Chapter 10: The Contest (I)
Pang Wenhan stood on the stage and read out the contents and matters of recruiting relatives.
Beside him, Pang Wubo, who was speechless, didn't know where to stare at the audience, and he was distracted for a while.
This slightly shy Pang Wubo and the lawless scoundrel young master at the beginning are almost like two people.
If it weren't for what Pang Wenhan said himself, it is estimated that no one would be able to connect the two... If nothing else, just this shabby appearance is not convincing at all.
The appearance of Pang Wubo made the people in the audience unpredictable for a while, and only a few people glanced at Pang Wubo intentionally or unintentionally, seemingly thoughtful, not knowing what they were thinking.
On the stage, Pang Wenhan was still talking.
"The first two tests are literary exams, and they are not limited to style. References such as scriptures, poems, and essays are chosen by themselves... I will tell you the questions of the competition at the beginning of the test, and you can't talk to each other and discuss them during the competition. ”
"It is strictly forbidden to take substitute exams, we will verify the identity of the test takers, and if it is found that the substitute test is cheating, the test results will also be invalidated. ”
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"Now those who participate in the competition will come to the steps to report their identity, and we will check and then enter the venue. ”
After Pang Wenhan finished talking about the rules and regulations of these competitions, everyone was finally about to usher in the beginning of the competition. Many people in the audience have already been eager to try, ready to show their skills in the competition and compete for this family business.
Next to the audit team, Yi Tianyun whispered while helping Cui Tingshan carry things.
"Just fill it in when you answer it for a while, don't be too embarrassed, if you can't think of it, you can come back directly with two sentences, no need to delay. ”
"Okay, you can rest assured..."Cui Tingshan clenched his palms, nervously afraid to turn his head to look at Yi Tianyun.
A word of reassurance, as if responding to Yi Tianyun in a whisper, and as if calming the nervousness in his heart.
After all the participants in the competition entered, Pang Wubo closed the real couch door on the first floor of Yibin Building from the inside, leaving only a group of people looking at each other at the door at a loss for a while.
Obviously, even watching the competition was forbidden, and everyone outside the building could only wait for the results of the exam.
The situation inside the door was unknown, and a group of people chatted outside the door.
There are not many tables and chairs set up in the forest garden occupied by Yibin Building, so most people squat or stand in the garden.
On the side of the crowd, in a clearing surrounded by servants, several major families in Nancheng gathered here.
"This time, the Pang family's handiwork is not small, renting the entire Yibin Building to recruit relatives, even if it is the cost of renting for a day... It's also sky-high. ”
"The Pang family doesn't care about the cost, but they don't just want this pomp, they want this momentum..."
"This time, the Pang family is famous... I really can't underestimate the Pang family, their depth is the deepest among us. ”
"We must not underestimate the Pang family, the Pang family has produced many talents over the years. Pang Wenhan is already deep in the city, since he became the head of the Pang family, those shops have become more and more prosperous, and Pang Wubo has been implicated in the current imperial court, and now Pang Wenhan's daughter has been selected by the sect, and the Pang family is in full swing, but it is in the general trend!"
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"This time... Are you ordered?"
chatting and chatting, a sentence suddenly thrown out made several people stiffen, and after a while, someone responded in a deep voice.
"If nothing else, I shouldn't be selected..."
The man looked at the rest of the men, his eyes scanning for their answers.
The others nodded slowly, silently.
"There are many people, don't talk about it..."
The topic was quickly diverted, and several people started talking again.
Not far from the door, Yi Tianyun quietly waited for Cui Tingshan's exam results, staring at the stone steps in front of him expressionlessly, without making a sound.
When the afternoon sun was bright, the wind was light and the clouds were light when I looked up.
Today's weather is exceptionally clear.
The noon of early spring is the most suitable time of the day, and for the people, this is the first warmth sent by heaven and earth after surviving the winter.
At the same time, in the woods dozens of miles away in the south of the city, there was a young man walking.
The earth is springing, the forest is gradually blooming green, and the grass next to your feet is full of ropes, and I don't know what has just woken up from hibernation.
The young man stared intently at the floating compass in front of him, and when he got close, he could hear the young man's muttering.
"Uncle Shi is really unreliable, breaking the compass and taking me to a fork in the road... Anyway, how far is that Nancheng? ”
As the young man spoke, there was movement on the compass.
I saw that there was a slight light at the end of the north-facing needle on the floating compass, and the young man squinted and stared carefully.
In the middle of the ring, he reached out in his sleeve, turned his hand and put the compass into the sleeve robe, and the huge compass was nowhere to be seen.
Immediately, the young man identified a direction, and his figure swept forward at great speed, and the dust could be faintly seen between the rise and fall of the figure.
Soon, the youth disappeared into the woods.
But it seems to be running in the opposite direction to the south of the city....
In front of Yibin Building, everyone was waiting for the end of the competition to announce the results.
The door on the first floor suddenly opened under the gaze of everyone, and the crowd that was still chatting just now suddenly stopped moving, and everyone on the field was watching the movement inside the door.
I saw that the children of the family who participated in the competition came out of the door one after another, and many of them had abnormal complexions.
Some are full of sadness, while others are a little gloomy.
The people who walked out of the door didn't say much, and silently returned to the crowd to find someone who came with them.
Cui Tingshan was relatively behind, and went straight to Yi Tianyun when he went out of the door.
"This competition is to write two articles, one on ... What operates and perceives... I didn't know how to write, so I made up some nonsense. ”
"I'm here this time according to your method, can you be sure that it's correct..."
"Don't worry, young master, this time make sure that the young master ends the mission perfectly... By the way, did you tell me the results after the competition?"
"No, we were allowed to leave as soon as the time came, and we didn't say anything else, and I don't know what happened. ”
At this point, it's time to think about the next thing, and the more you can't make a mistake later.
Cui Tingshan tilted his head and gestured to Yi Tianyun to the several major families standing not far away.
"We'll see what happens here, so let's not rush back. ”
Yi Tianyun stopped in front of the building, still waiting.
Finally, everyone came out of the building and returned to the crowd, and Pang Wenhan and Pang Wubo also returned to the front desk of Yibin Building.
Both of them had a change in complexion. Pang Wenhan frowned slightly, and his expression revealed a look of surprise and an unconcealable anger.