They wrote rebellious letters and imprisoned imperial officials, but now they think that they can use imperial laws to get their families out?
Perhaps Song Yushu's gaze was too piercing, the scholar stiffened his neck and said, "Don't you care what the people of the world think?"
"We are numerous. If we were to execute our entire family, how much blood would be shed? It would be a huge chapter in the history books!"
It seems that this scholar is one of the leaders, because they even hid it from Du Jingtong, and unitedly told the outside world that there was no leader and that everything was done by everyone together.
But now they are interrogating them one by one, and they will know the answer as soon as they ask.
Song Yushu shook his head slightly. "It was everyone's fault, but you were the one who came up with the idea. If even I could figure it out, surely others could too. You haven't been held accountable yet, but it's just that Lord Du is protecting you with his life and wealth. Do you really think you're that powerful?"
After hearing this, the scholar was stunned. Then he lowered his head and began to respond to Song Yushu in silence.
"It's true that what you've done hasn't reached the level of a crime punishable by extermination of your entire clan, but do you think that only by convicting them can your clan members suffer?" Song Yushu stood up and walked in front of the scholar. She took Jiang Siyuan's sword and placed it on the scholar's neck. "Does it hurt when a knife is placed on your neck?"
If the powerful cannot convict the scholars, they can seek redress in other ways. After all, losing face and being threatened by common people is not a glorious thing!
"You always think you're noble and upright, and that the world is all black and white. Are you still just children?" Song Yushu's patience was not very good. He swung his sword and slashed the scholar's neck. "I said all this because I wanted to save your lives, but it seems you don't want to live."
"You studied for over ten years, is this just for a chance to have your neck cut open after committing a crime?"
"Your clansmen have used all their family resources to support your education, is this just to put their own lives in jeopardy?"
As he was speaking, Song Yushu drew back his sword, his face full of disappointment. He turned around and was about to leave with his hands behind his back. After Jiang Siyuan took back the sword, he frowned and looked at Song Yushu.
He was anxious, but he didn't dare to stop Song Yushu. The previous Song Yushus didn't have such an attitude, which obviously meant there was something wrong.
really.
Before Song Yushu even reached the cage door, the scholar couldn't hold back any longer, "Stop! Are you telling the truth?"
"Do you think your unnecessary question will have any difference in the outcome?" Song Yushu did not turn around and continued to walk out.
"As long as you can save the others, I am willing to tell you the whole story, and then I will take the blame!" The scholar had a heroic look on his face. He was trembling when he first opened his mouth, but he had completely adjusted his posture by the end.
What is the joy of living and what is the fear of death? Scholars have the character of scholars!
Finally, after Song Yushu and Lu Zhixing interrogated all the scholars, they picked out several leaders.
Most of them are of character, there are only one or two who are not as talented as everyone else, but they are very smart.
If there were pyramid schemes in ancient times, these two would definitely have reached the level of CEOs! Song Yushu looked them up and down, "You guys are really good at talking, convincing so many people. We've interrogated them, and everyone says that everything was orchestrated by you two."
The two exchanged glances, then both crawled forward, only to be stopped by Liu Bai. They could only cry out in injustice, "This is all a false accusation! A false accusation! They all feel their talents are underappreciated, and that's why they asked us two to give them advice. We were originally unwilling to do so."
"That's right." One of the tall and thin scholars snorted coldly. "When they invited us, they told us the truth. They said the court was incompetent and there was no place for commoners like us to live. They wanted to pass the imperial examinations but it was hopeless, so they wanted to use these radical methods!"
"So you know this is a radical method?" Lu Zhixing asked in a deep voice, as if he saw through their lies.
Lu Zhixing's aura was not something that ordinary people could withstand. The two men's faces turned pale, their legs trembled, and they could hardly kneel.
But in the face of life and death, they still persevered. "We originally proposed some gentle methods, but they were unwilling! They said that the effect was not good, and the officials in the court would not listen. We must use some earth-shattering methods. We have no other choice but to come up with this method!"
"That is to say, you two are innocent, and they forced you to come up with this method?" Song Yushu's expression seemed to believe what they said, and his expression eased.
The two people nodded vigorously after hearing this attitude, "That's right, we really didn't want to do this, they forced us! They not only imprisoned the Jingzhao prefect, but also imprisoned us! If you hadn't arrested us and put us in the cell, we would not have been able to escape! Thank you--"
Before they could finish their words, they heard a roar.
"Nonsense! Bastard!"
The two men were frightened by the roar and trembled. They were filled with the thought that it was all over. They knew they had fallen into a trap!
No one knew when, but outside the cell where they were being interrogated, there were scholars who had joined the rebellion standing. They looked at the two men in the cell with indignation, and the anger in their eyes seemed as if they wanted to tear them to pieces.
Song Yushu shrugged at the two people's surprised looks, indicating that it was their own fault.
One of the scholars with poor psychological quality had fainted. Liu Bai took a glance at him and confirmed that he was not dead, so he didn't care.
Another one suddenly rushed out, shouting, "This is just a trick used by the powerful! They are just trying to alienate us and find a few scapegoats! You have to believe me! I just want to protect you!"
"Bah!" The scholars outside the cell were furious. They originally just wanted the court to pay more attention to the imperial examination system, and they never thought that there would be anti-government books and books for the people, or even the imprisonment of the Jingzhao prefect!
"You two have deceived us so much! You two keep saying that you are doing this for us, for the future of millions of scholars, but what's the result?" The scholars could already see that these two people just wanted to use them!
What you're talking about is brotherhood, what you're talking about friendship between scholars, it's all lies!
"No, no, that's not what I think!" The scholar wanted to stand up and explain to everyone, but Liu Bai pinned him to the ground with just a sword, making him unable to move.
The angry scholars no longer cared about civility or etiquette at this time. They pinned the man on the ground and started beating him. They even did not let the one who fainted go!
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