After my soul traveled to ancient times, I don't want to be cannon fodder

The waiter handed over the newspaper and the remaining money, but there was still reluctance in his eyes.

Fortunately, the young man surnamed Li only took the newspaper and did not take the change. He just waved his hand, and the waiter immediately understood what he meant. He happily closed the door and went downstairs.

"Interesting, interesting..." Li Cheng said as he walked, holding the newspaper. When he reached the side of the table, he had seen the key point. His mood also fluctuated as the mystery of the Fangyuan corpse case was revealed.

With a bang, Li Cheng angrily slammed the newspaper on the table and said indignantly, "This is outrageous... This is absolutely outrageous!"

Chen Qing silently swallowed the last bite of the bun, feeling baffled by Li Cheng's anger.

He clapped his hands and picked up the newspaper on the table. He saw that the most conspicuous part of the newspaper was an article criticizing the court's inaction in the Fangyuan corpse hiding case.

The name of the author of this article... uh... is called Never Forget Your Original Intention!

What a bad name!

Looking at the details again, Chen Qing's eyes suddenly widened.

The article starts from the establishment of Fangyuan, to its transformation by Prince An, to Princess Zhaohua obtaining intelligence and leading people to raid the garden, and then rescuing dozens of children who would rather die than obey and were tortured from the dungeon.

According to the interrogation at that time, there was a group of missing children in Fangyuan, who were finally found in a dry well.

There were thirty-seven of them in total. Princess Zhaohua was so angry that she whipped all the court officials who were having affairs in Fangyuan.

Finally, the author expressed in a sad tone that he had thought that such a major case would be taken seriously by the court, but in the end Princess Zhaohua was confined to her house and was not allowed to interfere in the matter, other court officials were detained, the Sansi Yamen stopped the investigation, and so on.

Those children are the hope for the future of Dayong. A strong youth means a strong country. The people behind the scenes used such means to crush our hopes and sent them to the boudoirs of high-ranking officials.

So what will be the future of our Dayong?

How heartbroken would the families of those children be?

As a Dayong person, facing this situation, if we fail to speak out, such incidents will surely continue to happen.

The children we raised with great effort were trafficked to places like this and tortured to death before they had the chance to revitalize the family and serve the country.

Everyone, how can you bear this?

Don’t we, the children of poor people, deserve to live in this world?

Among all the ministers and nobles in the court, there is only a royal princess who speaks up for us, the children of the lower class.

But now, even Princess Zhaohua, the only one who wants to speak for the people of our world, is expressly forbidden to interfere in this matter.

Is it true that there is no justice in Dayong anymore?

How unfairly those children have been wronged?

How innocent is Princess Zhaohua?

Every word the author wrote was heartbreaking. He stood on the side of the people of the world and denounced the unfair handling of the Fangyuan incident by the court.

They cover our ears and hide our eyes, hoping that we will forget the bloody truth in the long river of time.

But the truth is always there, and no one can ignore it.

Even if the sun is covered by dark clouds, we should join hands and seek justice for ourselves and those innocent children!

Chen Qing looked at the article with a look of grief and anger.

What can I say about this article?

Although the writing style is entirely in vernacular, it is able to arouse the emotions of all readers. He vividly expresses the injustice in the world and the pain of the future of Dayong!

At the end of the article, he appealed to everyone in the world who could see this article:

If I stand by and watch calmly today, when disaster strikes, no one will cheer for me!

Seeing this, Chen Qing, like Li Cheng, angrily slammed the newspaper on the table: "This is too much, it's really too much..."

Chen Qing's eyes welled up as he turned to look at Li Cheng, angrily saying, "Brother Li, if the court is filled with people as despicable as those described in this article, then what on earth have you and I studied so hard for for ten years?"

"Brother Chen is right. Although I have heard a little about Fangyuan's affairs before, I still don't know the truth. Now the truth is right in front of us, but you and I can't do anything about it!" Li Cheng also clenched his fists tightly and pounded the table angrily.

"No, no..." Chen Zhen stood up suddenly, his face full of determination. "Princess Zhaohua, a woman, can still speak up for the people. We are all men who stand tall and proud. How can we stand by and watch such injustice?"

"Brother Chen, is this what you mean?" Li Cheng also stood up and asked.

Chen Qing put his hands behind his back and paced back and forth in the room. He thought for a moment before saying:

"We are making the matter of Fangyuan public. This will not only affect students preparing for exams, but also illiterate common people... We will act separately and unite everyone we can..."

"Brother Chen is right. I'll go downstairs and spread the word..." Li Cheng said as he was about to go out.

"Well, you go first. I'll go to the teahouse and restaurant and tell the public about this..." Chen Qing also straightened his clothes and strode downstairs.

In this era, scholars have not yet entered the court, and their moral integrity is still there. When they see such injustice, they will spread it from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred.

In addition, Fang Ping also specially arranged for people to give speeches in public gathering places in order to let everyone in the city know about this matter.

It doesn’t matter if you can’t read, as long as you can listen!

With such rapid spread, the story of Fangyuan spread to every street and alley in just half a day.

[Have you heard? A "Da Yong Weekly" suddenly appeared today, detailing the events of Fangyuan that day. Princess Zhaohua was confined to her palace because of this incident.]

[Fangyuan? According to the newspaper, that's Prince An's residence. If that's the case, doesn't that mean Prince An is the real culprit behind this?]

[Rumor has it that Princess Zhaohua was so angry that she stepped on Prince An's private parts in the Fang Garden that day...]

[Eh...Princess Zhaohua is so cruel. Even if Prince An is at fault, he shouldn't treat him like this.]

"What do you know? That Prince An has driven countless women to death. Princess Zhaohua is making things easy for him."

[A prince actually ordered people to capture decent women everywhere just to make money. Is there any law in this world?]

"Everyone, Prince An committed such a wicked act, yet the imperial court shielded him. I came to the capital to take the imperial examination in order to serve the people. Even if I am expelled from the examination today, I will still seek justice for those children."

[This brother is right. I will join you...]

Yes, I will wait with you.

[I'm going too. I'm going to ask the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple if these yamen still have the law. Can they just pretend nothing happened just because the other party is a prince?]

[You are right. The world is so vast and bright. I don’t believe there is no place for reason.]