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Two days passed in a flash.

The public opinion deliberately incited by Jiao Shun could be said to have advanced rapidly during this period. Numerous officials from both the government and the public actively participated in the situation, especially students from the Imperial College and Yunlu Academy.

One of these two schools is the most government-run school at that time, and the other is a leader among private schools. They usually have the habit of being scornful of each other, so they took advantage of this public opinion storm to start a fight.

Today there are people in the Imperial College calling for the release of Zhou Long in court, and tomorrow there are people in Yunlu Academy calling for a thorough investigation of the national traitor Jiao Shun; in the morning there are people in Yunlu Academy calling for the disbandment of engineering schools, and in the afternoon there are people in the Imperial Academy lamenting the shortcomings of the New Deal and saying they will not depose the New Deal government again.

There will be no country.

In normal times, such unfounded emotional output would have been stopped long ago by the commanders of both sides.

But this time it was a special case. Instead of stopping it, the division commanders on both sides secretly condoned it and even actively contributed to it.

As a result, the tone of both sides was rising with three betrayals a day!

As a result, many people were deceived by him, thinking that Jiao Shun had done something treacherous and unethical. He could be called the Zhao Gao and Qin Hui of the dynasty, and Zhou Long, who was framed by him, was naturally a very loyal person.

Encouraged by these feedbacks, students from the Imperial College and Yunlu Academy felt that it was time to take a step further, so they unanimously decided to go to Dali Temple to block the gates of the demonstration on the morning of July 20th.

When the news reached Dali Temple, Liu Fang, the young minister of Dali Temple who was presiding over the case, was immediately confused.

Like a donkey, he turned around a hundred times in the side hall, but he couldn't think of any way to break the game, so he had to kick the ball to the two co-trials: "You two, tomorrow morning

We're about to put on a bad show, so don't just watch and come up with an idea!"

"What's your idea?"

Yan Junchen smiled bitterly and shook his head: "The rights and wrongs of this case are clear at a glance, and there is no room for manipulation. What's more, Jiao Shun can report at any time. If you insist on favoring Zhou Long, how should you and I handle ourselves once His Majesty raises questions? But if

According to the actual report, there will probably be three more national traitors that those students want to kill tomorrow."

Liu Fang was originally only vaguely aware of the seriousness of the matter, but after hearing Yan Junchen's analysis, she became even more confused.

He was stamping his feet and sighing. It was visible to the naked eye that he had aged three years.

“I can’t control that much anymore!”

At this time, Xu Liang suddenly stood up and said: "If the report is true, I am afraid that all of us will be ruined. Even if His Majesty is satisfied, how can we stay in the court for a long time?"

After a pause, he added: "What's more, what the emperor wants is not just Zhou Long, but for us to find out the mastermind behind the scenes - it would be fine if there is a mastermind behind the scenes, but if there is no such person, do we still want to launch a large-scale unjust prison?"

Can’t make it?”

"As the saying goes, choose the lesser of two evils. For now, the only way to preserve our dignity is to file an unjust case first!"

He had been acting as peacemaker with Xini before, but he didn't expect to be more decisive than Liu Fang and Yan Junchen at the critical moment.

Yan Junchen quickly agreed: "What Mr. Xu said is absolutely true. Now that the situation outside is fierce, young people of that generation have the courage to bring order to chaos. We live above the temple, so we should be the first in the world!"

The two of them spoke in unison, the former was practical, the latter was high-sounding, but Liu Fang was still undecided on the side, hesitantly said: "This, is this a crime of deceiving the emperor?"

"otherwise!"

Xu Liang had already figured out Liu Fang's temper these days, and he said with a confident look on his face: "You and I are remonstrating directly. With the current situation, if word spreads afterwards, it will be praised as Wei Xuancheng and Haigang in the world."

The peak is still unknown."

When Liu Fang heard the names of Wei Zheng and Hai Rui, her eyes gleamed and she was obviously very moved.

Yan Junchen on the side said again: "What's more, since we are the first in the world, how can the princes in the court still sit back and ignore us? When the public is angry, even though your majesty is the lord of ten thousand chariots, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have his own way."

At this time, Liu Fang finally made a decision and said sadly: "Come on, now that Gang Chang has been ruined, it is our duty as scholars to correct chaos and bring justice, so how can we care about our personal safety?"

Xu Liang and Yan Junchen exchanged glances and asked in unison: "Then we will go to court?"

"Ascending to the Hall!"

Liu Fang raised her arms and shouted.

…………

At that time, Jiao Shun was sitting in a corner of the lobby, seemingly flipping through official documents, but in fact he was holding several portraits and carefully identifying them.

These are all the student leaders who will take the lead in the charge tomorrow, and only one of them was dragged into the trap by Ni Er - the student from Yunlu Academy who staged a painful plot.

There is no way, the academy seems to be isolated from the world, but in fact it is a miniature version of Vanity Fair. How many of the people who are able to thrive in it are from poor families? What's more, most of the children from poor families who can stand out are not interested in money.

Open it, my lord.

Being able to plant such a nail is already a stroke of luck.

While Jiao Shun carefully identified the student leader, he was thinking about how to lift this nail to a higher position - the harder he fell in free fall, the more naturally it would damage the arrogance of the scholars.

At the same time, Jiao Shun couldn't help but raise his hand to scratch his shoulder.

