Chapter Seventy-Four: The Lonely Minister
There was a moment of silence in the prison.
Li Yifu seemed to be stunned for a moment, his eyes moved slightly, and then he came back to life.
"Is that you?"
"It's me."
Su Dawei said calmly.
At the same time, in his heart, he couldn't bear the ups and downs of thoughts.
At the beginning, Li Yifu pushed for the removal of his Ducha Temple in front of Li Zhi.
Moreover, it was proposed to divide the functions and powers of the Ducha Temple into three.
Now, although Li Yifu has fallen, the ending of Ducha Temple is still as pushed as Li Yifu designed.
Do you want to say that Su Dawei is not resentful?
There is still some resentment in that.
But after thinking about it carefully, the current situation of Li Yifu is also due to his Su Dawei.
If it weren't for him taking the secret agents of Ducha Temple to secretly investigate Li Yifu and send divine assistance to Hao Chujun, it would never be so easy for Hao Chujun and Shangguanyi to bring down the right minister.
Love and kill each other, as it is.
Su Dawei put away his emotions and said to Li Yifu: "Your Majesty asked me to interrogate this case, and I am also an old acquaintance with the right minister, and please cooperate with the right minister." ”
"I'm not a right minister now, but a prisoner."
Li Yifu's expression was indifferent.
This was a bit unexpected by Su Dawei.
originally thought that a person like him must be crazy at this time.
How high you climbed in the past, how heavy you fall now.
With Li Yifu's heart, that kind of narrow mind, how can he stand such a gap.
So for a while, Su Dawei was a little suspicious, what he saw was really Li Yifu?
How did he become so reserved.
Or is it that because the blow is too big, the backbone has been completely broken and the spirit has been dispelled, so it is decadent?
Su Dawei looked at Li Yifu's eyes.
These eyes, although bloodshot and a little sluggish, do not wander.
His god is not gone, and he is not broken.
A strange thought flashed in his heart, Su Dawei took a few steps closer, and sat down cross-legged like him in front of Li Yifu.
Psychologically speaking, the same action is easy to shorten the distance between the two parties and reduce the resistance in the heart.
Cheng Daozhi glanced at Changshi Wei Changjie beside him, and felt that Su Dawei and Li Yifu were sitting face to face like this, which didn't look like a trial.
In their past experience, the adjudicator often needs to be condescending and put great psychological pressure on the prisoner.
Only in this way can it be conducive to breaking through the suspect's mental defense and obtaining useful testimony.
However, today's interrogation is mainly based on Su Da, and the Son of Heaven appointed him to do the interrogation, even if others have doubts in their hearts, they are not allowed to bother.
Su Dawei sat opposite Li Yifu, was silent for a moment and spoke first: "I don't want to go around in circles, let's start now." ”
As he spoke, he paid attention to Li Yifu's expression and saw that he had not changed much, and he did not even have a tiny body language on his body.
On behalf of Li Yifu, his mood was very calm at this time.
This may not be conducive to the trial of the case, and it will require both sides to fight wits and courage.
But Su Dawei doesn't have time to do more foreshadowing now, so he can only bite the bullet.
"Li Yifu, I have seen the case file on your body, and now the armor in the mansion, the unauthorized use of the first emperor's golden treasure divine pillow, and the invitation of the warlock to look at the qi, these are all conclusive evidence, do you have anything to say about these?"
Li Yifu's eyes remained unchanged, staring at the air in front of him sluggishly, as if Su Dawei was a transparent person.
"I actually feel sorry for you, you are in a high position, and it is impossible to go further, why do you do these taboo things."
Su Dawei glanced at Li Yifu's expression, and then said, "Are you too inflated?" ”
Li Yifu's eyes moved slightly, his throat squirmed, and finally said, "The matter of Tibetan armor was reported to Your Majesty, right?" ”
"Yes."
"Those nails aren't mine."
"Whose is that?"
Li Yifu's eyes glanced into the distance again, as if he had no intention of talking.
Cheng Daozhi and Wei Changjie, who were behind Su Dawei, as well as the rest of the errand officers, all shook their heads secretly.
The previous interrogations were all like this, as long as the trial reached the key point, Li Yifu would not speak.
It stands to reason that the evidence is conclusive.
But the Son of Heaven didn't speak, and the officials below naturally understood what was missing.
As the right minister of Li Yifu, what does he want?
What is his motivation?
Could it be that he still wants to rebel against himself and become the emperor?
Absolutely impossible.
In that case, is it a delirium for him to do these things?
Tibetan armor, Wangqi, and things used by the emperor are possible for others, but only Li Yifu is impossible.
Because the path he took was "white gloves" and a lonely minister.
The Manchu officials were almost offended, and the only one to rely on was the Tang Emperor.
In this case, how much does he want to die if he engages in these things and breaks his foundation and backing?
The Taizong Dynasty suppressed the courtiers and balanced the forces in the court, in addition to relying on Li Shimin's extraordinary mind and wisdom.
The most important thing is that most of the Tang Dynasty was defeated by Li Shimin.
His military prestige is unparalleled.
It is natural to suppress the growing bureaucracy and the aristocracy.
But the emperors of later generations did not have martial arts like Li Shimin, what should they do?
How to suppress those inflated bureaucratic gates?
Different emperors had different strategies.
