Xu Zhongmin glanced at Chu Jingqiu and waved his hand to signal his subordinates to do as Chu Jingqiu asked.
Chu Jingqiu saw that all the notebooks had been processed, and she began to identify the handwriting one by one.
After a cup of tea, she took out a green notebook and said, "I have completed the identification. It is the owner of this green notebook who forged my signature. It is she who framed me and Shi Zhiqing."
Zheng Hongjuan was sweating profusely from nervousness. Before the Revolutionary Committee members could announce the results, she jumped out and shouted, "Chu Jingqiu cheated! She must have memorized the shape of my notebook. She's retaliating against me, blaming me for exposing her."
Xu Zhongmin said calmly, "Chu Zhiqing, please explain why you believe the signatures on those two books belong to the owner of this green notebook."
Chu Jingqiu glanced at the people in the courtyard and said loudly, "I have loved painting since I was a child. When I copied the works of famous artists, I also learned to distinguish between authentic and forged works. Of course, I also learned some handwriting identification skills.
Although the signatures on those two books looked similar to my handwriting, they were so crudely forged that the authenticity could be identified at a glance.
I looked at the green notebook and found that the writing style was the same as that in the other two books.
Moreover, in the layout and structure of the signatures, as well as the writing method, matching proportions, brushwork, stroke order, and starting, ending, and connecting strokes of the same characters, there are many points of agreement, and the sum of these points reflects the writing habits of the same person.
Everyone looked bewildered. Chu Jingqiu smiled and said, "Let's put it this way. It's just like us rural women sewing. Everyone has their own unique style. Even if she imitates others, you can always find her own characteristics in them. In the end, you can always tell who did it."
Zheng Hongjuan said unconvincedly: "We don't understand what you said. If you say it's mine, then it's mine. I don't accept it. You are just deliberately making things mysterious to absolve yourself of guilt."
Chu Jingqiu looked at her coldly, "Zheng Hongjuan, don't be anxious! When you cry later, I will make you convinced.
I wrote a paragraph on the small blackboard in the yard. You can imitate my handwriting and copy it.
Remember, don't use your own handwriting. The more realistic the imitation, the better. I'll be able to tell who is imitating who in no time."
In accordance with Chu Jingqiu's request, Du Jianguo gave each of the educated youth a piece of the same white paper.
The educated youth carefully imitated Chu Jingqiu's handwriting and began to copy. It didn't take long before they handed in several sheets of paper.
Chu Jingqiu carefully compared the handwriting in the notebook and quickly and accurately pointed out who the imitator was without making a single mistake.
Everyone looked at Chu Jingqiu with admiration, and everyone present firmly believed that Chu Jingqiu could indeed perform handwriting identification accurately.
They all believed the results of the previous appraisal and looked at Zheng Hongjuan with contempt.
Zheng Hongjuan looked around in panic, still shouting in despair, "Who can guarantee that you are 100% correct? That really wasn't written by me. If you don't believe me, I will rewrite it according to the words in the banned book and let everyone see. That is not my handwriting at all."
When she was about to write, Chu Jingqiu stopped her, "Wait, write with your left hand, not your right.
If I'm not mistaken, you are actually a left-handed person. I observed the characteristics of these characters and found that all the characters tend to be higher on the left and lower on the right, which means that this person writes with his left hand.
However, these characters do not show any unusual phenomenon of the left line being higher than the right, indicating that this person has a relatively high level of left-handed camouflage writing skills.
I have noticed Zheng Hongjuan knitting sweaters before. She can use both hands freely. Maybe she was left-handed before and later switched to using her right hand.
So the direction in which she knits is exactly opposite to the direction in which we knit sweaters. We knit sweaters in a clockwise direction, while she knits in a counterclockwise direction.
Please ask Wu Zhiqing to go to Zheng Hongjuan's room and get the sweater she has not finished knitting so that everyone can see if what I said is correct.
Wu Shuangshuang quickly brought the sweater over, and the women who knew how to knit gathered around and discovered that Zheng Hongjuan's sweater was something no one else could knit; it just went in a counterclockwise circle.
Zheng Hongjuan was still quibbling, pretending to be innocent and wiping away her tears, "Even if I wrote your name on it, it doesn't prove that Shi Aihong hasn't read this book.
I didn't want to say it originally, but since Chu Zhiqing already knew that the names on those two books were written by me, I will tell everyone the truth.
That day, Shi Aihong brought two books from outside. She said that she had wanted to read these two books very much when she was in Beijing, but she never dared to read them.
This time when she went to town, she saw someone selling these two books on the black market, so she bought them secretly and begged me to write Chu Jingqiu's name on them.
He also said that if the truth was finally revealed, Chu Jingqiu was the child of a high-ranking official, and had a fiancé who was also the child of a high-ranking official to protect her, so the matter could be resolved.
I didn't want to help her at first, but I couldn't resist her begging, so I softened my heart and wrote a name for her.
I was wrong. I should not have failed to stop my comrade in a timely manner when I knew she had made a mistake, but instead aided and abetted her. I will definitely reflect seriously on my wrongdoings and write a profound self-criticism."
Shi Aihong's eyes widened, her face flushed with anger, and she yelled, "Zheng Hongjuan, you are slandering me. When did I ever buy these books and ask you to write Jingqiu's name on them?
I don't know you well. If I were to peek at a book like this, I wouldn't come looking for you. You're such a shameless bastard, telling lies with your eyes open, and you're not afraid of retribution."
Zheng Hongjuan pretended to be heartbroken and said, "Aihong, just admit it! You said at the time that it was because you were not familiar with me that people would not think the name I copied was mine. Stop quibbling."
"Pa, pa, pa." Chu Jingqiu laughed playfully, clapping his hands non-stop, "Zheng Hongjuan, Zheng Hongjuan, you don't talk much usually, but I never thought you actually have such a silver tongue.
You can keep making up stories, but I still have a way to expose your lies."
Zheng Hongjuan pretended to be confused and looked at Chu Jingqiu, "Chu Zhiqing, I shouldn't have written your name in the book on behalf of Shi Aihong. I apologize to you.
Aren't you angry? You treated Shi Aihong as a sister, but she framed you like this. Why don't you condemn her and laugh at me?
After saying that, he wiped away his non-existent tears.
Zhou Weidong was furious, his fists clenched until they crackled. "Zheng Hongjuan, you deserve a beating, don't you? You did such a filthy thing, and yet you still dare to frame Aihong. I'll beat you to death."
After saying this, he was about to rush over to Zheng Hongjuan to beat her up, but was stopped by Shi Aihong. She lowered her voice and said, "Weidong, don't be impulsive. I believe Jingqiu will be able to clear my name. The comrades from the Revolutionary Committee are still here. Let's not cause any more trouble for Jingqiu."
Zhang Pingping also angrily scolded Zheng Hongjuan, "Zheng Hongjuan, you are really good at shifting the blame. When you saw the truth was exposed, you made up a story to excuse yourself. You are so shameless.
No matter how clever a lie is, it will eventually be exposed. I advise you not to slander others without any conscience. It would be best if you reveal the person behind the scenes to mitigate your guilt."
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