Chapter 453: Questions and Answers in Court
"Mr. Qin's words are reasonable. Although our Ke family and you Du Ning have grudges on weekdays, you, as a scholar of our human race, especially Wenjun, have arrived in the ancient land, and should abandon personal grudges and put the righteousness of the human race first. Only when you share the same hatred of the enemy can you defeat the foreign race."
Ke Changzhang pointed at Du Ning's nose, and Dayi Lingran said, "But what about you? He brought your personal grudges into the ancient land of the world. He knew that the incarnation of the Dharma Saint was going to kill my cousin, but you stood by and watched. You were simply a waste of being a scholar of the human race!"
"Well said!"
Ke Hongchi said loudly: "For the sake of his own selfishness, he disregards the righteousness of the human race. Such people are not worthy of being the Wenjun of the human race, nor are they worthy of claiming to be a scholar. Student Ke Hongchi and the son of Ke Changyu, begging the Holy Academy to preside over justice for my father and severely punish Du Ning!"
After saying that, he knelt outside the court with a "splash".
Many people from Liao knelt down and shouted for injustice.
This made many people in Yun feel that something was wrong. Even Du Ning himself admitted that he would not save Ke Changyu, so Du Ning would have a great chance of losing the case.
"Silent! Silent!"
Kong De gently patted the agglomeration and said seriously: "Please get up. Since I am sitting in this court, I will definitely find out the truth of the matter and give you Liao Kingdom a clear innocence."
Ke Hongchi and others then stood up again, looking at Du Ning with a proud expression, thinking that they were sure to win.
Kong De continued to ask Du Ning: "Defendant, the reason why you saw the Fa Sheng incarnated and killed Ke Changyu without taking any help is because of your personal grudge with the Ke family?"
Du Ning replied: "No, Du did not help me because I was considering the overall situation."
"presumptuous!"
Ke Changzhang was furious and said, "Du Ning, you are so arrogant. If it weren't for your dissuasion, Ke Changyu wouldn't have died at all. You dared to claim to be considering the overall situation, which is simply shameless!"
"You have also seen that Du Ning did something wrong, but he still spoke so righteously. How could a traitor be able to say such words?" Qin Wenwei said loudly.
There was another wave of indignation among the Liao people, and many Liao people cursed at Du Ning, their words were extremely unpleasant.
"Please be quiet!"
Kong Deqing shouted, and the powerful literary courage was stirred up, making everyone shut up and dared not speak more.
"Defendant, since you are not helping Ke Changyu, why are you considering the overall situation? Is there any reason?" Kong De asked again.
Du Ning said slowly: "When we were fighting against the Fa Sheng, we were at a disadvantage. In order to take full advantage of our lives, Ke Changyu left us and others and fled. Only then would the incarnation of the Fa Sheng take action against Ke Changyu and kill him..."
"What!"
"This is actually happening!"
Many people in Liao changed their faces and showed incredible expressions. They could not believe that Ke Changyu, as a great scholar, would actually escape at the battle, regardless of the lives of his comrades.
This is really ridiculous!
The people of Yun's eyes lit up. It turned out that Ke Changyu abandoned his companions first, so Du Ning was indifferent when he knew that the Dharma Saint incarnation was about to kill Ke Changyu.
In the ancient land of the ancient times, Du Ning was the human king. He had the highest command when facing the enemy. Those who retreated rashly without Du Ning's approval can regard him as a deserter.
As for deserters, Du Ning was already very kind to the law of marching against him as Wen Jun. He still hoped that Du Ning would rescue him?
The people of Yun smiled, and the people of Liao shouted for so long that they were wronged, but Ke Changyu was injustice, which really made people feel quite funny.
If Du Ning's words were true, then Du Ning really had the choice to refuse to save the scholars who escaped at the last minute, because Ke Changyu was injustice, so naturally, Du Ning could not be blamed for being unkind.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
When Ke Hongchi heard this, his expression became bloody and he was almost crazy. He actually said that his father abandoned everyone and escaped at the last minute. This was the greatest insult to his father and the greatest insult to the entire Ke family. Ke Hongchi did not believe that his father would do this, nor did he dare to admit that such a ridiculous thing would happen.
"Don't listen to Du Ning's nonsense. My father will never escape at the last minute. This is the biggest slander for my father."
Ke Hongchi's eyes were spitting fire and shouted at Du Ning with extreme resentment: "Dun Ning, you are so vicious! My father sacrificed his life for the human race, but you framed my father so much, you will be punished by God!"
