"We just arrived in Beijing. It's impossible that this has anything to do with your wife!"
"Stop it, we are the juren!"
Fan Weiyan's two friends who had passed the imperial examination wanted to stop him, but the man who had assaulted Fan Weiyan refused to listen: "I saw it with my own eyes, how could it be false?"
After saying that, he slapped Fan Weiyan twice, making his face swollen.
Seeing this, people around also pointed fingers at Fan Weiyan.
The man who beat them up had a Beijing accent, and they thought no one would take the initiative to cuckold them... Fan Weiyan probably really had an affair with the man's wife!
As for Fan Weiyan being a juren... they certainly wouldn't dare to offend a juren, but it's so interesting to see a juren make fun of him!
Jin Xiaoye was just watching the fun.
Jin Xiaoye knew that Fan Weiyan had just arrived in Beijing and it was impossible for him to hook up with that man's wife, but Fan Weiyan was not a good guy, and she felt happy seeing Fan Weiyan being beaten.
When the Li family got into trouble due to the flood in Yu County, it was natural for Fan Weiyan to divorce his wife for fear of being implicated, and Jin Xiaoye could understand that.
But what does it mean to divorce a wife and not let her take away her dowry
If Fan Weiyan had any conscience, he should take care of his wife and daughter after divorcing her and find a place for them to settle down, instead of ignoring them and not knowing where they are going.
Shopkeeper Mu turned his head and saw Jin Xiaoye watching the fun with excitement, and the corners of his mouth curled up.
She was becoming more and more fond of the shopkeeper Jin of Jinye Embroidery Workshop.
After retracting his gaze, Shopkeeper Mu looked at Fan Weiyan again.
The man who approached Fan Weiyan and told him that he was having an affair with his wife was a subordinate of Shopkeeper Mu.
It was not easy for her to kill a scholar at will, but it was easy for her to teach Fan Weiyan a lesson.
Fan Weiyan had explained it long ago, but it was no use... He had no choice but to suddenly shout, "I am Li Zhao's son-in-law, I am the son-in-law of Li Zhao who wrote "The Strategies for Controlling Water"!"
After he shouted this, the people around him were stunned: "Li Zhao? The county magistrate who was mistakenly killed?"
"Is he the son-in-law of Li Zhao in the opera?"
"That person must have recognized the wrong person. Li Zhao's son-in-law wouldn't do such a thing, right?"
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After Fan Weiyan shouted that he was Li Zhao's son-in-law, passers-by around him began to speak up for him.
Although "Record of Escape from Famine" is famous, the people who have read it are mainly scholars. In some remote provinces, even scholars may not have read it.
Ordinary people know even less about the contents of this book. Many people don’t even know about this book or the person called “Li Zhao”.
But the capital is different.
Shopkeeper Mu is devoted to his father
In order to overturn the verdict, after reading "The Record of Escape from Famine", he immediately asked someone to write a play with Li Zhao as the protagonist, and then let a troupe learn it and perform it everywhere in the capital.
Compared to listening to storytellers telling tragic stories about fleeing famine, the common people undoubtedly preferred watching plays. They were also impressed by Li Zhao and thought he was a rare good official.
Now, this good official's son-in-law was beaten!
Someone immediately stepped forward to stop him: "Wait a minute, did you recognize the wrong person?"
"He is a scholar, so why would he seduce your wife?"