The Ding family's reputation in Runzhou City has plummeted, and it has reached the point where public resentment is boiling, and various versions are rumored on the streets and alleys, hiring murderers and poisoning people, especially involving the Bai family and Su Dacai, and the topic is even more fermenting!

In the past two days, from the Ding family's descendants to the collateral lines, litigation cases have continued, and the prefect's yamen has strictly tried and arrested people according to evidence, making the Ding family's chickens and dogs jump, and they will not be at peace, and a gloomy cloud has become bleak.

Fortunately, when Ding Yin left Runzhou in his uncle Yin Tingshi, he went to Changzhou City in advance to avoid the limelight, otherwise he would also be examined by the prefect's yamen.

At the same time, in terms of business, the Bai family took the opportunity to unite many wealthy families to put pressure on the Ding family, cut off the supply of goods, lower prices, cancel orders, and make trouble, etc., which made the Ding family suffer a blow and setbacks.

Ding Yuexi discussed countermeasures in the house, and after listening to the reports of the shopkeepers of various shops and workshops, he secretly complained in his heart, and with anger, he slapped the case and shouted: "It's really too deceitful!"

All the shopkeepers were shocked and did not dare to say a word.

Ding Yuexi found out that the number of shopkeepers who came was wrong, and there seemed to be three people missing, so he asked about the situation of Shopkeeper Liu, Shopkeeper Wang, and Shopkeeper Qi.

"The head of the family, the shopkeeper Liu of the oil shop, was beaten up and sick in bed."

"The shopkeeper of the grocery store is in poor health, and he can't come today."

"The shopkeeper of Micang Qi was injured by the carriage when he went out, and he went back halfway."

Some people are explaining why the other three treasurers are not here today.

After Ding Yuexi heard this, his iron turned blue, and with his sophistication, he could naturally guess that some of them were really injured, and some were pretending to be sick, taking the opportunity not to come, and they wanted to break away from the relationship with the Ding family.

"Fly separately when disaster comes!" Ding Yuexi snorted coldly in his heart, he didn't have time to worry about and persecute traitors for the time being, how to stabilize everyone at the moment and pass the difficulties was the key.

"The Ding family is facing a situation, can you have a way to resolve it?"

The shopkeepers looked at each other, you look at me, I look at you, they all shook their heads in distress, there is really no good way.

With their skills, if they can turn the tide in this situation, they will not be a shopkeeper here.

Ding Yuexi saw that everyone was silent, and he also felt helpless, he felt more helpless and helpless at this time, and at the same time a little envious, at that time, the Bai family at this critical juncture, there was a Su Chen, to help the Bai family tide over the difficulties, reverse the defeat, turn his hands into clouds and cover his hands for rain, he is really a talented person!

Why didn't the Ding family have this luck? Is it because he didn't give birth to a girl like Bai Susu?

Ding Yuexi finally realized at this time the importance of having a beautiful daughter in the family.

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In the past few days, Su Chen has not gone out for the time being, lest the rabbits of the Ding family bite people in a hurry, especially since he has caused the Ding family to decline so much, it is estimated that the Ding family hates him to death.

Su Chen learned a lot of inside information from Bai Susu, the Ding family has fallen apart, closed a lot of shops, or sold at a low price, it seems that he intends to temporarily retire from the limelight, move to Changzhou to develop the family business, Runzhou's business will remain in a downturn for the time being.

"The Ding family also has today! It is true that good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and the way of heaven is good reincarnation. If you don't believe it, look up, who will the sky spare-" A smile overflowed from the corner of Su Chen's mouth, and he felt angry and relieved of his hatred for the decay and decline of the Ding family.

But Su Chen is also very self-aware, he will not feel good about himself, and now he will go out and pose as a winner, but he will become more low-key, not out of the door, not in the second door, just stay at home, there are guards inside and outside, and there are high-ranking people like Hu Zhongxian in the middle to protect, very safe.

Of course, Su Chen is not purely idle at home, but is reviewing and preparing for the imperial examination, and flips through the "Analysis of the Ten Years of True Questions of the Imperial Examination and the Interpretation of Yuan Examples" and "The Analysis of the Ten Years of True Questions of the Spring Examination and the Example of the Eyes of the Champion List", which is similar to his practice of participating in the Chinese Department graduate school examination and brushing questions every day.

