Wang Zhixue wanted to squeeze to the side of the road, but he was pushed out again and again, and he was so angry that he shouted: "I'm here to bring good news." Then countless faces shouted to him, "So are we!" This completely shocked Wang Zhixue to lose his temper.

Wang Zhixue had no choice but to give up the plan to squeeze in, so he had to run to the distant city wall, and finally found a place to look down condescendingly. He asked the people around him: "Driver, where is the team that announces the good news?" When will I be here? ”

"How do I know, wait slowly, it's more than a hundred and fifty miles from Zhucheng here, why do you have to walk for three or four hours!" The man looked into the distance and replied absentmindedly.

"Didn't you come from Yishui? Why did you go to Zhucheng again? Wang Zhixue asked the man suspiciously.

"Who told you to come from Yishui? There is no one in Yishui this year, how can you go to Yishui? The man said with some disdain, with a face that ridiculed Wang Zhixue's closed news.

Wang Zhixue said in his heart that he was deceived by the little girl Yueji again this time, and he had to count her down once after he went back. In fact, he wronged Yueji, and she didn't know the route of the team that reported the good news. Last year, she followed He Zhiyuan to Qingzhou Mansion once, and when she went back, she stayed in Yishui for one night, and she took it for granted that the Annunciation team would also stay in Yishui for one night when they set off from Qingzhou. In fact, from the provincial capital to the six state capitals of Shandong, and then from the state capital to the following states and counties, if there are no candidates in a state and county, the good news team will naturally no longer go. There are people in Zhucheng today, Zhucheng is close to Qingzhou, and the team of the good news will first go to Zhucheng, and then come to Juzhou. Yueji, an illiterate girl, where does she know this.

The waiting time was too tiring, and the people could no longer bear the restlessness, so they left the city gate and walked in the direction of the annunciation procession.

At this time, it was already evening, the golden light was ten thousand ways, and the sky was full of red glow, and I saw that on the official road in the distance, a large group of knights came, but the number of people was much more than before, I don't know if it was an illusion, and the plaque in their hands was also inlaid with gold edges.

The people excitedly asked, "Who is it?" Who is it? ”

The other side also responded loudly: "Congratulations to Master He Zhiyuan of Juzhou, Xie Yuan, the first place in the Shandong Township Examination in high school, and the Beijing Daily even appeared in Huangjia!" ”

When everyone heard this, some shouted loudly with joy, and some were depressed and compassionate, of course, those who were happy were in charge of He Zhiyuan, and those who were frustrated were not in charge.

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However, regardless of whether he is staked or not, the examination is the first time in Juzhou in hundreds of years. The celebratory crowd gathered around the procession to report the good news, beating gongs and drums all the way, going around the city, first reporting to the people of the city, and then going to the freshly baked Xie Yuanlang's house.

Wang Zhixue finally squeezed out of the crowd and ran home to report the news. Listening to the young master, isn't his apprentice Xie Yuan's apprentice? What a honor! He was so excited, he didn't know how many cars and horses he had overtaken along the way, and finally ran home first.

As soon as he entered the door, he shouted hoarsely, "Medium, middle, middle...... Finish. ”

He Shaoyun locked the door and sat at the desk, with a thick stack of documents in front of him. Since he got up in the morning, he has been in this position and has not moved. But this is only the appearance, in fact, he can hear his own heartbeat, chaotic, accompanied by strong tinnitus, and the scenes of the past, like a marquee, flashed in front of his eyes......

The first was his love with Miss Zhu more than 20 years ago, and then the Zhu family forced Miss Zhu to get married, and then he took the initiative to drop out of school to show his struggle with his family. Later, he married Chen and lived an ordinary life......

Then last year, the reservoir burst its banks, the house and land were flooded, and the family changed dramatically, and the well-off life immediately became difficult, and then he was arrested by the government, and then his son sold his land and rescued him from prison. Next, the son was like a different person, he actually made soap, and his life became rich step by step, until he had a lot of money and became the richest man in Juzhou.

