"Before coming here, Dean He spoke sincerely, saying that everything had been arranged for Loushan. Is that how it was arranged?" Ye Qianning glanced at the scholar who was standing there in a daze, and his eyes fell on the instructor.

The teachers looked at each other, not knowing how to respond for a moment.

The scholar who was standing there in a daze became even more stunned. Didn’t they say that the gentleman who lived in the west of the city had to move in at Loushan because he was afraid of heavy rain?

How did it become Dean He’s invitation?

The teacher at the front came over and said, "The rooms have indeed been arranged. As for these people, Miss, don't worry. The dean will arrange for them to go."

"I just heard clearly that the scholar kept saying that they would be forced to go down the mountain if the students of Loushan went up the mountain. This concerns the reputation of our master and sir, so I have to pay attention to it." Ye Qianning said coldly.

"This..." The teacher's eyes flashed with panic, and he lowered his voice: "The weather is hot, the capital is crowded, and it's not easy for the scholars. They said something they shouldn't have said. Miss, please don't bother with them."

What a clever talker she is! If Ye Qianning insists, she will seem stingy.

If it were someone else, they would definitely not want to make a big deal out of it at this time. After all, the He family and Mr. Chen would just do some superficial work and just let it go.

But Ye Qianning was determined to make them suffer, so how could he give up?

"Teacher, what you said is wrong. If we don't stop people from talking without thinking, and the news spreads more and more, can the He family afford the consequences?" Ye Qianning asked back.

The smile on the instructor's face froze a little: "We will definitely teach you a lesson, don't worry, miss. Look, the sun is about to set, let's go up the mountain first."

"Teacher, why are you so panicking? There was an incident of insulting the teacher on Loushan, but you didn't stop it immediately. Instead, you thought it was not a big deal. Could it be that the master of the He family wants to ruin the reputation of the teacher and our master?" Ye Qianning became serious.

The teacher said hurriedly: "No, no..."

"You'll have to ask to find out whether there is one or not." Ye Qianning glanced at him solemnly.

The teacher was indeed panicked when he heard this: "Miss, it's getting late."

"If the instructor says that you are not trying to discredit our master and Mr. Loushan, who would believe you if you are trying to stop us?" Ye Qianning said without waiting for the instructor to refute. He walked up to the stunned scholar and asked, "Would you like to tell me why you came down the mountain?"

The clear and pleasant voice spread among the crowd. The scholars suddenly came back to their senses, staring at the beautiful person in front of them, stammering and not daring to speak.

No one spoke, and Ye Qianning was not annoyed: "You don't have to talk, it's okay. You gentlemen are just worried about where to stay after going down the mountain. I can kindly find a good place for you to stay."

The scholars and literati looked at each other, trying to confirm the truth of what she said.

The teacher watched secretly, not understanding what she was trying to do.

"Will you really find us a place to stay when you get down the mountain?"

Someone in the crowd was brave enough to ask questions.

Ye Qianning affirmed: "Of course."

The scholars and writers immediately smiled when they received the recognition, and they couldn't hide their joy even when they whispered to each other.

The gentlemen who followed Ye Qianning up the mountain all frowned in confusion. They heard clearly how these scholars and literati insulted and mocked them just now.

It was obvious that someone from the He family fired Chen in order to tarnish his reputation.

They were all students who graduated with Master Chen in Loushan. Mocking them was a slap on Master Chen's face. Why should Junior Sister still find a place for them to live?

They were a little dissatisfied, but they didn't dare to say much because of the presence of their junior sister.

"Thank you, thank you very much."

"Thanks……"

"Thanks……"

The scholars in the crowd bowed and kept expressing their gratitude, but before they could finish their thanks, Ye Qianning's next words made their smiles freeze on their faces.

"Come here, take all these people to the yamen prison." "Yes."

In secret, more than a dozen guards descended together, one every few meters, and surrounded the scholar.

The scholar's stiff smile changed from panic to surprise to anger when he saw a dozen tightly-dressed guards.

"You...you want to send us to jail?"

"What crime have we committed?"

Someone reacted and asked angrily.

The teacher was also shocked by this action and hurried forward: "Miss Ye, what do you mean by this?"

Ye Qianning glanced at them coldly: "Don't you remember what you said just now? Spreading rumors and slandering others, no matter which one, they are enough to go to jail."

When the literati heard this, their faces suddenly changed. They had just received the news and were very angry. They had indeed said things that they shouldn't have said.

"We were just complaining casually. The slander is simply nonsense."

"Everything requires evidence, not to mention that you have done something shameful and you don't allow others to talk about it? Don't you agree?"

"Yes, yes, it's you who are being dishonest. Dean He said earlier that he invited Mr. Chen and Mr. Jieye to live in Loushan, but you didn't want to. Now you are afraid of the heavy rain and the west of the city is unsafe. You want to live in Loushan, but Loushan has been full for a long time. There is no room now, so you asked us to go down the mountain to make room for you."

"That's right. We went up the mountain a long time ago. If you ask us to go down now, where else can we stay in the city? You are afraid of heavy rain. If we go down the mountain, not only will we have nowhere to stay, but if we are hit by heavy rain again, will we be allowed to live?"

The literati were indignant and every word they spoke seemed as if they had suffered a great injustice, which confused the gentlemen at the gate of the mountain.

The teachers looked surprised and panicked. They opened their mouths to say something, but were interrupted by the teacher behind them.

"You...you are talking nonsense."

The gentleman standing not far away was the first to react and his face turned blue with anger.

Someone spoke, and the gentleman came back to his senses. As soon as he arrived at the mountain gate, he heard intermittent voices from the crowd, but he couldn't hear them clearly.

Now that I heard the reason, I almost laughed out of anger.

"We want to go to Loushan? Haha, if the He family teacher hadn't come to the west of the city to invite us today, we wouldn't have been able to refuse. Before the priest, we would never have set foot in Loushan."

"President He personally went to the west of the city to invite us to the mountain, but Mr. Chen refused to come. The He family teacher even mocked Mr. Chen for not appreciating his kindness. We could not bear to see this, so we reluctantly agreed to stay at Loushan. We did not expect to be slandered even after coming here. Loushan must give an explanation."

"That's right. We refused to go to Loushan. The He family's teacher mocked us with every word. We even slandered others after going to Loushan. We don't want to bear such a big blame."

"Slander and rumor-mongering. Sending you to jail is too kind. I will write a complaint and file it with the government."

"This concerns Mr. Chen's reputation and the reputation of many masters in Loushan in the past. We must report it to the government."

"Come on, let's go down the mountain and go to the government office."

The gentlemen were even more angry than the literati.

The literati thought they were justified, but after hearing the gentlemen's rebukes, which were louder than their own, their faces turned extremely funny.

President He went to the west of the city to invite them personally?

This is completely different from what the instructor said when he asked them to come down the mountain.

What on earth was going on? They were confused and suspicious.

Seeing the gentlemen turn around in anger, many people panicked. (End of this chapter)

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