Lu Yi, along with a few young eunuchs, stood far away and looked at the gate of the Bai family.

He wanted to bring people closer.

But at this moment, there was a huge crowd of people in front of the Bai family's gate, at least three or four thousand people gathered, and it was packed with people. Unless you used your fists to break in, it was impossible to get close.

Moreover, all of these people wore feather crowns, silk scarves, or green gauze hats with one or two beams, long gowns, or the crane cloak Taoist robes that have become increasingly popular in recent years.

In the middle of winter, many people still hold folding fans or feather fans in their hands. Some people even try to show off their taste by holding jade flutes or jade pipes in their hands in broad daylight.

These three or four thousand people are all scholars.

In particular, the clothes they were wearing were all made of silk and satin, and the thick-soled official boots on their feet. Many of them also had small ornaments with gold and silver patterns of dragons, round dragons, and coiled dragons hanging around their waists. These were clearly rewards from the inner court.

Come on, they are all scholars, and they are all scholars from very good families.

Lu Yi was always cautious in his life, hoping that he could live better and longer. Unless he went crazy, he would use his fists to fight his way out of such a group of people.

The young eunuchs around Lu Yi all clearly had impressive martial arts skills, but when they saw such a group of scholars from wealthy or noble families gathered together, the already fair faces of the young eunuchs became even paler than paper, and they shivered like frozen quails!

"Sir!" A young eunuch tugged at Lu Yi's sleeve.

"Look, look again." Lu Yi glared at him and said, "What are you afraid of? Could it be that they can rush over and beat you up for no reason?"

A few young eunuchs laughed dryly. They shrank their heads and took advantage of Lu Yi's burly body to carefully hide themselves behind him.

In front of the Bai family’s gate, dozens of young people who were obviously of high status laughed loudly and applauded continuously.

A row of twelve handsome young men, dressed in elegant attire, stood in front of the main gate of the Bai family with their heads held high, loudly announcing their backgrounds and nicknames.

Oh, no, these young men are not gangsters, they don't have nicknames, they just have "elegant names" and "nicknames" in the circle of scholars in Gaojing.

Lu Yi listened attentively. Thousands of people were making noise, and he couldn't hear the names that the young people called out themselves.

But there were people who kept shouting and repeating what the young men said, so Lu Yi roughly figured out their identities and origins.

What kind of poetry ghost, what kind of painting devil, what kind of little calligraphy saint...

The twelve young men were all the most outstanding, most excellent, and most famous among the younger generation of cultural and educational disciples in Haojing. They were ranked in the top ten in the elegant literary interests of literati such as playing the piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting.

In particular, from the enthusiastic applause of the scholars nearby, it can be known that these twelve young people were all ranked among the top 30 in the fourth issue of Caiwei Review at the end of last year, which was the 18th year of Jiayou!

This is incredible.

The Caiwei ranking is aimed at all young people in the city of Gaojing, regardless of gender. As long as you can make the list, it means that you are one of the most outstanding few among the hundreds of millions of young people in Gaojing.

Being able to rank in the top 100 in the Caiwei review, even if only once, can be regarded as an honor to the family in this period of rising culture and education.

As these young people are able to make it into the top 30, one can imagine their strength and fame.

Applause, cheers, noise, clamor...

Thousands of people made a commotion in front of the Bai family's gate for a full quarter of an hour. The gate was finally opened, and Bai Qiong, who looked sick, walked out of the house slowly, leaning on a crutch and supported by two guards.

The twelve young scholars immediately bowed deeply to Bai Qiong.

Thousands of scholars applauded and laughed in unison: "Mr. Bai San has come out, the real master has come out!"

"Wow, Mr. Bai San, it's Mr. Bai San. I just read his article "Analysis of Ancient Rituals: Abstaining from Lust" last year!"

"That article on Taoism is extremely brilliant, but I think Mr. Bai San's best work is "A Brief Analysis of Filial Piety and Rites: A Book to Instruct Girls" written five years ago!"

"Yes, yes. My father regards the "Book of Training Daughters" as a golden guide. In recent years, he has asked the sisters in our family to study it carefully every year."

"Sure enough, only with a father as virtuous as Mr. Bai San can there be a peerless beauty like Miss Wei Shuang!"

The atmosphere among the scholars all around became increasingly enthusiastic. They applauded and cheered, and shouted Bai Qiong's name again and again.

Lu Yu was stunned when he heard this.

"'Abstain from Lust'? Are you kidding? Bai Qiong was injured by the female ghost in Qionghua Pavilion!"

"'The Book of Training Daughters'? Do you still use this theory to teach your daughters? Oh, oh, oh, if you have the guts, why don't you learn from the monkeys and crawl into Bai Lu's belly to take a closer look?"

Lu Yi put his hands in his sleeves and looked at Bai Qiong with a bit of desolation.

Bai Qiong obviously enjoyed the pleasure of being supported by thousands of people.

He stood at the gate, a blush appearing on his pale face. He smiled as he looked at the scholars around him who were applauding enthusiastically. After a full cup of tea, he slowly raised his right hand and gently pressed down.
The cheers and applause from all around stopped immediately, and there was no sound at all.

With such strict discipline...the performance of these scholars in front of Bai Qiong is comparable to that of a well-trained army!

