At the end of the provincial examination, all candidates' test papers will be transcribed and confused before they will be handed over to the examiner for review.

The provincial examination is extremely important, and those who are admitted are the foundation of the imperial court, so they are also highly valued, and no mistakes are allowed in every link.

Due to the different number of candidates each year, the number of test papers, and the difficulty of marking are also different, the time for the release of the provincial test results over the years is uncertain, but it will not exceed the end of April at the latest.

The number of people admitted to the provincial examination every year is about 200, and these people are already from Jinshi, because the palace examination is only ranked second, and no one will be defeated.

The palace examination was held in the imperial palace, but it was not presided over by the emperor, but also by a temporarily appointed examiner, and finally ten people were selected, and the names were handed over to the emperor along with the examination papers, and the emperor himself decided who would be the champion and the first class jinshi.

Tang Ning is no longer the junior brother on the imperial examination, he has three provincial examinations, and he has answered decently in each game, and he has not found any omissions until now, the poems and essays are all famous through the ages, and the strategies and theories are also according to what Li Tianlan taught him, there is no deliberate show-off skills, and the possibility of failure is very small.

On the night of the end of the provincial test, Tang Ning took his family to the natural residence, and these days, except for him, everyone's hearts are hanging.

Even though the waiter of the natural dwelling repeatedly refused, he still insisted on paying the money.

First, he is not very bad at money now, and secondly, he can't always take advantage of Su Fox, there is never a free lunch in this world, the more he owes, the more he needs to repay when the time comes.

I don't know where Su Fox went, I haven't seen her for more than a month.

It's still early for the provincial test to make a list, although there are still some things to do, such as the decoration of the house, and to discuss with Tang Fairy about opening a bookstore to make money, but everything must be done with Zhang Youchi, and he plans to relax for two days before doing these things.

So when Xiao Jue came over at night and asked him to go out for a drink, Tang Ning did not refuse.

"The provincial test is over, and this time my dad won't nag me." Xiao Jue put his hands behind his head and said with a relaxed face: "How did you do in the exam this time?" ”

"Okay."

"You are Lingzhou Xie Yuan, you say it's okay, and the ranking must be in front." Xiao Jue shook his head and said, "I don't know what kind of official you can make in a few days, I have to enter the palace anyway, my father has already agreed with His Majesty, let me be a lieutenant in the palace first......"

There is still a gap between the promotion of Xiao Jue's powerful children and ordinary people, especially in the family of military generals, the imperial examination is just a process, they can directly enter the palace through family relations, and the starting point is the school captain and the like, like Lu Teng, who was kicked away by Tang Yaoyao, took such a path.

It is almost impossible for ordinary people who have no background to be on duty in the palace.

Tang Ning followed Xiao Jue, saw him walk into a certain building, looked up, and paused.

Xiao Jue glanced back and asked, "What are you doing there, and you don't come in?" ”

"Didn't you mean drinking?" Tang Ning raised his head and confirmed again, there shouldn't be any restaurant called Qunfang Pavilion, right?

Xiao Jue waved his hand and said, "Where can't you drink, it's boring to just drink, I said before, I will take you to all the fun places in this Jingshi......"

"You two came early, why don't you go in?"

Before Tang Ning could speak, a voice came from behind him, Liu Jun, Mu Yu and others walked over and surrounded them inside.

"Liu Gongzi, you haven't been here for a long time, oops, Xiao Xiaogong is also here, ah, Mu Gongzi, Huang Gongzi......" A charming woman trotted over from a distance, and said with a smile on her face: "I heard a magpie calling early in the morning, and I was still wondering what the happy event was just now, but now I finally know it......"

Tang Ning took a step to the side and stood with the young man named Gu Bai, although this person was sullen, he looked polite on the outside, and he looked like a decent man and a gentleman, much better than Liu Jun and them.

Liu Jun waved his hand and said, "Bring good wine and food, and call a few girls to come up, you want the best looks, don't fool me......"

The old bustard smiled and said, "Whatever Liu Gongzi said, he naturally wants to call the best girl to you......"

