Liu Kui's father, known as Master Liu, was extremely anxious and tried to persuade him to stay, but was stopped by the dean's attendant.
All the students were sharp-witted and intelligent, and none of them were fools who were able to study at the academy.
Li Lao Er's words just now were like countless firecrackers exploding in their hearts, and now they were booming.
They kept their mouths shut to prevent the raging fire of gossip from bursting forth, but the "smoke" was still billowing out from their noses, eyes, and ears...
What does it mean to frame Jiaren?
What is cheating in an exam?
What does it mean to be fired and forced to leave the house?
At this moment, Liu Kui, Wang Sheng, and the young page were brought in.
All three were tied up and gagged.
They went without food or water all night and half a day, and couldn't sleep well either.
At this moment, his hair was disheveled, he had dark circles under his eyes, and his clothes were filthy and in a terrible state; he looked utterly wretched.
Suddenly pulled over, Liu Kui and Wang Sheng looked up to see hundreds of classmates staring intently at them. They wished they could disappear into a crack in the ground!
Turning their heads again, they saw their father, and the two struggled even more fiercely, whimpering, whether pleading for help or begging for mercy was unclear...
Dean Zhou, perhaps reluctant to see hundreds of students burned to a crisp by the fire of gossip, didn't waste any time and directly took out two peace plaques, personally demonstrating them to the students.
When two small white pieces of paper fell out of the sign, all the students gasped sharply.
With a cold face, Mr. Cheng recounted the events of yesterday in a deep voice, and then added, "Liu Kui, Wang Sheng, and the pageboy Mo Xiang have all confessed without reservation and explained everything clearly."
"These two signs and a jar of croton powder are physical evidence. Although they failed to plot against their classmates twice, such behavior is extremely despicable!"
"The dean and all of us teachers have unanimously decided to expel Liu Kui and Wang Sheng from the academy. From now on, students from the Wang and Liu families will never be employed."
"Furthermore, we will inform all the academies near Kyoto of this matter as soon as possible!"
The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
The students never expected that Liu Kui and Wang Sheng would be so audacious and wicked.
What I didn't expect was that the academy not only expelled people, but also notified the other academies...
They were determined to drive Liu Kui and Wang Sheng out of the capital!
If they wanted to continue their studies and take scientific expeditions, they had no choice but to go to remote prefectures.
Regardless of how the Wang and Liu families settled in the remote prefecture, the teachers and academic atmosphere there were certainly not as good as those in Xindu.
Furthermore, there are no secrets that stay hidden forever. How could academies in remote prefectures not know about what happened today?
Ultimately, Liu Kui and Wang Sheng had essentially severed their path to studying and taking the imperial examinations.
Some students felt relieved, some felt sorry for Liu Kui and Wang Sheng, but most felt that Liu Kui and Wang Sheng deserved their punishment.
It's understandable that the Li family and these two families have a grudge against each other, and that they're targeting Li Jiaren. But what did the academy and all the classmates do to deserve this?!
We almost lost our reputation and our place to study!
The person from the Wang family who came this time was Wang Sheng's father, Wang Yuanzhong, who was also from a collateral branch of the Wang family and was a minor official who usually worked at the Honglu Temple.
The Court of State Ceremonial was in charge of receiving envoys from various countries and handling court ceremonies. Things were fine when it was in the capital, but now that the entire Tianwu Kingdom only has half of its territory left, and the emperor and the court have been forced to retreat to Jiangnan, what envoys from which countries would come to pay homage...?
Therefore, the Court of State Ceremonial was barely surviving, and Wang Yuanzhong could only barely maintain the dignity of his family and ensure they had enough to eat and wear with his meager salary.
His son, Wang Sheng, came to study in Luo'an, which was arranged by his family, and he was happy about it for a long time.
Now that he sees this, what else doesn't he understand?
There's no such thing as a free steamed bun in the world!
Even if someone says it's free, who would believe them and swallow it? Then the hook hidden inside the steamed bun will be exposed.
Their whole family had been hooked for a long time without realizing it.
Once a son is sent to the academy, he becomes someone else's henchman and must obey their orders.
Now that the matter has been exposed, it has ruined the son's future, and it is his own father who is anxious. It has nothing to do with the family!
His face turned pale, then red, then black, and he almost swallowed a mouthful of blood. He bowed to the dean and said, "Regardless of the reason, my son did something wrong and was expelled from the academy. We have nothing to say. Farewell!"
After saying this, he went forward and untied the ropes binding his son's hands and feet, not even forgetting the young pageboy, and then led them away without looking back.
Without allies, Master Liu was furious and wanted to curse them out, but this was someone else's territory, and looking around, there was no one on his side. He was truly powerless.
He could only swallow his anger, untie his son's ropes, and then dragged his son away.
Dean Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, looked at all the students, and said, "Everyone should write an article about today's matter and hand it in to their respective teachers first thing tomorrow morning."
"A great man who wishes to manage his family, govern the state, and bring peace to the world must first cultivate his own character! In the future, anyone who dares to emulate Liu Kui and Wang Sheng will suffer the same fate. I hope you will take this as a warning and behave yourselves well!"
"Yes, Dean." All the students quickly bowed and responded respectfully.
Dean Zhou clasped his hands in greeting to Li Lao Er, Imperial Censor Wen, and the others, and said politely, "Lord, Lord Wen, if you are not busy, would you like to stay for a cup of tea?"
Li Lao Er quickly replied, "No, we've already troubled the dean a lot these past two days. We still have some trivial matters to attend to in the city, so we'll head back now."
"Alright, then I'll see you all off."
After saying that, Dean Zhou and several other gentlemen accompanied Li Lao Er and the others out.
The cafeteria was quiet for a few moments, then it erupted into chaos.
"My God, Liu Kui and Wang Sheng are so ruthless! How could they come up with such a terrifying method?"
One student was so surprised that he even shouted out his hometown dialect.
His classmate wiped the sweat from his brow and nodded in agreement, saying, "Yeah, what were they thinking? Was it really that serious?! We were classmates, what grudge could they possibly have against us?!"
"So much croton powder, we've really been infected. The academy's toilets are going to be in high demand, they're bound to stink..."
"Oh dear, stop talking, we still need to eat in a bit!"
"This is nothing, hurry up and throw away the amulet! This thing is too dangerous, someone might tamper with it!"
"Yes, yes, throw it away quickly!"
"We're just studying, not in the imperial court, why do we have to go through all this backstabbing and infighting?"
"It's really hard to tell whether people are good or evil!"
"No, I need a pot of fruit drink to calm my nerves!"
"Yes, give me a pot too, with extra ice!"
The students were buzzing with discussion, somehow transferring their initial surprise and lingering fear to the cool, sweet fruit drinks.
As a result, the iced honey passion fruit drink sold out before the afternoon.
Fortunately, Xiaoyue was eager to see the excitement and had brought the ice bucket over early on.
Jiaren was now surrounded by his close classmates.
Compared to others, those who spent every day with Liu Kui and Wang Sheng felt even more indignant.
"I thought Liu Kui and Wang Sheng were just a bit arrogant, and that would be the end of it if they said a few unpleasant things now and then. I never imagined they would be so vicious!" The gluttonous little fat boy was the most frightened.
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