The results of the February monthly exam will be announced soon.

Shen Xi regrettably did not make it into the top 30 again. Shen Xifu tried to get the head of the case like a stone thrown into the water, after the ripples, the water surface quickly calmed down, and even what the scholar talked about after tea and dinner became Su Tong and Wu Xingyu, who were popular candidates for the show, and avoided talking about Shen Xi.

Although Su Tong's results in the first monthly examination were not good, his articles in the last two monthly examinations were listed as model texts and circulated among scholars.

Wu Xingyu performed well in several monthly examinations in Qingliu County, and several "talents" who did not participate in the college examination in the previous two sessions due to some family reasons were also recognized by candidates as the most competitive college examination in recent years.

Originally, only 50 talents were admitted to the college examination, and because in the past two years, 16 students were sent to the first county examination in Tingzhou Prefecture, but in fact, only 34 people could be admitted in the end, but more than 700 candidates participated, and the admission rate was less than 5 percent.

Before the exam registration, the candidates are already pinching their fingers to calculate, who will definitely pass the college exam, and how many opportunities will be left for them to compete.

In the end, there are more than 20 people who are outstanding in learning, and those who can be at the top of the monthly examination almost every year will definitely be able to pass the hospital examination, and occasionally those who are at the top will have to squeeze their heads for the last ten or so places. As for those who passed the government examination and became unknown, in their opinion, they were destined to only accompany the exam, and in the end, they did not return to their hometowns to continue to study hard.

Shen Xi did not do well in the exam, and the most angry person was Zhou.

Zhou began to scold Shen Xi fiercely, and all kinds of ugly words came out, but under the persuasion of Hui Niang, Zhou also found that it was too harsh to ask of his son.

In these years, at the age of fifteen or sixteen, Xiucai will be called a prodigy, and Shen Xi wants to be a talent at the age of eleven, which seems to be a bit delusional.

"I can't pass the exam this time, and there will be no college exam next year, you have to study hard and strive to take the exam the next year before coming back!"

Later, Zhou no longer had much expectation for this exam. She has already pinned her hopes on the college exam two years later, that is, when Shen Xi was thirteen years old.

Registration for the college examination opens in April.

The registration process for the college examination is basically the same as the county examination and the government examination, and you need to find students and villagers with insurance. Also look for candidates who are connected with each other. When it comes to the official registration, Shen Xi has to go to the government to fill in the personal confession to prove that it is the candidate himself.

For other candidates, the edict of the Confucian Education Department and the clerk and official of the government should carefully compare the household registration and check whether there is any impersonation for the examination. And Shen Xi arrived, not to mention the candidates, even those clerks and officials knew each other, smiled and received Shen Xi, asked Shen Xi to fill in everything, and some people also laughed and joked: "Little case leader, you will become a big official when you are old, don't forget me and wait." ”

The examinee next to him couldn't help laughing.

In the past, some people thought that Shen Xi's article was good, and with an improvised "limerick poem", he won the first case of the government examination. Just because Shen Xi's two monthly exam results were not good, as long as the candidates mentioned Shen Xi, they would say that he just **** Yun made a crooked poem, plus the prefect received benefits, so he was admitted.

In the eyes of everyone, Shen Xi has been beaten back to his original form, and it is impossible to come out in the next two years.

Among all the candidates who apply for the examination, some of them are arrogant, and these are the "heads" of the county examinations, although they will also take the college examinations. But as long as you don't play abnormally, you will definitely be admitted in the end, which is also the rule. These people have received special preferential treatment, how to say that these people have stepped into the threshold of Xiucaigong. Just waiting for the final confirmation.

Shen Xi came out of the Confucian Education Department after reporting his name, and saw that it was still early, he was not in a hurry to go back, and walked slowly all the way, it was the beginning of Mengxia, and the weather was not hot. The sun is warm, and the breeze blows on people, which is extremely comfortable.

But he can't be comfortable along the way, because wherever he goes, he will see some scholars pointing at him, not only those who take the same examination institute with him, but even those who take the county examination and the government examination have heard that there is such a prodigy who has fallen to the altar, and it is inevitable to talk behind his back after seeing it.

"Sure enough, it's Brother Shen, look at me from afar and say it's like." Su Tong and Zheng Qian came over with a few fox friends and greeted Shen Xi with a smile.

If you want to say that others are kind to Shenxi, but Su Tong is not like those people, Su Tong is also snobbish, but as long as he is friends with him, he can treat him sincerely.

Shen Xi saluted first: "Brother Su, what a coincidence." ”

Zheng Qian smiled: "This is not a coincidence, it is Brother Su who is waiting for you here." On weekdays, I know that Shen Gongzi studies hard and has no time to go out for a walk, but you will inevitably appear when you sign up today, so I will wait on the way you must go back...... We haven't gotten together in days. ”

Su Tong also said: "That's right, after the beginning of spring, Brother Wei has always wanted to find an opportunity to take Brother Shen out of the city to step on the spring." ”

Shen Xixin said that sure enough, the mentality of the big hit in the college exam is different, other candidates are still cramming, and Su Tong and Zheng Qian are already leisurely playing in the mountains and rivers. Could it be that Su Tong really thinks that after seeing Liu Bing, this exam is foolproof, and he doesn't even need basic review?

Shen Xi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Brother Su, it only rained in Tingzhou in the first two days, and the barren mountains and wild mountains outside the city are muddy, so there's nothing to tread, right?" ”

Su Tong laughed and said: "It's only comfortable to travel after the rain, after several rains in a row, the rhododendrons all over the mountains, plus Lu Binghua and sheep's hoof, how can this kind of beauty be seen on weekdays?" Don't hide it from Brother Shen, we have to invite a friend later, although he is not a native of Tingzhou, but he is extravagant and has an extraordinary conversation, maybe he can make friends. ”

Shen Xi thought to himself, Su Tong has always been arrogant and basically won't convince anyone, but this time Su Tong admires this person very much, but he doesn't know where it comes from.