Ke Changzhang also shouted loudly: "Du Ning, you are talking nonsense..."
Kong De suddenly turned his head and looked at Ke Changzhang, his eyes full of strong warnings.
Ke Changzhang's face changed and he closed his mouth.
"This is the Holy Court Palace. Before the saints, who was the roaring filial piety hall? Stand out!"
Kong De spoke coldly. He had repeatedly emphasized to keep everyone quiet, but he didn't expect that Ke Hongchi was so ignorant of the current affairs and dared to roar with Xiaogongtang. He was so brave.
Ke Hongchi was stunned and then remembered that this was not their Liao Dynasty yamen, but the Holy Court, the most sacred place in all countries. Anyone who roars in the Holy Court will be regarded as despising all saints.
"Mr. Kong forgives his crime."
Ke Hongchi hurriedly stepped out and bowed to Kong De and said, "The students really couldn't stand Du Ning's slander of his father so much. He was so excited that he was rude. Please punish Mr. Kong."
"I am thinking of your love of losing your father. I will not care about you for the time being. I will make a decision on the right and wrong of the matter. If I dare to speak filial piety again, don't blame me for acting according to the law." Confucius said.
The last sentence was also to Ke Changzhang and Qin Wenwei, warning them to restrain themselves, otherwise they would shock the court first.
"Yes, thank you Mr. Kong for your understanding."
Ke Hongchi retreated back to the crowd, looked at Du Ning with murderous intent soaring into the sky, but he could only forcibly endure the anger in his heart.
"Defendant, keep talking." Comte said.
Du Ning nodded slightly and said slowly: "The situation was very critical at that time. We had consumed a lot of talent and strength to fight against the Dharma Saint. If we took action to help Ke Changyu, I would lose my own strength. Moreover, Ke Changyu was far away and would not turn back to continue fighting. Therefore, Du chose to stand by and continue to fight with other comrades. Until Mr. Ye Jinghong arrived at the scene, brought the semi-saint clothes and helped me defeat the Dharma Saint, we could return safely."
Fan Rulong suddenly realized, "It turns out that the truth of the matter is like this. Ke Changyu is afraid of death and escape first. The incarnation of the Dharma Saint of the Rakshasa clan will naturally give priority to killing him. At that time, Yun Qijun's talent and power were not left, so whether he could protect himself was unknown. How could he go out to save a deserter rashly? Not to mention Du Jun, I am afraid that if anyone else present would not do such a stupid thing."
"If Ke Changyu hadn't been afraid of death, how could he be killed by the incarnation of the Dharma Saint? He was his own fault. How could he blame Du Jun for not saving him when he saw death?"
"Well said! Ke Changyu escaped and abandoned his comrades. He gave up his human righteousness first. It's ridiculous that the Ke family even called for justice for such people, and even bitten back and sued Yun Qijun to the Holy Academy. It's really shameless!"
"It turns out that the Ke family tried every means to cover up the truth about Ke Changyu's desertion, so they tried every means to make Yun Qijun bear the crime of injustice. The scholars of the Ke family are really despicable!"
Many people in the Yun Kingdom started to talk whisper. Their voices were not loud, but they sounded so harsh to many people in the Liao Kingdom.
"No...no! Du Ning is lying! How could my father be a deserter? This is impossible!"
Ke Hongchi murmured to himself, so angry that he almost burst into tears and almost fainted.
Even if Du Ning said it was true, he could not accept such a statement.
Ke Changzhang sneered repeatedly, as if he didn't believe Du Ning's testimony at all.
Even if what Du Ning said is true, if Du Ning has no ironclad evidence, Ke Changzhang can protest.
"Defendant, how do you confirm your explanation?" Kong De spoke.
Du Ning looked at Qin Wenwei and said, "Mr. Qin is not only a witness to the Ke family, but also a party to this case. Why didn't Mr. Kong ask Mr. Qin for verification?"
"It makes sense."
Kong De immediately looked at Qin Wenwei and said, "Mr. Qin, is what Mr. Du said true? Did Ke Changyu escape at the moment when you were fighting against the incarnation of the Dharma Saint, and abandon you first and ignore it?"
Qin Wenwei's expression changed slightly, and he slowly said: "At that time, Qin was standing far away from Ke Changyu, facing strong attacks from alien races, so he did not notice whether Ke Changyu had escaped, but Qin had one thing that was certain that when the Fa Sheng wanted to kill Ke Changyu, Du Ning did not take action in time."
