Hou Yichen angrily wanted to fight with Zhang Xiaowu again, saying that he still had a lot of poems that he hadn't taken out, Zhang Xiaowu shook his head and refused, and he was even more angry that Hou Yichen wanted to commit suicide by jumping into the river. Zhang Xiaowu immediately said that the deceased in the morning was swollen all over his body, his flesh was rotten, and he was covered in maggots, which was very disgusting. Hou Yichen was so excited by what he said that he didn't plan to jump into the river, but when he saw Ye Shishi standing with him, how he looked at it and felt discordant, so he stuck his waist and said: "Ximen Gongzi, I don't know whether to say a sentence or not." ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Don't talk about it." ”

"......," Hou Yichen said hurriedly, "but I have to say this." ”

"Not necessarily."

"You're not worthy of Miss Ye." Hou Yichen shouted.

Zhang Xiaowu said angrily: "You look down on me? No matter how I say it, I am also the glory of the whole village, I once won the gold medal of the Yongzhou Hejian Fuyun County Children's Peeing and Mud Competition! ”

Ye Shishi was stunned for a moment, and then held on to the fence with a smile, but she never expected that the fence might have fallen into disrepair and suddenly loosened, and Ye Shishi turned over and planted it before she had time to shout. Zhang Xiaowu's eyes were quick, and he grabbed her ankle and lifted him up suddenly. Then, Zhang Xiaowu only felt a cold air passing by him, and he hurriedly turned around to look, but only Hou Yichen and Hou Gongzi opened their mouths wide on the side.

Ye Shishi's face was pale with fright, Hou Yichen was also frightened and at a loss, Zhang Xiaowu supported Ye Shishi and comforted: "This fence is too bad, how about it?" Isn't it enjoyable to fall like this? ”

Ye Shishi said with a crying voice: "Who would have thought that it would be bad here." ”

Zhang Xiaowu looked at Hou Yichen and said with a smile: "If Hou Gongzi had been on this just now, he would have fallen down, it's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity......"

Hou Yichen blushed and said, "I didn't fall, are you a pity?" ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "That's right, you look so handsome, you look at how rich your family is, if you don't fall down and drown, I'm sorry to God." ”

Hou Yichen snorted, and saw that Ye Shishi's face was not good, so he had to retreat, and Zhang Xiaowu saw that Ye Shishi seemed to be really frightened, so he escorted her back to the Guirenfang, but he didn't take a step closer. Ye Shishi walked a few steps, and suddenly turned around and said, "If I fall, what should you do?" ”

Zhang Xiaowu said: "Didn't you fall down?" I've got you. ”

Ye Shishi said with red eyes: "What if? I've heard that people who fall into the river of white water won't survive. ”

Zhang Xiaowu said that this woman likes to love hypothesis, so he sighed, turned around and said, "If you fall, from now on, I won't eat fish!" ”

"Humph!" Ye Shishi stomped her feet and left angrily, but maybe because she was angry, she was not so scared. After walking a few steps, I saw the master and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

Ye Ping, the mother of the underworld, said: "You almost died today." ”

"I'm sorry, master."

"But it's okay, the person next to you is extraordinary."

"Master, are you good or is he good?"

Ye Ping thought for a while and said: "Fighting alone, I am powerful, but on the battlefield, I am not as good as him." ”

Ye Shishi was surprised: "You mean, he is a general?" ”

"I didn't say that."

"Master, who is Ximen Xiaosheng?"

Ye Ping smiled weirdly, shook his head and refused to speak, turned around and left, and Ye Shishi hurriedly followed.

On October 13, the list of the post scripture was released, and all 1,679 people who scored full marks in the post examination entered the next round, while the other more than 3,000 people missed the next round. In an instant, the Xiucai in Longdu cried, and there were several Xiucai who were looking for death and life because they were off the list, and even three of the ten sons of Jinke were off the list.

Zhang Xiaowu ordered Yinyiwei to take a good look at the students, lest they commit suicide. He originally wanted to go to the appointment, but when he saw the eyes of Ruan Qingwen and others supervising him, he was suddenly embarrassed, so he had to stay in the Central Mansion and work hard, make progress every day, and be a good civil servant of the empire.

On October 14, the second poetry examination of the imperial examination, this year's exam question is a short story, about an official in the Tiantang Empire, the son killed people for no reason, and the official was caught in a dilemma between love and law. Based on this story, candidates need to discuss whether they are in the same situation as an official or in the law university. Of course, there is no real answer to this kind of poetry, whether it is love or law, as long as he is reasonable, and the poetry is beautiful and gorgeous, he can be entered into the eyes of the examiner.

On 16 October, after the last question came out, the candidates were in an uproar, and the question turned out to be how officials earn money.

Officials, money, earned?

When these three words are linked, people immediately think of corruption and bribery, and they think of corrupt officials.

However, the exam questions were based on this question, and the candidates suddenly became two big, but fortunately, each examination room was separate, and everyone could not see each other's sad faces, otherwise they would definitely smile bitterly - it seems that everyone was stumped. However, the sighs in the examination room still betrayed them, and everyone's originally depressed mood suddenly improved a lot after hearing the lamentations of others.

The time for the discussion is a whole day, but candidates can write until the sun goes down, and most candidates will stay until the end, not because they can't write, but because they will write many answers, and finally choose the best one and hand it over to the examiner. They need to wait another ten days for the Guozijian to release the list, because there are 450 places this year, so many candidates are very confident that they will be admitted.

The ease of the candidates infected Longdu, and after October 17, Longdu City was re-sung and danced, and the talents were also entertained. This time is a rare time for everyone to relax, the poor Xiucai go shopping, the rich Xiucai go to the Qinglou, and relax in their own entertainment methods.

Zhang Xiaowu was busy watching the twists and turns in various places at this time, judging from the twists and turns, the Shenghan Empire was gradually recovering its vitality, and because he encouraged merchants and reduced transportation money, the commercial taxes in various parts of Shenghan were also much higher than in previous years.

This year, the trade between the Shenghan Empire and its neighboring countries has increased by more than ten times that of previous years, and the number of Hu merchants in various places has increased sharply. Although many people still adhere to the ideology of heavy agriculture, they are gladly accepted by the abundance of foreign goods. Because the most varied of them is agricultural products, all kinds of vegetables enrich the people's table, but also enrich people's spirit.

Among all the food, Zhang Xiaowu also found his favorite, crayfish.

Crayfish is the ornamental shrimp offered by the Fusang people, but Zhang Xiaowu is very excited, the shortest dish before he crossed is the spicy crayfish, so far, he has never seen a crayfish, never expected that the Dongying people presented him with ten crayfish.

"Immediately dig a pond in my house, raise the crayfish, and next year the Sprinkle family will point them to live." Zhang Xiaowu rewarded these Fusang envoys. The Fusang envoy was very happy in his heart, it turned out that the "big names" of the Central Plains liked crayfish, and they knew that they would bring more.