Su Ang stood in the martial arts arena for a long time, and Huang Gongfu finally came out, with a fat figure, a goatee, a little smile on his face, dressed in ordinary cloth clothes, and neither a brocade bag nor a jade pendant on his waist. This was the impression Su Ang left when he saw Huang Gongfu for the first time.

Huang Gongfu looked around and saw Su Ang standing last, and frowned slightly. Since he came out, the martial arts arena has quieted down, and everyone has looked up at Huang Gongfu.

The two servants carried a black and red solid wood chair and placed it behind Huang Gongfu, who sat down. The butler stood in front and said loudly: "You are all good people in the world, and you are all gathered here because my lord recruited a son-in-law. If you want to enter the house, there are the following requirements, please listen quietly, if there is no conformity, please leave early. First, to be handsome, my young lady must have known it, so to be her husband, you must be a good looker; Second, it is necessary to be knowledgeable, not to read through the ancient and modern ceremonies, but also to know the ancient and modern historical events; Third, if there is no marriage, although my family is not so noble, my young lady cannot be small; Fourth, there are no rumors of bad people outside, and my family is also considered to be a dignitary in the court, and the world has a clear name, and there is no room for people who hide filth and dirt.

These are the things you must follow, so be careful to consider them. My young lady also said that it is best to know how to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Once you enter the house, if you are found to have violated the above requirements, you will be punished severely, presumably the elders of the family are not willing to offend my lord. ”

After speaking, the housekeeper retreated behind Huang Gongfu, who did not speak and waited quietly. After a while, some people shook their heads and began to slowly retreat, while others scolded in their mouths, "What are you picking, I don't think it's choosing a son-in-law, or saving staff for the Huang Mansion", flicked their sleeves fiercely and walked towards the door of the mansion.

These people suddenly saw Su Ang, stopped again, and said with a sneering face, "Such a person can stay, why can't we, is he still knowledgeable?" ”

At this time, Zhao Guo had such a phenomenon: almost all scholars came from clan families, and it was difficult for the poor to produce scholars, firstly, it was difficult to find a teacher, and it was too difficult to find a teacher, and it was too much to pay the fees when he found it, and secondly, since the time of the Emperor of Daizong, the school palace was banned, and after the students were dispersed, there was a wind of disgust in Zhao State, and since then few people will be scholars. There are still a few people in the clan who study in their spare time, but there are almost no ordinary Li people's homes.

Now they saw that Su Ang was still standing, and they didn't want to leave at all, so they all began to make fun of it: "Hey, let's go, this is not a place for you to stand, didn't you hear what the housekeeper said just now, leave early, lest someone beat him out with a stick, it is really that there are still people who don't know whether they are alive or dead, and they want to climb the high branches, and the crow will become a golden phoenix." ”

Huang Gongfu looked at the suddenly chaotic scene below, turned his head slightly to look at the housekeeper, the housekeeper understood, and said loudly: "Later, if you want to leave, leave quickly, don't delay the selection of a son-in-law in the house!" If there is any more noise, they will all be blasted out with sticks! ”

The people cut and walked out the door a little reluctantly. Suddenly, there were only a dozen or so people left. Su Ang leaned forward at this time, and suddenly caused a little roll of his eyes.

Huang Gongfu saw this scene, and he was also a little displeased, if this person had been standing calmly on the edge of the martial arts arena, he must have something extraordinary, probably he would look up at that person twice, but he came up by himself, obviously looking urgent. This made Huang Gongfu's influence on Su Ang drop a lot all of a sudden, but he couldn't say anything, after all, there was no written rule that those who were poorly dressed didn't want it, so he could only see if he was really knowledgeable later.

Huang Gongfu got up and walked into the side hall behind the martial arts arena, and the housekeeper walked up and said, "The rest of you will follow me in one by one to be assessed, but those who fail can leave." ”

At the front, a richly dressed family with a brocade fan in his hand, strode in with the butler with a proud face. The rest of the people gathered together in twos and threes and whispered.

Only Su Ang stood alone, Su Ang guessed that there would be some twists and turns in his heart before he came, but he never thought that it would be so difficult to enter the Huang Mansion, and he had never even seen the face of the Huang family's young lady.

Su Ang was a little unsure in his heart, saying that if he didn't pay attention to the appearance of his future wife, it was all fake, after all, he was the person he would accompany for the rest of his life. And Su Ang didn't know what this assessment was like, although he was a little confident in his knowledge, but after waiting for a long time, he was inevitably a little apprehensive.

Another long time passed, and the first person to go in finally came out, only to see that he looked embarrassed and sweating profusely, which would be reasonable if it was in June and July, but now it has just entered February, and the weather is not too hot, which is a little unbelievable. The man shook his head as he walked towards the door of the house.

The butler came out and shouted, "Next!" Then he went straight in.