"Qin Wenwei, this is the court of the saints, but not the court of your Liao Kingdom. In front of so many great scholars of the countries and in front of the saints, if you don't honestly explain the facts and conceal the truth, aren't you afraid that your courage will be shaken and you will not be able to protect yourself?" Du Ning said sharply.
Qin Wenwei's heart suddenly beat faster, and he felt that his strong Wen Qi was extremely fragile, as if he could break with a light touch. He immediately took a deep breath and vented it gently, trying to keep his calmness as much as possible.
"Dunning, don't be uttering sweet words. You can't prove anything just by just your one-sided words."
Qin Wenwei spoke slowly, not admitting anything or denying anything. Instead, he implied that Du Ning had no evidence without any evidence, so he believed that Du Ning's testimony could not be regarded as the most favorable evidence.
Ke Changzhang looked at Du Ning with a sneer, full of deep contempt and disdain.
Du Ning snorted coldly and said nothing.
Ke Changzhang said to Kong De: "Mr. Kong, the situation is very clear. Du Ning has no evidence to prove what he said. The reason why he said this is nothing more than to slander my cousin. He wants my cousin to slander from a great scholar who sacrificed his life for the human race to a person who escaped at the last minute. This person is sinister and extremely vicious. Please enforce the law impartially, give my cousin justice, and give my Ke family justice."
Kong De frowned. He didn't know what to do about this incident for a while. Du Ning's testimony was similar and different from Qin Wenwei's testimony, but neither side had clearer evidence, and no matter how the verdict was pronounced, it might be unfair.
"Defendant, besides Qin Wenwei and you, there were other scholars present to witness?" Kong De asked.
Du Ning hesitated. At that time, in addition to him and Qin Wenwei, there was also the great scholar Kang Ping of the Liao Kingdom.
Kang Ping is a great scholar of Liao, and half of Du Ning's disciple. Both of them are teachers and friends. If Kang Ping is asked to testify, Kang Ping will naturally tell you the truth and tell everyone about Ke Changyu's escape in the battle. But in that case, the people of Liao will inevitably call Kang Ping a traitor, and even affect the reputation of the Kang family. So how can Kang Ping face the people of Liao in the future?
By heart, Du Ning wanted to prove his innocence, but he did not want to implicate Kang Ping being insulted in Liao Kingdom.
Just as Du Ning was hesitating, Qin Wenwei said, "At that time, Kang Ping, the great scholar of our Liao Dynasty Kang family, was present."
When Du Ning finished speaking, he was still a little confused about why Qin Wenwei wanted to speak Kang Ping, but after thinking about it, he realized that Qin Wenwei was vicious.
If Kang Ping dared to testify for Du Ning in the court, then Kang Ping's reputation in the hearts of the Liao people would be destroyed, and countless Liao people would call him a traitor.
If Kang Ping testified for Ke Changzhang for his reputation, he would be a rebellion with Du Ning and betray the human Wenjun, and Kang Ping's courage would be out of control.
Whether Kang Ping tells the truth or tells lies, it is a dilemma for Kang Ping.
Ke Changzhang glanced at the crowd, raised his lips slightly, and said with a smile: "Since Mr. Kang is here, why don't you come to the court to speak?"
"I can't find it."
Kang Ping took a step and came to the court of the Holy Court.
Many Liao people suddenly became nervous, but some people smiled and believed that Kang Ping, as a Liao people, would not do anything that would insult the reputation of Liao on such occasions, and would definitely overturn Du Ning's testimony.
Otherwise, if Kang Ping dares to appear in Liao Kingdom in the future, he will inevitably be scolded by the people of Liao Kingdom.
The people of Yun also thought it was not good. They did not know the relationship between Du Ning and Kang Ping, so they also believed that Kang Ping might also speak against his conscience and deny Du Ning's testimony.
"I met Mr. Kong in Xia Kangping." Kangping bowed.
Kong De nodded slightly and said, "Mr. Kang, since you are also one of the parties involved, can you tell us the specific situation at that time?"
"yes."
Kang Ping said: "Actually, everything Yun Qijun said is true. Ke Changyu was killed by the incarnation of the Dharma Saint because he escaped in the battle. Kang could see clearly at that time."
"Kang Ping, how dare you treason!"
"Random! Rare! Rare!"
"Eat something inside and outside! You dare to speak for the people of Yun!"
"From now on, it depends on whether you dare to return to Liao Kingdom!"
Many Liao people were completely angry and cursed at Kang Ping.
Chapter completed!