All of this has quietly changed since his son was unexpectedly returned after being kidnapped...... He Shaoyun couldn't imagine how miserable their family would have been if it hadn't been for his son who had changed so much at the beginning. He knew that if he didn't have a son, he would have collapsed, fallen, and be completely finished. Where can we still have the dignity we have now, the glory we have today?

Therefore, He Shaoyun's heart was full of gratitude to his son. Pride in what his son has done, and apprehension about today's results...... At first he was sure, but as time went on, there was no news. Although he told himself that the higher the ranking, the later he would report, and that Juzhou was hundreds of miles away from Qingzhou Mansion, and the team that reported the good news would not go fast and so on to find an excuse, but he still couldn't help but make him more and more nervous.

He wanted to be free and easy, and said: "Anyway, we have no worries about food and clothing, even if we fail the exam, it doesn't matter!" "But after all, the layman who is still rolling in this earthly world does not have this freedom at all......

Just when he was extremely entangled, he finally heard a wolf howl from Wang Zhixue outside, and He Shaoyun's heart that was like a ball of paper was finally ironed out. He wanted to ask, but his son took the test, but his chest seemed to be stuffed with a ball of cotton, choked and speechless, and tears kept flowing down like beads with broken threads.

He Shaoyun hurriedly tilted his head, so as not to drip tears onto the thick stack of documents in front of him. That is He Zhiyuan's vouchers from the registration of children to the previous examinations, as well as the various contracts and documents signed by He Zhiyuan in the past half or two years. Records all the ...... my son has traveled all the way from childhood to adulthood

He Shaoyun wiped his tears, carefully wrapped the stack of books in red silk, and put them in a pear blossom box.

He Shaoyun, who was in tears, naturally couldn't respond to Wang Zhixue's wolf howl in the courtyard.

Ren Chengguo and Yan Jihai hurriedly supported Wang Zhixue, who was tired of a pool of spring water, and Yueji whispered: "The master may be asleep, and he shouldn't knock on the door, and he can't push it open." ”

Wang Zhixue said anxiously: "Then what should I do, everyone is coming soon." ”

At this time, after listening to Wang Zhixue's wolf howl, Chen hurriedly walked out of the backyard and asked Wang Zhixue with a happy face: "Zhiyuan is in the middle?" ”

"It's hit, and it's Xie Yuan!" Wang Zhixue gasped in response.

"What is Xie Yuan?" Chen didn't understand and asked casually.

"It's the first place in the province!" Wang Zhixue sweated violently and hurriedly explained.

When Chen heard that his son had won the first place in the province, his face turned into a flower with a smile, and then asked everyone: "Does the master know?" ”

Yueji replied: "The master may be asleep, and he shouldn't knock on the door, and he can't push it open." ”

"With such a big movement, he can sleep? Something can't be wrong, right? Chen began to speak unintentionally again.

A few people were talking anxiously, and a clerk in the ceremonial room took a gilded greeting post, and ran to the front yard and said, "Lord Liang has come to congratulate Master He on his high school dismissal." As soon as the words fell, the sedan chair had already arrived at the door.

Chen and Yueji are both women, and when they heard that Lord Liang came to congratulate them, where had they seen such a formation, so they hurriedly hid in the backyard. Wang Zhixue, who couldn't speak the most, was He Zhiyuan's eldest apprentice and Liang Wensheng's student, so naturally he couldn't hide in the backyard, so he had to face him hard.

This year, Liang Wensheng wore a black gauze hat, a green official robe, a gold belt, and soap boots, and walked in in a public uniform surrounded by Tongzhi Zhuang Wenxuan, Hufang Secretary Ji Jiude and other officials.

Wang Zhixue hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to Lord Liang, bowed to the teacher, and then explained: "My lord is changing clothes in the house, and he will come out to greet the adults immediately." ”

There was such a big movement outside, he estimated that He Shaoyun would definitely not be indifferent.

