In the cell, one after another, those who had committed serious crimes committed suicide by banging their heads against the wall.
Those who had committed less serious crimes came to their senses one after another. They said that they would turn over a new leaf and compensate the people they had harmed. They also decided to study and study.
Only four of them kept saying that they were wronged.
Fang Yun recited the Heavenly Words, but he heard everything.
After reading the Analects of Confucius, Fang Yun did not read the other classics of Confucius. Instead, he read the Dharma Sutra, the first complete book of the Human Race. Then, he recited the Limu Code of Half-saint Shang Yang.
After that, another five people committed suicide. One of the four who cried out for their innocence suddenly cursed Fang Yun and admitted that he had committed a crime. However, he refused to admit his guilt. Then, he could no longer hear Fang Yun's voice.
Fang Yun had a heart, and the Heavenly Words were effective.
The Analects of Confucius mentioned that "education is without discrimination". The Book of Changes also mentioned that "birds of a feather flock together".
Fang Yun did not eat lunch. Instead, he drank some water and started reciting the Book of History again.
Outside Fang Yun's cell, a large number of jailers had gathered. Even Huo Siyu, the highest-ranking officer of Tiger Cell, was sitting outside in a thick cotton-padded jacket with a chair.
At first, some jailers were sitting on chairs, but in the end, none of them sat down. Even Huo Siyu quietly ordered people to move the chairs away and stood to listen to the sermon.
As for the two Jinshi of the Punishment Hall, Fang Yun had been standing outside since the beginning and listening to the sermon. They knew very well what it meant for a Jinshi to speak the Heavenly Words.
It was about to enter the twelfth month of winter. Without the protection of the Divine Temple, Tiger Cell was unusually cold. However, gradually, the temperature of the entire Tiger Cell began to rise.
There was only morning and noon meals in the prison. There was no dinner, as the ancient people had the habit of not eating after noon.
Fang Yun recited the Sacred Scriptures all the time. He did not stop except for drinking water. He recited until midnight. Then, he revised his lessons in the World of Strange Books, wrote poems, scriptures, and essays. In the end, he only slept for two hours.
The great Confucian scholar could not seal the World of Strange Books.
He gave roses to people. His hands had a lingering fragrance. Fang Yun realized that his understanding of the Sacred Scriptures had deepened a little after he started preaching.
In the following days, Fang Yun recited the Sacred Scripture and preached the Heavenly Word every day. After that, he studied in the Wondrous Book World until dawn.
Fang Yun was reciting sutras in prison. He did not know that the capital had undergone earth-shaking changes because of him.
Thirty thousand students of Jingguo Academy walked out of class.
Every morning, a group of students led by Qiao Juze, the Grand Scholar of the Upper Institute, would gather outside the Tiger Prison, blocking half the street.
Most of the people here were High Scholars and Grand Scholars. There were also many Elementary Scholars who had been here for many years. New Elementary Scholars and Scholars were unable to last long on Tiger Prison Street.
Every afternoon. All the restaurants and restaurants in the capital would send some waiters to deliver food. Not only did the thousands of students here not starve, but because there were too many food boxes, they often had to distribute the food to the poor families around them.
These people did not shout or shout, nor did they scold or kick up a fuss. Instead, they gathered together as people who were familiar with each other to talk about books and theses.
They would not use any violent or extreme means. As long as they could get the Wen Pao to publish the matter on the first of December, they would achieve their goal.
The scholars, including Zhang Chengyu, who was the Grand Scholar of the Upper Institute, wrote a large number of Love Letters for Fang Yun every day. In addition to seeking redress for Fang Yun, they also scolded the Zong family, the Lei family, the Sima family, the Left Prime Minister, and the Meng family.
Some of them were in charge of copying the Love Letters, while others were in charge of distributing them all over the capital city.
The Xuanting Bookstore had already monopolized the booksellers in the Ten Nations. Booksellers in the capital city were not the only ones who had begun to distribute the Love Letters. All the booksellers in the Ten Nations who had Xuanting Bookstore were silently distributing the Love Letters.
