Chapter 279: Chapter 279 I Can't Bear to Chop Off Your Head

Chapter 279: Chapter 279 I Can't Bear to Chop Off Your Head"No. 460, Yang Zhen, a student of the Imperial Academy. No. 459, Li Zhuming, a native of Hushui County, Qingzhou..."

The official standing under the "Wall of Fame" read out the list loudly, and the moment he opened his mouth, the originally noisy waves of voices suddenly quieted down.

Thousands of students listened with their ears erect, and when they heard their names, they either cried with joy or raised their arms and cheered wildly.

"Erlang, why haven't you heard your name yet?" Auntie was a little anxious.

"Mother, it's only over 100." Xu Lingyue comforted, "Didn't you say that your second brother would be the champion?"

Auntie glared at her daughter. The dead girl even dared to tease her.

"Erlang, it's not your turn yet."

When she read out the top 50, Auntie became even more anxious, frowning.

"Wait a little longer." Xu Erlang frowned.

When she read out the top ten, Auntie's face turned pale, and she felt that her son would most likely fail.

Xu Xinnian's eyes showed trepidation and a little excitement. This was a trend of success or death. Thinking of his elder brother's song "Hard to Travel" and his usual accumulation, Erlang felt a little confident.

Finally, when the voice was sung: "This year's champion, Xu Xinnian, a student of Yunlu Academy, a native of Beijing."

There was a "boom" in my aunt's ears, like a scorched thunder exploding, and she trembled violently.

This "scorched thunder" also exploded in the ears of thousands of students and the surrounding night watchmen. The first thought that came to their mind was: Impossible!

It is impossible for a student of Yunlu Academy to become the champion. The orthodox dispute of Confucianism lasted for two hundred years. The students of Yunlu Academy were suppressed in the officialdom. This is an indisputable fact.

In such a big background, how could the champion be a student of Yunlu Academy?

The last Yunlu Academy scholar who became the "champion" was Ziyang Jushi twenty years ago. But who is Ziyang Jushi?

He is a great scholar of the fourth rank.

Looking back 20 years later, it is completely reasonable for him to become the champion and even the top scholar. He is a potential dragon.

However, if we change our thinking, this scholar who also came from Yunlu Academy fought his way out of thousands of troops and became the champion.

Does it mean that he also has the talent of a great scholar?

For a while, many people were excited.

These people are rich men or scholars who are looking for son-in-law under the list.

It has been a practice since ancient times. In the Yuan Jingnian of Dafeng, although it was not popular, there were still many families who looked for son-in-law under the list.

What they are waiting for is a scholar with outstanding qualifications and potential dragon, such as the current "champion" Xu Xinnian.

It is a joke that the rich family looks at the list and takes a fancy to the scholar, so they send people to the family to matchmake, and the race is for time.

Once the matchmaking is successful, the marriage is settled, and no one can snatch it away. In the era when etiquette is more important than heaven, it is not possible to bring pressure from the elders of the school to break the marriage with a pill of Qi Gathering Powder. Unless you don't want a bright future.

"Who is Xu Xinnian?"

"Who is Xu Xinnian, Master Xu?"

In the crowd, there were inquiries from time to time.

A student turned around and saw Xu Xinnian with a dull face in the vast sea of people. He immediately shouted: "Cijiu, congratulations. Xu Xinnian is there."

Hula la... The first to rush over were not students, but people who wanted to catch the son-in- law under the list, and surrounded Xu Xinnian with their entourage.

"Is Xu Huiyuan married? I have a daughter in my family, she is 28 years old and beautiful. I

am willing to marry you."

"I also have an unmarried daughter in my family, who is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting."

Xu Xinnian retreated again and again.

Chun'er stood on tiptoe and watched for a while, and said happily: "It's really interesting to catch a husband under the list, Miss, I didn't expect Huiyuan to be that handsome scholar."

As soon as the voice fell, the curtain was suddenly lifted, and Miss Wang, who had a gentle temperament, a little baby fat on her cheeks, and a sweet hidden, looked out for a moment and said:

"Chun'er, go back."

