Chapter 65: The Fall Guy

Du Ruo suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

With Zhuniang's parents and family all alive, Doctor Gu and Song Shi being so enthusiastic about arranging her marriage itself was unusual.

Could it be that the child in Zhuniang's belly was Doctor Gu's?

It wasn't impossible. Doctor Gu bullied his own niece and got her pregnant. Such a scandalous matter that violated human ethics, once spread, would definitely be pointed at and cursed by people.

So in order to protect his reputation, Doctor Gu had to throw away this hot potato. The best way was to find a scapegoat.

Don't say, Jiang Cheng was really the most suitable candidate.

Young, inexperienced in love, as long as some blood was smeared on the quilt, it would be easy to muddle through.

Anyway, it was only a month pregnant. By then, they would just say the child was premature, or even more ruthless, just have an accidental miscarriage, and no one would know.

Du Ruo looked at Doctor Gu with disdain.

Pfft, old lecher!

"What are you looking at me for?" Doctor Gu was a bit spooked by her gaze, and his tone wasn't kind either: "You've already seen Zhuniang, should we talk about the betrothal gift now?"

Song Shi also smiled and said: "Yes, everything should be done early rather than late. As the saying goes, marrying a wife is good for winter, and the weather is getting cooler day by day."

She opened her mouth and made a decision: "How about this, let's set the date for the eighth of the eighth lunar month, auspicious and lucky. From now on, the couple's life will surely be prosperous! As for the betrothal gift, we won't ask for too much, silver, what do you think?"

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Jiang Cheng shouted: "No, I don't agree!"

A foolish wife is still wanted, Chunhua isn't foolish and is diligent, and she only sold for ten taels, okay?

Doctor Gu threw a knife-like look, and Jiang Cheng immediately shrank, habitually lowering his head.

Du Ruo smiled: "It is indeed a bit much. I've also inquired around, the silver to marry a wife in this village is at most, and you are asking for it as soon as you open your mouth, I can't afford it."

Song Shi also felt her tone was a bit big, worried the Jiang family would go back on their word, so she hurriedly said: "Then how about ten taels? It can't be any less. Zhuniang still has a few brothers who haven't married, so we have to scrape together."

Du Ruo gritted her teeth: "Fine, ten taels it is! However..."

Her gaze fell back onto the foolish girl: "Before the betrothal, we must take Zhuniang for a check-up, to avoid any hidden illnesses."

"What do you mean by that?" Doctor Gu jumped off the stool, his voice high-pitched: "Does it mean you won't marry her if her health isn't good? Don't forget, it was your family's Sanlang who was wrong first, defiling Zhuniang's purity! Even if Zhuniang has some minor illness or pain, you have to pinch your nose and accept this loss!"

Du Ruo's smile turned cold: "And what if I don't accept it?"

She could ignore other problems, but wanting them to be the fall guy, impossible!

If you have the ability, report it to the officials!

Doctor Gu choked.

Except for using reporting to the officials to threaten the Jiang family, he really had no other tricks. But he couldn't really report to the officials. Once reported, the government would definitely send people to investigate. Once investigated, wouldn't it all be exposed?

Doctor Gu pointed at Du Ruo for a long time, unable to let out a fart.

Song Shi's tone also carried some complaints: "Jiang Li's wife, you are not being fair. When you married over back then, weren't you also full of illnesses? Did Jiang Li ever dislike you? Now that it's Zhuniang's turn, why are you so harsh?"

Du Ruo rolled her eyes secretly.

Although she was in poor health, she was pure, and she wasn't carrying someone else's seed in her belly.

She was too impatient to continue circling: "Anyway, you consider it yourselves. If you want to form this marriage, a pre-marital check-up is indispensable. If it really doesn't work, you can report it to the officials."

The couple looked at each other, and Song Shi made one last effort: "Why go so far for a check-up? My husband is a doctor himself, can't he just take her pulse?"

Du Ruo looked at her like she was a fool.

Did she really think she was easy to fool? Of course, the flower seller praises the flower's fragrance, and who would admit their own pig has the plague?

"I don't trust Doctor Gu's medical skills." Du Ruo said straight out.

Doctor Gu was furious. One could say he had no medical ethics, but one could never say his medical skills were not good. His family had ancestral medical skills!

He gave his wife a look, and Song Shi understood, immediately running over to bolt the door.

"All come out!" Doctor Gu shouted.

Du Ruo and Jiang Cheng were a bit confused. Turning around, they saw a fat woman rush out from the room, followed by one, two, three strong men, each looking fierce and evil.

Du Ruo hurriedly protected Jiang Cheng and retreated.

A miscalculation. If she had known, she would have brought Tie Dan. This Gu guy was too insidious, actually hiding people in the room.

"Are you planning to use force?" She said coldly.

Doctor Gu ignored her and turned to the fat woman: "Eldest sister-in-law, you heard the situation inside, so I won't say much more. Anyway, I've already found the person for you, whether it works or not, you decide for yourselves."

The fat woman sized up Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng swallowed his saliva, straightened his little body, and darted in front of his sister-in-law: "I, I tell you, my eldest brother is not someone to be trifled with! If you dare to mess around, be careful that my eldest brother won't be polite to you!"

The fat woman curled her lips in disgust.

This boy's appearance was a bit poor, and he was a bit poor, but it was said that his family had started to have good luck recently. His sister-in-law was the daughter of a government official, his eldest brother had become a Bu Tou, and the family had even bought a carriage recently. It seemed their life wouldn't be bad in the future.

Her own daughter had a defect, so finding someone like this could be considered a match.

Thinking of this, the fat woman put her hands on her hips and laughed: "Boy, you can't fly away today, so just obediently follow us."

Jiang Cheng: "... On, on what grounds?"

"On the grounds that you bullied my daughter!" The fat woman didn't take him seriously at all: "I know your eldest brother is a Bu Tou, if it weren't for him being a Bu Tou, I wouldn't be willing to marry my daughter into your family! But no matter how powerful a Bu Tou is, his own younger brother committed a crime, does he dare to shield him? If he dares, I'll go to the Ya Men and report him, let him lose his job and face!"

Saying this, she gestured to her sons: "Dahu, Erhu, Sanhu, Si, go, teach your brother-in-law a lesson." ===== CHAPTER 66 =====