The news spread and the Ten Nations were in an uproar. Countless scholars began to publish articles to criticize the Jingguo Ministry of Justice, the Left Prime Minister, the Lei family, the Sima family, the Zong family, and the Meng family.
The next day. All kinds of news were circulating.
A team of a thousand scholars from the Scholar Palace of Enlightenment would rush to Jingguo to seek justice for Fang Yun.
Hundreds of thousands of scholars in Kongcheng went on strike for a day and chanted under the Notre-Dame of Mount Duofeng, "Down with the treacherous officials. Release Fang Yun! "Some people even wrote blood letters to the Notre-Dame.
The Left Prime Minister's distant nephew was beaten up by a group of masked men.
Dozens of people in Gyeongo betrayed the country and announced that they had joined Jingguo. They also scolded the Zongsheng family and rushed to the capital together. They wanted to see Fang Yun for the last time before going to the north to fight the barbarians.
All over Jing Kingdom, officials sent letters like snow. Hundreds of officials impeached the Left Prime Minister and the Left Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Justice, Yuan Su. The Imperial Censors of the Overwatch Council continued to write memorials. One Imperial Censor set a record of writing 27 memorials in one day.
Ao Huang spoke as the special envoy of the East Sea Dragon Palace. The East Sea Dragon Palace cut off all ties with the Zong family, the Meng family, the Sima family, and the Left Prime Minister. Ao Huang also released a personal statement saying that he would beat up the Lei family if he saw them in the future.
Jingguo's scholars gathered in the capital. Hundreds of them had jointly signed a petition saying that if Fang Yun was not released, they would not take the Jinshi examination.
The scholars in Jiangzhou were also running around.
Outside the Jingguo Palace, thousands of petitions had already filled half of Xuanwu Avenue. People from all over the country came one after another to leave their names on the petition.
One after another, people showed their support for Fang Yun in the Ten Nations …
However, none of the important figures of the Holy Families showed up.
Under the pressure, the Hall of Justice announced that they would reject the Meng family's accusation that Fang Yun killed the fierce king. They would only accept the accusation that Fang Yun stole the Meng family's property. The Hall of Justice would pass the message to Fang Yun.
Time passed day by day. Fang Yun continued to recite sutras and study in the prison. Outside the prison, the rescue operation for Fang Yun became more and more intense. There were even scholars standing outside the Left Prime Minister's door and singing the famous poems from the Book of Songs, such as "Great Rat", "Plank", and "Swing", to mock the Left Prime Minister.
The Left Prime Minister was a scholar. The scholars only dared to mock him. However, the Left Assistant Minister of Justice, Yuan Su, was very unlucky. A large number of scholars threw rotten meat and vegetables into his house. Every time he went out, he would be surrounded and mocked. Some people even had a doggerel competition to mock Yuan Su.
Although Yuan Su was from the Hanlin Academy, he did not dare to hurt anyone. If he was not careful, he would be caught by the Empress Dowager and the Minister of Justice. He would be imprisoned and the Right Assistant Minister would be in charge of the Ministry of Justice.
Minister Yu of the Ministry of Justice was trapped in Yanzhou by Prince Kang and could not leave.
After many days of chanting by Fang Yun, the Tiger Prison was gradually strengthened by the power of the Divine Temple. It was no longer cold.
The temperature in the Tiger Prison increased. The corpses rotted. Insects and rats wreaked havoc. The dirty water flowed and the stench was overwhelming.
At first, the prison guards did not care. Later, the Hall of Justice strongly requested. They had to hire outsiders to clean the underground prison. However, the stench was still overwhelming.
It was reasonable to say that there would be a plague in the prison. However, no one fell ill. Especially the three wronged people, they were even stronger than before.
The two Hall of Justice sent two identical letters to the Notre-Dame.
"Suspected to be the birth of Morality."
On the morning of November 30th, it was only one day before the Hall of Justice Exam. The weather was clear.
All the prisoners and prison guards came to the outside of the prison early as usual. The four prison guards continued to send out prison meals. However, they started two days ago. The mixed grain pancakes from the prison meals were no longer moldy. They were all made with slightly inferior grains.
After the meal, everyone waited quietly for Fang Yun to chant.
