Liu Yu lowered his head and was silent for a moment. He looked up at Ji Zhibai and said slowly, "I am not a perfect man. There are very few perfect people in this world. I am just a mortal, so I have selfish desires. Even Fang Xusheng and the semi-saints have done wrong things. Emotion, reason, courtesy, and law are interconnected, but they also conflict with each other. I am stupid and cannot handle them with ease. Since you think the evidence is conclusive, please punish me fairly. I have no complaints. But, I can't sell out Fang Xusheng!"
Ji Zhibai smiled and said, "Mr. Liu, you have to think it over. Is it worth it to ruin your reputation and put your family in trouble for a dead person?"
Liu Yu answered firmly: "Don't say that I am the only one who is ruined, even if tens of millions of people are ruined, as long as Fang Xusheng is wise for the rest of his life, it is worth it; don't say that my family is in trouble, even if Wanjia is imprisoned, if it is for Fang Yun, everything is worth it. Ji Zhibai, I advise you to forgive others when you can, death is the greatest, not to mention that he is a generation of Xusheng, and his merits are immeasurable. If you continue to act on your own, the people will not tolerate you, and the world will not tolerate you!"
Ji Zhibai showed a ferocious look, pointed his finger at his forehead and said, "He has done immeasurable good deeds, so do I, Ji Zhibai, deserve to be unlucky and have my literary courage shattered? His death is the greatest, so do I, Ji Zhibai, doom my holy way to be destroyed? He will be remembered for generations, so do I, Ji Zhibai, have to be remembered for eternity?"
Liu Yu sighed softly and said sincerely: "Can I tell you the truth, old man?"
"Go ahead." Ji Zhibai's expression softened.
"To be honest, these things are not Fang Xusheng's fault. You brought this upon yourself. You really deserve it." Liu Yu was extremely sincere, like a little child who was answering questions seriously.
"How dare you!" Fei Chang was furious and slammed the gavel.
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A hint of hatred flashed across Ji Zhibai's eyes, but he suppressed it and said, "Well, since Fang Yun is dead, he brought this upon himself. He deserves my revenge!"
Liu Yu smiled softly and said, "Do you think that my human race has no one? Do you think that all the scholars in my human race are losers? Once Jianmei Gong returns, he will definitely punish you severely!"
Ji Zhibai sneered and said, "Li Wenying? He is indeed unrivaled in literary combat among his peers, but so what? Can he defeat the Zong family or the Lei family? Does he dare to resist the orders of the East Saint Pavilion? Moreover, if he dares to kill, the Zong Saint can kill him with just one word!"
"You are so despicable, don't you think about the people's grievances?" Liu Yu's eyes sparkled with wisdom. His academic status might not be high, but his many years of life experience made him wiser.
Ji Zhibai was stunned, but did not refute immediately.
Fei Chang's eyes flashed with surprise and he didn't know how to answer.
Liu Yu said slowly: "Even an old student like me knows that everything you have experienced may not be caused by public resentment!"
Ji Zhibai was silent for a while, then said, "Before becoming a great scholar, and before touching the edge of the Saint Path, the people's resentment will not have much impact. Moreover, once you become a great scholar, you can kill the monsters and barbarians to eliminate the people's resentment. Or you can ask the Semi-Saint to solve it."
"Attacking Fang Xusheng will accumulate public resentment, but killing monsters and savages cannot eliminate it. Although a semi-saint is not subject to public resentment, he is not a saint after all. The public resentment will eventually affect his family. Which semi-saint would let his family bear such terrible public resentment? Except for Confucius, who has the merit of stabilizing the world, the Kong family is not subject to public resentment. Even the six sub-saint families try their best to avoid being dragged down by public resentment. When the Xun family had a grudge with Fang Xusheng, the reason why the Xun family compromised and even exiled the eldest son was because they were afraid of bearing the public resentment of the ten nations!"
