The adjective "full of evil deeds" should not be used casually. At least as far as Master Kong knew, except for traitors, treason and many murderers, no one would easily use this word to describe a doctor of the Ministry of Rites. At least, Zhu Tingfang, the eldest son of the Duke of Zhao who was praised by everyone for his talent in both civil and military affairs, could not be unaware of this taboo.
Although he felt like he had been hit hard on the head, he still pulled himself together and sneered, "Mr. Zhu said that he was a man of many evil deeds. I am very curious, what crimes did he commit to deserve these four words?"
Seeing that Academician Kong was referring to Master Kong Jiu directly this time, with a vague intention of drawing a clear line between them, Zhu Tingfang smiled faintly, and then lightly told him about the man who hired a killer to murder his colleague's young son. He then listed one by one the various bad deeds that Master Kong Jiu had done over the years, including fighting with others for property, land, and favors, and even involving human lives.
It was not until Grand Secretary Kong's face twitched that he slowly said, "So, your sister-in-law cried and complained that the Five Cities Military Department didn't care about the life or death of your cousin, Grand Secretary Kong, and insisted on taking him back to the government office. But I have to say that when he was doing evil, did he ever consider the lives of others?"
Scholar Kong really didn't know that his cousin, who always seemed smart and capable, would actually do such an outrageous thing behind his back. Fighting for inheritance was easy to deal with. You have to know that there are so many dignitaries in the capital. How many of them are so noble that they never compete with the people for profit in private? But using his name to lobby for favors, which even involved a lawsuit involving human lives, was terrible.
However, what he could not tolerate the most was that his cousin could even murder his colleague's young son for his own benefit... He was simply as vicious as a snake and deserved to be put to death!
With a breath stuck in his throat, Kong Daxueshi felt that his breathing was a little difficult. He certainly hoped that Zhu Tingfang was slandering him and making up a false accusation... But the problem was that he knew Zhu Tingfang very well and knew that he would never arrest someone without a thorough investigation or even without witnesses or evidence.
However, he couldn't just helplessly let Zhu Tingfang take his cousin away, so he said with a gloomy face: "Mr. Zhu talks about a series of cases. I dare to ask why no one has exposed so many cases before? Could it be that when Wang Datou was around, his ruthlessness and impartiality were not as good as you and Duke Qin, one in charge of Shuntian Prefecture and the other in charge of Wucheng Bingmasi?"
If it were any other young person, facing such questioning and provocation, he would probably be furious, but Zhu Tingfang was a person of quietness like a virgin and agility like a rabbit. Hearing this, he didn't even frown.
"Wang Datou is indeed the most responsible and impartial person, but if even the victim himself thinks that what he encountered was an accident and never goes to the government to report it, then even if he has great ability, he will not be able to trace the real culprit unless he conducts a night trial in the underworld. Therefore, I was just lucky in these cases that Wang Datou did not discover at the beginning."
Zhu Tingfang said with a smile: "Who made my brother-in-law have an all-powerful butler? Someone was so desperate that he had to kill this monster halfway, and ended up killing a black hand who was very good at doing dirty work for these dignitaries? This guy confessed some things. Of course, you can think that he is talking nonsense, Mr. Kong, but..."