Chapter 20
"I know him. A month ago, a woodcutter knocked on my door and asked me to go to his house to treat a sick young man.”
Du Yunqing said.
"What illness does he have?"
" It's diarrhea and a cold."
Du Yunqing said.
"Let me ask you again, will he be able to get out of bed and enter the capital to take the exam the next day?”
Pang Yu asked again.
"Lord Marquis, with this illness, let alone getting out of bed the next day to take the exam, it would be good enough if you could survive.”
Du Yunqing said.
"Do you dare to sign to prove that what you said is true?”
Pang Yu asked again.
"I dare!"
After he signed, Pang Yu asked someone to take him away. At this moment, Pang Yu looked at the top scorer Zhou Qin and said,"Are you still not going to confess?"
"I don't understand what Marquis An Le is saying. He just randomly found a few people to act as witnesses and wanted to convict this student.”
The top scorer, Zhou Qin, shouted as he lay on the ground.
"It's okay if you don't agree ~ I have evidence.”
As he spoke, he asked someone to help him up. Then, he asked someone to carry a table and place it in front of him. He also placed a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone.
"Since you don't want to admit that you didn't participate in the Fall Quarter Examinations, then you must know about the last question? Do you remember how you answered? Alright, you can write down the policy question and your own answer. At that time, it would naturally be clear whether you were the real top scholar or not. Please ~"
Pang Yu said indifferently.
" Hmph! I naturally know!"
Zhou Qin said this, but he was sneering in his heart. This was a very simple topic, he already knew. As for the answer to the policy question on the top scorer's paper, he knew it because his second brother had told him about it when he came back. He had already memorized it by heart.
As he wrote quickly on the paper, he thought about how he would take revenge later. In the Great Song, there was a saying that the punishment of a scholar-bureaucrat could not be used, but today, Pang Yu had used torture on him.
Soon, a beautiful essay appeared on the paper. After he finished writing, he put down the pen and looked at Pang Yu."Marquis An Le, please take a look. See if my answer is exactly the same as the answer on the top scorer's paper.”
The expression on his face was very proud, but he had no idea that Pang Yu was looking at him with a cold smile.
After taking a closer look, Pang Yu picked up the Awakening Wood and slapped it heavily.""Top scorer Zhou Qin, what else do you have to say now? There's irrefutable evidence. What else do you want to quibble about?”
As he spoke, he picked up a piece of paper and said,"This is the top scorer's exam paper that I specially asked Grand Preceptor Pang to bring out. The answer you wrote is indeed the same as this."
"Pang Yu, since we're in agreement, you…"
At this moment, Wang Yanling stood up and said loudly, but before he could finish, Pang Yu continued,"But the handwriting is completely different ~"
As he spoke, he summoned the constable and asked someone to show Bao Zheng and Wang Yanling two pieces of paper.
" Wang Yanling, Bao Heizi, you are also people who study hard about sages. Look at the handwriting on these two pieces of paper. Are they the same?"
Pang Yu said coldly.
Bao Zheng and Wang Yanling, who were standing together, immediately felt it when they saw it. They were people who held pens all year round, so how could they not see the handwriting?
"This, this…"
Wang Yanling slumped in his chair, unable to speak. He understood everything. This top scholar Zhou Qin, his future son-in-law was a fake top scholar, an imposter. The real top scorer was the crippled Zhou Qin kneeling on the ground.
"The handwriting on the two pieces of paper is completely different.”
Bao Zheng said loudly. With the current prime minister and Bao Zheng making such a decision, no one would disagree.
"Hmph, Zhou Qin, the top scorer, there's irrefutable evidence now. What are you still trying to quibble about?”
Pang Yu coldly snorted.
"Ha ~ ha ~"
Zhou Qin, the top scorer, suddenly laughed out loud. He laughed unwillingly.
