The sun is getting higher and higher outside, but the door of the state school has never been opened, and the people who are just waiting are panicking, and they are talking about why the case is so late.

A group of people led by Xuezheng Yan Fu believed that 'there is no elder in learning, and the one who achieves is the first', and the candidate with the seat number Bingchen wrote smoothly, although the language was concise, but it said the real 'way of the university', and should be promoted to the first place.

The reason why they don't want to promote the 'Bingchen candidate' to the head of the case is not that they don't look down on the articles they wrote, but that the Bingchen candidates are only fifteen years old, and they feel that they have the courage to put them on the case, fearing that the ending will be similar to that of the Song Dynasty' Fang Zhongyong, if so, it will harm him.

The two groups of people quoted scriptures, talked like a river, and argued endlessly for nearly an hour, but in the end there was still no result, seeing that it was not early, and it would be inappropriate if the case did not happen again, they all looked at Li Zhizhou, who was sitting in the hall, hoping that he could stand up and make a final decision.

Li Zhizhou had a headache when he saw this, he was most annoyed by this kind of thing, you said that one or two of you are not young, what is there to fight for, isn't it the name of the head of the case?

At the beginning in the Hongbin Building of Hengshui City, the words of the Han prefect and the future life were well known, and then the official tried his best to get in touch with the Han prefect, but he did his best, who knew that the nerd was a mallet, and every time he went, he looked like he was doing business, and he really couldn't get a needle pierced and the water couldn't be splashed.

Now, if he gives that posterior a false name as the head of the case, when the time comes, he will say a few good words for the official in front of the Han Governor's Mansion, at least he can earn some impression for the official, but the official has no loss, and this business is quite cost-effective.

The plan has been decided, Li Zhizhou glanced at everyone in the hall, and then ordered someone to take the list, and wrote the words 'Taocun Zhao Yan' in the blank space above the 'red middle', which is the head of the case.

On the second floor of the Shiyun Building, several people have turned nearly four times on the pair, and it is the end of the hour and the beginning of the hour, and the two family members sent by Liu Jing to inquire about the news in front of the state school have not yet turned around, and several people are smiling and chanting poems on their faces, but their minds have already arrived at the gate of the state school.

Before Wang Xian gave Zhao Yan a deputy uplink, it was 'a group of wild geese passing by the sky', and Zhao Yan was 'half a roast chicken crawling on a plate', which made everyone laugh, and then Liu Jingqi coaxed him to punish him with a cup of tea.

At this time, it was time for Zhao Yan to give Qian Liang a link, he saw that everyone turned their heads from time to time to look outside the building through the window, his heart moved, and said: "Little brother, this pair of uplink is 'think before and after, look at the left biography, the book is turned to the right', Brother Qian, please go down." ”

Qian Liang thought that he could start from the east, west, north and south, and then make the next couplet, but his mind was no longer here, and after thinking for a while, he could only helplessly pick up the wine glass and said: "For my brother, I am willing to punish a glass of wine." ”

At this moment, someone was standing in front of the window looking at the state school in the distance, and suddenly stretched out his hand and shouted, "The door is open, and the case has been reported." ”

There was a crowd of people in front of the state school, and after waiting for a long time, everyone was on tiptoe and squeezed forward, naturally hoping to see their names appear on the list as soon as possible, but there were nearly 1,000 candidates who participated in the county examination this time, and 90% of them were destined to return home and come again next year.

The number of people in a county examination is generally between 50 and 100, which is the same all over the country, and if you encounter a strict and rigid examiner or an examiner with ulterior motives, the number of people who will be selected may only be a dozen. Li Zhizhou has been to Shenzhou for many years, and only 80 people are taken for each county exam, and this time is no exception.

Now that the case has been reported, except for Zhao Yan, the rest of the people upstairs naturally don't have the heart to continue to be right, and in the face of things related to the future of their lives, there are only a few people who can maintain a normal heart after all. As for Zhao Yan, he knew it in his heart, and felt that even if he was not promoted to the head of the case by Li Zhizhou, he would at least be on the list, and it was appropriate to participate in the April government examination.

After waiting for two or three teas, there was a sound of 'kicking and kicking' up the stairs below, and everyone upstairs looked sideways, but the last one to come up was a rich man's family member at another table.

"Childe, you have won, you are ranked thirty-fifth, congratulations to Childe, congratulations to Childe." The messenger had a crooked collar and was obviously squeezed in from the crowd after a fierce 'fight', and then squeezed out of the crowd to report the news.

The rich boy sighed, and then asked the family, "Do you know who is the head of the case?" ”

Hearing this, the family thought about it, and said with a sad face: "Childe, the little one only cares about coming back to report to you, and he didn't look closely, but he only vaguely heard others say that the head of the case seems to be surnamed Zhao." ”

"Surname Zhao? Could it be Brother Zhao of Zhaojiazhuang? The rich boy shook his head and said, "That's it, you go downstairs and get some food, and rest." ”

Zhao Yan and the others were listening intently, and there was movement on the stairs again, and after a while, they saw two family members running upstairs one after the other, and after glancing around, they walked straight to Zhao Yan's table.

