Chapter 328： ridicule

Chapter 328 Mocking

328 Taunt

The poor scholar sneered: "Is it insulting to the gentleman? Who is insulting the gentleman? In the provincial examination, Pei Shangsi cheated to get into Juren!

Big guys, think about it, we have studied hard for more than ten years in the cold window, just to one day be famous on the list and serve the court.

But now, there are some people who cheat for personal gain and take up the quota. How can we children from poor families listen to them and recognize them? We must ask for an explanation! "

"Yes, we must seek an explanation!"

These words immediately aroused the fame of many people from poor families, and many people followed suit.

The scene was a little out of control for a while.

"It's a bunch of nonsense, it's just a bunch of nonsense." Pei Shangqing was so angry that he blushed and his neck was thick, and when he called his servants, he wanted to arrest the three who led the quarrel.

After all, they are all frail scholars, and they were arrested by Pei Shangqing's people within a few strokes.

The scholar with the toughest temper shouted in rebellion: "Pei Shangqing, do you think you can get away with it? Huiyuan is going to enter the palace, and you can hide it from the emperor with just a few ounces of ink in your stomach!"

Pei Shangqing stepped forward and kicked the poor scholar's stomach, "It's really bad!"

shouted: "Give me a hard hit 'em!"

In an instant, there was a sound of punching and kicking.

Few people dare to offend the Pei family's influence. The people around only watched the excitement, but no one dared to stop it.

At this moment, suddenly felt a figure flash past, and the next moment, the members of the Pei family fell out one by one.

Pei Shangqing was taken aback, looked intently, and saw a young man in Tsing Yi standing in front of those scholars with a big knife in his hand.

A few teenagers stepped forward and helped the three scholars up.

Among these people, there is one person he has an impression of, that is, Qiao Muchen, the most promising candidate among the candidates this time, Xie Yuan from the township city last year.

Pei Shangqing threatened with cold eyes: "Why, do you want to offend the Pei family too?"

Zhao Yu was too lazy to talk nonsense with them, and the knife came out of its sheath with a clatter.

Pei Shangqing was frightened and took a step back, but at the same time, he was more angry and disobedient, pointing at Zhao Yu and yelling: "You dare to use a knife on my young master? Hehe, it's really bold, you know Xiaoye, I Who is it? Come, catch them all!"

In an instant, the cheerleading servant rushed towards Zhao Yu.

The sword had no eyes, and many people scattered around in fright, and some stood far away to watch the excitement.

The fight was on the verge of breaking out, but there was almost no suspense about the outcome.

Zhao Yu's force value is beyond the reach of these untrained servants.

So, as soon as those servants rushed up, they flew out one by one like dumplings...

Not enough for Zhao Yu to move around.

Quite a few fell in front of Pei Shangqing, and Pei Shangqing's face turned blue from the frightened cry of pain.

Stuttering and threatening: "Okay, okay, you, wait for me!"

After yelling harshly, he pushed aside the crowd and ran away in a panic.

That embarrassed look is not funny.

After he ran away, many people around laughed.

Naturally, some people said it was Zhao Yu's fault, and told him to leave the capital immediately, saying that he had offended someone who shouldn't be offended.

Zhao Yu held the knife in both hands, looking indifferent.

"Okay, as long as he dares to come, he has to ask about the knife in my hand!"

After being helped up, the scholar thanked Zhao Zhitong and the others with a bruised and purple face from the beating.

Gangzheng said: "That's right, this is the capital, under the feet of the emperor! Can he still be lawless and disregard human life?"

The other two scholars also said without fear of power: "That's right, this place is at the feet of the emperor, do they still have the king's law in their eyes!"

The three scholars all have a sense of righteousness, and Zhao Zhitong and the others have a little more appreciation and affection for these three scholars, so they chatted with them a few words.

After some inquiries, I learned that these three scholars were from the same hometown, and they came to Beijing together for the exam.

Which one is the most upright and the most severely beaten scholar is named Liu Yuan, and the other two, one is his own brother named Liu Qu.

The other is a fellow villager they met on the road, named Liang Heng.

It's just, unfortunately, in this exam, only Liu Yuan was on the list, while Liu Qu and Liang Heng both failed.

The two scholars who failed the ranking did not feel sorry for themselves because of this, they complained a lot, they were still full of ambitions, and they agreed to come back in three years.

Several people said a few more words, exchanged names, and then left one after another.

On the way back, everyone was silent. No one mentioned the exam again, for fear that Qiao Muchen would be sad.

When they returned to the inn, there were already many students in the inn, some congratulated each other, and some comforted each other.

At this point, the government officials also came to announce the news, and for a while, congratulations and celebrations were everywhere in the inn.

Some students who were jealous of Qiao Muchen before, after seeing Qiao Muchen, wanted to ask and sarcastic on purpose.

No, just as they stepped into the door of the inn, several students came over.

"Hey, isn't this our Jie Yuan, Mr. Qiao?"

"Isn't it? Oh, Mr. Qiao, is it on the list? Is it on the first list or the second list, hahaha."

Judging from their ironic ridicule at the end, they must know that Qiao Muchen failed the ranking, and they definitely asked on purpose now, just to embarrass Qiao Muchen.

They thought they would see Qiao Muchen ashamed, but unfortunately Qiao Muchen did not. Not only did he not feel ashamed, but he admitted it generously.

Qiao Muchen was poised and composed, neither humble nor overbearing, and did not feel ashamed for failing the ranking.

Such a reaction stunned those who watched the joke.

However, those people naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity, so they were stunned for a while, and then continued to mock.

"Ah, not on the list!"

The words of pretending to be surprised seemed to be loudly shouted on purpose, just to let everyone in the inn hear.

"God, isn't this the smartest Mr. Qiao who is praised every day? Isn't it surprising that he didn't make the list?"

"Oh, isn't it all a false name before? Then, Jie Yuan must have been bought, hahaha."

…

This mocking voice made Zhao Zhitong and the others change their expressions.

Zhao Yue couldn't bear it at first, and he stood up to stand up for his good friend: "Don't you can't spit ivory out of your mouth, the students sitting here know whether Qiao Muchen has real talents!"

As soon as these words came out, the other students in the inn couldn't help but nodded and started discussing.

"Yes, Mr. Qiao is indeed talented and learned, and we all can see it."

"Yes, I can testify. I am from the same town as Mr. Qiao. He is the most intelligent person in our Anyang County. He has helped the county magistrate solve many important cases."

…

Certainly Qiao Muchen's voice kept ringing, more and more.

At this time, the person who deliberately found fault had an ugly face, and suddenly mocked: "Tsk tsk, since you are so talented, why did you fail the ranking?"

As soon as this question was asked, other people also found it difficult to understand.

Qiao Muchen smiled at this time, and said lightly: "'Who can tell the truth from the past to the present? There is nothing in the past.'"

(end of this chapter)