Chapter 180 Poverty (11)
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In an instant, Song Huaishu's hands were handcuffed and he was restrained tightly.
Teacher Zhong wanted to rush up and hit him again, but was stopped by Zhu Qingchen and other teachers.
"Teacher Zhong, Teacher Zhong, it's okay, we can't fight anymore."
This is a police station. One punch could be considered as losing control of one's emotions, but if a few more punches are thrown and Song Huaishu takes the opportunity to fall down and escape responsibility, that would be bad.
Teacher Zhong is a man in his fifties. He is usually gentle, amiable and polite, but at this moment he was so angry that veins popped out on his forehead and his face turned red. He wished he could rush up and tear Song Huaishu to pieces.
He was surrounded by several teachers and couldn't break out, so he could only question them at the top of his lungs.
"Song Huaishu, what on earth did you do? How dare you? You are a poor student yourself, how dare you do such a thing? What did I usually teach you? I helped you apply for subsidies so that you could study hard and give back to society, and this is how you repay me?"
When Song Huaishu heard his words, his heart skipped a beat, as if everything around him had become quiet.
What does this mean? What does he know?
The cool cuffs pressed against his skin, and the twisting of his arms behind his back was painful.
Why arrest him? Isn't he a victim?
He thought so and asked this question.
"Am I not a victim? Why are you arresting me? What's wrong with you?"
Song's father and mother also asked anxiously: "Yes, yes, what did our son do wrong? Why did you arrest him? What does this have to do with our son? He is the one who was bullied!"
Teacher Zhong accidentally knocked over the newspaper rack near the door, making a loud "bang" that scared the entire Song family.
"You know what you have done." Teacher Zhong said seriously, "Police comrade, please take him away and make sure he is given a heavy sentence!"
Several policemen wanted to take Song Huaishu away, but Song Huaishu naturally refused and struggled hard.
"If you want to arrest me, you must give me an explanation! You can't just arrest people casually!"
Song's father and mother also cried and threw a tantrum: "My son is a patient. He needs to go back to the hospital. How can you take him away?"
The Song family was making unreasonable demands and refused to let them take Song Huaishu away, so the police could not take any action.
For a moment, the scene was a little chaotic.
Finally, after the third warning was ignored, the police took coercive measures, pulled Song's father and mother apart, and pulled Song Huaishu up from the ground.
"Song Huaishu, you know what you have developed. Stop playing dumb." The policeman took him away and said, "Come with us to the interrogation room."
Although the police held down Song's father and mother, their mouths were still not controlled.
Seeing their son about to be taken away, the two men shouted in a hurry: "Even if he made false evidence, isn't it to make money? Can anyone find a job that earns tens of thousands a month?"
"Yes, isn't it just making false evidence? The lawyer said that even if you are found making false evidence, you will just be criticized and educated. Why would you be arrested?"
Good man, when you pull out the radish, you bring out the dirt, even the fake evidence is exposed.
The policemen looked at each other and handcuffed Song's father and mother as well.
Song's father and mother's legs went limp and they almost fell to the ground. Only their mouths were still wailing subconsciously, with words gushing out one after another, looking extremely arrogant.
"Why are you arresting us too? What law have we broken? Mr. Bo's money hasn't arrived yet, and we haven't taken anything yet! How dare you offend Mr. Bo? I get it, have you colluded with the school to get rid of Mr. Bo?"
Before the police could stop them, Song Huaishu suddenly yelled, "Shut up!"
Song's father and mother were frightened by him and were silent for a while.
Song Huaishu's face was pale, like a dead person, and his expression was crazy, like a madman.
He should have known what had been exposed.
That thing...
Once exposed, it's useless to throw a tantrum.
After realizing what was happening, Song's father and mother started to yell again: "Song Huaishu, who on earth are you..."
"Shut up!" There was another roar, not a sound that a human could make, "Shut up! Stop arguing! Now you are happy! Let's die together! Let's die together!"
He finally managed to calm down Song's father and mother.
The police officers looked at each other and took the family inside.
The family was taken back again as soon as they came out of the police station.