On this side, Xu Xinnian, who had never seen such a scene, frowned.

Just as he was about to say something sweet to drive away this group of tactless people, suddenly, he saw a few people from the underworld rushing up with bad intentions, crashing into the "protective wall" formed by the entourage, intending to take advantage of his mother and sister.

The entourage was forced to retreat again and again, and Auntie and Lingyue screamed in

fear.

"Stop!"

Xu Erlang yelled.

But it was useless, he couldn't stop so many people at all.

"Heh, such a rogue, no ability, but good at taking advantage of troubled waters." The middle-aged swordsman saw this scene from a distance and was quite disdainful.

But he didn't care too much, this little chaos would soon be stopped by the night watchmen and soldiers, but the two beautiful women would probably be frightened.

"Stop!"

Suddenly, a deafening sound exploded, this time it was not a psychological thunder, but a real thunder explosion, which made more than a thousand people dizzy and tinnitus.

The riot stopped at once.

On the wall of the Imperial Examination Hall, stood a young man wearing a night watchman's uniform and embroidered with silver gongs. He pressed the knife with one hand and swept his sharp eyes over the group of Jianghu people who were making trouble.

At the same time, the officers and soldiers and the night watchmen finally arrived, pushing through the crowd.

The moment she saw Xu Qiyan, her aunt felt relieved, as if she had someone to rely on, and the mother and daughter breathed a sigh of relief.

"Take those troublemakers away." Xu Qiyan pointed out the gangsters one by one, and the surrounding Tongluo immediately went up to take them.

The students below recognized Xu Qiyan and were quite surprised, shouting, "It's Xu Shikui!"

"Meet Xu Shikui!"

Many students in the capital bowed and greeted him, with a respectful attitude, as if they were meeting with their predecessors and teachers.

In fact, Xu Qiyan really deserved such treatment. Just based on his masterpieces handed down from generation to generation, even the arrogant scholars did not dare to show arrogance in

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But the foreign students did not know Xu Qiyan's identity, and called him a night watchman, which was originally quite disdainful, but the attitude of the scholars in the capital made them realize that the young Yinluo had an extraordinary identity.

"Brother, who is this man? He is so ostentatious, and looks like a warrior."

"You don't know him... Oh, you are not from the capital. This gentleman is Xu Qi'an, the Xu

Qi'an with a faint fragrance floating in the moonlight at dusk."

"... So it's him, he is indeed a talented man with extraordinary bearing, a real dragon and phoenix, and people admire him when they see him."

Now, the students from other places know who he is. Xu Qi'an still has a lot of "private fans". With the poems he copied, he has gained a large number of fans among the scholars in

Dafeng.

For a time, countless students bowed and greeted him, shouting "Xu Shikui".

"So impressive..." Xu Lingyue murmured.

"So impressive..."

In the distance, Miss Rongrong looked at the young man on the wall with admiration in her

eyes.

"Obviously I am the protagonist..." Xu Xinnian whispered.

Xu Xinnian not only won the Gongshi, but also the first place in the Gongshi: Huiyuan!

This was something the whole family had not expected.

Aunt was so happy that she almost fainted, just like Fan Jin in women's clothing.

Second uncle was also very happy and decided to hold a big banquet at home, inviting relatives and colleagues to come and drink. Now that the Xu family is rich, there is no pressure

to hold a buffet for three days and three nights.

After lunch, Xu Erlang put down his chopsticks, looked at Xu Qi'an, and said, "Brother, are

you still going to patrol the streets today?"

Xu Qi'an shook his head.

He is Yinluo, and patrolling the streets usually depends on his mood, not mandatory. Moreover, now that the list of apricots has been announced, thousands of students have returned to their homes and found their mothers, and the pressure on public security is not as

great as in the morning.

Xu Erlang nodded, stood up, raised one hand on his abdomen, and put one hand behind his back, and said lightly: "Then brother, you have to work harder and help me guard the door. There will definitely be annoying flies disturbing me in the afternoon, and I will not see them

at all!"

