Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 410 Bad things turn into good things

Xu Chengyuan ignored Du Zheyan, grabbed Yuan Zhongqiu's arm and said sharply: "Tell me, did you take the money under my pillow?"

Yuan Zhongqiu was full of panic and trembling all over, but Xu Chengyuan said such a sentence without thinking.He was stunned for a long time and didn't come back to his senses.

On the contrary, the candidates who were watching looked at Yuan Zhongqiu in the wrong way.

Scholar, the most important thing is conduct.

This old man came to take the children's exam at such an old age, which was already disgusting.We must know that most people who cannot be admitted to the scholar at the age of 40 will not continue the exam, but put resources on their sons and grandchildren to train them with all their strength.Because it costs too much to study, even if you are old enough to be admitted to the scholar, the chance of being admitted to the Juren is very small; if you are admitted, you will not live for a few years, and the investment is not directly proportional to the reward, which is not worthwhile.Only those who are very selfish, who only care about themselves and ignore their children and grandchildren, will continue to pass the exam.

Now that they heard that he was stealing money, everyone looked at Yuan Zhongqiu in a very different way.

Someone said: "Report this situation to Master Xuezheng, and he will be directly disqualified from the college examination."

"Yes, yes." The others quickly agreed.

As for which of these people are condemning out of morality and which are out of selfishness, it is not known.Only [-] candidates will be selected from [-] candidates. If this old man is within [-] candidates, if he is eliminated, it will be equivalent to one more admission quota, and everyone will have another hope of getting in, right?
When Yuan Zhongqiu was told this, his forehead was covered with sweat, and he no longer cared about being afraid of the informant.He quickly argued: "No, no, I didn't steal the silver, I didn't steal it, I never stole the silver."

"You didn't steal it. Why did the two taels of silver I put under the pillow disappear? Only you have been to my room." Xu Chengyuan said with a serious face, "Come on, go back to the county hall to confront me. If it is found out that you took it, I will definitely report to Xuezheng lord."

As he spoke, he grabbed Yuan Zhongqiu's arm and pulled it out.Seeing that Yuan Zhongqiu was still struggling subconsciously, he pointedly said: "Don't try to run away, I tell you, if you can run away, a monk can't run away from the temple. I know where your home is."

When Yuan Zhongqiu heard this, he was completely paralyzed.

Isn't it?His home is there, the address is written on the resume, where else can he go?If the Guan family wants to deal with him, they don't need to catch him at all, they just need to deal with his family directly.

"Let's go." Seeing that he was honest, Xu Chengyuan pulled him hard and walked forward.

After walking a few steps, he saw Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan getting off a mule cart together. The driver of the mule cart was the one he had asked to deliver the message.

Xu Chengyuan was overjoyed, waved to Du Jinning, and pulled Yuan Zhongqiu over.

"What's going on." Du Jinning saw Xu Chengyuan flirting with an old man, and she also knew this old man, who was a candidate from Lishui County to take the hospital examination.

"Let's talk in the car." Xu Chengyuan still refused to let go, grabbed Yuan Zhongqiu's arm and pushed him onto the mule cart.

Seeing this, Du Jinning and Qi Muyuan got into the carriage again, and told the driver to go back to the courtyard.

After the mule cart walked dozens of steps, Yao Shuqi, Jiang Bei, Zhongbo and Guanqi from the Qi family also rushed over.They were worried, so Qiqi chased them out.

"Go back, it's okay." Du Jinning stretched out his head, gave a warning, and told the coachman to move on.

After returning to the small courtyard and getting off the car, Xu Chengyuan gave the driver the money as promised, and dragged Yuan Zhongqiu into the house.From the beginning to the end, his hand firmly grasped Yuan Zhongqiu's arm.

Entering the house, Xu Chengyuan ordered Wang Fulai who stayed in the small courtyard to watch outside, told Du and Qi about the matter in a few words, then pointed to Yuan Zhongqiu and said, "Now, what should we do?"

It's too late to cover up this matter, otherwise, even if Du Jinning is innocent, people will still spread rumors about it, and it's unknown what it will be like in the end.Things can get out of hand.But Xu Chengyuan felt unwilling to let Yuan Zhongqiu go like this.

Du Jinning thought for a while, walked to the window and said to Wang Fulai at the gate of the courtyard: "Go to Master Guan and call him over."

"Yes." Wang Fulai agreed and ran out quickly.

The Guan family's yard near the Gongyuan is not far from here, and it's faster to run there than to set up a car.

As early as when Xu Chengyuan was narrating, Yuan Zhongqiu knelt on the ground and kept begging for mercy.

Qi Muyuan frowned, and said to him, "It's no use begging us for this matter. It depends on what Young Master Guan has to say."

Yuan Zhongqiu collapsed on the ground, his face ashen.

Xu Chengyuan didn't understand why Du Jinning handed over the matter to Guan Jiaze.

Although this incident was caused by Guan Jiaze's careless words and deeds, it was also an unintentional mistake.When Du Jinning left the matter to him, it was equivalent to holding him accountable.Is it bad to do this?Du Jinning and Guan Jiaze are good friends, and she is also Uncle Guan Jiaze's disciple.This behavior of hers seemed to care too much about Guan Jiaze's fault, and she was inferior.

But Xu Chengyuan never believed that Du Jinning was such a person.He believed that Du Jinning must have her reasons for doing so.Because she has never done anything unreliable.

He didn't ask, just watched quietly.

After a cup of tea, Guan Jiaze came and asked as soon as he entered, "What's going on?"

He heard Wang Fu say that Xu Chengyuan had brought back an old man.

Du Jinning kicked Yuan Zhongqiu: "You tell Master Guan exactly what happened."

Yuan Zhongqiu shrank his neck, was too scared to speak for a long time.

"Say!" Xu Chengyuan kicked him hard, "Now you know how to be afraid? How did I tell you earlier? How did you do it?"

"I was wrong, I was really wrong. I was confused for a moment, please forgive me." Yuan Zhongqiu cried bitterly.

Guan Jiaze was confused: "What's going on?"

Qi Muyuan raised his chin, and said to Yuan Zhongqiu who was lying on the ground, "Let him talk."

Yuan Zhongqiu saw that he couldn't escape, so he told the story again.Xu Chengyuan added a few sentences for him where he didn't get it right.

After Guan Jiaze heard this, his face changed suddenly, and he raised his head to look at Du Jinning: "I'm sorry, I almost caused you a big disaster. If it wasn't for Xu Chengyuan, I would..." He was so regretful that he didn't know how to express his annoyance.

"I didn't call you here to find out your faults. You are going to Beijing soon. The situation in Beijing is so complicated. There are people trying to find faults with you, so that your father will be disappointed in you. If she is more cruel, it will be It is also possible to kill you. You must be careful, and you must be very careful in your words and deeds, and you must protect yourself." Du Jinning said.

She actually wanted to say this a long time ago.But they have serious elders, so it's not her turn to educate Guan Jiaze.But Guan Jiaze went to Beijing like this, which made her very worried.She will never forget that when she was in the most difficult time, it was Guan Jiaze who extended a helping hand, and her road after that was so smooth.

She has never repaid this kindness.So even if the words are presumptuous now, she has to say it.If Guan Jiaze could change his temperament because of this incident and become mature and steady, today's bad thing would become a good thing.

(End of this chapter)