"My lord, this petition is not the meaning of the students alone, but the public opinion of the students of the entire Jinling City. Think again! Ji Jing's eyes were red, and he said loudly to Li Jing, making a last fight for his future destiny, and did not hesitate to confront Li Jing, the prefect of Jinling City.

As soon as Ji Jing said this, the scholars who were standing outside the public hall immediately shouted together as agreed: "Please think twice!" ”

While shouting, these scholars all knelt down "plopped", looking like they were asking for their lives.

The shouts of these scholars were very loud, and they spread outside the yamen, and the scholars standing outside the yamen immediately knelt down, bowed to the ground, and shouted loudly with all their might: "Please go to the scum of Shilin Ji Ning to make a name for himself!" ”

"Please go to the Shilin scum Ji Ning's fame!"

"Please go to the Shilin scum Ji Ning's fame!"

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The shouts shook the sky, and the rolling waves merged into a piece like thousands of horses pouring into the palace and into the public court, which made people change color.

Seeing this, the officials who had accepted bribes from the Ji Mansion took the opportunity to stand up, saluted Li Jing and shouted, "My lord, public opinion is boiling, please be cautious. ”

Before the words fell, a louder wave swept over, suddenly overshadowing the voice of the scholar who asked for his life to remove Ji Ning's fame just now.

"Please don't discredit Mr. Ji!"

"Please don't discredit Mr. Ji!"

"Please don't discredit Mr. Ji!"

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The shouts of please support Ji Ning shook the sky, overwhelming the sky, and the momentum was so overwhelming that everyone couldn't help but change color.

In the face of such a boiling conflict of public opinion, no one dares to act rashly.

Fortunately, Li Jing had a plan for this situation, and immediately ordered the officials and servants who maintained order outside the government to suppress the petitions and shouts of scholars and ordinary people.

It took a long time for the noise outside to subside, and the interrogation continued.

"Your Excellency, you heard me. The scholars of the whole city strongly demanded that Ji Ning, a scum of Shilin, be expelled. Ji Jing preemptively said to Li Jing, "The will of the people cannot be violated!" ”

Anyway, it has already been countered, and Ji Jing has also let it out. If he can really win, he will not be afraid of Li Jing with the protection of Ji Fu afterwards.

"My lord, the will of the people is indeed inviolable." Ji Ning immediately bowed his hand to Li Jing and said, "But Ji Jing exaggerated the facts, there are only a few hundred scholars outside, and it does not represent all the scholars in Jinling City." In addition, there are also many ordinary people outside, and their number is several times that of the group of scholars, and they hold opposite opinions! ”

"You are but poor pariahs, and even though you are numerous, how can you compare with the disciples of the saints?" Ji Jing said loudly.

Ji Ning immediately refuted: "Yasheng Mencius said: 'The people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light. The "Book of Shang" also said: "The people are only the state, and the country is solid." 'How is it that the common people cannot be compared with the scholars?' You don't respect the words of the sages, and it is right to expelle you from Confucianism! ”

"You, you, you ......" Ji Jing was so angry that he pointed at Ji Ning and couldn't speak, his eyes turned black, he almost fainted, and he vomited three liters of blood in aggrieved.

Since the court confronted him, Ji Ning, who was accused by him of being unlearned and unskilled, said that he must be a sage, and he quibbled everywhere that his behavior was taught by a sage and taught him to be in righteousness. To accuse him of being wrong with Ji Ning is to accuse the sages of being wrong.

"Smack!"

A terrifying sound suddenly exploded, and Li Jing's voice shouted with slight anger: "Silence! Quiet! This is a public court, not a vegetable market! Whoever speaks out again without authorization will immediately go to court! ”

Ji Ning and Ji Jing stopped arguing, turned to face Li Jing and waved their hands, indicating compliance and pleading.

After scolding Ji Ning and Ji Jing for their quarrel, Li Jing's eyes turned to the other officials who were interrogating together in the public court, asking for collective opinions.

This kind of public opinion is boiling and disputed, although he is a prefect, he does not dare to make judgments.

However, without waiting for other officials to express their opinions, Shen Kang, who was the finale, spoke first.

"Master Li, have you interrogated Ji Ning clearly just now?" Shen Kang said.

Li Jing replied politely, "Elder Shen, the student has been interrogated clearly. ”

"So, is Ji Ning guilty?" Shen Kang said again.

Li Jing replied, "Not guilty." ”

"If you are innocent, why is it so uncertain?" Shen Kang's voice became stern, "Could it be that you want to show favoritism?" Not presiding over justice? ”

Li Jing's face changed greatly in fright, and he hurriedly bowed down and bowed: "The students don't dare, the students don't dare." ”

Shen Kang stopped talking.

After Li Jing straightened up, he no longer asked for the opinions of other officials and returned to the seat of the chief judge.

He originally wanted to favor Ji Ning, Ji Ning answered fluently during the interrogation, without any charges, and now Ji Ning can't help but have the support of many people outside, and he is supported by Shen Kang, a leading figure in Confucianism and Taoism, so there is no pressure on him to make the final verdict.

"Ji Jing, the reasons listed in your joint petition with other scholars are not valid, so this official and the Sect Master do not agree." Li Jing said majestically.

When Ji Jing heard Li Jing's final verdict, his brain slammed to the ground, and the whole person sat on the ground limply.

Li Jing ignored Ji Jing, then turned his gaze to Ji Ning, and said: "Ji Ning, there is no problem with you establishing the Sanwei Academy, continue to run it well, so that more ordinary people have the opportunity to read and write, and the sages of Muen will be educated, and my Confucianism and Taoism will be magnified." ”

"Students obey!" Ji Ning bowed and bowed.

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Kifu, Yangqi Hospital.

Ji Ze told the truth that Ji Jing was bound to defeat and said: "Because Ji Ling is Shen Kang's most proud student!" ”

"Ahh Shi Hongyan couldn't help but scream, her eyes turned black, the thunder and lightning flashed in her mind, and she remembered a lot of things about Ji Ling at once.

Ji Jing co-signed a petition with other scholars to remove Ji Ning's fame, which in itself was a retreat of moral judgment.

Even though Ji Ning really misled people's children, but Sanwei Academy has only been open for more than ten days, how much mistake can he make? It will not be ruined at all. What's more, Ji Ning can also defend himself and clear his moral accusations.

Therefore, this is an act of bullying the few with the crowd and bullying others with the power.

However, Shen Kang, as the most critical figure in this trial of Ji Ning, is not only a teaching, but also a highly respected figure.

Shen Kang's attitude almost completely determined the outcome of the trial.

And Ji Ning's father Ji Ling is just Shen Kang's most proud student, and the teacher-student friendship is naturally deep, even if Ji Ling has died for ten years, Shen Kang still has affection for Ji Ling.

The removal of fame is too serious for a scholar, directly destroying a person, such a serious matter, and a moral judgment of retreat, Shen Kang sees that in the past, favoring Ji Ning is an absolute thing.

"You guys!" Ji Ze shook his head and sighed, "It's really not as good as a generation, if you have to deal with a person without finding out all the details of the other party in advance, you have to remind me, an old fool, to know." ”

"Ji Mansion, it's really in complete decline!" At the end, Ji Ze said sadly.