"Come, cheers for Brother Shen and Ah Bing to be on the list!" Xiao Pengcheng raised his glass and proposed, and everyone also got up and touched each other with cups.

"Who are you?" Wang Siming walked in from the backyard in a daze, and when he woke up, he found that he was sleeping in a strange place, wasn't he waiting for the list in front of the ceremonial department?

"Brother, you're awake, come on, eat a meal." Seeing his fellow villagers come out, Xiao Pengcheng immediately laughed, whether he was close to his hometown or not.

"Yo, fellow, hehe." Suddenly hearing the familiar local accent, Wang Siming immediately laughed.

"Sit down, eat for a while." Looking at this guy, he knew that he was stupid, and Xiao Pengcheng had no choice but to step forward and pull him to sit down.

"Guys, I'm not in front of the Ministry of Etiquette, why are you here?" Wang Siming is very concerned about this question, could it be that he was just on the dream list just now.

"As soon as your baby saw her name on the list, she fainted immediately." Xiao Pengcheng said with a smile.

"Huh?" Wang Siming scratched his head and laughed awkwardly, his heart was also steady, it seems that he is really on the gold list.

"Dare to ask who these people are......" Seeing the rest of the people looking at him and smiling without saying a word, Wang Siming turned his head to Xiao Pengcheng and asked.

"This is Shen Chongming, Brother Shen, and this is Shi Bingzheng Abing, and the two of them are on the same list as you. This is Uncle Ge, this is the third son. Xiao Pengcheng said with a smile.

Wang Siming hurriedly saluted, gossiped for a while before eating, Wang Siming devoured as if he hadn't eaten for a few days.

"Has your baby not eaten for a few days?" Xiao Pengcheng looked at a large plate of sauced beef and was swept away by Wang Siming in a blink of an eye, and couldn't help but ask.

"Hmm!" Wang Siming didn't raise his head and snorted, reached out and grabbed the big steamed bun in the center of the table, and ate it in a big gulp.

After eating, in the midst of chatting, a few people knew that Wang Siming was really hungry for a few days. Sichuan is located in a remote area, the road is not smooth, and candidates go to Beijing every year to catch the exam are paid by the local yamen.

The yamen was also forced to pay money, because this was stipulated by the imperial court, otherwise it would be more difficult for officials to take out silver from a small treasury than to ascend to the sky. In this way, tossing and turning, Wang Siming only got ten taels of silver from the yamen.

Sichuan to the capital is not thousands of miles, it is a land route and a waterway, Wang Siming set off from a year ago, and rushed to the capital for nearly three months, and at this time there were less than two taels of silver left in his pocket.

Maybe two taels of silver in the countryside is enough to live for a year, but the capital is prosperous, and it coincides with the big exam and the people from all over the country are pouring into the capital, just the house money for the hotel is not the pen, I don't know the expenses, just after the big exam, Wang Siming was kicked out of the inn because he was penniless, and he could only write on the street for a living.

But this kind of errand can't make a few copper coins at all, not only do you have to sleep on the streets at the end of the day, but you also have pickles every day, which is still the kind that you have eaten the last meal without the next meal.

It is precisely because of this that Wang Siming thought that once he fell off the list, he would find a secluded corner in the capital to live his life, because he had no money and no face to go back to Sichuan.

As soon as the name was posted at that time, Wang Siming, who had been hungry for several days, finally didn't hold on and fainted, if it wasn't for Shen Chongming and them to rescue him, I was afraid that he would really hang up.

Speaking of this, Wang Siming naturally wanted to thank him a thousand times, and made Xiao Pengcheng cry so much, which can be regarded as a bitter fellow.

"Brother, you live with us these days, who made us from our hometown." Xiao Pengcheng patted Wang Siming on the shoulder and said.

"Thank you, when I have the silver in the future, I will definitely repay you." Wang Siming said emotionally, these three people are undoubtedly their own parents.

Three days later, enter the palace to face the saint.

Shen Chongming, Shi Bingzheng, and Wang Siming got up early in the morning, originally according to Shi Bingzheng's meaning, they burned incense and bathed according to the instructions of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, but Shen Chongming was too lazy to toss, changed into the Confucian shirt issued by the officials and went out to get into the carriage. I forgot to introduce that this carriage is widely advertised property, it is President Xiao's car, and the driver is the executive director Xiao Sanzi.

Xiao Pengcheng drove away the coachman Xiao Sanzi, and personally drove the carriage to take the three Gongsheng who entered the palace to face the saint and went straight to the imperial city, and it cannot be ruled out that he was suspected of shaving a beard and slapping the horse.

"Brother Shen, the little brother is waiting here for you to come out, you must come back with a champion." Xiao Pengcheng said attentively.

Shen Chongming smiled and said nothing, it doesn't matter if he is a champion or not, as long as he can enter the office, when the time comes, it will be the eight immortals who have crossed the sea to show their magical powers, relying on strength, not fame!

Three whips sounded, and the hundred officials and two hundred and the first scholars who stood on the main square knelt on the ground together, and only heard a sentence that the emperor had arrived, so they knelt down three times and bowed nine times.

