Chapter 357 I want to see who dares to bully my people
Ji Yuan's letter made Yu Zihuan and Shen Zhao's eyes moist at the same time.
It feels good to have someone believe in you.
"Sir, don't be fooled by Yu Zihuan's appearance and performance. He is not a good person. Just ask anyone in Jinzhou and they will know his bad reputation."
Chu Tanhua said anxiously that he didn't want Yu Zihuan to take the man in front of him as his master.
He doesn't deserve it. As a member of the Yu family, he deserves to fall into the mud.
Facing Chu Tanhua's repeated accusations against Zihuan.
Ji Yuan could no longer maintain his composure and his face turned cold as he looked at Chu Tanhua.
"A gentleman should have something to say and something not to say. This is what your teacher taught you as a scholar, so that you can throw dirty water on others all the time."
Chu Tanhua was stunned, a trace of shame flashed across his face.
He quickly explained, "Your Excellency has misunderstood me. I was just worried that you might be deceived by Yu Zihuan's appearance. I was thinking about you and would never speak ill of others in front of or behind their backs."
He didn't want the adult in front of him to have a bad impression of him.
Now, based on Chu Mu's attitude towards them, it is impossible for him to provide any help to any of them.
Although he didn't know what happened, he knew one thing: in Chu Mu's eyes, family was no longer that important.
He is not the top scholar of Chu, but he has the help of the old patriarch, even if Chu Mu no longer values the family.
With the old patriarch putting pressure on him, he would be forced to work for Chu Zhuangyuan.
He can only rely on himself now, if he can catch the adult in front of him and ask him to be his disciple.
His future career will also be easier.
Ji Yuan still had a bad face. "Whether it's a misunderstanding or not, we'll know the answer later. Didn't the prince say that he has sent people to the guest house to get evidence? I'll know who's right and who's wrong later. There's no need for you to say anything more."
Ji Yuan was not afraid of offending the Chu family member in front of him at this moment.
The prince has a sharp eye and it is impossible for him not to see whether this person is good or evil.
In addition, he sincerely felt that Yu Zihuan was a good student, and his student Ji Yuan could not bear these unjust accusations.
What scholars care about most is reputation. As a master, he must protect his students and help them clear the stigma.
Chu Tanhua said nothing more.
He was afraid that it would backfire, but he didn't realize that he had already aroused Ji Yuan's dislike.
Chu Zhuangyuan glanced at Chu Tanhua coldly.
With his brain, he still wants to get close to the officials in Beijing. Don’t even think about it.
Now he could only remain unchanged in the face of all changes, because he was not sure whether Yu Zihuan could produce evidence.
After so many years, I just hope it was just a false alarm.
Just then the guard who had gone to get the bundle came back.
Ji Yuan and Shen Zhao both saw the gray, patched, and deflated bag in the guard's hand.
"Mr. Yu, here's your bag." The guard handed it over with both hands.
This scene hurt the Chu family's eyes even more.
When they came in just now, these contemptuous guards and servants tried to stop them.
When facing Yu Zihuan, their attitude was extremely respectful. In the eyes of these bastards, they were not as noble as Yu Zihuan.
Yu Zihuan took the bundle and thanked the guard, "Thank you very much, thank you for your hard work."
The guard quickly replied, "It is my duty to help you with your baggage. You don't need to thank me."
After Yu Zihuan became the general, he basically did everything himself.
He treated the servants in his house with no airs and treated them as equals.
Naturally, he will win the favor of everyone in the General's Mansion.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Yu Zihuan's bag.
Under the gaze of everyone, Yu Zihuan opened the bundle.
He took out the books wrapped under his robe.
"Brother, sir, this is the evidence."
Chen Zhao looked at the book and said, "Master Ji, you and Zihuan are both scholars, and I am just a warrior. Do you have any questions about the book?"
Ji Yuan took the book from Yu Zihuan.
Yunliu Bookstore is clearly written on the cover of the book.
