For some things, Downing has a lot of experience.

When you are hated by many people, it is better not to appear in front of them.

Think about it, if he puts all his net worth on Gu Bai and Cui Lang, and even loses his wife in the deed and title deed, he will hate them with itchy teeth.

Gamblers are terrible, and gamblers who lose red-eyed are even more terrible, and it is light to kick them to vent their anger, but he had already reminded the three of them when he left just now, that place is close to Gongyuan, and there should be no problems.

Xiao Jue folded his fingers and calculated, looked at him, and asked, "What do you think of if I try to bet you as the champion?" ”

If Xiao Juedian tried to bet on him as the champion, Tang Ning estimated that he would lose not even his underwear.

The palace examination generally only tests three policy theories, sometimes two, because it only takes half a day to calculate, there is not enough time to conceive, and the overall difficulty is much greater than that of the state and provincial examinations.

His two most advantageous games were removed, which magnified the difficulty of the strategy, and the results naturally spoke for themselves, if there was an option to buy his own loss, Tang Ning would definitely buy it.

He looked at Xiao Jue and said, "You better dispel this idea earlier." ”

On the list just now, Tang Ning also saw Xiao Jue's name, although he was at the bottom of the second list, he was also successful.

Except for Gu Bai, who is different, among the gentlemen of Jingshi, this is already a good result, Tang Ning did not see Tang Zhao's name on the list, Liu Jun, Mu Yu and others, they were also nameless.

Of course, this does not have much impact on their future, whether they can pass the exam or not, in a few months, Xiao Jue will go to the palace to be on duty.

Jingzhong didn't know how many people were waiting for the provincial test list, and when Tang Ning and Xiao Jue went back in the carriage, there were countless fast horses passing in front of their carriage.

Palace.

A silver-armored guard rode into the palace, and when he reached a certain step, he simply turned over and dismounted, and galloped towards the palace in front of him.

"Your Majesty, the provincial test list is hanging!"

Not long after, in the palace, Emperor Chen held a fold in his hand, and what was written on the fold was the tribute who was hired in this provincial trial.

The silver-armored guard knelt on one knee and said in a loud voice: "In this provincial test, a total of 212 tributes have been recorded, please take a look at Your Majesty!" ”

"Okay." Emperor Chen smiled, opened the fold, glanced at it, and smiled again: "At the top of the provincial test, I really didn't see the wrong person, and the child of the Gu family has always been very good; Heh, this kid, he finally didn't disgrace the Xiao family......"

Wei Jian walked up, holding a fold in his hand, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is the fold of Scholar Li." ”

Mr. Li is the chief examiner of this provincial examination, and in his excerpt, he must be talking about the specific situation of this provincial examination.

Emperor Chen looked at the list again, and then opened another letter and looked at it carefully.

After glancing at it, he said in surprise: "He answered all the answers correctly in the first game, and everyone else focused on it, but he was good, and there was no ...... that didn't focus on a subject."

As he spoke, his face flashed with memories and sighed, "I want to ...... back then."

Wei Jian looked up at him and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the old slave thinks that Tang Xiao Divine Doctor is different from Lord Xiao Fang. ”

"Knowledgeable so far, the poems and essays are highly respected by all the examiners, although the essay is mediocre, but it is praised as a "practical strategy" by several assistant examiners...... "Emperor Chen's eyes moved to the fold in his hand again, and said: "He has had a bad life since he was a child, and there is no famous teacher to teach, it is really a little unbelievable to be able to do this step, if my princes can have half of his hard work, I can also take a break." ”

Wei Jian smiled and said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty, the old slave has another talent." ”

Chen Huang glanced at him, "You are the best at talking......"

After the provincial test was announced, in a very short period of time, the Jingshi fell into a boil.

"It's a list, it's a list!"

"What's going on, who's the number one? Gu Bai or Cui Lang? ”

"No, it's a person surnamed Tang, it seems to be called Tang Ning!"

"What, my ten taels of silver, just flew like this......"

