Just as Chu Hao was still hesitating, he saw the Prime Minister wave his hand without a word.
Then a group of family servants and maids, not at all restrained, all rushed up, smiling, and pushed Chu Hao into the door.
"Hey, hey, forcibly abducting a civilian man in broad daylight, is there any law left!"
Chu Hao looked dumbfounded; this group of people were real hooligans!
They were robbing in broad daylight!
Yin Kaishan chuckled, his smile like that of an old thief.
"Hahahaha! Law? I am the law!"
"Quickly, go invite the Madam out! We'll hold the wedding ceremony immediately!"
Chen Guangrui, standing beside him, widened his eyes in shock and anger.
"No, no, no! I am the Number One Scholar! I am the one worthy of being the Prime Minister's son-in-law! Look at me, Prime Minister!"
"What qualifications does that person have, other than being the most handsome man in the world!"
Yin Kaishan turned his head, glanced coldly at Chen Guangrui, and reprimanded him angrily:
"It is you, this treacherous villain, who almost caused my daughter to fall to her death! You are scheming and insidious; how can I tolerate you?!"
"Tomorrow morning at court, I will certainly report to the Emperor that your virtue is still to be considered!"
Although Chen Guangrui was the Number One Scholar, skilled in both literary and martial arts, his strength was no match for the experts raised in Yin Kaishan's mansion.
Before he could even react, Chen Guangrui was thrown onto the street like garbage.
As the gates of the Prime Minister's mansion closed, the last glimmer of hope in Chen Guangrui's eyes gradually extinguished.
"No, don't abandon me! I can become an live-in son-in-law! I can do anything for you! Don't give up on me! I want to be the son-in-law!"
The gates of the Prime Minister's mansion were tightly closed, and the joyous sound of suona horns and faint laughter echoed from within.
To Chen Guangrui, this sound was so ironic, so cruel.
On the street, people were coming and going everywhere.
Looking at Chen Guangrui, who was lying on the ground in disgrace, no one felt any sympathy.
"Tch, this person is really scheming. Now I remember, how could there be such a coincidence? Yin Wenjiao was throwing a绣球 (embroidered ball), and he just happened to be passing by on the street? Hmph, he's just ambitious!"
"Calling him ambitious is too kind. This kind of trash is just here to humiliate himself."
"Isn't that right? What kind of courage does he have to compare himself to that perfect white-robed immortal? He's simply too shameless!"
A dignified new Number One Scholar should have been riding high on the spring breeze, enjoying the beauty of Chang'an in one night.
However, Chen Guangrui ruined his own future because of his schemes.
Once Yin Kaishan reports this matter to the Emperor, the image Chen Guangrui has been deliberately cultivating will collapse, and he will become a petty man who seeks personal gain!
Chen Guangrui felt extremely disheartened, his face full of despair.
However, there was still a glimmer of hope in Chen Guangrui's heart.
Buy fish!
Long ago, Chen Guangrui had vaguely received guidance from the Bodhisattva, who said that there was a golden carp in the vegetable market, and releasing this fish would bring great fortune.
In his despair, Chen Guangrui was like a person trapped in a swamp, grasping at even a straw.
Although those illusions and dreams might be false, there was still a chance for him to turn things around if they were true!
Without another word, Chen Guangrui rushed to the vegetable market.
However, after Chen Guangrui left, the gates of the Prime Minister's mansion suddenly opened.
A cute little girl, half a person's height, walked out, looked at Chen Guangrui's figure, and smiled mischievously,
"Just as Big Brother said, Xiao Qiong wants to eat fish too!"
… …
Chen Guangrui arrived at the vegetable market, looking left and right.
At this moment, Chen Guangrui, wearing the Number One Scholar's red robe, looked so dazzling that the people in the vegetable market all had strange expressions.
It was said that extreme joy breeds sorrow. In the past, some people went crazy after passing the imperial examination. It seemed that this Chen Guangrui was not far off.
Chen Guangrui was silent at the moment, ignoring the gazes of others, and kept searching around the market.
Suddenly, Chen Guangrui saw a person in front of a shop selling a golden carp.
Chen Guangrui's eyes lit up on the spot, greatly surprised,
"This is indeed the golden carp in my dream, exactly the same! Fish with snake eyes, it must not be an ordinary thing! It's him!"
Chen Guangrui was about to step forward, but suddenly saw a little girl, half a person's height, come to the shop owner's stall one step ahead of him.
"Isn't this the little girl who was beside the white-robed immortal just now? What is she doing here?"
Chen Guangrui was puzzled and was about to go forward to buy the fish.
However, he saw Xiao Qiong shout in advance:
"Shopkeeper, where did you catch this fish? I'll buy it!"
The fisherman uncle saw such a delicate and lovely girl for the first time and laughed heartily:
"It was caught in the Hong River, fifteen miles away from the city. Little girl, why are you out buying vegetables alone?"
"My Big Brother asked me to buy fish! Uncle, here's the money, can you help me cut this fish a bit?"
Xiao Qiong grinned, revealing two cute little tiger teeth.
In an instant, the fisherman uncle felt his heart melt; she was so cute!
In short, she was just very cute!
However, the golden carp, which was already dying, suddenly twitched when it heard Xiao Qiong's voice, and there was even a human-like look of horror in its eyes!
Damn it, that doesn't make sense!
I'm just a cute Dragon King of the Hong River; I'm just acting on orders, waiting here for Chen Guangrui to buy me. How could I end up being cut up?
The fisherman uncle didn't care about the horror in the golden carp's eyes. As someone who killed fish, he had seen too much to be surprised.
The fisherman uncle waved his hand, "Leave it to me! Seeing how cute you are, I'll give you this fish! Hahahaha!"
"Wait!"
At this moment, Chen Guangrui rushed out and quickly stopped the fisherman uncle.
Just a little bit more, and that knife would have fallen on the Dragon King of the Hong River.
The fisherman uncle frowned, "Who are you? Why are you stopping me from selling fish?"
Chen Guangrui took out a stack of silver notes from his arms, threw them in front of the fisherman uncle, and said fiercely:
"I am the new Number One Scholar, Chen Guangrui! I want the golden carp in your hand now! You are not allowed to cut it!"
Number One Scholar?
Many people around looked over.
This was a high-ranking official! A Number One Scholar could even raise several Foundation Establishment-level experts under his command, which was like being a overlord in the mortal world.
Although Chen Guangrui forcibly cut in line to buy fish, as the Number One Scholar, ordinary people would definitely give way.
However, just as Chen Guangrui was about to take the fish, a fish-killing knife slammed hard on the chopping board, blocking Chen Guangrui's hand!
The fisherman uncle looked at Chen Guangrui fiercely and reprimanded angrily;
"Boy, don't you know about first come, first served?! This fish already belongs to this little girl. Not even an immortal is allowed to take it, I said so!"
Chen Guangrui was shocked and suddenly took out forty taels of silver notes from his arms and threw them in front of the fisherman uncle,
"What about now?!"
However, the fisherman uncle sneered, "Giving me a million is useless. First, I sell fish with integrity, and I said I'd sell it to this girl, so I'll sell it to her! Second, she's so cute; it can only be hers!"