"I'm unwilling. This top scholar was originally mine. If I wasn't seriously ill, how could I let him get this top scholar? I'm the top scorer ~"
The top scorer, Zhou Qin, laughed loudly and pointed at the crippled Zhou Qin.
"Hmph, fame and fortune are just fleeting clouds. You've studied the books of the sages but don't know the truth. What's the use of having you?”
Pang Yu sneered.
"I don't know the reason? Haha, even if I didn't know, I would have studied hard for ten years. You're a playboy, how would you know?”
Zhou Qin pointed at him and laughed loudly, looking as if he did not care about anything.
"You want to know?"
Pang Yu snorted coldly and continued,"Then listen well. Although I haven't studied hard, I understand the logic. After studying hard for ten years, if he couldn't establish his heart for heaven and earth, for the lives of the people, and for the inheritance of the past saints, what was the use of reading this book?”
"Alright ~"
Bao Zheng stood up and shouted.
"Pang Yu, I have never admired anyone in my life. You are the first. Although you have never studied the sages, you are intelligent and compassionate. You have established your heart for heaven and earth, established your life for the people, and inherited the ultimate techniques of the past saints. Just based on this sentence, you are enough to leave your name in history and be called a saint.”
This sentence was right in Blackie Bao's heart. Was he a god when it came to solving cases? No, he was also a human, an ordinary person. What was he truly worthy of praise for?
It was the heart of justice that did not fear power and only sought justice for the people. It was the heart of righteousness that did not seek hardship but only maintained justice in the world. Therefore, the people of later generations praised Bao Zheng, not for his godlike judgment, but for his courage to plead for the people and to seek justice for the people. Therefore, he was known as Bao Qingtian.
Pang Yu's determination for heaven and earth, for the lives of the people, wasn't it exactly in line with his inner thoughts? Wasn't that what he had been pursuing all his life?
Pang Yu pursed his lips. He remembered that the person who said this in history seemed to have been born, but he didn't say it. Now, he had said it under such circumstances.
"Men, Zhou Qin, the top scorer, deceived the emperor, harmed Brother Jinlan, and killed the innocent woodcutter. Push him down and execute him immediately ~"
The Autumn Empress asked for execution? Pang Yu didn't have the time to wait. If it wasn't for the fact that this was the Ministry of Justice's court, he would have chopped him up right now.
The fake top scorer had been pushed out, leaving only the real top scorer, Zhou Qin, here.
He looked at Zhou Qin, who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, and said,"Zhou Qin, I said before that I would give you justice and tell the world that justice will always exist. But now that I've killed the fake top scholar, I'll have to report to His Majesty how to deal with you.”
As he spoke, Pang Yu smiled." But don't worry. The Emperor's brother-in-law has always been kind. I reckon that you won't be able to escape the reward as the top scorer." If you were so miserable, he would reward you with a mansion and beautiful women. Hehe."
That final laugh caused Pang Yu to slap his forehead. That laugh was too wretched. How was he like a sage? He asked if he could take back what he had just said.
After he finished laughing, he walked down from the main seat and looked at Wang Yanling."Old Man Wang, do you still blame me? If it wasn't for me, you would've taken such an ungrateful and ruthless fellow as your son-in-law. This would've harmed your daughter.“
As he spoke, he looked at the young girl beside him. He didn't need to guess to know that she was definitely Wang Yanling's daughter. She was really good-looking and looked like the daughter of a noble family.
"Little lady, don't you think I'm right?”
As he spoke, he chuckled, which made Wang Yanling very vigilant. He put his daughter behind him like an old hen protecting her chicks and said,"Pang Yu, I'm telling you, don't act recklessly.”
"Young Master Pang is right. Rou 'er thanks Young Master Pang for your kindness ~"
Just as Wang Yanling was protecting his child, his daughter glanced at Pang Yu shyly and quickly lowered her head, blushing.
"It's over, Pang Yu, you damned * sshole ~"
Wang Yanling wailed.
Pang Yu: I just want to be funny
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