The best county magistrate

Looking at the Zhu family father and daughter in front of him, Yang Xuanchen was filled with sadness.

Did Zhu Qiongying really make a mistake and need to be punished?

Do not!

She didn't!

Even if she was wrong, it was just the fault of being born in such an era, and the fault of her being born with a good skin that makes people miss her.

Even if the balance is now tilting towards the Zhu family, even if Yang Xuanchen is willing to make the decision for her.

However, as a woman from a small family, she had no choice but to bow to the Ma family in front of her.

Brothers Ma Qian and Ma Tong saw that today's matter was almost over. They wanted to say goodbye to Yang Xuanchen and Jiang Li, but unexpectedly Ma Boguang roared.

"You bitch, you cuckolded me before I even got through the door. You'll get worse after you get through the door!"

"Dad, such a wanton woman should join that adulterer in a pig cage!"

With the roar of the pig head, the atmosphere at the scene, which had just relaxed a lot, became depressed again.

Yang Xuanchen and Jiang Li frowned instantly with evil eyes, and Zhu Rongshan glared angrily, wishing that he could stab him to death with a knife in his hand.

"According to you, it seems that you have a lot of dissatisfaction with Miss Zhu?"

When Ma Boguang heard this, he glanced at Yang Xuanchen and thought, why are you so troubled?

Then he glanced at Zhu Qiongying, with a bit of greed in his eyes. No matter how you looked at the little girl, she was a beauty. It would be good if she could have sex with her crotch.

"I'm dissatisfied...it's none of your business..." Before he could finish his words, Ma Tong snatched him away, "Mr. Yang, my eldest nephew probably has a lot of grievances, please let me know."

As he said this, he motioned to Ma Qian to take Ma Boguang away quickly. However, Yang Xuanchen, to everyone's surprise, stepped forward and grabbed Ma Boguang.

"Miss Zhu is a student of my Sanwei Bookstore. If she is a licentious woman and cuckolds you, then I will not be able to escape the responsibility of poor supervision."

"If you are dissatisfied with Miss Zhu, you are also dissatisfied with my Sanwei Bookstore!"

Speaking of this, Yang Xuanchen raised his voice a little higher, so that not only the crowd of onlookers could hear, but also many students in the study room could hear.

"If there is no reasonable explanation for what happened today..." He turned his head to Jiang Li.

"Master Jiang, what crime should he, Ma Boguang, deserve for disturbing the normal order of my study room?"

"This..." Jiang Li responded with a frown, his eyes swaying back and forth between Yang Xuanchen and the Ma brothers, obviously not daring to express his opinions at will.

At this time, Zhu Rongshan cast a grateful look at Yang Xuanchen. He cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Yang, thank you for your concern for my little girl."

Then he shouted to Ma Qian: "Although the Zhu family is not a famous family, I, the children of the Zhu family, cannot be bullied by others!"

"Your young master keeps saying that my daughter is immoral. Is there any evidence?"

"If you want to ruin my daughter's reputation just by Mr. Ma's few words, I wish Rongshan will seek justice even if he dies!"

Bang bang bang, Yang Xuanchen took the lead in applauding, and for the first time there was some praise for the Zhu family in his eyes.

My daughter endured all the hardships, but I figured it out.

"Since Mr. Ma doesn't like my little girl, why don't we cancel the engagement today."

"Master Jiang and Master Yang just serve as witnesses to save my little daughter from having to make things difficult in every possible way after she comes here."

Zhu Rongshan's words immediately aroused Ma Qian's anger, "Zhu Rongshan, don't forget, you still owe my Ma family thirty thousand taels of silver!"

"It's okay to break off the engagement, but do you still have to pay for the money? Humph!"

When money was mentioned, Zhu Rongshan's eyes instantly became panicked, and his body that had just straightened up became a little rickety.

On the other hand, Yang Xuanchen curled his lips. It seemed that the matter was not too difficult, and he could get rid of it with money.

