dressed as a scholar

When they arrived at the list, there were already many people gathered inside and outside, including scholars who came to see the list, friends and family members who accompanied them, and even more people who had nothing to do with scholars and wanted to come to the list to catch their son-in-law.

At this time, the sky has not yet brightened, and the announcement of the list has not yet been delivered, and everyone is chatting idlely.

"As soon as I see someone with both talents and talents, I will order people to go up and pull them back. All the servants I call on this morning are strong and strong servants!"

"Save your energy, Mr. Qin, if the one who catches the list is a 50-[-]-year-old scholar, who do you call father-in-law?"

The crowd burst into laughter.

"Go and go, if you don't understand the market, you will know nonsense."

Qiao Hezhi grasped Fang Yu's wrist silently when he heard the words, and whispered: "The people in this city are too open."

"Catching Xu under the list has been around since ancient times. Mr. Qiao has to look after Brother Fang. He is very sought-after among people like him. If you don't pay attention, you will be pulled into the carriage and you will never be able to find him. "

Fang Yu patted the back of Qiao Hezhi's hand: "Brother Sheng, don't scare our little Qiao, he is timid."

Several people laughed, Fang Yu tilted his head again and said in Qiao Hezhi's ear: "If you call me husband, no one will dare to approach me anymore."

Qiao Hezhi patted Fang Yu: "You can say it out loud, whether you can pass the exam or not, you have to say something else."

"I'm coming!"

As soon as Qiao Hezhi's words fell, the crowd boiled up, seeing more than a dozen officials coming towards this side together, followed by Xuezheng, and everyone gave way and opened a way very tactfully.

"Brother Fang, let me go and see first!"

Fang Yu heard a shout from a distance, and when he came back to his senses, Sheng Jia had already followed the officer's ass and was surrounded by the crowd.

Qiao Hezhi was very flustered. He held Fang Yu's hand tightly, stretched his neck and looked in front of the bulletin board. The crowd was the most noisy at this juncture. You crowded in and out, wishing to take the list out of Xuezheng's hands Snatch it out for a quick glimpse, and save looking at Xuezheng's slow-moving heart as if it is fried.

"Don't squeeze me, you ignorant thing! I'm sure I'll win this time!"

Qiao Hezhi heard a yelling, and saw a man in Chinese clothes in the crowd who was very arrogant, cursing around the people who leaned in front of him.Fang Yu circled Qiao Hezhi back to his side in time, and he said softly: "It's too crowded here, let's not rush, just wait on the side, Brother Sheng Jia has already gone in to have a look, and if he is on the list, he will let us know Then let's go over and have a look."

"I hit it, I hit it, I hit it!"

Qiao Hezhi turned his head suddenly, and saw that someone had let out a fiery roar under the bulletin board, and the surroundings were full of congratulations and envy.

He wanted to be the first to go in and read the rankings, but everyone was thinking this way, looking at the black heads, he had no choice but to listen to Fang Yu's words.Just when the two turned around and were about to lean towards the chariot and horses, they heard Sheng Jia yelling towards the other side: "Brother Fang! We hit it!"

Qiao Hezhi's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he looked up at Fang Yu, but before he could smile, he heard Sheng Jia say, "I've won! It's No.2, Yayuan!"

Hearing this, both of them were taken aback, and then they put their hands to their mouths and congratulated each other through the crowd like a loudspeaker: "Congratulations, Brother Sheng!"

Sheng Jia was as happy as a nimble monkey, jumping straight in the crowd: "Brother Fang, you are... eh, eh! What are you doing, how do you drag people in broad daylight!"

"Master Yayuan, our master would like to invite you to drink a cup of tea."

Before Qiao Hezhi heard about his husband's achievements, he saw a few strong men swarming up and pulled Sheng Jia away. Although Sheng Jia was a farmer with a lot of strength, he was not as good as some strong Lianjiazi, so he was just taken away like that. pulled away.

The two couldn't help laughing: "Brother Sheng Jia on the left and right is not yet married, and he is two years older than me. A few days ago, he told me that he envied me. Now let's be beautiful adults and don't bother he."

Qiao Hezhi nodded with a smile: "Then let's go and see the list by ourselves."

"If you miss..."

Qiao Hezhi quickly took up the conversation: "If you win, you will be the master of Juren, if you fail, you will still be a scholar, you can be both right and left."

Fang Yu smiled and rubbed his hair with downcast eyes.

"This Yayuan Jingkui has appeared, why haven't you seen Yuan for so long?"

"Maybe he was dragged away by those under-listed son-in-laws long ago, and you can still watch him."

"You may recognize this as..."

The two squeezed to the front of the list, and the moment Qiao Hezhi raised his head, he almost cheered, but seeing that the people who were on the top of the list before were all caught up, and his husband was young and handsome, so why should he be dragged away? , he quickly covered his mouth, only showing a pair of eyes to look at Fang Yu: "I won! We are Jie Yuan? We are Jie Yuan!"

Fang Yu looked at those eyes that seemed to be able to talk, full of brilliance, so he didn't have the heart to look at the list: "Yeah."

Even though the voice was not loud, it still attracted the attention of the people around him: "Jie Yuan! Jie Yuan is here!"

"This is Fang Yu!"

Everyone heard the sound and saw that those people who were squatting to guard Xie Yuan saw such a handsome gentleman, so they rushed over to fight for it.Seeing that the situation was not good, Fang Yu quickly grabbed Qiao Hezhi's hand and ran away: "Married, married! Don't chase!"

