The northern students were naturally led by the Ten Sons, but five of them sat in the first row, indicating their prominent status and who would fight. Other northern students gathered around these five people, gossiping about the students from the south opposite, some disdainful and some cautious, some wait-and-see and some analysts. Although the children of the Shi clan are proud but not arrogant, they are not the stupid sons of the nouveau riche, they only know that they are incapable of showing off, and they have done their homework to basically guess who the other party will send to fight.

Among the students in the south, the weak scholar sitting in the middle is Yizhou Huyanzhan, who has the highest voice for champions this year.

This person is called Yizhou prodigy, one year old can speak, two years old literacy, three years old writing, five years old poetry, seven years old memorize "four books and five classics" and the Central Plains Twelve History, nine years old for the first time to participate in the township examination in the Yuan (first place in the township examination), but then a serious illness, in the Taoist temple practice for five years, fourteen years after the mountain to participate in the state examination, once again won Yizhou Huiyuan (the first place in the state examination) good results, but he was seriously ill again, into the Taoist temple cultivation.

At the age of fourteen, he will be the Yuan, not to mention that there is no one who will come later, but there is no one before, and Hu Yanzhan is chic and free because of his practice in the Taoist temple, coupled with his delicate and graceful appearance, giving people a sense of immortality of the Qing prince of the turbid world.

The students in the south took Hu Yanzhan as the core, and they were not afraid in the face of the many scholars and disciples in the north, and they all pointed out the five representatives of the students in the north, saying that they were nothing more than relying on their ancestors.

Zhang Xiaowu didn't know the two sides, he looked at Wang Jingzhi and asked, "Brother Ma, do you know who they are?" ”

Wang Jingzhi: "I only know one, Xiao Zhi'an Xiao Gongzi, the best-looking one is him." ”

Zhang Xiaowu smiled: "How do you know it's him." ”

Wang Jingzhi: "Because when he was young, I hugged him. ”

Zhang Xiaowu was surprised: "You and his family are old friends? ”

Wang Jingzhi looked left and right, that Liu Yuanqing and Liu Gongzi may have seen an acquaintance and went to say hello, even Wang Yijin didn't know where to go to have fun, so he explained in a low voice: "Yes and no, his father has a vicious wife, because he can't give birth to children, his father accepted his aunt's wife, and his aunt's wife gave birth to him again." Unexpectedly, Xiao's father and wife were jealous, so they let people deliberately lose him. It just so happened that I was investigating a case of dried meat at the time, and when I saw the strange looks of his family, I grabbed him and tortured him. By chance, he saved his life, and his father immediately divorced his wife from the house after hearing about it, and the wife crashed to death on the door, causing a sensation. ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "You turned out to be his savior. ”

Wang Jingzhi stroked his beard, looked at Xiao Zhian with appreciation, and said, "I didn't expect him to be so old, eighteen years have passed." ”

Zhang Xiaowu said jealously: "It's a bit unreasonable for people to look like this, but no one is perfect, he is good-looking, maybe the literary talent is not good?" ”

Wang Jingzhi couldn't help but laugh and said, "How can there be someone like you." ”

Zhang Xiaowu asked again: "What about the others?" ”

"Then I don't know."

"Do you know the students in the middle of the south?"

"I don't know, but I've heard of him, White Lotus Gongzi Hu Yanzhan." Wang Jingzhi told the story of Hu Yanzhan to Zhang Xiaowu, Zhang Xiaowu couldn't help but be amazed, Wang Jingzhi said: "This person is also strange, every time he finishes the exam, he must be seriously ill, and after the last time he passed the Yizhou Huiyuan, he cultivated in the Taoist temple for five years. Just five years later, His Majesty held the imperial examination, do you say it is a coincidence? In addition, he first solved the yuan and then won the yuan, if he was the champion of the current branch of high school, then he would be the one who had no one after the ages. ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "This person is indeed a sick man, you see that face is white, like charcoal ash, alas - it's a pity, what do you say such a person can contribute to the country?" A sick man, even if he wins the top prize, can he be an official? Can he handle the government? ”

Wang Jingzhi said with a smile: "Then you don't care, where is the talent of others, no one can take it away, I think you are jealous." ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "What am I jealous of him? I'm jealous that he's not in good health, I'm jealous that he died early? ”

When the two were arguing, the owner of Yumo Zhai, Mr. Sanzhi Baoxin, led the referee Taishi Cheng Fan Zicheng, Tai Academy University scholar Zhang Hanlin, and Hanlin University scholar Rong Yanzhang to walk in, and someone shouted: "Lord Fan is here, Lord Fan is here." ”

Many students got up and saluted, and only after the three of them sat down did they accept the gifts, and everyone dared to sit down slowly. The crowd looked at the three adults carefully, some recognized them, but many others did not.

"This time, I am honored to have the support of Lord Yin Su of Longdu Prefecture to hold a poetry tasting conference for students from the north and south in Yumo Zhaihan, and Lord Su has invited three adults to be the referees for us, and now I will introduce them to you." This is Rong Yanzhang, a scholar of Hanlin Academy, this is Zhang Hanlin, a scholar of Taishu University, and the middle one is Taishi Cheng Fan Zicheng of Taishi Academy. ”

"I've seen three adults." Everyone stood up together again and said respectfully, and the three of them sat on the chairs and bowed, showing the demeanor of a grandmaster, and everyone didn't think there was anything wrong, the three of them were enough to sit and bear the big salute.

Zhang Xiaowu and Wang Jingzhi were also mixed in the crowd, but they were outside, not in the house, so they didn't worship. The two officials were older than the three inside, and their identities were more important than them, so it was naturally a little awkward to worship them, so they automatically avoided this cumbersome ceremony.

When Zhang Xiaowu turned around, he saw Shi Zhongqiu running over again, and hurriedly shushed, Shi Zhongqiu stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"The poetry is about to begin."

"I know."

"Don't shout, there's an important person in there."

"I know, my Uncle Fan."

Zhang Xiaowu's eyes widened: "Are you Uncle Fan?" Do you know? ”

Shi Zhongqiu snickered: "I naturally recognize that although my grandfather is a martial artist, he has a good relationship with Uncle Fan, and Uncle Fan also said that if my grandfather doesn't learn martial arts, he can also pass the exam." ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Why is your grandfather both civil and military, and you are incomplete and incomplete?" ”

Shi Zhongqiu smiled and said: "That's because no one provokes me, if you provoke me, look at my big fist!" Zhang Xiaowu looked at her small green jade hand, turned his face away, and said in his heart that your sand bowl is for cats, so small.

Shi Zhongqiu approached Zhang Xiaowu, Zhang Xiaowu suddenly felt a faint fragrance on her body, and said curiously: "You ...... just now How is it different from now? How did you get fragrant? ”

Shi Zhongqiu said: "Is there one?" How I don't think. ”

Zhang Xiaowu thought for a while and said: "Oh, I understand, you use a lot of rouge, and the fragrance on your body is like pickles, which will naturally be salty after pickling for a long time." ”

Shi Zhongqiu pursed his mouth angrily, and his small fist smashed on Zhang Xiaowu's shoulder, like a mosquito biting someone.