"No. 460, Yang Zhen, a student of the Imperial Academy. No. 459, Li Zhuming, from Hushui County, Qingzhou..."

The officials standing under the "Wall of Fame" sang loudly, but the moment he opened his mouth, the originally noisy voice suddenly fell silent.

Thousands of students listened with their ears pricked up. When they heard their names, they either cried with joy or raised their arms and shouted wildly.

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

"Mom, it's only over a hundred." Xu Lingyue comforted, "Didn't you say that the second brother is Huiyuan?"

The aunt glared at her daughter, this damn girl actually dared to tease her.

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

When I was around fifty, my aunt became even more anxious and frowned.

"Wait a moment." Xu Erlang frowned.

When the list reached the top ten, my aunt's face turned pale and she felt that her son would most likely fail the list.

Xu Xinyin's eyes showed uneasiness and a little excitement. This is the trend of failure or failure. Thinking of his elder brother's song "The Road Is Difficult" and his usual accumulation, Erlang felt somewhat confident.

Finally, when the song came to mind, I remembered: "Jinke Huiyuan, Xu New Year, student of Yunlu Academy, native of Beijing."

There was a "boom" in Auntie's ears, like thunder exploding, and her whole body trembled violently.

The sound of "Jiao Lei" also hit the ears of thousands of students, as well as the ears of the watchers around them. The first thought that came to their minds was: Impossible!

It is impossible for students from Yunlu Academy to become Huiyuan. The dispute over Confucian orthodoxy lasted for two hundred years. It is an indisputable fact that students from Yunlu Academy were suppressed in the officialdom.

In this context, how could Huiyuan be a student of Yunlu Academy?

The last scholar of Yunlu Academy to become a "Huiyuan" was the layman Ziyang twenty years ago. But who is the layman Ziyang?

That is a great Confucian of the fourth grade.

Looking back twenty years later, it is completely reasonable for him to become the Huiyuan, or even the number one scholar. He is a hidden dragon.

However, to change the way of thinking, this scholar who also came from Yunlu Academy fought his way through thousands of troops and became Huiyuan.

Does it mean that he also has the qualifications to be a great Confucian?

For a time, many people were excited.

These people are all rich men or scholar-bureaucrats who want to seize their sons-in-law.

Catching a son-in-law under the apricot list has been around since ancient times. In the reign of Emperor Feng Yuanjing, although it was not very popular, there were still many families who were looking for a son-in-law by looking for a son-in-law.

What is waiting is a scholar with outstanding qualifications and potential, such as the current "Huiyuan" Xu New Year.

It is a joke to catch a son-in-law under the apricot list. When a wealthy family guards the apricot list and takes a fancy to the scholar, they send people to the house to talk to matchmakers, competing for time.

Once the matchmaking is successful, the marriage is decided and cannot be taken away by others if they try to steal it.

In an era when etiquette and law are more important than heaven, you don't mean to bring pressure from the elders of the master, give a grain of Qi Gathering Powder, and destroy the marriage if you say it will. Unless you don't want a bright future.

"Who is Xu New Year?"

"Who is Mr. Xu New Year?"

From time to time, inquiries came from the crowd.

A student turned around and looked around. Across the sea of ​​people, he saw Xu Xinnian with a dull face. He immediately shouted: "Farewell, congratulations. Xu Xinnian is over there."

Hula la la... The first people to rush over were not the students, but people who wanted to catch someone, and they led their retinues to surround Xu New Year.

"Is Xu Huiyuan married? I have a daughter in my family who is twenty-eight years old and as beautiful as a flower. I would like to marry the young master as my wife."

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

Xu New Year retreated continuously.

Chun'er propped her feet up and watched for a moment, then said happily: "It's really interesting to catch people under the list, miss. I didn't expect Huiyuan to be that handsome scholar."

As soon as she finished speaking, the curtains suddenly lifted up. Miss Wang, who had a gentle temperament, a little baby fat on her cheeks, and a hidden sweetness, looked around for a moment and said:

"Chun'er, go back."

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

Just as he was about to spit out the fragrance and drink away this group of ignorant people, he suddenly saw several people from the world rushing up with ill intentions, breaking into the "protective wall" formed by the retinue, intending to take advantage of his mother and sister.

The servants were forced to back away, and their aunt and Lingyue screamed in fright.

