Chapter 47: Fanning the Flames (Third Update Complete)

  The gate was bustling with excitement, the Tang Dynasty civilians originally had no entertainment, seeing others making a big fuss at the gate, they naturally wouldn't miss it. More and more civilians gathered outside the gate, curiously looking on, quietly waiting for further developments.

  Qin Yu waited for a while, but Fang Yiai still didn't come out. At this time, Cheng Huai Mo suddenly clapped his hands and said, "It's bad, this government office has a back door, and this kid is probably gone."

  Qin Yu's face turned red with rage as soon as he heard the news, and he was about to go find that kid to have a talk with him. But who would have thought that he'd receive such news instead? It felt like punching into thin air, and it was suffocating.

  Cheng Huaimei turned to the soldier in charge of maintaining order and shouted, "Go, go see if Fang Er is there. If he is, bring him over for me. I want to ask him who gave him the courage to frame innocent civilians."

  Several soldiers almost fell to the ground in fright, Fang Ya is who, that is Fang Xuanling's son, can say catch then catch, but Cheng Hua Mo is not simple either, they are like mice entering a bellows, suffering from both ends, but also helpless.

  However, the soldiers who were seen by Cheng Huai Min hesitated for a moment and went to find Fang Yi Ai. If they didn't go, they would be dealt with immediately. If they went, they could delay for a while. They could only hope that Fang Yi Ai had really escaped, otherwise they would definitely have a hard time.

  Before long, these soldiers returned with a relieved look on their faces and said, "Report to the commander, Deputy Commander Fang has fled."

  "Despicable!" Qin Yu cursed in anger, thinking to himself, "This house servant is really not a good thing, framing and slandering others but failing, then turning around and running away with his tail between his legs. No wonder this little brat will rebel in the future, now there's already a sign of it."

  Qin Yu naturally wouldn't let Fang Yi'ai off so easily, walked to Xiao Tao's side and asked about what happened. After that, Qin Yu's anger grew more intense, gritting his teeth in thought, "Fang Er, are you courting death or what? I didn't provoke you, yet you framed me."

  Qin Yu took a deep breath, then pulled Xiao Tao and turned to walk towards the onlookers. He beckoned for the villagers of Zhangjiacun to follow him, and despite their physical pain, they gritted their teeth and walked behind Qin Yu.

  At this time, Qin Yu cleared his throat and shouted, "Everyone, I'm sure you all want to know what happened here."

  The onlookers saw Qin Yu's sincerity and many of them nodded in agreement, with some even shouting, "Right! What exactly happened here? Can this young master tell us?"

  "Alright, since everyone wants to know, I'll tell you all. Since our emperor ascended the throne, the Great Tang has been blessed with good weather and peace, and the people have lived in prosperity. I, Qin, deeply feel the emperor's great kindness, so I invested in building a workshop to make paper and print books, doing my part for the people of the Great Tang."

  "Nowadays, the white paper of Chang'an and those new-style books are all from Qin's workshop." As soon as Qin Yu finished speaking, the onlookers suddenly burst into an uproar. There were many literate people in the crowd, as well as some commoners who knew the name of Qin Yunfei.

  "Qin Yunfei, so you're Qin Yunfei after all, I've finally found the real person..."

  "Who is Qin Yunfei?"

  "Who doesn't know Qin Yunfei nowadays? Do you know the Three Character Classic? Do you know the Thousand Character Essay? What about math? You don't even know these, go and cultivate your land properly."

  "San Zi Jing? Qian Zi Wen? Who says I don't know it? My kid can recite it."

  The onlookers suddenly boiled over, and those who had not understood before grasped the situation after a few words. It turned out that Qin Yunfei was the one who taught his own children to learn characters by themselves, and he was right in front of them.

  Qin Yu was slightly stunned, clearly not expecting to be so famous, but this wasn't the time to discuss it. He hastily raised his hand, signaling everyone to quiet down, before continuing to speak.

  "The county magistrate of Yongnian County, in order to let the people of Tang Dynasty read more books, specially collected some books and entrusted Qin Mou to make annotations, so that they can be printed in large quantities. When the time comes, everyone in Tang Dynasty will have books to read, everyone will understand things, distinguish right from wrong, is this a good thing?"

  "Yes." The onlookers shouted one after another in loud voices, how thunderous, how uniform.

  The common people may have had some reservations before, but since they learned Qin Yu's name, one by one, they all felt a sense of closeness. Without Qin Yu's Three Character Classic and Thousand Character Text, how could their children possibly learn to read on their own? It would be strange if they didn't feel affection for Qin Yu.

  Qin Yu secretly let out a sigh of relief and smiled slightly, then loudly shouted: "But now, there is a harmful horse, who openly frames and slanders, saying that Qin certain instructed others to steal the books given by the county magistrate to Zhangjiacun village, and this thief is still a villager from Zhangjiacun village. Is this person worthy of being an official?"

  "He doesn't deserve it, he doesn't deserve it." The people roared in unison.

  "Gentlemen, look behind me, those are the villagers of Zhangjiacun. They work day and night to produce cheaper paper and books for the people of Datang, but now they have been framed and almost forced into a confession. Qin certain came to reason with them, but this person slipped away, lucky for him that he has a good family background, in reality, he is just a coward."

