Dressed as a vicious stepmother, the whole family is full of wealth

Chapter 331 Will he come?
"Mistress of the Examination Institute, you see we are all empty-handed and only bring pens and inks, while Qiao Hong brought a box. Your Excellency the Examination Institute will check it carefully later, so as not to miss anything." Zhu Zhixing seemed to be implying what way.

The guard snorted coldly, and said in a voice like Hong Zhong: "I still don't believe it, who dares to cheat in the examination institute, if found out who cheated, he will be banned from taking the imperial examination for life!"

Qiao Hong was so frightened that he quickly opened the bookcase, poured out everything from the inside to the outside, and showed it to the guards of the examination institute.

"My lord, I don't have anything here except pens and inks. I don't know what to prepare when I come to the examination institute for the first time, and none of my classmates are willing to tell me, so I come here with a bookcase. Please check it carefully, my lord!"

The guard of the examination institute waved his hand, unwilling to check: "Put it away, someone will check your bookcase later, I dare not touch your things!"

Over the years, some students have been touched by others before entering the examination hall. During the physical examination, they found something with paper on it, and they were arrested by guards to convict them.

Qiao Hong replied yes, and retreated to the bottom of the steps.

As soon as he retreated to the steps, he heard the laughter of the people around him:
"Look at him, he dares to come to the examination for talents at the age of twelve or thirteen, he is overestimated!"

"He thought that Professor Wei was really willing to accept him, and letting him take the talent test was just to get rid of him!"

"It's a pity that people are as ignorant as fools. They really came here to take the examination of scholars. They are not even children. They are also worthy of being admitted to the examination institute. Do you really think that you are a peerless talent like the son of the Hou family?"

"He has an amazing mother. She can enter the academy without any amazing talent. Can we be the same when we have nothing to rely on?"

"A mother who shows her face all day long? She doesn't seem to be a serious person at first glance, and she is showing off and writing in front of the Nine Kings with us. I'm really not afraid of embarrassment!"

Several people bowed their heads and were talking vigorously, not knowing when Qiao Hong came to him.

I saw Qiao Hong sullenly, glaring at the few people angrily, and said sharply: "It is the students of Yaoshan Academy who are jealous of their classmates and slander their families? Dare I ask how many years have you been taking the exams?" It seems that it’s not just two or three years. According to my seniors, I have seen several seniors. If you talk about articles, knowledge and morals, you seniors have no talent. You are a scholar in the middle of the year, and your mind is spent on crooked ways, the senior brothers, why not go home to farm the land and take care of the family shop, otherwise, studying for a lifetime will only insult Confucius!"

"What did you say?"

"What are you? How dare you say that about us?"

"You are just the son of a lowly businessman. Now, relying on Professor Wei's power, you are arrogant in front of us, and you are too arrogant to call your senior brother because of your nobility!"

"That's right, you're just a lowly slave in your bones, and you still want to study with me?"

"..."

Qiao Hong glanced at the few people coldly, with contempt in his eyes, without the slightest fear, and he was fully prepared to have a verbal battle with this group of people to the end.

"You guys are wrong, you're wrong!" At this moment, a young man walked out from behind Qiao Hong, with a face like chaff, a spirit like a galloping horse, and his actions carried the pride of a literati.

Although his appearance is a little short, his speech is quite literati.

The students at the entrance of the examination hall immediately fell silent and looked at the person who came.

"Xu Zihang, who is at fault? Why did you come out to disturb us? What do we say he has to do with you?" A student asked the visitor by name.

Xu Zihang glanced at the group of students, then packed Qiao Hong's bookcase from the ground and handed it to him, reminding: "As a student of Yaoshan Academy, three things are inseparable, one is pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and the other is Mr. Instruction, the three are accompanied by books, without the three, one is not a good student."

Qiao Hong was surprised by this man, they avoided him like a snake, but he took the bookcase in his hand.

He said gratefully: "Thank you, brother!"

Xu Zihang waved his hand: "You're welcome, just now I was very happy to hear you scold these people, the scolding touched my heart, I couldn't help but interject!"

"Xu Zihang? What did you say? Aren't you with..." A student heard him talking about being intimate with Qiao Hong, and hearing him say that Qiao Hong scolded them, he felt happy, suddenly found it incredible, and asked loudly.

But before he could ask, Xu Zihang turned his head and said, "Could it be that what this junior is scolding is not the truth? Usually, you guys are ashamed in front of the professor and the head of the mountain, and you want to join Professor Wei's school time and time again, but because Professor Wei Now that Professor Wei suddenly accepts him, you will retaliate privately and slander him with bad words, thanks to the fact that you have studied in Yaoshan Academy for several years, and you are pretending to be students!"

A few people were exposed by Xu Zihang, and they gritted their teeth angrily, but no one dared to say anything, because if they continued, they would be the ones who would be ashamed, they didn't dare to look at the classmates around them, they could only be angry in their hearts.

Seeing that they were not convinced, Xu Zihang sneered again: "I advise you not to take the scholar exam again, so as not to embarrass Professor Yan! Hmph!"

"Xu Zihang, you stinky follower, you are used to being a dog's leg after following a brat who came to follow this young boy?" a student scolded.

Xu Zihang was not angry, but instead raised his eyebrows and sneered: "At least it's better than you, no one wants you guys to be dogs!"

Qiao Hong looked at Xu Zihang appreciatively. At this time, he was able to stand in front of him and say these words, which in itself required a strong sense of justice, not to mention that he stood up for him and scolded these people severely.

"Let's go, Senior Brother Xu, don't talk nonsense with this group of people, we might as well read a little more!" Qiao Hong whispered.

Xu Zihang turned back and smiled, "That's exactly what you said!"

The two rolled their eyes at those people, and went to the side of the examination institute to talk together.

After a while, after the two introduced each other, they knew each other.

Qiao Hong scanned the students for a week, seeing that the time was approaching, but he didn't see Qiao Maoshu coming. He learned that Xu Zihang and Qiao Maoshu were classmates, and they were both under Professor Yan's school, so he wanted to ask a few questions.

"Senior brother Zihang, Qiao Maoshu is not Professor Yan's favorite senior brother. Why didn't you see him in the exam today?"

When Xu Zihang heard him talking about Qiao Maoshu, he seemed to be avoiding it, and pulled Qiao Hong to move under the big willow tree. He lowered his voice and said, "You don't know about him?"

Qiao Hong shook his head slightly in shock, what happened to Qiao Maoshu?
Xu Zihang smiled lightly, then frowned and asked carefully: "Qiao Hong, if you don't know, I don't believe it. This should be your own business, and I shouldn't say too much, but you should know better than us about your two families. ah!"

Qiao Hong thought for a while, then guessed and asked, "A few days ago, Qiao Xiangmin was imprisoned?"

"That's right!" Xu Zihang whispered, "Ever since Lord Shi beat Qiao Xiangmin, Qiao Maoshu left the academy that night and hasn't come back yet."

Didn't come back?
Qiao Hong didn't quite believe it. After all, the scientific examination was very important to Qiao Maoshu. No matter what happened at home, he believed that he would overcome all difficulties and come to the examination. Will he come for such an important scholar's examination today?
(End of this chapter)