Wu Xuexia knows very well that although this is western Liaoning, the Ministry of Rites is the yamen of the central government, and the examination is completely a matter for the Ministry of Rites, so can you still do it?

This really has something to do with the central yamen, but it is a big crime of rebellion.

"What are you stopping me for? It's not in order! Wu Sangui glared at his sister Wu Xuexia angrily, he was really anxious at this time, if it was usual, he wouldn't dare to be so rude to his sister.

Wu Xuexia also glared at Wu Sangui, "What are you doing?" You don't listen to me now, huh? ”

Wu Sangui is still very afraid of Wu Xuexia, usually when he gets into trouble, most likely it is Wu Xuexia who helps him round the field, otherwise the number of beatings and scolding will increase at least three times, the key is that his sister is good to him, he will be afraid.

"In previous years, it was not this kind of rule, and if you change the rules, you will change the rules, there is no such reason!" Although Wu Sangui was stopped by Wu Xuexia and did not go up to find Lord Xiong's theory, he still said loudly in place indignantly.

"Who are you? How did you enter the government compound? Lord Xiong was really angry when Wu Sangui yelled at him so loudly.

"It's a dog." Wu Xiang hurriedly said: "Dog Meng Lang, don't blame adults, but you really can't say that you can change the rules and change the rules, right?" Will this hospital examination delay our martial arts scientific examination in western and eastern Liaoning in the future? ”

"No, it has nothing to do with Wuju!" Lord Xiong said decisively.

Xiong Xiaosi, the secretary of Lord Xiong, was already holding the first list and preparing to go out to post the list, and several officials from the Ministry of Rites behind him also held the list.

"It's really strange, officials everywhere are looking forward to selecting more local students to show off their talents, and raise people, you have ghosts in Liaoxi, and you are afraid that local candidates can be selected to show talents?" Xiong Xiaosi said with a smile as he walked. Xiong Xiaosi is slightly younger than Lord Xiong, Lord Xiong is about fifty years old, Xiong Xiaosi is also in his forties, he used to be a scholar of Lord Xiong, and then he has been an official with Lord Xiong, and later became a secretary, and the relationship between the two is as good as brothers.

Wu Xiang wanted to say something, but after all, he forcibly held back, everyone participated in the gambling matter, and he couldn't break it to this official of the Ministry of Rites! This bear-sama is notoriously old-fashioned! Everyone knows about this matter, so they began to see that it was this Lord Xiong who came to preside over the college examination in Liaoxi, and they were very relieved one by one, knowing that there would definitely be no greasy ones, who would have thought that this old-fashioned Lord Xiong would make such a big skylight? Killed everyone.

Xiong Xiaosi and several officials of the Ministry of Rites went out to post the list.

"Your Excellency, don't worry so much." Zu Guangyao, the prefect of Yongping Mansion, said softly: "I just looked at it, there are only 19 people on the first list, a total of 77 candidates, aren't there 58 people behind?" Maybe Wei Bao is among the 58 people. ”

After listening to Zu Guangyao's comfort, everyone was a little relieved.

"Maybe it's just a coincidence, right? These people don't seem to know Wei Bao, since they came, some of us have been staring at it, and we haven't been in contact with the outside world, and now we haven't checked the names, just the number plates of the candidates, and they don't know about Wei Bao's sitting in the bank, and they don't know whether Wei Bao is on the first list. An official said.

On the one hand, it is to show fairness, at this time, everyone knows which number plate corresponds to which candidate, and it is convenient for everyone to check the candidate's test paper, and any drawbacks can be found immediately, which is very scientific and very fair.

Of course, this is because there were few candidates in ancient times, and in modern examinations, tens of thousands of people in a county or city are often used, and it is impossible to post all the candidates' test papers.

When everyone heard this, they nodded one after another, as long as the people in the Ministry of Rites were not bought by Wei Bao! What they are most afraid of is this, Wei Bao, a young man in the township, how can he buy it to the sixth department of the imperial court? That is the core central institution of the Ming Dynasty.