Seeing this situation, Tang Ning regretted coming here a little, and hesitated slightly, so at this moment, Gu Bai turned his head to look at him, and asked in surprise: "Brother Tang, isn't it the first time to come to Qinglou?" ”

Tang Ning nodded, he had never seen such a scene in his previous life, and it was the first time in his life.

"As a man, I haven't even been to Qinglou, I really can't imagine how Brother Tang has spent all these years." Gu Bai shook his head and said, "If that's the case, Brother Tang wants to have a good time today, and in a few days, when you wait for the title of the gold list, it will be a little inappropriate to come to this kind of place again." ”

"Heh, I didn't expect Brother Gu to be here...... too" As soon as Gu Bai's voice fell, a voice came from behind him.

"Cui Lang." Gu Bai looked at him and said with a smile: "Who should I be, it turns out to be Brother Cui, hey, Brother Shen is also there." ”

Gu Bai said a word, then looked at Tang Ning and introduced: "This is Jiangzhou Xie Yuan, and this is Mingzhou Xie Yuan." ”

Jiangzhou and Mingzhou both belong to Jiangnan, Jiangnan and Jingshi are both major education provinces, and the gold content of Xie Yuan in these two states is far from being comparable to ordinary state capitals, plus Gu Bai of the five states of Gyeonggi Xie Yuan, he is regarded as his three strongest opponents above the provincial test.

That Jiangzhou Xie Yuan looked at Tang Ning and asked, "This brother Tai looks a little familiar, I don't know the name of Brother Tai?" ”

Those who can be with Gu Bai are naturally not simple people, although it is unlikely to be a threat to them, but it always does not hurt to make friends.

Tang Ning looked at him and said, "Don't give your surname Tang, Tang Ning." ”

"Downing!" When Cui Lang heard this, his face changed slightly, and he was not convinced: "Lingzhou Xie Yuan Tangning? ”

Gu Bai couldn't help laughing and said, "What's the matter, I'm afraid, even if you can beat me this time, I'm afraid you will have to be planted in the hands of Brother Tang." ”

As one of the most popular people in this imperial examination, Cui Lang naturally knew his opponent, Shen Jian was familiar with him, plus Gu Bai, the three of them were half a catty and eight taels, and if they had to divide the superiority, luck also accounted for a large part.

But this legendary Lingzhou Xie Yuan is different.

It is said that this person is well-read and knowledgeable, and he answered all the answers correctly in the first state test, and Cui Lang thinks that he has no such ability.

In addition, his title of "poetry madman" is known to everyone, and no one knows about it, and no one will be stronger than him in the second scene.

Although the strategy of the last game is Cui Lang's strength, this Lingzhou Xie Yuan's strategy seems to be unique, at least his Cui Lang's strategy is not qualified to be taken to the main hall for discussion by hundreds of officials.

Of course, Lingzhou's state test naturally can't be compared with Jiangzhou's, but Tang Jieyuan's achievements still make him vigilant enough.

He arched his hand to Tang Ning and said, "Brother Tang's name, I have admired him for a long time. ”

Gu Bai looked at him and said, "Don't stand outside anymore, since you happen to meet you, let's have two drinks together." ”

A few people walked up the stairs, Cui Lang looked at Gu Bai, and asked: "The first question of this provincial examination is more than in previous years, I don't know if Brother Gu has finished answering?" ”

Gu Bai shook his head and said, "How can this be answered, my hand is about to be broken, and I only answered eighty percent." ”

Cui Lang breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Brother Shen and I are about eighty percent of the same. ”

He turned his head to look at Tang Ning and asked, "What about Brother Tang?" ”

Tang Ning thought for a moment and said, "It's about the same as you. ”

Cui Lang's heart was completely put down, if he didn't leave them behind too much in this first game, he would have the confidence to catch up with the gap in strategy, after all, above the provincial test, the most important thing is strategy.

Gu Bai looked at Tang Ning and asked, "How much worse?" ”

Tang Ning smiled and said, "It's only two percent." ”

Cui Lang stepped on the stairs and stumbled, but fortunately, Shen Jian behind him helped him and didn't fall down.