Rebirth, guarding the mute at the tip of my heart

Didn't the master already expel Jiang Xin from the academy? Could it be that the Jiang family was so powerful that they found a way to send Jiang Xin back?

But didn’t Jiang Xingyu say that Jiang Xin had no status in the Jiang family, and also said that he would help him...

Perhaps because he was guilty, Lu Wuliang looked at Jiang Xin in doubt, not knowing what he wanted to do by coming back.

However, Jiang Xin looked at Lu Wuliang as if he was a stranger. He just glanced at him and then looked away, ignoring him and walked straight towards his dormitory.

He had truly considered Lu Wuliang a good friend, but now that things had come to this, there was nothing more to say.

He is mute, and using sign language is time-consuming and laborious, so there is no need to waste time on irrelevant people.

Lu Wuliang saw him passing by him in silence, not knowing what he wanted to do. He pursed his lips and followed him with some uneasiness.

When he saw that Jiang Xin and his servant were just going to the dormitory to pack their things, Lu Wuliang breathed a sigh of relief. However, he felt a little unwilling when he saw that the other party treated him like air.

Lu Wuliang frowned, but he couldn't help but walk to Jiang Xin. He glanced at the man who was helping to clean up, and said in a low and cryptic voice: "If you had promised me before, we wouldn't have to come to this."

If Jiang Xin accepted his confession, with Jiang Xin's financial support, he and Jiang Xin could both stay in the academy. He still liked Jiang Xin very much, and with his help, he and Jiang Xin could easily pass the provincial examination next year.

Now, charged with the crime of being a thief, no academy, let alone Baishan Academy, would accept him.

"..." Jiang Xin silently put away his small wooden carvings. After putting the last of his treasured little works into his bag, he made the simplest gesture of leaving to Ah Fu.

Ah Fu understood what he meant, and walked to Jiang Xin. Although he didn't know Lu Wuliang, it didn't stop him from pushing this blind guy away and said with a smile: "Our young master is leaving, please make way for him and don't bother him."

He didn't recognize Lu Wuliang, but he knew that Jiang Xin was the apple of his own prince's eye. This fellow who appeared out of nowhere had a pointed face and monkey cheeks, and it was obvious that he had ill intentions towards the young master. He had to keep an eye on his master and not let others steal his girl away.

This must be the reason why his master asked him to stay with the young master all the time. Ah Fu felt that he understood the deep meaning of his master, and happily gave himself a thumbs up in his heart. He was really smart.

"..." Lu Wuliang, who was swept aside by Ah Fu, had a completely dark face. He thought it was Jiang Xin's intention. When the two were about to leave, he finally couldn't control himself and grabbed Jiang Xin's wrist. His face was livid and he said, "Are you blaming me? Did you deliberately let your servants humiliate me?"

It was obviously Jiang Xin's own fault. He ruined the beauty between them and himself. Why should he be blamed? !

He agreed to Jiang Xingyu's plan only because he had no other choice. He just wanted to study and he just wanted to have a chance to see the future. What did he do wrong?

Ah Fu took Jiang Xin's small bag on himself consciously. Now he had empty hands. The hands hanging by his sides had been clenched into two small fists at some point. When Lu Wuliang approached him again, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and punched Lu Wuliang in the face.

"Ah——!" Lu Wuliang never thought that Jiang Xin would attack him. It was not until he felt a sharp pain on his face that he realized what had happened. He covered half of his face and pointed at Jiang Xin in disbelief: "You dare to hit me?! Jiang Xin, you loser, you actually dare..."

However, just as Lu Wuliang raised his fist to fight back, Ah Fu quickly blocked Jiang Xin's way and cursed him with his eyes glaring:

"What are you doing?! You are such a weird scholar. You blocked our young master's way and wouldn't let us leave. Are you planning to attack him now? Are all the students of Baishan Academy so unreasonable?!"

"you--!"

"What are you doing with all the noise?!" Perhaps the noise here was a little too loud, which alarmed Master Guo who was about to go to class, so he turned around and came here first.

Unexpectedly, he saw Jiang Xin, who had been kicked out by him, coming back again at some point, and arguing with Lu Wuliang, another student whom he also disliked very much. Mr. Guo, who was originally in a good mood, immediately frowned.

When Lu Wuliang saw the teacher coming, he immediately glared at Jiang Xin with resentment as if he had found a backer, and then quickly reported to the teacher:

"Master! Jiang Xin stole my jade pendant. I was wondering if he had any unspeakable reasons, so I wanted to come over and ask him. But he not only refused to admit his mistake, but also beat me up!"

