"Master, the matter has been settled, Madam Yang died on the spot!"
The person who spoke with a sweet voice was one of the two beauties who danced for Ye Xiaotian on the green hillside opposite the main altar of Gu God Sect that day. His surname was Qian and his name was Qian Qingqing. Another beauty, Bai Xiaoxiao, who danced for Ye Xiaotian, was buried in Thor's Forbidden Land.
Yang Yinglong said indifferently: "Understood!"
Mrs. Yang's death seemed to be an insignificant matter to him, so he agreed casually, and he turned to an old man who was nearly fifty years old, less than five feet tall and described as thin and thin across the desk, and said, "According to the usual practice, this time There are still two of us, it’s unrealistic to fight for one more spot, and I don’t want to fight, I just want to get one!”
The thin old man on the opposite side said knowingly: "Huxian?"
Yang Yinglong's eyes flashed brightly, and he said: "That's right! There are only two post roads running through the whole of Guizhou, one runs north-south and the other runs east-west. In terms of importance, it is naturally the north-south route. As long as Hu County is mastered, I can get through this road if I want to, and I can stop it if I want to! Therefore, I want to give this quota to your son Wen Yuan and send him to Hu County!"
The thin old man was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Thank you for your cultivation. It's just that the old man from An's family has come to Guiyang now, and now he lives in the Xuanwei Mansion. Don't he have any schemes to ruin your good deeds."
This person is one of Yang Yinglong's subordinates. Among Yang Yinglong's subordinates, there are less than seven people who are qualified to sit and speak in front of Yang Yinglong. This thin and withered old man is one of them, because he is the Bozhou Amu—Zhao Xin.
A Mu means the general manager, but this general manager is not a general manager in the ordinary sense of the people in the Central Plains. It is an official position, and it is the general manager who assists the chieftain in governing the various tribes under his command.
Most of the chieftains in Guizhou are from the Yi nationality, so the chieftains of the Miao nationality here basically sort the ranks of their tribes according to the class habits of the Yi people. In this ranking, the highest level is called "E", and "E" is a class with noble blood, including Tusi and Tumu.
The next class of "E" is "Nashu", which means people who have noble blood but have not held official positions. These people have absolute personal freedom, which is equivalent to taxis among scholars, farmers, businessmen; Guopu" and "Lagou" are equivalent to the three classes of farmers, workers and merchants.
Because the tribes in Guizhou still retain many characteristics of slavery, under these classes there are "six crooked" (servants), "pozhi" (slaves), "spleen people" and "spleen people" ( Household slaves), these classes are lower than one another, and the lowest house slaves are completely the private property of the masters and can be executed at will.
Zhao Xin was at the top of the nine classes, a member of the "E" class. It is said that his ancestors were originally from the royal family of the Song Dynasty.
After hearing Zhao Xin's words, Yang Yinglong said in a strange way: "Why did that old man leave his lair? Could it be because of this time's promotion quota? Impossible, such a small matter will not alarm him, right? Unless..."
Yang Yinglong's expression turned serious: "Unless... he wants to take up a few more places! In this case, only he, the 'Toast King', will have a chance to come forward in person."
Today, I made a concession to let you get one more quota of candidates. Tomorrow, your family will have more power in the officialdom, and my family will be weakened by one point accordingly. Under the ebb and flow, this influence may last for two or three generations, and even completely change the strength of the two families. Therefore, the major aristocratic families would not give an inch to each of the candidates. An Guowei's arrival immediately aroused Yang Yinglong's vigilance.
He stood up and walked slowly for a few steps, when suddenly another thought came to his mind, and Qu Ran couldn't help being startled: "The An family also knows Ye Xiaotian's true identity, and there are hundreds of thousands of brave mountain seedling warriors standing behind Ye Xiaotian. The thief also came for Ye Xiaotian?"
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Every time the imperial examination is over, it is a time of carnival for candidates, no matter what the final result of the exam is, they need to let off steam after intense preparation and hellish torture. Therefore, most of the restaurants and brothels are built around the examination institutes of colleges and universities. After the final exams, the students will drink and revel in groups, and the brothels will buy laughs.
The big exam requires five days to read papers, five days to name and release rankings, and there is a process of copying names in between, so it will take ten days at the earliest to announce the results. In these ten days, usually the first five days are the most indulgent time for the candidates. From the sixth day onwards, they gradually become anxious, until the food is tasteless, the sleep is restless, and it will not end until the dust settles. torment.
But Ye Xiaotian didn't have this kind of psychological burden at all, he didn't think that he had the possibility of winning the exam at all. On the sixth day after the big exam, when other scholars began to panic and timidly, he was still traveling with Yingying.
They have visited almost all the scenic spots and historical sites in Guiyang in the past few days, and today they came to Huaxi again. This is the place where they made love.
