Huang Yunchang turned pale with anger at Yang Sheng's words.
What does it mean to prove you didn't say something? How can you prove something you never said?
Seeing his teacher being so humiliated, a young man dressed in a magnificent brocade robe stepped forward, pointed at Yang Sheng, and angrily shouted, "You eunuch! This is Qinghu Academy, it's not your place to twist the truth here!"
Yang Sheng turned his head and stared intently at the young man, which immediately made the young man's heart skip a beat.
However, when he thought of his teacher's deeds, he immediately straightened his chest.
We, the scholars, are ready to die for our principles and uphold justice today!
"You are Huang Yunchang's disciple? Then you must have heard him slander and insult the Empress Dowager, right? Are you willing to put aside your own family ties and stand up to testify against Huang Yunchang?"
The young man immediately cursed, "You castrated dog! You..."
Before he could finish speaking, Yang Sheng had already drawn his Imperial Guard sword, and a head flew off instantly, blood spurting from the headless corpse.
Huang Yunchang and the other disciples of Qinghu Academy around him were stunned.
Their faces showed disbelief, as well as panic and fear.
This castrated dog is really capable of killing people!
They actually dared to kill someone at Qinghu Academy!
"Anyone unwilling to come forward and testify against Huang Yunchang must be his henchman and should be killed!"
Yang Sheng glanced around and pulled out the man who had been shouting the loudest earlier, asking, "And you? Are you willing to testify against Huang Yunchang?"
The man was terrified and hesitated, stammering, "I...I..."
The next moment, another head flew up.
By the time Yang Sheng pulled out the third person, the disciples of Qinghu Academy at the back had begun to panic, and some even began to sneak away.
Before Yang Sheng could even ask a question, the third person began wailing and shouting, "Don't kill me! I'm willing to put the greater good before my own family!"
I testify that Huang Yunchang insulted and slandered the Empress Dowager, showing no respect for his father or ruler, and utterly lacking in virtue and conduct!
Huang Yunchang watched all this in panic, and the disciples of Qinghu Academy around him scattered in terror, fleeing for their lives.
A hint of disappointment flashed in Yang Sheng's eyes, and he shook his head slightly.
He seemed to have overestimated these scholars of the Great Zhou Dynasty, or rather, the scholars of Qinghu Academy.
He only killed two people, but these people seemed to have had their spines broken, losing their backbone and courage.
But these cowardly fellows managed to verbally drive a soldier who had fought countless battles on the frontier to his death, and anger a general who hadn't even managed to kill an enemy. It's truly ironic.
If this kind of atmosphere prevails in the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, one can imagine how decadent the entire Great Zhou Dynasty has become.
Yang Sheng turned his head and looked at Huang Yunchang with a half-smile: "Dean Huang, look at this, even your own disciple has stood up to testify against you, which shows just how outrageous you have been."
Your slander and insults against the Empress Dowager and your disrespect for the emperor constitute disloyalty.
Your Majesty is benevolent and filial, and respects your grandmother. Yet you say that this is like a hen crowing at dawn, which is naturally unfilial.
Even your disciples cannot tolerate your evil deeds, so it is clear that you must be an unrighteous and heartless person!
How dare someone so disloyal, unfilial, and unjust occupy the position of Dean of Qinghu Academy?
Huang Yunchang pointed at Yang Sheng, trembling with anger, his face turning red, but he couldn't utter a single word.
He was usually quick-witted and even drove a Northern Zhou general to his death, but now, under Yang Sheng's fabricated charges, he couldn't even find a way to refute them.
Just like that Northern Army general before, how could he refute something that was clearly fabricated? Once he refuted it, the falsehood would become the truth!
Yang Sheng lightly flicked the blood off his Imperial Guard sword and said calmly, "Huang Yunchang, you deserve to die, but considering that you are a scholar, I will not send you to the Imperial Prison for severe torture. Today, I will give you a quick death."
Huang Yunchang's face turned pale instantly.
He wanted to say that he was willing to go to the Zhaoyu prison and be severely tortured!
As long as he is alive, Grand Secretary Zhang Xiren will definitely come to save him.
Not only Zhang Xiren, but Huang Yunchang also has many friends in the literary world over the years, some of whom have become high-ranking officials in the court. If things get out of hand, someone will definitely lend a helping hand.
If Yang Sheng were to kill him now, it would be too late!
Just as Yang Sheng raised his Imperial Guard sword, a sharp shout rang out.
"Stop!"
Upon hearing this voice, a fierce glint flashed in Yang Sheng's eyes, and his sword strikes suddenly accelerated.
"Damn it! I told you to stop!"
More than ten martial arts practitioners leaped into Qinghu Academy.
Leading the group was a young man in his twenties dressed in a white brocade robe, wearing a white jade crown, and holding a long sword. Beside him was a woman with a delicate and beautiful appearance, wearing a light green gauze dress.
Just as Yang Sheng's Imperial Guard sword was about to reach Huang Yunchang's neck, the woman raised her hand and a small, emerald-green jade sword, like a streak of light, flew straight toward Yang Sheng!
Yin Wuxie took a step forward, his swift sword flashing out, the tip precisely striking the small emerald green sword, instantly shattering the jade into pieces.
But among the broken jade pieces, there was an even smaller silver needle that, fueled by internal force, pierced Yang Sheng’s back!
Yang Sheng suddenly withdrew his sword and slashed back, the two swords colliding with the silver needles and producing a loud, metallic clang.
"Internal force can be used outside the body? Interesting, very interesting."
Seeing that his junior sister had finally stopped the guards of the Imperial Guard, the young man quickly took out a token and shouted:
"We are here to protect Dean Huang on the orders of Grand Secretary Zhang!"
Even if Dean Huang is truly guilty, the case should be jointly tried by the Censorate and the other two judicial departments, not by you lackeys of the Imperial Guard…”
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