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"Old Bai! Open the door quickly!"

"The second shopkeeper!"

Listen to the sound outside the door.

Everyone was shocked, and Bai Zhantang quickly got up, went to the door and grabbed the door bolt down, and opened the store door.

I saw Lu Xiucai standing outside the door with a festive look on his face. When he saw Bai Zhantang, he hugged Bai Zhantang and shouted excitedly.

"Old Bai, I'm beaten, I'm beaten!"

"I'm hit!"

When Bai Zhantang heard this, he was stunned. He reacted for a long time before he realized that it was a scholar who passed the imperial examination.

Bai Zhantang quickly pulled Lu Xiucai back.

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly asked Lu Xiucai in a verbal way.

Lu Xiucai sat at the table and began to tell everyone about what had happened these days.

At the beginning, when I arrived in Xi'an, Lu Xiucai was the same as usual, and he should stay in a hotel and take the exam.

After the exam, Lu Xiucai didn't have much confidence as usual. As a result, he really won the top three. Although he was not the top Jie Yuan, he was in the third place, which was enough to make Lu Xiucai famous in Xi'an Prefecture.

"Originally, last night, Zhou Hanlin, who was invigilating the exam, had to invite many students to the banquet, but I was anxious to come back and report the good news to everyone. I only showed my face, so I quickly stepped on the flying sword and rushed back."

Lu Xiucai was talking to everyone with a red face.

"Zhantang, hurry up, pour a cup of tea for the scholar."

Tong Xiangyu said from the side.

Bai Zhantang hurriedly poured tea for Lu Xiucai and said with a smile: "Look, look, it's different if you win the exam. You're so excited."

"Scholar, if you become a high-ranking official in the future, you have to take care of me."

Lu Xiucai smiled and said, "Old Bai, don't worry, whoever we follow?"

Seeing this, Tong Xiangyu said straight: "Scholar, since you are back, there is something to tell you."

Lu Xiucai took a sip of tea and said, "Shopkeeper, you said."

Tong Xiangyu said: "Well, Ye Xian'er decided to close the door for a month and take everyone to Hengshan. I wonder if you will go or not. You are a juren now. You have just passed the juren, so you must be very busy. Why don't you stay and see the store?"

When Lu Xiucai heard this, he shook his head and said, "Shopkeeper, how can this work?"

"If you want to go, everyone must go together. You all left. What's the point of leaving me alone in the store."

Tong Xiangyu smiled and said, "Well, aren't you afraid that you, the juren, are you busy?"

Lu Xiucai said: "Hi, what's the matter with you? You're not an official."

At this time, Ye Qianqiu knocked on the table and said, "Okay, okay, stop arguing. The matter of going to Hengshan will be decided. Everyone packs up their things. We will set off tomorrow morning."

"Scholar, you just passed the imperial examination. Logically speaking, it is more appropriate to stay. After all, the local gentry and county magistrates must ask for advice."

"However, if you want to go to Hengshan, it's nothing to go together. The winning of the imperial examination is just the first step. There will be a congress test and a palace examination in the future."

"How far you can go depends entirely on your own abilities."

Upon hearing this, Lu Xiucai nodded slightly and said, "Second shopkeeper, don't worry, I understand all these things. For the sake of Mei Fu, I must enter the capital again."

Ye Qianqiu nodded and smiled, "Okay, pack up, Wushuang, go and call Xiaoliu, I have something to tell him."

Zhu Wushuang heard this and said, "I understand, Manager Ye, I will pack up the table and go."

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Everyone had just finished packing the store. Ye Qianqiu originally planned to ask Zhu Wushuang to go to the yamen to ask Yan Xiaoliu to come, but this guy came by himself.

As soon as he entered the door, he shouted, "Is the scholar back? Is the scholar back?"

There are Ye Qianqiu and Mo Xiaobei in the lobby.

Tong Xiangyu and the others were all busy.

Ye Qianqiu said: "Xiao Liu, what's wrong?"

Yan Xiaoliu stepped forward and said, "Shopkeeper Ye, I'm so happy. I just received a notice from Magistrate Lou that it was the scholar who won the Xi'an Prefecture provincial examination this time, and he was the third place!"

"This is a great event."

"Minister Lou specifically instructed me to come to the store to see if the scholar has returned. If the scholar has returned, he will be invited to Deyuelou to attend the banquet in the evening."

Ye Qianqiu heard this and smiled and said, "The news from Magistrate Lou is fast enough."

When Yan Xiaoliu heard this, he said, "Shopkeeper Ye, do you know too?"

