Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

From childhood to adulthood, the type of boys Wen Jiao hated the most were those who always tried to teach you some great truths, but when they found that they could not win the argument with reason, they would get angry, cry, and act like a spoiled child. They would either be unable to accept defeat and pretend to be stubborn, saying things like "A good man does not fight with a woman, I'll give in to you", or they would be so heartbroken that they would cry loudly and shout that they would report the teacher.

What the hell is this!

Obviously, Chen Guangrui is currently in the latter state.

The external aid he invited was no match for Wen Jiao's external aid, and his moral principles were no match for Wen Jiao's sharp tongue. Chen Guangrui was so upset that he even wanted to take the opportunity of being brought to court to sue Wen Jiao. Wen Jiao was amused by his unreasonable behavior: "What are you suing me for? Suing me for not accepting a villain like you as the heaven, not allowing you to insult me, and even daring to divorce you, so I must be a fox spirit?"

According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, a doctor wanted to get rid of his father-in-law. His wife was very embarrassed when she learned about this. If she told her father, her husband's life would be in danger, and if she didn't tell her father, her father's life would be in danger. So she asked her mother for advice, and her mother left her a wise saying: "Husbands are all human, but fathers are only one. How can they be compared?"

Although the meaning of these four words "人尽可夫" has been distorted in later generations, their original meaning is indeed very fierce. To put it simply, a two-legged toad is hard to find, but two-legged men are everywhere, so what's so precious about them?

Yin Wenjiao thought Chen Guangrui was too precious, so she took his every word and action to heart. It was obviously because he was too mean, but she was the one who was so angry that she hanged herself. If it were Wenjiao, what would a mean man be? No one in the world is more precious than herself. Since she is upright and has a clear conscience, she will never tolerate the slightest insult from others. This is not selfishness or self-inflation, but self-love and self-respect.

Chen Guangrui looked proud: "You can hide it from others, but you can't hide it from me. I just know that you are not Mantangjiao."

Wen Jiao followed his words and said with a smile: "Yes, I am not Mantang Jiao. She hated you so much that she would rather die so that she could invite me, a demon, to avenge her. You see, if she knew what I did, would she be satisfied?"

"Mantangjiao is gentle and lovely, she wouldn't be so sharp-tongued and vicious." Chen Guangrui gritted his teeth.

Wen Jiao smiled and said, "Why don't you just say that she is an honest person? Now that you are in prison, you remember how gentle and lovely Mantangjiao was. When you called her a whore, how come you couldn't remember her good points? In my opinion, of course she will be satisfied. After all, unless you are born a bitch, who would be happy to see the man who forced you to death have a beautiful wife and concubines and a successful career? So I say, even if she is dissatisfied, at most she thinks you are not miserable enough."

"You admit it?" Chen Guangrui's eyes lit up. "Tomorrow in court, I will report it to the Jingzhao Yin. I'll see if he doesn't charge you with spreading rumors to confuse the people, misleading Yin Xiang, and framing an official of the imperial court!"

"Oh, I'm so scared~" Wen Jiao held her heart with one hand, and said in an exaggerated tone, "But, where is the evidence? You have no evidence, and you accuse your ex-wife of being a demon in court. Aren't you afraid of being regarded as a lunatic? I warn you, if you dare to make random accusations and say nonsense like 'just bring her over, and a basin of black dog blood will reveal her true form', I will apply to be imprisoned with you in court. I will pour a basin of blood, and you will have to pour a basin of blood too. I even dare to drink it, and of course you will have to drink it too. Then let your former colleagues see your magnificent appearance as the top scholar and the former university scholar covered in dog blood."

Chen Guangrui shuddered.

"Besides, Chen Lang, are you so confident that you think I must be a demon in disguise?" Putting down the food box in her hand, Wen Jiao approached Chen Guangrui through the wooden fence and tenderly took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat.

Chen Guangrui's pupils shrank, and he subconsciously took a step back: "Mantang Jiao would never be so bold as to bully her husband as a wife and disrupt the moral code!"

Wen Jiao laughed: "Gang Chang, you want to tell me Gang Chang?"

When she was in college, she really studied the Three Bonds and Five Constant Virtues carefully and concluded that these are a system of interconnected support. If you only mention one of them and not the others, then there is definitely an ulterior motive, especially when the other person is a very bad man.

"Yes, yes, the husband is the leader of the wife, so the husband can hide his responsibilities, mistreat his wife or even force her to death. Then why don't you say that above the husband being the leader of the wife, there is the king being the leader of the ministers? A minister losing his seal is like a woman losing her chastity. Since you think I should die for losing my chastity, then when your own seal was taken away by two thugs, how could you have the nerve to revive? Why didn't you draw your sword and kill yourself in the Hongjiang Dragon Palace? I was forced by the thieves at the time, and you also had the sword on your neck by the Dragon King of Hongjiang. If you don't come back to life, your soul will be torn apart."

Chen Guangrui choked, then waved his sleeves after a moment: "It is normal to encounter some disturbances in the officialdom. You are just an ignorant woman, what do you know?" He covered his face and cried, "It's a pity that I, Chen Guangrui, a man of honor, was born in a poor family and had no one to rely on, so I was bullied by a woman relying on her power!"

It seems that Tang Seng's habit of crying easily was inherited from his father.

Wen Jiao calmly folded the handkerchief into a flower: "I don't understand?"

In modern times, she has watched a lot of anti-corruption dramas in her free time. She really understands it.

"Chen Guangrui, if you were just a scholar in Wenyuan Pavilion, a humble government office, you would certainly keep yourself clean. After all, people below you would not look down upon you if they wanted to bribe you. You dared to accept bribes before, relying only on your status as the prime minister's son-in-law. You thought you had some weight in front of my father and could intervene in the appointment and dismissal of officials. Where did your reputation and ambition go at this time? You think that the censor's exposure of your bribery is bullying. You despise powerful families so much. You could have refused my embroidered ball when it hit you. The prime minister's daughter has no trouble finding a husband. There is no reason for her to insist on marrying a bald champion like you. But weren't you the one who was overjoyed to enter the bridal chamber? A gentleman is arrogant to the princes, what have you done before?"

"Wake up, Confucianism is upright and has the people in mind, which is true of a gentleman - but that's not you. You studied hard for ten years just to be able to ride on the heads of the common people and abuse your power. You are just a parasite with the teachings of Confucius and Mencius on your head. Don't use the saints and famous ministers of ancient times to flatter yourself."

Chen Guangrui was struck by her analysis, and felt ashamed, angry, and resentful. The torrent of emotions repeatedly washed over his fragile mind, and he suddenly felt dizzy and could not help but sit down on the straw: "Witch!"

Wen Jiao smiled brightly: "Yes, I am a seductress, what are you? You are a skinless rat who can't even win an argument with a seductress, and can only call her a seductress. After all, as the poem says, 'The rat has skin, but the man has no manners'. When you go to court tomorrow, and you act crazy again, you will become an even more skinless and shameless crazy rat. I'm waiting to see you make a fool of yourself!"

"Are you here on purpose to humiliate me?" Chen Guangrui's teeth were almost broken.

Wen Jiao mentioned the food box that no one cared about: "Jiang Liuer thought you didn't have enough to eat in prison, so he asked me to bring you some food."

"As for myself," she adjusted the scarlet scarlet on her arm, which looked like the red candles burning brightly in the wedding night, so bright that they scorched the eyes, "I just came here to laugh at your joke. Seeing you so miserable, I am very happy."