Among the grandchildren of the Bai family, Bai Mo is one of the best in reading ability. The Bai family does not have no direct descendants to inherit the family business. What they lack is someone who can protect the Bai family in the officialdom. After all, although the Bai family lives in Shanghe,
In this part of the county, the business has already reached several surrounding cities. Even if the Bai family is low-key, their ability to make money can make a lot of money every day. If they are targeted by others and there is no one to protect them,
Then the family property of their Bai family's ancestors has been annexed by others.
Of course, these are only the concerns of the head of the Bai family. After all, after several lifetimes of running the family, how could the head of the Bai family have no background or background? Bai Mo’s biological aunt married Qi Peng’s uncle. And Qi Peng’s uncle
He is the sixth grade general magistrate of Xing'an Prefecture next door. He is located in the prefecture and under Tongzhi. Although his official position is not high, he still has real power. He is in charge of grain transportation, farmland, water conservancy, litigation and other matters.
The two have known each other since they were young. Bai Mo and Qi Peng entered Tianhong Academy because of their true talents and knowledge, and they did not come in through the back door. Of course, there are still people at the same level as Qi Bai's family in Shanghe County.
Among them was the Fang family who had no dealings with Qi Peng and Bai Mo. One month after Bai Mo was admitted to Tianhong Academy, Fang Tangjing of the Fang family was also admitted to Tianhong Academy. Fang Tangjing's family was as powerful as
There is no distinction between the top and bottom of the Bai family. They are all doing business, but the Fang family is very shady. If the Bai family has any new ideas, the same thing will appear in the Fang family in a few days. Moreover, the Fang family has an uncle in Beijing.
Although he was an official in the Imperial Academy, he was only a sixth-grade official, but because he was an official in the capital, he was lucky enough to see the emperor's face, which was even better than that of Uncle Qi Peng.
Therefore, the Fang family is a bit arrogant and domineering in Shanghe County. For example, some common people rely on the skills of their ancestors to do some business. They are named because of the good taste. After the servants of the Fang family tasted it, they offered high prices to the other party.
He went to their restaurant to cook it, and when he got the secret recipe, he kicked the person away. When the owner of the restaurant started making trouble, he even falsely accused the other party of stealing the Fang family's secret recipe, thus getting the family involved in a lawsuit.
Ordinary people did not dare to complain to the government, and the Fang family's attitude showed that they were not afraid, so the family had no choice but to compromise, break their teeth and swallow it. At that time, County Magistrate Li had just arrived in Shanghe County and took office in Shanghe County.
Most of the people did not know who the county magistrate was, and they were afraid that officials and businessmen would collude to unjustly kill him, so the family had no choice but to move out of Shanghe County overnight and start over in a different place.
This kind of thing happened often in the past. Ever since Magistrate Li came, he had to deal with such things in the Fang family several times. Only then did the Fang family restrain themselves. Of course, they would also hate Magistrate Li.
And Fang Tangjing could be said to have learned everything about the Fang family's style of conduct. He got into Tianhong Academy by taking "substitute exams". He spent a lot of money to bribe the tutors who took the entrance exam, and then found one after another.
A scholar who was in difficulty at home and was good at studying took the exam for him. The scholar who took the exam for him at that time originally agreed to help Fang Tangjing pass the exam for him. After that, he re-wrote his own test paper and entered Tianhong Academy.
, he did enter. Within two months of entering, Fang Tangjing secretly broke the man's hand and framed the whole incident on Bai Mo. The injured student was killed by Fang Tangjing at that time.
The person who arranged it was knocked unconscious and remained unconscious. Even if he woke up, there was no evidence to prove that it was Fang Tangjing.
Bai Mo was led over, and happened to see the unconscious student who was taking the exam. He was about to step forward to rescue him, but was "caught on the spot" by someone arranged by Fang Tangjing, and then all kinds of slanders followed.
And then, just when Bai Mo couldn't defend himself.
Yunbei stood up: "Dear classmates, should we first find a doctor to treat this injured classmate?"
"That's right, I'll go find the doctor right away." After hearing what Yunbei said, a student immediately walked out of the crowd.
"How about we carry the people down the mountain first? Wouldn't it be faster for us to just carry them there?" Another kind-hearted student suggested.
Yunbei stood up and stopped him: "No, we don't know exactly where this classmate was injured, but his arm is obviously broken. If his bones were injured again during the move, it might have been possible."
There is no hope of recovery, but if we accidentally hurt him and caused his injury to become more serious, we would not be saving people, but harming them!"
"Hey, luckily this dear friend reminded us, otherwise we might have harmed this classmate."
"That's right, this harmful student is not worthy of being our classmate. How could you be so cruel just because you are jealous that someone is smarter than you?"
"Yes, it's really disgraceful to be associated with him!"
"Report to the mountain chief and expel him from the academy!" A group of people criticized Bai Mo one after another.
Bai Mo was really speechless, so he explained bitterly: "Dear classmates, it's really not me who harmed him. I don't even know who he is, so why should I be jealous?"
"Don't make excuses. I just saw you arguing with Mingming on the road outside the bamboo forest. I was angry and wanted to hit him with a stick in the bamboo forest. He raised his hand to block it, and your arm was broken by you. You are not relieved.
, hit him to the ground with a stick, and when you saw that he had stopped moving, you immediately dropped the stick and ran away in panic." A delicate student angrily accused Bai Mo.
When Yunbei heard this person's words, he became even more suspicious. Looking at Bai Mo who was scratching his head anxiously, Yunbei finally stood up, cited the doubtful points he had discovered, and said: "This dear friend,
You said you just saw this classmate hurting someone on the path outside the bamboo forest. Why didn't you stop him at that time? If you had stopped him before he took action, he wouldn't have had any scruples and wouldn't have taken action."
"If you are afraid that he will hurt you, you can shout loudly on the path opposite the bamboo forest to attract nearby classmates. In this way, the injured man will not be beaten?"
The question raised by Yunbei made the student who spoke just now speechless. He couldn't say that he suddenly had a stomachache and was in a hurry. The school's hut was a bit far away from this place. He couldn't run there and it might be in his pocket.
He came in. He saw that this place was remote and there was no one around. As soon as he squatted down, these two people came. If he opened his mouth to call people, would he lose face? After all, he was squatting in a pit at the time. If he was watched by his classmates,
Here we are, whether he wants to hang out in this academy anymore.
He thought for a while and said with an ugly face: "I was a little uncomfortable at the time. My body was so uncomfortable that I didn't have time to call someone over. I waited for myself to recover and hurriedly went to find someone nearby."
Yunbei continued to ask: "Then how long have you been away?"