"stop!"

Xu Erlang yelled.

But it's useless, he can't stop so many people at all.

"Ha, such a rogue has no skills, but he is very good at fishing in troubled waters." The middle-aged swordsman saw this scene from a distance and was quite disdainful.

But he didn't pay too much attention to it. This little chaos would soon be stopped by the watchmen and officers and soldiers, but those two stunningly 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 present feel dizzy and have tinnitus.

The commotion stopped suddenly.

On the wall of the Gongyuan, stood a young man wearing a watchman's uniform and embroidered with a silver gong. He pressed a knife with one hand and glanced sharply at the gangsters who were making trouble.

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

The moment she saw Xu Qian, the 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 Qian pointed out the Jianghu people one by one, and several nearby gongs immediately went up to take them away.

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

"I've met Xu Shikui!"

Many students from the capital city greeted him with their hands in a respectful manner, as if they were meeting their seniors and teachers.

In fact, Xu Qian really deserves such treatment. With his few masterpieces handed down from generation to generation, even arrogant scholars would not dare to show their arrogance in front of him.

However, the foreign students did not know Xu Qi'an's identity and called him a watchman. They were originally quite disdainful, but the attitude of the scholars in the capital made them realize that this young Yinluo's identity was unusual.

"Brother, who is this man? He is so arrogant, he looks like a martial artist."

"You don't know him... Oh, you are not from the capital. This gentleman's name is Xu Qi'an, Xu Qi'an who has a faint fragrance floating on the moon at dusk."

"...It turns out it's him. He is really talented and extraordinary. He is like a dragon or a phoenix among men. He makes people look up to him and admire him."

Now, students from other places knew who he was. Xu Qi'an still had many "illegitimate meals". With the poems he copied, he gained a large number of fans among the Dafeng scholar community.

For a time, countless students raised their hands to greet him and shouted "Xu Shikui".

"It's so majestic..." Xu Lingyue murmured.

"So majestic..."

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

"Obviously I am the protagonist..." Xu New Year muttered softly.

…………

Xu New Year not only won the title of Gongshi, but also won the title of Gongshi: Huiyuan!

This was something the whole family didn't expect.

Auntie was as happy as Fan Jin dressed in women's clothing, and almost fainted with her eyelids rolled up.

The second uncle was also very happy and decided to hold a big banquet at home and invite fellow clan members and colleagues to come over for a drink. Now that the Xu family was wealthy, there was no pressure to hold a running-water banquet for three days and three nights.

After finishing lunch, Xu Erlang put down his chopsticks, looked at Xu Qian, and said, "Brother, are you still patrolling the streets today?"

Xu Qian shook his head.

He is a silver gong, and patrolling the streets usually depends on mood, not compulsory. Moreover, now that the april list has been revealed, thousands of students have gone back to their homes to find their mothers, and the pressure on public security is not as great as it was in the morning.

Xu Erlang nodded, stood up, raised one hand on his abdomen, and clasped the other behind his back, and said calmly: "Then the eldest brother will work harder. Help me guard the door of the house. There will be annoying flies in the afternoon, but I won't see them at all!"

This posture usually appears on respected old masters or officials.

Hey, this little guy is still pretending... Xu Qian's mouth twitched.

Xu New Year's arrogant character was inherited from his aunt. However, his venomous tongue was his own creation. His aunt's ability to scold people was average, otherwise Xu Qi'an would not have screamed in anger.

Xu Qi'an returned to the room, sat at the desk, and worried about Xu Erlang's future.

"Erlang won the Huiyuan, which I never expected. Next, there will be the imperial examination in one month. After the imperial examination, the back-up plan I have laid out can be used (Mr. Zhao of the Literary Selection Department of the Ministry of Personnel)...

...

"Remaining in the capital is only the first step. If I want Erlang to become a useful person to me, I have to find a backer for him. Otherwise, as a student of Yunlu Academy, he will spend his whole life in Qingshui Yamen...

.....

"Wei Gong is no longer the censor of Zuodu, and I don't know if such an important position can be regained. However, Erlang cannot take refuge in Wei Yuan or have anything to do with him, otherwise he will be labeled "eunuch" like me.

"Party" brand.

"Eggs cannot be put in one basket. I must find a way to find a backer for him. Only in this way can our brothers hope to unite and dominate the court in the future."
To be continued...