Quick Transmigration: Saving That Cannon Fodder

The first place was thus eliminated, and the second place was promoted in turn.

However, the scene had already descended into chaos, and the remaining matches had to be postponed until tomorrow.

Chi Xing and Liu Yu watched as Wang Zhou was publicly expelled by the headmaster of the academy, and then stripped of his title of Xiucai (a successful candidate in the county-level imperial examination) by the prefect, and even his title of Tongsheng (a student who has passed the lowest level of the imperial examinations).

Wang Zhou was incredulous. Faced with so many people surrounding and mocking him, he couldn't compose any of his own poems and could only pretend to faint on the spot.

He was filled with hatred. How could these poems appear here? This is a fictional dynasty! Who killed him?

Seeing him faint, the students knew they couldn't do anything more, and the prefect sent several constables to take him home.

Furthermore, this matter should be widely publicized so that students can learn from it and prevent Wang Zhou from flaunting his scholar title again in the future.

Upstairs, Liu Yu took a sip of tea and said, "I never expected him to be this kind of person. Back in the village, he even came to me for medical treatment. At the time, I just thought he was a good person."

In the village, everyone called him a jinx, and even though they knew he was learning to treat people, no one would seek his help.

Liu Yu thought that Wang Zhou was the first person besides his mother to believe him, but he never expected it.

Chi Xing knew Wang Zhou's purpose at the time, but Liu Yu did not.

She could only secretly add another mark to Wang Zhou's record; if it weren't for Wang Zhou, she would have been the first person her husband would have sought medical treatment for.

"That's because he has ulterior motives. Ayu, don't get close to that person in the future. I feel like he's always trying to get close to you on purpose. Who knows if he's planning to do something bad?"

That made sense, but Liu Yu felt that Chi Xing was being sarcastic, so he just smiled at Chi Xing without saying anything.

Enraged, Akahoshi took advantage of the fact that they were alone and leaned in to give him a good kiss.

*

Something happened in Lishu Village: Wang Xiucai's title was completely stripped.

The officials themselves told me about this, and I heard that even the prefect was angry.

Someone at the village entrance said, "Really? That Scholar Wang is a great talent!"

The young people in the village immediately retorted: "Tsk, what great talent? I heard the official say the other day that he plagiarized other people's poems. What kind of talent would plagiarize?"

"What plagiarism? It was just directly copied and used. My son happened to be at the poetry gathering that day, and oh my, it was so awful."

"Pah! You're a disgrace to our village."

Everyone else agreed. Wasn't it shameful? After this incident, the academy might not accept any more students from Pear Tree Village.

The county magistrate's good impression of Lishu Village has completely vanished, and he may encounter trouble with the county government in the future if he tries to get anything done.

The villagers now despise the Wang family; how could they have produced such a scholar?

Some people then recalled the incident where Liu Yu seduced Wang Xiucai. Seeing that these people were no longer speaking up for Wang Zhou, the young people in the village also recounted what had happened that day.

It is said that Wang Zhou deliberately wet the grass by the river that day, so that whoever passed by would slip into the river. Who knew that Liu Yu would be so unlucky as to pass by there.

Because of Wang Zhou's reputation in the village, and considering that Liu Yu was a cursed father and mother, the group simply ignored the matter.

Some even blindly followed the crowd and believed that Liu Yu had seduced Wang Zhou.

Some women and husbands, upon hearing this, slapped their thighs and said, "I knew Liu Yu wasn't that kind of person."

"Stop being a Monday morning quarterback. I heard you laughing at Liu Guihua a lot back then," someone couldn't help but sarcastically remark.

"So what? Liu Yu brought misfortune to his father, causing his death, and he also made Liu Guihua sickly. Do you want to live in the same village as him?"

The man fell silent after hearing this. Back then, Liu Guihua was fifteen or sixteen years old, and she looked beautiful and lively. But after giving birth to Liu Yu, she became sickly.

They all believed it belonged to Liu Yuke, so naturally they didn't want to get too close to him.

They didn't notice that the village chief, Fu Lang, was standing at the back of the crowd, listening to these words, and felt guilty.

He also assumed that Liu Yu had seduced Wang Xiucai. Since Liu Yu looked like Liu Guihua, he assumed that Liu Yu had learned Liu Guihua's underhanded methods.

So that's not true? Then didn't he wrongly accuse someone and just watch the child be sold?

The village chief's husband was so preoccupied with these thoughts that he passed by the Chen family, Liu Yu's grandparents' house, on his way back.

Voices could be heard coming from inside.

"I knew Wang Zhou had ulterior motives. He encouraged me to give Grandma advice to sell Liu Yu. If she hadn't sold her to Chi Xing, would we be in such bad shape?"

It was Chen Ziming's voice. This man was close to Wang Zhou, but because his hamstring was severed by a wolf last time, he could only limp now and it was impossible for him to take the imperial examination.

Other members of the Chen family were also injured to varying degrees.

I don’t know if it’s retribution, but these injuries have left them either lame or crippled, and they’ll never recover. People like Chen Ziming can barely walk.

The village chief's expression changed, and he simply stood there and listened for a while.

Old Mrs. Chen said, "That little slut is also shameless. She actually let a wolf bite me. So what if she sold that widow? What use is a woman like her who spends all her time guarding a dead man?"

“Mother, you too. If you hadn’t told us to say in the village that Liu Guihua was unfaithful and seduced men, she might have been married off long ago, and the dowry might have been higher. Why is she like this now?” Chen Da’s wife said with a complaint.

Old Mrs. Chen spat and said, "Who told her to look like a vixen? If she didn't look like that, would anyone else believe it? Even Wu Liu believed it."

When the village chief heard his name, and recalled how he had started to doubt Liu Guihua after hearing a few rumors, his anger flared up.

He kicked the broken door open and pointed inside, yelling, "Well, you heartless family! So you're the ones who spread these rumors!"

Wu Liu, the village chief's husband, was furious. He pointed at Old Lady Chen and cursed her and her family, wishing them all a terrible fate.

He shouted curses, which quickly attracted other villagers to come over.

When everyone heard the truth, they realized that all the stories they had heard about Liu Guihua seducing people over the years were completely fabricated.

People even dared not go out until the sun was high in the sky to avoid hooligans, and would rush home to lock their yard gates before the sun went down.

Over the years, Liu Guihua has just worked quietly and raised her children without bothering them at all. On the contrary, her husband is always looking at others.

They would gossip about it, saying that Liu Guihua was trying to seduce someone else's man.

The villagers didn't think they had done anything wrong; they believed they had been instigated by the Chen family, so it was all the Chen family's fault.