Master Guo was already dissatisfied with Jiang Xin for daring to come back. After hearing what Lu Wuliang said and seeing that his face was indeed a little red and swollen, he immediately frowned and looked at Jiang Xin with a cold face:

"Jiang Xin, is this true? Where did you learn these mean deeds? If I don't punish you severely today, I'm afraid that when you leave the academy in the future, you will only become a disaster for my Dali Dynasty!"

Although Master Guo seemed to be questioning Jiang Xin, he had already convicted him. He thought that this mute was not a good person and he would give him at least thirty slaps on the hands as a warning.

Just as Master Guo was secretly deciding on the punishment for Jiang Xin, he saw Jiang Xin slowly taking out paper and pen and starting to write on the paper again.

Master Guo became displeased again when he saw this. He had always disliked Jiang Xin's behavior. If it wasn't for the Jiang family's face, he would never accept a mute as his student. It was really a disgrace to him!

Jiang Xin didn't know what Master Guo was thinking, so he just silently wrote down what he wanted to say and handed it to Master Guo.

[Master, I have been expelled from the academy. The academy has no right to punish me anymore.]

Master Guo: “…”

Lu Wuliang: “…”

Seeing Master Guo's fierce and mean look, Jiang Xin retracted his hand in fear, but still pursed his lips and looked back at him stubbornly.

He knew that the Master had always disliked him and that the Master had always wanted him to leave the academy, but he wanted to stay and gain his father's approval through hard work, so he had been trying very hard to reduce his presence, not wanting the Master to be annoyed by seeing him, but...

Anyway, he has been kicked out of the academy now. Even if the prince can clear his name, the teacher probably won't accept him again. In this case, why should he endure it any longer?

He also has a temper. Lu Wuliang shamelessly framed him. After the incident, it would have been fine if he didn't stay away from him, but he even dared to run in front of him and speak shamelessly. Isn't this asking for a beating?

Anyway, he had no hope of passing the imperial examination, and his father still had dozens of beatings waiting for him at home, all thanks to Lu Wuliang, so why couldn't he fight back? !

The teacher in front of him was no longer his teacher. He was a mute and could never be an official. So what did it matter even if rumors spread that he was disrespectful to his teachers?

Jiang Xin thought in a self-destructive way, but the words in his hand were written very quickly: [Also, this student came here to pick up the gifts left in the academy. It was Lu Wuliang who blocked the student's place and did not let the student leave. The student did not want to entangle, so he hurt Lu Wuliang. Please forgive me, Master.]

After writing this, Jiang Xin looked straight at Master Guo with a stern face, as if to say, it doesn't matter if you don't forgive me, you can't control me anyway.

Master Guo: “…”

Master Guo's face turned dark and ugly, but he knew that Jiang Xin was right. If Jiang Xin left the academy, he would have nothing to do with him.

Thinking of this, Master Guo's face darkened even more. He turned to look at Lu Wuliang who was complaining to the side and shouted angrily: "The class time is almost up. Why are you running here instead of going to the classroom?!"

Lu Wuliang: “…”

There was one thing Jiang Xin said that was correct. This room belonged to Jiang Xin, and he came here to pack up his things. Why was Lu Wuliang, a person he had a conflict with yesterday, coming over here? Was he feeling uncomfortable?

Lu Wuliang didn't expect that the teacher would point the finger at him in an instant, and said awkwardly: "The student is just..."

"Alright!" Master Guo was too lazy to listen to his explanation. He just felt that the two people in front of him were really annoying. He said to Jiang Xin with a cold face: "Now that you have finished cleaning up, leave the academy quickly. Don't affect the atmosphere of the academy."

"As for you..." After taking advantage of his seniority to teach Jiang Xin a lesson, Master Guo glared at Lu Wuliang again: "Since you are so free, go back today and memorize the Book of Rites ten times, and give it to me the day after tomorrow."

Lu Wuliang: “…Yes.”

Jiang Xin had no objection. He was about to leave when Lu Wuliang suddenly stopped him.

Seeing this, Master Guo wanted to get angry but couldn't. He could only snort coldly and walked out of the room with his sleeves swung. He happened to see students running over to watch the fun and immediately got furious: "What are you all doing here? Why don't you go back to study?!"