"It's such a coincidence!" Wu Xiang's face was gloomy, his heart was puzzled, and he sighed and said, "I hope Wei Bao is not on the first list!" ”

The people around Wu Xiang sighed and nodded together, and followed out to look at the list.

At this time, the outside of the government office was already crowded!

The people of the Ministry of Rites entered with great difficulty under the opening of the officials of Yongping Mansion, and the list is being posted.

It's like watching a play, there weren't so many people at the beginning, and now it's the climax, and many people seem to have popped up out of nowhere.

Most of these people are gamblers who have placed bets.

Combined, there are thousands.

The hospital examination in western Liaoning has never been so lively.

Wei Bao and the candidates of Shanhai Academy, the relatives and friends of the candidates, as well as Liao Fuzi and others, crowded at the front together, because they had been waiting, so in the innermost circle, they could see the list for the first time, and the outside was densely packed with people in a circle after circle.

"Is it pasted? How's it going? Did Wei Bao win the show? ”

"Did Wei Bao hit? I bet 20 taels of silver! ”

"20 taels is a fart, I bet 30 taels of silver!"

"I bet 10 taels of silver, which is the silver I drank for half a year!"

Layers of people made noisy sounds, and all the words must contain the word Wei Bao, the word Wei Bao, which has become the hottest keyword in Liaoxi in the past few days.

Wei Bao only worked hard for a few days, and his popularity surpassed Wu Xiangzu Dashou and other local tycoons in Liaoxi and Liaodong for generations.

The list is posted at the same time, but the people who post the C and D lists are slightly faster, and the people who post the A and B lists are slightly slower.

After posting the C and D lists, Wei Bao didn't see his number plate on it, and he was a little relieved, but there were still A and B lists.

Wei Bao didn't know how many talents would be recruited by the Ministry of Rites in Liaoxi and Liaodong this time, and thought to himself that Wang Tiqian had spent effort on it, at least there was one, and there must be one, right?

Maybe two or three? Five or six?

Wei Bao only dared to expect five or six indicators at most, hoping that he was one of them, but he didn't know the specific operation behind it, and he was more panicked than anyone else.

"Childe, which one is your number plate?" Liu Chunshi saw that the first list had been posted, and asked nervously. He looked around, there was his name, but he didn't care if he had a talent in the show, Liu Chunshi is now in the scientific examination, just because of the completion of his obsession, to his thirties and then in the show, there is not much meaning, I don't know if I can lift people, that is, before the age of forty, I can lift people, and how old is the Jinshi?

A child of a poor family like Liu Chunshi, if he is a jinshi after the age of forty, that is, he will be addicted to glorifying his ancestors, and he will be old in a few years after his career.

Therefore, Liu Chunshi is more concerned about whether Gongzi has a talent in Xiucai, especially knowing that Gongzi has collected a lot of bets on this trip, if Gongzi loses, then these belongings that he has worked so hard to get will come to naught in a blink of an eye!

"Childe, how much is your number plate?" Fan asked while wiping his head with a sweat.

Everyone around Wei Bao also looked at Wei Bao together, waiting for Wei Bao to speak, anxious to death!

Wei Bao didn't speak, because he had already seen his number plate.

Wei Bao was in the mood to die at this time, and his license plate was Jiazi Liaoxi 8208.

Jiazi is the calendar year of 1624, and Liaoxi is the area where they took the exam, what does 8208 mean, Wei Bao doesn't understand, and he makes such a long list of numbers instead of names, which is also to show fairness, so as to show that the person who corrects the paper does not know which number is which candidate, because the exam number is only issued when entering the venue.

Before the paper was revised, someone specially copied the candidates' test papers, and every link was flawless and very fair.

Seeing that Wei Bao didn't speak, everyone kept urging.

Wei Bao was upset, and couldn't help but say angrily with red eyes: "Don't make any noise!" ”

It turned out that there were a total of 19 people on the first list, and Wei Bao found himself ranked 18th, Nima, he was still looking forward to being admitted to the top three, or the top five, but he didn't expect to be only in the 18th place, ranking second to last in the first list!

