Chapter 2 Slander
When the villagers heard what Li Mazi said, they all looked at Gu Yun in disbelief.
"What?"
"Li Mazi, are you telling the truth?"
"No way? Gu Yun is a scholar, how could he do such a vicious thing?"
"Don't believe his lies. Li Mazi is slandering me. Xu Daya is my fiancée. How could I do this?" Gu Yun looked at the villagers and tried his best to explain.
Seeing this, Wang Shi hurriedly chimed in: "Okay Xu Daya, you shamelessly did dirty things with Li Mazi, and now you want to join forces to slander Yun'er?"
"Oh, God! If I had known that such a marriage would happen, Yun'er should not have asked Xu Yong to save her. My Yun'er can swim, and it was Xu Yong who did this in vain..." Wang said while crying and slapping her thigh.
Gu Yun, who was standing by, heard Wang's words and quickly pulled her arm, signaling her not to continue! He still remembered what happened at the beginning.
As soon as Wang said this, some villagers who were present at the scene immediately exposed Wang's words.
"Wang, what do you mean? Xu Yong even lost his life to save your Gu Yun!"
"Who would joke about their own life?"
"Alas, I was there at the time. Gu Yun is a good swimmer, but he had a leg cramp and his head sank into the river! If it weren't for Xu Yong, there wouldn't be the talented Gu Yun we have today."
Xu Zhiyi glanced at Gu Yun with disgust. Not only was he a scumbag, but he also repaid kindness with hatred.
"Gu Yun, you said that Li Mazi wronged you? Then how do you prove that what happened today has nothing to do with you? When I came to the foot of the mountain today, it was Chen Xiaohua who sent me a message saying that you were waiting for me here. How come I didn't see you, but instead saw the sneaky Li Mazi?"
"Oh, look at you, you're so anxious to bring the villagers here, as if you're so sure that Li Mazi will do something to me. Did you know in advance that Li Mazi will definitely run into me today?"
Xu Zhiyi stared at Gu Yun coldly and asked a series of questions.
Gu Yun was flustered by Xu Zhiyi's question, and his mind kept turning to how to convince people that this matter had nothing to do with him:
"I... I also... I heard from Xiaohua that I saw you... so I followed the villagers here. Yes, that's right, but I didn't expect that you would really betray me."
Chen Xiaohua, who was standing by, burst into tears. "Daya, how can you say that? I've been at home for two days. When have I ever helped you pass on a message to Brother Gu? Woohoo, I've always considered you my best sister. How can you wrongly accuse me like this?"
A villager heard this and said, "Yes! Gu Yun really practiced calligraphy at home. I told him so. Although I was wrong, as Xu Daya's fiancé, he must be present for this kind of thing."
Xu Zhiyi glanced at Li Mazi on the ground, stepped over and stepped on his legs, and said coldly: "Li Mazi, you said that what happened today was Gu Yun's idea, do you have evidence?"
Li Mazi's leg that was stepped on started to hurt again! Just as he was about to speak, Gu Yun took the lead.
"Okay Xu Daya, are you going to confess under torture? I don't want to find out who is right or wrong about today's matter. Just think of it as my fault, okay? Let's stop our marriage right now!"
Wang: "Yes, Xu Daya, anyway, this marriage was verbally promised by Yun'er's father, and there is no formal marriage certificate. We can't afford you as our daughter-in-law now."
Xu Zhiyi ignored what the two said and warned Li Mazi again: "It seems that you are planning to protect Gu Yun with your own leg?"
Li Mazi was so frightened when he heard this that he shook his head desperately: "No, no, no, I have evidence. Gu Yun gave me one or two taels of silver. It's in my arms now, and I haven't had time to use it yet."
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi squatted down and untied the rattan that bound his hands, and gestured, "Take it out yourself."
Everyone saw that Li Mazi really took out a purse.
Li Mazi took a look at the purse and felt strange. He didn't have a purse. But he didn't think too much about it. He squeezed the purse and saw the silver inside. He quickly poured out one or two taels of silver.
Gu Yun chuckled: "Li Mazi, you took a tael of silver and said it was given by me, but my name was written on the silver? If you wrongly accuse me, please find a convincing reason, okay?"
Hearing this, Li Mazi assured, "Everyone, believe me, this silver was really given to me by Gu Yun. He used the silver to make me flirt with Xu Daya, so that he would have a reason to cancel the engagement!"
When Xu Zhiyi heard Gu Yun's words, she suddenly snatched the purse from Li Mazi's hand and stared at the two words "Yun" and "Hua" embroidered on it.
Looking at Gu Yun, he deliberately joked: "Gu Yun, you are indeed a scholar. How do you know that your name is really written on this silver?"
"What?" Gu Yun was startled after hearing Xu Zhiyi's words, and then glanced at Chen Xiaohua.
Chen Xiaohua was also shocked at this time. What did she see? The purse was given by her to Brother Gu, and she had kept a careful mind for it.
In the corner of the purse, she embroidered her name and that of Brother Gu. She thought sweetly in her heart that as long as Brother Gu carried it with him, it meant that she was with him all the time!
Xu Zhiyi showed the purse to everyone and said loudly: "If you can read, please take a look at why Li Mazi's purse that holds the silver has the word Yun embroidered on it. Oh, and there is also a word Hua."
Then he looked at Chen Xiaohua and asked coldly, "Chen Xiaohua, I treat you as my good sister, but are you not going to explain this purse?"
"What? The words Yun and Hua are embroidered on it? What...what...what does this mean? This is too much gossip. I can't wrap my head around it!"
"Oh, what do you mean? That's what you mean! I didn't expect it! This is the thief crying thief!"
"No way? No way? This is too ridiculous!"
Chen Xiaohua turned pale at this moment, and was so frightened that she didn't know how to refute for a moment!
Wang looked at Chen Xiaohua with contempt and said angrily: "Bah, what else do you need to explain? She was the one who started this incident today, otherwise why would we come here? Humph, she must have bad intentions towards my Yun'er and deliberately wanted to break up the two of you."
Chen Xiaohua heard this, tears welled up in her eyes, and she waved her hands hastily: "I didn't, Daya, believe me, I really didn't think so, I don't know how Li Mazi got that purse."
Xu Zhiyi: "I believe you? It's because I believe you too much! That's why I was fooled by you. Others may not know about this purse, but don't I know? The embroidery techniques on it are exactly the same as yours. How do you explain it?"
There was no way Chen Xiaohua could explain it. It was indeed embroidered by her. She just compared it with the embroidery at home and there was no way to refute it!
Seeing this, Gu Yun on the side glanced at Chen Xiaohua with a little worry, but still refrained from saying anything. He couldn't let what happened today have anything to do with him.
Now Xiaohua can only bear with it! He will definitely compensate her later.
Seeing that Gu Yun didn't say anything, Chen Xiaohua knew that she was the only one who could take the blame today! Brother Gu's reputation couldn't be ruined, as he still had to take the imperial examination in the future!
"Wuwu... Daya, I'm sorry, I was wrong! I just like Brother Gu too much, so I was confused for a moment. Please forgive me, I will never make the same mistake again next time."
Xu Zhiyi smiled when he heard this: "Haha! Chen Xiaohua, of course you don't need to do it again next time! After all, you are pregnant with Gu Yun's baby!"
"What??"
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