Wei Chen's first reaction when he heard that Sun Zhigao also passed the third-class exam was surprise. After all, in Wei Chen's mind, Sun Zhigao had always been an image of someone who was not doing his job properly and was just doing nothing.
But after thinking about it, Wei Chen was relieved. Sun Zhigao was already an old student after all. If he didn't even have this ability, he would have been deprived of his fame long ago, and he would not be able to stay in You safely until now. Yangxian County School.
Speaking of which, Sun Zhigao even gave Wei Chen a half-day lecture, but Wei Chen never paid him a homage and never regarded him as his teacher.
Ever since Sun Zhigao was dismissed from Shengshi Yixue, Wei Chen has never had any interaction with him.
If he hadn't heard his name from Walrus Gan's mouth this time, Wei Chen might have almost forgotten that there was such a famous person.
After the results of the annual examination were announced, the academic walruses left first, and more than 300 prefecture and county students also dispersed.
After coming out of Fuxue Academy, Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai met up with old friends such as Chen Jun and Tao Dazhi for a reunion.
Wei Chen, Chen Jun and Tao Dazhi were all old classmates of Sheng's Free School. Naturally, during the dinner, they couldn't help but talk about their time studying at Sheng's Free School.
Last year, in the boy's examination, among the dozen candidates from the Sheng Family Free School, three talented people were selected at one go, including Wei Chen, a junior San Yuan from Jiangning Prefecture who only produced one in 50 years. Such an astonishing success rate makes Sheng's Yi Xue became famous in Jiangning Mansion.
There was an endless stream of students who came to Sheng's Volunteer School to study. The threshold of Sheng's Volunteer School was almost broken. In the end, they had to raise the admission standards to barely survive this wave of registration.
Even so, the number of students enrolled at the end of last year was several times that of previous years, and the quality has also improved a lot. Of course, with it, there is also a shortage of teachers.
Originally, there was only one tutor, Lin Yan, and two sitting boys in the free school. Moreover, the level of these two sitting boys was not high enough. At most, they could only give Lin Yan a beating.
Although Lin Yan was a rare master, he was unable to cope with the more than 200 newly enrolled students and urgently needed someone to share the pressure for him.
It happened that Chen Jun was selected as a scholar and returned to Youyang to study. Sheng Wei set his sights on this outstanding alumnus and hired him with a large sum of money to serve as a tutor at Sheng's free school.
Chen Jun comes from a poor family and has no subsidy for junior students. Being admitted as a student member did not improve his life much. Naturally, he would be happy to get an extra salary as a teacher.
What's more, the pride of returning to the place where I studied to be a teacher is unparalleled.
Therefore, Chen Jun readily accepted Sheng Wei's invitation. Before coming to Jiangning Mansion to take the annual exam, Chen Jun had already attended free classes for more than a month. It was said that he was very popular among students. Even Lin Yan was impressed by Chen Jun's teachings. The teaching level is full of praise.
At the banquet, Wei Chen and others looked at Chen Jun, who was in high spirits when the matter was mentioned, and were filled with emotion.
Once upon a time, Chen Jun was still an introverted student who was too nervous to speak in front of academic administration, but now he has transformed into a teacher who can speak eloquently in front of dozens or hundreds of students.
Chen Jun drank a few glasses of wine, and the conversation became more and more intense. He talked about what he had learned in Youyang County, and as he talked, he talked about his former teacher Sun Zhigao.
Before Wei Chen entered Sheng's Free School, Chen Jun had already stayed in the Free School for a year. At that time, Sun Zhigao was still the teacher of the Free School. Therefore, Chen Jun had always treated him as a teacher.
After Chen Jun entered school, he studied with Sun Zhigao in Youyang County, and the two became classmates since then.
At the end of last year, Sun Zhigao heard from somewhere that Chen Jun was invited to be a tutor at Sheng's Free School, and then he began to target Chen Jun everywhere in the county school.
Relying on his status as a former teacher, he yelled at Chen Jun, almost treating Chen Jun as a domestic servant, which made Chen Jun lose face in front of other classmates.
Due to etiquette and law, Chen Jun could not argue with Sun Zhigao, so he had to hide and avoid whenever he could. If he couldn't avoid it, he could only swallow his anger and let Sun Zhigao drive him.
Therefore, Chen Jun had been holding back his anger for a long time and was depressed. This time, it was at a gathering of old friends that he finally vented his anger with the help of alcohol.
After hearing what happened to Chen Jun, the other people at the table were all very angry: "This Sun Zhigao's books have been read into the dog's belly. He is simply not a human teacher!"
Wei Chen also shook his head: "That's the extent of this person's mind and magnanimity."
Wei Chen suddenly thought of a question.
"Chen Jun had more or less a teacher-student relationship with Sun Zhigao. Sun Zhigao was too noble to tolerate him. I was the culprit who caused Sun Zhigao to be dismissed from the free school. Will Sun Zhigao bear grudges against me?"
Thinking of this and recalling the fact that someone instigated Guo Lei to frame him during the annual examination, Wei Chen felt more and more that Sun Zhigao was deeply suspicious.
At the banquet, several old friends had a hearty chat and left happily. When Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai returned home, they saw Sheng Changfeng running over happily, followed by his cousin Sheng Changwu.
Both are martial arts practitioners. Although Gu Tingye has a strong body, his steps are still light and agile. As for Sheng Changwu, he may be a poor teacher and he doesn't practice properly, and he has a tendency to develop into a fool. Sheng Changfeng stood next to his cousin, looking like a little chicken.
However, since Sheng Changwu can appear here, it means that there should be some clues about the tracking.
As Wei Chen expected, as soon as Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai entered the door, Sheng Changfeng said excitedly: "Two brothers, cousin Changwu and I have found clues about Guo Lei!"
When Wei Chen and Sheng Changbai heard this, they both turned their attention to Sheng Changwu who was not far away.
Sheng Changwu spoke and acted in a martial style, without any hesitation. After bowing his hands to the two of them, he went straight to the point:
"My people found out that Guo Lei's wife was seriously ill. In order to save her, Guo Lei borrowed usury money from Bai Deyan, the owner of Yulong Pawn Shop, with a principal of twenty taels, for a period of three months, and a monthly interest of five cents."
Sheng Changbai sighed and said: "This is as cruel as the pawn shop's nine out of ten returns. It shows that Guo Lei is also forced by life and has no choice."
Wei Chen said calmly: "Ze Cheng is right. This Guo Lei has extenuating circumstances, and a small punishment or a big warning is all. The person behind the scenes is the real culprit, and I will never let him go. "
After saying that, Wei Chen turned to look at Sheng Changwu and asked slowly: "What is the background of Bai Deyan, the owner of Yulong Pawn Shop?"
"Actually, this Yulong Pawnshop is the property of my Sheng family." Sheng Changwu mentioned this with a somewhat unnatural look on his face: "But when my eldest sister married into the Sun family, this pawnshop also came with her, and now the shopkeeper is in charge Bai Deyan is that grandma's nephew."
Sheng Changwu’s eldest sister?
Wei Chen was slightly startled, then realized immediately, wasn't that Sheng Shulan who married Sun Zhigao?
According to this theory, Yulong Pawnshop was Sheng Shulan's dowry. He followed Sheng Shulan to Sun's house and somehow fell into the hands of Sun's mother's nephew Bai Deyan. And this Bai Deyan happened to soil Wei Chen's papers in the examination room. Guo Lei's creditor.
Thinking of this, Wei Chen couldn't help but sneer: "What a coincidence, what a coincidence!"
