Only he would think that a few purses would be enough to make the original owner repay him with her body.

"Aren't you afraid that others will look down on you, your reputation will be tarnished, and how you'll ever get married?"

Mo Yan didn't say anything, but the person next to her spoke up.

"People here don't care about these things; it's just a purse."

Is it not ridiculous that a woman could be forced to marry a man with just her last purse?

Losing something is bad enough, do you really have to spend your whole life worrying about it?

Where did they come from? How could they have such terrible ideas?

"Many things are stolen here, just report it to the authorities."

"Yes, yes, a young lady should take it even more seriously if she loses something, but to think you can ruin her reputation over a purse or a handkerchief is just wishful thinking."

Wang Meng: "???"

How come he's so different from people from that place? This is... too outrageous!

Wang Meng's guards were shocked. "How come the girls here can freely talk to men outside the family?"

Or are you saying it doesn't matter if you girls lose your purses?

"What's the difference between men and women? Here, women are just like men. They can go out to do business, or go to the battlefield to defend their country. Women can also stand tall and proud!"

Women can read and write just like everyone else!

Wang Meng was shocked; this was different from what they knew.

"Not to mention anything far away, just take our general's wife, who back then led 50,000 female soldiers against 100,000 enemy soldiers!"

"And our county magistrate's wife, the handkerchiefs she embroiders are so beautiful, the embroidery skills here are getting better every year."

There are female doctors too! Our Miss Mo Yan's medical skills are unparalleled!

Mr. and Mrs. Mo have managed this place very well over the years.

Mo's father was also a prince, and this was his fiefdom, with ten cities on the border.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them local tyrants, and Mo's father and mother were wholeheartedly devoted to the people, enabling them to live a prosperous life.

"This place is just too..."

"Too what?"

Mo Yan placed her sword against the guard's neck. "You'd better think carefully before you speak."

Wang Meng finally understood that the local customs and culture were different from those in the capital. He quickly apologized, "Miss Mo Yan, I'm so sorry that I, your guard, spoke carelessly. Ah Qi, why don't you apologize right away?"

Ah Qi quickly apologized, "Miss Mo Yan, I'm sorry, it's all my fault, I shouldn't have said the wrong thing."

But he didn't think he was wrong at all!

"Take the silver as payment. That's all."

Mo Yan didn't want to say anything more to them and sheathed her sword.

"All right."

Wang Meng had no choice but to accept it. He finally understood that Mo Yan truly didn't want anything to do with him, which was why she was so decisive.

"Actually, you don't need to be so wary of me. I really fell in love with you at first sight."

I'm willing to marry into his family.

He had already thought about what to say. Now, he would say that he was willing to marry into the family and thus gain their approval.

"Just because you're marrying into my family doesn't mean I have to agree?" Mo Yan sneered. "You're overthinking it."

"Miss Mo Yan, you..."

Mo Yan glared at him coldly, and someone stepped forward and stood in front of him. "Do you even have a place to speak here? Who do you think you are, to be so insolent in front of our Miss Mo Yan!"

Mo Yan looked at Wang Meng and said, "It seems you really have no sense of propriety at all when it comes to the guards."

"Don't you even know where you are before spouting nonsense? Isn't that right?"

Wang Meng: "..."

"I've set up a martial arts contest to find a husband, but I won't accept those who are already married, those with concubines or mistresses, or those who lie. You don't qualify."

After Mo Yan finished speaking, she turned and left with her people. Wang Meng wanted to follow, but was blocked by the others.

The guard tried to make a move, but was stopped by the others.

As for the thief from before, he was taken away long ago.

The county magistrate also arrived. "You are Prince Wang Meng, right? Would you please come with us? We have a case that we need you to investigate."

"My young master is a prince!"

The magistrate showed no fear, simply stating calmly, "Even princes are subject to the same laws as commoners!"

Wang Meng had no choice but to go along; this place was completely different from what he had imagined.

Wang Meng went to say that he didn't know the thief and that it was all slander.

In the end, although the thief kept talking, he did not convict Wang Meng. Instead, one of Wang Meng's henchmen, Xiao Wu, confessed.

Mo Yan went back and told her father about it.

"Father, it seems that Wang Meng is not the only one who has come to us. Our family is now a piece of fat meat, and everyone wants a bite."

Mo's father was furious when he heard this, feeling that Wang Meng was shameless.

At the same time, I think he was really blind back then. How could he have thought this thing was pretty good?

"Daughter, I'm going to go beat him up right now and show him he's not good enough for you!"

"Father, there's no need. It would be even worse for you to go now. The martial arts contest for marriage is about to begin. I'll just defeat them all. Don't worry."

Mo Yan wouldn't give them any face; she'd fight as many as they wanted and show them her strength.

"Daughter, I'm afraid you're too tired." I'm even more afraid that someone might actually be able to beat my daughter.

"Father, I'm not tired, let's leave it at that."

Mo Yan didn't leave the house for the next two days, waiting for the martial arts contest to choose a husband.

Wang Meng had been waiting outside for an opportunity, but he never saw Mo Yan come out again. He could only send her things, flowers one day and food the next, but they were all turned away. The gatekeeper said that they could not accept anything.

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