A powerful minister of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 103: Unfounded Formula (Part )

"Brother Bao, why did you say this to him?" Zhang Fangping said anxiously:
"Just let Brother Twelve report it to the police. He can't even produce evidence. With so many people testifying, how can he still get away?"

Du Chen looked at Zhang Fangping, who was ranked first, and snorted:
"I have witnesses. Don't even think about escaping, Zhang Fangping."

"How else can you pass the test against Wang Yaochen?"

"Hey." Wang Yaochen, who was eating melons, immediately stood up:
"Brother, please don't drag me into this. I've never thought they cheated to get such good grades. If you have evidence, show it. Otherwise, empty talk is contrary to the teachings of the saints."

"Don't worry, brother." Du Chen snorted and laughed.

"My fellow students, we must not allow such a morally corrupt student to enter the academy. Today, I, Du Chen, will expose Song Xuan's ugly face."

"Du Chen, right?"

Song Xuan wanted to laugh. The Dou Chou brand was still useful.

How many people in the world have the pride to refuse to cling to a Hanlin scholar whose position is higher than that of a prime minister?
"I'm Song Xuan, just tell me if you have anything to say."

"You're finally here."

Song Xuan squeezed into the crowd and stood still, looking at Du Chen politely:

"I'm your father, do you know that?"

Du Chen's expression changed.

He really didn't expect Song Xuan to speak like this.

Wang Yaochen was also stunned for a moment, and really didn't know what Song Xuan meant.

The students who were watching the show around were also confused by Song Xuan.

"Hahaha." Su Xun held his stomach and laughed wildly.

As expected, Brother Twelve did as he said before and ignored his words to prove his innocence.

Zhang Fangping whispered in Song Xuan's ear that this man was a descendant of Du Kang and was said to be a righteous man, but I felt that he was brainless and was a person being used by others and was completely vulnerable.

"Song Xuan!" Du Chen pointed at him and said:

"How dare you insult me!"

Song Xuan grabbed his finger and gently twisted it. Du Chen turned pale in pain and knelt on the ground.

"Du Chen, don't worry. I have evidence to prove that I am your father."

Du Chen was in so much pain that his teeth were about to break. He was about to beg for mercy but Song Xuan let go.

He just lay on the ground, speechless for a while.

On the other hand, someone who was friendly with Du Chen immediately accused him:
"Song Xuan, you're feeling guilty and want to hit someone?"

Song Xuan glanced at him and was too lazy to pay attention to him:
"Everyone, my name is Song Xuan. I was lucky enough to get third place in the exam."

"Today, someone questioned whether I cheated to get into the academy. Du Chen said he could produce evidence, but I said I was his father, and I can also produce evidence."

"Why do you only want to believe what he says and not what I say?"

Song Xuan's question made several people around him start to reflect.

Yes.

Du Chen kept saying that he had evidence to prove his guilt, but he couldn't produce any.

"Shi Er Lang." Wang Yaochen patted his chest and said:

"I've never doubted you, I'm just a little confused. When you said you were Du Chen's father, weren't you kidding?"

"You are younger than him, how can anyone believe your words?"

"Brother Wang, at this point, are you still going to be deceived by him?" Du Chen, who was lying on the ground, was naturally angry.

"Because it's groundless."

"Unfounded?"

Wang Yaochen was once again confused by Song Xuan's words.

"Unfounded?"

"Why do you say that?"

Bao Zheng came to his senses and realized that Song Xuan was mocking the fact that others had convicted him.

"My cheating on the entrance exam was established based on trumped-up evidence, so the claim that I'm Du Chen's father can also be established based on trumped-up evidence. The logic is closed, and the inequality is also established."

Song Xuan looked around and said, "This is the unfounded formula I came up with. I hope you will think about it carefully. Is what I said reasonable?"

"hiss."

Wang Yaochen widened his eyes and was stunned for a moment by the formula created by Song Xuan.

How can you solve the problem this way?

"Yes, Du Chen keeps saying there are witnesses, but that's just talk."

"Take it out quickly."

Hearing the noise, Du Chen, who was lying on the ground, shouted, "I have a witness!"

"Who?"

"His name is Wu Baifeng, and he's a student at the academy. He saw Song Xuan enter Master Fan's room when he registered, so he must have looked at the test paper in advance."

Du Chen quickly brought out the witnesses he knew to refute Song Xuan's unfounded formula.

He must expose Song Xuan's lies.

The academy does not welcome such people to study.

"Who is Wu Baifeng?"

"I've never heard of such a person in the academy."

Master Yang Zijin, who had been watching the fun, sent someone to call Wu Baifeng over so that they could identify the matter clearly.

