sjar Chapter 361 Get up, use the bench once.
Chapter 361 Get up, use the bench once.
Jiang Tao's legs went weak, and he quickly knelt on the ground, crying out his innocence: "Your Honor, please see the truth! Jiang Bei is an abandoned son of our Jiang family. How could he possibly have connections to get a recommendation from the local magistrate?"
"My lord, Jiang Bei must have used some underhanded means. I suspect his recommendation letter is of dubious origin. I urge you to investigate thoroughly!"
Seeing that Jiang Tao was still trying to smear him, Jiang Bei immediately knelt down, revealing his robe. "Your Honor, my letter of recommendation was written by Dou Weiyi, the magistrate of Pingyao County, and was guaranteed by Yu Mengmeng, the dean of Chengbei Academy."
I, Jiangbei, have acted uprightly and honestly. Your Excellency only needs to send someone back to investigate; the matter will be clear immediately.
At this moment, the gatekeeper, who was watching the commotion nearby, heard Yu Mengmeng's name and was startled. He quickly turned around and ran into the academy to report to Dean Tian Yanwujin.
Jiang Tao, standing beside him, snorted angrily, his lowered eyes darting left and right. "Hmph, I think you're just hiding something and trying to stall for time."
It takes half a month to travel from the prefectural city to Pingyao County and back.
However, whether what you said is true or false, we'll have to wait for the adults to send someone to Pingyao to investigate.
Jiang Tao was secretly pleased with himself.
Even if someone investigates, it will be long past the enrollment period. If you want to get into Naxian Academy again, it will be next year.
Having missed a year's worth of studies, Jiangbei is destined to fail the imperial examinations next spring.
Jiang Tao had assumed that Prefect Li would send someone to Pingyao to investigate, but to his surprise, a man came up and pulled Jiang Bei, who was kneeling on the ground, to his feet.
"Why go through all that trouble? Just tear up the recommendation letter. Lord Li, you're here right now, and you're here to send my cousin Miao to school. Just send my cousin in too!"
Lin Xi smiled and turned to look at Prefect Li, who was wiping his sweat. "My lord, one should not trouble two masters with one matter, don't you agree!"
The moment Lin Xi spoke, Prefect Li cursed the ancestors of the troublemaking students a hundred times in his mind.
He wondered why those two were standing there watching the commotion for no reason.
Not only do they watch, but they also "meddle in other people's business"!
It turns out that the two people who were bullied were the ones Lin Xi and Gao Mengli were going to send to the academy!
He wondered if he hadn't checked the almanac today, wondering what all these unpleasant things were.
Prefect Li quickly wiped his forehead, walked up, and nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, you're right!"
I'll personally deliver it; absolutely no one will dare cause trouble!
"S-Sir?"
Jiang Tao was dumbfounded.
Just now, Prefect Li was upright and impartial, but now he's so biased that he's practically telling everyone that he's showing favoritism towards others.
"You still dare to speak?"
Prefect Li was furious and kicked Jiang Tao, saying, "You call yourself a scholar? You spew nonsense and tarnish the noble air of your long robe."
Guards! This boy has torn up the letter of recommendation and shown contempt for the imperial court. Drag him away and give him thirty lashes.
The other accomplices, all shall receive twenty strokes of the cane!
"Your Honor, I've been wronged!!"
The students were shocked. It wasn't the first time they had bullied others, so why were they being punished this time?
The men's stunned gazes instantly turned to Jiang Tao, who was being dragged away by the constables.
It's all his fault. If Jiang Tao hadn't insisted on bullying his half-brother, they wouldn't have had to join in the fun.
Prefect Li waved his hand impatiently, "Drag him away!"
"Yes!"
Several accompanying constables quickly stepped forward to arrest the man.
One of them walked up to the onlookers sitting on a bench eating sunflower seeds and said expressionlessly, "Get up!"
The commoner was startled, scattering the melon seeds in his hand all over the ground, his face full of terror: "My lord, I... I didn't do anything wrong!"
Is it illegal to watch the excitement?
In the short span of time, he thought through all the trivial bad things he had done since he was a child.
Could it be that some trivial matter has come to light?!