Ji Yuan read out, "Yunliu Bookstore? Zihuan, is this the bookstore where you copied books back then?"
Before Zihuan could answer, Chu Tanhua spoke first:
"How can this be considered as evidence? It's normal for you to have books from Yunliu Bookstore. Almost every student in Jinzhou has a book from Yunliu Bookstore.
What does that mean?”
"Just because you own a book from Yunliu Bookstore doesn't mean you're making money by copying books from other people's bookstores."
Yu Zihuan ignored Chu Tanhua and said to Ji Yuan:
"Sir, you can open the book."
Ji Yuan opened the book as he was told, and a line of vigorous and powerful words caught his eyes.
"The name Zihuan?" A gleam of light flashed in Ji Yuan's eyes.
He is worthy of being his chosen disciple, even his handwriting is as similar to his.
Of course they are similar, Ji Yuan is the great scholar in Yu Zihuan's mind.
His calligraphy and his knowledge are somewhat similar to those of Ji Yuan, whom he admired.
Although they are similar, they each have their own style.
“It was written by a student.”
Ji Yuan got the answer he wanted and continued to turn the page.
As he watched, Ji Yuan stopped.
"Is this book only half copied?"
When Ji Yuan said this, a hint of nervousness flashed in the eyes of the old patriarch and Chu Zhuangyuan.
Chu Tanhua didn't take it seriously and sneered:
"Yu Zihuan didn't expect that you only have enough money to buy half a copy of a book that everyone has..."
Chu Tanhua still wanted to continue humiliating Yu Zihuan.
But then the old patriarch let out a low shout.
"Tanhua, shut up."
This is a brainless thing. Which bookstore would buy an unfinished book?
This book was obviously not bought by Yu Zihuan.
Chu Tanhua shut his mouth in grievance.
Shen Zhao glanced at Chu Tanhua thoughtfully.
How could someone with such intelligence pass the examinations to become a scholar and then a juren?
It's really unbelievable.
Yu Zihuan smiled bitterly, "To make a living, I have been copying books at Yunliu Bookstore to earn money to fill my stomach.
From ten cents at the beginning, to five cents later, and finally to one cent per book, the shopkeeper finally stopped paying the students and kept delaying payments. When the situation became critical, the shopkeeper would even use paper to pay for the students’ copying fees.
There was a look of heartache in Ji Yuan's eyes.
That shopkeeper is a real bastard.
It would be reasonable to pay at least twenty cents for copying a book.
Based on the handwriting and accuracy of the copyist and the written form, more should be given.
What's more, when he was looking through it just now, he found that Zihuan had marked the meanings in some places, so he had to pay at least half a tael of silver for this.
If this book were to be sold, it would be worth at least two taels of silver.
Now that he is here, he will see who dares to bully Zihuan.
"The book you are holding in your hand is the one Zihuan was copying before he was wrongly accused of stealing papers from his classmates.
It was not yet completed. After the incident broke out, the teacher of the college invited the owner of Yunliu Bookstore to come and deal with it.
The shopkeeper flatly denied that the students were copying books for Yunliu Bookstore..."
Yu Zihuan recounted the story of how he was wronged that year in great detail without missing a word.
Ji Yuan was so angry that he cursed.
"What a bunch of bastards! Where's their conscience, where's their morality? They've read so much that they've lost everything!
"To go to such great lengths to slander a child, if you had the energy to pursue academic studies like that, you would have already achieved great success long ago."
Ji Yuan's eyes were directed at Chu Tanhua and others.
Chu Tanhua shrank his neck back.
Dare not say a word.
Chu Tanhua's parents couldn't sit still any longer, as they didn't know what had happened back then.
All he knew was that Yu Zihuan had a very bad reputation, and he also saw that the adult had a cold face towards his family's third place winner.
His mother hurriedly said, "Sir, you must not just believe Yu Zihuan's one-sided statement. How can he prove that he didn't steal the book?
He has stolen other people's things more than once or twice, how can he prove that they are his? "
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