In March, the spring breeze is soft, the catkins are flying, and everything is new.

Today, however, no one appreciates the view, staring at a wall with bated breath.

As soon as the list was posted on the wall, the noise sounded from everywhere, and people squeezed into the list one by one.

After a while, there was a sound of congratulations, and a faint cry could be heard.

There was a window ajar on the top floor of a restaurant in the distance, and two young men sat in it.

One person is in a black suit, with a slender body, sharp edges and corners on his face, sword eyebrows and eagle eyes, and a little smile in his eyes.

The person sitting at the other end, less than three feet wide, was dressed in a silver-white brocade robe, his hair was tied up with a hosta, his forehead was full, his face was fair, and his indifferent gaze contained a hint of anger.

There was only a plate of peanuts, a pot of wine, a wine glass, and two pairs of chopsticks.

"Xu Liu, do you dare to bet with me?" Xiao Yuan looked at Xu Yu playfully, and after finishing speaking, he picked up two peanuts with a chopstick and threw them into his mouth, and raised his chin proudly after chewing.

"Say!"

Xu Yu thought that she was pulled here early in the morning with an empty stomach and penniless, but Xiao Yuan only ordered a plate of peanuts, and his face was not good at all, and his tone was very tough.

"Let's bet on what is the surname of this year's champion, and those who lose will be recited from here to the bottom of the list, shouting that they will never participate in the imperial examination in this life and this life. Xiao Yuanjian's face darkened when he made a promise, and he couldn't help but say such a bet.

Hearing this bet, Xu Yu didn't want to say more than half a word to Xiao Yuan for an instant, but she had already agreed before.

The two of them each dipped their fingers in the wine and wrote a word on the table with one hand covered.

After writing, the two of them looked at each other and took their hands away at the same time.

As a person who came through the time, Xu was so calm naturally because she knew the development of history and knew who the champion of this year's palace examination was.

After hundreds of years of promotion, the imperial examination has reached a perfect state in this period of Dazhong Xiangfu in the Northern Song Dynasty.

The examination system became rigorous, and the name system began, and the content of the imperial examination was valued and cautious.

The much-anticipated palace test is even more closely reported.

Because he knew something about today's imperial examinations, and also knew that Xiao Yuan should not know the news on the list, so he promised to be indifferent to Xiao Yuan when he said the bet.

A letter was written in front of each of them.

Moving his eyes forward, he saw Xiao Yuan walking a dragon and snake in front of him with a few strokes, and Xu Yu was shocked.

His hands clenched a little, but his complexion did not change, and he was still indifferent and casual.

Xiao Yuan didn't even move the ends of his hair after seeing the words written by the promise, and said indifferently: "It's a pity, you lost a chance to carry me." ”

Xu Promise smiled and said: "You can afford to lose this person, I can't afford to lose it, I must not lose such a childish game." ”

She said childishly, but in her heart she knew that if others knew about their bets, it would cause trouble, and it was not a trivial matter.

Puzzled, she turned her head and looked outside, and the crowd under the list only increased.

After a while, he turned his eyes back and said seemingly casually: "Do you dare to bet with me to guess the words of this year's new champion?"

She didn't know if Xiao Yuan happened to guess that the surname of this year's champion was Zhang, or if he already knew who this year's champion was, it would be really unbelievable.

The promise suggests that the second is more likely.

If it is the second case, it can show that the queen's power has expanded again.

The Ministry of Rites already has her people.

"Why don't you dare?" Xiao Yuan seemed to smile, and used the chopsticks to flick the only two peanuts left in the dial, and finally felt that the peanuts were not full enough and put down the chopsticks.

He was calm on the surface, but secretly surprised in his heart.

With his understanding of the promise, since she can say that she wants to bet, she must be completely sure.

How did she know that the champion was Zhang Guan?

Xu Gu Cheng sued sù her?

No, Xu Gucheng is a member of the military department, so it is impossible to know this.

So, what method did she use, or what channel did she use to get through?

Just when Xiao Yuan spoke again, someone outside the building began to shout loudly: "The champion of Jiayin Branch is Zhang Sizheng......"

The voice outside drowned out Xiao Yuan's voice, but Xu Yu saw the shape of his mouth clearly, confirming that he really knew about it.

"I can't bet on it now, let's go back. Xiao Yuan shook his sleeves and stood up, closing the window casually.

The commotion outside immediately subsided.

Xu Promise shook his head, stared at Xiao Yuan for a moment, and then said seriously: "You owe me a duck leg." ”

After Concubine Sun's birthday, Xiao Yuan once ran to her house with a duck leg, she thought she had eaten good things, but she couldn't forget the fragrance, she had eaten duck legs several times during this time, but they were not as fragrant as the duck legs she asked that night.

When Xiao Yuan saw her like this, he first paused for a moment, and then laughed, and his smile was not a joke or ridicule on weekdays, but a simple smile.

After that, you waited, and then you left the box.

Soon after, the restaurant maid brought a roast duck.

Xiao Yuan then came in, picked up the roast duck and sliced the duck meat as quickly as possible, and left the duck leg to hand it directly to Xu Xu.

Seeing Xiao Yuan's skillful knife work, Xu Yu asked stupidly: "You baked it?"

"Nonsense. Xiao Yuan didn't raise his head, and blocked back the promise with two words.

Master, I can enter and leave the palace at will, relying on this cooking skill.

He promised not to ask more, and he buried his head and began to eat.

This promise to eat happily, but Ding's house was dumbfounded.

Everyone muttered in their hearts how could their Shiro-kun not be the champion, and now that this result, Mrs. is probably so angry that she is going to smoke, and she has to be careful when she speaks and does things in the future, and if she doesn't say the right thing, she will suffer.

Mrs. Ding was indeed so angry that she smoked.

Ding Mo won the first class and the third place in the palace this time, if ordinary people could get such a fame, they would have celebrated it a long time ago, but the Ding family's expectations for Ding Mo are very high, the third place is not enough at all, and even the list is not enough to meet the expectations of the Ding family.

Ding Mo was originally very calm about the opening of the list, thinking that he could accept any result.

But not long ago, the little guy came in hesitantly, and the ink was inked for a while before telling him that he was not the champion of this year, but the same as his father, ranked third.

He froze.

He thought that no matter how bad he was, he would not finish third, at least he would be the leader.

He has always wanted to surpass his father, but now he is also a first-class third.

In this way, he is inferior to his father.

Ding Mo sat quietly in the room for half an hour, not moving, until someone reported that someone had come to congratulate him, and he slowly stood up.

He doesn't care, the so-called champion is just a name, he is not a person who values fame, he can face anyone calmly.

Although he comforted himself in this way, when he went out, he found that he had been holding a tea cup in his hand, and he had not put it down since he heard that he was not the champion.

When Mrs. Ding heard the news that someone had come to congratulate her, she angrily pushed the reward money that had been prepared early to the ground, and scattered the copper coins all over the ground.

I knew that today, during the spring season, she shouldn't have held a banquet with great fanfare.

Now, it's like I've slapped myself in the face. (To be continued.) )