After getting off work that night, Zhuge Jin returned home, and happily asked his family to prepare a table of wine and food, and entertained the four people who were all selected.

Then the four of them were also told a better news.

"In other words, three hundred and nine people were selected, but only the fifty-six people in front of them could enter the Duke of Wei's mansion and become Duke Wei's subordinates?"

Xu Shu's eyes widened, and his face was full of surprise: "I...... I can also be a subordinate of Duke Wei and call Duke Wei Duke Ming? ”

"There are very few people who shout like this now, everyone calls Wei Gong, and I was also allowed by Wei Gong to call Ming Gong."

Zhuge Jin boasted complacently: "But no matter what, the four of you can become Duke Wei's subordinates, directly accept the appointment of Duke Wei, and even meet Duke Wei directly, if you are lucky, you can also get Duke Wei's face-to-face guidance." ”

"This ...... This ......"

Xu Shu was so happy that he couldn't even speak, and Meng Jian and Shi Tao were also surprised.

Zhuge Liang stared at Zhuge Jin and asked, "Brother, so I'm the first?" ”

"Yes, Kong Ming, you are number one."

Zhuge Jin patted Zhuge Liang on the shoulder: "Duke Wei appreciates your answer sheet, I heard that your answer sheet was personally ordered by Duke Wei as the first, and Duke Wei also said that when you go to the mansion to report, I will talk to you in person."

Kong Ming, this is really not the credit of my brother, my brother is just a subordinate of Duke Wei, not so much ability, this is your own talent, Duke Wei appreciates your talent! ”

“……”

Zhuge Liang suddenly smiled, rubbed his face, took a deep breath, and had a satisfied smile on his face.

Xu Shu looked at Zhuge Liang and suddenly smiled: "Before, Kong Ming said that he didn't care about the results of the list, but he didn't see his name on nine planks in a row, and when he saw the last plank, Kong Ming ran over and ran faster than me, and I couldn't catch up!" Kong Ming, Kong Ming, you don't care about this face, in fact, you care more than anyone else, right? Hahahaha! ”

Xu Shu took a sip of wine and teased Zhuge Liang with a hint of drunkenness.

Zhuge Liang also drank a glass of wine, took a breath, and nodded slightly drunk.

"I care, because I don't want my uncle to go in vain, how much trouble my uncle suffered to pave the road in Jingzhou, but now I say I can go, and I don't care about my uncle at all, so if I can't gain a foothold in Yecheng, I'm too sorry for my uncle, isn't it?"

Xu is slight drunkenness drove his emotions, and Zhuge Liang's words brought a hint of crying.

Seriously, this is the first time Xu Shu and the others have seen Zhuge Liang show such an expression.

"Kong Ming ......"

Xu Shu stretched out his hand and shook Zhuge Liang's hand: "We have all been selected, we can create a career together under the command of Duke Wei!" A history to leave a name, so that the whole world will remember our cause! How is it?! ”

"Good, good, good!"

Zhuge Liang nodded vigorously and held Xu Shu's hand tightly.

"Count Meng a certain one!"

"Count Shi a certain one!"

Meng Jian and Shi Tao also put their hands on it.

Zhuge Jin sat opposite, looking at several young people so high-spirited, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook up a smile, and then, the smile suddenly disappeared.

Today's situation is not so simple.

Beneath the surface calm, there is an undercurrent.

Zhuge Jin got a glimpse of what was hidden in the matter of the new emperor through some subtle changes, and just a trace of it already made him quite uneasy.

He always had a feeling that something bigger might be happening.

What determines the fate of the future may not be the present, but a certain moment in the future, if they can seize an opportunity in the future, they can all soar into the sky, if they can't grasp it, it will be a big problem.

But is that really the case?

Zhuge Jin didn't dare to speculate.

It's just that he always feels that there are definitely not a few people who are happy to see it happen.

Those who followed Guo Peng all the way to start a business seem to be less satisfied with their current status and power, and they hope that Guo Peng will go to the next level, and then, they can also go to the next level.

In the final analysis, Zhuge Jin himself did not have such thoughts.

If everything really happens, then where can you be in and what benefits can you get?

Zhuge Jin vaguely felt that he was also looking forward to it.

