Su Yan was very well prepared this time, after answering the questions, he carefully checked it several times, and only when it was time to hand in the exam papers did he leave the house with Da Liu, rubbing his eyes that were a little sore and sore, and when he was lying on the soft carriage blanket at this time, the whole person was already weak in his feet, his hands and feet were weak and weak, and he was a little reluctant to speak, his eyelids were pulled, obviously tired.

Da Zhuang didn't say much, just handed over the ginseng chicken soup he had prepared earlier.

Thinking that the young master who has only been taking the exam for four days has come out, the whole person looks like he is about to lose weight and do it, and when he returns home, he will have to make up for the young master's good life, but why has it been so long, and he hasn't seen that Hu Gongzi?

Even Li Lan beside her didn't come today, it's really a little strange?

Other people who have candidates in their families have been waiting early, just waiting for the gate of the Gongyuan to open, a swarm of bees have come up, and even the spring stools that carry people have been prepared, and when they see someone out of the county government, they will hold pillows and spring stools, and the sedan chairs will rush forward, squeezing other people waiting for the candidates to scold. In addition to the sedan chair and carriage, the top and noble can come in, and the others are not to think about it, and even at the gate of the Gongyuan there are many patrols with knives and officials to deal with this kind of emergency.

If there is no relatives in Beijing, and the withdrawn Juzi faints at the door, someone finds out and immediately sends the person to the lifting club specially prepared for the candidates to live.

Su Yan's footsteps were vain, but this time he didn't faint as soon as he got out of the gate of the Tribute Courtyard, he didn't eat well or sleep well in the past four days, so he just fought wits and courage with the questioner, and now he was already blue and black, even his cheeks were sunken, his whole face was white, and his pencil case was pinched with his palms, and there was even a trace of weird sweetness.

The situation of the others was similar to him, and before he handed in the papers after the serious exam, he fainted directly in the house and was carried out.

As soon as Su Yan came out of the tribute courtyard, he waited until he returned to the mansion. The head was already dizzy, and the whole person was top-heavy, and after a while, the whole person fell into a deep sleep.

Xu was too uncomfortable in the Gongyuan, and Su Yan slept for a day and a night since he came out. I didn't even notice that Hu Shuang hadn't come back, but even if she knew, she wouldn't say anything.

She has her own freedom and connections, not to mention that she is a complete individual with adult choices. Moreover, they are only classmates and friends at best.

On the seventh day after coming out of the Gongyuan, it was the day of the unveiling of the laurel list.

It's like a lottery to buy a scratch ticket, and no one knows if the next one waiting will be a thank you for your patronage or another one, or a big prize that will smash people away.

Su Yan said in his heart that it was impossible not to be nervous, even last night he slept unsteadily, tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, and even when it was dawn, he looked at the street in front of the mansion in fear.

The Hanlin Academy only published the list of tributes and posted them at the notice office of the Ministry of Rites. Because the golden osmanthus flowers in the city first bloomed when the list was released, it was jokingly called this list the laurel list.

On the day when the laurel list was posted, Da Zhuang had already got up and tied a red belt in his clothes to beg for color, and he was not even afraid to smear a little red rouge on his face, looking festive, if he could, he would still want to put a flower on his head.

At this time, it was just right, the autumn morning was slightly cold, and the thin air was full of mist and cold, I thought that I would get up early in the morning, and I would definitely be able to occupy a good position, but there were already a bunch of people around the list, and everyone carried large and small lanterns to illuminate the surroundings, bright as white.

I heard that the soil under the emperor's list is particularly effective, and there are many people from other places or slaves from local families in the capital who believe that they are really holding a clay pot of similar size and type, digging with their buttocks???

Originally, he was still a little annoyed, and forgot to bring a clay pot to dig up their seven or eight catties of soil, and immediately swept away his previous regret, held his head high, and walked from the ...... with dignity At the end, he began to look for it, and the two little guys from Su Mansion followed him to find him, and the other ran to the front.

