Chapter 122 Counter-explosion (45)
A sergeant in a dragon-patterned military uniform led a group of soldiers to take Lin Wen away.
The meeting hall was dead silent, and for the next hour, the joint session dealt with several insignificant minor conflicts between the states.
When Lin Wen returned to the meeting place again, the sergeant in the dragon-patterned uniform handed a thick file bag to the four elders.
When I opened the file bag, the first page of information I pulled out was titled:
Normal human, healthy, no mutations, no biochemical modifications, no genetic changes, no traces of taking biochemical drugs, and no clones.
Below is the seal of the Draven Institute for Biological Studies.
Elder Cheng sneered, "It's a farce."
He raised his head and saw the official lying on the ground, his face blue and pupils dilated. He had committed suicide by taking poison.
"Drag him out, and in the future, no accusations of this kind will be entertained without substantiation."
Chengzhang said coldly.
Everyone in the council seat looked unhappy, and Lai Juncheng's face was as black as charcoal.
They exchanged uneasy glances with each other. Although the elders could not directly govern them without going through the Supreme Council and other elders, no one wanted to offend the elders.
The trial process returned to normal.
"Lai Juncheng" came on stage first.
"The first accusation is that Changshan County Magistrate Lin Wen, upon taking office, forged imperial documents, exceeded his authority in bidding, openly accepted bribes, and even killed kind merchants who were forced to pay bribes."
“Here’s the evidence.”
"Lai Juncheng" presented the broadcasts, news releases, screenshots from the Internet in Changshan County at that time, the original version of the Imperial Backbone Plan and Lin Wen's forged version.
These pieces of evidence were passed to the elders one by one and displayed on the big screen at the back.
Due to a lack of awareness of censorship, some of Lin Wen's spellcasting materials appeared openly on the big screen, causing some commotion below.
No official had ever seen such a thing in such an occasion. They would think that these crudely made pictures were a waste of time just by looking at them under normal circumstances. It would be better to call Xiao Mi to put on a real-life show.
But now, they feel both absurd and exciting, even shrouded in a bit of mystery, and those rough pictures have become attractive.
Elder Ye, the leader of the Conservative Party, immediately turned off the big screen and said coldly, "You said these filthy things were sent by Lin Wen himself?"
Lai Juncheng replied, "That's right. All IP addresses point to the Changshan County Magistrate's Office, including many of the accounts under it. They all have the same IP address."
Elder Ye sneered, "One person plays multiple roles. County Magistrate Lin has great acting skills."
"Lai Juncheng" then presented a large amount of evidence, including eyewitness testimony, testimony from the restaurant owner, photos of the car crash scene, and testimony from family members, prostitutes who were in the car at the time, and others.
Lai Juncheng concluded: "The witnesses are waiting outside and can come in at any time if needed."
Elder Wang said with disgust, "No need, Lin Wen, you explain it."
Lin Wen went on stage without fear and pulled Qi Mu up with him. The latter's legs were weak and he couldn't even walk if Lin Wen hadn't supported him.
Arriving at the podium, Lin Wen whispered, "Let me ask you a question. How can you fake an IP address and post something on the website?"
Qi Mu's eyes suddenly lit up and his feet stopped shaking.
He was about to speak when Lin Wen interrupted him, "Okay, go up and explain this to everyone. Remember, everyone here is new to the internet, so you need to explain it clearly in the simplest and most understandable terms."
Lin Wen picked up the microphone and said, "This question will first be answered by my chief computer network conference engineer and senior computer language expert, Mr. Qi Mu."
Hand over the microphone.
Qi Mu's face was flushed and his skin was severely overheated. He took the microphone tremblingly. When he looked up, he saw the imperial officials in the room and the thirteen governors in the audience. He almost fell down again.
Fortunately, Lin Wen was quick to help: "Just keep your head down and look at the podium, just as if you were giving a lecture to a newbie who just joined the company."
Qi Mu stared at the wood pattern on the podium, focusing his attention on professional knowledge, imagining a group of young girls who had just joined the company, with their big watery eyes wide open, waiting for his explanation.
The state has come a little bit.
He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and began to perform.
He stuttered a bit at first, but soon became more fluent.
Theoretically, it is difficult to forge an IP address fundamentally. The most common method is to use a zombie machine to operate the system. In this way, the recorded IP address becomes the address of the zombie machine. The zombie machine can also be used to hang other zombie machines, forming multiple disguises.
Qi Mu often does this kind of thing because the working hours are too unbearable. There are less than 15 hours in a day, and he has to stay at his workstation even if he has nothing to do.
Therefore, he often surfs the Internet to kill time, but using IP to access the external network will trigger regulatory warnings. Bypassing the supervision is very troublesome and not conducive to the final conclusion.
So he installed a zombie computer on his boss's computer to evade supervision and access the Internet.
But this also has its flaws. It can only be used when the boss is not in the office and the computer is not turned off, and you have to choose the right time.