This posture usually appears on respected old scholars or officials. Hey, this little brother is still pretending.....Xu Qi'an's mouth twitched. Xu Xinnian's arrogant personality was inherited from his aunt. However, his sharp tongue attribute was created by him. His aunt's skill in scolding people was ordinary, otherwise she would not be angry with Xu Qi'an.

Xu Qi'an returned to the room, sat at the desk, and worried about Xu Erlang's future. "Erlang won the first place, which I never expected. The next step is the palace examination in

a month. After the palace examination, the back hand I buried can be used (Zhao Langzhong of the Ministry of Personnel)......

"Staying in the capital is just the first step. If I want Erlang to be a useful person to me, I have

to find a backer for him. Otherwise, with his status as a student of Yunlu Academy, he would have spent his whole life in a low-income government office...

"Mr. Wei is no longer the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate, and I don't know if he can get this important position back. However, Erlang cannot surrender to Wei Yuan and cannot have any relationship with him, otherwise he will be branded as a "eunuch party" like me.

"Don't put all your eggs in one basket. I must find a way to find him a backer, so that we brothers can hope to join forces and dominate the court in the future."

Xu Qian'an had said before that he wanted to train Xu Xinnian to be the Prime Minister of Dafeng. This was of course a joke, but he did have the idea of "promoting" Xu Erlang. After going through so many things and offending so many people, this idea became clearer

and deeper.

First of all, Xu Erlang himself is extremely talented, follows the orthodox Confucian system,

and has good scheming and means. After a few years of experience in the officialdom, he is

definitely a god teammate.

But the disadvantages of being born in an orthodox Confucian family are also obvious - a

child without a mother!

"Princess Huaiqing is a woman, I suspect she has secretly cultivated power, but Erlang wants a solid backer, not to become an underground party member.

"As for the prince, I broke up with my mother-in-law, Concubine Chen, after the Fufei case,

so the prince will not consider it. Moreover, the prince's rank is too low and he is not worthy

of my Erlang. For the same reason, the fourth prince also passed."

After thinking it over in his mind, he found that he could not find a suitable backer in the civil

service group. Phew... Forget it, there's no rush for this. After the palace examination, Erlang's affairs will

come to an end for the time being. Next, I have to be vigilant about the Buddhist envoys and the dispute between Li Miaozhen and Chu Yuanzhen... Alas, this kind of dispute over the orthodoxy is the most troublesome. Xu Qian'an pinched his eyebrows and whispered:

"And for me, the most important thing is to be promoted to the Copper Skin and Iron Bones

Realm as soon as possible."

He washed his face and went out. Xu Yinluo was busy with Wan Ji every day, so how could he have time to watch the door for a mere Xu Erlang.

Riding on a mare, carrying the two books that Zhong Li had coded, Xu Qian'an galloped into

the imperial city, took out the waist jade given by Lin'an, and came to Shaoyin Garden under

the leadership of the Yulin Guard.

Lin'an was very happy about Xu Qian'an's sudden visit, and asked the palace maids to serve

the best tea and the most delicious cakes to entertain the dog slave.

"How is your highness these days?" Xu Qian'an asked.

Lin An sighed, his peach blossom eyes were no longer charming, and he hung his head in

dejection: "My mother cried to me every day, saying that she was bullied by the queen in the harem and she was about to die."

What about the people behind Concubine Chen? Didn't they help... Well, Concubine Chen is a

qualified palace fighting expert, she is not so useless. She must be pretending to be pitiful in

front of Lin An on purpose, trying to save the country in a roundabout way... Xu Qi'an was surprised:

"The queen is bullying too much, Your Highness, you just watch Concubine Chen being humiliated in the harem?"

"Then I can't beat Huai Qing, and I don't think my mother is as miserable as she said." She

said aggrievedly.

"You go to His Majesty." Xu Qi'an tried.

"You go down first." Lin An waved away the palace maids.

The hall fell silent, and no one spoke for a long time. "Dog slave..."

