A Time-Traveling Mishap: I Became an Ancient Nobleman

Chapter 93 I Won't Be Silenced, Will I?

Jia Yi straightened his clothes and kicked Cui Niang, who had been kicked to the ground, again. "You wretched woman, I was careless and you hurt me. It's good that the officials are here. I want to divorce you. I'll take Baozi with me. What future can you have with a mother like you?"

He reached out to pull Baozi, who had climbed back onto the table and started eating voraciously, and said, "Baozi, come with Daddy."

Baozi slapped Jia Yi's hand away, saying, "You beggar trying to pretend to be my father? No way! My mother said my father is a high-ranking official, and I am the son of an official. How could you, a ragged beggar, be my father!"

Baozi jumped off the table and kicked Jia Yi with her short legs. "Go to hell, you beggar! If you don't leave, my dad will make you pay! I'll have him kill you! I'll chop off your head and use it as a ball!"

Baozi had always been used to bullying others in the countryside because he was the son of a scholar, and he hadn't seen Jia Yi for quite some time. In addition, Jia Yi looked so bad that even his own mother wouldn't recognize him.

No wonder Baozi doesn't recognize him.

"Hahahahahahahaha..."

Cui Niang burst into laughter, "Retribution! Serves you right for thinking of abandoning us. Now even your own son doesn't recognize you. You deserve it, you deserve it..."

"Sir, arrest him immediately! I am his wife, and that is his son. I married him five years ago. Before I married him, he tricked me into getting pregnant out of wedlock. He made the same vows to me back then, but now he's trying to curry favor with the young lady of the official family."

"Catch him! Catch him! Hahahahahaha..."

The officials didn't dare approach Cui Niang because she was so crazy. They didn't want to get close to Cui Niang or the whole family either. But since someone came to complain to the authorities, they had no choice.

"Come with us." The officers pulled Jia Yi to their left and right.

"You cannot arrest me. The laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty only punish remarriage, but I am not married yet. I have only re-engaged. You have no right to arrest me!"

Jia Yi suddenly remembered the law and raised his hand to shake off the officials, but since the officials had arrested him, they wouldn't let him get away so easily, especially since Jia Yi was a scholar who couldn't even kill a chicken.

The Great Zhou Dynasty treated scholars with preferential treatment. Unless they had committed a serious crime, officials were not allowed to come directly to their homes to arrest them. At most, they could only politely invite them to investigate.

"You've made me lose face by holding me like this, I'm going to sue you!" Jia Yi immediately frowned when he couldn't shake you off.

One of the officers was speechless. "Sue, sue, sue! Sue me all you want!"

The other one was a bit kinder: "We're not arresting you because of bigamy, but because someone has accused you of murder for money!"

"Plotting to kill for money? How could I plot to kill for money? This is a complete fabrication. You have damaged my reputation. I will sue you even if I have to beat the drum to appeal to the authorities."

The officer who had just spoken was already very impatient. "Suit yourself, tell us what you want. But you still have to come with us now."

As they led Jia Yi past Jiang Xinyi, they nodded to her and said, "Miss Jiang, you are the victim. If you are free now, would you please come to the yamen? If you do, we will wait for you to arrive before we begin the trial."

Jiang Xinyi also politely replied, "Thank you both for your hard work."

Two constables half-dragged, half-carried Jia Yi toward the yamen.

Jia Yi shouted, "What does this have to do with Xin Yi? When have I ever harmed Xin Yi? How did she become the victim?"

He couldn't remember anything about how he had set up the scheme to harm her. As time went on, he began to believe that he had approached Jiang Xinyi out of love, and he always remembered how he had risked his life to save her.

They completely forgot that without his scheme, Jiang Xinyi would never have had the chance to get close to him.

In retrospect, these are all undeserved disasters.

Jiang Xinyi had only heard Zhou Hanzhang mention that Jia Yi had set a trap to get close to her, but she didn't know the specifics of what happened.

Ever since she nearly died outside and was saved by Jia Yi, she has been having nightmares every day. Jia Yi takes this opportunity to frequently appear by her side and comfort her.

This led her to become dependent on Jia Yi, which is why she agreed to marry him.

Who knew that this whole thing was actually Jia Yi's scheme?

When she first heard about it, she couldn't accept it. However, she confined herself at home and thought about it for a long time. With her mother's encouragement, she was able to come to terms with it.

In fact, it is not necessary for Jiang Xinyi to be present at the scene to convict Jia Yi. However, if the victim is present, the victim's feelings will be taken into consideration when making a judgment, and the sentence will be adjusted accordingly.

This is the humane aspect of the laws of the Great Zhou Dynasty. For some cases, there is a range of punishments, and the wishes of the victim are fully considered before sentencing.

Now that Hanzhang has found the person who set up the scheme for Jia Yi, and has even been persuaded by Hanzhang to sue Jia Yi, she is determined to go and see him.

If Jia Yi could be prevented from ever appearing in the capital again, that would be the best outcome.

Hiring someone to commit murder is enough to get him exiled to the frontier.

Jiang Xinyi originally wanted Zhou Hanzhang and Li Xianda to have dinner with Mo Xuan and the others, while she could go by herself.

But Mo Xuan, the old man, was quite gossipy. He looked at Jiang Xinyi and said, "Girl, why don't you take me with you to see what's going on?"

Jiang Xinyi: ...

Since Mo Xuan had already spoken, Jiang Xinyi couldn't refuse, so she could only extend her hand in a gesture of invitation, telling Mo Xuan to go first.

Seeing that Jiang Xinyi was so cooperative, Mo Xuan couldn't help but be pleased. "Girl, after this is over, would you like to come and study at our Tianan Academy?"

You don't know, I wanted to bring you in a few years ago, but you got engaged to that scumbag and spent all your time with him. I didn't like that scumbag, so I didn't invite you. But after this incident, you should have nothing to do with him anymore, right?

Would you like to consider coming to our academy? We have few girls, so you'll definitely be popular. We have all kinds of boys, and even the worst one is better than that loser, so don't worry.

If you are bullied, all the students in the academy will stand up for you and teach that person a lesson. Doesn't that sound tempting?

Jiang Xinyi's aptitude is much better than her younger brother Jiang Bowen's. Mo Xuan shook his head when he thought of Jiang Bowen. It's not that he's bad, he's just a bit slow-witted.

Mo Xuan led the group downstairs, and Zhou Hanzhang realized that the four oddballs of the academy were missing. He secretly asked Li Xianda, "Cousin, didn't you invite my senior brothers from the academy?"

"...It's over."

Li Xianda then realized that he hadn't invited them. "I forgot, I won't be silenced, will I?"

He was trembling slightly.

When they came downstairs, they saw Jiang Bowen rushing over and Jia Yi being led by officials. They charged at him like mad lions.

The two officers were so frightened that they quickly released Jia Yi.

Jiang Bowen let out a howl and rushed forward, giving Jia Yi a good beating without saying a word.