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Chapter 1837 The Only Scholar in Waiting for an Appointment

As soon as the day broke, Zhang Xuezhou and others called a horse-drawn carriage early in the morning and loaded baskets of meat and millet on it.

Rong Tianding and others purchased pottery containers, large cooking pots, etc. at the morning market.

In these days, those who could own a stove and cook on their own were considered to be well-off families. People in most areas shared a large pot and shared food. This kind of sharing of food was more obvious in some villages and clans.

The clan’s cooking tripods and other items are relatively common utensils and can be purchased at the market.

Entering the city is busy in the morning, but leaving the city is extremely convenient.

After all the compradors were gathered, Zhang Xuezhou and others got on the carriage.

"I want to leave the city too!"

"Please don't come out. My current network of connections is limited, and I really can't handle this 'festival' in Chang'an City!"

You Rong was standing near the city gate. Through the bustling crowd, she could see Zhang Zhong's familiar and old face.

To many people in Zhangjiazhuang, they are just a group of villagers living deep in the mountains, and only when they are recruited for military service will someone follow the road to investigate.

No one has given them an identity certificate. For many people, it is difficult for them to leave the mountains in their lifetime, so there is no need for a "certificate" to record their identity.

It was not until we entered the city that the lack of "festivals" brought us all kinds of inconveniences.

You Rong wanted to leave the city, but after leaving the city, she could only enter the city during the morning market, and most areas were inaccessible.

Without the carriage called by Zhang Xuezhou and others, Rong and Zhang Changgong would not be able to pass whenever they were inspected by patrolling soldiers.

"It's the same if you're in the city, let's see if we can find you..."

"I want to follow the kid's father!"

Rong Li tried to persuade You Rong, but she could not stop You Rong from reuniting with Zhang Chong.

You Rong had been used to living a hard life with Zhang Zhong, and had no intention of coming to Chang'an City to enjoy life, nor did she care about the harsh living environment outside the city.

"Then go!"

Seeing that it was difficult to dissuade You Rong, Zhang Xuezhou did not stop them again. With Zhang Zhong and more than a hundred people, life outside the city would be just a little harder, but not dangerous.

Zhang Changgong also kept waving his hands with an excited look on his face. It was obvious that he could not suppress his excitement after seeing Zhang Houtu and others, and he also chose to leave the city.

"They have no sense of discipline, it's too inconvenient to travel, and they can't get anything done in the city." Rong Tianding whispered, "It's not a bad thing to go out. They have the experience of coming to Chang'an City. Maybe they can let the people in your village know more about things, so that they won't be ignorant of Chang'an City in the future!"

"That's all!"

Zhang Xuezhou nodded.

The crowd pulled two horse-drawn carriages, and Zhang Xuezhou was wearing the official robe of a scholar in waiting.

This outfit was not suitable for him to enter and exit the imperial palace, but it was more convenient for him to enter and exit the city gate of Chang'an.

After a brief check, Zhang Xuezhou and others pulled a lot of food out of the city and met more than a dozen people who came excitedly to pick up food and return to the gathering place in Zhangjiazhuang.

After driving the carriage for a while, Zhang Xuezhou and others had to start carrying their loads on their shoulders and step into the slum area outside the city.

Although the load he was carrying was covered with something, it still attracted a lot of attention.

These gazes were not filled with envy, but were filled with extremely primitive desires to fight and rob.

Two skinny rascals licked their lips and came over with half a broken iron knife in hand.

Tiedao lifted up the heavy burden on Zhang who was leading the way, and the ruffians grabbed their hands in.

"Young Master Wei is scolding you for a reason!"

Before Zhang Zhong could hit anyone with the carrying pole, Zhang Xuezhou had already pointed his finger from more than ten meters away.

The two rascals felt that the pork they were grabbing had turned into a poisonous snake. Seeing the snake coiling around them, they screamed in horror and rolled on the ground.