Li Zhi's strategy is to appoint "gloves" to do something for him that is inconvenient for him to come forward.
Later, Wu Meiniang usurped power, and she actually used Li Zhi's set.
It's just that on the basis of Li Zhi, he went one step further and used some ruthless and cruel officials to maintain high pressure on the courtiers.
In later dynasties, there were also Li Zhi and Empress Wu, but they only learned a little skin.
These thoughts flashed through Su Dawei's mind.
He looked at Li Yifu and suddenly had a strange feeling.
So he lowered his voice and said in a voice that he could barely hear: "You, do you have any troubles?" ”
Li Yifu remained silent.
It's just that his eyes suddenly turned red, and I don't know if it was bloodshot or tears.
This old man, who has been in officialdom for decades and has climbed to the right position of the Tang Dynasty, has a faint light in his eyes.
"You were framed?"
Su Dawei asked again.
This sentence made Li Yifu suddenly break the resentment that he had just accumulated.
Li Yifu finally raised his head and looked at Su Dawei with complicated eyes.
That look clearly said: Frame the old man, don't you also have a share?
"I am Your Majesty's person, I am a martial artist, except for investigating cases and soliciting foreign affairs, I don't know anything about the DPRK and China."
Su Dawei looked at Li Yifu and said calmly: "You should know that if you didn't deliberately target me first, I wouldn't have investigated your affairs." ”
Li Yifu's eyes dimmed little by little.
In an almost hoarse, sandpaper-like bass, he said, "If I tell you that the old man didn't know that there was armor hidden in the study before, would you believe it?" ”
Su Dawei was silent for a while.
Looking at Li Yifu, various thoughts flashed in his heart.
Logically speaking, he is willing to believe Li Yifu.
The person who is the right minister is also Li Zhi's person.
As long as the brain has not been caught by the door, it should not hide the armor.
and he who wants to die, and does not do so.
But to say that Li Yifu is completely unaware is a little unbelievable.
The study, a place that I go to every day, such a place, if it weren't for Li Yifu himself, who would have the ability to transport those clothes and armor in such a well-guarded prime minister's mansion?
It's so hard to be unaware and not alarm anyone.
"I know it's hard for you to believe, but I'm telling the truth."
Li Yifu's voice became deeper and lower: "This is someone who wants to design the old man, as for who it is, there is no need to delve into it." ”
There was a hint of self-deprecation on his face: "I can't argue, and when I am engaged in it, my end is doomed." ”
"Not necessarily, if you can cooperate with me, I can find clues, maybe I can return your innocence, Your Majesty also wants to see the truth."
"This kind of coaxing children, Hugh has to mention it."
Li Yifu leaned against the wall and looked up at the sky: "I offended so many people on weekdays, the wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and the drum was broken and ten thousand people hammered...... As a lonely minister, I knew that there would be such a day. ”
Su Dawei was silent for a while.
He was already wondering that Li Yifu's performance at this time was not at all like the "traitorous minister" who was narrow-minded and would be revenged.
Until now, when he heard Li Yifu himself say the word "lonely minister", Su Dawei suddenly understood in his heart.
If you are a lonely minister, you don't make more enemies in the court, and if you don't hug the emperor's thighs, how can the emperor believe and give him authority.
But this kind of courtier is destined to be the enemy of everyone.
Once a son of heaven and a courtier, once he loses the trust of the king, he can only end in desolation.
Li Yifu has obviously thought of it.
Su Dawei secretly suspected that the driving force behind this political incident was not as simple as bringing down a Li Yifu.
It was to take advantage of the fact that Li was seriously ill and the crown prince was seriously ill, and he was counterattacking and regaining power.
If this is really the case, then the turmoil within Datang this time will be even more terrible than previously expected.
Su Dawei and Li Yifu talked in a whisper, and Cheng Daozhi and Wei Changjie, who were in the rear, could no longer hear what the two were saying.
Cheng Daozhi had to speak out cautiously: "Su Shaoqing, can you be louder, this ...... The content of the interrogation is to be recorded in the file. ”
"Okay, I'm done."
Su Dawei patted the grass clippings and dust on his thighs and stood up.
He said to Cheng Dao, who looked confused: "You can go." ”
"That's, it's over?"
Wei Changjie hurriedly said on the side: "Su Shaoqing won't interrogate more?" Why did he hide his armor and look at his qi, what were these motives, and was there any other insider behind it? How do we write this dossier and how do we present it to Your Majesty?
In a few days, this person will be transferred to the prison of the Criminal Department, and Su Shaoqing wants to be tried again, but I am afraid that it will not be so easy. ”
"I've said it, I'm done."
Su Dawei accentuated his tone.
Cheng Daozhi still knew a little bit of his temper, and he was busy secretly pulling the sleeve of Wei Changjie's official uniform.
Wei Changjie closed his mouth at this time.
Everyone watched Su Dawei turn around and walk out of the cell, looking at each other for a while, but they could only follow out.
The cell door was re-locked.
Li Yifu lay on the wall of his cell, his body immersed in shadows.
The beam of light shines through the skylight overhead, casting it on the ground in front of you.
It's close, but it's impossible to grasp.
Li Yifu slowly stretched out his hand and grabbed it.
Then he put it down in a dejected way.
Outside the cell, the cell leader on duty faintly heard a whimpering roar like a beast coming from the deep cell.