In less than half a month, the list began to be released to the public. The family didn't let Xiaolong go, it was the four brothers Xiaohu, Daman, Dahong, and Xiangzi who went over. Even if a few of them have martial arts, they look embarrassed when they come back. The clothes were torn, the hair was messy, the shoes were trampled on with footprints, and their faces were still tense, and the image was really not flattering.

Seeing their frowning and sighing, the uncle trembled a little in his heart, and asked carefully, "How is it?" Is our little dragon hit? ”

The four brothers only lowered their heads and shrugged their shoulders, and when the uncle saw this, he sighed in his heart, "It's broken!" Look at it like this, our little dragon is not hit! Uncle muttered in his heart, and he was distressed. Our little dragon is such a smart child, why didn't he win? This examiner is blind!

Xiaolong originally looked at his brothers with hope, and according to his own estimates, he could get a good result, but the appearance of his brothers made him fall in a daze. The heart was cold, and the whole person froze there, unable to move if he wanted to. I thought I didn't care, but I cared more than I thought. But what if you just care now? The little dragon suddenly poured out a sense of discouragement. As soon as Xiaohu looked up, he saw his brother's eyes full of loss and frustration, and knew that the brothers' jokes were too much, so he hurriedly smiled and said to his younger brother: "Xiaolong! It turns out that you don't have the confidence to do well in the test, huh? I thought you knew you were going to win! ”

When Xiaolong heard this, he looked at his brother suddenly, his eyes were full of doubts, and the people in the room also looked at the four Xiaohu brothers in puzzlement. Daman looked at everyone's eyes and was about to burst into flames, and he didn't dare to tease Xiaolong anymore. Busy answering a room full of people who want to know: "Xiaolong is still in third place." There were seven children in the town. None of them are very bad. Oh! By the way, there is also that Qian Zhongyun, and his ranking is not low, in the fifteenth. Da Man patted Xiaolong's shoulder as he spoke, and said to Xiaolong, "Okay! Xiaolong, I didn't expect you, a naughty and mischievous guy, to do so well in the exam! Come on. Qingzhu, they will be under your control in the future. ”

The uncle's heart, which had fallen to the bottom, suddenly fluttered and made him uncomfortable, and there was a stream of blood rushing in his brain. He just felt like the world was spinning.

"Holy! Big brother, you won't! Anzi was admitted, and I didn't see you excited like this? Don't get dizzy! The second uncle saw that the eldest brother was about to faint, and hurriedly helped him. I can't help but scream out in my mouth.

A large family has not been able to enjoy the good news of Xiaolong High School. was nervously busy with the uncle with straight eyes. Erya trembled in her heart, "My good uncle, don't be like Fan Jin, what kind of madness you have!" You're an elder, I can't find anyone to slap you! ’

However, Erya's worries were superfluous, and the uncle was just overjoyed and overdone. And the man came to his senses. Seeing everyone staring at him with tears and laughter, he himself was quite embarrassed. Busy explaining: "I'm also because I watched Xiaohu like them before." I thought that our Xiaolong didn't pass the exam, and when I was in a hurry, I lost my heart. Don't worry! ”

The eldest aunt was also frightened by her own man, and seeing that he had nothing at this time, she could also speak: "Can't you stop being scary?" I can't help but toss you so much. ”

The second uncle helped his eldest brother to sit down on the sofa, and then turned back to Xiaohu and ordered: "You hurry up and prepare, the good news may come soon." Silver, artillery, and candy must be prepared in advance, as well as materials for the feast. ”

"Hey!"

Xiaolong hurriedly said, "Second uncle! Forget about the banquet, wait until the palace test! ”

The second uncle hurriedly nodded and smiled: "Yes! I still have to test the palace, I forgot! ”

They do things separately, and this side turns around to the market, unlike the countryside to buy something and have to run a long way, all of them are very fast. Before it was too late, I bought all the gunners, sweets, pastries, and so on.

Because of the high ranking, the good news is also in front, Xiaohu and they just arrived at home to put down their things, and before they had time to check, the good news was led downstairs by the guards at the door. The sound of gongs and drums attracted the adults and children living in the community to run over, and when the little tiger brothers ran downstairs with red envelopes and cannonballs, there were already a lot of residents watching the excitement below.

"Congratulations, sir! Congratulations, sir!"

The uncle smiled and squinted, and happily invited the officials who reported the good news into the house to drink a glass of water. However, they are not willing to delay time, and today they will report all the good news of Zhonggongsheng to the door, and they will get an extra reward for each more family.

"Thank you, sir! It's just that I have to hurry back to help give the next good news! There's no longer any need to delay here. ”

When Xiaohu heard them say this, he understood what was going on, and hurriedly took out red envelopes and handed them out one by one, so that they could hurry back and run to the next one. The 10,000 cannons they bought have not yet been released, and another one has entered this community, which is to report the good news to a few candidates in the town.