In previous years, the Liaoxi and Liaodong Academy exams were a show talent that couldn't come out, but this time it was ranked 18th, and it was a fart? Wait for death!

At this time, Wei Bao was disheartened, all his thoughts were discouraged, and he even had a kind of fearful thought, so he wanted to hit his head to death on the wall where the list was posted.

People who are not familiar with Wei Bao are okay, but they are secretly happy in their hearts, and when they see Wei Bao so out of shape, they know that Wei Bao must have done very poorly in the exam, and they are sure that the money is in hand, and no one scolds him because he was yelled at by Wei Bao.

People who are familiar with Wei Bao were surprised, because no matter how big things Wei Bao encountered, he could always stay calm and not mess up, although he was only 14 years old, he was very general! Why is this all of a sudden?

The hearts of Wang Qiuya, Fan Datou, Liu Chunshi, and many of Wei Bao's followers have sunk to the bottom, and they know that it is over!

At this moment, Wei Bao was cold, this was a deep-seated fear from the inside out, and then from the outside in, his brain was not stiff, but was spinning rapidly!

Wei Bao was thinking, how to escape later? When the prize is redeemed, things must be bad, you can't take out so much silver, and your own world business name must be smashed by the angry gamblers, now you have to quickly flee back to Weijiazhuang, back to the local area, no matter what happens, at least you can withstand it for a few days, and then everyone will escape from the sea in batches and settle down elsewhere!

This is Wei Bao's thoughts, the deep-seated despair, it turns out that it erodes people's hearts like this, and the whole body is like being bitten off by ants little by little, and the pain is extremely painful.

"Don't ask, when the roll is posted, don't you know what Gongzi Wei is in rank?" Wu Sanfu relieved Wei Bao very much, "Wei Gongzi, this exam is not good, and next time, your family has a big business, ten to one, it's trivial, a total of about 200,000 taels of silver, right?" Winning or losing 20,000 taels of silver, for Wei Gongzi, he can still bear it, right? ”

Except for Wei Bao himself, no one specifically knows how much the total gambling money is, some people guess more than 100,000, some people guess 200,000 taels of silver, and some people guess more than 300,000 taels of silver, however, with 200,000 taels of silver as the mainstream, everyone does not think that there can be much silver in Liaoxi, how many rich people can be.

It's just that they can't imagine that in the face of interests, silver can come out on its own.

That's why Wu Sanfu said that the gambling amount was 200,000 taels, and the winning or losing was 20,000 taels of silver.

"Wu Gongzi, don't forget, Wei Gongzi also made a bet with Wu Sangui for 10,000 taels of silver, winning or losing is not a matter of 20,000 taels of silver, and you have to add 10,000 taels of silver! Your Wu family sent it this time. Hahahaha. Wang Dongming said with a smile.

Wu Sanfu smiled slightly, didn't say anything, looked at Wei Bao's face like ashes, and felt a little sorry.

"I'm a little uncomfortable, let's go first!" Wei Bao Road.

When Wang Qiuya heard this, she hurriedly said, "Yes, if the son is uncomfortable, let's go first." ”

Fan Datou and Liu Chunshi, as well as Wei Bao's group of entourage, hurriedly separated the crowd and escorted Wei Bao out.

I don't know who shouted: "Wei Bao can't go!" ”

"Yes, Wei Bao can't go!"

"Don't let Wei Bao go! What if he slips away? ”

Wei Bao was furious, but at this time, he was weak, and he couldn't shout if he wanted to.

Fan's head was very straightforward and loudly sheltered his son-in-law, and shouted: "What are you arguing about? My son-in-law never carries a silver ticket on him! Didn't you place a bet on the firm of heaven and earth? The exchange of silver is also to go to the Heaven and Earth Firm, what is my son-in-law doing? My son-in-law is not feeling well, can't he go back to rest first? ”

Although everyone also felt that it made sense, as soon as there were more people, the herd mentality was revealed, and they still shouted not to let Wei Bao go.