The person who caught Xu turned a deaf ear, but he became more energetic when he saw people running away.

The two hid back in the carriage and drove away quickly. They stopped after they couldn't catch up: "This year's Xie Yuan is so restrained, wouldn't it be beautiful to be a son-in-law who rides a dragon and runs so fast! Really ignorant."

The carriage ran fast, and Qiao Hezhi was also elated: "Now it can be regarded as returning home, and I will write a letter to my parents when I go back, and they must be very happy!"

Fang Yu didn't think too much about it, but he was relieved, feeling that he had lived up to his promise to Xiao Qiao.

"Let's go home after we've dealt with it. After being out for so long, I also want to go back."

"I'm afraid there are still three or two days to be busy."

It's fine if it's a normal list, but it's such a ranking, so it's necessary to participate in some entertainment.The magistrate will definitely invite the top seven to attend the banquet and drink, and there must be many adults among them. This banquet cannot be escaped, and it is a good thing to go naturally. It is also a good thing to make friends with some officials. You don't even have to ask for a gift, as for other banquets, you can push them away, and there are no acquaintances on the left and right.

Only two hours after returning to the mansion, people from the government came to find them and gave them a banquet post from the magistrate, and a series of reward lists for the candidates who passed the exam. I had to go back to my county to get it from the county government office, and this end was delivered directly to my hand.

Qiao Hezhi took out the gold-plated taxi seal from the tray, and the word "Xiu Cai" printed on the column of titles had been replaced with Jie Yuan. He lightly stroked the fine carvings on it, filled with joy in his heart, and it was worth studying hard. up.

"I'm going to the banquet in the evening, so you stay at home. I may have to drink some wine, but you can rest assured that I will come back well. If it's too late, don't wait in the house Just go to bed earlier and rest and wait for me." Fang Yu explained carefully that he actually wanted to spend such a good day with Xiao Qiao, but it's a pity that these entertainments had to go.

Qiao Hezhi said sensiblely: "I know. You can wear this new set of clothes I brought. For such an important occasion, dress appropriately."

The two cleaned up in the room, and just happened to hang up the seal of the scholar, the door outside creaked: "Brother Sheng Jia is back, everyone from the government has been here."

"It's not too late to congratulate Brother Fang for winning Jieyuan!" Sheng Jia wiped the sweat from his brow, "I don't know how a countryman like me who doesn't have any scholarly charm has been caught. , Really, hey! No, we have to add an article on how to cleverly avoid the list and catch a son-in-law in our "Guidelines to Avoid Lightning in the Rural Examinations."

Qiao Hezhi covered his mouth with a light smile and said, "Then what about the family who invited Sheng Yayuan to drink tea?"

Speaking of this, Sheng Jia's dark face turned red rarely. Seeing his expression, Fang Yu quickly poured a cup of tea and sat down beside Sheng Jia: "Brother Sheng, please tell me carefully." Come."

"When did Brother Fang become so gossipy." Sheng Jia's voice weakened, he picked up the tea and turned his head to the other side silently: "What else can I say about such embarrassing and indignant things?"

"What time is it? I've always been like this. Tell me quickly, our little Qiao loves to hear it."

"Let's say, have you seen the lady of this family?"

"Where did you come from, she is a young master!" Sheng Jia blurted out a rebuttal, only to realize that he had missed the point: "Oh, oh! Brother Fang is already well-dressed, I have to tidy up before Went to the banquet."

Fang Yu grabbed him and said, "Don't worry, there is still one or two hours before you can worry about it. The restaurant is not far away, it's on the street from our alley. Brother Sheng has something to hide from us, but don't let us Be a bosom friend."

"Come on!" Sheng Jia said shyly, "The person who invited me was an old scholar. He was old enough to give birth to a younger brother. Because he and his wife are old, the sons and daughters under his knees are already old." Married, the only child is only fourteen or five years old, I want to find a good marriage with him soon."

"Brother Sheng Jia's family background is clean, and he happens to be alone. There is no high hall above, no siblings below, and now he has won the Yayuan." Fang Yu raised his eyebrows and looked at Qiao Hezhi: "Isn't it just where the good marriage came from?"

"Don't be so joking. Although I have fame and fame, my family has no wealth, and my ancestral home is in a bitter and cold place like Linya County. How can I match such a young brother who was raised by gold and jade? Isn't it just for nothing? Do people follow me to endure hardships? It is impossible for me to be a door-to-door son-in-law, this matter, this matter is not appropriate!"

Fang Yu and Qiao Hezhi listened to his sophistry and explained so much, but in the end it was because they had thought: "Nowadays, the imperial court will also be rewarded. How can it be said that there is no low income at all, and there will be income if the fields are well taken care of. Sheng If the elder brother still feels that he has treated him badly, he will explain it to the old scholar if he has the heart, and let the young master wait for two years, and then he will succeed in the exam or he will come to marry him again, and the young master is still young. "

Sheng Jia's face turned even redder: "Not right, not right! I, I'm going back to the house to change clothes."

Looking at the people who ran back to the house as if they were fleeing, Qiao Hezhi asked suspiciously: "Could it be possible that catching a son-in-law on the list can really make a good relationship?"

Fang Yu said with a smile: "Happiness is achieved by oneself, and catching a son-in-law under the list is not a way."

He felt like a relatively rough way of blind date nowadays.

Qiao Hezhi nodded, secretly rejoicing that he got married early and won Xieyuan first.