Xu Qingwan often came to Su Mansion to help him review the scriptures and classics of the imperial examination, and explain the writing of many anthologies and fu.

Although Su Chen is not good at writing ancient prose and Fu, his opinions and ideas are still broad enough, and he also has the learning methods and theoretical knowledge of graduate students in the Department of Chinese, who can often draw inferences from one another, digest and absorb well, and put forward some new views of later scholars, which makes Xu Qingwan sometimes surprised and sometimes amazed, and feels that discussing literature with Su Chen can gain a lot.

"Yixuan, don't you really write an essay, let me take a look?" Xu Qingwan had never seen him actually write about the style of the imperial examination, so she was very curious and kept trying.

Of course, Su Chen will not show ugliness and expose his shortcomings, but pretend to be profound: "I don't like to write this kind of style, I have no interest, and when the time is ripe, I will start writing." ”

"But there are only three months left in Qiuqiu, and you don't write a single one, how can I guide and give advice?"

Su Chen thought to himself that in the textbook, he could write down the complete Song Dynasty articles, just a few, but he couldn't write them casually, just to make the talented girl happy, of course he had to stay at a critical time to use.

Therefore, Su Chen shook his head in denial, but he refused to show it, the more this was the case, the more curious Xu Qingwan became.

As for Zhou Jiamin, she will come over often during these days, at first she followed Xu Cainu to the door, and when she became familiar with Su Chen, she set off directly from home, not to Xu's house, but to come to Su's house to play by herself.

For the sake of Da Zhouhou's condition, for the situation in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and for Han Xizai's plan, Su Chen can only choose to stabilize this romantic girl, drag Zhou Jiamin's time to go back to Jinling City, and strive for an indefinite delay, it is best to wait for himself to cure Da Zhouhou, and then Zhou Jiamin will go to see Li Yu again, it is likely that Li Yu will not have a chance to start.

"It's really not easy, for the sake of the court's major affairs, Southern Tang Guozuo, I can only make a sacrifice, use my appearance and talent, and hook this famous Xiao Zhou Hou in history!"

Su Chen is a little more attentive to Zhou Jiamin, unlike other women, who are dull, slow to respond to emotional arcs, and don't know how to deliberately please and so on.

When he faced Zhou Jiamin, he was very attentive and enthusiastic, made an exception and wrote a few new words for her, and even threw out two Liu Yong's words, one for "Jade Butterfly" and one for "Eight Sounds of Ganzhou", which made Zhou Jiamin love it.

Even Xu Dacai's daughter learned afterwards that she was a little sour and asked Su Chen for a new song before she was willing to let him go.

"You seem to be overly enthusiastic about Jia Min, don't you...... You don't think much of her, she's only fourteen! Xu Qingwan questioned Su Chen in the study.

When Su Chen heard this, he felt wronged, but he felt bitter in his heart, but he couldn't say it, so he could only say vaguely: "Fourteen years old is not young, and some girls in people's families are married. ”

In ancient times, there were many reasons for getting married early, one was that women were not the main labor force, and they always ate food at home, and the poor people would generally marry their daughters earlier, reduce their food rations, and get some dowry to prepare for the marriage of their sons at home. Second, due to the restrictions of the law, in order to recuperate and increase the reproduction of the population, the imperial court will often stipulate that the women of the common people should marry early.

However, the daughters of high-ranking officials and nobles and wealthy squires, because of their good family background, the matter of marriage involves the right family, and they generally marry at the age of sixteen or seventeen, and they will not marry prematurely, unless they are married because of political marriages or some relationships that need to be consolidated urgently, they will marry prematurely at the age of thirteen, such as Empress Changsun marrying Li Shimin at the age of thirteen, and Empress Xiao marrying Yang Guang at the age of thirteen, mostly political marriages.

"That's a woman from a poor family, so she would marry so early!" Xu Qingwan argued.

Su Chen thought to herself, if she didn't keep Zhou Jiamin, if she went back to the Jinling Palace, I was afraid that in another month, she would be able to be handled by Li Yu, which was called destroying flowers.

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