When the results of the college examination were released, there was as much commotion as ever in front of the imperial office, but the Xu scholar who topped the list had already boarded the carriage and disappeared.
At the beginning of the hospital examination, this means that the qualifications for the natural students have been obtained, and the qualifications for the provincial examination have also been steadily obtained.
After becoming a gifted student, Xu Qian truly became a member of the privileged class. From then on, he was different from ordinary people. Scholars did not have many privileges. Especially in the early Ming Dynasty, the court had many restrictions on scholars. Not only did they have strict academic rules,
, and the so-called welfare is nothing more than the government giving you a little ration and exempting you from corvee.
It’s just that today is different from the past. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, when the number of scholars was the largest, many hidden benefits for scholars have increased. Even low-level military attachés and inspectors have to hold their noses and go away when they see a scholar. Society
The status is greatly improved.
Xu Qian sat on the carriage, sighing in his heart. He finally had half a foot in the ranks of the masters. At least he was qualified to not have to kneel down when he saw the masters next time. This time, he made the right bet.
Sitting comfortably in the carriage, Xu Qian stretched himself, feeling extremely proud.
I don't know where the carriage went, but I heard a quarrel in the distance. Xu Qian was the kind of person who was afraid of chaos in the world. He quickly opened the curtain to take a look and saw a carriage parked on the side of the street.
The driver driving the carriage spoke with a Beijing accent and was quarreling with a few gangsters.
There seemed to be a woman sitting in the carriage, because there was a hint of ridicule in some of the naughty words.
Xu Qian is not a person who doesn't like the fireworks of the world. After just one glance, he understood in his heart that this carriage probably collided with some gangsters. The gangsters saw that this carriage was luxurious and must have come from a wealthy family. If it was just a simple
It's just a wealthy family, and ordinary scoundrels wouldn't dare to mess with it. However, the coachman spoke Beijing dialect and was obviously not a local. As a result, these scoundrels immediately became interested and naturally blackmailed the people in the carriage.
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Bullying outsiders is a human specialty, let alone fat sheep from outside the country.
Sitting in the carriage, Xu Qian clearly heard many unpleasant words.
"Little lady, get out of the car and have a nice drink with me. This debt will be settled. Otherwise, you bumped into my brother...hehehe..."
"Is there any way to pull her out of the carriage and hit her in broad daylight?"
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Xu Qian couldn't help but smile bitterly. He had seen a lot of this kind of thing, especially after following the old man. He had been numb for a long time, so he closed the curtain of the carriage and said to Deng Jian, who was on the front shaft and the coachman watching the fun with great interest: "Let's go.
There’s nothing to see.”
The noise was getting farther and farther away from her. Zhao Mengting, who was sitting next to Xu Qian, felt a little uneasy and said softly: "The person on the carriage is probably going to suffer a loss."
Xu Qian said: "What does it have to do with us whether she suffers or not? There are so many bad people in this world, and I am not Ultraman, so why should I go around punishing evil and promoting good?"
"Ultraman...what is Ultraman?"
Xu Qian shuddered and thought to himself, damn it, damn it, he was almost exposed, so he quickly denied it and said: "How do I know what Ultraman is? I just said it casually, eh..." He sighed heavily
Although what he said just now made sense, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, as if something was missing. He couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then shouted: "Deng Jian."
Deng Jian said on the carriage shaft: "Why are you shouting so loudly? It's like howling in mourning. I'm not deaf."
Xu Qian said: "Go back!"
Deng Jian perked up and said, "Could it be that Xu Xiucai wants to eliminate the weak and help the strong?"
Xu Qian scolded him: "No wonder you have been working as a guard for others all your life. This is called hoeing the strong and supporting the weak. I am a scholar. When I see injustice on the road, I should open my mouth to help."
The carriage rushed back in a hurry, and the quarrel continued. A few ruffians called many people, a dozen people, surrounded the carriage from the capital.
The hostess, who had been silent all this time, was a little flustered.
At this moment, Xu Qian almost jumped out of the car and shouted: "In broad daylight, how dare you, a group of gangsters from the market, to commit crimes. You are simply audacious and lawless!"
A loud shout made the gangsters stunned for a moment, and some of them were even preparing to flee. This was really because Xu Qian's words were too official. Everyone only heard the sound and thought it was the government officials who had arrived. When they turned around
Look, you see a little scholar with no strength to restrain a chicken, talking nonsense here.
