"In the eighteenth year of Shaoxing, Wuchen Branch, the Ministry of Rites tried to take the names of the Gongshi as follows, the first place Fujian Zhang Qifei, the second place Wang Shaogang... Sixth place Wang Zuo, seventh place Zhang Yu... The 268th Zhu Xi ......"

Under the notice wall at the entrance of the Gongyuan, there are six pieces of large yellow paper, which are densely filled with the names of people the size of fingernails with red pens.

Officials knew that the crowd would rush to watch the list, and they also specially arranged for a loud official to perform the roll call.

As one name after another popped out of his mouth, there were bursts of chagrin or surprise from the crowd of onlookers.

"I'm in it, I'm in it, mother, the child is finally in the test! Woowoo woo ......"

"Straight lady thief, ten years of hard work and change again, what bullshit, woo woo, obviously I answered very well, why didn't I hit, woo woo!"

Whether it is a cry of surprise or a sad cry, with the end of the roll call, these noisy voices all converge into one, with the Gongyuan as the center, spreading in all directions, and the people in the deep house compound or the thatched hut in the countryside are moving in all directions.

The veterans who were sitting in the restaurant and preparing to "catch their sons-in-law" in advance also commanded the nursing home to "catch" the candidates who had long been optimistic.

These powerful men tiptoed up to the candidates who were crying bitterly, and asked with concern: "Why are you crying bitterly this minister?" ”

The examinee replied with an angry face: "Straight lady thief, grandpa didn't hit, why do you say you're crying?" ”

"Oh, it's the villain who doesn't have long eyes, and you continue to cry!"

After speaking, he hurriedly left this unlucky ghost, walked to the next candidate who was crying bitterly, and cautiously asked again: "Dare to ask this little official, why are you crying?" ”

The candidate grinned, and while laughing, he pointed to the name of the person on the yellow list and said: "See, Yongzhou Wei Youfu is me!" Hahaha, I'm in! ”

Zhuang Jiading colored his companions, then looked at the candidate in the middle, and confirmed again: "Oh, Xiao Xianggong, there are many people with the same name in this world, are you sure you have passed the test?" ”

What a thing to say! The candidate on the list rolled his eyes and glared at him, if he hadn't been in a good mood, he would have ignored him a long time ago.

"There are many names in the world, but among the candidates from Yongzhou in this subject, I am the only one named Wei Youfu!"

Zhuang Jiading was very sure when he heard this, and then waved his hand in the air and said, "In this way, the villain has been offended!" ”

After speaking, he shouted to the left and right, "Come on!" Hurry up and invite this prime minister to the teahouse and meet the master! ”

With a loud shout, the four big men carried the candidate to the list like catching a chick.

This candidate was frightened, his face turned white, and he asked tremblingly: "I said a few strong men, where are you going to arrest me!" ”

"Hahaha!" The family who had been asking him before said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, a few people in a certain family are servants of the Zhao family's rice and grain store in the capital, and they were sent by the master's family to invite you to the teahouse for a while. Boom, boom, boom......"

As the strong man said it like a matchmaker, the candidates who were held up in the air stopped struggling, and the pedestrians who were originally panicked and avoided next to him also cast envious eyes.

"It turned out that he was caught! What a double blessing! Congratulations! ”

In a congratulatory voice, this small group of people carried the candidates and left quickly, and just as they were about to walk out of the crowd, a wave of people rushed out of the oblique stabs.

Seeing this, the leader of the family knew that he had encountered a halfway robbery, so he carefully put the candidate on the ground with a shout, and then the four of them surrounded him together, rolled up their sleeves, and prepared to fight back.

Before the two groups of people here started, a group of black-clothed men rushed out of the restaurant over there, and this time it became a three-legged trend.

This examinee originally had a happy expression, but the situation suddenly changed, and it became like this, these big men, they are all rough men, and they don't have a serious start, what if they miss in the chaos, so he hurriedly shouted:

"Wait, what are you doing here?"

What else can this do? Naturally, it's up for you! The leader of the two waves of halfway robbers replied loudly: "Back to the little official, we are the servants of the Zhangjia Restaurant, and my little lady likes you very much, so the master said, as long as the little official is willing to marry my little lady, the dowry will be 3,000 yuan!" ”

Three thousand? Immediately able to make himself a poor boy into a member of the big official, so the candidates on the list were a little moved, and before they could say yes, a fat businessman suddenly came out of the latter wave of people, and he directly laughed: "Oh, hey, a dignified tribute, and soon it will be a Jinshi Xianggong, and I want to send it away with only three thousand guan, hehehe, I bid five thousand," and added when he was done: "My daughter, who is easy to give birth to a man, will get married this year, and I will give you a big fat son next year!" ”

5,000? The big fat son, the candidates on the list are about to faint with happiness.

He was happy, the leaders of the family who invited him first were about to die, and at this moment, he didn't dare to speak at will! If you send someone to invite the master, it will not be good if there are fewer people and be snatched away, if you don't go to invite, the people will openly agree, and you have to get out of the way, just when the leader of the family was scratching his ears and cheeks anxiously, the voice of his master sounded outside the crowd.

"I said guys, what are you doing blocking my son-in-law here!"