She called out weakly.

"Well, Your Highness, you say."

"When the prince was imprisoned in the Dali Temple, I went to ask my father, but he refused

to see me. I stood in the cold for two hours, and it was Huaiqing who drove me back...." Lin'an lowered his head sadly, a little beast with some inferiority complex, "At that time, I thought that maybe my father didn't love me that much. After the prince got into trouble, my

brothers and sisters stopped looking for me to play, and I realized that they didn't really like me either...."

Her eyebrows were raised, and her clear and charming peach blossom eyes were dim. She lowered her head slightly. She was not a princess at all, but a wronged and pitiful girl. Xu Qian'an knew that this was because His Highness Lin'an trusted him so much that she took

off her princess's pride in front of him, and what she showed was just a girl who was not too stupid, but not smart either.

She must have kept these things in her heart for a long time... At least she realized this reality

after the prince got into trouble... But she didn't show it, and still maintained her princess

pride.

It wasn't until the case of Concubine Fu ended that she realized the truth behind the case... How did she feel at that time? Sad, helpless, disappointed?

This princess looked arrogant and willful, but in fact she was a fierce paper tiger. When she

was wronged, she would only shout and scream, but when she was really wronged, she would silently bear it. In essence, she was actually a submissive woman, beautiful, but also strong on the outside. Lin'an's eyes gradually blurred, and she felt much better after saying these words. Although the dog slave couldn't give her anything, and even hesitated to help her to uphold justice in

front of Huaiqing, he could offend Huaiqing for her, and Lin'an was very happy in his heart. Suddenly, a hand pressed on her head and rubbed it.

Lin'an looked up in surprise, only to find that the dog slave had come to him without him

noticing. There was a look of helplessness in his eyes, as if he was pitying her misfortune and hating her for not fighting.

"Your Highness, I will accompany you."

Lin'an's face turned red little by little, and he said in a voice as soft as a mosquito's: "You,

don't touch my head... I will be angry."

Xu Qian'an disobeyed the order of Her Highness the Princess and rubbed her hair hard,

messing it up.

Lin'an opened her peach blossom eyes wide and stared at him, as if she was using her

princess's majesty to force the dog slave back. But although her eyes were charming and

affectionate, they really had no lethality. Lin'an lowered his head again.

Well, to deal with a girl with this kind of personality, appropriate domineering and

persistence are the best ways... If it were Huaiqing, I might have been stabbed to death with a

sword...

An ambiguous atmosphere fermented between the two of them.

Xu Qiyan withdrew his hand in time, took out the book of "Love God" from his arms, put it in

front of Lin'an, and said with a smile:

"This is a book I got by chance, it's quite interesting. Princess likes to listen to stories, so I guess she will like to read it. But don't say it's from me." Lin'an's attention was immediately attracted by "Love God".

"If you feel bored staying in the palace, you might as well move to Lin'an Mansion, so that I

can play with you every day and secretly take you out."

After chatting for a few words, he said goodbye and left.

"Xu Qiyan!"

Lin'an stopped him, puffed up his cheeks, and threatened fiercely: "What happened today

must not be spread outside, otherwise, otherwise..."

He wanted to say "otherwise I'll chop off your head", but he was a little reluctant.

"Got it." Xu Qiyan said.

Xu Qi'an left Shaoyin Garden and said to Yu Linwei, "I still want to see the princess, take me

there."

"This is against the rules." Yu Linwei shook his head.

"I can wait outside the palace, that's in accordance with the rules." Xu Qi'an calmly handed

over a silver note of ten taels of silver.

Yu Linwei agreed to him, took Xu Qi'an out of the palace, asked him to wait outside the

palace, and went in to pass the message.

Less than an incense stick of time, Yu Linwei returned and said, "Princess Huaiqing wants to

see you."

Xu Qi'an raised the corner of his mouth, stretched out his hand and pressed it on his chest, thinking, Huaiqing, Huaiqing, see the power of the domineering female president and the naive little scholar.

It will definitely hit your sweet spot.