Liu Jing couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he saw the two of them, and then asked calmly: "Xiao A, Xiao B, have you ever seen if we are on the list?" ”

These two family members look exactly the same, they are actually two twin brothers, and when they heard this, the family on the left replied first: "Congratulations to Gongzi, I see that you are ranked 30th, and Li Gongzi is ranked 13rd, as for Wang Gongzi...... The small ones have never been seen on the list. ”

Another family member should be the elder brother, so he just listened to his interface: "Xiao Yi looks at whether the son, Li and Wang are on the list, and the younger one is to see if the three sons of Qian, Zhang and Zhao are on the list." Congratulations to the three sons, Zhao and Zhang are the first and second respectively in the case, and Qian Gongzi is ranked 79th, all of them are on the list. ”

Liu Jing was naturally happy when he learned that he was selected, and then heard that Wang Xian was on the list, and it was not easy to show his joy, and finally heard that Zhao Yan, Zhang Wenyuan, and Qian Liangcai were all on the list, and two of them were still the first and second, so he couldn't help asking: "Who is the head of the case and who is the second among the two Zhao Xiandi and Zhang Xiandi?" ”

"Zhao Gongzi is the head of the case, and Zhang Gongzi is the second."

Liu Jing suddenly clapped his hands when he heard this, his face was solemn, but everyone was startled, Qian Liangcai was about to ask, when he heard Liu Jing say: "It's bad, if Brother Zhao Xian is the head of the case, wouldn't this son want to pay him ten taels of silver?" This time it's a big loss. ”

Hearing these two sentences, everyone else except Zhao Yan felt a little inexplicable, and Zhao Yan had to explain: "Brother Liu is just joking, that day the younger brother came to see the case, and he met Brother Liu playing in the village ......"

After Zhao Yan briefly told the events of that day, he saw Li Xun pointing at Liu Jing and scolding: "This is self-inflicted, who asked you to write a one-to-ten, if this son was present at the time, he would definitely bet a few hundred taels in the name of Zhao Xiandi, and at this time, I will ask you to pay a few thousand taels to see if you can take it." ”

Liu Jingfang was indeed joking, and after listening to Li Xun's laughter and scolding at this time, he replied: "What you said was just an afterthought, I didn't have a discussion with Brother Zhao Xian at that time, how can you conclude that Brother Zhao Xian will be the first to take the case?" ”

Looking at others talking and laughing, Wang Xian was depressed, he had taken the county test five times in a row, but he couldn't help but ask himself in his heart, could it be that he really didn't have a show? I can't even pass the county test, so how can I talk about the government test and the hospital test.

Qian Liangcai is used to looking at people's faces, he saw that Wang Xian looked depressed, so he pulled others to comfort him a few words, and finally said: "Since I was seventeen years old, I have to enter the state school once a year, and I have taken the exam six times in a row, and now I am finally barely on the list, Brother Wang is just unlucky, but don't be discouraged." ”

After the county examination, it is the government examination, and the government examination is held on the sixth day of the first month of April, and there is still a month and a half to go.

Nowadays travel is not as convenient as in later generations, there are few means of transportation, nothing more than walking, riding livestock, taking a car, sitting in a sedan chair, Shenzhou is about two hundred miles away from Zhending City, it takes about three days to ride a horse, and it takes about five days if you take a carriage, which is already the fastest two means of transportation.

Zhao Yan really hadn't gone out alone in this world, so he made an appointment with Liu Jing and others on the occasion of parting, and waited until the end of March to go to Fucheng with them to participate in the government exam.

The process of the prefectural examination is basically the same as that of the county examination, and after passing it, it can be called 'Tongsheng', and then passing the hospital examination can obtain the fame of the student, that is, Xiucai.

After taking the first place in the exam, even if Zhao Yan wishfully thought that Li Zhizhou helped cheat, he was quite happy in his heart, and after saying goodbye to everyone, he wanted to go back to the town with Qian Liangcai, but he disappeared in a blink of an eye, presumably he was either dragged by Liu Jing to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, or he was drunk and left first.

Walking on the country road alone out of the West City Gate, thinking that everything was developing according to expectations, Zhao Yan felt quite comfortable in his heart, seeing that he was about to get home, he moved in his heart again, and turned around and walked towards Wang Dahu's house.

Although Li Fuzi did not support Zhao Yan's premature participation in the imperial examination, his original intention was also for Zhao Yan's good, and now that Zhao Yan won the first place in the county examination, he should inform him of the news as soon as possible.

"There is no Luming banquet in the county examination, but you can be designated as the head of the case, after all, it is through the hands of Li Zhizhou, the chief examiner, and the old man will accompany you to visit tomorrow, and then go to the state school to visit Yan Xuezheng and a few instructors." Li Fuzi was also relieved to learn the news, and then guided Zhao Yan according to his own experience, and agreed with him to take him to visit Li Zhizhou tomorrow.

After bidding farewell to Master Li, Zhao Yan turned around and wanted to meet Wang Dahu, but he didn't want to see an 'enemy'.