It's just that the Honglu Temple Prime Minister who wished Rongshan a good life was dismissed from his official position, and people in the public knew that it was the Ma family who had done this to him, which is a bit intriguing.

Since today's matter was not only related to a woman's reputation, but also to the reputation of Sanwei Bookstore, Yang Xuanchen finally decided to take charge of it.

He turned around and gave Jiang Li a look, hoping that he would cooperate with him. Naturally, Jiang Li also understood the meaning of this look.

"Master Ma, Mr. Ma, do you think this is okay?"

"What happened today, after all, happened in front of my Sanwei Bookstore, with my students on one side and my eldest nephew on the other..."

While Yang Xuanchen was talking, Ma Boguang heard the sound and shouted again, "Who is your eldest nephew..."

Bang, Ma Qian gave him a big blow, his face was full of anger, and his eyes were full of anger.

"Your brother-in-law and Mr. Yang are officials in the same court. If I call you nephew, he thinks highly of you. Don't embarrass me!"

Ma Boguang originally wanted to reply, but when he met Ma Tong's murderous eyes, he naturally shrank in fear.

"In this way, what happened today is already unpleasant. Even if we get married in the future, there will definitely be grudges."

"Since Patriarch Zhu owes Patriarch Ma money, today I, Yang Xuanchen, will be the peacemaker and I will pay the money."

"After all, we have to live in Shangjing City from now on. I can't see you when you raise your head but not when you lower your head. Isn't it nice to be kind and friendly?"

With that said, Yang Xuanchen asked Zhang Biao to get 30,000 taels of silver notes and stuffed them into Ma Qian's hand.

Seeing that the matter was coming to an end, Jiang Li also came out to act as a peacemaker, "Master Ma, Mr. Ma, why don't you give Mr. Yang and me some face."

Upon hearing this, Ma Tong took back the banknote from Ma Qian's hand and handed it back respectfully.

"My nephew did something wrong in this matter. How can I take your banknote? I will forget about this marriage..."

At this time, Ma Qian and Ma Boguang wanted to say something, but Ma Tong glared back.

"Master Jiang, please be a witness. My Ma family and Zhu family have canceled the marriage today, and the money owed by the Zhu family has also been forgiven. Okay?"

Hearing this, Jiang Li looked at Yang Xuanchen and then at Zhu Rongshan, then nodded and said with a smile: "This is a great kindness, hahaha."

After the farce, the Ma family left in a hurry. Zhu Rongshan originally wanted to leave, but was stopped by Yang Xuanchen.

"Master Zhu, I met your Miss Zhu when I first arrived in the capital. It's really my fault. I didn't meet the gentleman in the study room earlier..."

Zhu Rongshan didn't let him go on and waved his hand with a smile, "How can you blame Mr. Yang for this? Alas..."

Seeing him sighing, Yang Xuanchen couldn't bear it, but he was more angry about Zhu Qiongying's experience.

A fourteen-year-old girl decided to marry someone she didn't love because her father was in debt.

Moreover, the family of the person she wanted to marry was the same family that had harmed her father before, which made it even more outrageous.

For Yang Xuanchen, breaking off the engagement was not considered a heroic act, but he just didn't want to have another poor person in the world.

He took a deep breath and said calmly: "Ma Tong and I are a little hypocritical. Now that he has spoken, there should be nothing wrong in the future. I wish the master of the family can rest assured."

"As for Miss Zhu... I hope I can still stay in Sanwei Bookstore to take classes. My bookstore doesn't just teach the Four Books and Five Classics."

Zhu Rongshan felt a lot more relaxed when he heard what he said.

Now that his daughter has no engagement, and Yang Xuanchen also asked her to stay here to study, he will naturally not stand in the way.

"Mr. Jiang, I wish the master of the family, it's getting late. This is the first time we've met, so I'll be the host and we'll have dinner at Qinxinfang."