Chapter 122: Finding a Son-in-Law

Chapter 122: Finding a Son-in-Law

There were already people guarding the list under the east wall of the Imperial Examination Hall. In addition to the students who came to see the list, there were also many merchants with their strong servants guarding under the list.

These merchants are not here to do business, but to snatch sons-in-law. Any family with unmarried daughters must come and take a look.

After all, being on the list of the joint examination is equivalent to obtaining the title of Jinshi. The palace examination only ranks the top three and no candidate will be eliminated.

Therefore, people did not have to wait for the palace examination list. Once the joint examination list came out, they would directly rush over to grab sons-in-law.

However, originally this was not called "catching a son-in-law from the list", but "selecting a son-in-law from the list".

Because in the beginning, they didn't just carry the dowries and run away. Instead, they offered generous dowries to the successful candidates. Whoever offered the highest dowry would win. As for those who lost but were unwilling to accept the result, they could only rob them. Often, people were "stolen" by three or five big men, which was a funny thing every time the results were announced.

Therefore, choosing a son-in-law from the list has evolved into catching a son-in-law from the list.

Su Jin was watching with great joy in the carriage. After all, such excitement would not be seen in modern times. It was impossible for someone to rush to marry the provincial champion, right? ?

Just as he was thinking about it, Su Jin saw several strong men carrying a thin young man and running away. The young scholar's servant chased after them, shouting, "Hey, hey, put him down, put him down!"

The people around also laughed, and behind them followed a pot-bellied businessman, looking both proud and anxious.

She was proud of having grabbed a good son-in-law, but she was anxious about having to go back and get married.

"Today's champion is really good looking, why is no one trying to grab him?"

"Their family has more money than you, how can they look down on you with your little money?"

Su Jin looked in the direction of the voices, and as expected, he saw Xie Huaiguang.

I don’t know if it’s because he won the first place, but Xie Huaiguang looked radiant today. He wore a simple blue robe, but because of the superior material, it exuded a temperament as precious as gold and jade. Several strong men behind him tiptoed up and wanted to snatch him away, but before they could put their hands on Xie Huaiguang’s shoulders, they were caught and pulled hard, and the man flew out.

Everyone around was stunned.

This person is not only first in liberal arts, he might also be first in martial arts!

Everyone was afraid of Xie Huaiguang's fighting power and finally dared not to come any closer.

Su Jin clicked his tongue and shook his head, he was indeed worthy of being the male lead, he was indeed a man of both literary and martial arts talents.

At this time,

Gu Zixuan and Yin Zhengnan were also looking at the list.

Written clearly in black on the yellow paper was: First place, Xie Huaiguang.

Gu Zixuan was not surprised by this. Xie Huaiguang's grades had always been good. He was the first in the provincial examination and won the first place. Now he is the first again, so he must be the first place, right? If he is the first in the palace examination...

Gu Zixuan realized it later, that means you have passed the imperial examination. Oh my, I didn’t expect you to be such a Xie Huaiguang.

While he was thinking, Yin Zhengnan pointed at Xie Huaiguang's name and yelled, "This guy is very lonely, who would have thought that he would win the first place!!"

"Yin Zhengnan, how can you say bad things about someone in front of others?"

The young man's voice rang out from the crowd. Yin Zhengnan was startled and looked back, only to meet Xie Huaiguang's half-smile.

Although those who were trying to snatch the son-in-law from him were jealous, they did not dare to attack Xie Huaiguang. Not to mention that his family was rich, even the strong men under his command could be easily knocked over by him.

A playboy like Yin Zhengnan, who came from a noble family, should have been fearless, but he was so scared by Xie Huaiguang's look that he immediately shut his mouth.

"Xie brother, please stop making fun of him."

Gu Zixuan tried to smooth things over, Xie Huaiguang smiled, and the two of them talked in low voices.

Yin Zhengnan was stunned. When did his good friend become so close to Xie Huaiguang? He felt betrayed for some reason. What was going on?

"Congratulations, Brother Xie, for getting into high school."

"No, no, I saw Brother Gu's name too. 76th place, not bad."

Gu Zixuan only started to make efforts this year. We can only say that he has a good foundation and the person who taught him is the famous Mr. Zhuzhi, so he made it to the list in a short period of time, which is already a very good result.

Seeing that both of them were on the list, Yin Zhengnan became anxious and quickly looked for his name. He finally found it: the second to last.

“I got it too!”

Even though he was the second to last, he was indeed on the list. As long as he wrote anything in the palace examination, he would be a quasi-Jinshi. Haha, now he can go back and prepare to get married!

Yin Zhengnan was very happy: "I can only say thank you very much for your notes, Zixuan. Mr. Zhuzhi really spoke well."

Although Yin Zhengnan did not go to the Marquis' Mansion to attend classes, he borrowed notes from Gu Zixuan in private. In addition, he worked hard and barely made it to the last car of the imperial examination.

The three men were standing on the board and talking freely. New sons-in-law were constantly being captured around them, but no one dared to move. A servant who didn't know what was going on wanted to approach them, but was dragged away by his master: "Are you crazy? We can't afford to offend any of these three. Let's go and grab something else!"

Xie Huaiguang’s fighting power is amazing. Gu Zixuan is the eldest son of the Marquis’s Mansion. The silly-looking guy next to him is even more powerful. His biological mother is the Grand Princess, the Emperor’s aunt. Oh my god, no one can mess with him!

Not far away, Gu Ziyun and his friends were also excitedly looking at the list.

Ma Guang and the others sneered when they saw Gu Zixuan and the other two.

In this small team of three, only Xie Huaiguang is truly talented, but Xie Huaiguang is poor and doesn't get close to others, so everyone doesn't have a good relationship with him. But such a cold and arrogant person is now associating with Gu Zixuan and others, which makes Ma Guang and others feel even more disgusted.

"Xie Huaiguang is number one, right? Why is he hanging out with these two?"

"Hey, never mind. Gu Zixuan and Yin Zhengnan are both useless. We must have done better than them. Come on, find our names!"

No one was paying attention to others and everyone started trying hard to find their own names.

Gu Ziyun looked at it even more seriously.

Based on his understanding of Gu Zilu's talent, even if he couldn't get first place this time, he would definitely be among the top.

So, as soon as he arrived, he excitedly went to check the list. The first place was Xie Huaiguang, the second was Li Yushan, and the third was...

He kept looking back until he saw Gu Zixuan, who was ranked 76th, but he didn't see his own name.

Gu Ziyun's heart sank suddenly.

What’s going on? My grades are even worse than Gu Zixuan’s?

Impossible, absolutely impossible, there must be a mistake. Yes, maybe he read too quickly and missed his name. Then let's read it again.

So he looked through it again from the beginning. The first place was Xie Huaiguang, the second was Li Yushan, and the third was...

But when he looked carefully again this time, without missing a single name, he still did not see his own name.

At this moment, Gu Ziyun's face turned pale and his body shook.

No, no way?