Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside-Chapter 875: Their Reputation Is Ruined

The man wore a blue cloth long gown, his face pale and slightly thin. As soon as he saw Zhang Sanjin, a broad smile appeared, and he handed him a piece of silver, asking, "Elder Jin, is there any new secret scandal about the Gu Family?"

This person was one of the storytellers in the Prefecture city. He had previously attended the government office hearing about the Gu Family’s case and heard that Lord Magistrate sent people to arrest members of the Gu Family. He immediately followed, waiting for Zhang Sanjin to bring him the news.

Zhang Sanjin had worked with him more than once or twice. After accepting the silver, he told him everything that happened in the Old Gu Family.

He was dumbfounded, looking at Zhang Sanjin, not daring to believe his ears.

Zhang Sanjin saw him stunned and nudged him: "Young Master Ke?"

It was after several calls that Ke Yuli came to his senses, screamed in shock, and asked, "Elder Jin, is this true? You didn’t deceive Ke, did you?"

Zhang Sanjin said, "How many times have we worked together? How could I deceive you?"

He continued, "This news is absolutely true and top-secret. It’s just a matter of whether you have the guts to spread it. Those two are people from the Jiangnan Zhan Family. That Old Master Zhan San is a famous Madman of Great Chu."

"Bah! What Madman, just a bunch of madmen," Ke Yuli had been to literary gatherings in Jiangnan before, where he was humiliated by madmen, who told him that he, without an official position and relying on telling ugly stories to make a living, had no right to attend literary gatherings.

Ke Yuli was a man of literary spirit and had studied before storytelling. However, his fate was not good; his parents died early, so he had to abandon his exam dreams and come out to earn money to support his younger siblings.

Later, a clan relative returning from Jiangnan saw that he could read and took him to Jiangnan to learn storytelling. He was able to attend the literary gatherings because his former classmates who achieved an official position brought him there, wishing to fulfill his youthful dream.

Unexpectedly, he was humiliated and returned disappointed.

Due to this, Ke Yuli had no goodwill towards madmen, and he naturally wouldn’t hold back against the Zhan family’s uncle and nephew. He took out a silver note and handed it to Zhang Sanjin: "Elder Jin, you’ve worked hard. This is earth-shattering news, Ke thanks you."

Suppose, when the murder case broke out in the Old Gu Family, the two daughters of the Old Gu Family still debased themselves by climbing into men’s beds, and these two men were not only uncle and nephew but also Jiangnan noble family heirs. When such news comes out, not only He’an Prefecture but the entire Jiangnan would be in an uproar.

Zhang Sanjin saw that it was a fifty tael silver note and was shocked: "Isn’t it too much?"

Though storytelling made money, it earned only small cash. He understood the principle of a steady flow and wouldn’t let Young Master Ke suffer losses.

Ke Yuli laughed cunningly: "Just accept it, Elder Jin. As long as I sell the information you gave me to other storytellers, I’ll earn back the silver."

With that, he cupped his hands to Zhang Sanjin and hurriedly left.

Ke Yuli had been a storyteller for many years, and now his life was quite good. After leaving the alley, he immediately instructed the servant: "Go notify the storytellers in the Prefecture city, telling them that Shenghe Building has the latest secret scandal about the Old Gu Family. Anyone interested can buy it for five taels of silver. I’m only waiting for thirty minutes and won’t wait beyond that."

Being a storyteller, especially telling these true stories, timing is crucial; it can’t be delayed.

"Yes." The servant ran quickly while shouting: "Young Master Ke from Shenghe Building has the latest secret scandal about the Old Gu Family. Interested gentlemen can bring five taels of silver to purchase it, only waiting for thirty minutes, no delay beyond that."

He ran and shouted along the way, and everyone who heard it was stunned. One after another, they chased after him asking, "Shangzi, what scandal has Young Master Ke got now? Quickly tell us!"

Shangzi laughed and said, "If guests want to know, go to Shenghe Building after thirty minutes, my master will speak on time."

This is why he shouted as he ran, to directly spread the news and attract customers to Shenghe Building to listen to storytelling.

