Chapter 322: Adoption of an Apprentice

Inside and outside the noon gate was dead silent, hundreds of officials were like a collective loss of voice, with this ironic poem echoing in their ears.

Only those who read can truly hear the irony that is embedded in this poem, and how poignant it is.

Readers are not afraid of being scolded, nor are they afraid of quarrelling, and there are even those who regard quarrelling as polemics and are complacent. Those with a low status like to find those with a high status to argue with.

The ones that have been in full bloom for a long time like to look for quarrels with their peers, and they even like to look for quarrels with the emperor. Once the emperor is furious, they will also point to the emperor and say: he is anxious he is anxious ………

The Giver is one of the best of the best.

But, the readers, especially those in high positions, they are afraid of being scolded by three things.

One, the history books.

Two, the article.

Three, poetry.

Because these three involve the thing that readers care about most: reputation.

Fame in front of and behind you.

Er Cao s body and name are all gone, not abolishing the river for ten thousand years ……… This is the words of the heart, and no reader can endure the mockery of this verse, which is too malicious.

Hundreds of Beijing officials, at this moment, actually had a feeling of blood rushing to their cheeks, truly feeling the great insult.

Not only the poetry itself, but also, and still more, because the one who humiliated them, the readers, was a vulgar martial artist.

It wasn’t until the upright figure with the short cloak was moving farther and farther away that one of the officials said in a trembling voice:

“Madman, harlot, rude piker …….. How dare you bully us like this. Lords, if this can be tolerated, quickly send troops to behead this dog thief.”

Speaking is the left imperial historian Yuan Xiong, all the plans fall through, his mood into the trough, the whole person is like a powder keg, at this time, Xu Qi’an deliberately waiting at the noon gate to step on the behavior of a foot, so that he was angry with the heart and liver severe pain.

Yuan Xiong felt that Xu Qi’an was mocking himself with this poem and wanted to nail himself to the pillar of shame.

The second one who stormed out was the Minister of the Ministry of War, Qin Yuandao, who furiously rushed forward a few steps and shouted in a stern voice:

“Guards, where are the guards, stop that dog thief for me, humiliating the courtiers, great disrespect. Give this official to stop him!!!”

Unfortunately, the great inner guards only obeyed Emperor Yuan Jing’s orders, and even the princesses and imperial princes were not authorized to mobilize them.

Shangshu Sun’s mood was quite complex, anger was inevitable, but somehow, his heart was relieved that Xu Qi’an had not named him.

He nailed everyone to the pillar of shame and spread it out evenly so that the shame we all suffered wasn’t so sharp.

Sun Shangshu felt that his mind was a bit of a problem, but he could not summarize it, and Sun Shangshu, who had read a lot of poetry and books, had not read the book written by Lu Shuren.

“Lord Wei has truly cultivated a capable subordinate.”

The corners of Chief Wang’s mouth twitched as he said in a conspiratorial manner.

Even the unfathomably sophisticated Wang Shoufu was infuriated, and the lethality of the poem was evident.

The officials looked at Wei Yuan in exasperation, questioning him with their eyes.

Wei Yuan seems to have just come back to his senses, and asked back with a calm demeanor: “What are you all doing, could it be that all of you are in the right place?”

…….. The officials looked stagnant, feeling that they were backhanded by Wei Yuan’s light words.

“Then, then how should this be written in the history books today?” A young Squire of the Hanlin Academy, said in a deep voice.

As soon as the words fell out of his mouth, he saw one of the officials turn his head and look at him slyly, with a look that seemed to say: have you read your brain stupidly?

The Squire of the Hanlin Academy shrunk his head and said, “Such trivial matters are not enough to go down in history.”

Wei Yuan faintly said, “The court has been completed, the public should not gather at the noon gate, as early as possible dispersed.”

Said, took the lead to leave, after walking out for a while, Wei Yuan can no longer hide the corner of his mouth spread smile, gloating “hey”.

Leaving the palace gate and entering the carriage, Wei Yuan, who was in an excellent mood, told Nangong Qianru, who was driving the car, about what happened at the noon gate.