On the list, starting from the one hundred and ninety-fourth, to the fortieth place, in fact, you can basically only be a fellow jinshi, the top four of the forty are the heirs, and the top twenty have the opportunity to enter the palace examination.

Da Zhuang and the housekeeper who went out together found the fortieth person who had not seen the name of their young master, and his forehead was already sweating. He subconsciously swallowed his saliva, wiped a handful of sweat and looked forward, and when he reached the twentieth place, he still didn't see the three big words "Su Zhangdan", he was as cold as falling in the ice cellar, and his teeth were so nervous that he began to tremble up and down, so he was afraid that when his eyes were dark, he couldn't stand the stimulation and fainted.

Originally, if Da Zhuang hadn't found anyone in the top 180 to the top 20, he had almost given up hope at this time, but he was looking forward with the idea of looking for it, the young master was such a smart person, the ranking must be at the front, and if he couldn't find it behind, he would definitely be scaring himself.

"Da Zhuang, I seem to have seen the names of the young master and Hu Gongzi." The guards who came with him had long legs and waists, and their natural sight was good, and they also looked from the back of the ten lines, and they were worried about whether they were dazzled early in the morning, so they were wrong, and they pulled the cuffs of the people next to them.

Because he saw that the third place on the laurel list was indeed the two vigorous and powerful characters of 'Hu Shuang' written in the standard pavilion style, and then moved down the two rankings to the big characters of their son. Suddenly he was dumbfounded, and his heart was very unreal? He looked down and looked down to another pair of origins: Luoyang origins.

This year, there are only a few people from Luoyang with the surname Su, and there is only one with the character Zhang Dan, and it is difficult for him to convince himself to be dazzled.

There is also the first Hu Shuang, Hu Gongzi, who seems to be indeed the Hu Gongzi who temporarily lives in their house.

Swallowing his saliva, he felt that this world was too mysterious.

Immediately, the corners of Da Zhuang's mouth could not be restrained and raised; "My young master is the third, he is Tanhualang, I have to go back quickly and tell the young master the good news!" He picked up a piece of the two little guys and Qingshan who came with him, and ran home like crazy.

Shouting while running, everyone saw a young and festively dressed black boy running like crazy and ecstatic, and after the list was released, it must be himself or someone in his family who won the tribute, and it was no longer strange. What is ecstasy, and what is crazy with joy.

The sky has dawned, Su Mansion opened the door at this time, and it is wide open, under the eaves hung two red lanterns that have turned off the oil lamp, and the stone lion in front of the door tied a pair of new big red silk flowers, looking at it is gratifying.

Soon after dawn, there will be a tribute to the courtyard to spread the good news, the ranking is low and not transmitted, generally only the first eighty pass the good news, is just to the door of the Gongyuan outside the shouting three times, leave the good news and continue to rush to the next one.

From the dawn of the day to the time when the sky was completely bright, Su Yan had already begun to wipe his sweat nervously, and even the toilet couldn't help but run several times, among which he didn't even have the appetite to eat half of the meal, so anxious that even his sideburns oozed a lot of cold sweat, lest he be nameless on the list.

Asked the steward next to him to ask where he was reporting, and the steward ran back after a while: "Back to the young master, the last one went to the Chengnan Shanxi Guild Hall, thirty-eight." ”

So fast! Although Su Yan was very satisfied with his answers when answering the questions, in the scientific examination with many talents, could he really enter the top ten?

It's not that he doesn't have confidence in himself, but if he doesn't win, he really feels that he has no face to meet Ah Li. The sorrow between the eyebrows does not dissipate, and the palms of the hands are tense and full of / wet / sweat.

