It is said that scholars are the most passionate, especially Zhang Yiju, who is not just passionate but promiscuous. A man who can marry five concubines in the future is naturally very compassionate and cherishing.

Feeling distressed when seeing Chu Wanwan crying, he patted her back soothingly and then looked at Chu Xiao.

He said righteously, "Chu Xiaoxiao, how can you slander your cousin who grew up with you? The Chu family has raised you for eleven years. Even if you are disrespectful to your elders, you should not speak nonsense, not to mention throwing dirty water on your family. You are not only unfilial but also unkind and unjust."

"Who do you think you are? You are just making excuses for your little lover. Could it be that you were the one who lifted the roof off her house last night? Otherwise, why would you think I was slandering you?"

Chu Xiao's words left Zhang Xiucai speechless.

He just shook his head and muttered, "The country bumpkin is making such outrageous remarks."

Everyone present was a farmer, known as a village ruffian. They all looked at Mr. Zhang with unfriendly eyes.

So what if he is a scholar? He still has to live in the village and associate with these peasants. Who is he looking down on?

Chu Xiao didn't expect that this scholar was also a brainless person and almost caused public outrage. However, he was a little annoyed and wanted to end the battle quickly.

"Alright, I'm too lazy to waste time talking to you. The villagers can see clearly what is right and wrong. I, Chu Xiaoshang, have done my duty to the world and the earth. I have a clear conscience. It's you who have done too many bad things and encountered a ghost in the middle of the night."

Chu Xiao looked at the people one by one and said, "If you insist on accusing me, then let's go to the government office together. I believe that the county magistrate is fair and strict, and I also believe that the villagers will testify for me. I am upright and have nothing to fear."

As soon as Chu Xiao finished speaking, Wang Wu clapped his hands and cheered: "Brother Xiao, well said, we all believe you."

Some villagers also agreed, but they were a minority after all, and most people still chose to stand by and watch.

Chu Laoer and his group were all ashamed, but there were always people who wanted to be clowns and didn't care at all about what others said. They thought no one in the world was as reasonable as them.

"I exchanged six acres of land for Chu Xiaoxiao's silver. Now the silver is gone, you have to return the land to me." Li Xiulan is a shameless person who wants money. She just asks for it without hesitation.

Damn, Chu Xiao felt like swearing, the kind that includes a lot of swear words.

"Brother Shen, we exchanged ginseng for the land, but someone still wants to default on the debt." Chu Xiao changed his sharp words just now, took Yan Zhenshen's hand and said with grievance: "Brother Shen, they bullied me."

"Let's see who dares?" Yan Zhenshen said in a cold voice. Li Xiulan trembled. As a woman, she was naturally afraid when facing the hunter with a cold face.

Chu Xiao pretended to be powerful: "That ginseng belongs to my brother Shen, and the land naturally belongs to my brother Shen as well. If you don't want to die, come and rob it. Let's see if your man is strong enough to punch my brother Shen."

Chu Lao Er spoke up at this time: "Xiao Xiao, Uncle Er doesn't want to believe that you took the silver from our family, but how can outsiders know where the silver is except for family members?"

"Who are my family members?" Chu Xiao tilted his head and looked at Chu Lao Er up and down: "I don't have any family members who occupy my brothers' property and treat my nephew as a slave."

"My current family saves delicious food for me, makes new clothes for me first, doesn't want me to do heavy work, cares about me and loves me. This is my family."

Chu Lao Er's face turned ugly when he heard that: "But your last name is Chu after all, this is a fact that cannot be changed."

"There are so many people with the last name Chu, they must all be related to you, Chu Lao Er. Aren't you too shameless?" Chu Xiao said without giving him face: "Chu Lao Er, let me tell you, I, Chu Xiao, have nothing to do with you. Don't always use your bullshit family relationship to pressure me. You don't deserve it."

"Are you really not afraid that we will report you to the police?" Although Chu Lao Er had lost all his face, he still felt embarrassed to be told this. He threatened, "Don't even mention whether you stole the money. Just for your crime of being disrespectful to your elders, you will be sent to jail."

"Then let's go and sue the officials." Yan Zhenshen pulled Chu Xiao over and pulled her behind him, saying coldly: "Chu Xiao has married into my Yan family, so she is a member of my Yan family. It is the duty of a married young man to respect his parents, but I have never heard of respecting his uncles and aunts. What's more, you slandered me for no reason. This matter should really be settled by the county magistrate."

Chu Laoer's lips trembled with anger, but seeing that Yan the Hunter, who was usually taciturn, said so many words at once, he was afraid that if he said anything more, he would start to attack. He didn't want to be beaten, so he pulled Li Xiulan away.

When Chu Wanwan saw her parents leave, she looked at Zhang Yiju hesitantly, but got no response. Feeling a little sad, she quickly chased after them.

She was so angry that Chu Xiaoxiao ruined her reputation. How could she marry Brother Yi Ju?

Since the Chu family had left, there was naturally no reason for Mr. Zhang to stay. He snorted coldly, turned around and left.

The farce came to an end, and the villagers began to talk again, but no one said anything wrong about Chu Xiao and Yan Zhenshen.

"This Li Xiulan is really shameless. She asked me to return the land after the money from selling the land was lost. This is the first time I have seen this."

"Isn't Mr. Zhang also a peasant? He looks down on villagers just because he passed the imperial examination. He is really a dog that looks down on others."

Chu Xiao listened to a few words casually and planned to go back. He originally came to join in the fun, but he didn't find out that Chu Laoer's family were not all fools. They actually could associate him with him. But so what? Who can produce evidence?

Wang Wu saw the two of them leave, so he pulled his husband and followed them, looking at Yan Zhenshen with a smile.

"It's really rare that our famous taciturn man can actually say so many words at once. But Boss Yan, aren't you afraid that they will really go to the authorities to sue? Zhang Yiju is a scholar, and he must have met the county magistrate."

Yan Zhenshen looked at Wang Wu expressionlessly, then immediately became silent and ignored him.

Chu Xiao smiled and replied: "What's wrong with the scholar? I still have a grandfather Lu, he is the chief clerk, an official."

Wang Wu slapped his thigh and said, "Yes, how could I have forgotten about this? Then we don't have to be afraid of them. If they dare to sue the officials, we will sue them for slander and let them all go to jail."

Chu Xiao chuckled twice. He didn't think that Chu Lao Er had the courage to file a complaint with the authorities. It was just talk. Even if he really did file a complaint, it would be strange if the county magistrate would pay attention to him without any evidence. He should just consider himself unlucky for losing the money. If Brother Shen hadn't stopped him, he would have made that family even more unlucky.

Luo Ge'er came up to Chu Xiao and said with envy, "Xiao Ge'er, you are really amazing now. When Li Xiulan gets angry, the villagers are always helpless. I didn't expect her face to turn red because of what you said."

"To deal with someone like that, you have to find her weak spot. She is greedy and attaches great importance to money. Making her lose money is the best means of revenge." Chu Xiao said it unintentionally, but Luo Ge heard something fishy.

"Then do you know who took the money from Mr. Chu's family?"

Chu Xiao turned his head to look at him: "Guess?"

Luo Ge chuckled: "I won't guess, no matter who it is, it's all justice for the heaven."

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