The righteous son with the feminine temperament “heh” and said, “Righteous father, weren’t you also among the princes at that time?”

The smile on Wei Yuan’s face faded a little.

Outside the noon gate, Huaiqing and Lin’an remained where they were, looking at the dispersed figures of the civil and military officials.

The body and name of Ercao will be destroyed, but the river will not be abolished for ten thousand years …….. Huaiqing murmured in her heart, her pupils reflected the backs of the princes, but in her heart there was only that upright figure wearing a night watchman’s errand uniform and carrying a sword.

Xu Ningyan was different from ordinary martial artists, he understood how to attack a person’s seven inches, how to retaliate against the enemy with the sharpest attacks without endangering himself.

To kill the heart with poetry, to hit the seven inches of the literati, this was Xu Ningyan’s unique ability.

“The dog slave is so powerful ………,” murmured the framed man.

There was only one scene in her eyes: the dog lackey’s flippant line of poetry made the civil and military officials storm, but there was nothing they could do about it.

In the framed heart, this is something that the father can not do. Although the father can be powerful and oppressive, but can not do the dog slave so lightly.

Her flirtatious peach blossom eyes crystallized and sparkled, and she puffed out her breasts with some pride, barely sticking out of the everyday scale of Wyvern.

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In his bedchamber, Emperor Yuan Jing, who ended the morning court and held the Taoist scriptures in his hand, listened to the old eunuch’s report in silence and knew everything that happened at the noon gate.

“Good guts.”

Emperor Yuan Jing smiled, unable to tell if it was praise or ridicule.

However, there was one thing that the old eunuch could confirm, and that was that Emperor Yuan Jing had learned of this matter, learned of Xu Qi’an’s arrogant behavior, and had no intention of lowering his sentence.

He could vaguely guess what Emperor Yuan Jing had in mind, what Xu Qi’an was doing, he was moving himself closer to the direction of the orphaned minister, he was following Wei Yuan’s old path.

The lone minister, on the other hand, is often the most reassuring to the emperor.

A capable, gifted and talented young man is certainly more in line with His Majesty’s wishes to be a lone minister than for him to be making friends left and right and forming parties all over the place.

“Ercao’s body and name will be destroyed, but the river will not be abolished for ten thousand years!”

Emperor Yuan Jing laughed out loud with a teasing expression, “Good poem, good poem, this Da Feng Poetry Leader of ours deserves it. Great companion, pass on my oracle, order the Hanlin Academy to put this into the history books, I want to see it in person.”

This is His Majesty s revenge ……… on the nerds in the Hanlin Academy The two poems of the Xu family brothers have made His Majesty s dragon face happy. The old eunuch led the order to retreat.

The body and name of Ercao will be destroyed, but the river will not be abolished for ten thousand years!

Emperor Yuan Jing recited the poem again, the pleasure on his face gradually receding, and the desire for immortality growing more and more intense.

………….

At lunchtime, Chu Yuanjian listened to his late friend at the dining table talk about what happened in the courtroom and how, in the end, the image of Xu Ningyan blocking all the officials with one person and one sword, mocking the ministers with his poems.

This, surprisingly, is such a way to break the situation ……… to fight against the civil ministers with the honored nobles, the idea is not bad, but the difficulty itself is extremely high, how did Xu Ningyan and the third ……… three and Xu Ningyan are worthy of being brothers, and their poetic talents are all amazing.

Unfortunately, No. 3’s wings were not yet full, his rank was still low, and he was too far away from his cousin Xu Qi’an. Otherwise, among the people who descended into the tomb that day, there must have been Number Three.

Of course, the Confucian system has been in decline for a long time, and the low grade of the Third is understandable.

Regarding the poem that number three made above the court, Chu Yuanzheng praised it and said no more. The poem was a good one, but unfortunately the last line was not to his liking.

On the contrary, Xu Ning Banquet’s poem mocking the group of ministers, Chu Yuanjian listened to the blood boiling, on the spot even drink three cups.

“I’ve long wanted to scold those corpses like this, but it’s a pity that poetry isn’t my specialty. Xu Ning Banquet is worthy of being the Great Feng Poetry Champion, into the woodwork.” Chu Yuanzhan laughed out loud.