In the lobby, Teacher Zhong finally let go of all his strength and his expression gradually softened.
Seeing this, the teachers were relieved and comforted him: "Teacher Zhong, this is what we teachers do. We cannot guarantee that every student will behave well. We can only guarantee that we have tried our best."
"Yes, we have seen your efforts over the years. This matter is really not your fault. You have tried your best. This student...if it were anyone else, there would be nothing we can do, right?"
Teacher Zhong seemed relieved, nodded, and said softly: "I know."
"Think positively and don't be sad." The teacher patted his shoulder, "It's not your fault."
"Yeah." Teacher Zhong nodded again, walked to the newspaper rack that he had overturned, squatted down, propped up the rack, and picked up the messy newspapers and magazines.
Zhu Qingchen walked over to him, squatted beside him, and reached out to help him pick up the things.
Zhu Qingchen did not say anything to comfort him, but just silently helped him organize the newspaper rack.
Suddenly, there was a "click" sound.
A drop of water fell on the newspaper and quickly spread out.
Zhu Qingchen turned his head and looked at Teacher Zhong quietly.
Teacher Zhong lowered his head and whispered, "Teacher Zhu, in the past thirty years, I have saved hundreds of poor students, but it was also the students I saved who turned around and raised their butcher knives against other students."
In fact, what Mr. Zhong cares about is not whether he will be punished or held accountable.
What he cared about was “the ones he saved”, and he swung his knife at “the ones he saved”.
He thought he was doing good things, but he didn't expect that he was raising a demon.
So is he a good guy or a bad guy?
He began to doubt whether the career he had pursued all his life was right or wrong.
The newspaper was wet with tears. Teacher Zhong squatted on the ground, covering his head and crying loudly.
"It was me who trained him. It was me! How could I have trained such a student?"
Zhu Qingchen patted him on the back and simply said, "Teacher Zhong, Song Huaishu is your student, and An Yu is also your student."
The perpetrator was his student, and the victim was also his student.
Before this happened, he was just treating every student equally and helping them go to school, which was not wrong.
It was Song Huaishu who was wrong, not him.
An Yu also stepped forward and comforted him, "I am also a student of Teacher Zhong. I am very grateful to Teacher Zhong. If it weren't for Teacher Zhong, I would still have to rely on Bo Minghan's financial support, and I might become his plaything in the future."
"Song Huaishu committed the crime because of himself, but I was able to escape because of Teacher Zhong."
*
This case involved countless students and alarmed countless leaders.
The police station immediately set up a special task force to investigate the so-called top-secret project that Bo Minghan and Song Huaishu were working on. Bo Minghan stayed in the police station and knew nothing about what was happening outside.
He was confident of victory, and thought that people like Song Huaishu could change their confession if they were paid enough money.
It won’t be too late to teach Song Huaishu a lesson slowly after he gets out.
But he waited for several days and received no news of his release.
He wanted to contact his lawyer but was told he could not, and his guard was tightened.
When he asked to see a lawyer for the third time and was rejected, he began to panic.
The lawyer is his confidant. He pays the lawyer a large salary and bonus every year. The lawyer basically knows everything about his affairs, and if there is anything shameful, the lawyer often helps him deal with it.
If the lawyer knew how to program, he would even want the lawyer to help him develop the software.
Bo Minghan was very worried, thinking that the lawyer had betrayed him.
When he asked to see a lawyer for the fifth time, the police told him that the lawyer had been arrested and he didn't need to keep asking.
Got caught?
Bo Minghan suddenly felt as if a bolt of lightning had struck his head, knocking him unconscious for a long time.
He also wanted to ask the lawyer why he was arrested, but the police told him not to worry and that they would interrogate him immediately.
Bo Minghan comforted himself that his attempt to bribe Song Huaishu to give false testimony had probably been discovered.
It doesn’t matter, he just slapped Song Huaishu twice and didn’t really do anything to him.
Even if it is discovered and even if it is tried normally, nothing should happen.
Wait for him to smooth things over. He will be in prison for a few months at most. What's there to be afraid of?
As the police said, he was taken to the interrogation room soon after.
