Gu Yunjiao let out a chuckle, amused by Mrs. Chen’s unprincipled support.
Clearly, she knew nothing, but still, she helped her own rather than reason.
Seeing her laugh, Mrs. Chen was also pleased; just now, Yun Jiao’s stern face was quite intimidating.
Outside, Ah Hu was silently trailing Zheng Juren.
Zheng Juren stumbled out the back door, didn’t walk far before he reached Qilin Hall, found Doctor Zhang, got so dicine, had the clerk call a carriage for him, and left in it.
Ah Hu followed Zheng Juren all the way to his residence.
Zheng Juren is currently tutoring the son of a wealthy Money Master in Xiang City.
His family’s financial situation wasn’t too good initially.
After passing the scholar’s examination, many relatives ca to rely on him.
He acquired a lot of lands under his na, and soone even gifted him a house.
Life should have been easy, but Zheng Juren felt that, given his new status, he needed an appropriate lifestyle.
He impulsively married two concubines, who then coaxed him into spending a lot of silver on clothes and jewelry, and soon enough, he was financially strained.
Just at that ti, soone introduced him to teach at Money Master’s house in Xiang City.
Five taels of silver a month, two sets of clothes per season, and additional packets and gifts for the New Year and holidays.
Zheng Juren considered and then decided to co.
The courtyard where he stays has a back door that conveniently leads to a rear street, and he hurriedly entered his small courtyard through it.
Ah Hu, moving like a phantom, also slipped in and onto the rooftop with a few agile jumps.
Inside, a woman approached Zheng Juren as he entered with the dicine.
The woman was startled by the blood on his face, "Husband, what happened to you?"
Zheng Juren replied with a dark expression, "Fell outside."
He pointed to the dicine, "Go brew it."
The woman quickly went out.
Zheng Juren sat on a chair, rubbing his swollen cheek, cursing angrily, "That little brat dared to have beaten, I’ll never be a man if I don’t get my revenge!"
Ah Hu on the rooftop squinted upon hearing this. Silently, he lifted a tile and peeked through the gap.
Zheng Juren cursed a few tis, then feeling sore all over, groaned and went into his inner room to lie on the bed.
After lying on the bed for a while, he suddenly sat up, took pen and ink, and began writing a statent.
Ah Hu cautiously lifted a tile on the roof, peering down through the crack.
He could barely make out the contents of the statent.
The statent accused Gu Yunjiao.
It claid that Gu Yunjiao condoned her servant’s violence, disregarded the court, and assaulted a scholar without cause.
Ah Hu initially planned to steal the statent to tear it up.
On second thought, he realized tearing it up would only an Zheng Juren could write another one.
He then overheard Zheng Juren muttering, "I will file a complaint against you at the governnt office tomorrow!"
"I’ll make sure you regret it!"
Ah Hu thought for a mont, silently replaced the tile, and departed quietly.
That evening, Jiang Youzhi returned ho.
After dinner, Lin Shuo gave Jiang Youzhi a look, and Jiang Youzhi followed Lin Shuo upstairs.
Lin Shuo closed the door and recounted the events of Zheng Juren’s visit and the matter of the statent.
Jiang Youzhi’s handso face twisted sharply, "Good, good, this Zheng Juren again, I haven’t even had the chance to settle with him, and now he provokes !"
Lin Shuo squinted, "What, you two had friction before?"
Jiang Youzhi pondered for a mont, then explained his misfortunes during the autumn exam: first receiving laxatives, then being pushed from a building.
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