The gangsters were stunned for a moment, and one of them, Mr. Zhao, gave Xu Qian a contemptuous look, then stepped forward and said, "What do you want?"
Xu Qian saw that many gangsters were about to surround him and said, "Of course I'm here to reason with you."
Mr. Zhao was stunned again. His brain was not working well and it was too confusing. He thought to himself that this person was some kind of outsider. Seeing how confident he was, he looked a bit like him.
"Just being reasonable?"
Xu Qianyi said sternly: "A gentleman speaks the truth but does not act."
Mr. Zhao and others were angry, thinking that Xu Qian was here to amuse himself, so he rolled up his sleeves and looked like he was going to fight, saying: "I am waiting to play here, what do I have to do with a dog like you?
Are you being reasonable? Today I want to show you what a fist is."
"Wait a minute, stop!" Xu Qian shouted, "I am a scholar who has won three yuan in a row, and I have a great reputation? Do you dare to hit me?"
Mr. Zhao hesitated for a moment, but the ruffian next to him encouraged him: "What about the scholar? If you beat me, you can go out and hide from the limelight."
So these rogues are forced in again.
Xu Qian said quickly: "Stop it, my father is Xu Chang, who dares to touch me."
The words Xu Chang said finally gave him a bit of a deterrent. After all, in the eyes of the gangsters, the former leader Xu was considered a murderer. Mr. Zhao couldn't help but look at Xu Qian again and sneered: "For the sake of your father,
I won’t beat you on my face, get out of here, you have nothing to do with me here! If you dare to cause trouble again, I will still beat you to death. Your father is no longer in the government office, do you think we don’t know?"
Xu Qian was speechless for a moment, and then he winked at Deng Jian. Unexpectedly, Deng Jian was indifferent, but he pulled Xu Qian's arm and left. Xu Qian said dissatisfiedly: "Why are you pulling me? You don't usually brag about your punches and kicks.
Isn’t it a big deal?”
Deng Jian said angrily: "That's just my usual bragging. Do you believe it? Could it be that I have become stupid in studying recently?"
Xu Qian was stunned for a moment. He suddenly realized that he seemed to be reading a lot recently. He said quickly: "The matter is very serious. I don't think these rogues will give up. If you want to be evil, you must be evil to the end. How about now?"
It's easy to be a good person once, so naturally you can't give up halfway. I think the only way is to report to the official. Brother Deng, you go and report to the official immediately. I'll watch here. Don't worry, they know that my father is Xuchang and they don't dare to do anything to me."
Deng Jian hesitated for a moment and had to go quickly.
These scoundrels had received a false alarm. They ignored Xu Qian and had already knocked the driver of the carriage to the ground. They were about to rush into the car and pull out the people inside.
"Scholar, save me!" A female voice came from the carriage. The scholar naturally called Xu Qian. There were so many people watching the excitement, but Xu Qian was the only one to step forward, so that the people in the carriage regarded him as a life-saving straw.
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Xu Qian really wanted to crawl into the cracks in the ground and couldn't help but curse: "It doesn't make sense for me to reason with them..."
Mr. Zhao had already jumped onto the car and almost reached his hand through the curtain into the car, so that the woman in the car didn't hear Xu Qian's words clearly and just shouted: "Scholar, save me, save me..."
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Xu Qian was angry. After all, Uncle Xu was the son of Team Leader Xu. When the old man was here, he often reasoned with the gangsters. When the gangsters saw him one by one, they were like mice seeing cats. They all cried when they heard his reasoning.
, I didn’t expect that my son, a talented scholar, would be useless.
He became cruel, picked up a brick on the ground, rushed up to it, and shouted: "I will fight with you. If anyone dares to move again, I will smash my own head. My teacher is Xie Xie. When the time comes, the government will ask me
, I said it was you who beat me, and then..."
Halfway through his words, footsteps suddenly came from all directions, and countless officers and soldiers came from all over the streets like a tide. Xu Qian was very familiar with the organization of officers and soldiers, and unexpectedly discovered that there were many types of officers and soldiers coming, and there were countless more.
The servants were among them, and each of them was as powerful as a rainbow, like a tiger descending from the mountain.