Chapter 149 My Evil Friend (6)
Chapter 149 My Evil Friend (6)
A few days later, Zhou Fugui sent a message to Zhou Wangcai, asking him to stay in the village and not to go back for the time being.
His marriage could no longer be saved, and the Wang family hated the Zhou family so much that they even started to punish them.
The most urgent task is to save Zhou Wangfu's marriage and win over the Song family.
But businessmen value profit the most. The Song family took Qiao away at this time, and the condition was that they would borrow one by one, so Zhou Fugui had no choice but to accept it all.
This includes Zhou Wangcai not being able to go home, so as not to lead his younger brother astray.
There was even a rumor that the business might be passed on to Zhou Wangfu in the future.
After all, Zhou Wangcai is no longer worthy of marriage alliance, his reputation is ruined, and his face is ruined, so it is difficult for him to show up in public to do business.
In the original plot, the Zhou family relied on the help of their two in-laws to avoid this crisis and even took their family business to a higher level.
But things are really not going well now, and Zhou Fugui has no time to care about Zhou Wangcai's feelings.
Zhou Wangcai was so angry that he smashed things around at home for several days. He smashed everything in the house. Now, the only one who was with him was Lai Yun, who was so scared that he didn't dare to get close to him.
Finally, he was exhausted and sat on the ground gasping for breath. Lai Yun came over tremblingly to persuade him to calm down, "The doctor said that the more angry you are, the more it will affect the recovery of your wound. You must not get angry."
"What if he recovers? If you have the guts, ask him to remove the scar for me!"
Laiyun: ...This is really impossible!
At this time, there was a burst of firecrackers outside. Zhou Wangcai listened carefully and found that it came from the next yard. There seemed to be laughter and joy. He said hoarsely, "Go and ask, what's going on?"
Lai Yun went away trembling, and came back soon, "I heard that Ning Ning passed the imperial examination. The villagers said it was rare to have such a young scholar, and they all came to congratulate him."
"What? He passed the exam? He actually passed the exam!"
Zhou Wangcai felt cold all over and rushed to the courtyard wall regardless of everything, listening to the noise.
He didn't want to meet people with this face, so he could only eavesdrop like a thief.
Sure enough, there was a constant stream of congratulations from the other side, and everyone was saying auspicious words. Someone who had more contact with the Ning family said, "Fortunately you didn't listen to that person and sent Aning to school. I said that our Aning is definitely a blessed person. I think he said those discouraging words because he was jealous of Aning and didn't want Aning to make progress."
Father Ning waved his hand and said, "Well, on a happy day, we should just talk about our own affairs and ignore other people's gossip."
"Yes, yes, let's not mention the discouraged people."
Zhou Wangcai was not a villager to begin with, and what he had done was known to everyone. They were all fed up with him, and he could no longer wear the mask of being sensible and reasonable.
How dare these low-class, country folk speak rudely to me!
Zhou Wangcai has always been conceited, but now he is despised by the people he looks down upon. It is such a shame and humiliation!
The reason they dare to make up such stories about him is because Ning Ning has made great achievements!
No, anyone can ride on his head except Ning Ning!
He had to find a way to pull Ning Ning down!
what should I do?
He bit his nails until they were completely bald, but he didn't stop until his fingers were covered in blood, but he was unaware!
Finally, his eyes lit up and he came up with a "good idea".
Scholars value reputation the most. Ning Ning is just starting out and people don’t know much about him, so it’s relatively easy to ruin him.
Unfortunately, after waiting for a few days, he found that Ning Ning still stayed in the town to study and rarely came back.
After this incident, they lost contact, and Zhou Wangcai didn't even want to go out. He couldn't contact Ning Ning, so there was no way for him to be blamed.
So, he simply made up his mind and set his sights on Ning's father.
If Ning's father could be framed for theft, Ning Ning'an could be charged with having a bad family tradition and his path to success could be ruined.
He told Lai Yun about his idea, and Lai Yun's face was as sad as a bitter gourd, "Young Master, you should quickly think about how to please the master and take you back. Ning Ning is a scholar after all, and he has no grudge against you, so why bother with him!"
"How come there is no hatred? If he hadn't encouraged me to go to a private school, would I have known those people? Now I even doubt whether he planned it all! Humph, my father would rather not have a son like me. It's useless to please him. Help me deal with Ning Ning first!"
"But, this..."
"What? Even you don't listen to me? Let me tell you, you are my personal servant. Even if you immediately go to curry favor with that bastard Zhou Wangfu, he won't dare to believe you. You have no other choice but to follow me!"
"You misunderstood, I really just care about you!"
"Stop talking nonsense. If you really want to do this for my own good, let me deal with Ning Ning first. I can also let out a sigh of relief. Otherwise, the young master will suffocate to death!"
"Okay, I'll listen to you then."
So, according to his instructions, Lai Yun found a dog, saying that Zhou Wangcai had nothing to do and wanted to raise the dog to pass the time.
A few days later, while the gate of the Ning family was open, he drove the dog over, and then he hurriedly chased after it, "Hey, hey, why is this dog running around? Please help me catch it! Hey, it can really run! Oh, it ran behind the house!"
There were many such things happening in the village. Ning's father and mother were busy catching the dog. While no one was paying attention, Zhou Wangcai used the skills he had trained from his daily mischief to climb over the wall, ran quickly to the inner room, took out the jade pendant from his arms, and stuffed it into Ning's father and mother's cabinet!
He doesn't have many valuable things with him now, but this jade pendant is something he has worn since he was born. It is a rare and beautiful jade, and it is definitely enough to use it to frame Ning's father.
It just so happened that the Ning family was his neighbor, so he could frame Ning's father for stealing the jade pendant, slander Ning Ning's family tradition, and ruin his path to the imperial examination. It would be best if he could make him lose his reputation as a scholar.
He put the jade pendant away proudly, but as soon as he turned around, he was dumbfounded!
The head of the Ning family, several clan elders, and two village chiefs were all standing at the door, looking at him angrily!
"You...when did you come?"
Zhou Wangcai was terrified. The Ning family leader snorted coldly, "It's early enough, so early that we have seen everything we should see!"
"No, no, you misunderstood. I lost the jade pendant, but I was afraid to make it public, so I came here to look for it. I just..."
"Bullshit! We all saw it all, and you still dare to slander a good person!"
"You can talk to him if you have something to say!"
As he was talking, Lai Yun was escorted in with his head down, "Master, please don't blame me, I really didn't want to tell anyone. But Ning Ning came back these two days, and I looked a little strange, and he noticed it, so, so..."
"You bastard! How dare you betray me!"
Zhou Wangcai rushed forward and tried to fight him, but was caught by the crowd. "Don't waste your time talking to him. Just arrest him and take him to the authorities!"
With both witnesses and evidence present, the Zhou family was powerless to protect him.
In fact, Zhou Fugui didn't want to protect him at all.
After this incident, the Zhou family's reputation became even worse, and their marriage with the Song family was completely cancelled. Under the pressure from several families, they quickly declined, and even after mortgaging their shops and houses, it was still not enough to pay off their debts.
Zhou Fugui has a hard time staying alive, and he hates Zhou Wangcai so much that how can he raise money to help him?
He was sentenced to exile. He could not endure hardship and had no benefits to offer to the officers, so he suffered even more torture. He died before he even reached the place of exile!
The mission has been understood. How far one can go in the imperial examination in the future depends on the original body's efforts. Ning Ning and the system left this world.
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