Chapter 1172 Chen Shimei
Xiao Fei understands that only by finding that ancient couple can he break through this world of five elements and eight desolations. So head there quickly and can't wait to find them.
However, when they returned to the ancient city of Huangsha, they found that everything had changed. The ancient city used to look like a small town on the northwest frontier, but now it looks like an ancient imperial city.
The tall city walls are full of guarding soldiers, each holding a long gun, majestic and majestic. Pedestrians in the imperial city crowded shoulder to shoulder, and there was a lot of traffic. It was many times more prosperous than the small town before. Even the buildings inside have become magnificent, and there are many more shops on both sides.
"In a blink of an eye, such a big change!?" Shitou said in shock.
"Xuanyuan Huangdi can build six worlds with magic power, and in his world, he can change as he wants. He is a god at the level of the leader, and his magic power is boundless." Xiao Fei said.
"In this way, it will be even more difficult for us to find people." Shitou said.
"Look slowly, they will definitely appear in special places." Xiao Fei said. After speaking, the two began to search, and they came to a bustling street not long after.
"The No. 1 Scholar of Jinke is here! Everyone avoids! Boom, boom, boom!" At this moment, with the sound of three loud gongs and drums, a voice like an eunuch shouted loudly.
Immediately, the crowd on the street gave way one after another. Not far away, a group of people and horses were slowly advancing. The leader is a tall horse with big red flowers on its head. Sitting on the horseback was a young man, wearing a scarlet purple gold robe and a black gauze hat with golden flowers on his head.
The two teams of guards on the side shouted in front and embraced back, and the flags and drums opened the way with extraordinary style. The sign says silence, avoid. Immediately, the young man kept bowing his hands to the people on both sides, smiling all over his face.
"This is the number one scholar bestowed by the emperor, and the number one scholar paraded through the streets for three days." Xiao Fei explained to Shi Shi.
"Master, have you noticed that the number one scholar looks very familiar?" Shitou said. When they met the young couple last time, they just took a casual glance. I didn't look carefully, but now, the young man has changed his attire. However, Stone still vaguely remembered.
"It's not just familiarity, but acquaintance. He is Li Yu, a scholar, and he can't even afford a hairpin." Xiao Fei said.
"He really won the number one prize?" Shitou was surprised.
"He is the crux of the human world, the key to the seal, of course it is like this." Xiao Fei said, "But in this way, I can be more sure that my judgment is accurate."
"Li Yu, you are ungrateful!" At this moment, a young woman suddenly rushed out from the crowd of onlookers and stopped in front of the parade. Kneeling on the ground with a puff, holding a certificate in both hands, shouting 'wronged'!
"She is Xiaoqing, Li Yu's former lover." Xiao Fei whispered.
"What is she doing here?" Shito didn't understand.
"You'll know later." Xiao Fei said.
"Bold, dare to stop the number one scholar from parading!" In the middle of the street, two guards rushed out of the team with killing sticks in their hands, fiercely trying to pull the woman away.
"Wait a minute!" At this moment, an accompanying official nearby opened the curtain of the sedan chair and shouted loudly. The two guards walked away, and the sedan chair was carried in front of the woman, and the official stepped down from the sedan chair: "Little girl, why did you stop the parade team and shouted the name of the number one scholar, calling him ungrateful?"
"My lord, the name of the civilian girl is Xiaoqing!" The woman said, "Xiaoqing was originally from Qingzhou, and she was from the same place as Jinke champion Li Yu. When Li Yu was in poverty, he couldn't afford to eat or study. Books, not even money for the exams in Beijing. It was the women who disregarded their shame and went to the brothel to sell jokes for him to study, and gave him money so that he could go to Beijing to catch the exams."
"Nonsense, I never knew this woman, pull her away quickly!" Li Yu, who was on a tall horse, his face livid, angrily yelled.
"No need to be angry for the number one scholar, it's not too late to listen to her first!" The official bowed his hands to Li Yu. Turning his head and said kindly to Xiaoqing, "Xiaoqing, keep talking."
"After a while of contact, the two of us secretly fell in love. Li Yu and I swore that after he won the first prize in high school, he would definitely marry me. However, while the women were waiting in their hometown, a But the benefactor from the capital told me that Li Yu not only won the first prize in high school, but was also appointed by His Majesty as a son-in-law."
Xiaoqing said: "My lord, Li Yu is not only ungrateful, but also forgets me, the person who has made a lifelong betrothal with him. He also concealed it from His Majesty, committing the crime of deceiving the emperor. Please be the master for the women of the people!"
"Crazy, she's crazy, I don't know this woman at all, you pull her away! This is just her one-sided story, without any evidence." Li Yu on the horse's head said angrily.
"Li Yu, do you want evidence? This white jade hairpin on my head is the evidence. You bought it from the shopkeeper and gave it to me, and I paid for it." Xiaoqing said with a miserable face.
"I don't have any sense of shame, but I'm actually selling jokes in a brothel?"
"Speaking of which, she is also a poor person. She bears the burden of humiliation and laughs to earn money for others to study, but in the end she is abandoned."
"With her status, how can she be worthy of being the champion of Jinke? I don't even look at my status, but the champion of the family will be the king's son-in-law."
"But judging from this, the son-in-law's character is not very good."
The crowd on both sides bowed their heads and discussed.
"Like a vulgar plot?" Shito said to Xiao Fei quietly: "In the ancient times of Japan, such things happened a lot, let alone in ancient China."
"Although the plot is vulgar, it happens often." Xiao Fei said, "Let's not talk about ancient times, even in modern times, there are many men like him. Are there still few Chen Shimei in the world?"
"You don't need to be angry for the number one scholar. Since the woman has brought a complaint to this officer, this matter should be resolved by this officer. The number one scholar has not been awarded an official position yet, so he has no right to intervene." On the street at this time, the accompanying official said Li Yu said. Li Yu's face turned ashen when he heard this, but he didn't dare to disobey him.
"Xiaoqing, you said just now that the number one scholar in Jinke once made a private appointment with you for life?" the official asked kindly.
"My lord, yes." Xiaoqing said.
"Since it is a private decision for life, that means there is no order from your parents or words from a matchmaker?" the official asked.
"My lord, both of Li Yu's parents died when he was a child, and he was alone. How can there be such words as the order of his parents?" Li Yu interjected.
"My son-in-law, please don't talk and disturb the official's handling of the case." The official said seriously. "Yes, my lord." Li Yu cupped his hands and stopped talking.
"No." Xiaoqing said, her face turned pale.