After the cannon fodder father and daughter married into the family, the whole family regretted it

That's right, living off a rich woman and marrying her may be considered unmanly at best, but at least he's still a man.

But if you are living off a gigolo and want to destroy his job, then aren't you an ungrateful person and not a human being?

Fang Jin's face flushed red: "You! You bitch! You are a slut!"

"Bah! My daughter is at most a playboy and a true character. Someone like you who is hypocritical, greedy, and lustful and dares not admit it is despicable."

Even at this time, Landlord Wang did not forget to protect his daughter.

"Not only are you despicable, you're also shameless. You've been sucking blood from the Fang family for over thirty years, secretly encouraging your own parents to act like villains and exploit your two younger brothers while you sit back and reap the benefits. You've skinned the Fang family and drank their blood, and now you're calling them dirtbags. You're the most shameless person in the world."

"Clap clap clap!"

Fang Nanzhi couldn't help but clap his hands. Well said, very well said.

These witty remarks don't sound like something Landlord Wang would say.

It is said that people who are familiar with each other know each other best, which accurately summarizes Fang Jin's character.

When Meng Lan saw this, she started to applaud.

The prefect looked at the two helplessly, coughed twice, and said sternly: "Silence, this is the court, this is not the place for you to quarrel."

Fang Jin lifted his robe and knelt. "Sir, Landlord Wang colluded with others to murder me. Even now, I've been harmed like this, and he shows no remorse. Sir, please help me."

"Don't worry, I will find out the truth."

The prefect looked at him meaningfully.

Soon, another witness was brought into court.

It was Master Chen. He was wearing a blue robe, but it had many holes in it, and there was straw stuck on his head. He no longer had the glory of participating in poetry gatherings in Huainan Prefecture.

He was sent to the capital together with the Wang family father and daughter.

He was a juren, and he knew better what this incident meant. His reputation would be ruined in his later years. His reputation would be ruined in his later years.

He and Fang Jin looked at each other and looked away silently.

Fang Jin is a bad person in many ways, but for the sake of his future, he has always respected his teachers.

Therefore, Master Chen felt somewhat apologetic.

"Tell me, why did you accept Fang Jin as your disciple?" asked the prefect.

"It's been twenty years since I passed the imperial examination. Twenty years. At the beginning, I was full of ambition, wanting to go further, but in the end, my edges were smoothed out and I had to accept reality."

"Life is not difficult for a juren. He can open a school, collect tuition fees, and his family's land is tax-free, so he can live a decent life."

"But it's hard to live a good and respectable life. The matter of accepting Fang Jin as a disciple was entrusted by the steward Chen of the Earl of Changping."

"I have no connection with him, but I have some friendship with his wife's brother, who recommended me to him. Steward Chen wants me to take him in as a disciple. He needs to teach me attentively, but he doesn't need Fang Jin to become a successful person."

Master Chen sighed repeatedly, recalling the past, and seemed to have many regrets.

"I understand now. You only need to appear to be sincere. The Bo family does not want Fang Jin to succeed in the imperial examination."

The prefect raised his eyebrows. This was the second time he heard of the Changping Marquis' Mansion.

What a surprise.

"What is the position of Steward Chen in the Bo Mansion?"

"My lord, Manager Chen is the general manager of the Earl's Mansion's external business operations and holds real power. His elder brother is the steward of the Earl's Mansion." Master Chen knew a lot, which should have been told by his wife's brother.

The prefect stroked his beard and asked, "Wang Yonggui, who contacted you after you joined the Bo Mansion?"

"It's a manager named Su, but I know that his superior is the manager Chen," Wang Yonggui said.

The prefect was certain that Manager Chen was a key figure, and immediately sent someone to the Earl's Mansion to invite him.

"It's probably impossible to invite him." Meng Lan lowered his voice.

Mrs. Meng, Qian Fengping and others nodded.

The Bo family is not stupid. They knew that Fang Jin had complained a long time ago, so the key figures were either hidden or dealt with.

In the court, the lord asked Master Chen to continue speaking.

"It's not difficult to prevent Fang Jin from passing the exam. He has average talent, a weak mind, and is too ambitious. I only occasionally take him to see the romantic world, but he can't control himself."

Mr. Fang, who had originally had no expression on his face, turned to look at his son in shock.

Fang Jin also could not accept what Master Chen said. In his opinion, Master Chen wanted to escape punishment and deliberately belittled and spread rumors about him.

"You're talking nonsense! It's obvious that you bribed the examiner and cheated, which is why I keep failing!"

Master Chen was not angry, but looked at him calmly with a hint of pity.

"How could I, a mere juren, possess such power? In fact, you failed most of the time in those years. The only two times you made it onto the list were probably at the bottom, and I didn't even need to bribe anyone. Just spread the news that you nearly participated in cheating in the imperial examinations, forcing your own brother to marry into your wife's family and your first wife to become a concubine, and no examiner would be willing to choose you."

Master Chen was telling the truth. Fang Jin himself didn't know that his reputation had been ruined because of what he had done.

In addition, Fang Jin's talent is ordinary and insignificant.

Who would be willing to protect a mediocre student with a bad reputation?

So after hearing the news, Fang Jin's ranking easily dropped.

In other words, if Fang Jin really had amazing talent and was appreciated by the examiner, even if he had a bad reputation, the examiner would still investigate and measure him and would not reject him at will.

If you check, you will find that Fang Jin's parents at least praised their son's filial piety, which is the basic principle. As for the matter of bullying his brothers, it can be a big deal or a small one.

Unfortunately, no one investigated, Fang Jin didn’t have that much nerve.

These words were as humiliating as slapping Fang Jin in public. His eyes almost popped out and he wanted to eat someone.

"You're talking nonsense, Master Chen. Are you afraid to speak out? There's definitely something fishy going on in the Huainan Prefecture, with all the people cheating in the imperial examinations. They're just like you, accepting bribes from the Bo Mansion!"

Master Chen shook his head.

"No."

"To be honest, life has been pretty easy since I accepted you as my apprentice. The money the Earl's Mansion sends me every year is like free money."

If he did not give gifts and just spread some "truths", the examiners would consider the student's reputation and refuse to admit him, which is in accordance with the rules and does not really count as cheating in the imperial examination.

But in this world, the truth is the most touching.

Fang Jin gritted his teeth and said, "It's all your fault. You deliberately didn't teach me well and ruined this good seedling of mine!"

"Hahaha." Master Chen suddenly laughed. "What good seedling? Do you have a photographic memory? Or are you exceptionally intelligent? None of that! You can barely memorize a book after reciting it five or six times, and forget it after two days. How can you be considered a good seedling?"

"Fang Jin, Fang Jin, since we're master and disciple, I'll tell you the truth. Your talent is that of an ordinary person, a mediocre person. But if an ordinary person has perseverance and is willing to endure hardships, there may be a glimmer of hope for the imperial examination."

"For someone like you, lazy, eager for quick success, and weak-minded, your fate in this life is to be limited to being a student at best."