Although this community is not close to the examination room, the road is wide, and it is actually faster than the inn near the examination room from here to the examination room. Therefore, after the house in this community was built, Dahong discussed with Xiangzi to leave a building to rent out to the candidates who came to Beijing for the exam. Who knows that candidates from other places dislike that it is far away from the examination room, and would rather share a small courtyard with others near the examination room than come here to rent a house. However, as soon as the children in the town arrived in the capital, they were taken over by Dahong and arranged into the house that they had planned to leave for them in advance, and now the good news has also been reported here.

Dahong suddenly remembered that the children also ran to see the list, and when they came back, they were going to come back with those children, but those children said that they wanted to go to the restaurant for a meal with a few friends they met on the way here, and none of them were at home at this time. hurriedly greeted Xiaohu, who was still firing artillery: "Second brother! Those children are definitely not at home, you hurriedly take the red envelope and run over to receive the good news, I will go upstairs to get the artillery battle, and I will come immediately. ”

The artillery battle was still being put on here, and Xiaohu and Xiaolong hurried to another building to receive the official messenger who reported the good news. The children were reluctant to take a look at the crackling cannonballs, and they all turned around and ran with Xiaohu, and the eldest uncle and second uncle followed with no worries. When the second aunt saw that the men and children had run away, the cannon was still crackling on the branches, and she shouted, "Hey! Why did they all run away? It's our girls' business to set off firecrackers! ”

The eldest aunt smiled and said, "Let them all go!" This cannon is hanging on a tree, and we don't have to worry about it, just watch and don't let the child get hurt. ”

In fact, only the eldest aunt and the second aunt watched the artillery battle here, and the second aunt and a few concubines were also very busy. Although they don't have many relatives here, they can't avoid the banquet they should invite. After the Xiaolong Hall has tried, no matter what the rank is, this guest will still be invited.

After the good news, it was soon time for the temple test. For the test papers of the palace examination, only the top ten of the examination were personally read by the emperor, and the subsequent examination papers of the tribute students were jointly read by several ministers designated by the emperor. If they see any of them with particularly outstanding answers, they will report it to the emperor again, and he will put it in those ten rankings and re-rank. If you fail to pass the exam in the previous exam for various reasons, you can still do the final struggle in the palace exam, whether it is good or bad, and it will be done here.

The test papers of the palace examination are personally produced and invigilated by the emperor, and the examination room is in the Jinluan Palace. However, the time is very short, only two or three hours, and there is only one topic of current affairs. This year's test question is different from previous years, and it is not a current affair but a good policy for seeking governance in the western region. All the candidates, including Xiaolong, who has many years of management experience, are also surprised, how can there be such a test question in the palace examination? Could it be that the emperor wants to select people from this group of protégés to govern the west?

Everybody had that speculation, but everybody didn't want to go west. Going there is equivalent to exile, and no one wants to study hard for so many years and end up being an exiled official. But what should I do about answering this question? If you don't answer questions seriously and well, you will become an embarrassing fellow jinshi, and if you answer questions seriously and well, you are likely to be exiled to the west to be an official. They could never have imagined that they would start the first trade-off in their lives before they entered the officialdom.

Of course, Xiaolong also made such a struggle, and in the end, he mainly answered the questions well, and as for the future, he will talk about it later, and other candidates also began to answer the paper after making a calculation in their hearts.

The emperor sat on a high seat, and saw that the candidates were surprised for a moment, and soon entered the examination state, and he was still very satisfied, and gave them an appreciation in his heart. Now it's up to you to see how your answers are!

"Holy! This answer is not very good, how can you name him as the champion? I'm afraid that others will not accept it! ”

"Other people's writing is really good, but none of them have this requirement to fit the test questions. They all guessed correctly, the widow wanted to choose someone among them to go to the west. But some people want to get a good ranking but don't want to go to the west, so they want to use good literature to achieve the effect of the sword going sideways, it's a dream! ”

In fact, the emperor already has a candidate in his heart, but he still wants to see how he chooses in this matter, if he chooses to answer the questions seriously, then he can use it with confidence in the future, at least this is a capable person who is sober-minded and knows the severity. If he wants to be opportunistic in answering questions, then even if his article is made to be flowery, he will not reuse this person. Fortunately, this candidate did not disappoint himself!

The next day, the results of the temple examination came out. The "Future Residence" community is more lively today, the team to report the good news is very long, in addition to beating gongs and drums, there is also a cannon battle, which is set off outside the gate of the community.

"Wow! Dragons! Hey! You're amazing! ”

"Little uncle, when I grow up, I want to take the top prize!"

"Little Tiger! Your brother has won a champion, if your father and mother are really in heaven, they can see it! "Uncle didn't faint this time, but the tears kept flowing, how many times have I wiped them. The early death of his younger brother has always been a hurdle in his heart, at this time, the eldest son of his younger brother's family, Xiaohu, has such a big family business, and the youngest son Xiaolong has been admitted to the top prize, even if the younger brother is alive, he may not be able to take the two children to this point, and the hurdle in his heart finally crossed when Xiaolong won the champion. (To be continued......)