"What do the surnamed Gu and the surnamed Cui do to eat, don't you say that the two of them are the most promising!"

……

Most people don't care about who is the top name, they only pay attention to the matter of releasing the list, as the people of Beijing, they naturally have to pay attention to every major event in the country at all times.

Of course, a small number of people still care about who is the first name, because the name Tang Ning is listed first, and they will lose a lot of silver, but when they scold their mothers on the street, they scold Gu Bai and Cui Lang......

Ministry of Rites.

Liu Feng, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, had already come out of the Tribute Academy, stood beside Tang Huai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, sighed, and said: "His first two examination papers, I really can't find any flaws, which is enough to make up for his unbrilliant strategies, and there is nothing to make a fuss about." ”

Tang Huai lowered his head to deal with the affairs and did not speak, Liu Feng thought for a while, and said: "However, above the palace examination, there is only a strategy, but at the level of the strategy, he can't get into the first class, at most he ranks second, this time the palace test is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, adults can rest assured......"

Tang Huai put down his pen and asked casually, "How did Zhao'er do in the exam?" ”

The expression on Liu Feng's face was a little embarrassed, and he said, "Tang Zhaogongzi, he is not on the list." ”

Tang Mansion, Tang Qi's beard was trembling, pointed at Tang Zhao, and said angrily: "Look at you, what do you know all day except for causing trouble and embarrassing the Tang family!" ”

Tang Zhao also just learned about the release of the list, his face was gloomy, he lowered his head, and did not say a word, but his heart was relaxed, the damn imperial examination was finally over, and the provincial examination failed, wouldn't he even have to participate in the palace examination.

That is, from now on, he is free......

Seeing his unrepentant appearance, Tang Qi became even more angry, pointed at him, shook his head one after another, and said, "You, you are not even as good as Xiao Jue, what else do you say?" ”

A graceful voice passed by the courtyard gate, and the probe glanced inside, and quietly flashed into another courtyard.

She looked at the woman standing in the courtyard and said happily: "Sister-in-law, he won the first place in the provincial exam this time, and besides, I won a lot of money......

……

At Zhongfu's dinner table today, the food was extraordinarily rich, Tang Ning took a bite of food, and saw that his father-in-law's face was a little red when he was drinking, and he kept clinking glasses with the third uncle.

His mother-in-law didn't allow him to drink more before, but today she made an exception and poured him several times herself.

Even Xiaoyi and Xiaoru took a sip shallowly, they never drank, and after a small sip, their faces were flushed and their pretty faces were flying, looking more and more bright and moving.

Tang Fairy had already drunk half a jar, but he didn't feel bright and moving at all.

She was obviously a little drunk, and her drinking posture was very heroic, with one foot on the chair, her wrist on her knee, looking at Tang Ning, and asking, "When is the palace exam, do you want to bet you to win the top prize?" ”

If you lose, you want to turn over, and if you win, you still want to win, this is the typical gambler's psychology. She poured all her wealth into this time and made a lot of money, but if she really dared to bet on herself to win the top prize, I am afraid that she would have to return to the pre-liberation period overnight.

Tang Ning shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'll accept it when I see it, I'm really not sure about it." ”

Tang Fairy thought for a while, looked at him, and asked, "Do you want to gamble secretly?" ”

"Am I like the kind of person who eats alone?" Tang Ning looked at her and said, "If I want to gamble secretly by myself, I won't tell you last time." ”

"Last time, you didn't have any money." Tang Fairy ruthlessly debunked him.

In this way, I couldn't talk to her anymore, and I had almost eaten, Tang Ning put down his chopsticks, stood up, and walked towards the courtyard.

Li Tianlan walked in from outside, looked at him and said, "Congratulations." ”

Tang Fairy followed Tang Ning out of the house, saw Li Tianlan standing in the yard, and after being stunned, he crossed his waist with one hand and pointed at her with the other, and said loudly: "Hey, Li Bolan, do you dare to fight with me?" ”