When Awang went to the school to pick up the children, he brought this explosive news to Qin Yao and his wife. They were both stunned for two seconds.
After recovering, Liu Ji patted his chest and said, "I told you, I've been feeling uneasy these past few days, so it must be nothing good. I didn't expect that it was really nothing good!"
Qin Yao thought to herself, what nonsense are you talking about? She asked Awang hurriedly, "Will the exam tomorrow still take place? What are the rules for free admission now?"
Awang said, "I don't know yet. When I took Dalang and the others away, people from all the villages gathered outside the Ding family's ancestral hall to ask for an explanation. It was very noisy. The Ding family may still have a headache."
Qin Yao rubbed her eyebrows. What was going on?
Turning around, he saw Liu Ji still patting his chest and mumbling, saying that he had a bad premonition a long time ago, which made him feel even more depressed.
As they were talking, the large group of people from the village that had gone to Dingjiazhuang came back. Liu Zhong and Qiu also got the news. They quickly dropped their work and took Jinhua to Qin Yao's house to anxiously inquire about the situation.
Jinhua herself was quite calm. When she saw Si Niang, she followed her into the room with a smile, not showing any sign of worry at all.
It was Si Niang who heard what the adults said, and then looked at her sister Jinhua's heartless look, and sighed heavily like a little adult.
Si Niang listened perfunctorily to Jinhua sharing her life today, while she pricked up her ears to eavesdrop on the adults' conversation in the main room.
Qin Yao said, "Don't panic yet. We don't know anything right now. Let's wait until we get to the town tomorrow morning to discuss everything. The county magistrate has been alarmed, so this matter will definitely not be let go so easily."
Liu Zhong said hurriedly: "Then I will go with you tomorrow morning."
Mrs. Qiu said a little embarrassedly, "I have to trouble his uncle and aunt. We don't know anyone in Dingjiazhuang, and we don't know who to ask."
Qin Yao waved her hand, signaling her not to be so polite, and stood up to see the guests off. "You go back first and have a good night's rest. Tomorrow morning we will go to the town together to see what is going on."
"Okay, okay." Liu Zhong pulled up Qiu, who was about to say something, called Jinhua, and went back.
After seeing off the family of three, Qin Yao walked into the house and frowned, saying, "I'm afraid this matter is not that simple."
Liu Ji nodded in agreement. He had wanted to say it just now, but he didn't dare to say it directly because of his second brother and sister-in-law.
Now that the person had left, Liu Ji no longer had any concerns and said in surprise, "I don't know who is so capable that he could invite the county magistrate."
What was the tone of Kaiyang County’s officials in the past?
Awang said that the people who invited the officials were just the wine shops in Jinshi Town. Under normal circumstances, these officials would not be able to be controlled.
Moreover, it arrived just in time.
This is really suspicious!
"You also don't think that these were the officials called by the restaurant?" Qin Yao asked jokingly.
Liu Ji was certain, "It definitely couldn't be him!"
The couple looked at each other. Who was the person behind the scenes?
Is he the enemy of the Ding family?
Or is it that the county magistrate suddenly had the urge to crack down on these frauds and corruptions?
Qin Yao had a hunch that if the Ding Family School incident became public, it might be a good thing for ordinary people.
"Fortunately we walked fast." Liu Ji said fearfully.
If I had left a quarter of an hour later, I might have gotten into trouble.
When Liu Zhong just came over, he said that the families who gave gifts to the two masters were also taken to the county government for questioning.
Although it was only a small fine, he couldn't even imagine the consequences if he were taken to the county government.
Qin Yao also thought of this and reminded Liu Ji: "You are now a disciple of a great scholar, so you should be more low-key in the future. Otherwise, you may be expelled from your teacher one day!"
As soon as Qin Yao finished speaking, Liu Ji immediately pouted three times on the ground and said, "What she said doesn't count. Don't take it seriously, you passing gods and immortals!"
Qin Yao rolled her eyes speechlessly.
The next morning, before daybreak, the door of Qin Yao's house was knocked on by Liu Zhong and his wife.
Knowing that they were anxious about their daughter's enrollment, Qin Yao didn't say anything, but her face looked unhappy along the way, as if she didn't want anyone to come near her.
As a result, several people in the car didn't dare to fart the entire way.
Because of what happened yesterday, Ding Family School gave the students two days off. Dalang and his friends were still sleeping at home, so only Qin Yao and his wife and Liu Zhong's family of three were in the car.
Damao was placed in the old house and taken care of by Zhang.
At the factory cafeteria, Qiu also found someone he knew from the village to help cover for the morning, and gave him all his wages for today.
Compared with my daughter's big event, this day's wages doesn't matter.
Liu Zhong and his wife are not the only ones who are worried about this matter. People from all the villages are waiting for the Ding family to give everyone an explanation.
There were many people who arrived earlier than Qin Yao and his group.
The sun had just risen from the horizon, and the square in front of the Ding Family Ancestral Hall was already filled with people who had come to seek justice.
We have already vented our anger yesterday, and today everyone wants a definite answer as to whether or not the admission will be carried out.
There were too many people, so Qin Yao took Qiu and Jinhua to stay in the carriage and asked the brothers Liu Ji and Liu Zhong to go into the crowd to find out the situation.
Unfortunately, the doors of every household in the Ding family were closed and no one came out.
Liu Ji couldn't stand the stinky human smell, so he dragged Liu Zhong, who was still reluctant to leave, back to the carriage and shook his head at Qin Yao. "No one from the Ding family has come out. Let's pull over and wait and see."
Liu Zhong was affected by the angry crowd. He was so angry that he turned around and cursed even after he left the square:
"Whether you want to confess or not, you Ding family members should come out and give an explanation! What's going on? Do you think we are easy to bully?"
Qiu called him twice before she shut up and sat on the shaft of the cart with Liu Ji, staring at the Ding family ancestral hall.
We waited until the sun reached its zenith.
The Ding family didn't come.
The county magistrate has arrived!
Things started to get interesting, and Liu Ji and Liu Zhong were very excited.
Otherwise, while Qin Yao was watching, Liu Ji would have rushed up to pay his respects to the county magistrate, trying to get close to him.
With the help of the officers maintaining order, the Ding Family Ancestral Hall, which had been noisy for the whole morning, finally quieted down.
When the Ding family heard that the county magistrate had arrived, several elders in charge of the clan were hurriedly carried over by the younger generations.
As soon as the Ding family elder got off the sedan chair, County Magistrate Song shouted coldly:
"Your Ding family is so arrogant! You took the subsidies from the court, but you didn't build a school or recruit students. Instead, you took advantage of these free admissions and secretly accepted bribes to leak exam questions."
As the county magistrate asked questions one by one, the expressions of Qin Yao and his companions in the car became somewhat subtle.
Liu Ji coughed twice and continued to watch with his eyes wide open as if nothing had happened, to see how many inside stories about the free admission there were that they didn't know.
It turned out that the Ding Family School could receive as much as one hundred taels of tuition subsidies from the imperial court!
It turns out that as long as you go to the county government to claim the subsidy, the county government will give the Ding Family School an additional subsidy of twenty taels of silver!
Therefore, with a total of one hundred and twenty taels of silver, they could have built several new schools, hired several teachers, and accommodated hundreds of students of the appropriate age. However, the Ding family only provided fifty places.
After hearing this information, Qin Yao and his wife looked at each other tacitly.
Liu Ji calmly picked up the reins, turned the car around, and silently retreated a hundred meters away.
Very soon, very soon!
A fight broke out at the Ding family ancestral hall. Some threw shoes, some smashed doors, and some spit at the elders of the Ding family.
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