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Chapter 76 Take One More Look

Chen Xu became famous in Yunjiang Prefecture.

This time he was truly famous throughout Yunjiang, and his fame was completely different from the time when he won the first place in the examination at the age of thirteen.

The top scorer in the Tongsheng examination is found in every county of a prefecture every year.

Even if one is a talented person for a while, he will only have a little fame for a period of time after the results come out.

If we want to truly build up this reputation, we still have a long way to go.

Otherwise, it would be just an insignificant little mound of earth among the countless peaks and ridges in the world. A gust of wind would blow it away, not even enough to count as dust.

The Tongsheng Examination of the Dali Dynasty was somewhat different from the Tongsheng Examination Chen Xu had heard of in his previous life.

In Dali, among the three examinations of county examination, prefectural examination and academy examination, as long as one passes the county examination, one will be qualified as a student.

Unlike some dynasties that Chen Xu knew about, one had to pass the prefectural examination to qualify as a tongsheng, and then pass the academy examination to take the scholar examination.

Since the county examination could determine the status of a Tongsheng, Tongsheng was indeed "worthless" among the scholars.

As for the scholar examination, the provincial examination and the academy examination will be judged and tested consecutively. The time is tight and the process is cruel, so there is no need to say much.

In short, this time Chen Xu finally experienced what it means to be in great prosperity.

Outside the pavilion, Cui Fu’s kneeling established his image in front of everyone.

Chen Xu wrote three green smoke poems and led everyone out of the ghost market. Although this action could be considered a favor to everyone in theory.

But you have to know that among those who came out, at least one-third had physical disabilities.

Most of the people who came out intact were grateful to Chen Xu, but what about those with mutilated limbs?

Can they also be grateful to Chen Xu calmly?
Even if they can do it, their families may not be able to do it.

Especially Wei Tang, his roots were cut off and he lost the most basic dignity as a man.

When Wei Tang saw his father Wei Jinfeng, the first thing he said was: "Father, I wish I could just die!"

And Feng Xi.

Although Wei Tang suffered humiliating torture, at least he got out. But Feng Xi was the only one among all the people present who failed to leave the ghost market.

Feng Xi's father was Feng Yuanbai, the magistrate of Yunjiang County.

Although this County Magistrate Feng was a county magistrate in the attached city and was restricted everywhere in Yunjiang Prefecture, no matter how awkward his position was, he was still a county magistrate, an official appointed by the imperial court, and a Jinshi graduate!
Everyone trapped in the ghost market, even though a large number of them came from wealthy families.

But among these so-called children of wealthy families, the majority are from side branches.

What they rely on is not the strength of their individual family, but the prestige of their clan and the huge power of their local area.

But when it comes to personal family, no one in the ghost market can compare to Feng Xi.

It is so difficult to become a Jinshi.

During the entire Dali Dynasty, there were only three to five hundred in three years.

The territory of the Dali Dynasty was so vast and its population was so large that it was said to be in the billions.

Don’t think that a population of “billions” is not a large number. You must know that this was in ancient times when productivity was generally backward, not the modern society before Chen Xu traveled through time.

With a population of over 100 million, this is terrifyingly powerful in an agricultural society.

Of course, the agricultural society with a mythological background is another matter.

In short, the value of the Jinshi degree is very high, and Feng Xi, as the only son of County Magistrate Feng, is trapped in the ghost market where people come and go without a trace. I wonder if County Magistrate Feng will vent his anger on others?
Or even go a step further and vent your anger on Chen Xu?
It was unknown whether County Magistrate Feng would vent his anger on Chen Xu, because Cui Fu had already taken the lead and knelt down first.

After he knelt down, who among the remaining survivors could not thank Chen Xu?
If you don't say thank you, you will be considered ungrateful, a crime that most people dare not bear.

Amidst the outpouring of thanks, Feng Yuanbai, dressed in casual clothes, stood aside with a calm demeanor. No one noticed that he was actually calculating something with his hands behind his back.

Just as everyone was vying to invite Chen Xu to their homes, and Chen Xu politely declined all of them, suddenly, the painting of withered plum blossoms in Cui Jingxian's hand moved.

Cui Jingxian felt a sudden pain in his palm and he blurted out "Ah".

With an opening of his hand, the painting of withered plum blossoms flew out of his hand like an arrow and soared into the sky.

Feng Yuanbai stretched out his hand, and the withered plum blossom painting instantly fell down, landing in his palm like a young swallow flying into the forest.

After another moment, Wang Ji, who had been hiding quietly in the crowd, suddenly jumped up as if a needle had pricked his back.

Wang Ji's face changed drastically, and he said in his heart: Oh no, my plan has been exposed.

He gritted his teeth and ripped off a ring from his neck, shouting, "Draw a circle on the ground to make a prison!"

The ring expanded as it left his hand and turned into a circle of light, which spun around quickly and enveloped Feng Yuanbai in the circle of light.

Then Wang Ji's feet quickened and he ran away.

Feng Yuanbai sneered, "After doing something wrong, you want to run away without saying a word. Nephew Wang really doesn't take the Yunjiang family seriously."

Before he finished speaking, he uttered a single word: "Order!"

He raised his foot and stepped forward, and the circular light ring in front of him was instantly shattered into countless irregular light spots.

Spots of light scattered everywhere, and a jade ruler appeared in Feng Yuanbai's hand.

"The order of heaven is polite, and the five instruments of torture are deployed!" The jade ruler turned like a spear and flew out of his hand in an instant, turning into a torture shackle in mid-air. With a click, it locked Wang Ji's neck and hands.

Wang Ji finally gave up and turned around and shouted, "Whether you believe it or not, I changed the picture just as a joke.

This ghost market is not caused by me, and I don’t know why it appeared!"

Feng Yuanbai waved his hand, and Wang Ji was pulled by an invisible thread and flew backwards in front of him.

"Do you admit that you changed the picture?" Feng Yuanbai asked.

Wang Ji stiffened his neck and said, "So what? I just changed the map, but the map I changed only sealed a wandering ghost. The ghost market was not caused by me.

If it was me, I admit it. If it wasn’t me, I would also…ah!”

It was Feng Yuanbai who climbed onto his own mount, then squeezed his legs together and rode away.

This is no ordinary horse, but a Chongxiao spirit horse with the blood of a spiritual beast.

The horse stamped its hooves and instantly flew several feet away.

Wang Ji seemed to be hanging by an invisible rope. He fell to the ground and was then pulled by a horse to gallop across the ancient plain.

"Ahhh..." Wang Ji screamed in shame and anger, feeling both pained and furious. "Feng, let me go! How dare a mere county magistrate act so recklessly?"

Feng Yuanbai ignored him, but the sound of horse hooves became faster.

Wang Ji's shouting gradually faded away, leaving only a member of the Wang family who had come with the crowd in the pavilion, who seemed to have suddenly realized something.

He hurriedly mounted his horse and chased after County Magistrate Feng, saying, "Please wait a moment, Your Excellency! Don't be reckless. Ji'er is just a child and has no ill intentions. There must be something fishy going on here.

I beg the County Master to be discerning and not act impulsively, causing grief to your loved ones and joy to your enemies..."

In a blink of an eye, the noise faded away.

Only the people in the pavilion had different expressions.

Chen Xu frowned slightly. He always felt that County Magistrate Feng seemed to have glanced at him before leaving.

(End of this chapter)