A long time passed, and when the little men outside were about to close the door, a horse rushed in, not to mention the red hat on the head of the reporter, and a red velvet flower on the horse's neck. Still holding the reins and standing in the hall, everyone looked at him, and the reporter said loudly: "Good news Luoyang Su master, Su Zhangdan, the third place in the high school scientific examination test, the saint of the Jinluan Palace!" ”

After speaking, he felt that the surroundings were surprisingly quiet, and he didn't come back to his senses, and he didn't even know about the fall of the begonia flowers.

Su Yan's footsteps paused, he was the first to come back to his senses, and couldn't help but exclaim, third place...... He turned out to be third!

There was a smile on his face that could not be hidden.

The morning light shimmered in the courtyard, and the autumn breeze was a little warm. Blowing the corners of his water-colored dark striped robe, he moved a few strands of crimson petals under his feet.

The reporter had already dismounted, gave her the good news in his hand, and narrowed his eyes with a smile: "Presumably this is Master Su?" When he heard that he said yes, he immediately exclaimed, "He is really young and promising, and his future is immeasurable!" The little one is here to please Tanhualang first. Then he stretched out his hand and begged for a reward.

The reporting officer of the three Dingjia can directly please the money, which is the supreme glory, and the reward of silver even feels that this is a symbol of status, and generally has to give ten taels of red.

With the end of the scientific expedition and the posting of the list, a few people are happy and a few people are sad, Zhengyang country, Zhengde's thirteenth year, this sensational autumn season that has caused the whole country has also been completely settled.

Mei Ding is jealous, and Ju Ying is ashamed. The opening of the painting crown Mid-Autumn Festival. Zhegui Toad Palace moves the soul, looking back and smiling full of spring.

The test will be from the fifth to the seventeenth day of the first month of September, in two days later is the September 9th Mountaineering Festival, busy with the officials of the Ministry of Rites and a group of examiners enough, to the twenty-second day of the first month of September, it is the palace test again, until the emperor royal pen counted the ranking and set the first rank, and gave the Qionglin banquet to celebrate, everyone then breathed a sigh of relief.

It is after the harvest of the harvest of the crops, because it is the champion parade street, the big happy event once every three years, even the busy village households have entered the city to join in the excitement of the champion parade street.

The city is full of golden cinnamon fragrance, begonia buds press the branches, the girls who have not come out of the pavilion hold the handkerchief and half-cover their faces, stand with hats and green tiles and white walls, under the glamorous oleanders, or wine shops and teahouses are looking forward to it, and the champion has attracted a burst of cheers wherever he goes.

Flowers, champas, everywhere.

Among them, Hu Shuang, the champion of the new department, was only a weak champion year, and he won the first place in the first class hand-picked by the emperor's royal pen, and this alone has to envy many people.

However, the most outstanding of them belong to Bangyan and Tanhua, each with its own color. Even the appearance of his family background is even inferior to that of Zhuang Yuanlang.

Su Yan, who was riding on a tall horse, looked a little gloomy for some reason, and the others probably thought that he was distressed because he missed the same armor. But I don't know what he thinks, Ah Li didn't see this scene.

There are four happy events in life, a long drought and a sweet rain, a foreign country to meet the old acquaintance, a candle night in the cave, and the title of the gold list.

Only when the current gold list was titled, she had never seen it with her own eyes.

I heard that the top three this year are all still married wives, and their sides are so clean that there is no room maid. Such a clean and prominent background, knowledgeable and elegant peerless, although not to say that there are no ancients, it is difficult for later people to compare with the super, coupled with the appearance of many girls and many girls have already secretly agreed, and there are many dignitaries who are eager to immediately catch their sons-in-law, but unfortunately people have already promised Qin and Jin with the first beauty in the capital, the Bai family boy, just waiting for a double happiness, so that a gold list title cave room flower candle night life two happiness into one.

The Qionglin banquet has been held in all dynasties, and the emperor personally invited it, which is the supreme glory. How many readers are looking forward to this day.

And when Su Yan was paraded through the streets, He Dangli and his party had just entered the Chu State, and who would have thought that they would still be old friends when they came to greet them.

An unexpected old friend.