Quickly wear the female supporting role, don't try to take advantage of me

Zheng Jiayu also heard about this incident last night. After visiting the Tong family, he stayed in the inn, waiting for a reply from the Tong family.

I spent the whole day yesterday studying in my room, and asked the waiter to bring my meals to my room. My brain felt bored at night, so I came out for a walk.

As a result, he heard people sitting together whispering. Curious, he sat down to listen to what they were saying. When someone saw him, he walked away and stopped talking.

Later, he asked and found out that many people from the three wealthy families in Tongjiawan had gone to recognize their relatives yesterday with tokens of friendship. He immediately had a bad feeling.

But I didn’t know what was going on for the moment, and I had been planning to go to Tong’s house to ask today.

But as soon as he came out, he found that the three officials had gone to report to the police together, so he hurriedly followed them.

When they arrived at the government office, the county magistrate saw the three officials kneeling down and kowtow, so he asked them to stand up.

Whenever he needed money, he would go to these three people, so he was giving them some face.

"Why are you reporting to the police today?"

Mr. Tong stepped forward and said, "Sir Wang, a scholar named Zheng came to us the other day with a jade ring, saying it was a token of his engagement with my daughter.

But I haven't arranged a marriage for my daughter yet. I was just trying to find out where this man came from when seven more people came yesterday, holding different tokens and saying that they were engaged to my daughter. "

The county magistrate was puzzled: "Are you saying that eight people came to your house with different tokens of love and said that they were engaged to your daughter?"

Mr. Tong nodded: "Yes, not only my family, but also the families of these two officials have people who went there."

Mr. Hao also said quickly: "Master Wang, eight people came to my house yesterday and said they wanted to make a marriage contract with my son."

Mr. Li also said: "Master Wang, it's the same thing in my family. Nine people suddenly came with tokens and said they were my illegitimate children.

But this is pure nonsense. My family has a small fortune and my wife is a virtuous woman. She would not let her child live outside."

The county magistrate also realized that the matter was somewhat serious. He frowned and thought, then asked, "Where are those people now?"

Mr. Tong said, "He is now living in Tongjiawan. The three of us have specially arranged people to keep an eye on him."

The county magistrate immediately ordered the constable to capture them all.

When Zheng Jiayu heard what happened outside, she was so scared that she wanted to run away, but was caught by two servants from the Tong family.

"Sir, this is the first scholar who came. Come and arrest him."

Zheng Jiayu immediately shouted, "Sir, I am innocent. I really have an engagement with the Tong family, but they didn't want to acknowledge it, so they made all these things happen.

It was just to drag the other two families into the water and divert people's attention."

Mr. Tong quickly shook his head: "Sir, he is lying. My daughter is not engaged to anyone."

Lord Wang naturally knew the Tong family, and indeed had not heard that the two children of the Tong family had an engagement, so he asked, "Who is next?"

Zheng Jiayu was forced to kneel and answered, "I am a scholar from Zhengjiawan, my name is Zheng Jiayu, my father and Mr. Tong had business dealings when they were young.

Therefore, a marriage was arranged between the student and Miss Tong. Now the student came to his house to get married, but Mr. Tong despised the student because he was poor and did not want to acknowledge the marriage.

It must have been made by the Tong family themselves. The keepsake ring is still in my possession."

The constable found a jade ring and presented it to the county magistrate.

Hao and Li looked at Tong, who quickly shook his head: "It's not me, if I bribed these people.

Why would you suggest reporting this to the police? Isn't this just walking into a trap?"

The two thought what he said made sense, and Mr. Hao said, "Sir Wang, it was indeed Mr. Tong who suggested reporting to the police. If it is true that the Tong family did all this.

Why would they report to the police? If the swindlers were caught and interrogated, wouldn’t their true identity be exposed? "

The county magistrate looked at Zheng Jiayu with dignity: "Zheng Jiayu, do you have any evidence to prove that this jade ring belongs to Mr. Tong?

How can you prove that this ring is a token of engagement? Do you have a marriage certificate?"

Zheng Jiayu froze for a moment. This was really not the case: "Sir, we... don't have a wedding invitation.

But this jade ring was indeed given to my father by Mr. Tong. At that time, we agreed that we would get married when we grew up.

We are both people who keep our promises, so there is no marriage proposal."

"Haha, that's a joke. When a serious family gets engaged, they always ask for a matchmaker first, then compare the birth dates and horoscopes, and finally write a marriage matching invitation.

How can you just give a token and say something? That doesn't make sense." Mr. Hao said with a sneer.

Zheng Jiayu said anxiously: "It is really a token given by Master Tong, saying that the marriage is arranged. Sir, I am a scholar and I will not lie."

Mr. Tong snorted coldly, "Master Wang, I swear to heaven that I have never arranged any marriage for my daughter, otherwise my family will be destroyed.

Zheng Xiucai, do you dare to swear in public that what you said is true, otherwise you will never pass the imperial examination in this life?"

"I... How can I believe in things like ghosts and gods? It's simply nonsense."

Zheng Jiayu was extremely anxious at this moment. He believed this very much, so how could he possibly swear?

And the fact is that the adults from both families were drunk and talked about it when they woke up. Strictly speaking, they did not have a marriage contract.

Mr. Li looked at him coldly and said, "Don't worry about whether there are ghosts or gods.

Just tell me, can you guarantee that what you said is true? Otherwise, you will never pass the imperial examination in this life."

Zheng Jiayu raised his head and said, "Sir, I have never lied. This ring was indeed given to my father by Mr. Tong. You can go check it out."

The yamen's legal advisor took the ring and looked at it, then said to the county magistrate, "Sir, the jade of this ring is very common, and is worth at most five taels of silver.

There are many families in the town who can afford it, and there is no special mark on the ring, so it cannot prove who the ring belongs to. "

The county magistrate thought about it and temporarily detained Zheng Jiayu. After the other people were arrested, he interrogated them and made the final conclusion.

After the three men left, the bailiffs quickly captured the rest of the people. After interrogation, they found out that they were actually part of a human trafficking gang.

When he was stealing children in Zhengjiawan, he heard that a scholar from the Zheng family was going to Tongjiawan to cheat in marriage. He thought it was a good idea and followed suit.

If they succeed, they will be able to traffic in people better with the cover of several wealthy men from Tongjiawan.

The county magistrate was immediately furious. He made the matter public and then pushed the group of human traffickers to the vegetable market and beheaded them all.

As for Zheng Jiayu, due to his misconduct, Lord Wang and the county magistrate of Zhengjiawan sent him a letter, and decided to strip him of his title and never allow him to take the imperial examinations again.