In just a moment, the young man's face changed from enthusiasm to coldness, and he said dissatisfiedly: "How can Brother Qingyang and Brother Yansheng be with this person!" ”

"Guo Zhaoqing!"

Zhang Yansheng's face was solemn, he looked at him, and said with a disappointed face: "A year ago, when we talked about policy theory, you once said that the imperial examination should be based on policy theory, and the person should be a real talent for governing the country, but the examiner values those routine articles, which are not beneficial to the country, and a year later, have you forgotten what you said a year ago?" ”

"I ......" Guo Zhaoqing was stunned, unable to refute for a while.

Zhang Yansheng looked at him, his eyes were blazing, and asked, "Did you just say that you said it?" ”

Guo Zhaoqing lowered his head and said with some shame: "I, I said it." ”

"Brother Tang and we have the same ambitions and ideals......" Zhang Yansheng looked at him and said with a disappointed face: "But he is different from us, he has more backbone and courage than us, he is willing to give up his future, but also to risk his life, alert the examiner, and recruit talents for the country, but what about you, you are slandering him behind his back...... if you Guo Zhaoqing has fallen to this point, after today, I Zhang Yansheng is ashamed of you and others!" ”

Xu Qingyang took a step forward and said calmly: "What Yansheng means is what I mean by Xu Qingyang." ”

Xu Qingyang and Zhang Yansheng are famous talents in Lingzhou, and they have always been the leaders of Lingzhou students.

The most important face of a scholar, Guo Zhaoqing has already been embarrassed by him, lowered his head, and said ashamedly: "It's all me who is confused for a while, don't blame Brother Qingyang Yansheng......."

Guo Zhaoqing looked at Tang Ning, bowed to the end, and said guiltily: "Guo is confused, I don't know Tang Jieyuan's high righteousness, and I have made amends to Tang Jieyuan here!" ”

Tang Ning waved his hand and said, "Knowing your mistakes can improve a lot, it's okay, it's okay." ”

Guo Zhaoqing saw that he didn't care at all, and the guilt on his face became even stronger.

When Zhang Yansheng loudly reprimanded Guo Zhaoqing just now, countless people had already gathered around, and after seeing this scene, his face gradually became complicated.

They are people who read, they learn the words of sages, they talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, and the original intention of the imperial examination is to glorify their ancestors and serve the country......

They were also ambitious, they were impassioned, they also pinpointed the disadvantages of the times, and criticized the injustices, but now, they can only write some routine articles in order to win the imperial examination.

The surname Tang is an outlier.

He did what everyone wanted to do but didn't dare to do, and he caused some trouble for future candidates, who hated him but admired him.

No wonder Xu Qingyang and Zhang Yansheng treat him like this, he is a person who is hated by countless readers, but he is also a pure person, pure, brave, and fearless.

No one is like Guo Zhaoqing, bowing down to him and admitting his mistakes, but the people around him, looking at him, have more or less changed.

Boom!

In the depths of the garden, a bell rang, indicating that the deer feast had officially begun.

Countless figures, from all sides of the garden, walked towards a building in the middle that covered an extremely large area.

Xu Qingyang looked at Tang Ning and said with a smile: "Brother Tang, let's go too." ”

There are eight people at the Luming banquet and one table, and there are two hundred and forty new recruits in the Lingzhou State Examination, plus the main exam, and there are more than thirty tables in the hall.

The tables are ranked in the back according to the rankings of the two lists, Tang Ning, as Xie Yuan, and Xu Qingyang, Zhang Yansheng and other top eight, are naturally in the table closest to the examiners and local officials.

After everyone sat down, the local officials of Lingzhou and the state examination examiners slowly entered.

Fang Hong is a servant of the Ministry of Officials, in terms of official position and real power, he is the head of all officials, walking in front of everyone, and behind him, there is also a small tail.

Big tail.

Fang Xiaopang has a sense of presence everywhere he goes, and it is impossible to be ignored.

From this point, it can be seen that Fang Hong is really conniving at his niece, after Fang Xiaopang raised his head and said a few words to Fang Hong, Fang Hong nodded slightly, and she ran over quickly.

Fang Xiaopang ran to Tang Ning's side and said happily, "I'll sit with you!" ”

Tang Ning knew why she wanted to come over, Fang Hong was surrounded by officials, she couldn't let go, if she couldn't let go, she wouldn't be able to eat, this was what she cared about the most.

