Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 182

After a while, Xu Ji also changed into a servant's uniform and hurried out, also holding a food cage in his hand.

Fan Ning could see it clearly, and he cursed in his heart, "No creativity, just picking up the teeth of others!" '

It was far away, and Fan Ning couldn't hear what Xu Ji was saying. He pointed to the food cage and pointed outside.

A soldier suddenly pointed at him and shouted angrily, knocked off his hat, and grabbed a soldier's uniform from the food cage in his hand.

Xu Ji was exposed on the spot, and he ran away desperately, but the soldiers hugged him by the waist, knocked him down to the ground, and faintly heard him yelling in anger.

"Someone went out like this just now. If you didn't arrest him, you let him go in vain. Now you want to arrest me. You are simply bastards! Bastards!"

A soldier was furious at being scolded and punched him in the face, Xu Ji lost his temper.

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Not long after, dozens of captured scholars came out dejectedly, and were taken to the Kaifeng government office for registration and disposal. Fan Ning finally saw Su Liang. Cheng Ze lowered his head and said nothing.

Su Liang was so depressed that he was about to cry. He walked out the door and looked around. Fan Ning knew that he was looking for him. At this time, Fan Ning saw Xu Ji again. He was the last one to come out. He was also looking around, looking for something?
It was difficult for Fan Ning to show his face at this time. He knew Xu Ji very well. If he saw him, he would definitely drag him into trouble.

Fan Ning turned around and ran to the depths of the alley.

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Before noon, an ox cart arrived at the gate of Zhu Pei's house. Fan Ning jumped out of the ox cart and ran towards the gate of Zhu's house.

Ouyang Xiu, who was willing to help him, became the chief examiner and was already quarantined. In fact, even if he wasn't quarantined, Fan Ning would be too embarrassed to bother Ouyang Xiu with such things.

There is also Bao Zheng who can help, but Fan Ning only knows that Bao Zheng was transferred back to the capital in June. He doesn't know which department of the court he is in, and he doesn't know where his home is.

Rescuing soldiers at this time is like putting out a fire, and the only thing he can find now is Zhu Pei.

Fan Ning ran up the steps, clasped his fists to the porter and said, "Please report to Zhu Pei, the young master of your residence, for me, Fan Ning is looking for her urgently!"

The porter smiled and said: "I know Fan Xiaoguan, but I'm sorry, my little master went out early in the morning."

Fan Ning was startled, and hurriedly asked, "Where did she go?"

The concierge shook his head, "The whereabouts of the little master is not something I should know, but she went out with her parents, the little official will come back some other day!"

Fan Ning was disappointed for a while, so he had to retreat down the steps, but Jupe was not at home, what should we do?
He didn't care about Cheng Ze's life or death, he only cared about Su Liang, if Su Liang was disqualified from the imperial examination because of this, would he really be unable to explain to Su Liang's parents?

But after much deliberation, there was nothing he could do. For a while, Fan Ning was extremely anxious.

At this moment, a loud voice came from behind, "Is it Fan Shaolang?"

When Fan Ning turned his head, he saw Zhu Yuanfeng walking out of the mansion.

In Fanning's heart, there was an excitement of turning a corner.

He hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Old man, I'm here to ask you for help!"

Zhu Yuanfeng smiled slightly and said, "We haven't seen each other for a year or two, and we only saw each other once, so you're going to arrest me?"

Fan Ning clasped his hands and said, "I'm so anxious right now, no matter what, please ask the old man to help me this time first, and I'll drink with the old man later.

Zhu Yuanfeng saw that Fan Ning was sweating profusely. It seemed that he was really in a hurry, so Zhu Yuanfeng smiled and said, "Tell me! What do you need my help for?"

"That's right, this morning, a friend and I went to a brothel to redeem someone..."

Fan Ning told Zhu Yuanfeng in detail how he and Su Liang went to the brothel to redeem Cheng Ze.

Zhu Yuanfeng heard it interesting, and finally couldn't help laughing, "You are very kind-hearted, but it's a pity that your luck is too bad. You happened to meet the Ministry of Rites cleaning up the brothel. You escaped by chance. Your friend may not be so lucky."

"The problem is that he is only 12 years old, and he will only be 13 years old after the new year. Will he go to a brothel to find women?" Fanning couldn't restrain the anger in his heart.