Ye Xiaotian and Xia Yingying were holding hands and standing on a strange rock. The river water under the stone was as clear as oil and as blue as the sky, reflecting the flowing clouds in the sky, and also clearly reflected the figures of the two of them.
Xiaolu and Xiaowei squatted in the upstream stream, washing their sweat towels. In the forest on the opposite side, the figure of Mr. Winter wearing a black robe appears and disappears from time to time. He is catching bugs.
Ever since Ye Xiaotian practiced Gu skills to defeat Guoji Gelong, he has "swords and guns put into the warehouse, and horses released on Nanshan". Take some bugs back for Ye Xiaotian to use when practicing.
Yunfei made a hunting bow, and took Mao Wenzhi into the mountains to hunt wild game, while Yaoyao, Fuwaer, and the big man played hide-and-seek in the nearby woods.
The little girl and the two beasts enjoyed this game endlessly, Ye Xiaotian didn't let anyone watch them, anyway there was a big man, if there was any danger that the big man couldn't handle, then whoever went there would be delivering food.
"Yingying, do you think that man and woman are both talented and beautiful, a match made in heaven!" Ye Xiaotian asked with a smile, pointing at his and Xia Yingying's reflections in the water.
Xia Yingying gave him a clever look, and said angrily: "What, isn't it just me and you? You men don't feel comfortable if you don't cheat! Especially you!"
Ye Xiaotian smiled and said: "Men in the world are all liars. A woman will be cheated by at least one man in her life. A lucky woman will find a big liar who will deceive her for the rest of her life; an unlucky woman will find a liar. A little liar, lie to her for a while. Do you like me a big liar or a little liar?"
Xia Yingying stared at him affectionately, her eyes pulsed like water, and asked softly: "Are you willing to be a big liar and lie to me for the rest of your life?"
Ye Xiaotian opened his arms and said, "I am willing!"
Xia Yingying giggled, and threw herself into his arms. Ye Xiaotian embraced her slender waist, gently stroked her soft long hair, and whispered in her ear: "Then when are you going to be raped by me?" Did this big liar trick you back home?"
Xia Yingying's back stiffened slightly, although because she was pampered since she was a child, neither her grandfather nor father dared to restrict her freedom, nor dared to obstruct her contact with Ye Xiaotian, but she knew that her grandfather and father strongly opposed her marrying For Ye Xiaotian.
Xia Yingying is currently in a cold war with her grandfather and father. She wanted to force her father and grandfather to agree to get along with each other before talking about it, but she didn't want Ye Xiaotian to suddenly bring up this matter. , how shameless that family is."
Ye Xiaotian sighed: "Yingying, the list will be announced in four days. Regardless of whether I win or not, I have to leave Guiyang. Time doesn't wait for me. Last time I asked you, you said that your parents are away from home. During the duel in Huaxi, your father I have come back, and now you are willing to marry me, so what's wrong with me going to propose to your parents?"
Ye Xiaotian suddenly asked vigilantly: "But your father still doesn't trust me?"
Xia Yingying faltered and said: "Didn't Mrs. Yang of Jingzhou say...you and Yaoyao..."
Ye Xiaotian said: "You said this, didn't I explain it to you? I always treat that yellow-haired girl Yaoyao as my younger sister."
Xia Yingying complained: "Then why didn't you refute Mrs. Yang that day? My father and my grandfather were very upset about this. Others believed in your engagement with Yaoyao, so what's the matter if I marry you again? We can't arrest you." Why don't you explain it to someone? My family has such a large population, if I cause a lot of gossip, how can they hold their heads up in front of others?"
Ye Xiaotian smiled wryly: "At that time, I only wanted to get rid of the murder charge, how could I have a chance to refute it?"
Xia Yingying said: "He is in a stalemate with Father and Grandpa right now, don't worry, Grandpa and Father love me and have never disobeyed my will. Seeing that I have made up my mind, they will promise us to be together sooner or later."
Ye Xiaotian sighed secretly, and thought: "I just want to marry a daughter-in-law and have a few more children. Why is it so difficult? There are many branches in Shuiwu, and there are many branches in Yingying. I, Ye Xiaotian, am so unpopular?"
Ye Xiaotian's heart suddenly moved, and he thought to himself: "I'm so stupid! What if I turn her into my woman first? At that time, their old men and old men can still interfere? Hey! I'm afraid I'm in a hurry to get married at that time. They belong to the daughter!"
"Good idea! Great idea!"
Ye Xiaotian stared at Xia Yingying's creamy face, as if looking at a plate of tender tofu, drooling and thinking: "Eat it! Eat her up, and she will be mine! But 'cook rice cooked with raw rice' always Can't a group of people watch? I have to get rid of Yaoyao, Yunfei, Lao Mao, Dongdong, Fuwaer, Big Man, Xiaolu, Xiaowei... why are there so many people!"