Just as he was lost in thought, the bailiff didn't even glance at him, picked up the bench he was sitting on, and turned to leave.
Onlookers: "..."
Call ~
You're scaring yourself...
Jiang Tao was pinned to a stool by two yamen runners, who then beat him with a board.
He clung to the stool leg, cold sweat dripping from his forehead, his bottom aching, but his mouth didn't stop, "My lord, I'm innocent—"
Gao Mengli glanced at Jiang Tao's handling of the situation and was fairly satisfied.
Only then did he walk over to Jiang Bei and ask with concern, "Are you alright?"
Jiang Bei smiled and shook his head: "Sister-in-law, we're fine!"
Zhou Miao, who was standing next to her, chimed in, "Sister-in-law, we're fine!"
Gao Mengli's gaze fell on Zhou Miao, her face full of admiration.
Zhou Miao's support for her family brought her great comfort!
Little did anyone know that after he became a powerful minister in the imperial court, he would become a reliable and powerful backer for Da Niu.
At this moment, Tian Yanwujin, the headmaster of Naxian Academy with a full head of silver hair, hurriedly came out of the academy with the gatekeeper.
"Where are they? Where are they??"
He pushed through the crowd and began a frantic search.
Prefect Li frowned, looking puzzled: "Dean Tian, who are you looking for?"
Upon seeing the prefect, Tian Yanwu quickly clasped his hands and bowed, saying, "Prefect, I heard from the gatekeeper that my student Yu Mengmeng's student has come to the academy, so I came to greet him, but..."
He glanced around, but the gatekeeper didn't tell him what had happened at the entrance of the academy.
A group of people were gathered here, and he really didn't know who Jiangbei was.
Yu Mengmeng was his most outstanding student, but she was kidnapped by that bastard magistrate of Pingyao County just a few days after she resigned from her official post.
Forced to teach and educate people in that godforsaken place.
It was rare for him to write a letter, saying that his apprentice's cousin was coming to study.
But where are they?!
Gao Mengli and Lin Xi exchanged a glance, then turned to look at Dean Tian in front of them.
His hair was completely white, but he didn't have many wrinkles on his face, so he looked to be around fifty years old.
The two turned to look at Jiang Bei, and Lin Xi gently tugged at his sleeve: "Cousin Jiang, he's looking for you!"
Upon hearing the voice, Tian Yanwu immediately stepped forward and excitedly grabbed Jiang Bei's arm: "You're Jiang Bei?!"
Jiang Bei realized what was happening and immediately gave a student's salute: "Student Jiang Bei greets Dean Tian!"
Tian Yanwujin immediately became excited, "Good, good, good! It's good that you're here! Come with me to the academy quickly. I've already arranged your accommodation and class. You can start classes today!"
Yu Mengmeng's students have arrived, so his apprentices won't be far behind!
That's his great-grand-disciple!
"Dean, this is my old classmate and good friend, Zhou Miao!"
Tian Yanwujin had just led Jiangbei towards the academy when he heard this and suddenly turned around.
His gaze fell on the young man in the blue robe behind him.
Zhou Miao bowed respectfully, his handsome features revealed: "Student Zhou Miao greets Dean Tian!"
"Zhou Miao?! Is he the one who topped the list of scholars?"
Tian Yan's eyes lit up, and he took two steps forward to tightly grasp Zhou Miao's wrist. "You are Zhou Miao, who won first place in the Tianfu County Examination with your essay 'On People's Livelihood'?"
Zhou Miao hadn't expected Dean Tian to remember so clearly, and nodded somewhat embarrassedly: "It is indeed a student, but I only got the title by chance."
"Okay, okay!"
Tian Yan's mouth was practically crooked from smiling, and he excitedly patted Zhou Miao on the shoulder.
He turned around and led the two of them toward the academy.
Jiang Tao, who was being punished, was dumbfounded when he saw this scene.
In just six months, how did Jiangbei, this abandoned pawn, manage to have such incredible connections?
He doesn't agree!
His defiance reached its peak, and he immediately shouted, "Dean Tian, don't be fooled by that scoundrel from Jiangbei!"
He's a poor student who can't even afford tuition, yet he's trying to curry favor with you rich people; he must have ulterior motives!