Wu Baifeng was pulled over. When he heard his classmate saying that he had reported Song Xuan for cheating in the exam, he was stunned. Was there a misunderstanding?

He never said anything about it.

"Master Yang."

Wu Baifeng was pulled over and quickly saluted.

Qi Tongwen and his brother-in-law Yang Que founded the Suiyang Academy, which was the predecessor of Yingtian Academy.

Two generations of the Qi family passed away while teaching in the academy, and Yang Que's son Yang Zijin is still alive.

"Did you see Song Xuan enter Master Fan's room with your own eyes?"

"In reply to Master, I never said that. It's a huge injustice!"

Wu Baifeng felt that he was so wronged. It was like he was sitting in the house and disaster came from the sky.

Yang Zijin pulled Wu Baifeng into the crowd and said to Du Chen, "This person is Wu Baifeng, take a look."

Du Chen looked suspicious: "Are you Wu Baifeng?"

"Yes, I am, but I've never seen you before. Who are you?"

"Impossible, you are definitely not Wu Baifeng!"

Du Chen said angrily: "Wu Baifeng definitely doesn't look like you."

"Fuck your mother's fart."

Wu Baifeng was so angry.

He was studying hard on such a hot summer day, but he didn't want to be pulled over to talk about these things, which made him even more angry:
"I've been called Wu Baifeng since I was a child. Do you know my name better than I do?"

Song Xuan clicked his tongue twice and pointed at Du Chen and said:
"Everyone, my claim that I'm his father is credible, right? He doesn't even recognize the important witness, Wu Baifeng. Isn't he just using trumped-up evidence to accuse me of plagiarism?"

Yang Zijin glanced at the sharp-tongued Song Xuan.

He had also looked at Song Xuan's paper. He was actually ranked third, but it was Fan Xiwen who outperformed him. Just now, he didn't lose his temper when faced with the false accusation, but instead directly counterattacked with "I am your father." Yang Zijin greatly appreciated this.

Although Yang Zijin had not had contact with Fan Zhongyan for a long time, he was sure that Fan Zhongyan would not do such a thing.

He even wrote out the test questions after the registration was over, and he took the initiative to stay at home and not let outsiders into his room, maintaining excellent confidentiality.

If someone cheats in this kind of exam, it is unless the candidate brought cheat sheets in and they were not discovered. It is impossible for them to collude with the teacher to get the answers.

Du Chen's face turned red with anger at Song Xuan's words, but he was certain that the person in front of him was definitely not Wu Baifeng.

That means Wu Baifeng was lying when he told him that he saw Song Xuan enter Master Fan’s room to peek at the exam questions!
After figuring this out, Du Chen's face turned pale.

"You want to frame Song Xuan by yourself, why do you bring me along?"

Wu Baifeng grabbed Du Chen by the collar: "Are you trying to frame me too?"

Snapped.

Wu Baifeng didn't tolerate any descendants of Du Kang, so he punched him directly.

Du Chen was awakened by the punch and said quickly:

"It was someone who called himself Wu Baifeng who told me that Song Xuan cheated. I came forward for the sake of my classmates."

Song Xuan snorted and laughed: "Who knows whether what you said is true or not, and whether the evidence is fabricated? How can we believe you!"

Du Chen seemed to have been drained of all his strength. The three words "falsely accused" kept surrounding him, and hot sweat kept coming out of his head.

As a teacher, Yang Zijin did not want to cause any major trouble:

"Now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, let's go our separate ways. He was also being used by someone. Song Xuan, the academy will give you an explanation for this matter."

"Thank you, Master." Song Xuan showed no intention of leaving.
"Everyone, I know who is using this Du Chen?"

"Hmm?" Yang Zijin was about to walk away with his cane when he stopped and asked, "Do you know who it is?"

"It's that Hanlin scholar Dou Chou who is even more powerful than the prime minister." Song Xuan always had a loud voice, and he raised his voice again:

"You may not know this, but I had a conflict with Dou Han, the son of Dou Chou. He had his leg broken by a thug, and Dou Chou thought it was me who did it, and he wanted me to pay for it."

"Master Fan just told me that Dou Chou was pressuring him not to admit me, but Master Fan flatly refused. Dou Chou's plan failed, and he came up with another one: to throw dirty water on us."

"He's exploiting the sincerity of us students and using it to his advantage. If we all start a commotion, he can kill two birds with one stone: he can get the court to remove Master Fan from his position as Master, and he can also cut off my path to study."

"That stinky Dou Yuanbin is targeting me today because of his son's arrogance. Tomorrow he'll target everyone here and ruin everyone's future!"