The situation of the hooligans suddenly attracted more than a dozen young men with broken knives around them. Many of the young men just exchanged glances and then gathered around with unfriendly faces.

"We will have to walk this road every day in the future. If we encounter any robbery or other difficulties, I will come to you later!" Zhang Xuezhou has never liked to let things ferment and then clean them up. Before these young people could say anything harsh or make any moves with the knife, he had already stretched out his hand and pointed.

The ability brought by the realm's deterrence and suppression to oppress these ordinary people is undoubtedly a cannon against a mosquito, but if these people's little thoughts are not controlled, Zhang Xuezhou and others will hardly have peace on this road in the future.

Chang'an City is a place where rules and systems are emphasized, but outside Chang'an City, whoever has the bigger fist has the final say. Even if Xu Yuan and others teach people to grow crops such as millet, those being taught will still compete with Xu Yuan and others for water to irrigate the farmland.

This is not entirely a problem of education, but rather a consequence of the lack of daily necessities. The poor have very limited possessions and lack too much, so when faced with temptation, it is very easy for them to magnify the evil of human nature.

Maybe it's just one or two coins, or maybe it's just a wild animal. These simple things can cause disputes and even lead to loss of life.

As Zhang Xuezhou and others need to pass through this area for a long time, he hopes that these people can be more honest so that he doesn't have to escort food every day.

He stretched out his hand and pointed repeatedly, and these people were intimidated by his precision, and they all lay on the ground and rolled back and forth.

He escorted everyone through safely.

“So many patients?”

After leaving for a long time, the new emperor and others who were out of the city for inspection passed by here.

Seeing the young people groaning or crying, the new emperor couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

These young people were not just one or two, but a few that could be seen from time to time along the road, or in groups of three or five, or with dozens of people watching, or two or three hugging each other and crying in the corner.

"Guard Mao, go check out the situation!"

The new emperor pointed at people, indicating that Li Guang behind him could dismount and inquire about the situation.

"My Lord, these people were suppressed by someone!"

Li Guang may not be good at other things, but he is undoubtedly a good judge of injuries.

After simply checking a few people, he had already made his judgment.

As long as people are not dead, the effects of deterrence mostly involve fear.

Many young people have symptoms that are very consistent with being suppressed.

What made Li Guang more curious was that those affected by the deterrence were scattered here and there, or in groups of three or five, and some were in the crowd, so it was extremely difficult to achieve single-target deterrence.

If Li Guang were asked to find a standard, he felt that these people were very suitable for being suppressed by the cultivators in the state of self-centeredness.

"You mean to say that there are cultivators from the Self-realm who come to the outskirts of Chang'an to suppress ordinary people for fun?"

It was further judged that the new emperor no longer had any hope in Li Guang's ability to make non-military inferences.

"Hey guys, what's going on with them? Why are they lying on the ground howling in broad daylight?"

He did not make any unnecessary guesses, but chose to ask passers-by who were not affected.

"A caravan passed by here, and they said they would punish anyone who robbed them. Then people fell on our side, and dozens of people who were looking for trouble also fell down together. Now they are all lying at home crying!"

"Caravan? What caravan?"

"It seems to be a caravan carrying a lot of meat and millet, and there is an official leading it!"

"What does the official look like?"

"He is clean and white, and some say he is a high-ranking official who is waiting to be appointed as a scholar!"

"A scholar in waiting?"

The new emperor had to admit that if he were asked to guess other official positions, it would be a bit difficult for him to guess.

But when it comes to scholars waiting for appointment, there is only one scholar waiting for appointment in his court who has not been assigned a formal position.

"Could it be that Dongfang Shuo has entered the realm of magical powers?"

The new emperor worked hard to train him, but he had only one warrior in the supernatural realm, Wei Qing, by his side.

He didn't expect that Zhang Xuezhou, who was let go, had unknowingly acquired supernatural powers and thus possessed the ability to intimidate and suppress.