At this moment, many voices came from the crowd.
"What slander? This is simply the truth! If no one from aristocratic families has given you a gift, as the dean of the Lanzhou Academy of Literature, why do you allow those scholars from aristocratic families to act recklessly in the academy?"
"That's right! If you want others to not know, unless you do nothing yourself, do you think we don't know what you have done? Do you think our eyes are blind?"
"So many scholars from aristocratic families came to your home with gifts and finally left empty-handed. How dare you say that you did not receive benefits from those scholars?"
"Zheng Chaoyang, you are colluding with many family members, do you think all the money you earn is clean!"
Many people roared with righteous indignation. Normally, people would not dare to accuse Zheng Chaoyang. That is because the previous Zhou Mu was also in cahoots with them.
But Du Ning is different from the previous Zhou Mu. Everything he does is for the benefit of the people. This is obvious to many people.
Now that Du Ning Mingjing is standing high to support many people, the people dare to criticize Zheng Chaoyang's nose and scold him bloody.
"Presumptuous! Presumptuous! Presumptuous!"
"You deserve to be damned for humiliating me so much!"
"The Lord of this court is at odds with you!"
Zheng Chaoyang roared loudly in his heart, looking at the many people with very angry eyes. He wanted to teach these people a lesson, but this was Du Ning's court. Once he attacked the people, Du Ning could directly kill him.
Take it.
Therefore, Zheng Chaoyang must endure it.
At this moment, a little impatience will mess up a big plan.
The faces of the scholars from aristocratic families who were watching looked ugly. They were angry in their hearts, but they did not dare to scold the common people.
Everyone is equal before the law.
This is the purpose of Du Ning's "New Laws of China".
Whether it is the interests or reputation of the common people, under the protection of the "New Laws of China", they have an inviolable status, otherwise the Yamen will have the power to punish them.
"I really didn't expect that Mr. Zheng Yuan would be so unworthy in the eyes of the people."
Du Ning glanced at Zheng Chaoyang, not only with a bit of contempt and ridicule, but also with coldness.
Zheng Chaoyang said hurriedly: "These are the common people's misunderstandings about me. Please tell me, Du Jun, and don't believe in other people's one-sided words."
"Of course I will not listen to anyone's one-sided words, but the words and deeds of witnesses must be recorded, whether they are right or wrong. Even what I do will be recorded and made into a file for easy reference and review anytime and anywhere.
For reference, so be careful when you speak."
Du Ning's tone was calm, but Zheng Chaoyang's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately cast a threatening and warning look at the three officials.
The three record-keeping officials could only smile bitterly. They did not want to offend the president of the State Academy of Literature, who was a very important figure in the literary world, but they were even less willing to offend Du Ning, who was a very important figure in the entire human race. "You... are very good..."
Seeing that his warning was useless, Zheng Chaoyang glared at the three officials and then stopped talking.
After another half hour, Mr. Lu led the government officials back to the court, accompanied by some students from the academy.
"Reporting to Du Jun, according to the investigation by my subordinates, these students all witnessed the cause and course of the crime. They are all willing to come to the court to testify. My subordinates asked them to each write a testimony for Du Jun to review." p>
Then multiple documents were submitted to Du Ning's desk.
Du Ning quickly browsed through the testimonies of these students, then gently patted the crowd and said to them: "Please re-tell your testimonies in front of the common people, starting with you."
Then he pointed to the student on the left.
"As commanded."
The student cupped his hands and said loudly: "When the case happened, the student was reading in the classroom. Suddenly he heard a noise outside, so he looked through the window and saw Wang Shuo drawing a knife and slashing at Liu Chen. The two were fighting.
At the same time, I also heard Liu Chen's screams. He was probably hit by Wang Shuo's knife. At the critical moment, Liu Chen reluctantly took the knife from Wang Shuo's hand. Wang Shuo even said to Liu Chen viciously: "I am Lanzhou."
"Students from aristocratic families in the city, if you can, kill me, otherwise I will kill your whole family." Then Liu Chen seemed to have been stimulated by this, and he went crazy and killed Wang Shuo."
As soon as he finished speaking, there were bursts of angry shouts from the crowd.
"Well done! Wang Shuo actually dared to threaten Liu Chen's family. This kind of person deserves to die!"
"If it were me, I would kill this piece of shit Wang Shuo too!"
"It's really unreasonable! It was obvious that he wanted to kill Liu Chen first, but he threatened Liu Chen like this. Liu Chen is not guilty!"
"Liu Chen is not guilty! Liu Chen is not guilty!"
Many people roared and expressed support.
Everyone in the Wang family was almost crazy with anger. So many people thought Wang Shuo deserved to die. This was an indelible shame to the Wang family!
Wang Fuguang felt his chest rise and fall violently, and he wanted to vomit blood.
"You...you deserve to die! You untouchables really deserve to die!"
Mrs. Wang was so angry that her whole body trembled. The next moment she rolled her eyes and fainted on the spot.
"Madam!"
Wang Fuguang's face turned green and white, and his eyes when he looked at Du Ning were full of resentment, and he hated the many people present who supported Liu Chen.
"Bang!"
Du Ning slapped the crowd and said expressionlessly: "The next one."
The next student immediately said: "The student also went to check after hearing the noise outside. The scene the student saw with his own eyes was the same as the previous classmate. He saw Wang Shuo taking the lead in taking the knife first, and Liu Chen was forced to get up.
He resisted, and finally killed Wang Shuo. At that time, the students heard some kind words from nearby students, but Wang Shuo not only did not listen to the advice, but rushed towards Liu Chen. Hey...if only he hadn't been so impulsive at that time." p>
Wang Fuguang turned to look at the student. His words clearly meant that he was accusing Wang Shuo of deserved death.
Other students testified one after another, and all their words were basically consistent, with no difference from what Liu Chen himself said.
Du Ning said: "Your testimony is related to the entire case. Do you dare to sign it?"
"Students are willing." All the students agreed.
After signing and vouching, if the case is overturned, these witnesses will be defined as perjury and will be severely punished by the law. Therefore, no one would dare to sign and vouch for it so decisively without witnessing the facts with their own eyes.
Du Ning ordered the government officials to ask them to sign and certify their respective testimonies. In addition to the witnesses, Liu Chen also had to sign and certify them as evidence in the case.
"The case is clear. The incident was caused by a quarrel between Wang Shuo and Liu Chen. Wang Shuo took the lead in drawing a knife and almost killed Liu Chen. At the critical moment, Liu Chen grabbed the knife and killed Wang Shuo. Based on the above, I judge that Liu Chen acted in self-defense.