Chapter 1524 The Chen Family's Trouble Implicates Shu Yu
Shu Yu nodded, watching the direction the person left in, and saw her quickly fall into a man's arms.
She seemed to be crying pitifully, and it was unclear what she was saying when the man glanced in their direction.
However, upon seeing that Shu Yu was also watching them, the man was immediately startled, gave them an awkward laugh, and quickly left with the woman in his arms.
Shu Yu withdrew her gaze and said, "This person is called Qiu Ju. She was Kong Zhiyou's maid. She seduced the young master while her mistress was pregnant, and later caused Kong Zhiyou to miscarry when she was six months pregnant."
Meng Yunzheng naturally did not know Kong Zhiyou, let alone Qiuju, so Shuyu simply explained their past grievances.
He glanced one last time at their retreating figures that had disappeared into the crowd, and said, "Speaking of which, Kong Zhiyou should be out of her postpartum period by now. She's not the kind of person who would let someone bully her and not fight back. These Qiu Ju and Chen Xiucai are still acting so blatantly; they're probably really courting death."
After Shu Yu finished speaking, she saw that Meng Yunzheng was silent, seemingly lost in thought.
She tugged at his sleeve and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?"
“I remember something. Didn’t I ask Master Wen to introduce me to a few good scholars or graduates, so that I could recruit them as teachers when the academy opens? Master Wen said that he didn’t do this in a big way, but only mentioned it to a few close friends, and he didn’t mention my name. But a scholar named Chen, I don’t know where he found out, came to Master Wen to ask about it.”
He paused, narrowed his eyes, and said, "From what you just mentioned, this should be the father of this Scholar Chen."
The Chen family had two scholars who passed the imperial examinations, and they were once famous in Jiangyuan County.
Shu Yu immediately asked, "What did Master Wen say?"
"Of course, we refused." The scholars of Jiangyuan County know each other best about their character, and Master Wen has a wide circle of friends, so he knows all the people he needs to know.
Meng Yunzheng had only heard about it once before and hadn't paid much attention to it, never expecting to run into it today.
Meng Yunzheng said, “I heard the Master say that the Chen family father and son are quite learned, but they are too ambitious and try every means to climb the social ladder. Such people are fine for other things, but they are not suitable to be Masters.”
Shu Yu agreed with this point; the Chen family father and son were indeed eager to climb the social ladder, as evidenced by their attitude towards Kong Zhiyou.
When Kong Zhiyou was invited to her birthday party, she didn't attend, and the Chen family father and son's attitude towards her immediately changed.
The same goes for the Xiao family; since Kong Zhiyou failed to climb the social ladder, the Chen family paid even less attention to her.
"Alright, let's not talk about them anymore. It's quite lively up ahead, let's go."
Shu Yu had no interest in the messy affairs of the Chen family; given their family's behavior, things would never stop.
However, Shu Yu's prediction was too conservative; she thought that if the Chen family were to cause trouble, it would take some time.
Unexpectedly, the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, something happened to the Chen family, and she was inexplicably implicated in it.
At that time, Shu Yu was getting ready to go to the prefectural city to check out the new shop and, incidentally, to see the results of her rhyming poem.
As soon as she stepped out, two government officials arrived, politely inviting her to the county government office. They said the magistrate needed her to verify information in a murder case.
The old lady was carrying Xiaozaozao to see her off when she heard this and immediately became nervous.
(End of this chapter)
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