After the old beggar wolfed down his food, Liu Zhong took out a small silver coin from his pocket and waved it in front of the beggar: "I have something to ask of you. As long as you help me with this matter, I will give you all the money!"

The old beggar greedily stared at the silver in Liu Zhong's hand, his eyes shining. He bent over and rubbed his hands and asked: "I wonder what I can do for you? As long as I can do it, I will go through fire and water. I will do it."

Liu Zhong didn't care about the old beggar's statement: "I don't need you to kill or burn anything. As long as you destroy the reputation of a woman, the silver will be yours!"

The old beggar was even more delighted to hear him say this and nodded continuously.

"Well, come with me and I'll tell you what to do!"

The old beggar happily followed Liu Zhong to a small road, which was the only way from Lijia Village to the county town. A little further ahead was the main road.

Liu Zhong pointed to a hillside and said to the old beggar, "Tomorrow, you will help me keep an eye on a woman here. When she comes over, block her path. I want to ruin her reputation. Is it possible to do such a simple thing?"

The old beggar hesitated and said, "But I don't know that girl either. If I get the wrong person, it will delay your business!"

After hearing what the old beggar said, Liu Zhong thought for a moment and asked, "Do you have any clever little beggars around you?"

The old beggar nodded and said, "If you're looking for little beggars, there are plenty of them in that dilapidated temple. How many do you need?"

"Find someone younger who can run errands and deliver messages. Go to Lijia Village and find a girl named Li Xiaomei to deliver a message and lead her through here. Tomorrow at 3:30 AM, wait for me at the entrance of the dilapidated temple and I'll make my arrangements then!"

Liu Zhong promised, "As long as you do this job for me, you will definitely get some benefits after it's done."

The old beggar listened to Liu Zhong's words and nodded repeatedly.

After making an appointment with the old beggar, Liu Zhong returned home. Seeing her son coming back, Zhang asked in surprise, "Where did you go? Aren't you going to the Li family today?"

"Mom, I'm a little tired today. I'm going back to the study to rest. If the Li family comes, just tell them I'm not home!"

Seeing that her son's complexion was indeed not good, Zhang hurriedly asked Liu Zhong to go back to his room to rest.

Qingniang wanted to follow, but Zhang stopped her. She pulled her into the courtyard, pointed to a pile of beans in the corner, and asked Qingniang to clean it up.

Qingniang was angry. She had never done such a thing. She thought Liu Zhong was a scholar, dressed very decently and must have a wealthy family.

When I followed him here, I found out that Liu Zhong's family only made a living by relying on his widowed mother selling tofu.

I had only been in this house for a few days, but Zhang had already started to order me around for all sorts of things. But since I was pregnant, she didn't dare to be too harsh on me.

Looking at her obviously rough fingers, Qing Niang felt secretly resentful, but at this stage she could only swallow her dissatisfaction.

Liu Zhong locked himself in the study and thought about tomorrow's countermeasures.

He asked the old beggar to tarnish Li Xiaomei's reputation. This was easy to think of, but there were indeed many uncertainties in its implementation.

This worried Liu Zhong a lot. How could he make this happen naturally without exposing himself?

Thinking about the fact that I didn't keep the appointment with the Li family today, if the Li family can't get the divorce letter today, they will definitely go to the town academy to find me tomorrow morning. Could this be an opportunity?

At that time, there would probably be only Li Xiaomei left in the Li family. Wouldn't that give him a chance to lure her out of the Li family? Thinking of this, Liu Zhong was shocked.