Chapter 478 Pressuring Him for Details
The Third Prince thought the voice sounded off and assumed he was overthinking it. He waved his hand and said, "You all continue. I'll watch from the side."
The scarred man looked up slightly at the Third Prince, wanting to say something, but remained silent.
The Third Prince turned around and sat down to the side, picking up the booklet that Du Wanchun had just put away to look at.
He looked through the books one by one, and when he came to Yuan Shusheng's booklet, he was very impressed and couldn't help but praise, "This gentleman is really good at writing."
Yuan Shusheng smiled and bowed to the Third Prince, saying, "Thank you for your praise, sir."
The Third Prince slowly put down the booklet in his hand and picked up the scarred man's booklet.
As soon as the booklet was opened, the Third Prince was immediately shocked. The handwriting on it was exactly the same as that of the eldest son of the Hai family.
The eldest son of the Hai family is dead, so the one who survived must be his younger brother.
The Third Prince's hands trembled involuntarily, and he slightly raised his head to look at the scarred man.
Only then did he realize that the face hidden by his hair and scars was none other than that of the young master of the Hai family.
Du Wanchun noticed the Third Prince's unusual behavior and asked him, "Father, what's wrong?"
The Third Prince regained his senses and slowly placed the scarred man's and Yuan the scholar's books aside, saying, "Wanchun, I think these two are quite knowledgeable."
Du Wanchun agreed, and she turned to the scarred man and Yuan Shusheng, saying, "Gentlemen, please stay."
Yuan Shusheng was overjoyed and grabbed the scarred man, laughing, "Great, we can all stay!"
The scarred man's gaze remained fixed on the Third Prince and Du Wanchun.
His mind was full of doubts. How did a prince who should have been in the capital become the father of Manager Du of the Zhou family?
While he was lost in thought, the other four scholars started making a ruckus.
"I knew it would be like this all along. You had your eye on them from the start, so why did you recruit us to take the exam? Aren't you just playing us for fools?"
"Yes, that's right, the Zhou family is indeed a cunning merchant family!"
"No, you have to give us an explanation. You can't let us come all this way for nothing."
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The Third Prince frowned as he listened to their complaints. If it were any other time in the Prince's mansion, he would have already sent his guards to drive them away.
After suppressing his anger, he threw the booklets of Yuan Shusheng and the scarred man at them.
"You'll see why they're the ones who stayed behind!"
The scholars quickly picked up the booklets from the ground.
After everyone eagerly read it, they were all full of admiration.
Only that scholar Wei was unconvinced, and he threw the booklet down, saying, "I don't think my talent is inferior to theirs."
Du Wanchun ignored his words and had Nan Fengling bring over some silver, saying, "It was indeed our fault for making you all come all this way for nothing, so here is some travel money for you to take home."
The scholars looked up and saw that there was a lot of silver in the plate. This silver was not only enough for their travel expenses, but also enough for them to drink wine for more than half a year.
After hesitating for a while, the group obediently took the silver and left.
Only Wei Xiucai remained. He had come here to act as a spy, so naturally he wouldn't leave for a few taels of silver.
Du Wanchun asked him, "Scholar Wei, don't you want these travel expenses?"
Scholar Wei stood with his hands behind his back and said coldly, "Manager Du, I don't want this silver. I only want justice. My talent is clearly no less than theirs, so why are they the ones who are kept instead of me?"
Du Wanchun lowered her eyes slightly and slowly smiled, "Scholar Wei, when our Zhou family recruits teachers, we don't just look at their talent, but also their character."
Scholar Wei immediately realized what he meant and said in a deep voice, "You mean, my character is not good enough?"
Du Wanchun said coldly, "You should know your own character very well. I don't need to explain it in front of so many people."
Scholar Wei's expression changed drastically. He lowered his head slightly, feeling a little guilty, but quickly regained his composure and said, "I don't know what Manager Du means?"
Du Wanchun stood up and said, "Did you secretly take Mr. Yuan's booklet and burn it?"
Scholar Wei immediately retorted, "No, I didn't."
Du Wanchun gave a wink to the servant behind her.
The servant stepped forward, bowing. "It is Scholar Wei. I saw him clearly at the inn that day."
Yuan Shusheng immediately retorted angrily to Wei Xiucai, "So it was you who did it! I was wondering where my booklet went; it turns out you took it!"
Scholar Wei immediately retorted, "Nonsense! I didn't take it at all! You're framing me!"
Yuan Shusheng rolled up his sleeves, ready to fight, "Still being stubborn? I'll beat you to a pulp today!"
At this moment, Wei Xiucai pulled out a dagger from somewhere, pointed it at Yuan Shusheng, and said fiercely, "Come on, let's see who's stronger!"
Wei Xiucai was a petty and narrow-minded person; he made an enemy of Yuan Shusheng over just a few words.
The words Du Wanchun had just said had reignited his hatred for her.
He held a dagger in his hand and actually intended to attack Du Wanchun.
Just as Wei Xiucai and Yuan Shusheng were arguing.
The scarred man, who had been silent all along, suddenly rushed over, first lifting Wei Xiucai to the ground, then spinning around and kicking him more than ten meters away.
Wei Xiucai crashed heavily against the wall behind him, spitting blood as he fell to the ground.
Before he could react, the scarred man had already stepped on his back. "Tell me, who sent you?"
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