"Shangzi, you cheeky boy, alright, you’re impressive." The people on the street had their curiosity piqued and could only head towards Shenghe Building.

Soon, the large Shenghe Building was crowded with people.

The storytellers in the Prefecture city hurried to buy Ke Yuli’s secret scandal for five taels of silver. When they heard the scandal, they were almost shocked to faint.

The news was explosive, too explosive. Once it spread, the entire Jiangnan, no, the whole Great Chu would be shocked.

"Brother Ke, thank you. Rest assured, we will definitely focus on the Zhan family’s uncle and nephew. This pair of uncle and nephew are too disgraceful, especially that Old Master Zhan San, over fifty and still sleeping with young girls, simply obscene!"

After thanking Ke Yuli, a dozen storytellers quickly left.

Ke Yuli was skilled at handling things, even delaying the storytelling time by another thirty minutes, giving the other storytellers time to earn money.

After thirty minutes, Shenghe Building sounded a copper gong, and Ke Yuli vividly began recounting the latest secret scandal of the Old Gu Family.

Ke Yuli also added some details, making the guests feel so excited, as if they were personally watching at the wall of the Old Gu Family.

The guests at Shenghe Building were dumbfounded, asking him in shock: "Young Master Ke, is what you said true? Did the Old Gu Family’s Gu Rong and Gu Ya get slept with by two guests in the Old Gu Family? What kind of people are these two, to be so bold?" 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Ke Yuli said, "Naturally it’s true. When have I, Ke Yuli, ever spoken false words? As for who this pair of uncle and nephew are, naturally they are nobles. Saying their names might scare you. They are noble families from Jinning Prefecture, Jiangnan, with the surname Zhan. There was once an elder aunt who was a concubine, and Elder Zhan is still serving in the Capital as an official, truly noble families, renowned nobles."

"Bah, what renowned nobles, clearly just two obscene scoundrels. Visiting someone’s house and occupying their daughters, is this something humans do?" The guests listening to storytelling were furious, cursing the Zhan family’s uncle and nephew.

Ke Yuli said, "You think the Zhan family’s uncle and nephew are obscene, but they don’t think so. They are Madmen and consider sleeping with others’ daughters as romance, a noble deed to be praised."

A guest in dark blue brocade angrily said, "Praise, my foot, such actions to be praised? Clearly they’ve violated the Great Chu Criminal Law for forcibly occupying women. They should be taken to the government office for sentencing!"

Among the guests listening to storytelling was an enthusiastic youth, who upon hearing this, slapped the table and pointed to the sky furiously: "What this gentleman said is right, the Zhan family’s uncle and nephew have violated the Criminal Law. We must go to the government office to accuse them, uphold justice!"

With these words, there were indeed a few daring scholars, or those with madmen dreams, who wanted to use the Zhan family’s uncle and nephew to gain fame, tore off the hem of their clothes and started writing a petition paper to go to the government office to accuse the Zhan family’s uncle and nephew.

They wrote blood letters, filled with indignation.

Ke Yuli was stunned, wondering if he had gone too far? No matter, anyway, the Zhan family’s uncle and nephew were not good people; it was only right for their reputation to be ruined.

Thus, Ke Yuli cupped his hands to those scholars and said, "All you young scholars with noble spirits, please accept my bow. However, the Zhan Family is a noble family and very powerful. When you go to the government office to make your case, point it out and let the government office handle it; no need to force them too hard."

Young Master Ke didn’t want them, after cooling down, to be retaliated against by the Zhan Family.

Those young scholars said, "Young Master Ke rest assured, we understand. We won’t act too aggressively."

Soon, those young scholars finished writing the petition paper, admired the literary talent of the person who wrote it, and together headed toward the government office, with many customers following to watch the fun.

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Magistrate Gu had been waiting for Squad Leader Zhang Zhang to bring Granny Gu, but instead of expecting Granny Gu, he got a group of young scholars accusing the Zhan family’s uncle and nephew.

Magistrate Gu had a headache, wondering what day today was? Why did everything come together? This, could it be that someone was plotting behind the scenes?