With his body flowing freely, he had the urge to instantly seek out Xu Ning Banquet and get drunk with him.

However, considering that the other party had just solved the case of his cousin’s imperial examination fraud, and there were still some trivial matters to be dealt with afterwards, he resisted the impulse.

………..

The King’s Mansion.

Wang Simu, who was closely following the case, inquired through the channels he operated about the heated argument that took place in the courtroom today, as well as the satirical poem at the noon gate.

“I knew it, Xu Huiyuan has unrivaled talent, how could he possibly cheat in the imperial examinations. Well, this matter, his cousin Xu Ning Banquet is even more powerful, from the good offices, even managed to let Cao Guo Gong and King of reputation for Xu Huiyuan speak, let the court speak for them.

“This human connection is unusual. What surprised me the most was that Wei Yuan did not make a move; to the very end, he stood by and watched. In this way, Xu Huiyuan will not be branded as a member of the Eunuch Party, which is a good thing with far-reaching consequences for him.”

Of course, it is also good for me …….. Ms. Wang smiled sweetly.

The maid Lan’er was at the side, pretending to listen very attentively, but in fact, she was full of fog.

“Lan’er, go to the Xu Mansion again and make an appointment for me with Xu Huiyuan ……. No, that would not look reserved enough and look like I’m inviting credit.” Miss Wang shook her head, dismissing the idea.

I thought, at this time, silence can instead highlight my temperament and pattern, if I can’t wait to go forward to take credit, instead, I will let that main mother of the Xu family underestimate it.

Smart people don’t need to make things too obvious to each other, it’s good to be unspoken.

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Szeto.

When Yang Qianyi passed by the alchemy room on the seventh floor, he heard the senior brothers inside discussing the events of the morning court, he originally disdained these matters of the court and was too lazy to listen.

But when he heard the words “Xu Ning Banquet”, Yang Qianyi slowed down, instinct told him, perhaps, another opportunity to increase knowledge.

“That poem of Mr. Xu’s is simply a great joy to the eyes and ears, and, I think, can be called the first satirical poem of the thousand years.”

“See what you say, overly exaggerated, but it is indeed very cool, especially in front of the civil and military officials, blocked in the noon gate, so to come a line ……..”

A poem? What poem.

Yang Qianyi approached noiselessly and said in a deep voice, “What are you guys talking about?”

The white-robed alchemists were startled and stared at the back of his head, complaining, “Senior Brother Yang, you’re like this every time, scaring people to death.”

Yang Qianliang ignored it and pursued, “What did Xu Ningyan do again, a man blocking the civil and military officials at the noon gate? What is the first mockery poem of the thousand years.”

The white-clothed alchemist then told Yang Qianliang about today’s events.

Yang Qianyi was like a lightning strike, a picture came to his mind, after the dismissal of the court, the civil and military officials slowly walked out of the noon gate, at this time, suddenly saw a white figure with his back to the crowd standing there, blocking the way of the group of ministers.

The princes were furious, chiding the white-clad magician for not knowing the heights of heaven and daring to stand in our way.

The white-robed warlock ignored the shouts and curses that filled the sky, and suddenly, let out a long and exuberant chant, “Ercao’s body and name will be destroyed, but not the river will not be abolished for ten thousand years.”

The civil and military officials were dumbfounded and shocked on the spot.

Thinking of this, Yang Qianyi felt his body as if electric current was traveling, and even uncontrollably trembled, with goose bumps protruding from his neck and arms.

“Why, why does Xu Ningyan always manage to do one thing, one enviable thing. Yunzhou alone against four hundred rebels, fighting with the Buddhist sect in the limelight …….. It’s so unfair, so unfair.

“When is the next court meeting? I, too, I must go to the noon gate, I must.”

………..

Late afternoon, the Churchwardens.

Xu Qi’an and Fuxiang sat opposite each other drinking tea, talking and laughing, told Fuxiang about today’s events in the courtroom, and accompanied by Xu Xinxin’s patriotic poem “made”, as well as his own half of the poem at the noon gate.