The group of dandies who didn't see the show shrugged their shoulders and were about to go back. However, maybe Master Guo had some bad luck today. Before he could show off his power, they saw the dean and several people dressed as yamen runners walking towards them.

"Zihua."

Mr. Guo's name was Guo Zihua. When he saw the dean coming over, he hurried over to greet him: "Dean, why are you here? And who are these two..."

The dean looked unhappy, but he replied to Master Guo calmly: "These two are the guards of the yamen. There are still some doubts about the theft of the jade pendant yesterday. The emperor has ordered His Royal Highness the King of Virtue to preside over the case.

The wise king...is very strict in his work and has decided to hold a hearing in the yamen, asking all those involved in yesterday's case to report to the yamen immediately."

Lu Wuliang & Master Guo: "What?!"

"This is just a small theft case, how did it get to the point of a court hearing?" Master Guo was confused. In his opinion, such a small matter did not require the prince to come and have its case heard by the emperor.

Now they have to hold a court hearing. Has the capital city become so peaceful now? Even such a trivial matter has to be reported to the court?

The dean was also somewhat unhappy. Baishan Academy was famous all over the world. Originally, such a small matter could have just required the student to be expelled from the academy. But now it had escalated into such a mess. No matter what the final result was, it would have damaged the academy's reputation. How could he be happy?

That wise prince is really being too reckless.

Thinking of this, the dean suppressed his resentment, frowned and said unhappily: "Zihua, you and Lu Wuliang are related people, so follow the officials and go."

Although Master Guo was full of questions, he could only obey the dean's order: "Yes."

However, compared to Master Guo and the dean who were only slightly unhappy, Lu Wuliang's face at this time could only be described as pale. He didn't even bother to salute, and asked anxiously:

"Hasn't yesterday's incident been resolved? Why is there still someone here to investigate? Or is it the prince who is investigating? Could there be a mistake?"

"Mr. Lu, you are joking. I am handling a case for the government. Even if I mistake my own wife due to my old age, I would not dare to summon the wrong person." The yamen runner beside him heard what Lu Wuliang said, pointed to his neck, and said with a fake smile: "This is a matter of losing your head."

"That's enough!" The dean just wanted this to end quickly. Seeing that Lu Wuliang had no foresight at all, he immediately said, "Don't waste time. Go over there quickly."

"Mr. Lu, please come in." The yamen runner who had just been questioned by Lu Wuliang walked forward, showed the sword at his waist, and spoke threateningly.

Lu Wuliang: “…”

Lu Wuliang and Master Guo did not hesitate any longer, mainly because they had no choice but to move at the urging of the yamen runners.

However, a yamen runner who had been walking at the end and had never spoken did not rush to leave. Instead, he walked directly to Jiang Xin at the door and said respectfully, "Mr. Jiang, the prince has ordered me to escort you to the yamen."

As he spoke, as if afraid that Jiang Xin would overthink things, the bailiff came forward and explained in a low voice:

"The prince said that Baishan Academy has a great reputation. If we investigate privately, even if we find out the result, the academy might do something else to hurt you in order to cover up the teacher's misjudgment of the student. It is better to have a public trial so that there is no room for maneuver."

Jiang Xin was not a very important student. Once it was proved that Master Guo did not like Jiang Xin and expelled him from the academy without any investigation, Baishan Academy, in order to protect the reputation of the master and the academy, would definitely create momentum to slander Jiang Xin, saying that he had a weird temper and occupied a place in the academy even though he was a mute. He would rely on his powerful status to force the academy to compromise and ruin Jiang Xin's reputation.

The more Xie Ze makes a fuss about this matter, the more everyone's attention will be on the case itself, and on Lu Wuliang, Jiang Xin and Master Guo. By then, even if Baishan Academy wants to create momentum, it will be too late.

Jiang Xin didn't expect Xie Ze to be so concerned about his affairs. He was already very grateful for the opportunity he had fought for him, so there was no way he would misunderstand. He quickly waved his hand, then smiled gratefully, and followed the others with Ah Fu.

Several young masters who were about to go back to the classroom could no longer sit still when they saw this. The teachers on both sides had been called away for questioning, so they definitely couldn't attend the class today. Why not, they also join in the fun?

After all, they were also witnesses to yesterday's jade pendant theft!

The third son of the Wubo family, who had always been at odds with Jiang Xingyu, raised his eyebrows and said with a playful look, "There's a good show to watch, let's go and see the excitement."