Chapter 1065

And their status was not low!

Is this really superstition, or is it an ultimate disregard for life while holding the attitude of 'why not give it a try'?

At this time.

Yan Zheng, Lu Wen, Huang Yelang, and others could no longer sit still.

Although the Baby Nursery affair was shocking, if Gao Yang were left unscathed this time, that list would become a death warrant.

After all, who knows if their names were written on it.

And maybe later, they would be added...

Moreover, some people had already taken money, or were related to the people Gao Yang had exposed.

They absolutely could not sit by and watch.

"Lord Gao, Zhou Laoyezi is highly respected, as all of Da Qian knows. Do you have evidence?" Yan Zheng asked.

Gao Yang shook his head, "No."

"The Buddhist Master Jingnian, as well as the Marquis of Changning and the Marquis of Yong'an, do you have evidence?"

Gao Yang still shook his head, "No."

Yan Zheng's gaze was cold as he questioned Gao Yang, "Lord Gao, since there is no evidence, how can you commit mass slaughter based on just a list? How can this stop the gossiping mouths of the world?"

"Not to mention Changancheng, even the scholars of the entire Da Qian will never agree!"

Gao Yang said with a smile, "Imperial Censor Yan, in such matters, who would leave evidence? Even if Liu Dashan stood here and pointed fingers, it could be called slander!"

Yan Zheng didn't speak; he was weighing the situation.

But a civil official sneered and said loudly.

"Absurd and ridiculous, glib-tongued; how can a single list stop the gossiping mouths of the world? Or perhaps, Lord Gao killed people in a fit of rage and, fearing Your Majesty's reprimand, is using this to stall?"

As soon as this sentence was spoken, the hundred officials all stepped forward.

"Not bad!"

"What he says makes sense; this matter should be thoroughly investigated!"

"How can we listen to one person's words?"

"Your Majesty, this matter is too suspicious; I beg for a thorough investigation!"

"Zhou Laoyezi is famous, and to be slandered like this after his death, I must die in protest!"

"We must die in protest!"

Just as Shangguan Wan'er said, the self-proving trap had arrived.

The resistance and backlash of the hundred officials had all arrived.

Because the people on the list all had significant status, and the interest networks behind them were extremely complex.

At this moment, even Wu Zhao felt it was extremely tricky.

How would this matter end?

Would the scholars of the world believe it?

Gao Yang was not surprised at all, but he had no intention of proving his innocence either.

That night, everything had already been thought out.

"The evil in the world has reached this point; I have no heart to explain right or wrong."

"Gao Yang is willing to bear all consequences!"

"Dismissal from office, or my life!"

"But Gao Yang has only one thing I hope Your Majesty will agree to!"

Wu Zhao stared at the expression on Gao Yang's face and sensed something was wrong.

"What is it?"

She asked.

"Your Majesty, do you know what the culprit of the Baby Nursery, that Liu Dashan, said before he died?"

Gao Yang's eyes changed, becoming extremely pained.

Wu Zhao asked, "What did he say?"

"He said that since he was young, his family was poor and he had no money to study, so he could only bore a hole in the wall to steal light and peek at the children of rich families studying in school, only to be chased by dogs and beaten by servants. The road to learning was as difficult as ascending to heaven. To change his fate, he had to use every means and keep climbing up, but there were plenty of people in the world with stronger backgrounds and abilities than him, and grain and gold were not rare things; only these things that people wanted to buy but couldn't, or even dared not buy, were the ladders to the upper class!"

"But before he died, he grabbed my hand, wept bitterly, and was extremely regretful."

"He looked at me and said that if he had had money to study back then, how could he have walked down this path?"

"A generation of insane villains, actually waking up before death; hearing this, I truly feel pained!"

"Coincidentally, I have some savings, not much, just one million taels, and I am willing to establish a school to widely accept students from poor families!"

"I hope this school will be a spark to burn out the cold night, so that all students of our Da Qian can obtain the light of knowledge, pursue the ambition of the blue clouds together, and let every poor scholar in the world have books to read and happy faces; may the gates of the school never cut off the path for the poor!"