Wei Bao angrily stood on the big stone pier where the big stone lion sat at the entrance of the mansion: "I'm not leaving, I'm here, don't make any noise!" ”

Wei Bao is not afraid that he will not be able to leave, today he knows that if he wants to open the list, something big must happen, so not only are there more than ten entourages around him, but there are also more than 50 escorts personally led by Lin Wenbiao and Chang Wuye and people from the Statistics Bureau, no matter what, there is no problem in escorting him out of danger.

The point is that the final result is not yet known? What are you forcing me to do one by one?

This is where Wei Bao's heart is blocked.

Although ninety percent knew that they had lost this trip, and they had lost very badly, after all, they did not finally unveil the list, and the short period of time before the final sentence was the most tormenting.

Wu Xiang and a group of officials, who were watching on the steps of the government office, were in a much better mood when they saw this, and when they saw Wei Bao arguing with the onlookers, they guessed that Wei Bao definitely did very poorly! I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"What do I say?" Zu Guangyao laughed softly: "Even if the first list is passed, Wei Bao may not be able to pass." ”

Wu Xiang also breathed a sigh of relief, twisted his beard with a smile, and was no longer as calm as he was in the government compound just now.

Most of the time, Lord Wu Xiang Wu is still very literati and pays more attention to his temperament.

When everyone heard Zu Guangyao say this, they also agreed, and they all felt that Wei Bao must have done very poorly in the exam, so he was so angry, right? They all smiled and congratulated the people around them, and asked how many bets everyone had bet on each other?

Lord Xiong, the head of the Ministry of Rites, heard everyone speak and said in surprise: "I said why don't you leave Wei Bao in three sentences, it turns out that you, as officials, have bet?" ”

Daming does not have a hard and fast rule that officials can't gamble, and it's not a big deal to gamble on pleasure, but if officials openly drink flowers and wine to find prostitutes, if they are investigated, it will be a little troublesome, in fact, no one will care about those idle things, unless there are people above who want to get you.

So everyone saw that Lord Xiong looked suddenly enlightened at this moment, and they didn't hide it anymore, and took Wei Bao's own matter of taking his Xiucai exam to sit in the village and said it.

"And such a thing?" Xiong Dadao: "No wonder you are so anxious when you hear me announce that all the talents in today's first class list are so anxious." So can you now conclude that Wei Bao can't be a showman? ”

Wu Xiang smiled and pointed to Wei Bao, who was standing on the big stone pier of the big stone lion and confronting the onlookers: "My lord, that is Wei Bao, do you look at that person's appearance, does he seem to have done well in the exam?" ”

Lord Xiong looked around, and saw Wei Baosheng's jade tree in the wind, although his figure was not very tall, he had a manly spirit, and he was not comparable to those powder-faced boys, he had already paid attention to Wei Bao at the beginning, but he didn't pay special attention.

At this time, the list and test papers have all been posted.

Xiong Xiaosi, the secretary of Lord Xiong, announced loudly: "Congratulations to the candidates of the Liaoxi and Liaodong Academy of Sciences. By the Yongping Mansion in tomorrow to produce a member card, give the birth of a crown. ”

Yes?

Although Lord Xiong had already announced in the compound of the government just now, whoever was on the first list would be a showman, but the people outside didn't know it, and all the candidates were stunned when they heard this announcement.

Those gamblers who were waiting to announce Wei Bao's exam results also began to get nervous again, although looking at Wei Bao's appearance, they knew that Wei Bao must have failed in the exam, but why did they suddenly appear that everyone who was on the first list was selected for Xiucai? Things have changed, huh? Isn't it the annual hospital examination in Liaoxi and Liaodong, where all the duck eggs are eaten? What if you say that you will make a good profit?

Everyone's eyes immediately turned to the list, there are 19 people on the first list, among these 19 people, is there Wei Bao?

Wei Bao was about to go to the eighteenth layer of hell as if he was in the underworld at this time, and suddenly someone told him that he didn't need to go to hell, and that the king of Hades had promoted him to be a judge.

The two heavens of sorrow and joy, the transition from sadness to ecstasy was too intense, and Wei Bao's brain was short-circuited all at once, and on the big stone pier where the big stone lion was sitting, he immediately crumbled.

