“Fighting violence with violence?”
Huang Xiucai repeated four words.
His intuition told him that the method Su Yu mentioned to restore their reputation was probably not a good one.
But they didn't think of any good solution, so they could only listen to Su Yu quietly.
Before that, Su Yu made sure: "Brother Youming, are you sure your grandfather really never touched that girl?"
Song Youming's face turned red.
"of course not!"
"Back in the village that day, he had never been alone. How could he have the opportunity to do this?"
"After meeting that family at the banquet, my grandfather felt something was wrong and left quickly."
"I came home from school just in time to see him come back, so the time is right."
Su Yu said: "It's not that I don't believe you, I just want to make sure."
"After all, what happens next is similar to that of the people who forced your grandfather."
"So I have to make sure that your grandfather didn't do anything like this."
Song Youming confirmed: "It must not be possible."
"If my grandfather really had this intention, then he would have adopted her as an adopted daughter privately, and there would have been no need for this to happen?"
"Knowing that I am about to take the college entrance examination, my family is worried that it will affect me during this period."
"My grandfather also specially warned my parents."
"But there's nothing we can do now. Even if we have a witness, the other side is determined to kill it. There's really no way to defend it."
Su Yu nodded, indicating that he believed it.
"Since that family doesn't care about their daughter's reputation, even if they ruin her innocence, they still have to rely on your family, so it's better to treat them in the same way as they were treated."
"They want to use rumors to force your family to submit, so as to hinder our imperial examination. Then we can also use rumors to fight back."
What Su Yu wants to say is to defeat rumors with rumors.
The other party slandered Grandpa Song Youming, saying that he had soiled his daughter's innocence.
That same thing.
The Song Youming family could also go the other way, with rumors that their parents sold their daughters for glory.
Even more vicious.
Start with that girl's reputation.
It was directly rumored that she had an affair with someone, and she had no choice but to rely on the Song family.
Thus.
Things could easily be reversed.
It was that family that was accused and whose reputation was ruined.
This approach is indeed somewhat unpopular.
The three people present are all scholars, and I am afraid they all have some disdain for this method.
But other than that, there is really no good way for a while.
After Song Youming listened, he fell silent.
Huang Xiucai was also a little embarrassed.
"This... how can we scholars use these methods?"
Su Yu said calmly: "But no one else would do it because it is a dirty method."
It is difficult for an upright official to stop household affairs.
There are many things that the law cannot handle perfectly.
At this time, using some extraordinary means can often achieve quick results.
Rather than wronging yourself and suffering those bad things.
It is better to let others experience your grievances.
Song Youming said sarcastically: "That's the case..."
"That family dared to do this, and they got away with it."
"The reputation of his girl cannot be improved no matter what."
Huang Xiucai said helplessly: "It's really..."
Doing this would be disrespectful to their status as scholars.
but……
"Since the other party used some dirty tricks first, there is nothing we can do about it."
"But if you want to do this, you have to do it beautifully and not let others catch you."
Song Youming patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, sir, I will discuss it with my parents when I get home."
I originally thought that these two people would have to struggle for a while and have to persuade and lower their moral bottom line before they could accept it.
In the end, I didn't want to, so I accepted this method in a few words.
The continuous sitting system of the ancient imperial examination had both good and bad aspects.
If there is no co-sitting, there is no need for mutual insurance.
So what happened at Song Youming's house today has nothing to do with Su Yu.
And Su Yu didn't have to say these unsavory methods.
But since you have to do it, you can’t think too much.
Mainly to achieve the goal.
Although some things have happened, schoolwork is still the most important.
After saying this, Huang Xiucai continued to teach the two of them.
Nowadays, classes are basically focused on the most important strategies for the exam.
Let’s look at the homework assigned yesterday first.
What makes Huang Xiucai happy is that Su Yu's current writing is much better than when he just returned from the government examination.
He praised a few words and pointed out the shortcomings.
After commenting on the policy discussions that the two of them made yesterday, I also gave them a sample essay.
Because Song Youming's family was busy, Huang Xiucai didn't assign much homework today.
After finishing the arrangement, he waved his hand to let the two of them finish school early.
After Huang Xiucai left, the two packed their things.
Let's walk out of school together.
Song Youming remembered what Su Yu said just now and couldn't help but sigh: "I never thought you would come up with such a method."
Su Yu used to be very boring, the kind of person who just immersed himself in reading and didn't care about anything else.
A lot has changed now.
But the whole person looked polite and easy to get along with.
So what Su Yu said just now really surprised Song Youming a lot.
Su Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "Brother Youming, do you think that as a scholar, I shouldn't say such things?"
Song Youming scratched his head and said with some embarrassment: "Master was here just now, so I can't say anything."
He lowered his voice.
"But I think your method is really good."
"Why do those people use such despicable methods and my family has to pay them to solve this problem?"
"Instead of doing this, it is better to spend the money where it should be spent."
"Let them also have a taste of this rumor."
"It makes me happy to think about it this way."
Su Yu chuckled lightly.
Okay, there is Brother Ming.
Otherwise, how can we become classmates and mutual sponsors? It turns out that you are also such a person.
The two parted at the entrance of the school.
Song Youming hurried home to deal with the matter, while Su Yu went to the market.
I bought some meat and vegetables as usual, and also went to a restaurant in town to pack some pastries.
Then he hurried back home.
...
After returning home, Gu Changle was already up.
When she saw Su Yu pushing the door open and sitting in the main room waiting, she took a look and quickly looked away.
She knew that her face was very hot and she was probably blushing.
But he still coughed lightly and whispered: "You are back..."
Su Yu's face was a little red, but he still replied shamelessly: "Yeah."
"I bought you some pastries, I wonder if you like them."
Gu Changle didn't look at it and said thank you casually.
The atmosphere was really strange and she couldn't sit still.
He stood up directly and said, "I, I'll go get the food out."
After saying that, he left the scene as if running away.
Seeing her look, Su Yu couldn't help but chuckle.
When I see Gu Changle, he always seems to be very calm, as if he is unfazed by the collapse of the mountain.
I didn't expect to be so shy.