This palace exam was different from previous years, don't see the chair used to answer the question, and when I was wondering, I saw Li Fang holding an old thick fold and began to read it.

"Jinke Yijia top champion: Shi Bingzheng!" As soon as Li Fang finished reading, he saw that Shi Bingzheng's body was paralyzed and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, Shen Chongming stood behind him and helped him, otherwise he would lose his honor in front of the king, and the title of champion Lang would fly in an instant.

"Shen, Brother Shen, is this true?" Shi Bingzheng asked in disbelief, although he already knew the exam questions in advance, but the article was definitely made by himself, and he actually compared the article written by Master Gao to Brother Shen.

Before Shen Chongming could speak, he heard Li Fang continue: "Jinke's first-class and second-ranked eye: Wang Siming! ”

"Ugh!" Wang Siming, who was standing behind Shen Chongming, was also stupid, the muscles on his face twitched twice, and he leaned softly on Shen Chongming.

"Jinke first and third: Shen Chongming!" Li Fang is still expressionless, he has been on an errand for decades, he has seen too many of these things.

"Tom." There was a muffled sound, not Shen Chongming fainted to the ground, but Song Qingyang, who was not long behind them, fainted, the sky is unfair!

Next, I don't care too much, the first thirty, the second seventy, a total of one hundred Jinke Jinshi, the remaining three hundred got a fellow Jinshi, although the same can be an official, but the fate is not the same as a hundred Jinshi, if the ability is really average, this life is the end of the five-grade official. And Song Qingyang is one of these 100 people.

Although the loyal ministers felt that it was very inappropriate for the emperor to directly demarcate the ranking without going through the palace test, but thinking about the idea that this lord would not take the ordinary path on weekdays, he could only turn a blind eye and ignore it, otherwise the court staff would be added, and it would be completely over.

After sending the ranking, one hundred and seventy people from the second and third grades left the palace and rushed to the official department to obey the orders, while the thirty jinshi of the first class stayed in the palace to participate in the banquet, maybe they could eat the delicious food in the palace once in their lives.

Xiao Pengcheng waited outside the palace and waited for the three of them to come out, so he couldn't help laughing, obediently, if he didn't guess wrong, these three people must be among the top ranks, wahahaha, go home and talk to his father in the future, he will definitely look down on himself because he has such a brother.

Smug, Xiao Pengcheng turned the carriage and walked back humming a small tune, they ate and drank in the palace, let's go back to the little third son to celebrate with two cups.

"Chongming, the emperor wants to see you." Gao Gong, who was accompanied, quietly pulled Shen Chongming to the side and said.

Shen Chongming was taken aback, and then relieved, this day will come sooner or later, what is there to be afraid of, the emperor is not a man-eating monster.

As Gao Gong quietly left the banquet, he didn't take a few steps to see the old eunuch who announced the decree today, and saw Gao Gong step forward and politely bowed his hand: "Father-in-law, Shen Chongming is here." ”

The person who came was Li Fang, who was specially ordered by the emperor to lead the way for Shen Chongming, which is very rare.

"Hehe, it's a young man with clear eyebrows." Li Fang glanced at Shen Chongming and said with a smile.

"Chongming, don't hurry up and give a salute to your father-in-law." Gao Gong turned his head and saw that his disciple was also looking at Feng Bao very unruly, and couldn't help but say with a tiger face.

"Oh. Student Shen Chongming visited his father-in-law, and his father-in-law was blessed. Shen Chongming hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed his head.

"Hehe, accept your auspicious words, come with our family." As he spoke, Li Fang turned his head towards Gao Gong and walked away.

"Be cautious." When Shen Chongming passed by Gao Gong's side, he heard him whisper, nodded, and quickened his pace to follow.

"Dare to ask Tanhualang how expensive he is this year." Li Fang suddenly paused and asked.

"Back to my father-in-law, the student is just twenty." Shen Chongming replied with a straight look, this should not be within the scope of Shen Yan.

"Hehe, it's a young talent, don't talk nonsense when you meet the emperor, otherwise be careful of your ass." Li Fang covered her mouth and chuckled, it was completely the style of a ladyboy.

"Gonggong Xie reminded that the students remembered." Shen Chongming said with gratitude on his face, I am not afraid of suffering from my buttocks, but what we are afraid of is that our heads will move.

"Your Majesty, Shen Chongming is here." Ordering Shen Chongming Marquis to be outside the hall, Li Fang walked and pushed open the door of the hall and walked in lightly.

Emperor Jiajing, who was meditating, ignored it and was already sitting there motionless.

Nearly half an hour passed, and just when Shen Chongming, who was outside the hall, was drowsy under the sun, Emperor Jiajing opened his eyes and said, "Xuan him come in." ”

Under the leadership of Li Fang, Shen Chongming walked in, but there were already two different spaces with a door, the sun was shining outside, but the inside was dim and abnormal, giving people a sense of yin and gloomy, no wonder later generations said that Emperor Jiajing had a strange personality, and lived in this kind of place all the year round, no matter how lively and cheerful a person was, he would become nervous.