  At this time, the scholars were one by one angry, even more angry than those angry citizens. One by one they shouted loudly, "How can such a despicable person be an official? Brother Qin, speak up, who is it? Today we will seek justice for Brother Qin."

  It can be seen that among bookworms, there are still many with violent tempers. They don't care about good breeding at all.

  "Justice is in the hearts of men, you are all wise and knowledgeable people, how can you be angry with a mouse?" Qin Yu said very seriously, once again winning over many people's favor, and their anger also subsided a bit.

  Qin Yu said this, but it wasn't without consideration. Stirring up trouble to a certain point was enough; if things really developed into rioting, Li Shimin wouldn't let him off either. Even if there was rioting, he couldn't personally lead the charge.

  Qin Yu paused for a moment before continuing, "All I want everyone to understand is that I, Qin, am worthy of the heavens and the earth, worthy of Your Majesty, and most importantly, worthy of the millions of citizens of the Great Tang. A lowly person will always be a lowly person, nothing but a mouse, not even worthy of standing on stage."

  Qin Yu finished speaking and nodded slightly, then left the government office with the people from Zhangjiacun Village, taking away a cart of books that Zhangjiacun Village had brought along.

  The onlookers made way for a path, and Qin Yu's group followed to the pharmacy, where they prescribed medicine for the injured villagers of Zhangjia Village, and soon left Chang'an.

  At this moment, someone among the onlookers suddenly thought of something and shouted loudly, "I know who framed Qin Gongzi!"

  The crowd that was about to disperse suddenly stopped in their tracks, one by one shouting angrily, "Who is it? Speak quickly!"

  "Fang Yi'ai, I said that the maid beside Qin Gongzi looks a bit familiar. Now thinking about it, it was Fang Yi'ai who caught Qin Gongzi's maid and also the villagers of Zhangjia Village."

  "Go, go to Fang's residence." Someone shouted loudly, and others followed suit. A group of people went to Fang's residence in a mighty manner.

  Outside Chang'an City, a servant sneaked over and whispered a few words, Qin Yu smiled gloomily and immediately shouted loudly, "Let's go, back home."

  Cheng Huaiming and Cheng Hualiang, the two brothers, exchanged a glance, both of them shivering with fear. Then they heard Cheng Hualiang whispering, "Big brother, our sister's husband is formidable."

  "Ah, this is what the old man said about bookworms, sinister, too sinister, but I like it, heh heh." Cheng Huai Mo patted Cheng Huai Liang's shoulder and chuckled.

  The house, the lower people saw a large group of people rushing over with high anger, scaring them to quickly close the big door and hastily ran to tell Fang Xuanling.

  Fang Xuanling was shocked as soon as he heard it, and hastily got up to go out and take a look at what reason had caused the people to gather.

  When Fang Xuanling arrived at the door, he had already guessed eight or nine out of ten about what was happening. All he could hear were continuous angry curses coming from outside.

  "Come out, you bunch of rats, and leave the house with love."

  "Fang Yi'ai, you come out and face me! You shameless thing, how dare you frame Qin Gongzi!"

  One sentence after another, none of them were spoken, all were shouted out. Fang Xuanling was so angry that his beard was blowing and his eyes were staring, he growled in a low voice, "Go, bring that rebellious son to me."

  "Yes, sir." The servant didn't dare hesitate in front of Fang Xuanling, and soon Fang Yiai was brought over by two housemen.

  Fang Xuanling saw Fang Yiai's tense and bewildered expression, and was even more convinced that it was because Fang Yiai had framed the so-called Qin Gongzi that so many people had gathered together.

  As for which Qin Gongzi Fang Xuanling is still unknown, the immediate priority is to calm down the anger of the people first, otherwise things will get out of hand.

  "Bind him!" Fang Xuanling shouted angrily. The two house servants did not hesitate, and quickly tied up Fang Yiai securely.

  "Father." Fang Yi shouted in a slightly fearful tone, at this time he naturally also heard the angry shouts outside, it would be strange if he wasn't frightened. Apparently, he had not expected Qin Yu to stir up so many people to come and cause him trouble.

  "Shut up, you disobedient child!" Fang Xuanling shouted angrily, stretching out his hand and slapping Fang Yiai's face with a loud "slap".

  At this time, Fang Xuanling shouted, "Open the door." The servants heard and hastily opened the large gate of the Fang mansion.

  A "creak" sound came, and the crowd suddenly fell silent.

  Fang Xuanling didn't hesitate, directly pulling Fang Yiai out, then pushed him to the ground. Looking at the crowd of at least two thousand people gathered together, densely packed, his anger intensified. He took a deep breath and began to speak.

  "I am Fang Xuanling." As soon as these words came out, the gathered crowd calmed down by three points. It was clear that Fang Xuanling's prestige was not low in your hearts either. At this time, Fang Xuanling continued to speak.

  "The whole story has been made known to me, and the unfilial conduct of my son is truly a source of shame for me. In that case, I must severely punish him." As soon as Fang Xuanling finished speaking, he turned around and shouted loudly, "Guards, come! My son's behavior is improper, give him eighty strokes of the cane!"

  "Yes, sir." The servant shouted respectfully and immediately brought a small stick made of raw bamboo.

  Fang Xuanling saw that the house servants were somewhat hesitant, and immediately shouted angrily, "Hit", the house servants hurriedly waved their small sticks, "slapping" Fang Yili.