Everyone suddenly exploded again. "I seem to have met that man," someone said aloud, "it seems to be the second son of the Song family in Jiaozhou, whom I met last year when I visited Ho Zhe in Jiaozhou." ”

Someone took over the conversation: "Cut, I thought it was a son of a family in the imperial city who was studying at home, it turned out to be a person from the wild land of Jiaozhou, no wonder he came out as soon as he entered, and he pretended to be arrogant." What insight can come out of the wilderness? Like the man behind him, he is also a delusional one step to heaven. ”

Su Ang pursed his lips after hearing this, how could anything be related to him?

Next, one followed one to go in, and when they came out, some people were happy, some people were full of frustration, the happy people walked over to Su Ang and deliberately raised their heads high, and the depressed people walked to Su Ang's side and snorted coldly and went out towards the door of the mansion.

In the end, only Su Ang was left, and the housekeeper came out to look around, looked Su Ang up and down again, shook his head, and said, "You are the only one, come in." ”

Su Ang followed the housekeeper into the side hall, only to see that the side hall was very spacious, and the back was blocked by a beaded curtain, and there was a person sitting faintly inside, which was not real. In the hall, there are some rare treasures from various states, counties and counties that paid tribute to the emperor, such as old knife coins hundreds of years ago, bronze tripods that have been handed down for a long time, and so on.

Huang Gongfu sat behind the desk and looked at Su Ang with a serious expression. Su Ang stepped forward and saluted with his fists clenched.

"Sit down." Huang Gongfu said indifferently.

Su Ang knelt down in front of Huang Gongfu. "Tell me where you're from."

"Late life to meet the adult, late life is a person from Shunzhou, after going to Zizhou to study for ten years, recently down the mountain, want to go to the imperial city to find a way to live, I never thought that I heard by chance that the adult is recruiting a son-in-law, so I dared to come."

Huang Gongfu nodded after listening, the person in front of him spoke in a clear manner, without any panic, plus Su Ang was born with a Chinese face, and his facial features were handsome, which was quite in line with Huang Gongfu's meaning, so Huang Gongfu had a good impression of this young man in his heart.

"You said you studied for ten years, but you don't know who you studied from? What else have you learned? ”

"The teacher who was born later is a recluse, and it is inconvenient to tell the adults. In his later life, he learned to be miscellaneous, there was the study of farming, there was the art of helping the world and saving the country, everything in the world, there are dabbles, although I dare not say that I am proficient, but I can also use it. ”

Su Ang talked eloquently, and Huang Gongfu laughed, "Young people don't think about grandstanding, there are hundreds of schools of learning in the world, and at your age, it is already powerful to know ten schools, not to mention all of them in the world." ”

After Huang Gongfu finished speaking, he wanted to drive Su Ang out, and the little good feeling that had just risen in his heart disappeared completely, what he wanted was not such a person who only knew how to talk nonsense.

"If you don't believe me, why don't you ask?" Suang was full of confidence.

Huang Gongfu said "heh", "Okay, I'll ask, what do you think of the court today?" ”

"Although the surface of the court is calm today, the undercurrent is continuous, and no one can say when it will become a whirlpool and swallow everyone."

Huang Gongfu was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "What is the undercurrent?" Let's hear about it. ”

Su Ang stood up, clenched his fists, and said unhurriedly: "My lord naturally knows in his heart that if the power is too great, it will threaten others, and others will naturally think about how to cut out this force. ”

Huang Gongfu nodded, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Then why do you think the old man wants to recruit a son-in-law?" You must know that there are not a few people who want to marry the old man, and they are all important ministers in the court. ”

"This is where the adults are clever," Su Ang remembered what Qi Sheng said, so he took it out as it was, "The adults know who can use it and who can't, those people are only afraid that they will become the grass on the wall when things change, this side will help this side, and the other side will stab this side in turn, who can say for sure?" ”

Huang Gongfu smiled after hearing this, "Then what do you think are your advantages over those people outside?" ”

Su Ang walked to the door and glanced at the only three people left in the courtyard, and walked back, "The three people outside look at their clothes, they shouldn't be the sons of any family in the imperial city, nor are they from the Assassin's Mansion in any state, according to my speculation, they should be lower, but they can also be called the birth of a noble eunuch."

I have the following advantages over them, the first point is that I am alone, if I enter the mansion, I will also be connected with the Huang Mansion as a whole, one is prosperous, one is lost, and there is no way out; Well, I have no way out, it is not like they still have a place to turn around; The third is that I want to borrow the power of my lord in the court to obtain glory and wealth, and my lord will also lend my hand to ensure peace in the future. This is my advantage, I don't know if adults think so. ”

Huang Gongfu stood up, clapped his hands and said, "It's really calculating, like yours, how can I rest assured that the lives of all the people in the mansion will be in your hands?" ”

Su Ang smiled, "Do you think you can put your lives in the hands of those people outside?" ”

Huang Gongfu laughed out loud after hearing this, "Okay, young man, have courage, the old man hasn't seen you such an interesting young man for a long time." Okay, I'll go out and take care of some other things, so you can have a good talk. After Huang Gongfu finished speaking, he went out, and only Su Ang and the person who had been sitting quietly behind the bead curtain were left.