Many people's eyes were focused on Wei Bao, and when everyone saw that Wei Bao looked like he was about to faint, they exclaimed in a hurry.

Wang Qiuya, Fan Datou and Liu Chunshi, as well as Wei Bao's guards, were the loudest.

A few of Wei Bao's personal attendants had already helped Wei Gongzi and let him come down.

Wei Bao was out of breath and rested in Sui Hu's arms.

"What's the matter, what's the trouble?" Everyone on Wu Xiang's side was confused when they saw Wei Bao fainting, and an official asked.

"It seems that Wei Bao passed out." An official replied.

"Hmph, I'm afraid I'm scared and fainted, do you think this Wei Bao has a lot of wealth, even if everyone's bets add up to 300,000 taels, he only pays 30,000 taels of silver, can he faint in fright?" An official snorted.

"Thirty thousand taels of silver is not much? Dude, what a big breath. Zu Guangyao was in a very good mood, and he smiled.

"Master Zu, don't laugh at me, right? Thirty thousand taels of silver, isn't it trivial for your ancestors? The official who was teased by Zu Guangyao didn't care either, and fought back with a smile.

Wei Bao fainted, but it made everyone's atmosphere more relaxed and happy.

The only contradictory person in the audience was Wu Xuexia standing beside Wu Xiang, Wu Xuexia didn't know why, but now she actually felt scared, especially when she saw Wei Bao fainting, she keenly found that Wei Bao might not be able to afford to lose this time, and she actually began to worry that Wei Bao was coming.

knew that if Wei Bao couldn't pay the money, he would really hand over his life.

Wang Qiuya, Fan Datou, Liu Chunshi and others asked Wei Bao if there was anything wrong.

Wei Bao shook his head gently, his lips were white, and he was in a hurry to get up, but his head was still a little dizzy, and he couldn't stand such a toss as a normal person.

Wei Bao has a lot of questions now, although he saw it clearly just now, he is the 18th and is also on the first list!

I also heard clearly that the officials of the Ministry of Rites said that the people who were on the first list this time were all talented, that is to say, they were talented!

However, the surprise came too suddenly, Wei Bao still couldn't believe it, and urgently needed to get up to confirm.

"Wei Gongzi, how are you?" Wu Sanfu came over and asked with concern.

"Wu Gongzi, I'm fine, I can get up after a few breaths." Wei Bao squinted.

"Quick, go get some hot tea for Wei Gongzi to drink!" Wu Sanfu nodded and said to Wang Qiuya.

Wang Qiuya agreed, and hurriedly asked people to get hot tea, and there was a tea shop opposite, which was not a difficult task.

"Wei Gongzi, how much is your number plate? Is it on the top list? Wu Sanfu asked again.

As Wu Sanfu asked, the noisy environment in all directions just now suddenly quieted down, and everyone was waiting for Wei Bao to say his number plate.

The number plate is the seat number that the candidates made temporarily before entering the examination room, so only Wei Bao himself knows.

Wei Bao opened his mouth to speak.

A person with sharp eyes saw the original exam papers of the candidates being posted by the officials, including Wei Bao's, and said loudly: "The test papers are posted, no need to ask, Wei Bao is on the first list!" 18th in the first list! ”

Because it was a quiet state at this time, this person's shout was extremely abrupt and clear, and it was like a bomb detonating the whole audience in an instant, and a huge roar was formed by the confluence of thousands of people's mouths to form a huge echo, which shook everyone's eardrums.

What the?

Did Wei Bao win the show?

Wei Bao is on the first list?

Wei Bao won the show?

Wei Bao is on the first list?

These two sentences, as if there is some kind of spell, keep hovering in everyone's minds.

All the people who participate in gambling, one counts as one, all of them are people who can't show off their talents in buying Wei Bao, and Wei Bao's close people will not participate in this kind of gambling, so as long as they are gambling people, no one can accept this reality.

Basically, they are all people who want to fight for bankruptcy, even if they don't get to the point of bankruptcy, they still mobilize all the money they can use together and are ready to fight, where can they accept this?