A Time-Traveling Mishap: I Became an Ancient Nobleman

Chapter 78 is clearly a scam.

When Grandmother Jia saw the silver, she reached out quickly, took it in one swift motion, bit it to confirm it was real, and then put it into her bosom with a smile.

"When the time comes, take them to the clinic for a check-up. If they are unwilling to go, directly invite the government officials over, so that they won't try to extort money from you later."

Jia Yi wanted to say something more, but Zhou Hanzhang glanced at the mother and son and said, "That's enough. Don't treat us like fools."

"We don't need to go to the clinic."

All we can do is watch Zhou Hanzhang and wait for her next instructions.

Zhou Hanzhang turned his head and said, "Fine, if you don't want to go, then you don't have to. Cousin, give him a copy of our family's agreement. You can bring the pen and ink over when you're ready."

Without any apparent time or movement, he quickly took out his pen and ink and waited beside Li Xianda.

Li Xianda produced a stack of agreements from who-knows-where, took the pen from He Shi's hand, added a few strokes to the agreement, and then handed it to Jia Yi.

Seeing that Jia Yi already had the agreement, Zhou Hanzhang said, "Young Master Jia, as you know, our family has a special situation. Every year, many people come to our door trying to extort money from us because we have a lot of money. To avoid these situations, we always have an agreement ready. Take a look."

Jia Yi looked at the agreement that had been handed over, his eyes widening like saucers.

The agreement stated that he had received compensation from Zhou Hanzhang and the others for what happened today, and that he would not use this as an excuse to seek help from them in the future.

After reading it, Jia Yi looked up at Zhou Hanzhang and forced a smile. "Young Prince, isn't this a bit much? People like us don't need this kind of thing."

"Young Master Jia is joking. These things of ours have existed for more than just a day or two. This agreement is mainly to guard against scoundrels, not gentlemen."

"Of course, this agreement isn't specifically targeting you. It's just that in case something unexpected happens in the future, no one can say for sure. Now that the matter is resolved, it should look like a resolution. We can't afford to gamble on human nature, can we?"

After Zhou Hanzhang's words, even if Jia Yi was unwilling, he had no choice but to sign it.

After he signed it, he handed the agreement back to Zhou Hanzhang. Zhou Hanzhang looked at the signature on the agreement, confirmed that it was correct, and then asked He Shi to put it away.

"Your Zhou and Li families have achieved what you have today because you are so cautious in everything you do. You are truly remarkable."

Jia Yi was certainly not in a good mood at this moment.

Today's charade only yielded two taels of silver from them, and all I did was become a laughingstock. My initial scheme has completely failed.

"Young Master Jia is too kind."

Zhou Hanzhang didn't want to talk to these people anymore, and Li Xianda and Jiang Mingyun also got impatient and pulled Zhou Hanzhang away.

Jia Yi watched their departing carriage and fell into deep thought.

The crowd around them slowly dispersed, and as they did so, they could still hear the words, "Any one of these three families could make it impossible for you to survive in the capital if they wanted to. You should be grateful that they're giving you money now."

"Exactly, look at that old lady, she's perfectly fine, she's obviously trying to scam people."

"That's right. Even a blind person could see the Jiang family's carriage and knew to give way. But that old woman was so reckless that she insisted on rushing forward."

"That's right, that's right. I saw that Miss Jiang's carriage stopped in time, without even touching her, and she just fell to the ground screaming."

"No way, are you telling the truth? But the young prince just gave them two taels of silver. If that's really the case, they shouldn't have been given a single copper coin."

"I think we should report it to the authorities."

Scattered voices could be heard from the crowd, "Is that Jia Yi, who's going to marry Miss Jiang?"

"Eh? I think so. Hmm, just now the young prince called him Young Master Jia, and that person even asked what his relationship was with the young prince, but the young prince refuted him. Yes, that's him."

"Have you heard about this? After Jia Yi saved Miss Jiang, he stayed by her side. He always looked at her with a dull look in his eyes. Miss Jiang probably felt indebted to him, which is why she agreed to marry him."

"I've always felt that Miss Jiang is such a celestial being that Jia Yi is not good enough for her. Also, I recently heard that there's something fishy about Jia Yi saving Miss Jiang. I heard that Jia Yi orchestrated this disaster to get close to Miss Jiang."

These words immediately piqued everyone's interest.

"Tell me quickly!"

Grandmother Jia, who was standing nearby, naturally heard these gossips. "You damned bastards, what nonsense are you spouting? Aren't you afraid of being dragged into the tongue-pulling hell after you die!"

My son isn't good enough for Jiang Xinyi? Bah! What is Jiang Xinyi anyway? Someone like my son could marry a princess if he wanted to.

"It's just that my son is kind-hearted. He accidentally bumped into her when he saved her that day, and he wanted to marry her because he was afraid it would damage her reputation."

Grandmother Jia continued to jump up and point at the person who had just spoken, "My son is kind-hearted. He risked his life to save Jiang Xinyi. She can marry into our family, or even give us all her property."

They say my son orchestrated this whole thing? If you're so capable, why don't you design one yourselves? Who wouldn't risk their life to design something like this?

Grandmother Jia was completely unaware that Jia Yi had plotted against Jiang Xinyi. After Jia Yi saved Jiang Xinyi, he was injured for several months, and she harbored great resentment towards Jiang Xinyi.

Hearing these people say that, they immediately exploded.

The man, unable to bear Jia Mu's scathing remarks any longer, stepped forward and said, "These words were not mine. These events have already spread throughout the capital in the past few days."

After you rescued Miss Jiang, didn't the Jiang family also give you a generous gift? These days, Miss Jiang has been busy taking care of you, preparing a house and sending you gifts. If you ask me, I can say that we have repaid all the kindness.

You still shamelessly grovel and demand repayment every day. Your son is a scholar, yet you say such things.

If you truly orchestrated this, then you have committed murder for money.

"Bullshit! Don't spout nonsense here. There's no such thing. Jiang Xinyi is giving us things because she's going to marry into our family and is going to take care of me, her mother-in-law."

What do you mean, 'repay'? The Jiang family can never repay our kindness in this lifetime. My son's health has been poor for the past two years because of this, and he can't recover even after all that care..."

Grandmother Jia was full of fighting spirit and argued with those people.

Jia Yi, who was listening nearby, was terrified.

Grandmother Jia was unaware that he, as the person involved, was fully aware of how he had orchestrated his approach to Jiang Xinyi.

He clearly handled all the related matters and people thoroughly.

Where did these rumors come from?

He had no interest in arguing with them and pulled Grandmother Jia away.

Grandmother Jia was not happy about it. "Why should we leave? We're not leaving. We won't leave until he explains this matter clearly."

Jia Yi was extremely troubled. "Mother! I am a scholar. Making such a fuss in the street will damage my reputation and hinder my future career!"

Grandmother Jia fears nothing except this, and when Jia Yi said this, she immediately shut up.