Floating fragrance is a person who loves poetry, listening to the heart fluttering, especially for Xu Qi’an alone to block the hundred officials, full of admiration, wonderful eyes full, seems to drip out of the water.

“Please do one thing, spread the word about what happened in the courtroom today.” Saying so, Xu Qi’an made his request.

The Rectory Division is the quickest and easiest transit point for disseminating information.

“So, what does Xu Lang intend to pay people?”

Floating Fragrance would not refuse back then, autumn water bright eyes, looking straight at Xu Qi’an.

Liking someone could not be hidden, and Floating Fragrance’s thoughts of Xu Qi’an were filled with moisture.

Half an hour later, Xu Qi’an went to see Ming Yan, Xiao Ya, and a few other familiar flower queens, requesting them to spread the word about what happened in today’s courtroom while playing tea rounds.

Then rode the filly back to the house.

The case of imperial examination fraud was a fatal blow to Xu Xinxin’s reputation, especially after the intentional dissemination of the capital’s scholars and the public knew that Xu Xinxin had won the Huiyuan by cheating the examination.

This impression, will slowly settle in the subsequent time, once the stigma is formed, even if the court proves the innocence of Xu New Year in the future, it will be difficult to reverse the image for a while.

Moreover, the imperial examination fraud case is not yet over, in five days will be the temple examination, Xu Qi’an has to prevent Sun Shangshu and others to throw themselves on the eve of the temple examination to make trouble.

For example, inciting the students of the State Prison to cause trouble.

If public opinion can be turned around in a short period of time, then the students of the State Council will be out of their depth and it will be difficult to achieve great things.

When everyone knows that Xu Xinxin was wrongly accused, you won’t get the public’s recognition and support even if you pretend to turn a blind eye.

The ancients, whether they were fighting a war or plotting for a cause, were very concerned about the reputation of their masters.

“Honorable King there favors are considered to be used up, it is not a loss, fortunately, Honorable King has long been uninterested in competing for fame and fortune, otherwise it may not be for me to stand up for ……… Cao Guo Gong’s side, the benefits I promised have not yet been given to the power of the Duke and the Zhenbei King’s vice general, I went back on my word, I will be reversed ………”

“The probability is that the King of Zhenbei doesn’t know about this, and that it’s a plot by the Vice General and the Duke of Cao, but I’m just a small silver gong, so even if the King of Zhenbei knew about it, he wouldn’t blame the Vice General. Moreover, the Buddhist Sect’s Vajra Undefeatable, even a high grade martial artist would be moved. After all, it can enhance defense, and cultivating it to a high level will even usher in a breakthrough in battle power, so there’s no reason for him not to be moved.

“So, the benefits that should be promised still have to be given. But, I can write the Nine Yin Zhen Jing upside down ………”

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After dusk, the Xu family’s dining table was shrouded in a joyous atmosphere, as Auntie enthusiastically gave Xu New Year’s food while giving food to Xu Qi’an.

As if both were his own sons.

Though this attitude won’t last, and at some point in the future when she’s pissed off at her nephew, the aunt will remember the old grudge from back then and the relationship will return to the way it was.

But at the moment the aunt’s gratitude is as genuine as 24-karat pure gold.

Xu Ling Yue was fond of such a family atmosphere, worshipping her big brother more and more, her soulful beautiful eyes hanging on Xu Qi’an all the time.

“That, I have something to say.”

Lina swallowed her food and looked at Xu Qi’an and Uncle Xu with a rare seriousness.

“What is it?” Xu Qi’an asked as he ate.

On the other hand, Uncle Xu picked up his wine cup, took a sip of wine, and used his afterglow to look at the little black skin in the southern border.

Lina’s small face was serious as she looked at Suzaku for a moment and said, “I want to take Suzaku as my disciple.”

“Pfft ……..” Xu Qi’an sputtered.

“Pfft ……..” Uncle Xu sprayed his wine.

The family was caught off guard.

With a disgusted look, Xu New Year shook the rice particles off his body and moved away from his big brother before looking at Lina, “Tell me your reason.”