Chapter 477 The voice was recognized?
Yuan Shusheng panicked immediately. He desperately needed the job at the Zhou family's house, as his uncle was waiting for him to bring back money to prolong his life.
Where is my booklet?
He searched the house frantically.
Just then, Wei Xiucai's voice came from outside, "Some people are nothing but country bumpkins who pretend to be scholars. They have no shame."
These words were a veiled insult to Yuan Shusheng.
Yuan Shusheng was immediately enraged and prepared to rush out to cause trouble for Wei Xiucai.
However, he was stopped by the scarred man as soon as he took a step.
"Haven't you noticed yet?"
Scholar Yuan replied, "What did you see?"
The scarred man said slowly, "They did it..."
He spoke, his tone slightly raised, his gaze serious, "Your booklet."
Yuan Shusheng was suddenly startled, "So it was them!"
He rolled up his sleeves, ready to take action, "Watch how I teach them a lesson!"
The scarred man stopped him again, "Now is not the time to act impulsively. You should think about how to resolve the booklet issue first."
Yuan Shusheng suppressed his anger and began to feel melancholy.
After a long silence, the scarred man took out a booklet from his pocket.
Upon seeing this, Yuan Shusheng immediately sat up in surprise, "No, I can't use your booklet."
The scarred man shook the booklet in his hand helplessly and explained, "Manager Du never said that this question had to be answered in this booklet. Just take mine, copy the contents, and make a new booklet."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Shusheng realized it was true and quickly took the booklet from him and began copying it.
The scarred man slowly walked to the door, glanced at the room next door, and then slammed the door shut.
For the past two days, the two of them have stayed in their room, and apart from going out to buy some food, neither of them has shown their face.
The day to hand in the booklets finally arrived.
Du Wanchun and Nan Fengling had already learned everything from the servants they had sent out, and they had already made their decision.
However, the two pretended not to know and summoned the six of them back to the courtyard.
Wei Xiucai and the three scholars confidently handed the booklet to Du Wanchun.
After examining each document, Du Wanchun asked Yuan Shusheng, "Where is your booklet?"
Yuan Shusheng was about to take it out.
Scholar Wei and the three other scholars immediately mocked, "This young master probably couldn't answer the questions and has already thrown away the booklet."
Yuan Shusheng glanced at them, slowly walked forward, took out the booklet he had copied and answered the questions from his pocket, and handed it to Du Wanchun.
This startled Wei Xiucai and his companions.
"You, what you're holding..."
Scholar Wei almost let something slip.
Yuan Shusheng immediately pointed out, "You did burn my copy, but I made another copy myself."
Du Wanchun looked up at Wei Xiucai as she listened.
This man is treacherous and cunning; he's also a spy. He must not be allowed to live.
The merchant brought the person to her, so she should properly return the person to her.
After thinking for a moment, she smiled and said, "Scholar Yuan's booklet is indeed valid, so there's no need for you two to argue anymore."
After she finished speaking, she looked at the scarred man.
The scarred man took out the booklet and handed it to Du Wanchun with both hands.
Just then, the Third Prince returned; he didn't usually spend much time in the front yard.
"Wan Chun, has a suitable candidate been chosen yet?"
The scarred man paused upon hearing the voice, and finally raised his head, which had been hanging down, to look at the Third Prince.
The Third Prince and Zhou Ruiyuan would easily disguise themselves whenever there were outsiders present.
But sound doesn't lie.
Unlike Zhou Ruiyuan, he was just a teenager who had just gone through puberty when he left the capital.
Du Wanchun stood up and said with a smile, "Father, we haven't chosen anyone yet, why don't you take a look too?"
That one word, "Dad," startled the scarred man again.
He stared blankly at the Third Prince and Du Wanchun, momentarily bewildered.
The Third Prince turned to look at the scholars, his gaze finally settling on the scarred man. "Sir, you look familiar. Where are you from?"
The scarred man's voice was hoarse and sounded somewhat strange. "From Linzhou Prefecture."
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