Quickly wear the sinister villain, let go of my tail

"Zhao Lei was arrested!"

Song Guo, who had just returned home, was stunned.

What happened? He just went out and Song Yun's lover was arrested? !

It turned out that Song Yun, who knew Zhao Lei's character very well, hired two wandering beggars and asked them to perform a play to make Zhao Lei think that he had accidentally overheard the news that there was a large treasure hidden in the mountain behind Songjia Village.

Zhao Lei, who was already strapped for cash, was not overwhelmed by the news. He believed that there was no such thing as a free lunch.

Besides, I have lived in Songjia Village for more than ten years and have never seen any wealthy families. They are all farmers who work hard in the fields and are so poor that they can't even get enough food. How could there be a treasure in the hills behind Songjia Village?

"Brother Zhao, all the people who will be attending this social gathering are well-known figures. You must be there! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

Zhao Lei's classmate reminded Zhao Lei, which made Zhao Lei decide to take the risk and go to the back mountain to look for the treasure.

Song Yun had been refusing to meet with Zhao Lei during this period, using the excuse that he had caught a cold and did not want to infect Zhao Lei, leaving Zhao Lei with no way to start his business, and naturally he did not get the money.

The Zhao family paid for Zhao Lei's studies, and their savings were almost gone, so how could they have any money to give to Zhao Lei?

How could Zhao Lei, who had never been rejected and was arrogant, be so calm inside? He tossed and turned for several nights and couldn't fall asleep.

Unable to come up with the money and out of pride, Zhao Lei did not want to embarrass himself in front of his classmates, so he sneaked up the mountain to look for treasure.

But when Zhao Lei and Jiang Jin were about to go down the mountain at dawn and still hadn't found their way, they thought they had fallen into a hidden cave filled with gold, silver and jewels.

When Zhao Lei saw the windfall, he covered his pounding heart and greed eroded his mind.

With these treasures, his career will be smooth sailing.

In order to avoid attracting attention, Zhao Lei only took 100 taels of silver down the mountain. For fear of being discovered, he also cut two ingots of 50 taels of silver into small pieces.

Zhao Lei attended the social gathering with great fanfare and met many scholars and wealthy children who could help him in his career.

Everyone has a sense of luck. Every time Zhao Lei saw that the money he spent did not arouse people's suspicion, he began to relax and replaced everything he ate, wore and used with the best quality.

Of course, that was in the school.

Before returning to Songjia Village, Zhao Lei still wore his old clothes and did not arouse the suspicion of the people in Songjia Village.

Some people just casually said that Zhao Xiucai has been in a good mood recently, so it is estimated that good things are about to happen.

Song Yun, who had been secretly collecting information, couldn't help but feel ecstatic. He knew that Zhao Lei had taken the bait!

Moreover, Zhao Lei also touched that money, this time Zhao Lei will definitely be ruined!

Things progressed quickly. The robber had been arrested and the authorities stepped up the interrogation to find the whereabouts of the treasure.

An experienced restaurant owner discovered that the silver Zhao Lei spent was of obvious purity as official silver. Feeling something was wrong, the owner ran to tell the county magistrate.

The county magistrate could not hold back and sent people to keep an eye on Zhao Lei. The robbers had been refusing to reveal the whereabouts of the treasures, so following Zhao Lei would probably yield unexpected gains.

Zhao Lei was very cautious. He always went to get the silver at night, and he went to get it at irregular intervals.

After three days and two nights of surveillance, the person in charge of surveillance finally arrested Zhao Lei, who went up the mountain to steal treasures.

Song Yun was very happy when he heard that Zhao Lei was arrested. He deserved it!

Zhao Lei was arrested, and the Zhao family was in chaos overnight.

Good things don't go out, bad things pass thousands of miles.

The news of Zhao Lei's arrest spread like wildfire overnight.

Those who had previously flattered the Zhao family suddenly changed their attitude and blamed the Zhao family in every way.

"That's what I told you! Zhao Lei is arrogant and looks down on us. Who knows what kind of person he is in private?"

"That's right, that's right! I wanted to marry my brother to him, but he didn't like me!"

"Mr. Zhao, he——"

"What Mr. Zhao? He is a prisoner now!"

… …

There are few people in the world who provide timely help, but there are many who add icing on the cake.

Zhao Lei was arrested and imprisoned for misappropriating stolen money. Many of his classmates and friends chose to stand by and watch for fear of implicating themselves and affecting their careers.

A few people went to see Zhao Lei and asked for the truth.

Because they don't believe that their good friends who they spend every day with would do such a shameful thing.

But they were disappointed. Faced with the ironclad facts, Zhao Lei had no way to refute.

In the end, Zhao Lei's good friend chose to break off ties with him.

The school disqualified Zhao Lei from being a student.

Because Zhao Lei was already a scholar, his crime was not punishable by death, but Zhao Lei was stripped of his status as a scholar and was not allowed to take the imperial examinations or enter an official career for the rest of his life.

And the money spent needs to be returned.

Zhao's father and mother turned gray overnight. They begged for help from everyone, sold their land, and emptied their family assets before they could scrape together enough money to pay back the money Zhao Lei had spent before.

After Zhao Lei was beaten with fifty boards, he was thrown out, his lower body covered in blood.

No matter how distressed Mr. and Mrs. Zhao were, there was nothing they could do. The family had no money, so they had to use ordinary herbal compresses.

Zhao Lei half-lay on the bed, unable to understand why he was arrested.

Didn't the two beggars say this was a treasure? How did it become the robbers' stolen money?

But Zhao Lei knew that it was all over and his future was ruined.

"Mom! Did Brother Yun come to see me?"

After experiencing the fickleness of the world, Zhao Lei finally remembered how good Song Yun had been to him!

Zhao's mother was about to say something but stopped herself. Zhao's father shattered Zhao Lei's fantasy directly, "Yun'er's mother is a snob. We were kicked out before we even met Yun'er. Now, you'd better not dream about it. I guess you'll be very lucky if you can get a wife in this life."

Zhao Lei was unwilling to give in, and gritted his teeth and said, "I don't believe it. Brother Yun loves me so much that he won't..."

"You did something like this, and you still want Brother Yun to be devoted to you?"

Father Zhao said coldly: "When your injury is healed, you can follow me to work in the fields. Our family is in debt and we don't want to keep idle people at home."

Zhao's mother cried silently.

Zhao Lei did not listen to the advice. After he was able to get out of bed, he came to the Song family's Zhao Yunge'er, but was driven out by the fierce Huang with a broom.

Song Yun hid in the corner and looked at Zhao Lei's embarrassed figure, feeling very complicated.

Zhao's father thought he was embarrassing himself, so he dragged him back to work. Since he was able to go to the fields now, he decided to help him farm and pay off his debts.

Zhao Lei passed out due to the scorching sun after working in the fields for two days. When he woke up, he touched the blisters on his hands and ran away decisively.

He has great ambitions and doesn't want to waste his whole life working in the fields. He will come back when he becomes successful.

When Zhao's father and mother came back, they found that Zhao Lei was missing. They searched everywhere for him. After several days and nights without finding him, Zhao's father became so angry that he fainted. After waking up, he bluntly said that there was no such son as Zhao Lei. Zhao's mother was completely disappointed with Zhao Lei.

The two never waited for Zhao Lei to come back until they died, and their funerals were paid for by the villagers.

Of course that's all for later.