Bo Minghan sat down fearlessly: "Song Huaishu and I are a couple, and I treat him very well. When his father was sick, I took him to a private hospital. When he didn't have a job, I let him intern in the group and paid him tens of thousands of yuan a month."
"If we weren't a couple, why would I be so nice to him?"
The police officer said calmly: "It is also possible that you are accomplices."
Bo Minghan was stunned for a moment.
The police officer turned the laptop towards him and said, "Bo Minghan, do you recognize this page?"
Bo Minghan looked carefully and almost slipped off the chair if the table hadn't blocked his view.
It’s over. The thoughts in his mind were the same as Song Huaishu’s.
It's over. It's completely over.
At first, Bo Minghan wanted to play dumb and deny it, but later, more and more evidence was dug up and all placed in front of him, so he had to admit it.
At the same time, some group bosses vaguely heard the news and started running around and building connections everywhere, trying to get Bo Minghan out.
Yu Xingzhou was also invited to a dinner party.
Several bosses raised their wine glasses and came up to Yu Xingzhou, asking him if he could help them so that they could work together to make money in the future.
Yu Xingzhou was so perfunctory that he didn't even bother to pick up the wine glass, nor did he drink. He just played with his mobile phone.
After the dinner, Yu Xingzhou handed the video to the police station, and the police station contacted the bosses one by one.
Bo Minghan was in close contact with them. They had invested and contributed to the top-secret project, and they were all eagerly waiting for the software to be completed.
So, after Bo Minghan was arrested, they were also arrested.
There are some bosses who are smarter than them.
Knowing that Bo Minghan had been arrested, this move was definitely a failure. Instead of going to great lengths to rescue him, it would be better to draw a clear line quickly and pretend that he knew nothing.
But their plan failed.
Bo Minghan had a so-called customer contact list in his hand, hidden in a secret compartment in his study.
He probably kept the list in order to use it to threaten the CEOs of other groups after the success, so that they would be on the same boat with him. In the end, he would naturally be the most respected person in the Jinghua business circle.
But now, this list has become a death warrant in the Beijing circle.
No one on top can escape.
At this time, Zhu Qingchen finally understood——
“No wonder the Yu family went bankrupt in the original book.”
All other companies were tied together by Bo Minghan through this project, including Song Huaishu's company.
They are all one.
The Yu family had no idea about this, so the Yu Group was excluded from them.
When everyone is evil, then the innocent Yu Group is guilty.
Unable to withstand the siege from most companies in the industry, the huge Yu Group fell, leading to the so-called "Yu Bai fell from the altar, and Song Huaishu became the new upstart in Beijing" plot.
I see.
*
This case involved a lot of things, and the police station alone took several months to investigate.
Half a year later, the court formally heard the case.
It was not a public trial. In order to protect the victimized students, they were not notified, were not allowed to attend, and any of their information was not disclosed.
This was a trial without any accusation from the victim, only the prosecutor stating the facts and listing the evidence.
Although not everyone can audit the class, An Yu still got a certificate and sat in the audience with the teacher.
He sat upright, his hands on his knees, his eyes looking intently at the judge's seat.
When Bo Minghan and Song Huaishu were brought out, An Yu clenched his fists, wishing he could rush up and punch them each.
When the prosecutor listed the evidence, his face was solemn and even his breathing slowed down.
The trial lasted an entire morning. In the end, the first instance court sentenced Song Huaishu to ten years in prison, Bo Minghan to life imprisonment, and confiscated all their property.
In addition to illegally collecting student information, Bo Minghan also raised funds illegally, and his group also engaged in tax evasion and other activities. He was convicted of multiple crimes, so he was sentenced to a heavy punishment.
When being led away by the staff, Bo Minghan suddenly saw An Yu in the audience and suddenly lost his composure and shouted, "An Yu!"
He broke free from the staff and tried to rush to An Yu.
He shouted, "An Yu, I really like you! After meeting you, I decided to stop! I really like you. I have never touched you, right? Because I love you, I want to wait until you are eighteen years old to confess to you..."
