The royal guards are very efficient, but in just half an hour, they brought nearly 100 officials into the palace.
The space in Zhaohua hall is limited, so they can't accommodate so many officials at the same time, so they can only kneel outside the hall and hand it over to muronghu, the commander of the royal guards, to judge the case, and Gu Fei, the governor's envoy, to assist.
They interrogated the people one by one with more than 100 royal guards.
In the Zhaohua hall, Xu Yizhi was very calm, but Xia Siye and Wei Chen were uneasy.
Xia Siye kept wiping his sweat and looked very nervous.
He knew that no matter what the final result of the case was, he had told Xu Yizhi to tear his face. As for the consequences of doing so, the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he was. He even had some regret in his heart.
He regretted that he should not have impulsively agreed to be involved in this struggle. No matter who wins or loses, it has nothing to do with him. He can't get any benefits. On the contrary, he still makes himself coquettish and thankless. Why?!
After studying hard for ten years, I took the position of the National Academy of Sciences. I thought I could stay comfortably in this position until my glorious retirement, but I didn't expect complications.
At the thought that his whole life's hard work would be destroyed, he felt like a drop of blood.
Wei Chen looked outside the hall from time to time. At this time, he had a bad hunch. Xu Yizhi's power fell into the court and the court was full of his students, as were the Imperial College and the Imperial Academy. In the Department where Wei Chen was located alone, four adults were Xu Yizhi's students.
These people are closely around Xu Yizhi. They have common interests and goals.
To let them betray Xu Yizhi is to cut off the interest involvement between them. They certainly won't want to.
An hour later, Murong Hu and Gu Fei entered Zhaohua hall with the interrogation results and reported the interrogation results to the emperor.
Murong suddenly said, "a total of 98 officials, without exception, all said they had no knowledge of the change of test papers. For Xia Siye's confession that Xu Shoufu instigated everyone to change test papers together, everyone agreed that it was impossible."
Sima Yan frowned: "since they don't know about changing the test papers, why do Xie Zijun and Wei Chen change the test papers? Could it be that the two of them ran to change their test papers? "
Murong hesitated and said, "When interrogating the people just now, someone said that he had seen Xia Siye in private with Xie Zijun."
Hearing this, Xia Siye couldn't bear it any longer and immediately jumped out: "what do you mean I have a private contact with Xie Zijun? Are you wondering if I quietly changed the test paper? That's ridiculous! I have no relatives or personal friends with Xie Zijun. Why should I take such a big risk for him? You can't buckle the excrement basin on my head! "
Murong suddenly said, "not only one person saw you and Xie Zijun meet privately. They also have no grievances with you. There's no need to work together to frame you."
"They are all with Xu Shoufu. In order to clear Xu Shoufu and his innocence, they want to push me out as a scapegoat!" Although Xia Siye was angry, he had a clear mind about those people.
Want to throw the pot to him? no way!
Murong suddenly said, "do you have evidence to say these words? If there is no evidence, it is a false accusation. "
"Can't the two papers I gave be used as evidence?"
"Those two papers can only be used to prove that Xie Zijun did steal Wei Chen's article, but it does not prove that Xu Shoufu conspired with other marking officers and invigilators to change the test paper. On the contrary, it is Xia Siye. You know that Xie Zijun's article was not written by himself, but you don't report it to the emperor and hide the real test paper at home. Your behavior is really suspicious."
Xia Siye blushed with anger, and his voice trembled: "I was also coerced at that time! I had no choice but to keep quiet in order to protect myself. Besides, will anyone believe me if I say it alone? As for those two papers, I hid them at home in order to leave myself a way out. What I said is true. If there is a lie, I will die! "
He even shouted out his vows, which showed that he was really anxious.
Murong suddenly said, "believe it or not, as a minister, since you know that someone cheated in the test, you should tell everything you know. This is your duty and duty as a minister!"
Sima was so tired that he had nothing to say.
Even if he was coerced, it was an iron clad fact that he did not report the information and hid material evidence, which he could not refute.
Murong suddenly knew that he had the upper hand and was quite proud.
He rushed to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, Xia Siye pointed out that Xu Shoufu had colluded with all the marking officers and invigilators to change the test papers. However, everyone said they didn't know about it. What Xia Siye said was all his one-sided words and not enough to be accepted! In addition, Xia Siye deliberately hid material evidence without reporting the information, for fear of being suspected of shouting to catch the thief! Wei Chen suggested to thoroughly investigate Xia's mansion, arrest all Xia Siye's family and servants and torture them severely. By means of royal guards, we can find out the truth in less than two days! "
When Xia Siye heard this, he felt that his eyes were black and almost fainted.
This Murong Hu is really a poisonous heart!
The world knows that the royal guards is a den of tigers and wolves. No matter who goes in, even if he doesn't die, he has to take off his skin. If his family enters that place, I'm afraid they can only go to Jiuquan to see each other again.
He fell down on his knees with a puff and begged: "Your Majesty, it's all the fault of the sinner. If you want to punish him, punish him alone. I beg you to raise your hand and let go of my wife and children. They are all innocent!"
Sima fan didn't speak, as if he was making a final consideration.
Wei Chen wanted to speak for Xia Siye, but before his words were exported, Gu Fei robbed him first.
Gu Fei stepped forward and bowed his hand and said, "tell your majesty, I feel that Murong's guess is inappropriate."
Sima fan asked, "what's wrong?"
Murong Hu also looked at Gu Fei at this time, and his eyes were a little bad.
Muronghu was already unhappy with the subordinate who always opposed himself. If Gu Fei had not been the patron of the emperor, he would have solved the subordinate who was in the way.
Gu Fei said: "last night, four dead men sneaked into Xia's mansion to assassinate Xia Siye. Fortunately, Wei Chen made arrangements in advance so that Xia Siye's family was not poisoned. If the fact is like what commander Murong said, Xia Siye's thieves shouted to catch the thief, where did the four dead men who assassinated Xia Siye come from? Isn't it because someone is worried that Xia Siye will reveal the truth and deliberately kill people? "
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