Back In Time For Imperial Examination Chapter 13

Ryan Cui calmly asked people to continue searching.

The rice, vegetables and meat that he was supposed to receive should have been exchanged for silver because he was in his hometown, but the silver was gone; some medicinal herbs that were said to be for nourishing the body and replenishing qi were sent to him, but when they were shaken open, they were filled with residue and smelled of dampness and mold; there were also pens, ink, paper and inkstone: the pens were two pieces of rabbit hair, the paper was a piece of soft yellow bamboo paper, and the ink was soot ink that cost two cents a piece. Most shops would not give this kind of ink to their accountants.

Ethan Peng compared and said one by one the shares they should receive in the mansion, but none of them matched.

The things these two people sent may have been allocated to them by Cui's parents, and these words may have been instructed by Madam Xu. They were just instructed by others and had no choice. But their performance was enough to ruin Ryan Cui's reputation and even cut off his chance of pursuing a career in politics.

There were more than ten households of scholars renting houses on this street, some of whom were scholars with official titles. Together with their relatives, friends, and classmates, their influence was enough to cover the county's scholars and even influence the thoughts of the teachers and county magistrates. As soon as Cui Ming and his men arrived at the old house, they made a big fuss outside the door, openly saying that he was unfilial and unfraternal, and they said this to these scholars.