Chapter 116 I am not a saint, nor a white lotus

In the last three days before the imperial examination, news came from the capital that the top scorers in various provincial capitals had all encountered some unexpected events to a greater or lesser extent.

The serious ones have fallen into coma after seeing blood, while the minor ones have injured their hands and feet and will miss this year's spring examination.

The Jingzhao Yin has been criticized by the censors during the morning court sessions these days, but what can he do? Either he falls into a pit when he comes back from a meeting with friends in the evening, or a bonsai falls from the sky and hits his head.

Moreover, the people who had the accidents were all top scorers in their respective provincial capitals, strong contenders for the number one prize in this year's imperial examination. If you say that these accidents were not man-made, I'm afraid no one would believe it.

But the people he sent out could neither catch anyone nor find any evidence.

Every day when Jingzhao Yin went to the morning court, his scalp tingled. He would procrastinate and only come when the court was about to enter the Golden Palace.

That day, An Xin collected six or seven complete skins of wolves that he had killed while rescuing people in the mountains outside the city. Some time ago, he gave them to the master of a fur shop to have them finely processed and tanned to make them softer.

It was still quite cold at night in February, and the examination rooms were narrow and small. Tall candidates had to lie on the wooden boards and curl up inside.

An Xin planned to re-tan the soft and comfortable wolf skin for them to take in and lay on the wooden boards when they slept, which would keep them warmer.

"Girl, if you have furs to tan next time, send them to me and I will definitely give you a discount." said the fur shop owner.

After paying the fur shop master for the labor fee for tanning the wolf skin, An Xin smiled and said, "Okay, your shop master is good at tanning leather. If I get any good fur next time, I will have someone send it to you for processing."

While An Xin was greeting the owner of the fur shop, Da Zhuang and the shop assistants had already taken the wolf skins out and placed them on the carriage.

Nodding, An Xin took Mingyue out of the shop.

Just as An Xin was about to get on the carriage to go back, a man stumbled and fell in front of her, followed by three or four fierce-looking strong men.

An Xinchao took a step back. She was neither a saint nor a white lotus, nor was she a person of noble character. She didn't want to meddle in other people's business.

Just as she was about to walk around the man lying on the ground and get on the carriage to leave.

"Director Anshan!" A familiar voice was heard.

An Xin paused, feeling hesitant.

“???!” Was she pretending not to hear, or was she pretending not to hear.

Thinking about what happened to this person in Wangyue Tower some time ago, he knew that they were facing several children of officials in the capital, but he always stood not far away from them.

Although I didn't help, I didn't mean to distance myself from the matter and keep myself out of it.

With this small token of affection in mind, An Xin turned around and stopped several strong men who were about to step forward and pull him away.

"stop!"

Han Junbo, who was in a miserable state, was in despair, thinking that An Xin would not care about the affairs of a stranger like him. Faced with several men who were much stronger than him, Han Junbo wanted to give up struggling.

At this moment, he heard An Xin's voice, which sounded like the sound of nature. He raised his head blankly, "An... Principal An, if you are willing to save me from danger today, I will repay you with gratitude one day."

An Xin glanced down at the dusty face, which totally lost its original handsome appearance, and raised his eyebrows.

"You, a man, can't even solve this problem, so how can you think that a woman like me can save you?!"

Han Junbo choked.

The four big men standing nearby saw that An Xin was accompanied by only a maid and a coachman, and they ignored her completely.

With a fierce look on his face, he shouted sternly, "Humph, I advise you not to meddle in other people's business. This kid flirted with my sister. Today, we must break both of his hands."

An Xin looked at the men and nodded in agreement, "I usually hate these stinky men who tease women the most. How can I relieve my hatred by beating him up for doing something like this?"

The four strong men were stunned for a moment.

The people watching the fun were also full of confusion.

Han Junbo stood up shakily and looked at her in disbelief.

I felt sad because after all, I was not her student and could not get her full trust and protection.

Han Junbo didn't expect An Xin to be so indiscriminate and believe the slander against him by several people. He looked at An Xin with aggrieved and disappointed look.

The four men didn't expect that An Xin would speak up for them.

"Since you are a sensible woman, I will take this corrupt scholar back and punish him." One of the four men stepped forward, reached out and grabbed Han Junbo and said.

At this time, Han Junbo had completely given up struggling, and his expression showed a disheartened look.

Just when the four strong men were about to take Han Junbo away, An Xin took a step forward and blocked their way.

The four men looked at her unkindly and asked in a gruff voice, "What do you mean?"

An Xin said solemnly: "This shameless man dared to tease a woman. How can you brothers take him back and beat him up?

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I have asked my servants to report this to the authorities. The police will be here soon. People like him should be sent to the authorities to be beaten with a stick or put in jail to relieve their hatred."

When the four men heard An Xin say that he had ordered his servants to report to the police, their faces suddenly turned dark and the words seemed to be squeezed out from between their teeth.

"Why are you so nosy? Who asked you to report it to the police?"

An Xin seemed to be frightened and took a step back. "I think... this kind of person should be punished more severely, so that he won't dare to tease us girls again."

Han Junbo, who was held by two strong men, raised his head and looked at the woman who was completely different from the one he had seen before. Slowly, he reacted and slightly raised the corners of his mouth.

When several people saw that Dazhuang, who was originally standing next to An Xin, was gone, they determined that he must have been ordered to report to the police, and they all looked angrily at the nosy woman in front of them.

An Xin curled the corners of his lips slightly, looked at the four people, and said with a good intention: "I heard that several outstanding candidates who came to Beijing to take the imperial examinations were injured for no reason during this period.

The Jingzhao Yin is worried about not being able to find someone, and now you are chasing this scholar all over the street and beating him. What if something happens to him?

There is no guarantee that the government will not think that you were the one who harmed the other candidates. By then, you will not be able to explain yourself even if you are right. It is better to hand him over to the government now.

He has received the punishment he deserves, and he will not bring any harm to you."

The sturdy man who was the leader of the four heard the noise, turned around and saw a group of officials coming to the street corner, and gave An Xin a sinister look.

Gritting his teeth, he fiercely said to the people behind him: "Go!"

Then they quickly scattered and dived into the crowd, drowning in the flow of people on the street.

An Xin took a few steps forward, looked at Han Junbo who was staring at her, smiled gently, and said jokingly: "Why, shouldn't you be beaten for teasing someone else's sister?"

"I didn't!" Han Junbo looked aggrieved, "I bought a thin-bottomed inkstone from my study that is suitable for taking into the examination room.

They came up to me and yelled at me, saying that I molested their sister. I didn’t even see who their sister was, so how could I possibly molest her.”

An Xin: "It seems you didn't see my sister, and you're really sorry!"

(End of this chapter)