Liang Wensheng naturally won't mind these, one of which is that the He family is now the richest man in Juzhou, most of his political achievements over the past year or so have relied on the He family, and secondly, he is also from a lifting background, and now He Zhiyuan is also in the middle, and he is also Xie Yuan, and the title of the gold list is just around the corner in the future, and his identity will be a lot higher than himself at that time. Now he is naturally very kind, and said in a loud voice: "Such a big happy event, Master He must be to clean up his feelings, let's wait for it first." ”

He Shao also heard the movement, quickly wiped away his tears, collected his feelings, and was about to put his paperwork for registering as a child in the pineapple wooden box, but he felt unworthy in his heart. After hesitating for a moment, he thought for a moment and said: "He just won the top prize, and he was born by me, who am I not worthy?" ”

In this way, he was relieved, put the paperwork in the box, locked it together, put the key close to his body, and then dressed up and walked out calmly. Wang Zhixue saw He Shaoyun's study door open, and shouted, "My master has come out." ”

Liang Wensheng hurriedly greeted him and gave a deep salute to He Shaoyun, although the two were already very familiar, but He Shaoyun saw Lord Liang give him a big salute for the first time, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt, but he heard Liang Wensheng say: "Congratulations to Brother He Shi, your son's high school name Xie Yuan, this county is honorable." ”

Hearing this, He Shaoyun's already curled knees magically straightened up, his brain buzzed, his heart exploded with joy, and he grinned and said, "It's Xie Yuan?" It's Xie Yuan! Wang Zhixue saw that the old man was out of shape, so he hurriedly poked him secretly. It took a long time for He Shaoyun to come back to his senses, and reprimanded with a dignified bearing: "Physique, pay attention to physique!" ”

Only then did he return the salute to Lord Liang, but he changed his knees to make a gesture, and his voice did not panic: "Lord Liang must not be polite, please sit in the room." ”

"Brother He, please!" Lord Liang replied, the two sides pushed for a long time, and finally entered the house hand in hand, sat down the guests, and then arranged for the next person to serve tea and snacks.

This is the rules of the game of the Ming Dynasty, the upper and lower respects only look at the background of the field, because although the He family has thousands of family wealth and is the richest man in Juzhou, but there is no serious background, He Shaoyun should kneel when he sees the officials. But now once I go to high school, I will immediately even have the status of a father above Lord Liang, who was born as a person.

Therefore, Liang Wensheng didn't think there was anything wrong, but instead came over and said: "I saw the inscription list just now, and the noble son Fang Shi is the Ren Gong of Mengyin County, but in the same year, so I am still a cordial brother with you." ”

He Shaoyun's mind was rather roundabout about this instant noodle, and he didn't understand the relationship between the twists and turns, so he had to say casually: "The dog is lucky, it's really ashamed." But fortunately, I was under the same year, and I was really happy. ”

While talking, I heard the gongs and drums beating outside, and He Shaoyun said with a smile: "The good news is coming, let's go out to welcome the joy." ”

It was already dark in the sky, but there were countless torches lit in the courtyard, as bright as day.

When the newspapers saw the people standing at the six entrances of the house, they knew that there must be Xie Yuanlang's father among them, so they hurriedly bowed their heads and bowed, holding up the plaque and said: "Congratulations to the little ones on Master He of your mansion, the Toad Palace has demolished Gui and taken the lead!" ”

The Master He here is not He Shaoyun standing in front of him, but He Zhiyuan who is far away in Jinan.

He Shaoyun looked at the gold-lettered plaque, with the huge word Xie Yuan on it, and once again burst into tears. Seeing this, Lord Liang hurriedly beckoned the annunciator and the happy one to sit down and start a banquet to eat and drink.

There are more than 30 tables in the front and back yards, and there are many standing and nowhere to sit, so they have to set up a table next door, but they are not worried about the lack of wine and meat supply, because the restaurants and restaurants in the county do not need to greet them, and they will send the wine and food like a stream.

He Shao also recovered from the excitement of the old tears, so he toasted from table to table accompanied by Lord Liang, and the feast lasted for a while until the third watch was delayed......