"Do you think you are a great scholar or half-sage? Do I, Ji Zhibai, need you to nag me when I am doing something?" Ji Zhibai looked at Liu Yu coldly.
Liu Yu sighed and said, "I have said that as long as the punishment is fair, I will have no complaints. However, I cannot bear to see the great cause that Fang Xusheng created for the human race and Jingguo destroyed because of your selfish desires. Ning'an County is not only the hard work of Fang Xusheng, but also the future direction of the human race. If it changes drastically, you will be a sinner of the human race! What's more, the barbarians will attack here at any time. At this time, if Fang Xusheng's enemies take charge of Ning'an County, anyone can see the end of Ning'an County!"
Fei Chang was stunned, looked at Ji Zhibai, and vaguely understood something.
Ning'an County's status among the human race is at its peak. Scholars from all over the ten countries go here every day just to defend Ning'an and deal a heavy blow to the barbarians.
It can even be said that Ning'an County has become the spiritual barrier of Jing State. Once Ning'an County is broken, all the people in Jing State will inevitably suffer a devastating mental blow, their fighting spirit will drop to the lowest point, and their morale will be completely gone.
The next step is Yuyang Pass. Unfortunately, Tong Luan, the Grand Secretary in charge of Yuyang Pass, has already defected to Liushan. Whether Yuyang Pass can be defended or not depends on Liushan's decision.
Once Yuyang Pass is lost, the barbarians can march straight into the capital.
By then, Chen Guanhai would inevitably have a life-and-death battle with Langlu. Chen Guanhai would be seriously injured and would undoubtedly be defeated.
Afterwards, the Kingdom of Qing and the Kingdom of Wu could join forces to drive out the barbarians and divide up the Kingdom of Jing.
By then, Ning'an County had been reduced to scorched earth.
By then, the most precious trace of Fang Yun left to the human race will disappear.
By then, those thrilling events will gradually fade from the sight of the human race.
By then, humans would only remember those poems and articles, and those achievements, but would not necessarily be clear about what a man named Fang Yun had done in Ning'an County.
"How can the benefit of a county compare to the benefit of the human race? If it is for the human race, let alone the Ning'an City, even the entire Jing Kingdom can be abandoned! You frogs in the well, how can you know the greatness of my holy way! Liu Yu, I will give you one last chance, do you accept it or not?" Ji Zhibai said loudly.
"Liu Yu is wrong, Fang Yun is innocent, I have nothing to confess. Please make the judgment!" Liu Yu said.
Ji Zhibai said: "Liu Yu, look at these documents, do you dare to say that you are innocent? Do you dare to say that you are spotless? You dare not say it! However, a filthy person like you dares to defend Fang Yun with confidence, and you think you are upright, and you even look down on us, which is disgusting!"
Liu Yu said, "Master Ji, clothes are equally dirty, but being stained by dust and falling into a toilet are not the same. These documents are all facts, but none of them are about murdering others or robbing Ning'an of its huge assets. I know that I have made some mistakes. I have not betrayed the meritorious officials of the human race, nor have I framed the false saints of the human race. This is the integrity of the big things. If anyone can be like a saint and do not make any mistakes in the small things, he can naturally look down on me. The big things of the old man are integrity, which means I look down on you, the scum of the human race and the traitors of Jing State!"
"Come here, take Liu Yu to jail! Liu Yu, I'll give you three days to think about it! If you still refuse to repent after three days, I can only do something that will make you regret your whole life!"
"Before I leave, I will answer you with a poem by Fang Xusheng. The north wind blows through the Qin Dynasty Pass, and the iron armor reflects the snow, making the night even colder. He conquered the six kingdoms alive and established his achievements, and he lay in the northern border to defend the country after his death! You will never understand why Fang Xusheng could compose "Ode to the Qin People", and you will never know why he is admired by the people, while you are reviled by the people!"
Ji Zhibai smiled indifferently and said disdainfully: "It's a pity that he died and I am still alive!"
.(To be continued.)