Suddenly, a voice rang out from the crowd: "I, Mr. Zheng Chaoyang, the dean of the Lanzhou Academy of Arts, come to the court with all the teachers and students from the academy."
A path was opened in the crowd, and six scholars walked in. The first person to speak was a Confucian and Taoist scholar in his fifties, and many of the other teachers were middle-aged Confucian and Taoist scholars.
After these people entered the court, they immediately saluted Du Ning: "I have met Mr. Zhou Mu."
Before he finished speaking, the leader Zheng Chaoyang quickly accepted the courtesy, held his head high, and looked at Du Ning with a bit of contempt and disdain.
"Your Excellency, you are finally here!"
Wang Fuguang seemed to have seen a savior, and hurriedly saluted Zheng Chaoyang and said: "Please make the decision for us, my child died unjustly!"
"Don't worry, Mr. Wang, we are here today just for this matter. We will never let the murderer go unpunished. If Master Zhou Mu cannot bring the murderer to justice, we will jointly file a lawsuit to the Holy Court and give you justice to the Wang family."<
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Zheng Chaoyang spoke slowly, with a confident smile on his face.
"Thank you, Lord Yuan."
Wang Fuguang was immediately overjoyed, and other Wang family members also showed smiles, having strong confidence in Zheng Chaoyang.
Du Ning glanced at the other scholars, but did not look at Zheng Chaoyang, as if Zheng Chaoyang was not here.
"Presumptuous!"
Zheng Chaoyang shouted low, feeling a little angry in his heart. In any case, he is also the dean of the Lanzhou Academy of Literature, his status is higher than that of the state pastor, and he is much older than Du Ning. In terms of seniority, he is Du Ning's senior.
Du Ning should not despise himself so much.
"Bang!"
Du Ning was stunned and said, "Gentlemen, you've arrived just in time. Please take a seat."
Then he winked at the government officials. After the officials understood, they immediately brought stools for everyone to sit down.
When everyone was seated, Du Ning said straight to the point: "Several gentlemen must have known about Liu Chen's knife killing of Wang Shuo. What do you gentlemen think of this case?"
Zheng Chaoyang said without hesitation: "Returning to Du Jun, since ancient times, killing people to pay for their lives and debts to pay back money is a matter of course. Liu Chen's crime of killing a classmate and friend with a sword is unforgivable. It is really a shame for our Lanzhou Academy of Literature."
, he should be expelled from the name of the college student and be punished clearly to serve as a warning to others."
After saying that, he cast an extremely cold look at Liu Chen.
Liu Chen's face turned pale. He was a student from a poor family, and he received financial support from many relatives and friends to study in the state liberal arts academy. But now he was about to be expelled from the academy. This was a huge blow to him. A bachelor stood up and said: "Zheng Yuanjun's words are wrong. Liu Chen has always had both moral character and moral character. He is a rare student in a poor family. If he can be trained, he will definitely become a pillar of the human race in the future. But who is Wang Shuo?
?Like his father, he relied on his family background to bully good human scum. If such a person becomes an official in the future, he doesn't know how he will bully the people. Besides, the reason why Wang Shuo was killed was entirely his own fault. No one can blame him.
People."
As soon as this statement came out, other academicians changed their colors and openly opposed the emperor. They wanted to fight the emperor to the death!
And Wang Fuguang was so angry that his eyes were splitting, and he was gnashing his teeth. It was such a huge shame to insult their father and son in front of so many people!
"Presumptuous!"
Zheng Chaoyang became furious: "Hong Li, what do you mean? This is in court, how can you talk such nonsense!"
"Just because this is a courtroom, of course Hong has to tell the truth."
Hong Li was neither humble nor arrogant, and then said to Du Ning: "For the record, Mr. Du, Mr. Zheng Yuan has a very good relationship with the Wang family on weekdays. He doesn't know what benefits the many aristocratic families in Lanzhou City have given him. He often allows the children of the aristocratic families to bully the poor students, even if they are
If things get too big, Zheng Yuanjun will only punish you with small punishments and big warnings."
"Nonsense!"
Zheng Chaoyang's face changed wildly, and the next moment he became angry and said: "Hong, how can you slander the Lord of this Academy like this? What are your intentions? Do you still want to be a teacher in the Academy of Arts? If you don't want to work in the Academy of Arts, then just
Get out of here!"
"Haha... I will leave if you tell me to leave? Zheng Chaoyang, do you really regard the State Academy of Literature as your own?"
Hong Li pointed at Zheng Chaoyang's nose and said: "Hong is a bachelor's professor certified by the Holy Academy. Why do you want me to get out? Who do you think you are? What do you think of a guy like you who has made the Academy of Arts a mess?
Are you qualified to be the emperor? You should be the one who should get out!"
"Presumptuous!"
Zheng Chaoyang roared again and looked at Hong Li with eyes filled with murderous intent. He didn't expect that the usually honest and humble academician Xi would actually confront him in court.
It’s hidden deep enough!
"Bang!"
Du Ning was stunned and said slowly: "Everyone, be quiet to me. This is in the courtroom. You can answer whatever I ask. Whether it is right or wrong, I will make a judgment based on the facts.
No one is allowed to interrupt. This is my first and last warning. If you dare to do it again, I will have you leave the court and ask other witnesses to testify."
Zheng Chaoyang's face turned gloomy and he closed his mouth.
"Mr. Hong, do you want to continue talking?" Du Ning asked.
Hong Li immediately said: "For the record, Mr. Du, since Zheng Chaoyang took office as the dean of our Lanzhou Academy of Literature, family members from aristocratic families often visited his residence and sent various gifts to his home, so that Lanzhou
The liberal arts college has unhealthy tendencies, and many students from poor families have been beaten and humiliated by family members. This is not the first murder case, but we hope this is the last murder case in Lanzhou Liberal Arts College."
"What a nonsense..." Zheng Chaoyang was about to scold.
Du Ning suddenly turned his head and looked at Zheng Chaoyang, a fierce light flashed in his eyes.
Zheng Chaoyang had no choice but to close his mouth, his expression extremely ugly.
Du Ning's face changed and he said: "I understand what you mean. What you want to testify today is Wang Shuo's moral character, and accuse Zheng Yuanjun of taking bribes from aristocratic families, thus allowing the children of the aristocratic families to make mistakes, and punishing the scholars of the aristocratic families for violating the disciplines of the liberal arts academy.
You just turn a blind eye to everything, right?"
"Exactly." Hong Li nodded.
Duning said to the three record-keeping officials: "Record all the witnesses' words."
"Yes."
The three record-keeping officials worked hard to write down Hong Li's words.
Zheng Chaoyang said: "Mr. Du, Hong Li is just a bunch of nonsense. You must not listen to the slander! What he said is completely false. This is the biggest slander against this court!"