Chapter 217: Catching a son-in-law from the list

Su Jin didn't care about his own safety and shouted to Lin Xiangzhi: "Brother Lin, run!"

This shout didn't matter. The servants immediately split into two groups after hearing the shout. One group chased Su Jin and Xie Yunchen, and the other group ran towards Lin Xiangzhi.

The messy footsteps were getting closer and closer. Su Jin panicked and held hands with Xie Yunchen, rolling and crawling onto the Xie family carriage.

"Hurry, they are chasing us from behind." Xie Yunchen urged the driver, looking back from time to time.

Su Jin was so scared that he broke into a cold sweat. He had never seen such a scene before, and his heart was pounding wildly.

"Brother Xie, are they really catching them?"

Xie Yunchen said in shock: "Of course, it's better to catch them and have a good discussion. I'm afraid we'll meet rich and powerful barbarians. My daughter is not very good, and after a few glasses of wine, they will coax and deceive her into the bridal chamber. At that time, I won't be able to not marry her."

These were all precedents in the past.

One year, a wealthy family in Beijing came to find a husband for their daughter.

They picked a scholar and brought him back. After entering the palace, the matchmaker arranged a lot of praise for the girl.

The scholar was born in a poor family and thought that he would meet a father-in-law with abundant financial resources to rely on when he came to Beijing. He was secretly happy that this pie in the sky fell on his head.

After a good meal, he followed the arrangement of the rich family.

The rich family had already made preparations and went to the bridal chamber on the same day.

The poor scholar experienced two proud events in life in one day, when his name was on the list of successful candidates and when he had a wedding night.

He was drunk and was sent to the bridal chamber by the servant. As a result, he lifted the veil and saw that the girl was ugly, which was not as beautiful as the matchmaker praised. The scholar immediately regretted and wanted to leave.

How could the rich family let him have his wish? The bridal chamber was surrounded by servants.

The scholar was not released from the bridal chamber until the next day. The rich family made it clear that if he accepted the marriage, they would help him have a bright future. If he refused, they would sue him for being fickle and unfaithful.

The scholar who had just passed the imperial examination was very careful about his reputation. He didn't dare to gamble on the verdict of the government. He had to swallow his anger and accept the marriage.

Su Jin was frightened by Xie Yunchen's words.

The people behind saw that they couldn't catch up with the carriage, so they turned around and walked towards the group of people around Zhen Jingxiu.

Congratulations continued. The people who stayed here were all scholars who made the list. Everyone had smiles on their faces and didn't feel that danger was approaching them.

Lin Xiangzhi, who was standing under the Zhuangyuan Wall, vaguely heard Su Jin's shouting. When he turned around and looked in the direction of the sound, he saw several strong men walking towards him with smiles.

He realized it later and his hair stood up, "Wait! You, what are you going to do?"

He said as he retreated.

Several people surrounded him, and Lin Xiangzhi retreated to the wall with no place to retreat.

The leader smiled and bowed, saying: "I am a servant of the Li Mansion. The boss is from the capital, and he runs more than ten dyeing houses and other businesses. Congratulations, young master. The boss specially ordered me to come here to invite you to the mansion for a chat."

Lin Xiangzhi: "..."

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What bad luck! If he had known that he would meet the son-in-law selection under the list, he should have come earlier.

Seeing the servants all surrounding him with smiles on their faces, even though he was well-informed, he was panicked.

Just as the leader grabbed his arm, he instinctively remembered what his uncle had said.

"Xiangzhi, you often go to the Yannan Palace. The prince and the princess treat you like a godson. Could it be that the prince intends to give you the eldest daughter?"

The words of his uncle lingered in his ears.

Lin Xiangzhi suddenly had an idea, put away his panic, shook off the hand that was holding him and straightened his chest.

"Don't do anything stupid, I'm Lin Xiangzhi!"

"Who? What's the origin of Mr. Lin?" The leader was frightened by him and asked everyone.

The others shook their heads, "I haven't heard of him. Seeing him standing under the top scholar wall with a big smile, he must be on the list."

A servant rolled up his sleeves and said, "Yes, don't talk too much, catch him and hand him over to the master first."

"What? You don't even know me, you are really ignorant!" Lin Xiangzhi saw the hesitation of the leader, and thought that the head of the Li family must be afraid of causing trouble, so he specifically told the servants not to do anything stupid.

He stood with his hands behind his back, raised his chin and said, "Do you know that the Queen Mother has come to Beijing?"

"Of course I know. Could it be that the young master is from the Queen Mother's family?" A servant said, retracting one of his feet.

Another servant said with a smile, "If he is from the Queen Mother's family, that's great. Invite the young master back. Maybe the master will become a royal relative."

"Yes, yes, yes, such a good thing is hard to find even with a lantern. Young Master Lin, please come to the front?" The servant said and waved to the servants in the distance.

When Xiang Zhenjingxiu and his group of people surrounded them, they naturally turned back when they saw that they had succeeded.

The Li family has more than one young lady of marriageable age, but they dare not catch more than one son-in-law at a time.

There is a tradition of catching sons-in-law under the list in the capital. This custom has been tacitly accepted by emperors of all dynasties. If several are caught at once, it will arouse public anger and I am afraid it will be a big deal.

Amidst the laughter, the servants stepped back slightly to make way.

Although they seemed to have given way, everyone's vigilant eyes and postures ready to fight at any time were not concealed.

"The Queen Mother came to the capital, and naturally brought the two princesses with her. Do you know about this?"

"Of course I know. If you want to say something else, please tell me slowly when you get to the mansion." The leader bowed and made a gesture of invitation.

Lin Xiangzhi did not move at all, his face darkened and he said in a cold voice: "This young master is the prince consort personally appointed by the Queen Mother, and you dare to snatch him?"

He learned that aura from Xiao Jingzhao. Whether he could scare these people depends on luck.

"What? The Prince Consort!"

"I'm sorry, Prince Consort, please don't blame me. I didn't know that the Prince Consort also took the imperial examination." The leader smiled and bowed.

Even if they had a hundred guts, they would not dare to snatch the Prince Consort back.

After greeting his classmates, Zhen Jingxiu turned around to look for Su Jin. When he raised his eyes, he saw Lin Xiangzhi's bullying.

"Oh no, there is a list of sons-in-law to be captured today, and Master Lin was captured." A scholar who knew Lin Xiangzhi exclaimed.

"Have you seen Su Jin and Xie Yunchen? They are not captured too, right?" Zhen Jingxiu looked around hurriedly.

"No, Xie Yunchen's carriage is gone. He must have run away." A scholar who saw Xie Yunchen coming said.

Zhen Jingxiu looked at Lin Xiangzhi again, and he rubbed his hands anxiously, "What should we do? How can we get Master Lin out of those people's encirclement?"

As soon as Zhen Jingxiu finished speaking, he saw the group of people surrounding Lin Xiangzhi bowing to him.

And Lin Xiangzhi stood calmly under the champion wall, with no intention of running away.

When everyone was wondering, Zhen Jingxiu saw the group of people turning around and walking towards them.

He felt something was wrong, and he shouted: "Run, the son-in-law is coming."

"Damn it, how did Master Lin get away?" A scholar ran to the left, and saw a big man coming from the flower bed, and he turned back and ran to the right.

The scene was suddenly in chaos, and the scholars were panicking, and onlookers in the distance were laughing and making a fuss.

Zhen Jingxiu's carriage was the closest. Just as he stepped on it, he felt a tightness around his waist and suddenly a hand pulled his belt.