The faint voice revealed a strong force, and the crowd immediately got out of the way.

Immediately afterwards, a thin Shi Shen wearing moire Shu brocade walked in, as soon as this Shi Shen entered the crowd, he first went to take a look at the scholar who was snatched by his servants, and saw that his limbs were well-proportioned, and his age and appearance were not bad, so he nodded with satisfaction.

He nodded, but the person next to him disagreed, "I said that Zhao Yuanwai, your 'son-in-law' must have shouted a little early!" ”

"Not early, not early! Let's go back to the wedding! Zhao Yuanwai said with a smile, looking at the smiling face of this old man, the person who asked the question was instantly choked and didn't know what to say.

"You ......"

"Don't you, you, I said, Brother Sun, your well-born daughter should be left to others! Hahaha! ”

After saying this, Zhang turned his head and said to the servant sent out by Zhangjia Restaurant to rob people: "There is also your Zhangjia Restaurant, go back and tell your host, my family will use your food for happy events!" Hahaha! ”

Those who can make rice and grain have some background and influence in business, so neither of them dares to speak.

But behind it is his own restaurant, if people can't grab it, they will have to be punished if they can't go back, so the servant stubbornly said:

"This, this, according to the rules, the three of us should fight, let's let this minister choose for himself!"

Zhao Yuanwai didn't expect that this servant didn't want to let go, so he frowned and smiled: "What, do you want to compare with me with the properties of the two restaurants?" ”

"No, no, I mean the rules, I..."

"Humph!"

Zhao Yuanwai snorted coldly, and instantly stopped the servant, and then looked up at the people watching around, as well as the candidates who were looking at themselves in fear, pondered in his heart, and said with a soothing face: "I'm not a messy person, since everyone has to follow the rules, then come, what, my daughter's appearance is a little worse, but the dowry here, I am out of 8,000 yuan, in addition, there are thirty acres of land outside the city, and there is a shop for your small two pocket flowers, the most important thing is that!" ”

Zhao Yuanwai looked straight at the candidate on the list and said: "As long as you and my daughter are indeed married, I dare to pat my chest and promise you that you will be promoted in three years!" How's that? ”

Why did you go to great lengths to participate in this imperial examination? In addition to making a fortune, the ultimate thing is to be an official! He dared to guarantee that he would be promoted in three years, what else is there to say, the village woman in his hometown, well, go back and discuss with her, let her be small, if she dares to make trouble, she will be retired, let her go home, so as not to delay her promotion and make a fortune.

Thinking like this, the examinee arched his hand with joy on his face and said, "Son-in-law to meet my father-in-law!" ”

"Hahaha......"

In the loud laughter of Zhao Yuanwai's demonstration, the two waves of people who came to grab people halfway foolishly got out of the way.

The farce of the three parties, in the big drama behind the list, can only be regarded as a small episode, tens of thousands of people poured into this not wide street, and the walls collapsed in two sections, not to mention a few people quarreling together.

Crying, shouting, laughing, watching the excitement and shouting loudly, all shouted around this Gongyuan, as time passed, maybe those candidates who won the list were invited to go, and the place slowly returned to calm.

A light rain came and fell, and the candidates who remained in front of this yellow list were all those who never believed.

They put their eyes close to the yellow list, looking at the name of one person, one by one, three times before and after, and when they looked at it for the fourth time, they didn't know whether it was rain or tears from the corners of their eyes.

"Brother Dog, there are fewer people now, let's go over!" Yang Xiaoxiu wanted to run over for a long time, but the dog was afraid of an accident, and if he was unfamiliar with the place, he would not be able to find it back if he was abducted by the flower racket, so he kept him from going, and finally endured it until now.

"Let's go! I've thought about it too! ”

The dog smiled, and led a few people to the yellow list with umbrellas.

When he arrived, the dog paid himself that he didn't have that much ability, so he looked back to the front, and the names of the people passed one after another, but the five words of Longzhou Zhao Dagou did not appear, and the bad mood came immediately.

Although the dog has always said that it doesn't hurt to fail the test, but when he really has to face it, he is really disappointed and troubled.

"Brother Dog, why don't you have your name! Are we looking at the wrong list? ”

Since Yang Xiaoxiu came to be a scholar with the dog, he has recognized more and more words, so he naturally recognizes the words "Jinshike" and "Lock Hall Test".

"Don't comfort me!" The dog sighed and said, "Alas, this time we have come for nothing!" ”

"It's okay, it's okay, you're still young, it's not too late to wait for another subject!" Panglang also comforted.

The dog nodded, and could only think so.

The rain in the sky was getting heavier and heavier, and since he didn't make the list, the dog planned to go back early, and when he turned around and raised his legs to leave, there was an angry cry in his ears.

"Fraud! Cheat! This is a blatant disregard of national affairs as child's play, and the whole world's actions are used as monkeys! ”

"Heaven is unfair, faint officials are in charge, I waited thousands of miles to come, but I was dismissed by such corrupt officials and corrupt officials, it is really unfair! Look at the way of the world, O God! Please rain down the Nine Heavenly Thunder and beat these faint officials and thieves to death! I would like to sacrifice for you with my blood! ”

"Bang ......"

Watermelon bursts!