The staff pushed him to the ground, covered his mouth and dragged him away.
An Yu frowned, not knowing whether he should curse.
He still cursed: "Psycho."
Zhu Qingchen turned his head and looked at him.
An Yu quickly shut his mouth, looking obedient.
Zhu Qingchen smiled and said, "Well said, you are simply a psychopath."
An Yu nodded: "That's right."
Zhu Qingchen said: "An Yu, never believe what a criminal says."
"Don't believe the love he talks about, and don't believe in the so-called prodigal son who has returned, washed his hands, and truly repented."
"He insults your body and tramples on your self-esteem just because you didn't complete the last step. He insults but not completely, and he calls it 'love'."
“It’s ridiculous.”
"In fact, he didn't do anything further to you before you were eighteen, mainly because if he was caught, he would be sentenced more severely. He always loves himself."
"If it was you who was taken away that day instead of Song Huaishu; if you didn't call the teacher that day and the teacher didn't call the police. Those two slaps would have landed on your face, and those things would have happened to you."
"That's not called 'love', that's called a criminal act."
An Yu nodded, with a firm face: "I know."
After the trial, the teacher and student stood up and walked outside.
When they were leaving, they met Teacher Zhong who was also there to listen in.
Teacher Zhong has lost a lot of weight, but he looks in good spirits and not too depressed.
The school also reduced his workload to allow him to recuperate and adjust his mood.
Zhu Qingchen greeted him: "Teacher Zhong."
"Yeah." Teacher Zhong nodded slightly and walked outside with them.
Zhu Qingchen turned around and continued to say to An Yu: "These people's logic is ridiculous."
"They are obviously promiscuous, but they never kiss each other. They save the disgusting kisses for you and then tell you that this is the 'love' they reserve for you."
"They are clearly breaking the law, but they say it's all because you are so charming that they couldn't help themselves. They call it 'uncontrollable love'."
"This is not 'love', this is..." Zhu Qingchen paused and picked a word, "disgusting stinky shit."
An Yu nodded, thoughtfully.
"Love is respect, understanding and restraint."
"Instead of insulting, trampling and destroying."
When the group left the court, Song's father and mother were outside crying.
They were detained for ten days for instigating Song Huaishu to give false testimony, and have been released long ago.
They were all extremely anxious when Song Huaishu was arrested and sentenced.
It was already winter, and the wind was howling. It was a wonder they were still able to cause trouble in the cold wind.
When they saw Teacher Zhong coming out, Song's father and mother wanted to go up to him and beg him.
"Teacher Zhong, please help us. You brought Huaishu to Jinghua yourself. You can't just ignore him! You trained Huaishu, you have to be responsible for him!"
An Yu took a step forward and stood in front of Teacher Zhong.
Teacher Zhong stood at the back, looking at them calmly, and said only eight words: "Reform yourself and become a new person."
"What? How can you be so cruel?" Song's parents were so shocked that they almost fainted.
Fortunately, at this time, the staff came over and dragged them away.
An Yu turned around and said, "Teacher Zhong, you don't have to take these words to heart." "Yes." Zhu Qingchen nodded, "You are only responsible for Song Huaishu's finances, you don't have to be responsible for his life."
"Yes." Teacher Zhong sighed and exhaled a stream of hot air. "This is his life, not mine."
Zhu Qingchen smiled and said, "Teacher Zhong, are you busy recently? Our history department has a research activity. Do you want to go with us?"
"Okay." Teacher Zhong nodded, "Where are you going?"
"Let's go to a place that Teacher Zhong often goes to but has never been to properly visit. This place was suggested by An Yu."
*
The small county town called Yunyan is located on the north side of Yunyan Mountain.
On the winter solstice, it snowed in the small county town.
Students from the History Department of Jinghua University, led by their teachers and tour guides, took a train to Yunyan.
This place was proposed by An Yu.
Although An Yu's experience here was not very good, there were many kind people who helped him and he also liked his hometown very much.
There are many ancient sites in Yunyan that have not yet been developed and excavated.
This is also the reason why he chose the history department. He wanted more people to see Yunyan.
