Gao Pragmatic came out of the examination room to take a look, there were already two people standing outside, looking at the position where they were standing, Gao Pragmatic knew that they were waiting for the drummers to blow and beat and send them back to the inn or fellow townspeople's hall.

As soon as Gao Pragmatic came out, the two of them seemed to feel something, and turned their heads together, and they were slightly surprised to see Gao Pragmatic so young.

However, Gao Shishi's surprise may be more prosperous than the two of them, because these two look very similar, and anyone who looks at them knows that these must be two brothers, and they are brothers.

Gao Pragmatic took a closer look, these two brothers are about twenty years old, at most about thirty, for Zhongjinshi, they are already young and talented.

"The two young brothers came out early, it seems that the exam went well, congratulations." Gao pragmatic smiled and arched his hand.

"Joy and joy, brother is young and handsome, I don't know where the talent is? In Xiahu Guang Hanyang Xiao Liang has, the word to occupy. The older man smiled at Gao Pragmatic and introduced, and then glanced at the person next to him, and said to Gao Pragmatic: "This is my brother's good reputation, and the word is honored." ”

Gao Pragmatic was shocked in his heart, and said secretly: Now that Li Ghost met Li Kui, I, the fake author of "Longwen Whip Shadow", met the real author, fortunately, I took the lead, and his "Mengyang Story" could not be written, I am really sorry.

Gao Pragmatic felt ashamed, and hurriedly and politely met these two, and introduced himself: "In Xinzheng, Xiahenan Province, Gao is pragmatic and truth-seeking." ”

The Xiao brothers were taken aback, and the younger brother Xiao Liangyu asked in surprise, "Brother Nian is Gao Longwen?" My two brothers have long admired Gao Longwen's name, like thunder. ”

Brother Xiao Liangyou seemed to know more about Gao Shishi, and said half-jokingly: "I learned earlier that Gao Longwen took Henan Jieyuan, and he was still teasing at home, saying that this year's examination should not come - with Gao Longwen here, how can my brother stand out?" ”

Gao Pragmatic hurriedly said modestly: "Brother Zhan doesn't want to torture the younger brother, the younger brother is just relying on the remnants of the elders to have some false fame, where can it be taken seriously?" When Brother Zhan was seven or eight years old, he was praised by nobles, and Hu Guang has long been known as a prodigy. ”

Xiao Liangyou and Xiao Liangyu brothers were taken aback, and after glancing at each other, Xiao Liangyou couldn't help asking: "Liang You is just a small country person, how did Gao Longwen know about this old thing?" ”

It turned out that Gao Pragmatic just mentioned Xiao Liangyou's old things. Xiao Liangyou is quite precocious, when he was seven or eight years old, because his father was a state acquaintance, he took him into the official boat to meet a noble official, and the noble official had the intention to take the school examination for this child, so he made a sentence to let him be a pair, and the noble official made a sentence: "The night of the official boat is bright, and there are two rounds of jade candles." Xiao Liangyou said: "The imperial capital is rich and rich, and it is a golden city." ”

The nobleman happened to have something else to do, so he said to him, "Come as soon as you go." Twenty-four comes, twenty-five comes, twenty-five comes, twenty-six comes". Xiao Liang mistakenly thought that this was a noble official's mistake. When he said, "Move still." The first line does not move, the second line moves, the second line does not move, and the third line moves". The nobleman was amazed and praised, and it was rumored to be a good story at the time.

Gao Pragmatic was trying to find a reason to prevaricate in the past, but he heard someone behind him say "Huh" in surprise and shouted: "But the true brother? ”

This voice is quite familiar, Gao Pragmatic immediately looked back, but saw a young man in his twenties walking out of the curtain of the examination room, and when he saw Gao Pragmatic, he laughed and said: "Brother Fool also said that he wrote quite quickly today, but he didn't mean to seek truth faster than Brother Foolish. ”

Gao Pragmatic had also seen the person who came clearly at this time, and said with a smile: "The younger brother has seen his cousin, and the cousin is full of energy, and it seems that he is also confident, congratulations." ”

It turned out that this person was actually Zhang Taizheng, the son of Zhang Siwei, and he was a cousin who was pragmatic and out-and-out.

