor. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been summoned right before the Emperor’s demise.
Such powerful influence would naturally arouse the Emperor’s suspicion.
Although the Emperor had been reigning for twenty-one years, he was still troubled by how to weaken the aristocratic family’s strength.
Might it be Xue Haozhen’s excessive authority that stirred the Emperor’s concern? Subsequently, Xia Qing’s impeachnt allowed the Emperor to take advantage and eliminated Xue Haozhen? It’s not impossible!
But if this were solely the reason to annihilate the Xue Family, it would be too chilling. Could the Emperor in his youth really be so ruthless?
Then how was Xia Qing’s growing authority over these two years? Based on the Emperor’s temperant, would he tolerate Xia Qing’s power expanding and causing turmoil in the court?
This is why the Emperor’s thought is elusive, Gu Chengyu tentatively believed the Emperor initially allowed Xia Qing to curb those aristocratic families, weakening their power.
But who is Xia Qing? He is extrely cunning, wouldn’t he seize the chance to expand his own power?
Once the Emperor ca to realize, Xia Qing had beco an unstoppable force.
Thus completing his own rise, the Emperor again employed old tactics, yet these tactics remained effective.
As for whether he might later beco like Xia Qing, who was discarded by the Emperor after use, he really wasn’t worried.
Because the Emperor was already elderly, likely wouldn’t live to see that day.
No matter the Emperor’s thoughts, he would not allow the Xue Family to defa his teacher.
"I ask you once more, where exactly is the evidence? Or whose hands is it in?" Gu Chengyu saw everything sorted and lost interest in going in circles with Xue Miao.
Xue Miao sighed heavily, shaking his head, "The evidence is lost!"
"Swoosh!" Gu Chengyu sneered, the sword at his waist unsheathed.
"Are you playing tricks on ? You think I’m here for pleasantries, treating you kindly, but you repeatedly fool . It seems without making you suffer, you won’t speak honestly. You know I’m a scholar, very reluctant to resort to force, which befits no refinent."
Gu Chengyu’s eyes flashed coldly, frightening Xue Miao into waving his hands.
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