In the early morning of the next day, more than a dozen students who were on the list of the imperial examination gathered outside the Yaxuan Pavilion of the Ministry of Rites to wait, and they all received a notice from the imperial court and came to receive their official positions today.

As for those who couldn't wait for the notice, when they asked in private, they also knew that they had no chance with their careers. So I started packing my bags and getting ready to go home. Although he can't be an official, he can go back to his hometown to be a teacher or something, and he won't starve to death.

Besides, not being an official is only temporary, as long as his identity is still there, the imperial court will grant the official position sooner or later, but it is only a matter of how many years later.

Cui Zhao stood in front of the door of Yaxuan Pavilion, looked at the students dressed in white in front of him, and slowly spread out the folds in his hand, which were all lists approved by the prince.

"The top of the list, Bai Shushan, was awarded as the official of the capital, Yang Shuxin...... At the end of the list, Xu Changfeng, awarded the county of Qingya County, because the incumbent county has not yet returned to his hometown, so he postponed half a year before going to take office, the above is your official position, and you will be an official in the future, and I hope you can take the word diligence as the head, sympathize with the people, and do your best for the dynasty. ”

After Cui Zhao said this, he turned around and walked into the Yaxuan Pavilion, and his subordinates also distributed the appointment letters to the candidates one by one, but Xu Changfeng's appointment letter was not in hand.

This caused a burst of whispers among the classmates present.

"Do you know how many officials this Qingya County is here?"

"Qingya County Cheng, isn't that the same official position as my county Cheng? I remember that it seems to be an eight-rank petty official, right?"

"Isn't it? Xu Changfeng is also on the list of the imperial examination, why did he get an eight-rank petty official, or did he take office half a year later?"

Xu Changfeng listened to the conversation of his classmates, and he also knew something about this Qingya County, and his mood was naturally very uncomfortable at the moment. Although he is not uncommon in this official position, even if he is removed from his official position, it is better than arranging an eight-rank petty official? Not to mention that he will succeed him after half a year, what is this?

"Brother Xu. Xu Changfeng was thinking about it, and Bai Shushan couldn't help but step forward and said, "This official position, please don't take it to heart, since you are an official, you don't care about the size of the official, as long as you think about the people, it will be enough." ”

Xu Changfeng glanced at Bai Shushan and nodded, "I don't care, it's just that you, a lawsuit clerk, don't seem to match your identity?"

If Xu Changfeng remembers well, this should only be an official position from the sixth grade. And Yang Shuxin, who ranked fifth, was able to sit in the official position of the sixth grade, which was one level higher than Bai Shushan's official officer.

Obviously, there must be a shady curtain in this, but it is impossible for ordinary people, who are powerless and powerless, to know the specific why.

Who wants Bai Shushan but shook his head, "What about the six products, Shushan just wants to use what he has learned all his life to serve the court and benefit the people, that's all." ”

Listening to Bai Shushan's words, Xu Changfeng vaguely remembered that Mr. Qin seemed to have said something similar.

Although these people are on the list of the imperial examination, they are just ordinary people who can't practice, and in vulgar terms, they are just some scholars who can't get on the stage. If you really hold the position of power, if you don't have a sixth-order cultivation, who would dare to be this official for you?

After all, who knows if you will be killed by the cultivator's sword qi as soon as you go out with your front foot. What is the significance of such an official position? The prosperous dynasty is, after all, still the world of cultivators. Only cultivators can stand at the pinnacle of the dynasty.

The lawsuit is subordinate to the Criminal Department, and Bai Shushan took the letter of appointment and immediately went to the Criminal Department to take office. And Xu Changfeng had nothing to do, so he planned to return to the Sword Academy. Too many things have happened during this time, obviously Ming and Wei Xueying left one after another, and even Wei Qijian was seriously injured, which was a big blow to him.

Now he needs to calm down and devote his body and mind to cultivation in order to forget these trivial things.

The burden on the boy was too heavy. He wants to live, he wants to live vigorously, he also has to go to Beiming and find the girl he likes, but the premise is that he can't die in Chang'an.

Now that Xu Changfeng is gradually exposed to the sight of the big men in the imperial court, his path will become more dangerous.

When Xu Changfeng walked to Suzaku Avenue, he began to notice that something was wrong. At this moment, in Chang'an City, there were a lot of ragged people, bustling on both sides of Suzaku Street, their faces were very haggard, as if they had been hungry for several days.