On October 17 of the sixth year of Xingping, the three hundred and nine selected candidates selected by the Discussion of Talent Ceremony, who were called "Jinshi" by Guo Peng, gathered in groups, wearing uniform clothing of Wei officials, and lined up to enter the Wei Mansion.

They will go to the Wei Mansion together, and then prepare to carry out an operation called "Kuaguan" on the main square street at the entrance of the Wei Mansion.

It is said that this is a method that Guo Peng came up with with a pat on his head, in order to commend the three people who were killed from more than 1,000 people.

Let the top three "Jinshi" in this exam ride on a tall horse, let Cheng Yu, Xi Zhong and Wang Cang, the three important officials under Guo Peng, help them get on the horse, and then Cao Cao, Cui Yan and Chang Lin will lead the horses from the first to the third respectively and lead them through this long street.

Both sides of the long street were full of selected and unselected soldiers, as well as Yecheng Li Shu, who heard the news and came to see the excitement, and the Tiger Guards who maintained order.

That's a sea of people.

Where have Zhuge Liang, Tian Yong and Liu Ba seen such a scene?

This battle ......

Cheng Yu is the Shang Shu Ling of Wei State, and Xi Zhong is the staff officer of Wei State, and the two are the military and political leaders of Wei State respectively, with high and powerful positions, and their status under Guo Peng is very important.

As the first assistant of the cabinet, Wang Cang is the first close minister by Guo Peng's side, and he gets along with Guo Peng every day, and he is the official under Guo Peng who has been with Guo Peng for the longest time, and he is the closest.

Wang Cang and Guo Peng's closeness even exceeded that of some old ministers, and he was also one of the few officials who had Guo Peng's permission to call Guo Peng "Duke Ming".

These three people led the horses respectively, Zhuge Liang, Tian Yong and Liu Ba, and helped them to ride on the horses with a spring breeze, which flattered the three of them.

For example, Zhuge Liang didn't dare to really let Cheng Yu help him get on the horse, and even said that he couldn't stand it.

"This is the regulation of Wei Gong, it is a reward for you to stand out from more than 1,300 people, so as to encourage more future generations to study hard, you are the first, you can't afford it, who can afford it?"

Cheng Yu persuaded him like this, and Zhuge Liang broke into the high-headed horse with Cheng Yu's support with some caution.

Seeing Zhuge Liang like this, Tian Yong and Liu Ba, who were nervous, accepted such treatment.

In fact, Zhuge Liang and Tian Yong both have relatives of their own families who are officials under Guo Peng, so they are still somewhat clear about this process, but Liu Ba is different.

He is a native of Jingzhou, and his family has a good relationship in Jingzhou, and he has been invited by Liu Biao many times, wanting to raise filial piety and honesty for him and make him an official, but Liu Ba is not happy and feels that Liu Biao has no future here, so he has been paying attention to other forces.

This time, a large number of non-local scholars in Jingzhou returned to the north en masse, and in this wave of northward return, Liu Ba was one of the few Jingzhou scholars who returned north with the non-local scholars.

He has always looked down on Liu Biao, but now that he saw Guo Peng recruiting Wei officials as the monarch of Wei, he immediately realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when he looked at the current situation.

If he misses this opportunity, he will probably only be able to be a fallen scholar in Jingzhou, and he will not even be as good as a person from Xuzhou at that time.

So Liu Ba decisively followed the outsiders to Yecheng, participated in the ceremony, and successfully stood out from more than 1,300 people and took a third place.

Then he was told to become a subordinate official of the Duke of Wei, and not only that, but he also had to participate in a ceremony called "Kua Guan".

He took his wife and children to Yecheng to participate in this talent ceremony, which was gambling in itself, because he had no relatives in Yecheng, and there were no acquaintances, everything was done in accordance with the rules and regulations, who would have thought that he would actually get a third.

In his excitement, he even suspected that he was dreaming.

This suspicion did not end until he was helped on a horse by Wang Cang.

He was really not dreaming, he passed this talent ceremony, relying on his talent, and really succeeded in becoming a subordinate of Duke Wei, and his identity was changed all of a sudden.

Guo Peng did not discriminate against him because of his origin, but selected him and gave him the opportunity to continue to display his talents.

Such good luck befell him, Liu Ba was really happy and was about to faint.

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