When Zhang Taizheng heard this, he was a little annoyed, and said: "There was a sentence just now, I thought it was good when I wrote it, but as soon as I walked out of the inner curtain just now, I suddenly thought that I could change a word, and it could be better after changing it, alas, a mistake, a mistake!" Then I suddenly found that there were two people around Gao Pragmatic, and I realized that there were still people who submitted the paper earlier than Gao Pragmatic.

Zhang Taizheng once heard his father Zhang Siwei say that Gao Pragmatic writes articles very quickly, and when he takes Xiao Sanyuan and Jie Yuan, he is the first to hand in the papers, but he didn't expect that there are more strong players in today's strong ones, and there are actually two people who are faster than Gao Pragmatic in writing articles, and he can't help but be very interested.

Gao pragmatic hurriedly introduced them to each other and exchanged names and characters. When Zhang Taizheng heard that the two of them were still two brothers, he couldn't help laughing: "It's also a coincidence, originally my brother A Zheng was also going to take this year's examination, but who knew that he was sick at the end of the year, so he had to wait for the next subject, otherwise it would be very interesting today." ”

However, he thought about another thing in his heart: this Xiao brother came out in advance, and his face was calm, and he seemed to be quite confident, fortunately, the two of them are from Huguang and Hankou, and this Huguang people are from the south list, but they don't occupy the quota of my north list, otherwise there will be two more powerful opponents.

Then I thought about it again: But this time the competition in the North List is fierce enough, my father said that although my article is successful, it is even more difficult to pass the pragmatic test, and I must have missed it...... That's it, as long as I can get into the second class, when the time comes, with my father in the cabinet, even if he doesn't say a word, I should be able to get a Jishi, but it will not live up to the years of hard study.

Who knew that Zhang Taizheng's words were actually quite a prophecy, and before the "following candle", they actually waited for two pairs of brother candidates.

One of the brother candidates claimed to be a person from Huazhou, Shaanxi, whose names were Wang Tingzhu and Wang Tingyu, and they were twenty-six or seventeen years old; The other pair are acquaintances, Zhang Juzheng's eldest son Zhang Jingxiu and third son Zhang Maoxiu.

Originally, Gao Shishi saw the two of them, and he was slightly embarrassed, because he didn't know how Zhang Juzheng arranged himself in front of his sons after he was pitted home, and he was a little hesitant for a while and didn't know whether he should go up to see the ceremony. In case they don't give face on the spot, or even say some bad things, although they can't talk about it, they will make the atmosphere more or less embarrassing, which is not beautiful.

As a result, as soon as these two saw Gao Pragmatic, they looked like they had met an old acquaintance in a foreign country, and they came over to talk excitedly, pulling Gao Pragmatic to reminisce for a while.

In fact, one of the sons of the Zhang family that Gao Pragmatic first met was the fourth Zhang Jianxiu, who met through the selection of the prince to accompany him in that year, but later after Gao Pragmatic became "famous", he also participated in several poetry meetings of the children of high-ranking officials in Beijing, so he also knew these two, but the two of them were a lot older and more pragmatic, so the friendship was actually not deep.

However, the original Zhang family brothers were the sons of the elder of the pavilion, and there was not much difference between Gao Pragmatic's identity, but now it is different, although the elders on both sides have passed away, but Gao Gong died of illness in the first assistant, and Zhang Juzheng was dismissed in an accident, and was not posthumously presented to the original official until after his death.

But what's even more strange is that the two of them have no hostility towards Gao Pragmatic at all, at least with Gao Pragmatic's ability to observe words and feelings, they don't see that their attitude is half fake, as if they really don't know the inside story of what happened back then.

Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Zhang Juzheng is worthy of being Zhang Juzheng, even if he loses, he can calm down and hide the truth of the matter even from his sons. There may be many meanings, but at least it shows that he doesn't want to bring the grievances of the previous generation to the next.

Gao pragmatic admired and thought: In history, Zhang Jingxiu and Zhang Maoxiu were because of Zhang Juzheng, the eldest son Zhang Jingxiu won the thirteenth place in the second class, and the third son Zhang Maoxiu was even more amazing, and won the first place in the first class, that is, the champion Lang. This time there is no protection from Zhang Juzheng, but I don't know if I can get into the Jinshi?