The next day, the news spread throughout the village that Zhang Lizheng had been sentenced to three years in prison for buying exam questions, while Zhang Yunfu had been sentenced to beheading.
In the Great Zhou Dynasty, any killing other than self-defense is punishable by death. Moreover, the pastry shop couple only had one daughter, and they were determined to torment Zhang Yunfu to death.
The atmosphere in the Zhang family is very bad. Both the father and son have gotten into trouble, leaving only Zhang Yungui.
He listened to the woman in his house sobbing incessantly, then got up to leave.
Madam Xu grabbed him: "Yun Gui, where are you going? Don't run around. You're the only one left at home now. Your sister-in-law took your nephew away too. Don't abandon us old, weak, women and children!"
Zhang Yungui sighed, patted Xu's hand, and comforted her, "Mother, I'm just going out for a walk and will also go to the county to ask my master if there's any way to pay off Father's jail time with silver. As for my sister-in-law, even if my brother did something wrong, her family is richer than ours, but my two nephews are surnamed Zhang, so they can't have grown up in their maternal grandparents' house. Mother, don't worry, leave these things to me."
Madam Xu nodded repeatedly: "Yunnan and Guizhou, now the family is counting on you!"
Zhang Yungui walked to the door, and Zhang Yunyun chased after him, saying, "Second Brother, wait a minute."
Zhang Yungui stopped and turned around.
Zhang Yunyun said resentfully, "Second brother, I think this matter is related to Gu Nian's family. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence? Eldest brother's mistress found out about Father buying the exam questions, and sister-in-law found out too. None of us knew about this."
Zhang Yungui frowned: "What if my elder brother has offended someone outside?"
Zhang Yunyun immediately denied it: "Impossible! You also work in the county town. Have you ever heard of your brother offending anyone? He is focused on passing the imperial examination. How could he have time to offend anyone? It must be the Gu family, it must be the Gu family."
Zhang Yungui pursed his lips: "So what if it is them? My elder brother was fooling around with women outside, and no one forced him. Two years ago, when Dad bought the test questions, no one forced him either. Alright, Yunyun, don't go to the Gu family and say anything. Don't go out for the time being. The most important thing for us now is to get Dad out and get our nephew back."
Zhang Yunyun's hatred grew stronger. Watching Zhang Yungui walk away, she roared, "You just can't let go of Gu Nian, can you! If it weren't for arranging a marriage for you, our family wouldn't have had that kind of thing happen with the Gu family. It's all your fault for not being able to mess with them!"
After that fight, the Zhang family actually wanted to fight again, feeling that it was too embarrassing that day. However, considering that on the day of her coming-of-age ceremony, they had seen those luxurious carriages enter the village.
Mrs. Li and her family had seen it many times, but they didn't think much of it because the Li family were merchants.
However, Madam Yan and Madam Su, one the wife of a county magistrate and the other the wife of a prefect, were particularly polite to another round, plump, and very elegant lady.
The Zhang family was scared.
Hearing Zhang Yunyun's shout, Zhang Yungui paused, and after a while, he heard the door slam shut before turning around and heading towards the Gu family's house.
He lingered at the door of the second room for a while. Gu Shouxin came out carrying Gu Ren and was about to go to the old house when he saw Zhang Yungui. Gu Shouxin stopped in his tracks.
Ignoring the muddy ground, Zhang Yungui immediately knelt down: "Second Uncle, I'm sorry! It's my fault, I was wrong. Please, Second Uncle, forgive my father for the sake of us all being from the same village!"
Gu Ren looked at Zhang Yungui kneeling on the ground with curiosity. This character had never appeared in the book! Every time he saw someone who hadn't appeared in the book, he felt that he was particularly real.
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