Chapter 437: It's really satisfying
But the people already knew that they were being fooled, and when they saw that he was trying to escape, they immediately became resentful.
"You still want to slip away? If you don't make things clear today, we won't let you go."
"That's right. When did our Silver Moon City produce a scholar like you? Is that what the teacher at the academy taught you?"
Someone said: "I don't think this has anything to do with the academy, it's a human problem!"
"It turned out to be like this, you actually deceived me for so long!"
Ran Qingxuan looked shocked as if he had just learned the truth, and then pointed at Wu Luan and asked as if he had thought of something.
"Have you already planned to let me use my dowry to pave the way for your career?"
According to the information provided by Duan Ling, Chen Xu became pregnant two months after her marriage. At that time, she couldn't bear to let Chen Xu be kept in the dark, so she told her the truth.
Her original intention was to get Chen Xu and Wu Luan to divorce, and she would pay to help raise the child.
But Chen Xu was simple by nature, and the Chen family all valued their family's reputation. Even if she knew, she would not dare to let her family know about it.
Because Chen Xu knew that her parents would definitely let her divorce, even if they valued family traditions, her parents would not let her suffer such an injustice.
But after the divorce, the Chen family would definitely be criticized by people who were not in the know, and how could she bear it?
Ran Qingxuan was not a fool, so he naturally understood what Duan Ling meant.
Perhaps Wu Luan grasped this point and kept "reminding" Chen Xu not to bring shame to the family.
Duan Ling and Chen Xu have been friends for many years. She felt distressed after talking to them many times, but there was nothing she could do.
Duan Ling told her a key point, which was that Chen Xu told her that Wu Luan had mentioned more than once that he wanted to study at Tongzhou Hanlin Academy.
However, the cost of beam repair at Tongzhou Hanlin Academy is not small. Moreover, if one wants to become a disciple of a famous teacher, giving gifts is also essential.
Although Duan Ling didn't know whether Wu Luan had asked Chen Xu to give her financial support, she knew that as a farming family, how could the Wu family come up with hundreds of thousands of taels to pave the way for him?
It goes without saying that you know what Wu Luan is planning. Now Ran Qingxuan is not 'Chen Xu', and they are no longer husband and wife, so naturally he won't be spoiled.
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present looked at Wu Luan with disgust.
Wu Luan's thoughts were exposed, and he yelled hysterically at Ran Qingxuan.
"You are framing me. I don't have such thoughts at all."
"Yes, your family is considered a high-ranking family in Cangzhou, so naturally you look down on a scholar like me who just passed the imperial examination. But at least I learned the books of sages, so how could I covet my wife's dowry?"
When the classmates standing behind him heard this, a strange look appeared in their eyes. This scene did not escape the eyes of Ran Qingxuan and Duan Ling. Duan Ling pointed at one of them and said.
"I know you, Qian Liang from Qian's cloth shop. You and Wu Luan are old acquaintances. Sister Chen said that when you were drinking at Wu's house, you heard Wu Luan mention her dowry. Do you dare to say that Wu Luan didn't have such thoughts?"
Qian Liang's face turned pale and he didn't dare to say anything, because he knew what Duan Ling's family did, and he also knew that it would be difficult for him to deal with it if he offended her family.
But the others came from humble families and didn't know Duan Ling's identity. When they saw themselves being pointed at and questioned by a girl, they immediately became furious.
"If you say so, it's true. A girl like you shouldn't stay at home and embroider, but instead you are trying to follow the officials to make decisions. You may not be able to get married!"
"Oh? Since when did it become your turn as a mere scholar to take charge of the marriage affairs of my Duan family?"
Duan Yi knew that it was time for him to step forward, so he pushed aside the curtain and walked out of the inner room, looking coldly at the scholar who was speaking.
Someone recognized Duan Yi, exclaimed "Young Marquis", and immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
"Meet the young marquis!"
"Young Marquis?"
Wu Luan was completely dumbfounded at this moment. He didn't expect that there was another person in the room, and this person was the son of Marquis Zhenbei.
One of the reasons why he went to such great lengths to marry Chen Xu was that the husband of Chen Xu's cousin was a member of the Gu family.
The Gu family has a deep connection with the Duan family. Although the Gu family only has one son left, he is a first-rank military general in the court.
Wu Luan originally thought that he would have a chance to pass the imperial examinations in the future, and maybe even be able to become Marquis of Zhenbei through his relationship with the Gu family. Then when he returns to Cangzhou to serve as an official, he will be the only one in power.
However, after planning for a long time, in the end, the Gu family ended up having their property confiscated, and the Chen family was also exiled. He felt that all his efforts over the years were wasted.
No one knew that his mind had gone through so many twists and turns. In short, he knew that not only had his secrets been exposed today, but even the people in the Marquis' Mansion would be offended.
Duan Yi walked out, his identity was there. The scholar who had just ridiculed Duan Ling became so weak in the legs that he couldn't stand up when he heard that the woman in front of him was the young marquis's cousin.
Duan Yi said coldly as his sharp eyes swept over Wu Luan and the several scholars who followed him one by one.
"Tell me, has Wu Luan ever mentioned Chen's dowry to you?"
Qian Liang was the first to stand up and pointed at Wu Luan and said, "Yes, he mentioned more than once that Chen's dowry was quite generous, but he just didn't use it to help him. He even spoke ill of Chen in front of us..."
There were whispers all around, Wu Luan's lips trembled as he wanted to say something in rebuttal, but he simply didn't have the courage to do so.
At this time, another person also stood up and said excitedly: "I testify that Wu Luan told us that he knew that Master Chen had prepared a generous dowry for the Chen sisters.
He said that if Miss Chen Er had not already been engaged, he would definitely marry the more beautiful Miss Chen Er! ”
"What?"
"She's so pitiful that she still despises him, isn't she?"
"As men, this is a disgrace to us."
"Shameful, so shameful!"
Duan Yi sneered in his heart and raised his chin towards Qian Liang and the man who had just spoken.
"You can go now!"
The two men's eyes lit up as if they had been granted amnesty. They stood up, pushed through the crowd and ran away.
The other two scholars saw this and told all the bad things Wu Luan had done before and after his marriage, including the fact that Wu Luan forced Chen Xu to have sex with him after drinking and gave birth to a daughter.
Although Ran Qingxuan was not involved in the incident, he was still trembling with anger at such words.
Duan Ling knew that Chen Xu was not living well in the Wu family, but who knew that this beast would even tell such private matters to an unrelated man.
Not only was she angry, but the people watching were also furious.
"You framed her and married her, but you treated her like this. How shameless!"
"Hit him!" Someone in the crowd shouted, and before Wu Luan could react, he was knocked to the ground by the rain of punches.
After being beaten and kicked by the excited people for several minutes, Wu Luan's face was swollen like a pig's head and even several of his teeth were knocked out.
The two scholars who did not have time to leave were also beaten, and the scene looked very tragic.
"It's bad. If we fight like this, what if we hurt someone?"
Unexpectedly, Duan Yi said loudly: "Who of you did it? Didn't he fall down by himself?"
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