Otherwise, when the boss returns to the office, he will see a lot of spell materials automatically popping up on his computer, and the situation will be difficult to deal with.
This was also one of the reasons why he was kicked out in the end.
After about five minutes, most people in the audience understood. Qi Mu performed very well. He spoke eloquently, cited extensively, and explained things in a simple and easy-to-understand way. The examples he gave were easy to understand, appropriate, and interesting, and even caused some laughter.
Even though there were few people present who knew anything about the internet, they basically understood most of it.
Qi Mu was in high spirits and was about to continue talking about something deeper, but Lin Wen snatched the microphone away.
"From this, it can be seen that this evidence is not evidence at all, it is all fabricated. If they can even fabricate such difficult online evidence, what about other evidence?"
Everyone nodded secretly. No one liked to admit that the knowledge they had just learned was simple.
"As for the witnesses, they're even less credible. Their testimony states that the commercial vehicle was on the road out of the county, yet the crash site is over 800 meters away from the cliffs leading out of the county road. Director Lai, I would like to ask, was their vehicle equipped with rocket propulsion? How could it fly so far? Please explain."
With this said, the witness testimony is obviously full of loopholes and contradictions.
Elder Cheng nodded slightly, with a hint of approval on his face.
The other three elders also felt that the accusation was likely fabricated.
At this time, "Lai Juncheng" stood up.
"Additional statement, this is new evidence."
He took out the property certificates issued by the families of Fatty Zhang and others, including gold, jewelry, and the Posilda sapphire.
"There is sufficient evidence to prove that these properties belonged to the deceased investor. However, they were subsequently sold at the Changshan County Finance Office."
"All transactions can be verified and documented. The Posilda sapphire was even sold to Saint Singer of the Western Federation for a whopping two million."
Lai Juncheng presented all the evidence and looked at Lin Wen coldly, "Do you have any other explanation?"
Lin Wen felt as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world.
"Are you a pig? How dare you say such stupid things?"
Lin Wen snatched the microphone and instructed Qi Mu to hand over the stack of files in the upper left corner of the suitcase.
"This is the financial department's transaction records, financial details, and receipts. This shows that all the money in it has been put into a special fund for disaster relief."
He turned to Lai Juncheng.
"Please think carefully about this. Would anyone hand over embezzled valuables to the Finance Department? And then invest all the stolen money into the special fund for post-disaster reconstruction? Then why would I embezzle money? To do good deeds out of kindness? Do you think everyone else is as stupid as you?"
The whole audience burst into laughter.
Someone even fell under their seat: "Hahaha, no wonder you think with your gut."
Lai Juncheng's face flushed red, and he roared, "Bullshit, you bastard..."
"quiet!"
Elder Cheng's voice overwhelmed the entire audience, and the entire auditorium was so deafening that one could hear a pin drop.
He looked down with cold eyes, like a giant staring at an ant.
"Lai Juncheng, this is my first and final warning! If you roar again next time, you will be expelled from the meeting!"
Lai Juncheng lowered his head deeply: "Sorry..."
Elder Cheng's eyes turned towards him, and in an instant they became gentle again: "Go on."
Lin Wen bowed slightly and continued, "This is the patriotic heart of seven people, including Zhang Pang... the investor surnamed Zhang. They saw the people of Changshan County suffering from the flood and couldn't bear to see them suffer, so they came all the way here to help. This is their free donation."
"What kind and great people they were, but unfortunately, they died in an accident on their way back from leaving the county."
"This in itself is a tragedy that is deplorable enough."
"But, what's even more tragic is!"
"Their deaths were exploited, framed, and distorted. Their kindness was misunderstood. No one knew about the good things they did, but the bad things they didn't do were spread far and wide!"
“This is the greatest tragedy in the world!”
"And the one who caused this tragedy! It was you!"
"Lai Juncheng!"
These words were spoken with great force and with tears in my eyes.
Of course, Lin Wen failed to act out the tears and sobs, but the powerful sound alone was enough to be thought-provoking.
After reading the evidence, the four elders were slightly surprised. The evidence was so detailed that it would be very difficult to falsify it, and they would find out with a simple check.
However, asking them to believe that investors who are always obsessed with profit would come from afar and spend all their money just to help the people of Changshan County with disaster relief is no different from believing that a sow can climb a tree.
Only Governor Sheng, who had always been calm, showed a mysterious smile.
Wang Bo'an, the governor of Zhongzhou, came over and said, "Sheng Huaixuan, tell me honestly, is this kid your illegitimate child?"
Governor Sheng glanced at him and said, "Wang Bo'an, you don't need your eyes anymore. You can donate them to someone in need."
Wang Boan smiled awkwardly. It was true that Lin Wen and Sheng Huaixuan had nothing in common, but looking at Lin Wen's career trajectory and work style, it was hard to explain why he was not an illegitimate child.
(End of this chapter)
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