"We, a group of students, took the exam because Dou Yuanbin's son publicly insulted us. When we fought back, they wanted to kill us all."

Song Xuan looked at everyone and said, "What have we done wrong?"

"What have we done wrong?"

Su Xun immediately agreed and raised his fist.

"Yes, what have we done wrong?"

Even Bao Zheng, who was not good at criticizing others, was provoked at this moment. Without thinking too much, Song Xuan quietly changed the subject.

"With such vicious intentions, please keep your eyes open and don't let others take advantage of you!"

Song Xuan finally pointed at the distraught Du Chen:

"He was foolish and was taken advantage of. His passion was misplaced!"

"what?"

Some people knew that Song Xuan had a conflict with the son of a man who was more powerful than the prime minister's son, and the news had been circulating in the academy in the past few days.

After all, everyone likes this kind of drama of not fearing power, especially scholars, who long to become like Song Xuan.

Now, after hearing Song Xuan's propaganda, he was filled with anger.

Du Chen was quick to see the opportunity. When he heard that Song Xuan had given him a way out, he immediately bowed and saluted:
"I was deceived by someone after drinking a little wine and misunderstood you. When school starts, I, Du Chen, will definitely apologize to you!"

Song Xuan glanced at him, patted his shoulder and said nothing more.

"We can't just let this go!"

Su Xun shouted in the crowd.

"Yes, we can't let this go." The other students in the academy also shouted loudly.

Dou Chou wanted Song Xuan to be unable to study. Would it hinder his own advancement in the future?
"I'm going to ask him for an explanation."

Zhang Fangping also mixed in with the crowd and cheered loudly.

"Yes." Du Chen quickly seized the opportunity: "Shi Er Lang should go too."

Song Xuan knew that Dou Chou wanted to manipulate public opinion to force him, but if he didn't do it well, he would definitely suffer backlash.

"Everyone must not be impulsive."

Song Xuan quickly stopped everyone: "That Dou Chou is enough for me alone. If I implicate you all, it will be troublesome."

"Nonsense! We academy students are all united. If we don't help Song Twelve who dares to resist the powerful today, who will stand up for us tomorrow when we suffer such injustice?"

Zhang Fangping picked up Song Xuan's words again, and the two of them cooperated with each other, pulling and tugging, adding fuel to the fire.

"That's right, let's go." Su Xun immediately waved his arms:

"Go find Dou Chou."

"I know where he is!" Han Zhixuan, who had been hiding in the crowd, also shouted:
"Come with me."

"Looking for Dou Chou."

So Song Xuan was dragged along by someone, and the students from Yingtian Academy started jogging in a crowd.

Wang Xiuyong really didn't expect things to develop like this, but for some reason he felt much better.

Even Wu Baifeng, who was forced to get involved, had left. Yang Zijin was so angry that he shouted at them to stop but no one paid any attention.

He knew how helpless it was for many students to deal with a Hanlin scholar.

"Master Yang." Zhang Kang hurriedly supported the old man who remembered throwing his cane. "Don't get angry."

"Too impulsive, too impulsive."

Yang Zijin finally saw clearly that it was the official uniform of the magistrate and grabbed Zhang Kang's hand:

"Go and stop them. Don't let anyone get killed."

Zhang Kang, who had been watching the fun, would naturally not refuse. He just wanted to see how Song Xuan handled it.

As a result, Song Xuan gave him a big job.

They really didn't take action, but chose to reason with others.

Zhang Kang looked at the students who followed Song Xuan in a crowd, and suddenly felt that he should persuade Song Xuan to take action if possible and not to argue with reason.

He did it alone to make it easier to end the situation.

But when he talked about reason, he actually incited so many people to take action. This situation is not something the government can easily control!
The key is that there is someone who cooperates with him, that is Zhang Fangping who got the first place in the exam.

Each and every one of them is so troublesome!

Zhang Kang held up his fat belly and called out to Ding Zhe and other captains to follow behind him and tell them not to provoke the group of students above him.

Now he just hoped that so many people gathered together and would not beat Dou Chou to death.

Otherwise, something big will happen.

When Yang Zijin saw that everyone had left, he picked up his crutch and went to find Fan Zhongyan, telling him not to stay behind and try to avoid suspicion, but to go and take care of his good students.

When Fan Zhongyan heard this, he could no longer hold back and opened his robe and ran out.

"Oh no." Song Shou stood up and looked at Yan Shu beside him:

"Prefect Yan, no matter which side has the problem, I'm afraid it will be difficult to cover it!"

(End of this chapter)