"The scholar is back, right?"

"Where are others? Where are they?"

Yan Xiaoliu looked around and kept shouting.

Ye Qianqiu said, "Okay, okay, you sit down first, I have something to tell you."

When Yan Xiaoliu heard this, he didn't dare to neglect it and hurriedly sat down.

"Shopkeeper Ye, what's wrong with you? Just give me instructions."

Ye Qianqiu said, "It's not a big deal. It's just that the shopkeeper and I have to go out for a long trip, and there is no one in the store. So, please, Captain Yan, take care of the store, don't let thieves get in the store."

Hearing this, Yan Xiaoliu hurriedly patted his chest and promised, "Hey, I just think it's a matter. I'm just looking at the store. Shopkeeper Ye, don't worry, this matter is covered by me."

Speaking of this, Yan Xiaoliu came over and asked Ye Qianqiu: "Shopkeeper Ye, can I talk more, where are you going?"

Ye Qianqiu smiled and said, "We are going to Hengshan. Are these three senior brothers of Xiaobei re-built some industries in Hengshan? Let's go back and take a look."

"Oh...so that's it."

"Shopkeeper Ye, don't worry and go there boldly. At that time, I will lead Yi Er San to the door of your store to see who sees your store coming to make trouble."

Yan Xiaoliu said with a promise.

Ye Qianqiu knew that "one, two, three" was a big dog raised by Yan Xiaoliu. When Lao Xing left Qixia Town, Yan Xiaoliu was too busy to work alone, so he found someone to get such a dog.

Later, although Wushuang was a constable, the dog was kept at Yan Xiaoliu's house. Yan Xiaoliu treated the dog like his own son.

Yan Xiaoliu was able to put "one, two, three" at the entrance of the inn, which means he was really concerned.

Ye Qianqiu and Yan Xiaoliu were talking on this side, while Lu Xiucai walked in from the backyard.

When Yan Xiaoliu saw Lu Xiucai, he hurriedly held up his hat, walked up to greet Lu Xiucai with a smile on his face, and said, "Oh, Juren Lu is back, Yan Xiaoliu has seen Juren Lu."

Lu Xiucai pretended to be "hmm" and said, "Captain Yan is here, why? Captain Yan has something to do with me?"

Yan Xiaoliu smiled and said, "Isn't this the magistrate Lou sent me to invite you to Deyuelou tonight?"

When Lu Xiucai heard this, he smiled slightly and said, "Captain Yan, please go back and talk to County Magistrate Lou for me, and said that I am obsessed with civil affairs and have no free time recently. I have to go out for a long trip, so I will be spared."

"Please take care of him."

When Yan Xiaoliu heard this, he scratched his head and whispered: "No, scholar, are you really not going?"

"Hmm? What did you call me?"

Lu Xiucai pretended to stare at Yan Xiaoliu.

Yan Xiaoliu hurriedly changed his words and said, "Lu Juren, Lu Juren, do you really not think about it?"

"County Lou rarely invites people to dinner."

When Lu Xiucai heard this, he looked earnest and patted Yan Xiaoliu's shoulder and said, "Xiaoliu, you can eat this food at any time, and you have to decide what's going on first and then come. Is it right?"

"You go back and tell the magistrate Lou, and I will appreciate his kindness. It will not be too late to talk to magistrate Lou after I will be on the list of the list next day."

When Yan Xiaoliu heard this, he nodded in confusion and said, "Okay, I'll go back and talk to County Magistrate Lou."

"Go, go."

Lu Xiucai put one hand behind his back and waved at Yan Xiaoliu with the other hand.

Yan Xiaoliu scratched his head and left.

When Lu Xiucai saw Yan Xiaoliu left, he stopped pretending. He hurried over and said to Ye Qianqiu: "Second shopkeeper, look at how I performed just now, do you have any official power?"

Ye Qianqiu glanced at him and said, "If you have free time, you might as well think about how to deal with your father-in-law."

"Although you have passed the imperial examination now, you may have the attitude of your father-in-law when you arrive in the capital in the future."

"It's not an easy thing for you to marry Xiao Guo."

Upon hearing this, Lu Xiucai hurriedly said, "Second shopkeeper, then on the way to Hengshan this time, can you pass on me again?"

Ye Qianqiu said: "If you can't chew too much, you can connect the Sang Luan sword technique to Dacheng first."

Lu Xiucai had no choice but to nod.

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On the day when Lu Xiucai returned to the inn, many well-known people in the town sent him to invite him to a banquet and a meal, but they were rejected by Lu Xiucai one by one.
To be continued...