Fang Yun rested for a moment. He stretched and yawned. He stood up lazily. However, his eyes were focused. He straightened his back and bowed in the direction of the Divine Temple.
"I am Fang Yun. I was framed because I was late in saving the unrighteous. I wanted to wait quietly for the Notre-Dame to clear my name. However, I am a candidate for the Hall of Justice Exam this year. I have applied for the exam. I wish to imitate the Spring and Autumn Annals and write poems to atone for my crimes. If I achieve Huiyuan in the Intermediate Examination, I can atone for my crimes. If I fail, the punishment will be doubled! "
The Spring and Autumn Annals were created by Half-saint Dong Zhongshu. They judged cases based on the ideas of Confucius. Although this action angered the Legalists, not all cases were judged this way. The Legalists did not ban it completely. It was gradually implemented in some countries.
Later on, there was the concept of "using poems to atone for crimes". As long as it was not a major crime, the candidates could use poems to atone for their crimes. They had to first qualify for the Imperial Examination. If they were the first in the local Imperial Examination, they could atone for their crimes.
There were many crimes that were prohibited from atoning for. Fang Yun's crimes of "not saving a dying person" and "robbing the Meng family of their belongings" were not included in the list of crimes that could not be atoned for.
In the past ten years, at least thousands of scholars had tried to atone for their crimes with poems. However, there were only a dozen people who succeeded. There was only one person in Jingguo who succeeded. It was the famous Hall of Justice Wei Yuhuang. He had personally sent an invitation to Fang Yun for the Double Ninth Festival.
Atoning for one's crimes with poems had to be approved by the Notre-Dame's Eastern Sage, the Punishment Court, and the country's royal family.
The approval process of Eastern Sage and Jingguo's royal family was extremely simple. However, it was different for the Punishment Court.
Apart from the "Honorary Elder" of the Punishment Court who was held by the Sages, the Elders with real power were all Legalist scholars.
The Legalist aristocratic families such as the Li Kui Clan, the Shang Yang Clan, the Li Si Clan, and the Han Fei Clan held seven of the nine Elders. The other two were Legalist scholars who were not aristocratic families.
The Punishment Court was the most secretive organization in the Notre-Dame. It was also the highest investigation, law enforcement, and judicial organization of the human race.
The Punishment Court was the highest organization in the Punishment Court. Once there was a major issue or a dispute, the Elders would vote. Atoning for one's crimes with poems was one of them.
Outside the dungeon, a Hall of Justice Scholar clapped his hands and laughed. He extended his hand to another Hall of Justice Scholar and said, "I knew that Fang Yun would use the Spring and Autumn Judgment to atone for his crimes. Brother Qiu, your Flood Dragon Blood Inkstone is mine."
Another Hall of Justice Scholar muttered, "As far as I know, the Punishment Court has already been closed to the public. They are discussing changes to the Notre-Dame's laws. You have to know that every discussion of the Notre-Dame's laws lasts for half a month. Unless the human race is in great danger. "
"It's good that he can atone for his crimes with poems. If not, I believe that Fang Zhenguo will have more than one plan. Let's wait and see."
"That's true."
At the same time, all officials of the third rank and above in Jingguo received a letter from the Divine Temple telling them that Fang Yun wanted to atone for his crimes with poems.
At the Left Minister's Residence.
After reading the letter from the Divine Temple, Mount Liu smiled faintly and looked out of the window.
"You are still a fledgling phoenix after all. The Sect Sage has already set up the Punishment Court to block your escape route! Not only that, even if you don't have the Order of Exemption, the Empress Dowager will also give it to you. They said that once you use the Order of Exemption, we can use the next plan to block your escape route again! "
"My name is tainted, and the luck that Jingguo has given me has decreased by thirty percent. But for my plan, I will not hesitate to sacrifice myself!"
At the Notre-Dame on Mount Upside-Down.
The Eastern Sage rang the Holy Bell, and it was only heard by the Sages.
"Discuss Fang Yun." A deep voice spread throughout the Notre-Dame.
For thousands of years, the Human race had never had a Hall of Justice as the topic of discussion. Floating astronomy.
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