The last time he came to Yunyan was to rescue students. Zhu Qingchen was in a hurry and didn’t take a serious look at this small county town at all.
This time when he came back, he saw many different scenery.
Today happens to be the winter solstice, and there is a parade of gods in Yunyan.
Four or eight people carried the wooden painted statue of the deity through the streets and alleys amid the smoke and fireworks.
Zhu Qingchen and his students stood in the crowd and watched attentively.
The folklore professor next to him introduced: "A thousand years ago, many heroes fought each other, and finally Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou, who came from a humble background, won and established the Northern Zhou Dynasty."
"A few hundred years later, the Northern Zhou Dynasty collapsed, and the remnants of the Northern Zhou Dynasty migrated south and split into several branches. One of them settled in Yunyan. Yunyan claimed to be the descendants of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. These statues may not all be gods, but may also be people, all of whom are worshipped by the Northern Zhou Dynasty."
The students nodded, not quite understanding: "Well, then, professor, is the one in front the Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou?"
Zhu Qingchen also looked up.
It was a tall and big statue of a god with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes. He was wearing armor and holding a halberd. He even had a war horse following him, looking very majestic.
The professor pushed his glasses and nodded. "Yes, that was the founding emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. He spent the first twenty years of his life conquering the world on horseback. The people of the Northern Zhou Dynasty worshipped him as a god of war, so he wore armor instead of an imperial robe."
Zhu Qingchen also nodded thoughtfully.
At this time, the students asked in confusion: "Professor, who is the god in front? Why is he ranked before the founding emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty?"
"Who is that..." The professor frowned, as if he couldn't be sure for a moment.
The statue in the front is a young man who looks like a civil servant. He is wearing a red robe and is supported by auspicious clouds, looking like an immortal.
Zhu Qingchen looked at the professor seriously, waiting for an answer.
Somehow, Zhu Qingchen didn't know much about this period of history and had no impression of it.
Perhaps this is a history unique to this world.
The group followed the procession and arrived at the Taifu Temple in Yunyan City.
That was the last time, when An met the number one scholar in the parade and finally returned to the Taifu Temple.
The professor suddenly realized: "That person should be a controversial figure in the history of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the only tutor of the crown prince in the Northern Zhou Dynasty."
"I know!" When the professor said this, the students also remembered, "That Taifu has always been a controversial topic in the academic community."
"Yes." The professor nodded. "It is said that he and Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou grew up together and were childhood sweethearts, but he died on the eve of Emperor Wu's unification of the country."
"It is said that after Emperor Wu ascended the throne, he wanted to kill the nobles of the previous dynasty. There was endless debate in the court, and all the officials knelt in front of the palace gate. Finally, someone brought out the tablet of the Prince's tutor and asked, "This Prince's tutor is also a descendant of the nobles of the previous dynasty. Does Your Majesty want to kill him too?"
"The Emperor immediately changed his words, hugged his tablet, cried bitterly, and shouted 'Qingqing'."
"But it was also because Emperor Wu liked him so much that he ordered the revision of history books seven times, forcing the historians to describe him as the Wenqu Star from heaven. After his death, he even took all of this tutor's belongings into his mausoleum."
"With Emperor Wu taking the lead, every household in the Northern Zhou Dynasty worshipped the immortal tablet of the Crown Prince's tutor. For a long time, there were no accurate and detailed historical materials or cultural relics to prove this. Many people believed that this was just a deity created by Emperor Wu, and some even suspected that Emperor Wu suffered from some paranoid mental illness."
The more Zhu Qingchen listened, the more he felt something was wrong. He frowned and said, "This Grand Tutor..."
A group of people walked into the Taifu Temple and brushed off the incense ashes on the wooden sign.
The position of the Most High Manifested Saint, the Great Teaching of the Nine Heavens, the True Lord of Zhaoling Minghua, the First-Rank Loyal, Filial, Jingjie, the Holy Wenzheng Duke, the Prince's Tutor, the Scholar of the Lanting Palace, the Official Historian of Zhengming, Zhu Qingchen.
The Prince's Tutor was just one of his most insignificant titles.
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