The bite mark that Wang Xifeng had bitten two days ago has now become scabbed, and the itching is very unbearable.

Just when Jiao Shun's brain circuit was unstoppably drifting along the scab on his shoulder, towards the indescribable battle situation that day, he suddenly saw a bunch of government servants coming in from outside, setting up signs and sorting out sign tubes.

, obviously he is going to court again for questioning.

Jiao Shun frowned when he saw this, and went to the hall to greet him. He has long been used to it these days, but the problem is that students are coming to cause trouble. As soon as the news reached Dali Temple, the three chief judges were anxious to go to the hall...

No matter how you look at it, it feels like the rain is coming!

He secretly increased his vigilance, but unexpectedly discovered something strange during the trial.

The questioning routines of the three presiding officers were generally the same, and they only wanted to find problems with procedural justice, but their tone and attitude changed significantly.

In particular, they no longer asked the same question over and over again like before, but adopted a quick approach to cut through the mess. Even if Chen Wansan and Li Qing didn't answer, they would not dwell on it, but would go directly to the next question.

This is……

Jiao Shun thought about it briefly and guessed what the three officials had in mind. It was clear that they wanted to cut off the strength of a strong man and would rather offend the emperor to ensure his own position.

However, this was already in Jiao Shun's plan. He listened to the whole scene calmly. It was only when the three officials wanted to end it hastily that he suddenly stood up and said: "My lords, I have something to ask you."

.”

The three court officials had long been prepared for him to get up and make an attack.

At that moment, Yan Junchen reminded him with a straight face: "You are an observer, not a jury. If you have any opinions, just write an official document and submit it afterwards. Otherwise, don't you still have the right to secretly record the performance?"

"The official has no objection."

Jiao Shun was neither humble nor arrogant and said: "There are just some things about Dali Temple that I want to report to Mr. Shaoqing."

When Liu Fang heard this, she was very curious about what he was going to say, but how could she talk to him privately in front of two co-trials?

At that moment, he scolded with a straight face: "Since it has nothing to do with the case, why are you bringing it up now?"

"I thought I was going to quit."

Jiao Shun pretended to be surprised and said: "Could it be that the official has misunderstood? Then please ask the three adults to continue the investigation of the case."

After saying that, he bowed slightly and sat back down again.

After the case, Liu Fang, Xu and Yan looked at each other. They were really ready to withdraw, but were suddenly interrupted by Jiao Shun. They either continued the trial or seemed to have no choice but to listen to what he had to say.

So Liu Fang pretended to be embarrassed and whispered: "That's all, I'll give him a few perfunctory words."

After saying that, he stood up with a straight face and said, "Follow me."

Seeing the two of them walking towards the back hall one after another, Xu Liang and Yan Junchen both felt that something was wrong. If they wanted to stop them, or go with them to observe... Jiao Shun had already made it clear that he wanted to talk about the affairs of Dali Temple, which had nothing to do with this case.

So in the end, I could only watch the two of them go to the inner hall, praying in my heart that Liu Fang would not be seduced by Jiao Shun's sweet words.

Inner hall.

Liu Fang sat down on the Grand Master's chair, pretending to be a superior listening to a report, and had no intention of letting Jiao Shun sit down.

Jiao Shun had already inquired about his personality and knew that in order to blend in with scholars, he was most rude to officials who were not serious in their careers. He had the demeanor of an imperial ally, so he didn't bother to care.

Then he got straight to the point: "I heard that your Excellency is a relative of a noble family?"

With just this sentence, Liu Fang's originally unattractive face turned as black as the ashes on the bottom of a pot. She slapped the table and said angrily: "What on earth do you want to say?"

"I don't know what promises those two adults made to you."

Jiao Shun said calmly: "But please ask yourself, sir, can their promise really be fulfilled?"

Liu Fang raised her eyebrows. Although Xu Liang and Yan Junchen did not promise him anything, they did draw a big cake with the word fame and fortune written on it. If not, he would not have decided to deceive the king and ignore it.

After hesitating for a moment, Liu Fang asked again: "What exactly do you want to say?"

This time the tone was slightly softened.

Jiao Shun cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, it is clear to me that the biggest key to this case is actually the four words 'original and clear'. Although your Excellency is also well-read in poetry and books, what those people support is not knowledge, but the imperial examination, the great road to heaven." Since we are defending the Tao, we must exclude dissenters..."

"What on earth are you going to say?!"

Liu Fang interrupted Jiao Shun and asked for the third time. This time her tone was obviously anxious and her eyes began to hesitate.

He had just been confused by Wei Zhenghai Rui's reputation, and he had always regarded himself as a scholar, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with it. But what Jiao Shun said...

yes!

What those students want to protect is the imperial examination, and the only difference between themselves and serious scholars is the imperial examination?!

With this basic premise, Xu Liang may be touted as Wei Zheng, and Yan Junchen may also be touted as the contemporary Hai Rui, but...does he really have a chance to be as famous as them?

Jiao Shun saw that Liu Fang was wavering and immediately hit the iron mark while it was hot: "Your Excellency also knows that this case is actually very simple. If you want to follow the thoughts of those people, you will definitely be guilty of deceiving the emperor, even if you are given a lighter sentence in the end. It is inevitable to be dismissed from office for a while."
To be continued...