Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 136 Conflict
  "It's obviously you..."

Shizhu clenched his fists and glared, ready to argue with them.

"Pillar!"

Li An stopped Shi Zhu, looked at the three of them with a cold face, and said calmly: "There is still more than a month before the county examination, right? You guys are keeping silent about the case, could it be that the case was decided by default?"

"Damn it, Brother Feng has only learned a lot, and his teacher is an academic from Yangzhou Academy. For Brother Feng, the case is like picking something out of a bag. What's so difficult about it?" said the young man with a few pockmarks on his face on the left.

"Isn't this Feng Xiwen, Xu Xuezheng's student? Why are you quarreling with someone?"

"I don't know. Judging from the dress of the leader, it seems that he is also a scholar. How dare he offend the student of the academic master."

"Maybe he is a student from out of town."

This street was already quite lively, with many pedestrians coming and going. A conflict occurred here, attracting onlookers from passing pedestrians.

Many people recognized Feng Xihui and started talking quietly.

Li An was also a little surprised to hear that Xu Shigao had become a scholar in Yangzhou.

However, Li An is not worried. Although the county examination is jointly conducted by general judges and academic administration, and academic administration still plays a leading role in it, as long as Xu Shigao is not mentally ill, he does not dare to let him fail on purpose.

Not to mention that he had a certain reputation among scholars, his teacher alone made Xu Shigao extremely afraid.

If Liu Xuewen were an ordinary Beijing official, he would not be able to care about local affairs.

But Liu Xuewen is now a Yanguan, and there is nothing that Yanguan cannot take care of.

Even if the emperor made any mistakes, the officials would be able to correct them, let alone an academic official.

Even if Xu Shigao went crazy, Yangzhou Tongpan knew the seriousness of the matter and would not let him do anything wrong.

"Oh, it turns out that he is a disciple of Master Xuezheng. No wonder he booked the case early." Li An said with a half-smile.

"That's because you knew you were afraid and why didn't you come quickly and kowtow to Brother Feng to apologize?"

Perhaps because he was drunk and not clear-headed, or perhaps because he was used to being arrogant, the pockmarked young man did not understand the meaning of Li An's words at all, and thought that Li An was afraid, so he said somewhat proudly.

Those onlookers understood, and many people pointed at Feng Xihui and started talking.

Feng Xihui came from a good family and became a disciple of Xu Shigao.

At the beginning of last year, Xu Shigao worked hard to be promoted to Yangzhou Academic Affairs, and Feng Xihui also transferred to Yangzhou Official Education.

Feng Xihui relied on his own status to look down on those children from poor families, which was inherently unpopular.

Now that they encounter such an opportunity, these people will naturally not let it go.

"The questions in this county examination are jointly asked by the Academic Affairs and General Examiners. The most important policy questions are usually asked by the Academic Affairs. He is an Academic Affairs student, so he may have known the questions a long time ago."

"It's not just that, they are also marking the answer papers in the study of political science. Whether they do well in the exam will be the first to be judged."

"That's right, I heard that the reason why he was able to become a student of Xuezheng was because his family gave him a lot of money."

"No, the imperial examination is so sacred. It is a way to select talents for the country. How can we let them do whatever they want? We should petition the Lord Zhizhou together to expose their ugly behavior!"

Many of the onlookers were scholars. Regardless of whether they planned to participate in the imperial examination, they all hated this kind of thing.

Because it is related to their vital interests.

For the vast majority of people, they cannot enjoy behind-the-scenes operations, so they naturally hope that everything will be fair.

Feng Xihui drank the most, and his head was already dizzy. Being hit like that made his head dizzy even more.

It took a while to regain consciousness. As soon as he regained consciousness, he heard the discussion around him, and he woke up from the wine in an instant.

On a hot day, he could feel a chill. "What nonsense are you talking about? My friend said this just as a blessing to me."

Feng Xihui shouted loudly, suppressed the discussion, turned his head to look at Li An, and said viciously: "Boy, you don't look at the road while you are still here, misleading the public and slandering the family teacher. Do you know your guilt?"

"When did I start to confuse people with my lies? Isn't that what your friends said?" Li An said with an innocent look.

"you…"

Feng Xihui pointed at Li An and said: "For students who take the county examination, their relatives and friends will say some nice blessings, and you deliberately misinterpreted my friend's meaning. Isn't it deceiving the public with your lies?"

"Master Feng, you have wronged me. You are right. For the scholars who participated in the imperial examination, their relatives and friends would say some blessings. But they are not like your friend, who opens his mouth and keeps his mouth shut. If I hadn't known the county The trial hasn't even started yet, I thought Mr. Feng was already the head of the case." Li An said calmly.

"shut up!"

Feng Xihui shouted: "We just drank too much and talked nonsense. How can we take it seriously!"

"I didn't take it seriously, it was just that. We have freedom of speech in the Song Dynasty, and even the officials will listen to the words of the remonstrance court. The right way is to be pure. Those who are pure will themselves be pure. Why is Mr. Feng so excited?" Li An said with a smile. .

"Brother Feng, this person has slandered the Academic Affairs Master. He should be reported to the officials and arrested." The pockmarked man said.

"Shut up!"

Feng Xihui glared at the pockmarked man, then glared at Li An fiercely, and said, "Let's go!"

Because of Li An's words, the onlookers started talking again.

As Li An said, Feng Xihui was a little too excited.

If the police are called to arrest someone, things will become even more troublesome.

Regardless of whether it is true or false, cheating will definitely become a hot topic.

And now it's not long before the county examination. Once this kind of topic comes up, it won't stop in a short time.

When the county examination is over, those who failed will definitely feel that there is something wrong with this imperial examination.

If the scholars make a fuss, the matter will become a big deal.

At this time, the best choice is to leave directly and let things calm down as soon as possible.

When Li An saw Feng Xihui leaving, he also left with Shi Zhu and Desheng.

……

"Brother Feng, is it possible to let that boy go like this?"

After walking for a while, the pock-marked man said somewhat nonchalantly.

"It's not like you two idiots. I've already told you that you need to keep a low profile now. If you drink some horse urine, you won't know your last name, right?" Feng Xihui said angrily.

The pockmarked man and the other young man looked at each other, a trace of anger flashing in their eyes.

They didn't say those words just to support Feng Xihui. When they were drinking in the private room, they drank one cup at a time. Feng Xihui didn't refuse. He was so happy that he poured cup after cup into his mouth without asking them.

Now I blame them.

However, they asked Feng Xihui, and even though they were angry, they did not dare to show it.

Feng Xihui vented for a while and calmed down a lot. He said coldly: "Of course it's not that easy to let it go. The man just now looked like he was a scholar in his clothes, but he was very unfamiliar. Maybe he went out to study and came back to take the county examination. , you ask people to follow him and check his identity, I will let him know the consequences of offending me."

"Brother Feng, don't worry, I'll go right away." The pockmarked man said.

(End of this chapter)