“Why are you also following the nonsense? That Song Si and our Zhang family ……”
“Cough ……,” Zhang Huai coughed twice, holding back the pain.
The matter of calculating Song Si was only known to both him and Master Zhang, not even Lady Zhang had been told.
Mrs. Zhang thought he was having a hard time somewhere and immediately got up and came over, “Huai’er, is he not feeling well again?”
Zhang Huai slowly shook his head, using his greatest strength, “Mother, little, little sister can’t, can’t marry Song, Song Si.”
“Why do you say that too?”
Madam Zhang sat on the round stool beside the bed, “Yao’er has only made this one request since she was a child, Mother said she had to meet it no matter what.”
Zhang Huai’s voice was urgent, “Song, Song Si is, is the one who stole, stole our jade pendant. ”
Mrs. Zhang froze for a moment, she said why the name sounded so familiar, “There is something wrong with his character, but marrying Yao’er is different, our dowry is enough to feed them for the rest of their lives, he naturally won’t do the stealing anymore.”
“No, no.”
Zhang Huai raised his arm in anxiety and tried to go and grab Madam Zhang’s, but sizzled in pain.
Madam Zhang grabbed his, “Mother knows that you are heartbroken that Yao’er married such a person, don’t worry, mother will talk to him properly before Yao’er marries him, if he dares to commit a crime in the future, none of my Zhang family’s property will be given to him.”
“Father ……”
Seeing that Mrs. Zhang could not make sense of it, Zhang Huai anxiously turned towards Master Zhang and asked for help.
Master Zhang understood what he meant, the beam between them and Song Si could never be untied, and it was unlikely that someone like Song Si would marry Yao’er, persuading Madam Zhang, “Alright, don’t let Huai’er follow the worry, let’s go to the flower hall and talk.”
……
By the time Gu Yi’s carriage arrived at the market, the onlookers had long since dispersed and there were several customers eating cold skin.
“Little girl.”
As soon as the carriage stopped, Gu Yi couldn’t wait to jump down from the carriage, “Little Four, this lazy thing, overslept and caused me to not have time to pick you up.”
Little Four silently put the dismounted stool back up again and hung her head low, looking as if she had made a big mistake.
Song Wan Yue looked at Xiao Si the same and pretended to believe Gu Yi’s words, “Such a subordinate who is even lazier than the master I think it’s better not to have.”
Xiao Si jerked her head up.
Gu Yi hadn’t expected Song Wan Yue to say this, so he froze and said in a panic, “He, he has only committed this crime once, I, I have also punished him, moreover I am used to him, changing, changing someone else is also, also not adaptable, still, it is better to keep him.”
Seeing the playfulness in Song Wangyue’s eyes, Xiao Si’s heart dropped and she lowered her head again.
Gu Yi didn’t see it, and as he spoke, he looked at Song Wan Yue’s face, his eyebrows knitted together, thinking that if Song Wan Yue insisted on asking him to replace Xiao Si, would he replace him or not?
“That’s true, he’s usually very diligent.”
Hearing that she didn’t insist on making him change, Gu Yi let out a sigh of relief and dared not continue the topic, “I didn’t eat this morning, I’m going to die of hunger, give me a cold skin.”
Only after he finished his words did he see Song Si to one side and stammered in fear, “Big, big brother.”
Song Si gave a hint, took the bowl Liu Cui Lan handed over, made the seasoning and put it on the empty table to the side, “Come and eat.”
Gu Yi was flattered and pointed at himself in disbelief, “Is it for me?”
Song Si gave him a cool look.
Gu Yi took two big steps over, “Of course it’s for me, thank you big brother!”
“Hey, have you guys heard? The young master of the Zhang family was beaten up last night.”
Gu Yi had just sat down when he heard the person next to him speak, and immediately pricked up his ears.
“Of course I’ve heard, it’s said that he was beaten up so badly that he won’t be able to get out of bed for a month, and he probably won’t even be able to take the exams.”
“It’s a pity, I heard that Mr. Zhang is the most likely person in our county to get a golden ranking.”
“It wasn’t him, it was a man called Song Si, but unfortunately, he stole the jade pendant from the Zhang family and was expelled from the academy. ”
These few people had come from afar to eat the cold skin on purpose, not having seen the scene just now, nor did they know that this was the Song family’s stall, with Song Si standing right beside them.
Song Shen wanted to go over, but was stopped by Song Si.
Even if these few people didn’t say anything, others would.
“Ah? Is it true what you guys are saying?”
Gu Yi held the bowl and curiously came over, squeezed one of its people to the side and sat down straight at the table of these people.
Seeing his skilful movements, the corners of Xiao Si’s mouth twitched.
The few people who were talking looked at him in unison, and then at the empty table next to them.
Gu Yi looked like he was gossiping and urged, “Tell me quickly, what’s going on?”
Seeing that he was well dressed and had come down from the carriage, and was also familiar with the person selling cold skin, a few people did not shoo him away, “We also heard about it, it is said to be the one called Song Si ……”
Gu Yi listened seriously, picked a mouthful of cold skin and ate it, put down his chopsticks, “You guys said this is not right, right? This young master Zhang one did not die father, two did not die mother, did not marry a daughter-in-law, how could this heirloom jade pendant be in his study?”
The few people who spoke looked at each other, they hadn’t really thought about this.
“What else have you heard of a thief who hides stolen goods in his own home? That’s just waiting for someone to find out! Song Si is the smartest person in the college, how could he make such a foolish mistake? I don’t think he stole this jade pendant, it was deliberately planted by someone.”
Several people looked at each other again, thinking that he had a point.
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“So tell me, who was planted?”
“Of course it was the Zhang family, that Zhang Gongzi was jealous that Song Si was smarter than him and was afraid that he would overpower him in the imperial examinations, that’s why he framed Song Si.”
A few people suddenly realized, “If you put it that way, that’s really what happened! I’ve heard that Song Si is a young man with a clear breeze and a bright moon, who has been at the academy for so many years and has never even had an altercation with his fellow students, so how could he do something like stealing?”
Gu Yi also nodded his head, “That’s what happened! How else could it be such a coincidence that Song Si was not allowed to copy books at home in the morning and not at home in the evening, but at this time?”
“Yes, yes, yes.”
Several people agreed, forgetting to keep their voices down.
Song Shen watched all this with dumbfounded eyes, he, how could he not have thought of using this trick to help his big brother.
Liu Cui Lan and Song Shu also stopped cutting and listened with open ears.
Song Si moved his feet forward a little and was pulled back by Song Wan Yue, shaking his head at him.
Bang!
One of its men slapped the table in excitement, “So was it the Song family who beat up Young Master Zhang last night?”
“How is that possible?”
Gu Yi moved the bowl in front of him to the side without a trace, the man had just gotten so excited that his saliva had sprayed into his bowl.
“The Song family is just an average country family, if they were that capable, they would have cleared Song Si of the false accusations long ago, it must be that Master Zhang didn’t know what he had offended, and people are coming back with revenge at this time, just because they don’t want his son to take the imperial examinations!”