Not only that, looking in the direction of Anhua Gate, there were many people dressed in tatters who entered the city one after another. Looking at the appearance of these people, they should all be refugees whose hometown was flooded.

"Because you have nowhere to go, have you all come to Chang'an?" Xu Changfeng thought to himself.

Natural and man-made disasters, the imperial court will allocate a sum of relief silver to help the refugees, why do these refugees still pour into Chang'an?

He just thought about it, after all, this is a matter for the imperial court, and he is a layman, so there is no need to worry about it.

Xu Changfeng walked towards the Qingzhu Sword Academy, and then studied the Sword Sutra over and over again in the library building where he was. Now, although he can use the Cold Rain Sword Sutra Second Wind and Rain Sword Technique, he is not very proficient. If he is a person with some ability, he will quickly break his sword moves, not to mention the wind and rain, even the cold may not be able to condense it.

It was impossible for Xu Changfeng to improve his cultivation in a short period of time, which also gave him a lot of time to immerse himself in the study of swordsmanship. With less than a year left before the Star Club, it is not easy to win the top three positions in the Star Club.

In addition to the young cultivators currently known, there must be many dark horses hidden in the rivers and lakes, and maybe these dark horses will eventually become strong opponents in the competition with Zhan Liuli for the first place.

Whenever I think of Zhan Liuli, the young man feels an inexplicable irony in his heart. I don't know what kind of eyes Zhan Liuli will look at himself after separating in Yangzhou City that day?

The more he thought about it, the more chaotic the young man's mood became, and he finally had no choice but to put down the sword scripture in his hand and leave the library.

At this moment, the Qingzhu Sword Courtyard was shrouded in darkness again, and the young man raised his head and looked at the moon and stars in the sky, and the melancholy in his heart only improved slightly.

As soon as he walked to the gate of the Qingzhu Sword Courtyard, he saw a middle-aged man standing outside waiting for him.

"Why did you come to the Sword Academy to pick me up?"

Xu Changfeng walked to Zhou Qixuan's side and got into the carriage with him.

Under normal circumstances, if Zhou Qixuan had something, he would go directly to Xu Changfeng's house to wait, but now that he has come to the Sword Academy, this shows that things are a little tricky. But since Zhaoyuemen destroyed the Sword Rune Gang, there have been few things that even Zhou Qixuan can't handle.

"Chang'an City has poured in a group of refugees, you should know, right?" Zhou Qixuan looked at Xu Changfeng and asked.

Xu Changfeng recalled the refugees he saw on Suzaku Avenue today and nodded.

It is said that these refugees did not receive the disaster relief silver taels allocated by the imperial court, and in desperation, they spontaneously organized to go to Chang'an, in order to seek justice, and at the same time believed that the imperial court would not save them if they died. Zhou Qixuan said helplessly, "Now you have also seen it, this is only the first day, there are hundreds of refugees in Chang'an City, and it is said that there are tens of thousands of refugees who are rushing towards Chang'an City, and they are expected to arrive within two days." ”

"Tens of thousands of refugees, this is a big load for Chang'an, right?" Xu Changfeng said with a wry smile.

Chang'an City is already overcrowded, and now it accepts tens of thousands of refugees, not to mention arranging housing for them, just three meals a day is already a big expense.

"So the court wants to get rid of this mess and let us carry it together. Zhou Qixuan said, his face couldn't help but show some anger.

"Are you saying that the imperial court wants Zhaoyuemen to share the relief of a group of refugees?" Xu Changfeng is not stupid, Zhou Qixuan has already made his words very clear.

Zhou Qixuan nodded solemnly: "You also know that now that Zhaoyuemen has just annexed the Sword Fu Gang, although it has not lost much, it has a lot of money, and it cannot be moved." After all, it takes a while for the two gangs to run in, and if we move our fundamental interests, the old men of the Sword Fu Gang may rebel. ”

Xu Changfeng listened, and also frowned. This is indeed a problem......

Zhaoyuemen needs money, and this money can't come out of the Sword Fu Gang, and Zhou Qixuan can't cut himself off and take Zhaoyuemen's own blood to take the blame for the imperial court.

"In this way, this money can't be taken out by Zhaoyuemen. Xu Changfeng said in a low voice.

Zhou Qixuan sighed in a low voice, "But if we can't get this money, how should the court explain it?"