Before thinking about it, the group entered the teahouse at the corner of the street, and as soon as they walked to the stairs, they heard the ethereal sound of the piano coming from the second floor. Su Tong stopped, smiling and savoring the charm in the piano sound.

The sound of the piano is long, very imposing, it doesn't sound like the "beautiful sound" heard in the teaching department at all, but there is a kind of courage in mind, and there is also a feeling for life experience.

At the end of the song, the sound of the piano still seemed to flow in the bottom of people's hearts, and Su Tong smiled: "Brother Shen is proficient in rhythm, what do you think?" ”

Shen Xi really didn't know what words to use to describe it, in general...... It's very ordinary, of course, you can't tell the truth at this time, so you have to perfunctory: "Very good." ”

When I went upstairs, there were not many guests, but I saw a handsome young man sitting in the corner, who was playing with the strings, and it was evident that the beautiful sound of the piano was from him.

Shen Xi quickly noticed some details about this "young man". Shen Xi found that he was different from ordinary men, he had a weak bookish atmosphere, and if he looked closely, he had no Adam's apple. And the earlobes that are half covered in the sideburns, there are small micro-holes, which are the ear piercings worn by the daughter's family.

Hundreds of years later, it is not uncommon for men to get their ears pierced, but this year. As the so-called parents of the body, no man will harm his body.

Su Tong was about to go up to say hello, when two rugged men came out of the woman's side and stopped Su Tong, at this time the woman turned around and raised her hand: "It's okay." ”

From this simple move, Shen Xi could feel that this woman dressed as a man had an extraordinary background, because the two men around her were martial artists, and they were the kind that had been on the battlefield for a long time, and their temperament was completely different from that of ordinary bodyguards.

"Brother Su."

The woman stood up and saluted Su Tong.

Su Tong smiled and returned the salute. I didn't notice anything unusual about the other party. Obviously, this woman is well disguised, and she does not have the unique delicacy and agility of ordinary women, but she looks honest and simple, this is a woman with masculinity, and it is indeed difficult to distinguish between genders from her appearance alone.

In other words, not beauties.

In addition, the chest should be tied over the chest, covering up the most basic characteristics of a woman, if you don't look closely. It's really hard for the average person to notice.

Su Tong was not polite, sat down directly, and introduced Shen Xi to the woman, and Shen Xi smiled and saluted. The woman asked in surprise, "Can you take the college exam at the age of eleven?" ”

Su Tong looked like he was honored: "Zhu Gongzi may not know that Brother Shen has passed the county test and the government test in the first year, and won the first place in the government test. Recently, it has been widely spread that "the edge of the sword comes from the sharpening, and the fragrance of the plum blossom comes from the bitter cold" was written by him. ”

The woman arched her hand and said, "Long up, long up." ”

This long voice is obviously just a politeness.

But Shen Xi was secretly speechless, surnamed Zhu. That's the surname of the country, although there are a lot of people with the surname Zhu in this world, but a woman surnamed Zhu, with guards by her side, seems to have someone secretly protecting her from far and near, how can this be a relative of the emperor.

The Ming Dynasty divided the kings, but after the Jingjing, the kings of each family could only be enclosed in their own territories, and they were not allowed to take a step beyond the thunder pool. But there are not so many restrictions on women, Shen Xi wondered in his heart, what is the origin of this woman's identity?

Shen Xi connected it with several princes who were sealed around Tingzhou Mansion, but he couldn't get the slightest inspiration, after all, history has very few records of female dependents in the royal family.

Su Tong seemed to have met a confidant, and after talking for a while, he officially invited this "Zhu Gongzi" to go outside the city for a spring.

The woman shook her head slightly: "Su Gongzi's kindness is appreciated in my heart, but I am going to visit an old friend later, please forgive me for not accompanying him more." ”

Su Tong asked in surprise, "Didn't Zhu Gongzi say that he had just returned from Jingshi and was going to return to his hometown?" ”

The woman smiled: "Actually, my hometown is not on the way, I deliberately made a detour to Tingzhou Capital City, in order to visit an old friend." Su Gongzi must not think that he is unwilling to go with him and speak perfunctory. It's not too early to say goodbye. ”

After speaking, she picked up the piano and was about to leave, Shen Xi noticed that she had a jade pendant pinned to her waist, with the word "Jutan" faintly on it, which seemed to be the name of the place.

In addition to the two rugged men just now, there were two people at the next table. When the people went downstairs, they followed the four of them, and when they got outside, there was a carriage waiting for them, and the woman got into the carriage directly and headed to the west of the city.

Shen Xi thought to himself: "Coming from the capital, could it be that you are looking for Xie Yun'er?" ”

Su Tong was a little disappointed: "This Zhu Gongzi has excellent knowledge and superb piano skills, I wanted to invite him to go to the Teaching Department to find Miss Xi'er to drink a few glasses of water and wine after the spring......"

Shen Xi had a headache when he heard "Xi'er".

At the end of the year, the government was stolen, and the culprit has not been caught, but Shen Xi feels that this Xi'er is the female thief that the government wants to arrest, plus she has been "indecent" before, and it is estimated that there will be conflicts when we meet again.

Shen Xi took the opportunity to get up and say goodbye: "Master Su, the so-called stupid bird flies first, and you have to go back and work hard, please forgive me for the inconvenience and say goodbye." ”

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PS: The schedule of the day is very tight, and the Son of Heaven takes the time to code out a chapter! The next chapter is estimated to be a little late, but the Son of Heaven promises that it will be delivered! Thank you for your understanding! (To be continued.) )