Lu Yi's face turned pale, and several young eunuchs looked around, their eyes constantly scanning the eaves, corners and other places, obviously looking for a convenient place to escape later.

"My fellow wise men, why are you here?" Bai Qiong asked with a smile the twelve talented people standing in a row at the door.

A young man wearing a sky blue brocade robe, a feather crown on his head, a jade belt around his waist, and holding a white goose feather fan as white as jade, stepped forward and bowed to Bai Qiong.

"Mr. Bai San, I am the last student to enter Gongsun Ming. I am honored to be a fourth-year student at the Imperial Academy. I am loved by my classmates. My nickname is 'Poetry Maniac'."

"I came here today to learn that Miss Wei Shuang is now a free person."

"I dare not underestimate myself. I ask myself how talented and virtuous I am. In the city of Gaojing, there are only a few dozen people who can stand shoulder to shoulder with me. Since ancient times, gentlemen have sought beautiful women. I think I am worthy of the title of 'gentleman', so today, I come here specially to ask to marry Miss Shuang."

Lu Yu opened his mouth wide.

The young eunuchs around Lu Yi widened their eyes.

Bai Changkong, Bai family, are they capable of such outrageous moves?

"This gold medal is still nailed to the door?" A young eunuch muttered in a low voice: "Isn't he really afraid of offending the Queen Mother or the Emperor? Bai Changkong governs his studies with rites and laws, and establishes his world with rites and laws. Doing this is against etiquette!"

"The Bai family only has one daughter, right?" Lu Yi also murmured to himself.

Beside Gongsun Ming, eleven young men stepped forward and said in a loud voice: "Miss Weishuang is beautiful and virtuous, virtuous and wise... We have admired her for many years. Due to Miss Weishuang's engagement, we look forward to her from afar and admire her in our hearts, but we abide by the etiquette and dare not get close to her."

Lu Yi shook his head after hearing this.

Eleven people, working so well together, no one would believe that there was no rehearsal beforehand!

However, Bai Changkong only returned to the Bai family early in the morning because of the fire last night. It was just this afternoon, but he was able to organize so many people, especially the twelve talented and famous people in Gaojing to act as agents. The organizational efficiency of Bai Changkong and his team was really too scary.

Another young man who was born like a pearl on the immortal road and seemed to exude talent and nobility stepped forward and bowed deeply to Bai Qiong, who was smiling.

"But there are people in this world who are ruthless and have no idea what is good for them. They would rather be trapped in the eunuch party and suffer eternal infamy."

"Mr. Bai Lao, as a gentleman, annulled Miss Wei Shuang's engagement and allowed her to regain her freedom. We are overjoyed and have come to her house today to propose marriage to her."

Bai Qiong, who had originally been weak due to the huge loss of essence and blood, now had a rosy complexion and looked full of energy.

He laughed loudly and said, "Okay, okay, okay. My father has said that the engagement with that unpromising and self-degrading beast should be annulled, so that my daughter can be free again. I, Weishuang's daughter, am about to choose a virtuous man from Gaojing and marry him off immediately, so that some beast will know that missing Weishuang is the biggest mistake of his life."

Bai Qiong took a deep breath, and then stopped talking: "It's just that, with twelve wise men in front of me, this..."

Gongsun Ming and the others looked at each other and said in unison: "We are willing to compete fairly with our own talents, knowledge, character and appearance."

Lu Yi sighed softly: "Ah, I don't know which virtuous person fell into the cesspool."

Lu Yi's sigh was a little louder. A few steps in front of him, several scholars who were standing on tiptoe and looking towards the gate suddenly turned around and glared at him fiercely.

This glance made the scholars' eyes twitch. A white-faced, beardless scholar suddenly pointed at Lu Yi and exclaimed, "You are nearly nine feet tall, with long arms and a waist like a wolf, and a handsome face... and you are wearing the robes of the eunuch party. Could it be that you are the ungrateful Lu Yi?"

"Hua La La", hundreds of scholars in front of Lu Yi turned their heads at the same time, staring at him fanatically.

No one knew who started it, but suddenly someone raised his arms and shouted, "Kill the eunuchs and punish the traitors!"

A group of people rolled up their sleeves, picked up folding fans, feather fans, jade flutes, and jade pipes, and rushed towards Lu Yi and several young eunuchs.

Lu Yi cursed, turned around and ran away.

Several young eunuchs ran even faster, their faces turned pale with fear. They screamed and quickly jumped onto the roadside wall, disappearing without a trace in an instant.

Lu Yi slowed down a little, using himself to attract fire and cover a few young eunuchs who left first.

Behind him, more than two thousand scholars were shouting slogans excitedly and fanatically, and were chasing him with shouts of war and killing.

Lu Yi just felt it was extremely absurd!

What virtue or ability did Lu Yi have, and what immoral things did he do to deserve to be called a "traitor to the country"?

Isn't everything that Lu Yi has done these days all for the country?

No matter if it was the monsters from the Nine Yin Sect, or those assassins, or even those ghost women, he, Lu Yu, had made great contributions to the country!

Sighing, he waited until the young eunuchs ran away without a trace. Then, Lu Yi let out a long whistle and jumped up more than twenty feet high, like a big bird. He bounced and folded in the air and instantly disappeared into a yard on the side of the road, disappearing from the sight of the scholars who were chasing him.

The scholars stared blankly at Lu Yi as he soared into the air, and suddenly shuddered.