Zhu Yuanfeng shook his head, "The bureaucrats of the Ministry of Rites never care how old you are. As long as you are caught in a brothel, you will be treated as a prostitute and disqualified from the imperial examination. This is their usual way of handling it, simple and rude."

Fan Ning held back his breath and said, "It doesn't matter so much now, I want to rescue my friend, and I beg the old man to help."

Zhu Yuanfeng looked at the sky, and it happened to be noon, so he nodded and said, "It's just time for lunch, maybe you really have this luck."

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Su Liang was taken back to the Kaifeng government office. Like the other 100 scholars, everyone squatted in the courtyard of the government office, waiting for disposal.

The disposal is mainly to identify the identities one by one, register and make a list, and then everyone can go back, waiting for the final notice from the Ministry of Rites.

But now it was lunch time, and the officials all went to have lunch and rest, let these scholars repent for a while, and then began to register in the afternoon.

Of course, judging from the records of dealing with the offending candidates in the previous sessions, they may be more or less fortunate for this group of people.

Most of the scholars also knew in their hearts that some scholars squatted on the ground and wailed bitterly, and some stood by the wall in remorse and hit the wall with their heads.

There are also some scholars who have no ambitions. The court punishment is only to suspend the qualification of the provincial examination, not to deprive them of the title of Juren.

For example, Cheng Ze is a typical representative of this kind of people. He just came to the capital to play, and he never thought that he could still be admitted to Jinshi.

However, Cheng Ze was still a little ashamed of Su Liang. Su Liang came to redeem him, but in the end he made Su Liang implicated. He didn't know how to comfort his future brother-in-law.

Su Liang squatted in the corner and choked up silently. He had already burst into tears. When he thought of his future being ruined like this, he couldn't help feeling sad and burst into tears again.

At this moment, a yamen servant quickly walked up behind Su Liang and patted him on the shoulder.

Su Liang turned his head slowly, seeing a yamen servant behind him, he was stunned for a moment.

"Are you Su Liang who is applying for the Children's Department?"

"Exactly!"

The yamen servant waved to him, "Come with me!"

Confused, Su Liang stood up in a daze, and followed the yamen servant to a small gate.

Most people didn't notice this scene, but Cheng Ze was stunned, watching Su Liang follow the yamen servant into the room.

Su Liang walked into the small door. This is a yamen servant's room, and there is another door leading directly to the outside of the government yamen. The yamen servant opened the door and said to Su Liang: "You go!"

Su Liang was stunned, and stammered for a while: "Can I... go?"

"Nonsense, someone will protect you, hurry up and leave, and you won't be able to leave when those officials come back."

Suddenly Su Liang was extremely excited, he quickly saluted the yamen servant, and went out in a panic.

Walking out of the Kaifeng government office, Su Liang felt like he was dreaming, he covered his face and wept with joy.

At this time, Fan Ning's teasing laughter came from not far away, "Did you get whipped inside?"

When Su Liang saw Fan Ning, his nose sore, he stepped forward and hugged Fan Ning tightly, crying out with sobs.

"I can't stand it!"

Fan Ning pushed him away with a disgusted look on his face, "Come on, I don't like being hugged by men, let's go! Let's go drink and calm down."

"Fan Ning, am I okay?" Su Liang asked, wiping away tears.

"Have you registered there? The officials know your name is Su Liang?" Fan Ning asked with a smile.

Su Liang shook his head, "I haven't had time to register yet."

"That's it."

Fan Ning patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Let's go! Mr. Zhu paid a lot of money to redeem you. You should treat him with a glass of wine after a while."

"Which Mr. Zhu?"

"Juppe's third grandfather, the one who used to make wine with me."

"I see, where is he? I must thank him well."

Fan Ning took Su Liang into a carriage, and when Su Liang saw an old man with white beard and hair sitting in the carriage, he bowed his head, "Thank you, senior, for saving me!"

Zhu Yuanfeng chuckled, "Fan Ning owes me this favor, so you don't have to thank me too much!"

Fan Ning scratched his head, "Old man, what do you mean? I owe you a big favor?"

"Is not it?"

Zhu Yuanfeng looked at Fan Ning with a smile, "Do you want to cross the river and tear down the bridge?"

Fan Ning said helplessly: "Your junior dare not, let's go to lunch first, and this junior will respect the old man for a few drinks!"

(End of this chapter)