Mo Min's father was a garrison commander, a high-ranking official of the fifth rank, while Xia Qingzhai's father was a battalion commander, only a seventh-rank official. In fact, Mo Min's father was Xia Qingzhai's father's superior.
In Yunyang County, where even the magistrate was only a seventh-rank official, Mo Min, as the only son of a fifth-rank military officer with real power, was considered the local tyrant. He looked down on everyone and took pleasure in bullying people.
He was playful and disliked studying. His father, Mo, doted on him and was too busy to supervise him, so he asked the steward to find someone to send him to the county school.
When they occasionally met, besides helping him resolve the trouble he caused, they also urged Mo Min to study hard, using the example of the outstanding "neighbor's kid" from Yunyang County to motivate him and encourage him to emulate him.
But why would Mo Min listen?
Whenever Mo's father left, he would lead his younger brother, looking fierce, to cause trouble for that "neighbor's kid".
At best, they would tear up his books and papers, break his pens and inkstones, and then beat, verbally abuse, and humiliate him.
In more serious cases, they might strip someone of their clothes and throw them in front of others to be laughed at, or forcibly throw someone into the water to watch them desperately struggle and cry for help.
Anyone who had been bullied by him was unwilling to suffer the humiliation and left the county school in resentment. Some of them even became depressed and unable to accept it after returning home. They kept thinking about the humiliation they had suffered and when they went out and heard others laughing at them, they committed suicide in shame and anger.
Mo Min is now fifteen or sixteen years old. After he caused trouble for the county school, no outstanding children entered for quite some time, so he was naturally proud.
But before the Lunar New Year, Xia Qingzhai entered the county school as the top scorer in both the county and prefectural examinations, which immediately aroused his anger.
Mo's father told Mo Min how Xia Qingzhai was a child prodigy and demanded that he do well in the academy examination. Mo Min was afraid that Xia Qingzhai would do better than him in the academy examination, so he used the same trick and began to torment Xia Qingzhai.
They locked him in the empty classroom, forcing him to freeze inside all night; they deliberately spilled his food, making him go hungry every day; they often tore up his books, forcing him to stay up all night copying and repairing his textbooks; when it was freezing cold, they kicked him into the water and wouldn't let him come ashore until his lips turned purple from the cold...
At that time, Xia's father was already in poor health, and the Xia family was constantly in tears. Xia Qingzhai did not want his mother and sister to worry, so he did not tell his family a word about being bullied at the county school.
He didn't want to cause trouble, nor did he dare to complain to the instructors and other teachers. He only hoped that he could endure it and wait until he passed the county-level examination and became a scholar. Then he could hope to be promoted to the prefectural school and leave the county school.
However!
Enduring is definitely not a good way to solve problems. He endured it all, but as a result, he ruined his health, and a simple cold took his life!
Tong Su's gaze suddenly turned cold.
The initial information she received only mentioned that Xia Qingzhai had died of illness, but she didn't know that Xia Qingzhai's death was related to Mo Min!
—This bastard is utterly wicked and deserves to die!
Mo Min screamed as she was dragged aside. It took her a long time to recover from the excruciating pain that had brought her to the brink of fainting. She was covered in dirt from rolling around in the dirt, her face streaked with tears and grime, looking ugly and disheveled.
He glared at the young man who had broken his arm, his face contorted in terror, as if he had seen the King of Hell.
"How dare you step on my arm? Do you know who I am? Kneel down and beg me right now, or I'll kill you! Do you know who my father is? How dare you do this in broad daylight! Let me tell you, you can't escape. The magistrate and the instructor are right here!"
However, the county magistrate and the instructor were too busy to be his witnesses and even nearly fainted!
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