Tang Ning looked at Xu Qingyang beside him and said apologetically: "I'm going to wronged Brother Xu." ”

"It doesn't matter." Xu Qingyang smiled and said, "It's good for me and Yansheng to squeeze them." ”

On the banquet, there were eight people per table, two people on each side, and one Fang Xiaopang was squeezed in, and Xu Qingyang and Zhang Yansheng wanted the three of them to squeeze together.

They saw clearly just now that the little ...... in front of them, the fat girl came with Master Fang Hongfang, but she looked very familiar with Tang Ning, and several people were puzzled and surprised in their hearts.

Fang Xiaopang looked at Tang Ning, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and asked, "What about roasting whole deer?" ”

Tang Ning looked at her and said, "The food hasn't been served yet, wait." ”

Fang Xiaopang was sitting precariously, the expression on her face was a little expectant and excited, she had eaten mutton, beef, pork, chicken, duck, fish, and had never eaten venison......

The Luming Banquet is not a simple banquet, it has a set of extremely cumbersome process specifications, which need to be strictly followed by the rules, and not a single step can be saved.

Before the banquet, you must first play the song of "Deer Song", and then read the song of "Deer Song" to enliven the atmosphere, and then the speeches of the two examiners, make a summary of the state test, encourage and encourage all the new recruits, and then the speech of the local officials in Lingzhou, and wait until everyone finishes speaking, and then play a song "Deer Song", and then start to serve the food.

Now it was Lingzhou's turn to speak, Fang Xiaopang's face had completely collapsed, he covered his stomach, pulled Tang Ning's clothes, and asked in a low voice, "Why don't you serve the food yet?" ”

Tang Ning looked at her, lowered his voice and said, "Why don't you eat some pastries and preserved fruits first?" ”

"I didn't bring ......" Fang Xiaopang shook his head and said, "I haven't eaten today......"

Fang Xiaopang didn't eat for a quarter of an hour, it was an incomprehensible thing for Tang Ning, she was actually hungry for a whole day for tonight's meal, fortunately she was not born in the afterlife, but in all self-service restaurants, the boss had to be panicked by her.

The Luming banquet was extremely pompous, extremely luxurious, with dozens of hot and cold dishes, Tang Ning still remembered that when he told Fang Xiaopang this, her eyes flashed with an unprecedented light.

After Dong Tingshi finished speaking, he was replaced by a teacher from Lingzhou Mansion.

He was pouring encouragement to the Lingzhou students above, Fang Xiaopang leaned on Tang Ning's shoulder, and said weakly: "I'm dizzy......"

The instructor's speech would not end for a while, and Tang Ning was a little worried in her heart, what if she really fainted from hunger?

Thinking of this, suddenly a figure hurriedly ran from outside and said a few words in Fang Hong's ear.

Tang Ning saw that the faces of all the officials showed a look of surprise, and he was faintly vigilant, so he got up and left the table one after another, and walked outside quickly.

The students present were also puzzled, but they could only sit here honestly.

"I'm so hungry, I'm so dizzy......" Fang Xiaopang leaned on Tang Ning's shoulder, and his voice was almost inaudible.

Tang Ning looked left and right, all the officials had already walked out of the door, and the attention of all the beings in the field was also at the door, he took Fang Xiaopang's hand and whispered, "Let's go, I'll take you to eat." ”

Fang Xiaopang suddenly lifted his spirits and asked, "Where to go?" ”

Their seats were close to the side door, and Downing pulled her out of the seat quietly, flashing out through the side door.

Zhang Yansheng's eyes looked at the gate and said in surprise: "What happened?" ”

"Judging by the appearance of your lords, there should be something important, let's just wait here." Xu Qingyang shook his head and said, when his gaze was withdrawn, he looked at somewhere next to the table, and said in surprise: "What about Brother Tang?" ”

At the door, Fang Hong looked at a few figures coming from a distance, and arched his hand: "A few envoys are here, but what's the matter?" ”

"It's not anything important, but I heard that your lordships are holding a banquet of Luming here today, so I want to come over and meet the young talents of Da Chen." A middle-aged man waved his hand and asked with a smile, "I'll wait for you to come uninvited, you adults won't be surprised, right?" ”