After listening to Xie Zijun's words, Sima tired of loving him. If he didn't cheat in the exam, he would have made some achievements. Unfortunately, such a good talent would be lost here.
Sima wearily said, "although what you said is reasonable, the fraud in the imperial examination is by no means a small matter. We must thoroughly investigate it. If you can tell all you know, I can consider sparing your life."
Xie Zijun still said that.
"I did everything alone and had nothing to do with others."
Sima tired of his stubbornness.
Xu Yizhi was only one step away from the case. Xie Zijun, the key witness, refused to tell the truth. Could he only be punished?
Just when Sima fan was going to give Xie Zijun to the Royal Guards for torture, Xie Miao suddenly came in.
"Your Majesty, Gu Jiangshi is asking for an audience outside."
Sima fan asked, "what is she doing here at this time?"
"She said that there was one evidence that could prove who was behind the fraud in the imperial examination. She specially came to present it to her majesty."
Sima fan immediately came to the spirit: "let her in."
"Here."
When Jiang Weiwei walked into Zhaoyang hall, everyone in the hall looked at her.
This was the first time Xu Yizhi saw Jiang Weiwei. Before that, he had only heard about her. Now he saw herself with his own eyes and found that she was unexpectedly young and beautiful. At first glance, she looked like a pretty little lady raised in a boudoir, not like a doctor with superb medical skills.
Jiang Wei bowed his knees and saluted: "the people's wife paid a visit to her majesty."
Sima fan asked, "you said you had evidence to give me. What evidence is it?"
Jiang Weiwei took out a letter from his sleeve and put his hands on it.
"That's it."
Xie Miao took the letter and handed it over to Sima fan.
Sima fan opened his letter and looked at it carefully.
I don't know why. Xu Yizhi was a little uneasy at this time. He stared at the letter in Sima fan's hand and quickly thought about what was written in the letter?
Sima fan didn't say much after reading the contents of the letter, but asked Xie Miao to take the letter to Xu Yizhi.
So the letter was handed over to Xu Yizhi.
Xu Yizhi is old. In addition, he reads and writes all year round and uses his eyes too much, which leads to some presbyopia now. When he read the letter, he should face the sun and hold it far away. He narrowed his eyes and looked carefully.
After reading the first sentence in the letter, his heart was half cold.
This is the secret letter he wrote to Xie Zijun today!
He wrote every word of the letter himself, and he knew better than anyone what was written in the letter.
Instead of looking down, he was thinking about what to do next.
Sima fan asked, "Duke Xu, this is your letter, isn't it?"
Xu Yizhi stood up and knelt down tremblingly: "the old minister is guilty."
"What are you guilty of?"
"The old minister should not write to remind Xie Zijun to prepare in advance because he cherishes talents."
"Is that all your sin?"
"The old minister just wrote this letter to remind Xie Zijun. I really don't know anything else. Please see it clearly."
Sima Yan smiled, but there was no smile in his eyes: "the real murderer behind the scenes who ordered the dead to kill people is actually you?"
Xu Yizhi suddenly said, "I have never done this!"
All he can do now is to deny it.
That letter can only prove that he informed Xie Zijun, but it can't prove that he was behind the scenes. After all, Xie Zijun and the 98 officials outside agreed that the matter had nothing to do with him. So many people can testify to him. It's impossible to do too much harm to Xia Siye alone.
It is true that the only witness is Xia Siye, but Xia Siye himself is not very clean. Whether the testimony can be fully believed remains to be discussed.
In the case of insufficient evidence, even Sima fan, the son of heaven, had no choice.
He can't send Xu Yizhi to the Zhenfu department for torture like others, can he?
If he did that, he was afraid that the news about his persecution of loyal officials and good generals would spread all over the capital of Bian tomorrow, and he would become a cruel and confused king among the population. The reputation he had accumulated for more than ten years would be in vain.
Even if the heart is unwilling, Sima weariness can only recognize it with his nose.
In fact, he had already prepared in his heart. It was impossible for him to overthrow Xu Yizhi with such a case alone.
Xu Yizhi knows that this big tree has taken root too deeply in the dynasty. It is impossible to pull it out overnight.
Sima fan thought that since he could not be uprooted by roots, he had to cut off his branches first.
"Just now I asked you if you know that Xie Zijun and Wei Chen's examination papers were changed. Do you remember how you answered my mother? You said you didn't know it at all, but now you say you're in love, so you'll write to Xie Zijun to inform him. What's the truth of your words? Which sentence is false? "
Xu Yizhi looked down again and burst into tears: "the old minister lied before, and the old minister committed the crime of bullying the king. Please punish him!"
Sima wearily said, "the crime of bullying the king needs to be beheaded."
"The old minister is willing to die."
With this, Xu Yizhi raised his head and knocked down to the ground!
Only a dull bang was heard. His forehead was broken and blood flowed out. Then he blacked out and fainted.
Everyone didn't expect that Xu Yizhi would suddenly seek death. They were all startled.
Sima got up wearily: "Duke Xu!"
Xie Miao shouted, "come on, go and call the imperial doctor!"
Jiang Weiwei walked over quickly, grabbed Xu Yizhi's wrist, felt his pulse, and then opened his eyelids to have a look.
Sima fan came over and asked eagerly, "how's Duke Xu?"
"The head was hit violently, resulting in temporary fainting. I'll give him two injections first."
Jiang Weiwei took out his small needle bag, took out the silver needle and gently plunged it into Xu Yizhi's body acupoints.
Soon Xu Yizhi woke up, but because of the concussion, his brain was not clear. The whole person was dizzy, and he couldn't even say what was still complete.
Soon the doctors came to hear the news.
They drugged Xu Yizhi's wound and wrapped it up with gauze.
When things got to this point, Sima fan couldn't force Xu Yizhi to stay here. He had to let someone take him home in a carriage.
When the bodyguards helped Xu Yizhi out of the Zhaohua hall, the 98 officials waiting outside the hall were startled and surrounded to ask Xu Shoufu what was the matter?
The guards drove the officials away with swords, and then carefully helped Xu Yizhi into the carriage.
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